Chapter 272 – The Festival Goes On (Part 1)

272 – The Festival Goes On (Part 1)

Wraith and I were gathered in the inn’s dining hall.

There was a large TV set in the dining hall, and a report on the All-Heaven Festival Contest was on.

Lately, the other three have been working hard on their training.

『We are already past the third fight of the second stage of this All-Heaven Festival Contest, but let us look back on what has happened on the way here!』

The person the presenter brought up that topic with is the male Minotaur who has thus far been the live commentator several times.

『Indeed, there are simply too many great things to talk about, but I believe I can talk about numerous times I’ve felt this sense of「newness」.』

『Newness, you say?』

『Yes. First off, there are the battles between Adventurers. These sort of fights happened in the race-ignoring Tag Tournament in a part of a town, but never to this grand extent.』

The one that took place in the town where the Elementary Level – Beginner’s Dungeon is.

Where I appeared alongside Nicola, who took part as the Insect-Human Berith.

『You have a point. In the first stage, the suspense felt from the chaotic melee was certainly enjoyable, but that feeling was much clearer in the second stage when fellow parties fought each other.』

『With the current setting of Dungeon Clears where the Hero party is on the side of justice and the Monsters are on the side of evil, there is basically no reason for Hero parties to do battle with one another.』

『While there are exceptions like the Ellie party cooperating with the Demon King Army in the Raid Battle, it is a normally unthinkable scenario. However, among Adventurer fans, they have passionately argued about such things, yes? About who would win if the 1st and 2nd ranked were to fight, for example.』

The Minotaur’s eyes sparkled.

『Exactly! By grouping all the participants together as「contestants」, they are able to set up all sorts of matches without falling into the trappings of the established setting. The 1st and 2nd ranked actually clashed, and for a brief moment, the contents of that fight made the Luci TV site crash from all the viewers trying to watch it.』

『It was the showdown between the two strongest active parties, so it drew attention from all over the world. What happened in the match itself was incredible, was it not? They are ten of the fiercest fighters who have ruled the top for so many years, yet the fact that they are still growing and developing shook the hearts of many a fan.』

I remember that incident.

The Union and the Luci Company handled it immediately, and now that some time has passed, it’s calmed down, but for a moment, the concentrated amount of people trying to access the Luci TV site, made exclusively to showcase all the videos of the All-Heaven Festival Contest matches, made it impossible to connect to.

So far, it has the highest number of views by far. I suppose that’s how much attention it garnered, and how many people were enthusiastic enough to watch it again.

「That thing those two used, it’s solely to defeat you, right? How would you beat that?」

It’s different depending on whether it’s used during a Clear of the tenth stratum of the Demon King Castle or in yet another competition.

Assimilation Esoteric Spirit Magic alone is troublesome, but strengthening it by deploying Spirit Magic at the same time removes any openings.

It can be said to be the highest offensive and defensive Technique in the industry.

The fact that they thought that up in order to use it against me both honors and scares me.

「I’m thinking about it.」

Wraith blinked his eyes blankly several times.

Then he smiled.

「Hah, good one, Lem. Just by looking at that, you’re already thinking about the next time you get to fight them, huh?」

「…Yeah. but… I should be focusing on the match ahead of us.」

It’s not just that match.

The only matches we can watch live are the ones in the same Black Group venue as us.

The second stage is split into White, Black, Red, and Blue groups.

Every time I watch the matches happening in the four corners of the world, there is a fire burning in my chest, like it wants to leap out of my body.

The visage of someone who engages in something with such enthusiasm can move the hearts of the viewers.

『A battle between Monsters…no, I should say Demi-Humans, should not be missed either. Especially those between Demon Kings. They are as rare as battles between Four Great Spirits contractors.』

It was a match-up that actually happened in our Black group.

The All-Seeing Demon King Paimon party VS the Six-Horned Demon King Asmodeus party.

Asmodeus and party, who won that match and moved forward, fought with us.

