TL: Yuki
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When the guy wearing a hood kicks the ground, his presence became thin and was unnoticeable.
As for me who watching in the spectator"s seat, I would have probably lose sight of him if I didn"t focus, and so I concluded that he would be one who belongs to an a.s.sa.s.sin cla.s.s or the like.
The man slips his blades on the joints of adventurers he targeted, immobilizing them on the spot with minimum amount of movement using his knife.
The person on the side that was attacked didn"t even notice what happened, and suddenly collapsed on the spot with an astonished look.
The adventurer next to him noticed the defeated one, and that other one noticed the man in hood but was already too late to react after the hooded man throws a knife at him.
The thrown knife stabs into the adventurer"s shoulder who made and awkward attempt to ward of the knife and let"s go of his sword.
Before even the sword reaches the ground, the hooded man was already in front of the adventurer aiming the tip of his dagger into the adventurer"s throat.
「Well, do you still want to continue?」
「……I give up」
While the hooded man defeats his enemies in this manner, there were also movements on other places as well.
The knight that did not have a similar armor as what I saw yesterday from the knights wearing light armor yesterday, this one is wearing a full body armor.
I was told that wearing full body armor like that one would considerably lessen mobility, but that person easily wields his weapon swinging it lightly as if it the isn"t even felt.
「Muh!」
The adventurer tried to block with his shield the attack from the two-handed sword that was swung like a bat, and though he did manage to block it unfortunately he was thrown out of the stage from the excessive force of the blow.
「Uooh, that one, awshome」
I reflexively murmured, looking at the fight.
That knight who blew away his enemies seems to be prod of his strength, he was swinging his two handed sword as if he"s swinging a stick.
Even though his reach would put hi at a disadvantage, if they don"t carefully approach him, they would only end up the same as the previous adventurer that clashed with him.
The female ronin on the other hand was just standing, she was looking around while giving an atmosphere of《Is there no one who be my enemy》around her.
It seems like the people around her could feel her intent and didn"t carelessly approach her even though she"s just standing there, and the game continues on without people trying to attack her.
After a while, the number of partic.i.p.ants was greatly reduced leaving only a few people, the pseudo a.s.sa.s.sin, the knight and the ronin girl were still on stage, and both the a.s.sa.s.sin and the knight aimed for her first.
The woman didn"t change her stance but properly grips her weapon showing a smile as if something interesting is going to happen, and as they approach, the pseudo a.s.sa.s.sin throws a knife at her heading straight for her in a flash.
The pseudo-a.s.sa.s.sin then takes out his dagger and kicks the ground, leaving behind the knight and quickly approaches her.
「Yareyare, you sure are a bad fellow only wanting death it seems」
About the same time as the woman muttered, the knight blows away the few adventurers trying to take advantage of the situation, and then a clash between her Katana and the robed man"s dagger happened as the woman successfully receives his attack with her sword giving out as strong metallic sound.
「You seem to be rather careless」
「Such small fry like yourself wouldn"t easily go through, I won"t easily fall down here」
As the clash of the two breaks and the both of them jumped back, a two-handed sword was sent crashing in between them showing a tremendous amount of power from the blow.
「Can I partic.i.p.ate in the clash too, I also want some company」
「……Chi」
The venue becomes more and more excited, and of course, mom and the adventurer maniacs were also getting excited.
「It"s really a good thing that such a number of powerhouses be placed in the same group!」
「Normally people would usually ignore the qualifiers, but there are cases where strong people like this group are being matched up」
「Those three people, if you look at them roughly, you could say that they would probably belong in the upper cla.s.s of B Ranks……」
That, is what they comment about, but I was wondering why such an a.s.sa.s.sin would join upfront though. Was he forced to partic.i.p.ate or something.
Because normally, an a.s.sa.s.sin like that won"t really partic.i.p.ate in something like this. a.s.sa.s.sinating partic.i.p.ants and making it seem like it was an accident is how they would usually do it, and not making the audience excited or showing his a.s.sa.s.sination techniques to anyone like this.
「Nu!?」
As I was deliberating on my own, the knight"s sword was cut off all the way from its root.
「Showing me something like that is like asking me to cut it, you should properly hold your weapon. Showing your Lord not only strength but also techniques is how you should refine yourself」
「Ah with this condition…… Also looking at your skills, it seems like I would be lacking even if I fought barehanded against you. I surrender」
「Umu, your resolution is admirable. Now then……」
The ronin girl turned towards the hooded a.s.sa.s.sin. The hooded a.s.sa.s.sin stood in a position slightly away from the two a.n.a.lyzing the situation.
「Sir, are you possibly be shadow? Why would someone like you partic.i.p.ate in a tournament like this? 」
The woman waited for his answer. I don"t really think I should listen to this, and maybe she wants to stop the a.s.sa.s.sination. I was wondering if she could be considered as a person of justice.
「Regarding that question, does is have something to do with this game? 」
The hooded a.s.sa.s.sin was only listening carefully, and then the ronin girl only shrugged her shoulders.
「I guess? Just being caught in trouble would warrant a dismissal. For a shadow like you entering a tournament like this, don"t you think that leaving early is for the best? 」
「……Fuu, don"t worry, I"m aiming for the price this time」
「Then it"s good, I will be dealing with you」
「That"s an unusual weapon, but I wonder if it can pa.s.s through me」
After saying that, the hooded a.s.sa.s.sin faded once more. That level of hiding reminds me of camouflage used in games.
「Hiding Magic… sounds troublesome」
「If it"s someone without experience who deals with that, then they would easily lose sight of it」
As expected of Hiding Magic, it"s something that I"ve seen for the first time since I"ve come to this world…… Now that I think about it, there was also that magic that could cure fatigue and ease up shoulder and back pain.
Eh, but that wasn"t magical enough? I do understand that it"s quite convenient though.
Even though he disappeared, I still understand where he is. Even if he uses concealment magic, I am also quite proficient in concealing myself, adding to that is probably his training of minimizing the sound of his movements. But if it"s me and when I properly concentrate, I could easily hear the sound of his movements and not to mention the distorted area in the place he standing is really easy to figure out.
On the other hand, the female ronin closed her eyes while keeping her hands on the sword holding it down.
That position, could it be an Iai stance. But well, I"m not really that familiar with it.
Anyway, it seems like she"s waiting for the hooded a.s.sa.s.sin.
「White Eve Flow――Sky Stance. Come, get closer, but I don"t think you will succeed 」
The Hooded a.s.sissin approached from behind following what the woman said, but the as he approached, the woman slashed the s.p.a.ce the area where he was.
He managed to avoid the slash with the slightest movement, but he wasn"t able to close in and was only able to step back.
He tried several times approaching with many methods of attack, but all of them were parried or blacked with an attack and he was forced to back away.
There was no way for him to break the defense of the woman who entered her stance, and then I was thinking about what would happen to the stalemate, but then the woman speaks out after taking out her sword.
「I have determined your position, there! 」
After the attack, she stepped back with sword dripping with blood. After shaking of the blood from her sword, she returns it back to its sheath.
After the sword returned to its sheath with a loud clank, the hooded a.s.sa.s.sin that was still invisible a while ago revealed himself and fell down.
That looks like a scene from a historical drama! I was quite touched by the scene, but the audience around me seems to be unable to hide their excitement witnessing the first strong fighter on stage today.
And then the fourth round began while the audience were still wrapped up in excitement, I was also thinking that the first and second round were kind of bland, but the games after this seems to be more exciting.
And this time, the adventurer maniac uncles said that the partic.i.p.ants this time were adventurers that are not from around here.
Do your best fourth group! While grasping my fist, I cheered the fourth group with my all.