Chapter 272 – The Festival Goes On (Part 2)

272 – The Festival Goes On (Part 2)

『That match…an excellent match such as that is only made possible in the All-Heaven Festival Contest!』

『You said it. This competition is jam-packed with things that you can only see here, like a party consisting of only Black Sorcerers, the Knights Order, or people who are normally active in other types of competitions.』

『Up until now, posting videos was only one way for Adventurers to make a name for themselves. No matter how talented one may be, it’s hard to get viewers in the first place. This problem, though only for a limited time, can be solved through this event. The parties who fought a hard, valiant struggle against high-ranking parties, such as the Fenix party VS Ellie party battle, or the Hervor party VS Nicola party battle, will inevitably gain people’s attention.』

The battle between the Fenix party and the Ellie party was extremely brief.

However, it was enough to excite the crowd, and it was enough to let the world know about her party’s charms.

The battle between the Hervor party and the Nicola party was, conversely, very drawn out.

The world’s 3rd ranked Hero of the Cursed Sword Hervor and the world’s 99th ranked Silver Hero Nicola have actually already fought each other before.

In the final Raid Battle, she fought Hervor as the Silver Sands Strong Arm Berith alongside Lemegeton.

We managed to win that time, but this time, it was a party battle.

The Hervor party is a full party of five, so they require a different battle strategy than that time.

In the end, it became a one-on-one match between Hervor and Nicola, turning it into a slugfest.

After a fierce battle, it was Hervor who came out on top.

But the new way of fighting that the Silver Prince established proved to all the fans that it got through to even a 3rd ranker.

『The same can be said for the Demi-Humans who work as Monsters. The men and women who are only seen as characters in the Adventurers’ Clear videos are able to take on a leading role in these styles of matches. This festival can be said to be a reflection of the ideals of the All-Heaven Festival Contest’s organizer and its largest investor, Sir Fellow.』

『An ideal that scoops up those who are beyond redemption in the current setting, yes?』

Fellow wishes to do away with the current idea that Monsters are evil.

I think that’s wonderful.

In the first place, the setting of Heroes VS Monsters was incorporated into Dungeon Clears because that was what was going on at that time.

In our modern times where we’ve enjoyed peace for a long time, it might be a good idea to update that setting.

However, Fellow is plotting to eliminate Dungeon Clears as a form of entertainment altogether.

Perhaps in order to pave the way to return the strongest Demon King to his throne.

Currently, his wish has come true for a limited period of time, but I wonder if this would change his mind as a result?

The show continued for a bit and reached its conclusion.

『And lastly, let’s once again introduce you to each of the sixteen parties who have won their way to the next round in each group!

On the Red group, the Stardust Fist Demon King Beelzebub party, the Flame Hero Fenix party, the Reaper Knight Furcus party, and the Thunder Hero Scathach party.

In the Blue group, the Demon King Lucifa party, the Earth Hero Vale party, the Hero of the Cursed Sword Hervor party, and the Immortal Maiden Persephone party.

In the White group, the Scales of Justice Astrea party, the Archer Sage Chiron party, the Storm Hero Aerial party, and the Untouchable Demon Purson party.

In the Black group, the Hero of the Surging Sea Bloom party, the Hero of the Ten Bows Jack party, the Immortal Lion Regulus party, and the Water Hero Wraith party.

Only the champions of each group can proceed to the final stage of the All-Heaven Festival Contest! Even the world’s high-ranked parties and rulers of the great five Demon King Castles are dropping out, so who among them will get their hands on the golden ticket to the final stage?!

Stay tuned to find out!』

Look at it as a whole…

There are only four parties from the five great Demon King Castles left. The Lucifa party, the Furcus party, the Beelzebub party, and the Purson party.

The party led by our Impregnable Demon King Castle ruler, her Highness, and the party led by my esteemed swordmaster, Furcus.

Beelzebub is the ruler of the Eastern Demon King Castle, and the Purson party is a party made up of Beelzebub’s subordinates.

The Barbatos party from the Western Demon King Castle, including the Dragon King Valac, met with the Furcus party in the Red group and lost.

