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Chapter 64: Sudden Development

『The winner of the second round is… [Star Supremacy] Nelfie Garden! ! !』

Alright, two wins in a row! With one more win, we will win the overall tournament.

When Nelfie returned, Shinku spoke to her excitedly.

「Nelfie-san! That was a wonderful tactic! Could you please teach me next time?」

「Sure, I don’t mind. However, you are probably stronger than me, Shinku.」

「But I can’t do that calculated and artistic way of fighting!」

「Nelfie, good work! The calculated move at the end there was amazing!」

「It worked well because my opponent was letting his guard down.」

While we were talking, Darius was carried away.

Next is the Third battle. Shinku will definitely get the win.

…But what is this feeling? I feel very uncomfortable.

Not only Bride, but all the members of [Daytona] kept their expressions as is. On the contrary, Bride seemed like he was perfectly composed.

If Bride is the same guy as before, there’s no way he’ll tolerate a situation in which his party lost without him even participating.

I am not really sure, but something is… weird.

It doesn’t seem like their goal is to win…

「Aun… I have a bad feeling about this.」

「…Kinu too? Just what is this feeling…?」

「Aun! [Danger Detection] is reacting! …I can feel a great amount of mana outside the arena.」

「What!? Just what in the world…」

The fact that Kinu’s Danger Detection reacted means that something that could hurt even Kinu has appeared, or someone is trying to activate their power…

When I was thinking about how to respond to this situation, Barbaru suddenly contacted us via telepathy.

≪Everyone! Can you hear me!?≫

≪What’s wrong, Barbaru? We can hear you. We’re a little busy right now…≫

≪There’s a problem! Nightmare, an S-rank magic beast has suddenly appeared in the Forest of Eternal Darkness! The direction of its movement is towards Recuria!≫

≪Huh!? At this exact time!?≫

Crap… Now that the ranking battle is underway, S-rank adventurers are away from Recuria and Miralda.

There are no adventurers who can respond right now, and there is a high possibility that not only Recuria but also Plainevelt will suffer damage.

「Bro, me and Nelfie-neesan will go back first and deal with it! The results of our match have already been announced, so it shouldn’t be overturned even if we’re gone.」

Calm down. Recompose yourself for a moment.

Right now, three things are occuring at the same time.

One is winning this match. This victory is necessary for the conviction of the nobles. We definitely need to grab another win.

Second is the S-rank monster in the Forest of Eternal Darkness… I think Drake and Nelfie can deal with it, but the monster is probably not that weak either… Worst case, we have no choice but to buy time.

Finally, Kinu sensed a large amount of mana outside the arena.

Taking the timing of its appearance into consideration, it is highly likely that Bride is involved in it. It would be foolish to ignore it…

Shit! What should I do…

I can’t choose to ignore one or the other!

「Aun… Leave the thing outside to us. Just focus on winning against the Bride.」

…That’s all we can do. I know that.

If we want to deal with everything at once, that’s the only way.

But…

「Believe in us. We are strong.」

…Yeah.

It’s definitely impossible for me to deal with this alone.

And, as Kinu said, my companions are strong.

…I shall believe in them.

「Understood. Drake, Nelfie teleport to Foret Noir from the waiting room and deal with Nightmare. If you think the situation is dangerous, immediately teleport back to the dungeon. This order is absolute! Worst case, I’ll discuss with Ars and Irs if we can do something about it with the dungeon functions.」

「Roger, bro!」

「Understood, Aun.」

「Kinu, Shinku, I’ll leave the situation outside the arena to you two. If you both also think that the situation is dangerous, teleport. Don’t forget that your lives are the maximum priority.」

「Nn. We also believe that Aun will win the overall tournament.」

「Indeed! I don’t know what’s going on outside, but Kinu-sama and I will definitely deal with it.」

「Alright, leave the tournament to me!」

The four nodded with smiles and headed towards the waiting room.

Now then, I’ll bring the things here to an end!

『Oh!? What has happened to [Star Supremacy]!? Everyone, except for Aun, returned to the waiting room!?』

I have to gather their attention first. Let’s get onto the ring for now.

「Hey Michael! Lend me a mic!」

When I called out to Michael loudly, a staff member brought out a microphone to me.

Let’s go all out flashily!

『One-two, One-two, mic testing. …I am Aun of [Star Supremacy].

Oi Daytona! I’m honestly disappointed in you guys… To think we could win so easily!

That’s why I decided to give you guys a chance. We have decided to withdraw from the third and vice-general battles.

Let’s settle this with the General Battle!!!』

『Oh my!! I cannot believe what I just heard! The General battle will be the deciding match of the tournament! !

By the way, there is absolutely no problem with what contestant Aun is proposing in terms of the rules!』

This should be fine. If the worst-case scenario in my mind is what Bride is planning, then being able to keep the [Daytona] members right here is a big deal.

As evidence of that, Bride’s expression, which had been completely expressionless until now, was beginning to distort a little.

He had a high pride from the beginning and on top of that is ranked number one among the nobles. Furthermore, he is being pitied by the opponent after losing two consecutive matches in a row.

With all this, they shouldn’t be able to get out of here.

「Okay. I’ll accept the proposition.」

Alright, he took the bait! Then it’s my job to beat up Bride!