"We've been in a lot of trouble lately."
I was eating at the inn, and Mr. Liliera muttered about that.
"Is something wrong?
"Yeah, I was attacked by a bandit on my way home from the game earlier."
"Eh ⁉ Are you okay ⁉?"
Isn't it tough being attacked by bandits all over the city? ⁉
If it wasn't okay, I wouldn't be here.
And I laugh bitterly at what Mr. Liliera is saying.
Yes, that's right.
Mr. Liliera is here, so is it natural that he's safe?
"Uh, we got attacked, too. Suddenly he was surrounded and attacked."
"Gyro, you too."
"Well, if we're strong enough, we're bandits. Choi choi choi choi!
I mean, Gyro, you guys got away with it.
"The bandits who attacked me stuck out to the guards, but when they attacked that one, did they even enter a sizeable band of bandits?
"Or maybe a bunch of bandits came after people who could float in the tournament."
"But wouldn't that be more sleazy than robbery? If you commit such a massive robbery, the guards will seriously embark on a bandit hunt, right?
"Oh, so is that"
Mr. Norb presumes that the bandits came after the guests who came to see the ritual, but Mina denies that it is strange for them to do so.
"Maybe it was aimed at the participants in the ritual."
"Us? Why not?
And so Megli groans that the bandits may have targeted our players.
"I think the people behind it are using the participants in the ritual to make bets. So I guess some of them are attacking other players to make them win."
"" "" "" I see "" ""
We admire Mr. Megli's reasoned assumptions.
Indeed, there were a number of such eight hundred cases in previous life.
"Since we are leftovers, Princess Ryu's ritual alone can be considered the most insane interrupter."
"It's good to stick it out to the guards."
Yeah, you can't forgive me for interrupting a serious battle for that reason.
"Uh... but isn't that the work of the anti-dragon imperial faction in the example of targeting His Majesty the Dragon Emperor?
And Mr. Lune opened his mouth anxiously.
"Oh, the dragon emperors said nobles."
When the Dragon Emperor is resurrected, he can't do anything he likes anymore, so is it a gathering of nobles who want to kill the Dragon Emperor and rule the country as before?
"Um, but wouldn't those dangerous people send a more powerful assassin? I don't think they're sending a halfway assassin who can easily repel you."
Yes, in previous life and previous generations, there were many troublesome assassins sent by the nobles.
Instead, you don't rely poorly on numbers, but you come under attack with a handful of elites by the stiff-armed.
Half-strength assassins are on the contrary.
In fact, I also used those assassins well to repel them.
"Well, we certainly were able to return the favor lightly, and it didn't look like the kind of dangerous assassin the nobles would send."
"I think it was the people who normally do the backwork"
He said, "I was a good fighter."
"Whatever enemies come to me, it's easy!
Yeah, you're all reliable.
"Oh really..."
Mr. Lune seems to have convinced me while leaning his neck as to whether that's what it is.
Well, she trained to fight dragons, so I guess she has less experience fighting ordinary bandits and assassins.
The strength of a specially trained, real assassin is an unparalleled pain in the ass.
"By the way, didn't Master Rex get attacked?
and Mr. Lune asks as he recalls.
"Yeah, because as soon as the game was over, you disappeared and came back with some hidden magic so you wouldn't find out you were staying in this inn. Luckily, we didn't have to be attacked by bandits."
"I see, that's Master Rex! You can't even attack a bandit if you can't see him!
"Well, I can't be alarmed because they'll find out who uses top exploratory magic,"
"Uh, isn't that something you shouldn't worry about?
Whatever it is, we're all back safe and sound.
But I also know exactly what Mr. Lune feels worried about.
Looks like you should take care of the assassins in the future.
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"Well, then I guess I'll be fine today"
Wear disguised armor to participate in Dragon Emperor's ritual today.
'I was a little late getting ready for assassination. We have to get to the game venue soon. "
It's a hassle to hide who you are with armor, but it's a hassle for the nobles to be discreet in the tournament they come to see.
Fortunately, the Adventurer Alliance guild leader promised me that he would keep my identity a secret by exercising the Adventurer Alliance's duty of secrecy as long as he participated in the game.
That makes it easy for me to enjoy the tournament.
"But it looks like the higher-level adventurers aren't here because it's the first tournament."
The guild chief regretted that it was difficult to participate even when the tournament was suddenly announced, as high-level adventurers were busy fighting dangerous secrets, ancient ruins and powerful demons.
"There were only four S-rank adventurers I met, but I'd love to meet some S-rank adventurers from other countries."
I hope to see you someday.
Because this was a rapidly held tournament, the number of incumbent adventurers was low, and instead there were many general participants who examined their gear.