The remaining Adventurers are the world’s 1st ranked Aerial party, the 3rd ranked Hervor party, the 4th ranked Fenix party, the 5th ranked Scathach party, the 8th ranked Jack party, the 9th ranked Vale party, the 10th ranked Bloom party, and the party with no rank that I’m in, the Wraith party.

Eight parties account for half of the total of sixteen.

The 2nd ranked Ex party faced off against the Aerial party over in the White group and lost.

The 6th ranked Snow party was also in the White group and lost in their clash with the Astrea party.

The 7th ranked Demeter party fought the Beelzebub party in the Red group and lost.

It seems that there are many high-ranking Adventurers remaining, but this is influenced by the fact that the matches where the five great Demon King Castle monarchs collided were held too early, as was mentioned earlier.

If instead the five Demon King-led parties were scattered about the tournament and won their way through, there would probably be fewer Hero parties remaining in this final group of sixteen.

Due to the nature of a tournament, this sort of thing can happen depending on pairing.

The rest are from the Knights Order.

Twelve Knights Order parties entered the second stage, but only four remain.

Including the Astrea party who we fought in the preliminaries.

There are several points of note, but the one I’m interested in is the fact that all the parties composed of people who were not Adventurers were defeated.

I’m sure there are various reasons for that, but there is one easy-to-understand reason.

Experience.

Adventurers and Monsters are used to fighting using Avatars.

Those from the Knights Order put themselves in life-threatening situations battling criminals.

Thus, they are very suited to Avatar battles where they deal damage fatal enough to defeat the enemy.

The other competitors would be lost in these fights that incorporated killing, albeit it all being fake.

With that in mind, the people who have made it this far are truly incredible.

Although this is a new tournament, I could say that Dungeon-related occupations are more suited to it in that sense.

However, if matches and games utilizing Avatars become commonplace in the future, there should be an increase in people who adapt to it.

Ultimately, this time, it is us Adventurers and the Knights Order who have a wealth of combat experience who have an advantage.

「Just two more fights, then we make it to the final stage.」

Said Wraith.

「Yeah.」

We fought a party led by one of the Knights Order captains in the third round and achieved victory after a fierce battle.

All that’s left are the semi-final and finals of the tournament.

Just two more battles before we get to reach my master and Altreed.

But before that…I should be thinking about the battle before me.

Keep an eye on the future, but pay attention to the now.

The Water Hero Wraith, the Destroyer Fran, the White Sorcerer Josh, and the Miner Melania.

My allies are young in both the age sense and the industry history sense.

I’m definitely not saying that they are unskilled simply because they are young, but I cannot underestimate the accumulation of experience or the devotion to one’s skills.

They are very, very important, and are elements that support a person’s strengths.

I’m sure there are many in this world who are wondering how we’ve been able to keep winning so far.

Wraith and Fran are far too young, Josh and Melania are anonymous at best, and I’m a Black Sorcerer who, until not too long ago, was famous for being useless.

Yet we still kept winning.

Because an individual’s accumulated training and experience aren’t the only things required to win this tournament.

Like in the Battle with the Asmodeus party, we were able to pull out a victory with a battle strategy that incorporated the fact this was the All-Heaven Festival Contest and Asmodeus’s disposition.

And what’s most important of all is that these are party battles.

Wraith may be young. He may have an abundance of talent, but he’s the only one of the three Four Great Spirits contractors who have yet to completely learned his Esoteric.

Fran fights with the Aptitude befitting of a Destroyer, Josh is an excellent White Sorcerer but he’s not outstanding, and Melania’s Miner Job isn’t a battle Job in the first place.

Despite all that…

We have been winning, and we will continue to.

In a party battle, the one who rallies the power of all five members and surpasses the enemy wins.

If the party is just a collection of five veteran fierce fighters, it doesn’t mean you can create a strong party.

「Let’s win, until the end.」

Later, we fought against the world’s 10th ranked Hero of the Surging Sea Bloom party and won.

In the finals of the Black group, we will be up against the world’s 8th ranked Hero of the Ten Bows Jack party.

Some call him…

…the reincarnation of the Unyielding Hero.

 

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