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The day after the preliminary round.
It was the day of the main round of the tournament.
There were four players who had made it through the preliminary
round, plus twelve players who would be participating in the main round,
bringing the total to sixteen.
Each player was given a waiting room, and the relevant personnel of
the player could enter there.
The six of them, including <Running Wolves>, Emily, and Akane,
had gathered at the arena since morning and were waiting in the waiting room
for the start time.
"Good
luck, Al-kun!"
"Yeah,
I'm on it!"
Alvin replied to Milis, who was in a perfect state of nervousness.
Alvin's strength of spirit is something Shinji doesn't have, and is
one of the qualities that makes him a good party leader.
"Alvin
was one of the best among the preliminary contestants. The rest depends on the
skill of the main event team, but...... Alvin can win"
"Alvin
can do it!"
Shinji, Emily, Renka and Akane also gave him encouragement, and
Alvin nodded with an encouraging smile.
Before long, an official came to the room to call Alvin.
"Please
go to the stage in order and move to the entrance"
"All
right! Then...... I'll see you all later!"
Alvin raises one hand, and each of them calls out to the other as
they see him off. When the door to the room was closed, Shinji stood up as
well.
"We'll
go to the audience room for the relative of the contestant"
"Yes......."
Following Shinji, they all left the waiting room.
The audience room was located on the first floor of the VIP section
on the north side of the building, which gave them a closer view than the
regular audience room.
When Shinji and the others arrived at the audience room, there were
already several groups of people who seemed to be related to other players.
Shinji took a quick look around the room and spotted Ichiro and the rest of the
<Dragon Horns>.
When Ichiro spotted Shinji, he gave him a slight bow, and Shinji did
the same.
"Shinji,
do you know each other?"
“Yeah,
they're from the upper-ranking dragonmen party. We met when I was gathering
information"
As they talked, Shinji and the others took up a position in the
audience room with a view of the stage, where Renka and the others immediately
turned their attention to the stage and began to wait for Alvin to appear.
There are four upper parties seated, all of whom Shinji recognizes
from the adventurer's guild in Medio.
When they noticed Shinji's gaze, they reacted in their own way,
raising their glasses or hands lightly.
(Six of the
sixteen are adventurers, and ten are knights with ties to the noble)
Shinji thinks that adventurers should come to support their friends.
If there were only six groups of adventurers here, it was quite normal for
Shinji to think so.
"Shinji!
Alvin has come out!"
Emily called, and Shinji turned his gaze to the stage.
It looked like Alvin was going to be the last to go on stage, and
there were already fifteen players standing in a circle, evenly spaced.
The one who stood out from the rest was Himeno, the Dragon Man with
the Horn.
Her pink hair, good looks, and unusual kimono outfit made her stand
out among the knights and adventurers.
『Last but not least, we have a promising new star who showed
overwhelming strength in the preliminary round! Here's a promising new star!
The leader of the adventurer's party of <Running Wolves>! Alvin!!』
The same as the day before, Alvin appeared as the ring girl, a fox
beastman, announced him.
The audience erupted in cheers, with a large number of women
cheering.
"It seems
he has a lot of female fans, Alvin"
"Maybe
the word about yesterday's preliminary round has already spread"
Akane and Emily were blinking their eyes, and Milis seemed to be in
a very complicated state of mind, with an indescribably puzzled look on her
face.
She was happy that her boyfriend was being cheered, but she didn't
welcome the many yellow voices.
With a wave of his hand in response to the cheers, Alvin climbed
onto the stage. The ring girl shouted out the schedule for the event.
『All the competitors have now been introduced! In 30 minutes, the
first match will begin! The first match will be between Alvin and Caine. The
second match will be.......』
The ring girls talk about the order of the matches as the
competitors leave the ring in order.
"'Looks
like Alvin gets his first fight"
"Um,
Caine-san.......?"
Milis glanced sideways at the other adventuring parties, remembering
that this was the name of the adventurer who had won the same preliminary round
as Alvin.
Shinji and the others followed Milis' lead and looked at the group
of adventurers that Caine was a part of.
"That
Caine was out of luck!"
"No,
it's just like him to get hit by the person he said he didn't want to fight the
most"
The three men were laughing and having a drink.
"......Well,
it's a no-fuss game"
"Y,
yeah. So, let's cheer them on!"
Everyone nodded in agreement with Renka's voice.
As they expected, Alvin won the match in order.
Although the game was not decided by the first attack, Alvin's hands
were occupied with fighting off the onslaught from beginning to end, and he was
pushed to the limit.
The match went on, and eight players remained.
Of course, Himeno was still there.
Himeno's match was also a masterpiece. Her opponent, a knight, fell
helplessly to the wave of swordplay and magic.
The knight was a fierce competitor who had finished second the
previous year, but he showed a dignity that made no difference.
(I knew she
was strong. The coordination of swordplay and magic is tricky. ......If I
hadn't taken precautions, Alvin would have been in trouble)
Shinji thinks that it is unlikely that anyone will be able to handle
her on their first attempt. This is because the defeated knight seemed to be
more skilled than Himeno when it came to swordplay alone.
(The knight
she defeated in the first round was unlucky. Himeno's next opponent is also a
knight, but we'll see if he can handle her.......)
Fortunately, Alvin is in the opposite block of Himeno, which means
that the possibility of a fight is in the final.
For now, all Shinji could do was hope that Alvin would win.
Shinji stopped thinking and went back to cheering for Alvin with
Renka, Milis, Emily and Akane.
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- The main competition has begun.
- Alvin's face is selling well.
- And he's won the fastest time since the preliminary round, so he's got the right appeal.
- Himeno-chan's strength is also shown a little.
- Alvin's adventures will continue for a while, so let's get on with the story!
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