Chapter 103

Chapter 103

Chapter 103

“What in the world is happening?” (Hibiki)

Pausing the match, I looked around thoroughly .

It seemed that everyone else except the two of us had been rendered unconscious .

Everyone had fallen asleep, there was even some who slept while planting their faces on the floor .

“Amy!! Zir!!” (Hibiki)

I held myself back from rushing out . I couldn’t act as Hibiki with Lux still here .

Throwing a momentary glance, I checked the place where Amy and the others were at, but it was too far away from the arena to discern anything .

Next I glanced at the waiting room .

Ayla had left earlier, so that left the elf minstrel Brigitte and the slave warrior Gina .

“Oh right, the waiting room!!” (Lux)

Noticing my line of sight, Lux promptly left the arena and headed to the waiting room, then reappeared with the contestants who were still awake .

It was Gina and Brigitte . It seemed that the rest had been put to sleep as well .

“Oi, what happened here?” (Gina)

That potion really worked wonders . Gina was walking at the forefront .

“Oh, Lux . You administered an expensive potion on me earlier, didn’t you? Thank you . I’ll definitely repay this kindness . My kind always keep our word . ” (Gina)

“Don’t mention it, okay? It’s a necessity judging from the situation . And it’s Hibiki who gave me the potion anyways . ” (Lux)

“I see . I will definitely thank HIbiki later . ” (Gina)

“By the way, where is Hibiki?” (Lux)

Lux dropped the bomb there .

“No idea? After the previous match of the ‘Dragon Knight’, he disappeared somewhere . ” (Brigitte)

Brigitte joined the conversation as well .

“I see, perhaps he already moved in anticipation to this situation . ” (Lux)

Oi, Lux . You evaluated me with too high of a score there .

“That guy, he’s that good?” (Brigitte)

“Yeah . He’s the one who resolved the problem of the monster raid in Welburg magnificently . ” (Lux)

“I expect nothing less from Hibiki . Such a great man . ” (Gina)

“Fuuhn, he’s such a curious person, isn’t he?” (Brigitte)

Gina’s and Brigitte’s evaluation on me had gone up . Without me having done anything .

“By the way, Echo? You, don’t talk even during such a time?” (Lux) (EN: Uh, where did that nickname come from?

I shook my head blandly . I had to use body language as much as possible .

“Is it some kind of a ‘curse’?” (Lux)

It was a question that I couldn’t answer .

Instead I pointed towards the audience, and gave Lux a look .

“That’s right, Baara and the others!?” (Lux)

Lux ran to the audience seats .

And with that, I could also confirm the condition of Amy and the others .

There was nobody who had managed to stay awake in the audience seats .

Lux’s companions were seemingly in deep sleep, and only Kuesu managed to wake up .

She looked at Lux in annoyance with her sleepy eyes .

Amy and the others were also asleep, with only Zir who looked different .

Everybody was sleeping so deep as if they were dead, but this girl seemed very comfortable in her sleep .

While Lux was still preoccupied with Kuesu, I gave Zir a slap .

“Wha- hiyah!? Wha-what wast yond?” (Zir)

Zir tried to ask me that, then towards Lux and the rest when she finally realized what was going on .

“Wherefore is everyone asleep?” (Zir)

I shook my head . Lux also replied in kind when Zir asked him .

“When it comes to Kuesu, she could absorb spirits and convert it to magic power . While Zir-san has a very large magic capacity, right?” (Lux)

“This is true, and tis what maketh me superb . ” (Zir)

I glanced at Amy and Leelan . In terms of magic, Leelan should also have a considerable amount of magic power .

On the other hand, Gina barely had any magic power .

What was with this discrepancy?

“I see . As expected of Hibiki’s companion . Hibiki is probably working to solve this matter in the meantime, can we somehow contact him?” (Lux)

“Yea, milord is forsooth up to something . Thou may look forward to it . ”

Zir replied with the best answer she could afford after glancing at me .

