93-Chapter 5-16 Hidden Balls

The next game is the start of the second round.

The first game is between the last runner-up team and Seigenteamers A.

I was going to start preparing for my own match instead of watching this one, but one of the runners-up from last time was bothering me, so I decided to take a look at him.

The guy was a medium height guy and didn't look very strong, but for some reason, he seemed creepy to me.

On top of the fighting table, Aguri and the others were already waiting, and the three grappler apes, which were Aguri's subordinates, were checking the condition of their weapons as if they were human. The three grapplers carry a one-handed sword, a spear and a bow.

Can the apes use a spear? If I thought it was, the ape holding the spear is wielding the spear and so on, so it looks like it's a spear that can be used as a club. It's hard to say that they are able to use it properly, but the spear, which is wielded with muscle power that surpasses that of a human being, seems to have a power that can't just be painful if it hits you, because you can hear the sound of the wind cutting through it from a while ago.

Beside those three heads, there is also a warrior in armor, who seems to be annoyed with the other team that is a little behind. I can't see his face, but he must be Aguri's grandson, who was introduced to me a while ago.

The opposing team was a warrior, a wizard, and a creepy-looking man.

I thought the three of us were going to fight alone, but the last man pulled out a bag and was trying to get something out of it.

The two giants that came out with a slight struggle were the first one, "Cyclops," who looks about three and a half meters tall with a muscular body, and the second one, "Troll," who is also about the same height, but is much heavier and has a dumb look on his face. They wear matching collars, simple clothing, and are not equipped with weapons or armor.　

The guild considers them to be B-ranked or higher monsters, and their attack power alone can rival that of A-ranked or higher monsters.　

They are rarely seen in the vicinity of the capital, as it is not a suitable habitat for giants. (Cyclops and Trolls are mainly found in mountainous regions and forests in cooler regions.

The sudden appearance of the giants drew loud cheers from the audience. After all, when the two giants climbed onto the arena, their heads were almost as close to the audience as they could get. Even though they were far away from the audience, they were still very powerful due to their size. There are even some frightened spectators.

However, Aguri and his friends were not happy about it. They have the power to defeat a team of five opponents in the first round with just three players, and now they have an additional non-human force to contend with. If you think about it dispassionately, defeat was a strong possibility.

However, it is the warrior who is the most upbeat about such a situation.

The man grinned and then began to remove the armor he had been equipped with, leaving a piece of armor in place. What he removed was his helmet, shoulder brace and other parts of his armor, and eventually only the chest pads, arms and shins remained.

The man instructed the three Ape's to toss the removed pieces of armor out of the way of the platform, out of the way of the three Ape's. The piece of armor he threw flew towards the audience, but the wizard who was waiting at the bleachers put up a barrier and played the armor.

Ape almost threw the armor into the audience, and for some reason he began to pose for it. Perhaps it was something like 'I'm confident in my powers too'?

A gasping Aguri was quick to slap the man and Ape on the head, but the crowd seemed to take it in stride and laughter could be heard from all over the place.

The preliminaries? are evenly matched. It will be a highlight of this match to see what kind of strategy Aguri and his team, who are losing in strength, will use to fight.

As if waiting for the laughter to subside, the referee gave the signal to start the game.

The first notable move was the opposing team... or rather, the Cyclops and the Trolls, along with the warriors, just took their positions in front of them. But even just the two giants moving together was quite impressive, and just the sound of thudding footsteps drew a crowd.

The formation was more like a 3-1-1, with cyclops and trolls at either end of the front row, a warrior in the middle slightly down, a wizard behind the warrior, and a tamer (a creepy man) further back.

The reason they are at the very back is to prevent the disqualification of their subordinates that would be applied if the tamer were to be killed.

The opposing Aguri and others have a similar formation. Ape spear and sword ape at both ends of the front line and warriors in the middle, but unlike their opponents, these are side by side. They are the ape of the bow behind the warrior, and behind them are the ape of the bow, and behind them are the agris. But Aguri is right behind the bow ape, holding his staff at the ready.

As soon as the umpire stepped back, the cyclops and trolls walked forward, the ground shaking.

The archer's ape shoots an arrow and hits several, but the two giants don't stop moving forward, their faces contorted. Seeing this, the two apes in the front row moved to move around to the side of the cyclops and troll and held their weapons at the ready.

The two bodies were distracted by this movement and stopped in their tracks. In the meantime, a warrior on the Agri side, who was lighter, ran in and slashed the troll's shins. It wasn't a very deep cut due to the sturdy body of the troll, but the troll still screamed in pain.

