Levelmaker

TL: Fenderson

ED: Yuki

The 12th block

Now, before me is an opponent, his name is Chekei .

The weapon that I have in my hand is a spear . He talks to me .

「You, you’re the youngest fastest ranker Alim, aren’t you? I am called Chekei . If you don’t want to get hurt, why don’t you give up already? I don’t have a hobby to scratch such a beautiful face」

「Nice to meet you . Don’t worry about that… as I will end it in a moment . 」

「Ha! You got a cute face, but the words out of your mouth are good . Not bad . Well, may the best one win . 」

…And at 11:19, prompted by the referee of the 12th block, we both go up on the stage and face each other .

We bow . Then hold our weapons .

11:20 the matches start with a signal from Gilmars-san .

「Now then . . Round one, matches… start! 」

Chekei immediately starts casting a spell .

「Dandokya…… . 」

And with that he falls flat .

Of course, it is from the effect of my magic sword’s attack .

I used 『Extreme Sword Technique・First Judgment』 .

Looks like, if this was a normal sword Chekei’s neck would have been blown away?

As one would expect of my sword

I urged the stunned judge to make a declaration because the match is over .

「Referee-san, your decision please」

The referee showed a confused face came up to the ring and checked Chekei’s state .

「Che… Chekei has fainted! Alim Nariway is the 12th block winner!」

I’ve cleared the first round . Though it was over a little too fast .

Apparently, I finished first .

Hmmm, does this mean I will have to wait 30 minutes for all the matches to end?

After 24 minutes, the first round was over . After a 15 minutes break, the second round will start .

In the next round, I will have a match with a person called Domyur from the 6th block .

I use up 10 minutes preparing and eating a sandwich before the next match .

5 minutes before the second match I was next to the stage . After a moment a person who seemed to be Domyur came .

She was a plump aunty with thick makeup wearing a chainmail . In her left hand she held a small axe… no a tomahawk, in her right an iron shield . That’s quite heavy equipment .

She looks strong being able to use all that . All of that equipment would be difficult for a woman to wear .

She says,

「Aha, cute . Are you Alim-chan? I’ve heard various rumors about you . Pa.s.sing the first round means you definitely have the ability . So, I won’t hold back, you understand? 」

「I won’t hold back either . I look forward to our match . 」

「Oh, what good manners you have, Alim-chan . You’re 12, right? I have a son of the same age, but he is a rascal . I wish his behavior was a bit more like Alim-chan」

For the rest of the hour I listened to Domyur talk about such domestic matters .

At 12 o’clock, the referee of the 6th block prompted us to go on stage together and prepare . We then held our weapons ready .

Gilmars-san announces the start of the next match .

「Well then, the beginning of the second round, start!」

Domyur-san takes a strong stance…

「I’ll go first… 『Earth’s Strengthening Spirit』…!」

A strong orange aura surrounded her… this is probably an enhanced 「Qi」 .

The only place not covered that a sword could touch is the face . Can’t be helped, it’s not like she will be injured, so it’s all good .

I attack with 『Extreme Sword Technique・First Judgment』 . Domyur-san faints .

「Referee-san… we are done」

Hearing my words, the referee checks out Domyur-san, then declares .

「Domyur Pipi… stunned . Second round 6th block… winner, Alim Nariway…」

Pa.s.sed the second round

Wait, Pipi? That’d be Jisef-san and Gerbersan’s daughter…! Those two are about the right age .

Again, it seems I finished first .

Got to wait another 30 minutes

All matches have now finished .

Gilmars-san takes the stage .

「All the matches for today are over! The third round, the semi-finals, will be held tomorrow at the coliseum . That’s at 9am! Don’t forget . Take a rest for the rest of today! 」

Well now, seems I can go home now . The other adventurers start to gradually leave . I’ll head home too .

Before I left, Gilmars-san called out to me .

「Hey, Alim-chan . You showed amazing strength . Especially the second match against Domyur, who has ≪Fighting Mom≫ as her alias . Last year she was first place in the 449th rank tournament, she is a very talented person… winning in an instant like that . You definitely have the making of an SSS-rank . 」

「Thank you!」

「Return for today and relax . Tomorrow it will be at 9 o’clock . It may be a little early, but do your best . 」

「Understood」

I said goodbye to Gilmars-san and returned .

I have nothing in particular left to do today .  No, I have the usual .

It was still 1 o’clock in the afternoon, but I spent my time working in my room .

Night fell, let’s sleep . Good night .