Chapter 48: Ranking Battle Begins!
On the first day of the ranking battle, we, Star Supremacy, arrived at the arena in the morning. Due to the disturbance with Red Nail yesterday, we forgot to see the inside of the arena. Thus we decided to arrive much earlier than the start of the match.
The surrounding area was overflowing with people. The audience seats were full. In addition, for those who couldn’t purchase an admission ticket, the video and audio of the match venue were played outside the arena with large magic tools.
I had no idea that such magic tools were being developed. There seems to be an amazing magic tool creator in the royal capital.
The arena was divided into a floor for contestants and a floor for spectators. As we entered the floor for contestants, strong adventurers could be seen waiting around there.
There were 30 participating clans this time, and we were the only ones wearing Wano Kingdom clothing. Since we were a group of demihumans and beastfolk, we were quite conspicuous. The other contestants turned powerful gazes towards us, trying to intimidate us.
Though, Drake, who was walking behind us, glared back at them with an even more powerful gaze every time it happened.
Since [Star Supremacy] was newly established this year, we were currently at the bottom of the ranking. Of course, we had no seed right either, and we will have to win 5 matches throughout the whole process.
The gazes from the surroundings will probably change once the first match is over.
By the time we finished looking at the contestants’ floor, the management committee’s mic performance began, and the entire arena was filled with roaring cheers.
Since ours was the fourth match, the tournament management committee urged us to enter the waiting room. We can check the state of the matches on the screen in the waiting room.
「Drake, are you ready?」
「Yeap! There’s no problem! I can’t wait to beat up those guys!」
「Drake, can you leave me some?」Shinku.
「I will beat them all into a pulp for you too, Shinku-nesan!」
「I give up with this guy. Instead, beat them up to the extent that they can never run their mouth again.」
「Understood!!」
The first match was over while we were talking.
I took a glance at the match, but the contestants were at a low level. To be honest, I was stronger than them when I was still a human.
The 2nd and 3rd matches were also at a similar level. It will be quite some time before we can enjoy watching the matches, it seems.
And when it was time for Star Supremacy to enter the stage, there was a storm of booing and jeering from the audience.
As expected, the residents of this city seem to look down on people just because they are demihumans or beastfolk. Well, the betting odds will go up if we’re this hated. So we’re not really worried about it.
The members of Red Nail entered from the opposite entrance. One of their members was missing, however.
It seems that the female adventurer who apologized at the end yesterday was missing. Did I threaten her a little too much?
「Watch me, bro!」
As Drake stepped into the ring, his opponent also entered the ring. It’s the guy who laughed at us first.
Looking at the entry sheet, his name seems to be “Guzurio”.
「Oi, demihuman! One of our members left the clan because of you bastards! What are you going to do about this?!」
「Huh… That ain’t my problem. Perhaps she left cause you guys were too stupid?」
「Run your mouth while you still can! I was just caught off guard yesterday! Prepare yourself!」
「You say it was because of a surprise attack, huh… Then I won’t attack you for one minute. You can attack me as much as you want.」
Drake laughed scornfully, and the gong rang to start the match.
Provoked, Guzurio took out his mithril longsword from his magic bag and attacked Drake. But Drake grabbed the sword with just two fingers.
「Hey, are you not going to attack?」
「KUHHHHHH!!」
Guzurio put all his strength into it, but his sword didn’t move even an inch.
When Drake let go of the sword, Guzurio retreated.
And again he slashed, and again his sword was stopped.
This happened several times for the entire duration of the one minute.
「Has it already been a minute? Then it’s my turn to attack.」
Saying that, Drake took out the Red Ogre’s Iron Club from his magic bag.
As Guzurio attacked him again, the outcome was different.
—BREAK!
He hit Guzurio’s Mithril Longsword lightly with the Red Ogre’s Iron Club, destroying his weapon.
Afterwards, Guzurio took out five swords, but they were all destroyed as well.
「What the hell are you guys!!」
With his pride shattered, Guzurio burst into tears with mucus dripping out of his nose and he started attacking with his bare hands. But Drake grabbed the fist with his left hand and crushed it.
「GYAAAAAA!!! IT HURTS!!」
Drake knee kicked Guzurio in the stomach, just enough so that he didn’t faint.
After that, Guzurio was slapped about 20 times back and forth. His face was swollen and his nose was bleeding. When Guzurio tried to say something, Drake immediately slapped him in the face.
Even the referee couldn’t stop Drake, probably because it would be difficult to decide the match just because of slaps.
「Do you guys even know who you made fun of? You should be glad that I was your opponent. If it had been bro or Shinku-neesan, you would be in a much worse situation.」
The audience was silent.
Everyone seemed stunned by the huge difference in combat power.
At the end, when Guzurio was crawling on all fours toward the outside of the ring, Drake slammed the Iron Club on his back, rendering him unconscious. With that, the first round of the match was decided.
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Seriously tho. Aniki would
so so much cooler than bro. It’s so…brozo. Also, don’t break the nice weapons (take them). The weapons are innocent. Break the humans.