Probably from a neighboring town or village.
We were all well equipped for the short recruitment period.
There have been some people who have prepared bespoke gear, and the dragon territory is close around here, so I guess the neighbors have all their weapons and protective gear so that they can buy time for the Knights to rush on their own just in case.
"Whoa, it's time to go out."
If I think forever, I'll be late.
"Cuckoo!"
Come on. It was that time I wanted to go out.
Moffmoff was stuck at my feet. [M]
"What's wrong, Moffmoff?
I gave you dinner earlier, so you're peeing?
"Cu!"
When Moffmoff sounds, he then passes on his armor and rides on my shoulder.
"Maybe you want to follow me?
"Cuh!"
When I said that I was right, Moffmoff rang.
"No, you can't. If you take Moffmoff, you'll find out who I am."
I usually take Moffmoff without a disguise, so if I take him like this, the disguise doesn't make sense anymore.
"Gyu!"
When I try to lower the Moffmoff on my shoulder, Moffmoff clings desperately to his shoulder armor.
"Guquette!"
I'm supposed to be a little funny with my face being pulled, but Moffmoff seems desperate and not the other way around.
"Nevertheless, here I am."
If I'm forced to peel it off, I'm going to hurt Moffmoff...
Besides, is it a little pathetic to leave Mohmov alone during the tournament?
'I can't help it. Wait a minute.'
We're a little tight on time, but I guess we'll make it if we hurry.
◆ Norb ◆
"Mr. Rex, you're late."
The next game is that of an athlete named Tyran, but it's actually that of Mr. Rex in disguise.
But the other player's already here, but Mr. Rex isn't here yet.
"Is there any trouble?
I don't think you need to worry about your danger because it's Mr. Rex, but I'm just a little worried that Mr. Rex might be experiencing some terrible trouble being late.
"Well, even in the qualifying round, that Tyran guy was pretty strong, and I hope my brother makes it before the game starts"
Gyro-kun seems to be concerned about Tyran's fight too...
"What?
"My standout. Then that Tyran guy is pretty strong. So I really want to see how he fights with my brother and set up measures with him."
……
Oh, that? Could it be that Gyro doesn't realize who Tyran is with Mr. Rex?
"With my brother, with Tyran, this tournament is full of awesomeness!
... Yeah, well, Gyro, if you look like you're having fun... is that okay?
"And Tyran players are slow. It could disqualify you if you stay like this."
In fact, the referee on the game stage is looking around in a softened manner because Mr. Rex isn't coming.
You're really disqualified if you stay like this, Mr. Rex.
"Tyran's guy didn't come, but could he have been framed by Golmer?
Golmer would do it.
And the audience that was nearby is having an ominous conversation about the players on the game stage.
"Hey, you guys, is that golmer guy a jerk?
You hear what I wonder, Gyro. [M]
This lack of fear is amazing.
"Oh, his name is Golmer. The people behind this town."
That said, the golmer player the audience pointed out more with his gaze was certainly caught in the backward air.
"He's a man who's good at rough things, but he likes cowardly hands more than that, and people who are hostile to him are in terrible trouble.
"That's... I don't want to get along very well."
Yeah, you must be dangerous, as these people say.
Maybe the raiders who attacked us were acting on the orders of the golmers.
However, when I heard the explanation, I was convinced that Tyran had not been delayed in his participation because of his obstruction of Golmer.
Yeah, that's definitely another reason.
Nevertheless, being late is still late.
You decided you couldn't wait any longer, or the referee stood in the center of the game stage.
Oh, didn't you make it...
"Tyran didn't get here by time, so this game..."
and then suddenly something jumped from above onto the game stage.
"Hey what...!?"
What showed up was a black armored warrior, yes Lek...... not a Tyran player.
"You're finally here!
Seeing that look, Gyro, you scream with joy.
Really, it's critical, Mr. Rex.
"Uh... Tyran started the second game in time. Tyran, come to the venue at more leisure in the future"
When brought to the attention of the referee, Mr. Rex's dressed Tiran bowed his head slightly and apologized.
And Tyran turns his gaze to a round object on his shoulder...... what are you talking about?
Vision seems to be blocked and disturbed for protective gear, and more importantly, it's only on one side.
"Made of black metal...... ball?
I was tilting my neck wondering what the hell it was, and suddenly that object moved out.
If you think it moved on Tyran's shoulder, pass it on and down... Ah, it fell.
The ball will keep rolling and about to fall off the stage.
"Eh!
When Tyran catches the ball in a hurry, he gently puts it on the ground.
"Cuh!"