The troll noticed the warrior as he was attacked and tried to swing his arms down to smash him, but the warrior was no longer there, and now he was cutting at Cyclops' shins.

Cyclops was wary of the troll's reaction and moved to dodge just before he slashed at him, so he could only make a shallow wound, but Cyclops' attention turned to the warrior and he was off the ape.

The sword ape jumped up here and swung his sword down at Cyclops' head.

If it had been decided, it could have delivered a fatal blow, but because it used Cyclops' waist as a springboard when it jumped up, the blow to the head was blocked by his arm.

Cyclops tried to swing his arms at the defenseless Ape, but this was checked by the bow Ape and missed the attack.

The trolls are a bit of a struggle because of their sluggish movements and are at the mercy of the ape with the high agility of a spear.

It is a good thing that Aguri and his team had the advantage so far, but the other team seemed to think that this was not a good idea, and the warriors and wizards left their tamer behind to join the attack.

However, something unexpected happens here for the other team.

Aguri, who had been waiting behind Ape and his team, began to use magic.

The magic itself is not very powerful, but its use is strange, and it shoots out flames like a living snake, wrapping itself around the bodies of cyclops and trolls and setting the warriors on their way.

The flaming snake then wraps itself around the faces of the cyclops and trolls.

The two giants couldn't resist scratching their faces and counteracting the flaming snakes.

They were able to extinguish the fire as soon as it was wrapped around them, but they still had burns on their faces in the form of snakes wrapped around their faces, and neither of them were able to open their eyes properly.

Since they were attacked by Ape and the others in this state, Cyclops and Trolls attacked without hesitation. The other warriors and wizards in the area of the attack were caught up and were too distracted to avoid it.

The warrior and the ape of the sword on the Aguri side run to avoid being noticed by the two.

By the time the other warrior and wizard noticed the enemy going towards the tamer, the tamer was already trapped within range.

One person and one head swinging their swords, carrying the momentum as they ran.

As if to prevent the sword from being swung down, a pillar of stone grew out from underneath the tamer's feet. Then another pillar of stone stabbed into his abdomen as if to strike away at the incoming one who had attacked him.

Ape of the sword at the warrior, who blasted backwards, spitting liquid out of his mouth. Fortunately, he didn't fly to Cyclops and the others, so he didn't end up getting chased down where he was unprotected, but by all accounts, it seemed impossible for him to return in this match.

The two giants, a warrior and a wizard, whose eyesight has recovered considerably, began to attack the aggrieved group.

They quickly recovered and fought off the attack, but it didn't last long.

A slight imbalance was broken, and as soon as the spear ape was played by the troll attack, Aguri immediately announced his surrender.

Hearing Aguri's surrender, the referees declared the other team victorious, but the troll went towards the fallen spear ape.

Just as quickly, Cyclops heard the tamer's command and held the troll back, but the troll was clearly trying to put a stop to the ape.

As expected, the referee couldn't let the action go, but since he hadn't actually attacked the troll, it seemed to end with only a stern warning.

The spear ape got up afterwards, but the warrior and the sword ape that had been attacked by the tamer were carried away on a stretcher. It didn't seem to be an emergency, as both were trying to get up as they were being carried on the stretcher.

'That tamer, I'm sure he's about as powerful as a top-notch wizard, but it looks like he's second-rate as a tamer.　

Namitaro, who was watching the game next to me, muttered.

'What do you mean?'

What, you didn't know? That collar is the same kind of thing we use for slaves. But that one is much more rare.

According to Namitaro, the matching collar around the giant's neck is not an ornamental item, but rather a rather rare magic item, and the effect is to bring the object wearing the collar under your control.

It is said that there are various conditions that must be met in order to bring a subject under your control, but since the conditions vary from object to object, it is not known what kind of condition it is.　

That's why it's second-rate.

That's right, they're sometimes a little late to the tamer's commands, but it's not entirely of their own volition, so they're delayed because their bodies are trying to resist the command.

I was unintentionally impressed by the moderately knowledgeable Namitaro. I asked him how he knew....

A long time ago, he almost put the collar on my neck once. At that time, the collar slipped and I couldn't get it on! By the way, I had him sink to the bottom of the river when he tried to set me up! And by the way, I have a collar from that time... are you there?

No!

The collar Namitaro offered was a collar that somehow managed to retain its original shape, and Namitaro said

'Well, it's too old to be effective against goblins, though!

