When I followed the official onto the stage, I was exposed to the gazes from the audience all around.
Uwah~, this is nerve-wrecking. No, rather than looking at me, they’re probably looking at the people that seem stronger though.
Looking around, there are super muscular men and onii-sans, somewhat strong-looking magician kind of people, people that look like bandits looking around with sharp gazes, a lot of strong-looking people.
The only good thing would be that, as far as I can see, there is nobody with black hair and black eyes.
Meaning, it looks like there isn’t any foreigners……anyone that was thrown into this world like us.
I’m out if some strange skill was used that interferes with me, so I am honestly thankful for that.
…..why couldnt you just lose the first round again?
And the start bell rang.
In that instant, there are many people that judged I am weak and charged at me.
My current appearance looks like a magician, I’m wearing a sky-blue robe-like thing and holding a staff Hariu and Kariya made.
Hm, their thinking of getting in close and attacking before magic is used is correct.
Because we predicted that……or rather, it’s better to make them aim for me first so other magicians don’t interfere with magic, so Hariu and Kariya intentionally made the staff with a design similar to the staffs sold to beginners in this world.
Now then, before the attacks of the people charging in reach me, let’s quickly escape to the sky with [Teleport].
I am definitely not going to wait until they draw as close as possible.
If I do those kind of dangerous things, no matter how many lives I have, it won’t be enough.
Safety first.
Now then, the descent is as simulated, slow and relaxed. But I don’t really like this restless feeling at my butt, this feeling of being in a high place.
Looking down, I could see the people who have lost sight of me looking around.
Mhm, seems like nobody has noticed where I went.
And before anyone notices where I am, I sang [Lullaby].
I’ve practiced this multiple times and found out I can choose the area of effect, so I narrowed it to just the stage.
It seems there’s a mystery barrier set up to prevent magic from going to the audience, but it’s unknown if it will block skills. If I accidentally put the audience to sleep, it would be declaring what I used was not magic but is a skill, basically, it would be saying I’m a foreigner.
I sang while slowly descending and after ten seconds, everyone standing on the stage fell asleep simultaneously and collapsed.
……simultaneously, collapsed.
……and when I landed on the stage, a buzz went through the audience.
Well, of course. After all……this first round, is a battle royale.
There should be, 2, winners……and only 1 is left.
…..leave one person Maito….
And so, they started deliberating over it.
I’m really sorry.
….predict this too at least
The result of the deliberations, everyone was judged to have collapsed at the same time and I get a free seed through the second round and go straight to the third round.
……somehow, to everyone who is taking this seriously, sorry.
yeah why is a maid here
“Good job……kind of.”
And so I have already drawn the attention of the arena.
The mysterious female magician that not only won the first round with a mysterious method, but even obtained an unprecedented seed.
My reputation is something like this.
Stop~! I ‘m not a magician, I’m a maid~!
I did register as [Magician] though!
“Well, in a certain sense, isn’t it okay? The more you win the higher the chances of meeting us.”
“Yeah. The 2nd round is full of other people. So results-wise, it’s good, right?”
……that is, well yeah. It’s true but…… mhm. Let’s be logical. This is quite a lucky thing.
Drawing a little attention isn’t much of a problem. Mhm.
really…..?
And then the tournament schedule for round 2 and beyond was published.
Err, I am right in the corner, one level higher than everyone else. Ah, of course the name is Dalia though.
This is a seed, so I’m excused from the second around. Mhm. lucky.
Then from the corner, Dalia (Magician), (Blank), Feyra (Archer), Rija (Swordsman), Olg (Warrior), Aeria (Bandit), Kadomi (Knight), Toriumi (Guardian), Shachi (Scholar), Woody (Warrior), Arai (Warrior), Hariu (Bandit), Spina (Magician), Kariya (Priest), Diana (Magician), Suzumoto (Swordsman).
Like that.
Ah, when registering they faked their professions.
No, like, there wasn’t a single [Samurai] around and [Assassin] is not something you announce in public.
And they didn’t ask for [Profession], they asked for fighting style.
……Dalisan said [Hired Adventurer] when asked for profession, so [Profession] for this world’s inhabitants probably refer to normal jobs.
back on track
……leaving that aside!
How could this be! So unlikely that you want to suspect if it was set up, that it’s almost refreshing……no matter how it turns out, I’m up against a local in the third round!……it ended up in such a combination.
“……Maito-san, why is your luck so bad?”
Hariu’s words and gaze filled with pity hurts!
“Think about it the other way. The person who gets matched with Maito-san is just lucky.”
President is saying something, but that……mhm, I won’t say anything.
I’m not saying anything, I’m not going to anything!
dont rub salt into it
And the second round began.
The first fight is Suzumoto VS Diansan the magician.
While the audience cheered, they faced off.
Mhm~, just 2 people on the battlefield is quite scary.
The opponent will definitely aim for you and you can’t win even if you run.
“If I win this match!”
On the stage, Diansan suddenly raised her voice and the audience fell silent all at once.
This audience is really well trained.
“I will have you join me for a meal this evening!”
……so, somehow, the request is……cute.
Suzumoto’s confusion at the unexpected request is clearly visible. Mhm.
It’s not [Become my slave] or [Hand over that sword] but this……
On the other hand, the audience is very heated up.
Well, mhm, there wasn’t really something like this in the first round……
just lose and get a gf?
