High School Hack and Slash Chapter 109 Part 1
Rescue Request
「Now then, let’s begin the twenty-seventh club meeting of the『Adept Orders』, shall we?」
For the club meeting, Rinko-senpai serves as the chairperson as usual.
All 24 members have gathered in the (provisional) club room of the Adept Orders.
The second year group led by Mikan-senpai, the twelve Ex Adept Workers Craftsmen, and Otoha-senpai, who is also Asagi dorm leader.
And then, the seven of us first year students, who have formed a party since its inception, as well as Mirin and the others, the quartet who have joined us during the summer vacation, make up the full members of the club.
Once again, it’s a composition where the ratio of girls is too high.
There are no boys except for Seiichi and me.
「Well then, the first thing on the agenda is, about the tournament coming up next month, I suppose.」
「This will be the first time we’re participating in the interclub tournament….」
「Y, yes.」
Nodoka nods at the remarks of Mirin, who seems to be nervous.
The fact is that Mirin and the others had been treated as a dropout group, so they most likely didn’t belong to any club at the time of the previous tournament.
「It’s okay, you don’t need to worry. Since not everyone in the club has to fight, after all.」
Even after hearing the follow up from Mikan-senpai, which seems to be meant to ease them up, their expression is still a little stiff.
「But if there’s anything we can do to help, we’ll gladly do whatever it is.」
「Yes. I mean, we also want to be of help for the club.」
Serie and Shinobu also seem to be in high spirits.
However, it’s a tournament where the main theme is anti-personnel battles.
So for the quarter, who are of the support classes, I am sorry to say, but I’d like to ask them to cheer on us as behind the scenes personnel.
Yes, it is our role to stand at the front and mow down the enemies.
「First of all, for the five representative members, can’t we just go with the same formation as the previous tournament?」
「Mm.」
「I shall send flying all the heads of enemies who stand in our way!」
「Fine by me. I won’t show such an unsightly appearance anymore. I’ll launch a genocide with all my might!」
「Phew, so the time to unleash my dragon power has come, huh.」
I guess Seiichi, me, Saki, Mai, and Otoha-senpai are the ironclad formation of the combat personnel.
Rather, although there are 24 club members, for there to only be 5 who have combat oriented class, isn’t the balance quite the bad here?
No, if we’re talking about combat ability, everyone has the means to fight.
「Yes. Thank you for announcing your candidacy…. Well then, for the five regular members, I take it that we’re all set, I suppose.」
Doubly serving as information sharing for Mirin and the others, we reconfirm the rules of the interclub tournament.
The interclub tournament is a ranking-deciding tournament in which all clubs in the academy are obliged to participate.
The tournament is held three times a year, and this time is the second installment.
The『rank』 of the club you belong to is also a factor that has a big impact on your academy life.
You can consider all matches against the other participants to be a real battle.
The tournament is divided into qualifying and main rounds, with the qualifying rounds being a battle royal-style point showdown and the main rounds being a knockout-style tournament format.
If you fail the qualifying rounds, you will be ranked『F (Free)』, which is the lowest rank.
If you manage to make it through the qualifying round, you’re guaranteed the rank of『C』.
The us from the previous tournament were only able to make it this far.
However, if we can win through the main tournament, we’ll be able to move up to『B』, 『A』, and then『S』 ranks.
I by no means hate the Power is Justice theory at this academy.
It has this Mad Max feel to it, where you trample down the barking dogs that merely assert their rights, and if you want something, you have to win it by force.
Even so, chance alone is given equally.
In other words, it’s all good as long as you win.
「Leaving the power freak aside, what should we do about the reserve members, I wonder? Should we just go with me and Mikan-chan, like in the previous tournament?」
「Yes. I’m okay with that.」
In addition to the five regular members, two reserves are essential registered members.
The last time, Mikan-senpai went pretty reckless, so I’d like her to refrain from registering.
And yet, it’s also a fact that we have no other combat class.
「If it’s alright with you, please put me in one of the reserve slots.」
「Huh?」
Everyone except for Shizuka-san, who raises her hand, becomes like: Huh?
Then we all exchange glances in silent communication about what kind of reaction we should give.
All this while, about five seconds pass by.
「E, err, you see… Shizuka. You don’t have to force yourself, okay?」
「T, that’s right. How should I put it, right?」
「Y, yes. It’s okay, Shizuka-chan. With Peperon with us, we’re invincible, after all!」
The air was filled with a sense of non-inclusion in the team notice, borderline cruel.
For better or worse, Shizuka is also a holder of a GR class with an incomprehensible powerhouse feel to it, specs-wise.
No, but on second thought, I get the feeling that the ones who know that she has obtained the class『Demon King (Diabolos)』 are the person in question and me alone.
It has『~Lord』 in its name, so at first I thought it was a variant of the boys’ trap SSR class, but it seems to be a combat oriented class.
「Um, err, that…. Shizuka one-sama is strong, right?」
The quartet nod in agreement to Nodoka’s faint endorsement.
There are many times when Shizuka comes along in the leveling of this group, so we have seen her unreasonable monstrous power numerous times.
But I dare say.
