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Welcome to the Impregnable Demon King Castle – Chapter 84

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Translator: Aquilegia

Editor: Weasalopes

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84 – The Special Guest in the Commentary Box Is That Hero

And so, the day of the main tournament has come.

Not only us, but Furcus and Kei as well, who were in a different group during the qualifying round, are advancing to the main tournament.

The crowd of spectators looks good…or rather, it’s a full house.

There are Adventurers, Monsters, people who came because the tournament is held in their neighborhood, fans of the participants, and people and reporters who are interested in the new attempt.

People who came all the way here to see me…there are some today.

It’s Milla. There’s also Sitri and Agares…the Demon King is also here. There are also other people from the Demon King Castle.

It seems the Demon King Castle is closed today.

Anyway, Furcus is also here, in her case, her participation as the Demon King Castle’s executive is also a big reason, maybe they came to support her as her friends.

Next to Milla, there is also Cashew.

Also, there is a private room in a high position, which was different from the commentary box. What does that place mean, is it a VIP room?

It’s probably something like that. One side of the wall is made of a transparent material, so they can see the field below.

The Fenix party came in to watch the tournament from that room.

Who leaked the rumors, well, maybe it was leaked from Fellow’s side, but it looks like a lot of people came here after hearing that Fenix would be coming here.

Furthermore-.

「Well, as expected of the Demon King Castle’s Big Four. What extremely quick spearmanship.」

Said an Ogre Hero commentator. The long beard is divided into three and braided together, which looked stylish.

The difference between Ogres and Normals are physique and physical strength. Ogres are bigger and stronger.

At the time of the Great War, the whole race was feared because some individuals were eating people, but fundamentally, most of the Ogres have a cautious and calm temperament.

「It was a magnificent defensive move and skillful spear handling. From a step that looks as if it’s going to sink to instantly doing four consecutive thrusts, even if you know about this move, it would still be difficult to avoid it.」

「Hoho, even to someone as great as you, Sir Aerial?」

That’s right.

The person sitting in the commentary box is the Storm Hero of the 1st rank party in the World Ranking, Aerial.

 Jade green eyes and green hair that looks like a storm that devastates the world.

A straight back on a well-trained body that doesn’t look like it’s a day over forty.

A respected leader and someone who Fenix must overcome in order for him to become number one.

「I might have been able to do that if I was 20 years younger」, he jokingly laughed,「However, if it was a fight in which we can only use our body and weapons, it would be a close fight even for the younger me. That’s how good of a combatant she is.」

Just a while ago was Furcus and Kei’s match.

As you can imagine from what they are talking about, the result is the victory of Furcus and Kei.

「Her partner, the Centaur, also has good movements. An archer usually has a hard time when the distance is reduced, but in her case, she will shoot while constantly moving with the legs of a horse, right? Moreover, her accuracy rate is high. First of all, it’s hard for their opponents to close the distance to her and if they did close the distance, she would clash against them head-on. For them, it would be just like trying to stop a horse-drawn carriage. What a menace.」

「I see, I see. If you’re saying they’re strong, is it a point of concern for you that they are fighting separately?」

「Although they didn’t have an easy-to-understand cooperation, they are not fighting separately. Contestant Orobas first ran in in order to widen the distance between them. At that point, it wasn’t possible for their opponents to keep Furcus and her in their field of vision at the same time. Then, they either have to divide their attention between the two or ignore one of them. However, no matter what, they must’ve felt more anxious about one of the Demon King Castle’s Big Four, so their attention had turned towards contestant Furcus, right?」

Orobas is Kei’s Dungeon name.

「…Ahh! So that means that this is a combination of the Centaur’s leg strength and her partner’s notoriety.」

During the match, it seemed that the Hero was in charge of Furcus and the Wizard was in charge of Kei, but then the Wizard got his arm pierced with an arrow and dropped his staff, and Furcus had opened a hole in the body of the Hero.

「Well, it was an overwhelming match.」

Mr. Commentator said that earnestly.

「Anyway, this is an interesting attempt. For example, contestant Orobas usually plays an active role in the Elementary Level – Beginner’s Dungeon, but in Dungeons, Monsters other than Floor Bosses are not so noticeable. However, if there is an event like this, it will be possible for the world to know that there actually is such an excellent and capable Monster in there.」

「You’re right. At any rate, the image that Monsters would come out in large numbers is quite strong, so unless they have a lot of personalities, people would not be able to remember their Dungeon Name. This time, they are participating as an individual with an individual tag as well, so it’s the person themselves.」

「It’s interesting that they’re completely different from when they’re doing their job as being one of the many Monsters that appear during a Dungeon Clear. I think it’s a good thing that strong Monsters are being known as much as strong adventurers.」

「Your popularity might get stolen away, you know?」

The commentator said jokingly.