But then, despite the cheers from the audience, Suzumoto had his blade at Diansan’s neck right after the start of the match and made her surrender, the end, so the actual match was a disappointment.
merciless! this is why you are alone
Next is Kariya vs Spinkun the magician.
“Give me that staff if I win this match!”
Ah, a predictable request. Mhm. It has to be like this.
……just that for this match, it also ended with one laser shot from Kariya, so no particular thoughts on it.
Suzumoto for one, Kariya too, you guys, how about giving the audience a little more service?
fanservice?
And, next.
Yes, the hammer warrior Arai, the foreigner……our comrade that was forced into slavery.
Now then, how will Hariu fight?
assasin vs giant hammer guy
No particular request was declared and both moved out with the sound of the gong.
Arai-san made the first move. With a single blow from his humongous hammer, cracks ran through the stage, the stone blocks that made up the floor shattered and each became a deadly weapon that attacked Hariu.
But this is a welcome situation for Hariu.
Using an assassin’s agility, he used the airborne rubble as footholds, closed in with irregular jumps, threw a few knives and withdrew.
The very next instant after he withdrew, the hammer slammed into that spot then attacked Hariu again and again with terrifying strength.
……but, it’s that. mhm.
No matter what kind of attack, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t hit.
Hariu’s fighting style is the very embodiment of that. He might be the worst opponent Arai-san could face.
Then the match was settled a few minutes later by a couple throwing knives accurately piercing the chinks in the armour.
This is Hariu’s victory.
I feel bad for Arai-san, but we also want to win.
We will save you later, so please forgive us for now.
unlucky matchup
……ah, by the way, the stage was then fixed by a few earth magic users, so it was back to normal after about 5 minutes.
slow….
Next is President and Woody-san the warrior.
……this is unmistakably the worst battle since the beginning of the gladiator tournament.
President made the first move and surrounded Woody-san on all four sides with [Earth Wall]. Yes, like a public telephone box.
Then before Woody-san could respond, he threw in a few flasks of poison.
Then he cruelly added on the part that would correspond to the ceiling of the telephone box right afterwards.
……Woody-san’s screams rang out from opaque telephone box, President carefreely watched. The audience was disgusted
And without fighting a battle-like battle, President won. The audience was disgusted. Only a part of the audience went wild.
……this was horrible!
disqualify!
Next is Kadomi-kun and Toriumi’s match.
I thought it would be easy since one of them just needs to resign, but that did not happen.
With the signal, Kadomi-kun sprinted. Just as I thought he had closed in, his sword clashed into Toriumi’s stout shield with a loud sound the next instant.
Then Toriumi instantly shifted into attack with a sweep of his halberd.
While dodging that with a backstep, Kadomi-kun attacked Toriumi with brilliant sword techniques.
Toriumi blocked, dodged and occasionally countered with his genius senses.
The audience fell silent, focused on the match.
While the audience watched with held breaths, Toriumi’s halberd finally left his hands.
Kadomi-kun was the one that ended this long battle.
There is no need to say how excited the audience got when the match ended.
finally a show
Their fight came to be recounted as the best match since the start of the gladiator tournament.
A huge difference from President whose match is said to be the most mysterious match since the start of the gladiator tournament!
well…black box….I guess?
Then the fight between Olg-san and Aerisan was, how to put it, sweet.
“If I win, I will take you as my wife!”
“If I win, I will have you take me as your wife!”
It started with that.
……mhm. Org-san won. It’s great that you two found happiness!
……..was there a point?
And the last match is the one I’m interested in, the fight between Feyrsan the archer and Rijsan the swordsman.
The one that wins fights me. I would like the weaker one to win if possible.
……when the fight started, it had a tense feeling different from the Kadomi-kun VS Toriumi before.
Somehow, these two……looks like they are relative novices.
The match ended as the audience warmly watched over them and Rijsan won.
……the swordsman, huh. This……what do I do.
sleep again?, can’t shoot up
There is a lunch break now, so we gathered to eat our bentos and discuss countermeasures.
Mainly, for me.
……or rather, it’s just about certain that someone among us will win at this point.
After all, the third round is mostly us.
Unfair? What are you talking about. We used respectable methods, properly followed the rules and this wonderful situation developed on top of that. There isn’t even the U of unfair!
……maybe not the poison
And so, the problem is me.
Currently, the winners are mostly us, so nobody has requested anything of the loser, but we don’t know what will happen with that custom if we lose.
There’s nothing to worry about if I win, so that’s the best but……
Now then, what to do.
“Even if against a swordsman, the opponent is a novice so it should work out somehow.”
Certainly, compared to Suzumoto, that swordsmanship looks a lot easier to dodge.
It is not only lacking speed, but kind of like……it’s easy to read.
It’s easy to tell where he is going to come from with that swordsmanship.
So I might be able to somehow pull of continuous godly evasions.
“How about dodging around and exhausting him then attacking?”
As Hagasaki-kun says, there’s also that strategy, but a shame! I don’t have a proper means of attack!
“For now, just try the lullaby strategy one more time. It’s not for sure that the opponent has fully understood it.”
Yeah~, I will probably go with that.
I’m already out if it doesn’t work.
After that my means of attack would be kitchen knives, [Cleaning], high stove heat……things like that.
I would like to avoid that at all costs.
I would like to avoid that but……mhm~. I can only hope that he hasn’t fully understood my move.
the end
Hecate has never heard the feeling of falling as an itchy feeling at the butt except from Maito.