He said he heard a ringing voice he remembered hearing somewhere from the ball, and he moved four short legs growing out of the gap with chocolate chocolate to get away from the game stage.
"No way that..."
"Cuckoo!"
Jump to support Tyran, whose husband is the black ball.
Yeah, I knew the squeal...
"What's that cute -!
"Is it that guy's pet?
"You're rooting for your husband!
and the interest of the surrounding audience was poured into the ball brought by Tyran players.
"You look kind of cute in your matching outfit!
"It was a little intimidating with black armor, but surprisingly, do you like animals?
Oh, I see, and indeed that ball is called color and good decoration, you can say it's the same as a Tyran player.
These were the audiences I've been waiting for, but I've been nailed to a black ball that totally moves lovingly.
"Ah, uh! Be quiet! We will now begin the second game of Golmer vs. Tyran. Both forward!
The venue will be quiet in the referee's voice, with Golmer and Tyran in the center of the game stage.
Golmer has a pair of daggers, and Tyran has a black, wide range of broadswords.
"Damn, I'm flattered by the audience with strange pets. But, hey, you can't help a pet in a game."
……
Tyran responds silently to Golmer's provocation.
"What kind of armor is that more or less like that ball? Is there a pig or something in there? Shouldn't you let him exercise for a second?
"Guh!"
and that's when the black ball came up to the game venue with a run.
And stand right in front of the golmer... did you?
"Oh? What's round?
"Gyu!"
"Ha, are you mad at me for possibly making fun of me?
"Guh!"
Apparently, the black ball is angry when the golmer tells the bad guy to do it.
"Heh, I'm in the way. It's gone black!
and I wondered if the golmer shook his legs up loud, gaining momentum and kicking the black ball as much as I wanted.
"Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Kya⁉"
"Terrible!"
The surrounding audience blames the golmers for kicking the black ball.
"Hyahahahahahaha! It's so light, I didn't feel like I kicked it! I guess I flew out of town. ⁉"
Guerraggera and a delightfully laughed golmer turn to Tyran.
"Hey owner, shouldn't we pick you up early? If we keep this up, our precious pets will be eaten by demons, okay?
Keeping himself kicked in, Golmer speaks words he can't even see pieces of reflection.
But by contrast, Tyran didn't even show a bare gesture to ride the golmer's provocation or go help the kicked black ball.
"Come on, do you want to kill your pet? You're a terrible husband."
……
But still, Tyran never rode Golmer's provocation, he just pointed to his feet.
"What? What's wrong with my leg...?
The moment I said that and looked at my feet, Golmer's grin froze.
"Nah!? Meh, why ⁉?"
Yes, there was a black ball there that the golmers should have kicked off earlier.
"Cu"
"Ah⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉\
A golmer jumps in a hurry when he hears a black ball squeal and returns to me.
"What are you talking about? ⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉⁉
"Cuh."
The black ball slowly approaches the golmer player when it rings.
……
The audience that cursed golmers until earlier also don't seem to have much confusion about this situation.
"Damn, I'll blow you away again!!"
That's when the golmer shook up his leg to kick the black ball again.
"Guh!"
The black ball suddenly flew to the golmer player so he could play it.
"Gu Ha ⁉"
Golmer's body floats across the universe, devouring a stunning blow to the dovetail.
But that wasn't the end of it.
"Gyuuuuu!"
The black ball kicked up the golmer with his short legs as he spun his body half a turn, making it float further into the universe.
Kick, float, kick, float, kick, float.
Golmer's body floats like dancing in the air without falling to the ground.
"Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
And as the golmer's body rose higher than the roof of the house, the black ball jumped further up and kicked the golmer's body to the ground with a lightning-like kick.
And when the earthquake stopped, there was a golmer who stunned in the floor stone on the game stage and a black ball nestled in loud breath while maintaining the kick pose on it.
……
The audience has no say in the exact development either.
"Ghuhuhu......"
And breathing heavily, the black ball jumped off the golmer's body and returned to Tyran.
"" "Ha!?" "
The twist of the audience who finally returned to me after seeing the sight envelops the match venue.
"... oh, hey, golmer bastard, they did it, but what are you gonna do with this?
"Is it Tyran's win?
"No, it was your pet who fought, wasn't it?
"What are we gonna do?
I'm confused as to what's going on with the judges as well as the audience.
That's when Tyran puts his hand on Golmer.
"Distant High Heels"
Unlike that guy I know, I wonder if he sounded a heavy, calm voice, and the gentle light surrounds Golmer's body.
"What? The golmer guy's glowing.
Light instantly healed the wounds of golmers.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Golmer's wounded.