Aerial laughed happily.

「I think that way it would be more fun for the viewers. The story of justice winning is reassuring, but a battle in which the viewers want both teams to win would be more interesting. Isn’t that the case with sports? Both teams and contestants have fans that cheer for them.」

「I see, sports. It would be great if it could become a new sport with Adventurers and Monsters as the contestants. At that time, please leave the commentary to me.」

「Hahaha, it’s not good to promote yourself during the commentary.」

「I’m sorry, I got too excited about the new job opportunity.」

While giving the audience a laugh, the two of them filled for time until the next match.

「Contestant Lem, contestant Berith, please enter the field.」

Following the instructions of the staff, we went towards the field from the waiting room.

「Next, a team with quite the unique combination will come out.」

「It’s Lem, right? I don’t know the young lady from the shell species, but it feels good to see her being flashy. In a Dungeon, there are rather few open places, so that kind of attack is not really possible.」

「After all, if she recklessly destroyed the things around her, she would have needed to pay the compensation fee. Nowadays, there are many viewers who are strict about such things.」

This cannot be negated because there were a lot of Adventurers whose attempts to Clear the Dungeon was too extreme before the rules were decided, so behind the scenes, the Dungeon’s side had racked their brains to find a solution.

Although it can be fixed much faster than normal, it’s not possible for it to be a job if the workplace is destroyed every time.

「This rule is inevitable since Dungeon Repair is not something that can be done in an instant. However, I personally think that various ways of fighting should be allowed. If there’s a Dungeon that wants to hire her, I definitely wish they would station her in a large area. By the way, anything is possible in this tournament, so it’s okay for everyone who is currently watching to concentrate on the fight.」

「You’re so open-minded. If I was a participant, I would have felt less anxious after hearing that, so I think I might fight more freely. However, about contestant Berith, there are a lot of intervals in between her techniques.」

「It’s a weakness common to magic that uses a large amount of Magical Energy. If they try to increase the power, the Magical Energy required to cast the magic will also become enormous and it will take time to turn that enormous amount of Magical Energy into a magic form.」

「It doesn’t take a lot of time to make a mini snowman with small snowballs, but it takes time to make a big snowman. Is it something similar to that?」

「It’s more similar to a snowball fight. The opponent can attack the other party while they’re making a snowball. If they roll the snowball to make it bigger, they will become a target. This is a chance for their opponents.」

「Then, how did they pass the qualifying round?」

「She created a wall and after that, it’s Lem’s Black Magic.」

The venue became noisy.

「Hmhm. Sir Aerial is acquainted with Lem, right? There are various rumors, but does that mean that contestant Lem’s Black Magic is different from the general one?」

「Whether that explanation is correct or not…There is a White Sorcerer in my party, right?」

「MIss Panacea, right. She announced her retirement the other day.」

「After all, her kids are really cute, so that just can’t be helped. Because they’re too cute.」

「Ahaha, being there for both the family and an Adventurer…that is definitely a difficult problem.」

「Yeah, anyway, Panacea is extremely skillful.」

「I think that all of the people present here would have known about that.」

「I think it’s safe to assume that Lem is the Black Sorcerer version.」

As expected, Mr. Commentator also took a long time to respond to that.

「That is…extremely high praise.」

「Of course. He’s so strong to the point that I invited him to join our party.」

「Yes, you-Eh?…eh? I…I think I heard a shocking comment just now.」

「He declined, though.」

I’m certainly not hiding it. But I also didn’t make a big deal out of it.

I heard from Fenix while we were chatting the last time we met, but it seems that Bella said in the Demon King Castle Clear interview that Aerial had complimented me.

But that wasn’t broadcasted.

So, this is new information for everyone except a limited number of people. They must be surprised.

「Is that true?」

Berith looked at me.

「At that time, I was already in the Demon King Castle and I thought it wouldn’t be right for me to become 1st rank by joining the 1st rank party.」

「That’s amazing…Only those who have that experience can understand.」

「…Let’s concentrate on the match.」

「Got it.」

Berith continued nodding and appealed with her eyes that she wanted to hear more about this later.　

If all of our acquaintances win and advance to the next rounds, we would fight Philip in the semifinals and Furcus in the finals.

But of course, we have to first win the first round.

The light at the end of the passage came into view. It’s the field.

The first round begins.

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