That's what it says.

You know, Namitaro does things, you know, like get caught and sold out.

There's more to come... do you want to hear it?

I silently shook my head in refusal to Namitaro, who seemed to want to talk for some reason.

''What, you're boring~''

In the meantime, the next demon soldier was about to enter, so I decided to return to the waiting room and wait for the attendant.

As soon as we arrived at the waiting room, the attendant instructed us to hurry up and get to the doorway area. When I moved, the fight was just finished. It was a pretty quick decision, but I was satisfied to hear that Gulliver was unbeaten.

As we entered after being checked by the officials, the other team entered from the other side. After all, the three vanguards were staring at me.

''Second round, second game. ''Oration'' versus ''Lowen Glynn'', the match begins!

At the same time as the referee's voice, the opposing team called 'Lowen Glynn' began to form up.

However, the referees this time seemed to be quite light and immediately retreated to out of range after giving the signal.

So we didn't take up a formation and immediately ran towards our respective targets.

Shiroumaru jumped out first, followed by Namitaro a little later.

Solomon jumped up, which made him third in line.

Slarin and I moved as we watched our opponents, so we were a little behind the three of them.

'Gah!'

Torchy!

Shiroumaru pounced on the warrior on his right side, trying to bite the right hand holding the weapon.

Namitaru used his mysterious propulsion to gain momentum and lunge at the warrior on his left.

As Shiroumaru bit him, the other warrior quickly shifted his body and pulled his arm back, so he was not damaged, but the sword he was holding was bitten and taken by Shiroumaru.

The other warrior swung his sword at Namitarou's lunge, timing it to swing his sword in time...

Quiff turn!

The most important thing to remember is that Namitaro's rotation technique doesn't resemble the quiff turn I know, and it's more of a 'Namitaro Dokuraku' than a turn. That's more like it.

Shh.....

Before the opponent could turn around, Namitarou's body hit him in the back. The other warrior fell forward as the body hit him from behind.

Seeing the warrior fall, the swordsman cuts at Namitaro, but Namitaro spins and dodges the attack as well.

And then.........

Kyahhhh!

A woman's scream rang out.

Reflexively, I looked towards the direction of the scream and saw Solomon flying around in the sky with the archer's legs in his hands.

Fortunately, the archer wasn't wearing a skirt, so there was no happening that said his underwear was visible.

When I looked at the place where the archer was, I saw that his bow had fallen off. Apparently, he had dropped it when he was nipped by Solomon.

While hanging in the air, the archer was kicking at Solomon, but he seemed to do little damage to Solomon.

The archer's boot that Solomon was holding in his mouth came off as the archer released his kick for the umpteenth time.

'Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!'

The archer falls headlong into the air. Solomon opened his mouth and for a moment he said, "I've got it! I made a face like that and started to swoop down.

I managed to retrieve the archer before he hit the ground, but Solomon went to unload the archer at the edge of the fighting table, looking at me.

The archer who was dropped off seemed to be unconscious and was carried away on a stretcher by the ref.

The moment the archer fell, both sides in the battle temporarily stopped moving, and Shiroumaru made a move to catch the archer, but sooner than that, Slarin was waiting at the drop site, so it is likely that the archer was not injured in case Solomon was unable to retrieve him.

'Temma! Go ahead!

Almost at the same time as Namitaro's voice, a few air balls came at me as I was looking at Solomon.

''Dangerous........''

The wizard may have thought he had caught me off guard, but it didn't make sense to me, as I was looking elsewhere and paying attention to the wizard.

I put up the magic barrier I had already prepared and blocked all the air balls.

The wizard, who was quite surprised to see that all the magic that I had released by surprise was prevented without snatching anything, looked quite surprised, but immediately tightened up and began chanting a new magic.

However, it (chanting) seemed to be a bit late.

Because behind him was Namitarou, and to his left and right, Slarin and Shiroumaru were glaring at the wizard as they surrounded him.

'd*mn it! What the hell are they doing!

When the wizard looked for the swordsman and warriors, the three of them had been beaten by Namitaro and the others before they knew it, and were left folded up and abandoned.

'The others are in that state... but what do we do? Do you want to give up?

I asked the wizard that, but before he could answer my question, he started running towards me.

The moment I started running, I was blinded by a semi-circular firestorm in three directions behind and to the left and right, but it didn't work on the three animals.

''Whoa, Hebu, geez!