And in that match, we were the victors.

『Of the five Demon King Castle rulers, only two remain. All three of the Four Great Spirits contractors have won their matches and remained but…』

『For the Demon Kings, they clashed with each other early on in the tournament, so it isn’t possible to decide who is better, them or the Four Great Spirits contractors, based on that alone.』

That’s right. There wasn’t just one Demon King VS Demon King match.

There was a battle between Demon King Castle rulers in the Blue group as well.

The Demon King Lucifa party VS the Vacuum Wave Kicking Demon King Astaroth party.

In the end, the party led by our Demon King, Lucifa, was victorious.

In this fight, another layer of her Highness’s true power was revealed to the world.

My master left his throne, and his son, Fellow, is endeavoring to eliminate Dungeon Clears altogether.

Leaving his daughter to become a young Demon King, who worked hard to rebuild the Demon King Castle after countless able-bodied Monsters left.

And then, holding up the title of Impregnable Demon King Castle, the world’s 4th ranked Flame Hero Fenix party was repelled, and in the Raid Battle, the world’s 1st, 3rd, 5th ranked party, along with the Water Hero Wraith and the Destroyer Fran were all repelled.

In addition to all that, ever since the start of the All-Heaven Festival Contest, she, herself, has been showcasing her overwhelming power.

Already, everyone acknowledges her.

As a strong individual who is strong enough to be the current ruler of the Demon King Castle.

『I see. So while the Six-Horned Demon King Asmodeus party lost in their fight against the Water Hero Wraith party, she only unleashed the Magical Energy of one out of her six horns?』

『That is yet another interesting thing about the All-Heaven Festival Contest. Separate from the Magical Energy generated by one’s own Magical Energy organ, Heroes and Majins are able to use the sharpened Magical Energy of the Spirit and horn respectively. However, this, too, is finite.』

『The Spirits themselves will grow weak if too much of their Magical Energy is used, and if the Magical Energy stored from the past in the horn is used, it will decrease in capacity.』

When Fenix formed a contract with the Fire Spirit, who hadn’t done such a thing in a hundred and thirty years, that was one of the things that were talked about.

The theory that the position of Flame Hero was vacant for so long because the previous Flame Hero used so much of the Fire Spirit’s Magical Energy that it took this long for it to recover.

A Spirit’s Magical Energy reserve is vast, but not infinite.

『Limited-use powerful Techniques, yes? If so, then, of course, they would all want to save it for the final battle. After all, they are going up against members led by the strongest Demon King and the strongest Hero.』

The former Demon King Army led by the Demon King Lucifer, and the legendary Adventurers led by the Unyielding Hero Altreed.

『It would be amazing if they fought to the bitter end with only the Magical Energy produced by their Magical Energy organs.』

『Yes! That is where new tactics are born! This is another interesting point! What was truly ingenious about the Wraith party battle I mentioned earlier was how ahead of contestant Asmodeus they were in regards to battle tactics!』

Mr.Minotaur was explaining excitedly.

『That is to say?』

『Contestant Asmodeus was fighting while trying to determine just how much power she needs to unleash from her horn. And after contestant Wraith was defeated, which was simply a diversion, she decided that she would only need to maintain one horn.』

『Only contestant Lem remained. He may be a contestant who has continued to surprise the world with things like his Holy Sword and Ebony Flames, but she thought that even he could not take on one of the five Demon King Castle rulers alone, yes?』

『Exactly! As you can see in the video of the match, at the very last moment of the match, Asmodeus said this,「Did you cast Black Magic on me?」. In other words, contestant Lem knew what she was thinking and even deceived his own thoughts in order to lead her where he wanted her mind to go.』

『He cast Confusion on himself so that not even he would realize the possibility that contestant Wraith was alive, and seeing contestant Lem’s state, contestant Asmodeus mistakenly thought that everything was going as she had anticipated. She said as much in the post-match interview, yes?』

 

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