Zir was not informed about the substitution, but I think she could already guess what happened after watching the earlier match .

“Alright . I guess it can’t be helped . Do you remember anything before you fell asleep?” (Lux)

“Yea, I recall that when I wast watching the match with enthusiasm, a sense of drowsiness doth cometh ov’r me, and in a trice, I was sleeping . ” (Zir)

In other words, she knew nothing .

By the way, those in the Royal VIP seats were asleep as well .

Without noticing the abnormalities in the surroundings, when Selva came to us complaining about the match stopping abruptly, I found out the existence of the VIP seats .

“An attack of this scale . The perpetrator couldn’t possibly be human . ”

It was quite a convincing conclusion coming from Kuesu and Brigitte who were both familiar with magic .

That means…

“Are the demons behind all this?” (Lux)

The perpetrator hadn’t made their appearance yet . And the sleep state couldn’t be dispelled by regular recovery magic nor potions .

When I checked their status, it was written as an abnormal state called “Spirit Grasped Depth 1~5” .

The number might be depended on the person’s resistance to it .

In other words, they won’t wake up from their sleep, unless I was the one who did the waking .

Of course it would be a last resort, otherwise my real identity would be exposed to everyone here .

“Everyone, what is this all about?” (Selva)

I heard Selva asking curiously .

“Scorching Dragon-sama, please forgive me . We couldn’t wake the sleeping ones up . ” (Lux)

Lux carefully explained to Selva . Apparently the Scorching dragon was a special existence for the heroes .

“In that case, why don’t you defeat him instead?” (Selva)

Selva pointed at a spot about 200 m above the arena, but I saw nobody up there .

However, my eyes could still see its status .

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Dodras (Demon) 121 years old

Lv . 25

Skill

【Demon】

Gain the ability of a demon

【Mental Mastery】★★★

Absorbs spirit and magic, in proportion to the state of emotion .

Range and effect depends on level .

【Magic Transfer】★★

Can specify a target to transfer magic to it .

Range and efficiency depends on level .

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Of course .

Could the eyes of a scorching dragon see through everything?

It was hard to not admire the physical capabilities of both Zir and Selva .

However, I could tell that this demon was the cause of this incident .

Creating wings with【Fire Magic】, and using 【Wind Magic】to fly while shooting compressed water bullets using 【Water Magic】, I immediately jumped towards the target .

The fire wings on my back wasn’t only for show, it aided me in flying because it was impossible to do so only by utilizing 【Wind Magic】 . To be specific, it was to make the surrounding atmosphere warmer so that it was easier to create an updraft .

Since that idiot Selva already pointed a finger at it, it wouldn’t be strange if it tried to escape at any time, so I decided to launch a quick assault .

Thanks to that though, the people around me got drenched .

“Guee” (Dodras)

The demon was hit somewhere and fell to the ground, revealing its’ appearance .

It was like a humanoid insect .

It had three arms, and its whole body was covered by an outer shell .

The reason why it had an odd number of arms was probably because my attacks blew one off .

Its four eyes were human eyes, which made it somewhat grotesque .

“Ho-how!? How could you detect me!?”(Dodras)

Being discovered was seemingly beyond its apprehension, the insect demon repeatedly threw that same question again and again .

“It doesn’t matter how . Release everyone at once . ” (Lux)

Lux ordered the demon . I’ve never heard him speaking in that tone before .

He had already brandished his sword and poised it close to the demon’s neck .

The demon then chanted something, then moans started coming out from the audience seats .

Apparently, the abnormal status【Spirit Grasped】had been dispelled .

But, why that easily? What was this guy’s goal in the first place?

While I was thinking about that, Lux already pulled his sword away from the insect demon’s neck .

It immediately took that chance to create distance from us .

“Fuhn, I’ve done my part . Come forth, Vallark!!” (Dodras)

The insect demon shouted the name of his trump card .