"Did Tyran do it? ⁉ ●"
"If you think you're a warrior, can you even use healing magic? ITS ⁉"
"There was no sign of a spell!?"
"I didn't even feel the magic flow, how did you activate the magic!?"
Not only the audience, but the athletes also express their surprise at the recovery magic used by Tyran.
Really, the first time you see that guy's magic, you're just amazed at knowing something called deceptive magic.
"Ugh... Ugh"
And a wound-healing golmer woke up with a mild groan.
"Oh, what the hell am I...?
Looks like Golmer can't remember why he was unconscious because his memories are cloudy.
Well, I can't help remembering.
Maybe your instincts don't want to remind you.
and before such a golmer, the black ball came again.
"Cuh."
And I give you my forefoot as if I were even going to say hello and ring a bell.
……
Golmer players who see a black ball stop moving.
"………………"
And I shook my face bright blue as I sweated from all over my body.
"Gyun?"
Pom.
"Gahhhhhhhhhh"
The moment he was touched by the black ball, Golmer jumped out of the game venue screaming and rolling around as he stood up to be played.
"Wait, Golmer!
The referees will stop the golmers, but dominated by fear, he has jumped out ignoring the referees' voices of restraint.
And the referees begin to consult with confusion as to what this is all about with Golmer gone.
"Shouldn't we disqualify Tyran because of his pet?
"No, that would be because Golmer insulted Tyran's pet. He was the one who got his hands on it first."
"There's no point in letting pets continue the game."
"No matter what you think of that, it doesn't seem like a regular pet..."
"" "No well..." "
And after a while, you come to a conclusion, one of the referees comes to the center of the game stage.
"The second game will be regarded as a Golmer game waiver and will be Tyran's victory!
Well, that's a reasonable conclusion because it's not going to be possible to reorder more than the other player has escaped.
"Oh, I didn't see that black bastard fight after all"
"Uh, that was unfortunate."
"Steady. That black circle is strong, too"
In the end, Gyro-kun didn't realize who Tyran was.
I even came with a pet that was so easy to understand...
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Hmm, how did this happen...
How could Moffmoff have wanted to follow me, so if I had improvised and made armor for Moffmoff so that I wouldn't find out who I was, I would have been endangered and disqualified.
It's just that then the other player started a fight with Moffmoff, and Moffmoff bogged me down.
I rushed to treat him, but for some reason, the golmer jumped out, didn't he?
What the hell is really going on?
Besides... why did that guy get unilaterally defeated by Moffmoff?
I even imitated selling fights to Wazzamovmov.
... Ha ⁉ No way. That guy was actually a huge animal lover. ⁉
Is that why you couldn't even fight back against Moffmoff?
The first attack on Moffmoff didn't even look serious at all, and I'm sure Moffmoff deliberately tried to get rid of it by pretending not to get hurt in the aftermath of our battle.
In fact, there's no way the armor I put on Moffmoff would break with that kind of kick.
I just thought you could play. I shouldn't have played with Moffmoff in a shake.
I'm sure this is it. Then I guess I abandoned the game because I didn't think it would involve Moffmoff.
Someone I knew in my previous life had an animal lover who was tremendously strong but incomparable, but I'm sure he was because he was somehow similar to the person's behavior.
Mm-hmm. And you did something really bad.
He was really worried about Moffmoff.
Next time I meet you, I'll make you moff MoffMoffMoffs to apologize.
Yeah, yeah, that's good!
If that's the case, the game is over, and we should just take Moffmoff to see the golmers.
Uh, Moffmoff is way...
I'm looking for Moffmoff, who was there earlier. [M]
Then...
"Cue!"
"Cute!
"Look, eat this too"
"Queue!"
"You were strong!
"Cuh!"
"I'm so refreshed you busted that bastard! Look, don't eat this either!
"Cu!"
Moffmoff was thrilled to be fed by the excited audience.
Cheng Cheng, you wanted to follow me for that.
Damn, it's neat.
"I'm so desperate to grab the rice with my feet sticking out of my armor - cute!
"Cucu!"
If I was obsessed with eating the food I got, Mohmov would flip over with Krun with the roundness of his armor.
Normally he looks round, but that's fur, so he comes into contact with the ground in a more balanced way than he looks.
But that armor is round, so if I use it to grab my hands and feet for food, it seems to roll easily.
This is a structural flaw.
"Oh no, sweetie!
But that seems to be very popular with customers.
Nevertheless, can't we just let it go forever?
When I held Moffmoff, who was obsessed with rice, I headed out to find Golmer.
"Mocu Mocu"
Oh, boy, I'm still eating.
Mr. Golmer was worried, too, and I was wondering if it was time to let him diet?