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Chapter 49: A Glimpse of the Emperor of Destruction

When the referee declared Drake’s victory, the tournament staff carried Guzurio out of the stage on a stretcher. As soon as Guzurio was carried out of the barrier, he regained consciousness and began to tremble in fear while holding his head.

Well, even if he wanted to surrender, Drake didn’t allow him a chance to surrender. And he was forced to be in a near-death situation for a prolonged period of time.

It seems that Drake has implanted a mental trauma without using a mental attack magic.

Because of Drake’s match, it seems like rules will be added and adjusted in next year’s tournament. …Good luck to you guys, Tournament Steering Committee.

Due to his victory, Drake will continue as Star Supremacy’s player in the next match too.

The guy who laughed at Kinu was called Sabanant.

The guy walked to the center of the ring with fear in his eyes.

「Y-You bastard! Don’t think… you can get off scot-free…」

「What? I can’t hear you. Why don’t you laugh as loudly as you did yesterday.」

Just looking at this alone, it seemed that the outcome of the match was decided. But Drake didn’t show any signs of mercy.

As soon as the gong rang to start the match, Drake ran straight for Sabanant and punched him in the stomach “gently.”

“Gently” enough that he wouldn’t start vomiting in the ring.

Sabanant grew pale and writhed in pain, but Drake grabbed Sabanant by the neck and flew into the sky.

……7 seconds later, Sabanant came falling from the sky.

Just as he almost crashed on the ground, Drake grabbed him by his clothes and rescued him… or so we thought, but Drake once again flew high into the sky with Sabanant, and Sabanant came falling from the sky once again 10 seconds later.

Sabanant was already foaming at the mouth, but the referee couldn’t stop the match because he only took one hit so far.

Drake then grabbed Sabanant and flew up into the sky for the third time, but this time Drake grabbed Sabanant’s head and dived straight down to the ring at high speed, causing Sabanant’s head to sink into the ring, ending the match.

A large crack ran across the ring, splitting the ring in two.

If it wasn’t for the barrier, Sabanant would have died.

Shinku had a satisfied expression as Drake continued the execution.

「If it was me, I would have done something like…」

She was whispering something to herself, but I couldn’t hear her clearly…

The third opponent was the heavy warrior man who shrieked in terror yesterday.

This guy, whose name I can’t even bother to look up anymore, had his armor and both arms destroyed along with his large shield when Drake swung Red Ogre’s Iron Club sideways. Drake then swung the Iron Club on his body from above and ended the match.

And finally, Antria, a female adventurer who speaks like a noble lady, managed to get into the ring, but her face was terribly pale and her legs were shaking like a fawn. It didn’t look like she could even ready her stance.

「Hey, you guys made fun of someone important to me yesterday, right? Why, just because they are demihumans and beastfolk. From your point of view, they might be insignificant things… …But for me, they are the most important people in this world.

Moreover, I’m not adult enough or good-natured enough to just control my anger when someone makes fun of the people who’re important to me. Even if you have no will to fight, just as bro said, I’ll make a minced meat out of you. Prepare yourself.」

At the same time as the gong of the match rang, Antria, hit by the full force of Drake’s bloodlust, foamed at the mouth and passed out.

Drake said some terrifying things, but he’s truly kind. He was finely controlling his killing intent. If he was really going to beat her up, he would have fought straight away without all that dialogue.

When the match ended, there was no more booing from the audience. Drake had destroyed the “match venue” and the “opponent’s weapons, armor, body, mental, and pride” for the first time in the history of the tournament.

「Great work! You did really well.」

「Thanks, bro! But was I a little too forgiving?」

Drake said, looking at Shinku, who also complimented him saying, “Well done.”

Only Nelfie had a slightly surprised expression on her face.

「Nn. Thank you everyone… for getting angry on my behalf.」

When Kinu said that, a heartfelt smile formed on everyone’s face. Kinu is our angel, after all!

As we returned to the contestants’ lobby, everyone looked away.

It was the best way to display Star Supremacy’s strength. Though, I’m worried that there will be more bad rumors due to this…

Well, we just have to smash all those bad rumors away!

After that, the ring was repaired and the tournament seemed to resume.

We returned to the inn after collecting the payout for betting on the match.

On a side note, the odds were 20x. 500 gold coins suddenly multiplied to 10,000.

Since we didn’t have a match tomorrow, we decided to look for equipment for Shinku and Nelfie. And in the afternoon, we spent a leisurely time eating and walking around the city.