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Chapter 53: Ranking Battle 2nd Round

The next day, we entered the contestants’ waiting room around noon. In the morning, I made bets on the second round and then watched the other matches.

In the next match, our payout ratio is 1.8x. Although Drake displayed overwhelming strength in the first round, the ratio was still considerably higher than expected. Perhaps due to the mentally of the people not wanting to bet on demi-humans.

I bet 5,000 gold coins on ourselves as if it was a matter of course, but the clerk seemed reluctant quite a bit.

Today’s vanguard is Nelfie. I was thinking that Shinku would want to do it, but she wanted to be the vanguard in the third round because she was practicing with the Deformed Giant Axe.

As for Nelfie, she was full of motivation. Even though she was silent, I could tell that her fighting spirit was welling up.

「It’s your turn next.」

「I am ready!」

「That’s the spirit. I’m looking forward to your match.」

When the staff urged us to enter the match venue, unlike yesterday’s jeers, some of the audience could be seen cheering. But most were silent.

The ones who are cheering for us must be the ones who bet on us…

I’ll make you guys more profit, so cheer even louder from the pit of your stomach!

A while after we entered the venue, all five of our opponents entered the venue.

They were a clan called [Fortissimo]. A party of one man and four women.

Judging from the name of the entry, it seems that the general of the clan is a man and his name is Lucas.

Looking at their party, it turned out to be a so-called “Harem party”. Those women were probably Lucas’s mistresses… He was openly clinging to them.

It’s not that harems are bad…

I’m sure any man has thought about it at least once. And if you’re a noble, it’s a pretty normal thing.

However, even though Lucas’ face was well-groomed, the look on his face was overwhelmingly disgusting.

Anyone can see that he was a guy with a high-strung ego who thinks he is superior to everyone else.

The look on his face almost seems to ask, “You guys are envious of me, aren’t you?”

I don’t know why… It’s really annoying. And that face resembles someone else…

When Nelfie looked at Fortissimo, her face distorted. She couldn’t hide the disgust she felt.

With that expression on her face, Nelfie headed towards the ring. The opponent’s vanguard kissed Lucas lightly on the cheek before entering the ring.

The vanguard’s name was Olivia. Judging by her equipment, she seems to be a vanguard in the party too.

Since she holds a rapier in her hand, she’s probably going to fight by throwing out a high number of hits.

The two fighters glared at each other in the center of the ring.

「Hee, your general looks pretty cool too, doesn’t he? Shall I comfort him tonight?」

「If you only pay attention to the men, the match will end in an instant.」

「You underestimate me. I am not that weak.」

「In that case, I’m looking forward to it.」

After the conversation ended, the two left the center.

Standing some distance away from the starting position, Olivia readied her rapier.

However, Nelfie didn’t even have a weapon.

As soon as the gong rang to start the match, Nelfie moved slightly, and then she turned around and started walking out.

Heh… Nelfie is really strong.

I wonder how many people in the venue could understand what just happened in the ring. At least, Olivia, who fought against her, would have no idea what had just happened.

There was an arrow stuck in Olivia’s forehead, and the match was already over. Isn’t this the fastest finish time in the clan tournament so far? According to my calculations, it pierced Olivia’s forehead in 0.9 seconds.

The referee was confused for about 7 seconds before a decision was made.

Since the vanguard was only at that level, the rest of the match unfolded almost in the exact same way.

In the next battle, the opponent tried to shoot magic, but before she could even begin, Nelfie’s arrow pierced the opponent’s forehead and ended the match.

In the third battle, the opponent was also equipped with a bow and she was already aiming it at Nelfie before the match started. When the gong rang, the arrow was shot. Nelfie cut down the arrow with her Paralyze Dagger, and in return, planted her own arrow to the opponent’s forehead.

The opponent in the fourth battle was equipped with a large shield and she used it to guard against Nelfie’s high-speed arrow shooting. However, Nelfie used the opponent’s large shield to her advantage to activate Stealth when she was out of the opponent’s sight.

Then, she went around the opponent’s back and cut her neck with the Paralyze Dagger to end the match.

And now, Lucas, who was left at the end, was trying to do something through conversation.

「Hey, you’re strong! If you don’t mind, why don’t you come join my clan? I’ll give you preferential treatment! I’ll make you number one!」

「No thank you. I am already in the finest clan right now.」

「Come now, don’t say that.」

I guess Lucas was trying to find her weakness by delaying the start of the match.

…Ah! I finally got it!! The reason why I am so annoyed to the point that I want to punch him right away!!

His face is similar… to Madas.

Madas… Lucas… their names sound a bit similar. Are they blood relatives or something?

≪Nelfie, can you help me out with something?≫

≪Aun? What is it?≫

≪Would you mind asking this guy, “How is Madas doing?”≫

≪Oh, I see now. Okay.≫

After finishing the telepathy, I felt that the air surrounding Nelfie’s softened a little.

So she can do something like that too. As expected, she excels at espionage.

「Hey Lucas, how’s Madas doing?」

「Huh? He died three months ago.」

「Is that so? I didn’t know because I was a little away from the royal capital. What happened?」

「That shitty bastard went out of control and committed mass murder in this city’s adventurer’s guild!

As far as it goes, “Bride of the Blazing Flames” killed him on the spot, so there was no further damage… But thanks to that, my family’s court rank was demoted!

Seriously, he was a bag of shit until the end.」

「I see. Sorry for making you remember the bad memories.」

「You guys, that’s enough talking! Let’s start the match!」

Prompted by the referee, the two took their positions to start the match. Lucas seemed like he was unwilling.

Lucas wielded a longsword, seeming to be a vanguard.

When the gong rang to start the match, Lucas moved.

He slowly approached Nelfie, taking steps to the left and right to make it harder for arrows to hit him.

Nelfie took out her Paralyze Dagger and used Flower Poison to create numbing poison and enchanted the Paralyze Dagger. With this, the Paralyze Dagger’s paralyzing effect was further enhanced.

Immediately, Nelfie circled behind Lucas at high speed and swung the dagger three times.

Lucas also turned around immediately and deflected one of the hits, but his right arm and left thigh were cut.

Immediately after that, Lucas’ movement started to deteriorate. After that, both his hands and legs received multiple dagger cuts, and he went down to his knees.

In the end, Lucas, who was looking like he was about to cry, was pierced with a dagger to his neck to settle the match. And thus, the second round also resulted in an overwhelming victory for Star Supremacy.