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Chapter 250 – A Gathering of Monsters (Part 1)

250 – A Gathering of Monsters (Part 1)

「Let’s go, shall we?」

The transfer recording stone was placed in the plaza.
It must have been quite difficult to supply the magical energy for transfer from outside the Dungeon, but it seemed that Fellow somehow managed to do it.

…Well, he is someone who held the Tag Tournament using Avatars outside the Dungeon.

Wraith received a registration card as the representative and we touched each other.
Because if we touch the person who has the registration card, we can transfer together with him.

Wraith touched Fran’s right hand and I touched Fran’s left hand.
When Wraith extended his hand to me, Fran intercepted it and suddenly pushed out her hands in front of us.

「Hmm?」

「…What.」

These two are on good terms today as well.

Subsequently, Josh touched my hand, then Josh held out his hand to Melania.
Melania blushed and touched his finger after hesitating.

「Wraith, go for it!」

As if for the last time, loud words of support were said to him.
Wraith gave a perfect smile.

「Yes, I’ll do my best. See you later.」

Our field of view changed completely.

Where we transferred to was a much larger space than the plaza we were just at.
Try to imagine an outdoor concert hall, the scale should be close to that.

The ground was white, there was a very high ceiling, and there was a huge sphere on the stage instead of performers and musical instruments.

「What is that…」

Josh muttered in wonder.

「Maybe it’s a lottery? Since that guy likes exaggerated stuff.」

As Wraith said, it seemed to be a way to decide the combination of the tournament.
The sphere is transparent and hollow with another huge capsule inside it.
Inside that capsule, there must be a card or a paper with a number written on it.

I think the size of the sphere was not because of Fellow’s preference, but rather a consideration for the fact that there were Giants among the participants.
Rather than that.

What should I say about a place like this?
Ahh, for Adventurer nerds, perhaps paradise is the most appropriate word.

The Snow Party that had transferred here before we did is led by the Snow-White Hero, who is a picture book author and ranked 6th in the world.

The Demeter Party is led by the First Silk Hero, who has made a Contract with a high-ranked Lesser Earth Spirit and was granted with『the ability to manipulate trees』, she is also ranked 7th in the world.

The Jack Party is led by the Hero of the Ten Bows, who has a heretical past of refusing to make a Contract despite being favored by the Spirits and is also ranked 8th in the world.

The Vale Party is led by the Earth Hero, whose abilities has reached the pinnacle of earth-attribute Magic and is said to be the closest existence to the Gaia Hero that is one of the Contractors of the Four Great Spirits.

The Bloom Party is led by the Hero of the Surging Sea, who was known as the strongest among the pure water-attribute magic users until Wraith appeared and is ranked 10th in the world.

It’s not just them.
The Demon Kings from the north, south, east, and west, and their Monster subordinates. Also, the Demon King Luci and her Monster subordinates from the Impregnable Demon King Castle that Lemegeton belongs to.

In addition, the strongest knights of the Knights Order, including the Scales of Justice Astrea Party, and the other strong people who were not noticed until the All-Heaven Festival Contest was held.

These are the spirited and talented people who have defeated opponents with superior rank and fame to reach this point.

And of course, they are here as well.

「Hey hey, Wraith-chan. It’s been a long time, Lem-chan～.」

It was the Far Reaching Swordsman Hamill. He waved his hand with a smiling expression on his face.
He is a member of the Scathach Party that is led by the Thunderclap Hero, who is ranked 5th in the world.

He is a person who constantly has the atmosphere of a cheerful older brother, but his strength is the real deal.
If we only consider his skill with the sword, he would definitely be included in the world’s top 5.

「It’s Hamill. I haven’t seen you since the raid.」

「Yeahh. Oh, I heard you’ve completed your Party. To the lady over there, I’m Hamil. Pleased to meet you.」

「Byai…」

Melania became nervous after she was called out to.

「Ahaha, just know that I’ll freeze you if you make my friends cry.」

Wraith said in a lighthearted tone, but he’s probably serious about that.
At that time, there was a person who pulled Hamill’s ear.

「…You’re embarrassing yourself in front of your juniors, Hamill.」

「Oww. It hurts, Caleena-chan. Well, it’s cute to see you being jealous though.」

The Magic Bullet Archer Caleena.
She got sent off the field without being able to show great results in the raid battle, but she is an excellent Hunter.

「It has never happened in the past and the present nor will it happen in the future.」

「The future as well!? Even though you never know what will happen in the future!?」

「Haa…」

「You’re sighing deeply again today. You’ll end up making happiness run away from you by doing that, you know?」

「It’s all Hamill’s fault if I end up becoming unhappy.」

「I will take responsibility at that time.」

「Please compensate by giving me money, okay.」

「Of course, I’ll compensate you with love.」

「Oh, Wraith and his friends aren’t here anymore.」

「Ehh!?」

「Everyone seems to know how to handle Hamill.」

Wraith walked around and waved his hand to Scathach, whom he locked eyes with for a moment.
Scathach gave a response by nodding.

「Are you looking for someone?」

When I asked him that, Wraith shook his head and laughed.

「It’s not like that. Since I have no idea who I’ll have to fight against, I just thought I’d take a look at as many people as I could.」

「…Ahh, that’s a good idea.」

Personally looking at the opponents you possibly have to fight against.
This is by no means a meaningless action.

It’s not only for the sake of preparation, but also because you cannot underestimate the amount of information that can be obtained by actually facing them.
And all the people here understand that.

The large number of gazes paying attention to Wraith proved their vigilance and interest to him.
And thankfully – there were a lot of gazes on me as well.

― Not long ago, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine that this would actually happen to me.

When I participated in the Tag Tournament with Nicola ― Berith ― there were many participants who looked down on me, and I utilized their carelessness to seize victory.
However, from here on out, that kind of fighting style would no longer work.

I noticed that the atmosphere in the hall had changed a little.
The gazes dispersed.

Some of the people who had been looking at Wraith and me turned to look at them.

He is the first person in 130 years to become the Contractor of one of the Four Great Spirits that rules over『Fire』, a candidate of humanity’s strongest person, and my childhood friend from the same village.

The Fenix Party is led by the Flame Hero, who is ranked 4th in the world.

Because they have just transferred to this hall.
My gaze met with Fenix’s. He smiled happily and tried to approach us.

But he was interrupted by the Thunderclap Hero Scathach, who called out to him as he was heading here.
Just like that time with the Ash Hero Garo, he is often involved with his seniors.

I don’t really need to meet with him anyway, so let’s just leave him alone.
I casually raised my hand to show that I’ve noticed him, then looked away.

I saw the Hunter Lily, who is an Elf, approach the Archer of the Scathach Party.
She didn’t approach Caleena, but her teacher, the Faceless Archer Suuri.
Not only are Lily and Suuri from the same village, they are also fellow apprentices.

Lily was angry at her senior apprentice who hid his identity as an Elf and became an Adventurer.
It was also the reason why she fought as the Deep Forest Archer Stolas in the raid battle.
Perhaps she had something to say to him. After the raid battle, Suuri took down the hood that had been concealing his ears for a long time.

「…It looks like you have changed your mind.」

「…Yeah.」

「How is life when you don’t have to hide your ears?」

「…It’s not as bad as I imagined.」

「Is that so?」

「Yeah.」

Both of them had no expression, but at the end, their lips seemed to be distorted in the shape of a smile.