Thinking that Firestorm had subdued the three of them, the wizard was caught off balance when Slarin's tentacles teased his legs, he fell down about a paw strike by Shiroumaru, and was crushed by Namitaro's body press.

As a result, the wizard was knocked unconscious.

My role this time was mostly over as I glared at Solomon, who was on a roll and missed a bit.

'Winner, 'Oration'!　

The referee, who had no idea what I was thinking, announced that we had won.

You can hear the crowd cheering from the bleachers, but you decide to leave quickly and watch the next game.

The next match will be between the Sword of Dawn and the previous winning team, and the winner will be our opponent.

But.........

The djinn will lose.

He entered the same viewing space as before and muttered his objective match prediction.

'What a cold one Temma is.......I agree with you!

Me and Namitaro think that if both teams are in perfect condition, even if the Sword of Dawn is inferior in numbers, they can fight more than evenly. However, this time, Jin and Garratt are not in perfect condition, so the difference in numbers will become a difference in strength. That's what I thought.

And that prediction came true.

At the beginning of the game, it looked like Jin and his team were pushing the game, but from the middle of the game, they started to get pushed, and at the end of the game, they were completely pushed and lost.

When it was all over, it was like we were in the other team's hands.

They seemed to know this, and even the members of the Dawn Sword seemed to be frustrated.

''That's the team that won the last round. They controlled the Sword of Dawn from the beginning to the end.

Yeah, Jin and the others knew that, but they just didn't know what else to do.

The djinn pull up with a look of frustration on their faces. Now all the matches for the djinn were over.　

They got the best 8 as a team, Jin got the best 4 as an individual, and Garratt qualified for the finals, which seemed to be a great result, but they still had some regrets because they were still able to aim higher.

With two games left, they decided to take an hour's break and go back to the waiting room to avoid running into Jin and the others.

I wouldn't have anything to say to a defeated opponent who is still winning........................

"d*mn it! You've got no place to be!

At least if he was in good shape...

'It's Jin and Garratt's fault. It's not me and Lina's fault.

'Yes! Let's get them to take responsibility!

For some reason, the djinn who we thought had returned to the anteroom after losing came to the spectator area where we were.

I was baffled by the extremely bright djinn, when a staff member warned me about the noise, so I had no choice but to move to the Oration's waiting room.

''But you're weirdly cheerful, don't you regret losing?''

I asked Jin as I served him tea in the anteroom, and he drank his tea and then opened his mouth.

"It's frustrating. But I gave it my all and lost, even if it was on my hands. I have no regrets. And I can't sit around and regret it all the time.

The djinn who say, "I don't know," is the one that drags the most out of all of them.

Menace and Leena burst out laughing at Garratt's words.

'You're the one who says that, you're the one who can't sleep tonight because of your frustrating habit!

Seeing Jin and Garratt arguing, I decided not to pay too much attention to them, just hoping they weren't weirdly depressed.

'I just realized that I'm going to have to take on the djinn and their enemies in individual and team battles.

In the individual finals, it was Amur who defeated Jin and Garratt, and the next match in the team competition was against the team that won the Sword of Dawn.

''Ah, if you ask me, that's true! Jin-san and Garratt must support Tenma-san more than anyone else!

Hearing Leena's words, Jin and Garratt, who had been jostling each other, looked uncomfortable at the same time.

They passed the time with chit-chat, etc., and it was almost time for the first semi-final match to start.

''Well, I guess it's time to leave you alone...........................Good luck with that, Tenma!

Jin and the others returned to their anterooms, while I headed for the viewing area.

After we parted ways with Jin and the others, we heard a loud noise coming from the direction they were heading.

It was probably the sound of Jin hitting the wall. Even if he had said something cheerful in his mouth, he still felt frustrated, and he couldn't easily change his mind.

The staff members who heard the noise and came rushing in, I didn't look back and headed for my destination.

A short time after entering the viewing area, the demon soldiers entered.

Gulliver came out of his bag and seemed to be in good shape, wielding a thick wooden club as a preparatory exercise.

For the Oniheiheitai, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Gulliver's performance was the key to winning this match. Gulliver understands this, and that's why he's putting up a good fight.

The opposing team is a bit behind the curve, just like in the previous game.

The members of the demon soldiers didn't seem to care about that, but the crowd was starting to buzz.

Not long after the bleachers started buzzing, the other team entered. However, the only people who entered were the tamer and the wizard.

Was the absence of the warriors due to some kind of trouble?

Just as everyone was beginning to think so, Tamer, who had stopped walking, opened his bag.