That although she has high specs, she’s junky on the inside.
「… For better or worse, I’m a vice president, after all.」
「Ah, yes. Err, you don’t want to change your mind, I suppose?」
Rinko-senpai is asking me with eye contact, but I’m going to respect her wishes.
「Then, Shizuka-chan and I will be the reserve members. Yup, yup, we’re the vice president, after all.」
「Yes. Let’s do our best.」
By the authority of the vice president, two of them, Mikan-senpai and Shizuka, assume the roles of the reserve members.
Well, as long as we, the regular members, mow down all the enemies, the two will have no chance to step up.
As such, the members of the tournament are listed on the application form.
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Interclub Tournament – Shimotsuki Cup
Club: 『Adept Orders』
Rank: C
Club members list: Touma (president), Seiichi, Shizuka (vice president), Mai, Saki, Miharu, Natsumi, Mikan (vice president), Rinko, Anzu, Kurumi, Touka, Ichiko, Umeka, Chieri, Kakine, Akehi, Meiron, Hoodzuki, Otoha, Mirin, Serie, Nodoka, Shinobu
Taishou: Touma (Year 1, Third Group)
Fukushou: Mai (Year 1, Third Group)
Chuuken: Seiichi (Year 1, Third Group)
Jihou: Otoha (Year 2, Dog Group)
Senpou: Saki (Year 1, Tiger Group)
Reserve: Mikan (Year 2, Third Group)
Reserve: Shizuka (Year 1, Third Group)
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It ends up being almost the same as last time.
I would like to have the rule where the president is fixed as the Taishou abolished.
「Ah. Yes, yes, this time, or rather, the rules for the tournaments are a little different each time. This time the main tournament isn’t one-on-one, it’s a PvP group battle.」
「Wəndərfəl.」
The heck is that, so wonderful.
「Hee~, so it’s like an actual combat simulation, huh… I get the feeling that tragedy is going to occur, though.」
「Turning your opponent into a mincemeat where they can’t retain their original form or turning them into carbon will make you disqualified for foul plays, I suppose.」
「Err. You can’t slaughter them, okay, Touma-kun?」
「I believe it would be better to refrain from destroying the stage, the facilities, and the whole audience seat.」
「Touma. Be prudent.」
「With what?」
Care to stop treating people as gods of destruction?
But, yeah, I’m looking forward to it.
「Leaving aside the person whose eyes are sparkling, pertaining to the members for the tournament, we’re all set with these, I suppose? Now then, the next item on the agenda is a proposal from Touma-kun in that he’d like to hold a training camp for the tournament, but….」
「Training time, isn’t it?!」
Saki, a girl who loves to train, leans forward.
「Well, something like that, I suppose. The flow is that: let’s go for a raid quest, but… What do you say, Seiichi-kun?」
「… Why do you dump the matter to me?」
「Shizuka-chan and the others are yes girls to Touma-kun, as for us, to be frank, we don’t like raids, but expecting as much, I suppose everyone has been subjected to Touma-kun’s behind the scenes maneuvering.」
As the Senpais swim their gaze around, Seiichi lets out a deep sigh.
「That, doesn’t that mean I no longer have any other options?」
「I don’t see any particular reason to refuse it. I mean, it’s just a matter of securing rare treats by crushing a raid, right?」
「No no no, of course there are risks before the return… Well, I’m not opposed to going for a raid conquest, though.」
Compared to the greed steeped Mai, he is such an indecisive man.
「So, what kind of raid are we going to challenge? Don’t tell me, it’s not an extreme class one, is it?」
「We’re going to choose it now. Shizuka.」
「Yes. Now then, these are the list of raid quests that are currently available on the quest board.」
Konnyaku-man, who has been eating cookies on the table, grows in size at Shizuka’s signal.
As he sucks on the end of the cord handed to him Shizuka, the academy’s official『Quest Bulletin Board』 is projected on his back, which has turned into a white board.
It seems to be outputting the laptop’s screen like a projector, but I wonder what kind of communication protocol is at play there.
Since no one makes a retort about it, I guess it must be a trivial matter.
「Except for the high-difficulty raids that had been salted away, everyone is probably in the middle of conquering them all, I suppose.」
「Raids that have a nice flavor in it are scrambled for, after all. The ones left are mostly those of the less popular『Origin (Primitive)』 type?」
In the academy network that’s built through wired communication, an official site operated by the academy is available to the public.
Among the menus there, it seems that the most utilized one by the students is the『Quest Bulletin Board』 where various quests are issued.
It’s said to be a way to earn daily pocket money as well as evaluation from the school, in other words, to earn internal points.
Quests such as subjugation for thinning out the monsters in the in-map areas and quests for collecting research materials (drop items) are updated in a daily quest-like manner.
However, for those of us whose main activities are leveling and proceeding with our conquest, aiming for deeper stratums, it’s a system that we don’t normally use.
In such『Quest Bulleting Board』, raid domains whose existences have been confirmed are also published.
The quests are categorized by difficulty level as『Beginner class』, 『Intermediate Class』, 『Advanced Class』, 『Super Class』, and『Extreme Class』, but anyone can freely challenge any raid quests.
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