High School Hack and Slash Chapter 51 Part 3
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Well, it’s true that Meiron-senpai’s sweets are fine items of rave reviews among everyone in the dormitory.
They are offered free of charge at the cake stand in the lounging room, but in the beginning it turned into an eye-rolling scramble.
After Otoha-senpai, who had devised a plan, set up a scale in the lounging room, things calmed down a lot, as we came to see the figures of the girls conflicting like ghosts that were scared of talismans.
「Well then, my apology for leaving first.」
The bell in the clock tower just happen to ring.
The condition of my stomach is also just about at eighth-tenths.
Given the quality of this breakfast all-you-can-eat buffet, I’d like to come back again along with Shizuka and the others as well as the Senpais.
「… Unfortunately, you were rejected, but how was it I wonder?」
「Hmmm. Such an unusual kid, of course he’s one of us.」
「As I thought, huh. So, which side was he on?」
「I don’t know. But he was a good kid, so I hope he isn’t an enemy… Haa, I’m hungry.」
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The main tournament bracket for the interclub tournament was announced on Monday, and the matches started on Tuesday.
The venue for the matches was the『Arena (Colosseum)』.
The total count of clubs that had won their way through to the main tournament was 318.
This was due to the fact that it was the first tournament of the academic year and the clubs founded by first-year students were a lot in number.
Once the tournament was over and the ratings of the clubs were set, people would flock to the top ranked clubs, aiming for the vested privileges.
The clubs that ended up with the rank of F(Free) would mostly disband, and even amongst the C-ranked club members, the capable ones would be poached by higher-ranked clubs.
Belonging to a club was not compulsory, but being able to make friends in the same level range as you was a great advantage.
It could be said to be a system that made it easier to form a party to challenge the dungeon beyond the framework of the classroom.
「The Chuuken match, over! With three victories in a row, the『Order of the Divine Workman (Adept Orders)』 have emerged victorious.」
A referee from the tournament executive committee announced the winner.
The central stage (Battlefield), surrounded by spectator seats, was divided into four stages.
The inside of the field was injected with plenty of crystals, and there was no shadow of people on the『Wall of Prayer』.
On each of the four stages, a match between fellow F-ranked clubs was being held.
A hand was stretched out toward the female player, who had had the dagger that was held in both hands flicked away and she herself fallen on her rear.
「My bad. Can you stand?」
「Y, yeah…. That sure was amazing. I couldn’t see it at all.」
The girl, who had been instantly defeated almost unilaterally right after the match began, was more of stunned than frustrated.
It was said that the players with the class of Fighter, who boasted superior power and thick defense, and Thief, who used speed as a weapon, had advantages in a PVP battle.
However, upon being shown the overwhelming difference in their speed, she ended up getting convinced of the level difference.
「Good luck and win it through, okay.」
「Thank you.」
The players lightly praised each other’s good fight, but unbearable to hear booing were rising from the side of the winning team.
「Here comes the slimy bastard!」
「Coward!」
「The smile on his face is so fake.」
「… Say, why am I being cursed even I’m the one winning?」
The tournament schedule was arranged to run for a week.
The slots to scramble for would be 4 clubs for S rank, 12 clubs for A rank, and 48 clubs for B rank.
The final tournament – with the best 16 clubs, whose A rank had been set, competing for the S rank slot – would be held on Saturday, while the tournament for the best 64 clubs, whose B rank had been set, would be held on Thursday and Friday.
For the battles where the members who conquered the front lines of the dungeon engaged in supernatural matches, the spectator seats were crowded with numerous enrolled students.
Of these 64 slots, the existing S and A ranked clubs were counted for the seed slots.
If the clubs that had already been disbanded were to be counted, for the seed slots alone, 13 had already been determined, and the battle to determine the remaining 51 slots would be on Wednesday.
The difference in privileges granted to the B-rank and C-rank clubs was huge, and for most of the clubs, the real battle could be said to have only just begun there.
And then, Tuesday’s tournament, in other words the match carried out at the moment, was a shake off battle between fellow F-rank clubs.
Most of the F-rank clubs were new clubs formed by first year students.
The outsiders who would come to watch the battles, which in a sense were laid back and peaceful, were few in number, and the comrades from the participating clubs were swinging from joy to sorrow.
「Everyone’s so amazing! I mean, it’s a straight win.」
「Thankee, Mikan-chan-senpai. Compared to that, when it comes to you guys….」
Three-minute time limit was imposed to the matches, which were carried out four at a time.
In a match between first-year students who mostly had just had first step class change, not to mention the fact that they were not used to PVP battle, it was easy for them to run out of time.
Even if the students were used to fighting against monsters in the dungeon, fighting against humans and being faced with killing intent brought about another kind of stress.
「So boring. I want to trade blades with someone stronger….」
「Saki-chan, calm down.」
「Himecchi is receiving bad influence from Touma, though.」
「I believe she’s been like that from the beginning.」
The 87 clubs, which participated today as F rank clubs, would be cut down to 25 clubs through knockout matches.
It varied depending on the number of badges they collected during the qualifying rounds, but most of them could advance to tomorrow’s battle if they won two matches.
Such clubs were mostly F-ranked clubs with second and third year students participating as their players.
There were even cases they were clubs set up by students who had become free due to the disbandment of their clubs, or clubs created by top ranked clubs as sub-clubs.
In the latter case in particular, there were also cases where powerful members of the club to which they originally belonged were temporarily transferred to the sub club to participate as player members.
Double-registering players were not allowed, but even if they were second-string players, students who could belong to the top rank clubs were plenty high-level high-class themselves.
「… You must be kidding, oi.」
「Senpou match, over! The winner, the『Order of the Divine Workman (Adept Orders)』!」
「So boring.」
At the feet of Saki, who returned her katana into the scabbard with a clink, a boy whose right arm was dropped from his shoulder was dripping with cold sweat, his face twitching.
「Awright! You did well, Saki-chan. I’ll follow suit too.」
「… Ah, Otoha-senpai. I was wondering if they’re just the right opponent to lose to, though?」
「… Oto-chan-senpai is a muscle brain like Touma-kun and Hime-chan, after all. Subtle act like that is impossible for her, right?」
Otoha, who was exchanging blows with her sword tip against that of her opponent that had become serious after dropping the Senpou match, seemed to be enjoying herself so much.
「Like this, if Otoha-senpai were to win, even if I and Mai were to lose, Touma would take the stage huh… It’s no longer possible, I guess.」
「Impossible it is.」
In the main round of the tournament, players who gave up without fighting or who blatantly cut corners would be subjected to a heavy penalty.
This was because the academy authorized gambling (bookmaker) was being held.
If any foul play in the outcome were to be discovered, in addition to both clubs getting disbanded, all club members would be subjected to a penalty.
「Awright, Victory!」
「Otoha-senpai sure is in high spirits, huh. Well, I’ll teach it into her body until she properly understands it tonight, so….」
「Haah… It can’t be helped.」
「Wrap it up by your turn okay, Seiichi. The guy who seems to be my partner, his eyes are so dirty, after all.」
Very easily, the『Order of the Divine Workman (Adept Orders)』 secured their advancement to the second day of the main tournament.
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