Chapter 451: Everyone Is Hyped For Our Spar
Somehow, Angela allowed for our fight to be broadcasted. At least only to those with us. We won"t let it shown to everyone in the world after all.
I hope the cult doesn"t know yet how to hack the signal and watch our fight. If so, our secret will be leaked. Though I don"t think it"s possible unless they have a genius and someone from another world like Victoria.
As for a genius, they have the professor. He must be thinking about how the TV and the camera works ever since their first appearance in public during the tournament. Though I don"t think he will understand what a radio wave is. Even I don"t. Only Marie understands it. But if someone from another world told him about it, he will be able to do it.
Also, it seems like the news spread within us about the spar. Everyone would ask me if I"m prepared, or can they go watch it. It was too annoying.
Why is someone trying to hype up the fight? It"s only a spar!
We will only try to attack each other without thinking of hurting the others. That"s what a spar is. Don"t hype it up!
In the end, those who are close to us will watch it from TVs. Including the four kings.
Well, I hope this will be a good lesson for everyone to learn. After all, Angela"s magic is one of a kind. What was it called again? Oh, right. Multiememem. I mean multielement.
…Good thing I didn"t say it out loud. That was too embarra.s.sing if anyone found out I can"t say it correctly.
It is now one day before the sparring that everyone is getting hyped about. Though I think they will be disappointed by my performance.
Well, I"m looking for a good place to fight while flying on top of Andro"s head.
"You"re going to fight Angela? Why?" Andro asked.
"Not fighting. It"s sparring. She recently grows much stronger and needed someone she can test her magic on. And since she thinks that I"m a suitable target practice, she asked me. Though if it"s a one on one fight, I have the advantage. But if it"s one against many, she is more powerful. Well, we can only tell how strong she is after the fight," I said.
"Don"t worry, Roy. You are strong as well. I know that. Not many can endure my Intimidation. You and Angela are the two who can. Wait, that mean she"s about as strong as you are, right? I take back my word. You might be injured during the fight," Andro said.
"Like I said, it"s a spar! Not a fight!"
"Doesn"t matter. Either one of you could get injured after all. So, should I fly lower? Andro asked.
"That"s right. Just low enough for you to fly without hitting anything. I don"t want you to broke your limb from your own weight. Keep flying while I"m looking for a place for our spar," I said.
The reason I asked Andro instead of Spot like usual is so I can use Andro"s Intimidation to keep monsters away from the place Angela and I will fight.
I don"t want to have other things like weak monsters to be in the way of our spar. It will be too troublesome since I they will be obstacle.
I know it"s just a spar, but I don"t want to be the loser just because there"s a stray wild boar obstructing me.
As for Angela, well, she can burn everything including the boar. She should be fine against many opponents at once.
Against Angela… although I said that I don"t need preparation, I"m doing it right now. What a hypocrite.
Well, it"s not like I want to fight near a lake or any water. Because even if I swim in it, Angela might be able to freeze the whole lake over.
Trees are fine. they can be used for hiding spots. So, the forest is a good idea.
But we might end up fighting mostly in the sky. So, even if there aren"t any trees, it"s fine.
For now, I want a place without any water in sight. At least within the radius of 10 kms.
"Found it. Here should be fine," I said after finding a good location.
It"s a huge forest, and the closest water source is a river. And it"s not that deep, so it should be fine.
"Should I use it here?" Andro asked if I want him to use Intimidation in this place.
"Not yet. Go a bit to the left. Closer. Closer. There. You can use it here. This will be where we start the spar. Though we might end up going everywhere, but this will be where it begins," I said to Andro.
"Alright. I will use my full strength with my Intimidation here. Endure yourself," Andro said.
"Give it your best shot!"
Because I need Andro for his intimidation, Victoria doesn"t want to come with me. Even though she doesn"t really feel it as much as Spot did, she doesn"t like the feeling of being intimidated. That"s why I left her at home. She"s with Arin chatting about whatever it is. I hope she won"t bring Arin or the other vampires to join her in her hobby.
Andro then used his Intimidation at full strength from the middle of the forest. And I can see many monsters are running away. Some of them collapsed, but I can kill them later.
But his Intimidation was too frightening. Even my legs are shaking because of it. I wonder how the cult can kill him? Just how powerful were they after conquering our world?
"Nice one. I"ll go and kill the fainted monsters. After I can stand straight," I said.
"I wish you two the best then. I won"t be able to watch you, but at least I can make sure no monsters near me can approach you," Andro said.
"Thanks. Still, I wonder why her instinct is telling her to fight me? If it"s magic, she should practice it with other expert level mages. I"m proficient in close-range combat, while she"s good at long-range. We are not compatible. Just one magic hit me and I would lose already," I said to myself while looking at the place we"re going to fight in.
"Maybe she has that much faith in you? I don"t know since I"m just your new friend, but isn"t she the one who knows you the longest?" Andro asked.
"Well, the only thing I can do is to not disappoint her then."
Now, what do I do? Should I borrow Sophie"s fishnet stocking? I don"t want to wear it.
Maybe I"ll get a magic cloak like the bandit leader"s use? I still have it in my room.
That might help. And with the cloak, I can hide my hands inside. Which will make Angela confused.
…nah, I won"t wear it. If I"m going all out, I need to lessen the weight on my body as much as possible. I might fight while only wearing my pants tomorrow. Though Victoria will be my armor. She"s light and have high endurance.
I guess this is it for the preparation. There"s nothing else I can do.
I bid my farewell to Andro before returning back to Ca.s.sau. Everyone is getting prepared in the base with a huge TV so everyone can watch it. Just why is everyone so hyped about a sparring?
"Welcome back! Did you find a good place?" Sophie asked after greeting me.
"At least it"s a good place to start our spar. I don"t know if we will move somewhere during the fight. Where"s Angela?" I asked.
"She"s taking a quest from the guild. She said that it"s boring to just wait and want to do some quests as a warm-up," Sophie said.
"Well, I guess I should do something as well. It"s been a while, so I guess I"ll go diving and get some money," I said before leaving the base.
It"s been a while since I went diving. Way before I started training in Monsters World to raise my level.
Another reason is that because Angela is taking a quest on land, I need to do something that will not bother her. And fighting underwater monsters will help the fishermen be safe and they can catch more fishes.
Though since I have looted a lot of treasures nearby, I think I need to go further and deeper.
And since I"m going diving, it"s easy if I bring Spot with me. He"s faster than me.
He brought me much further than where I used to dive. We even pa.s.sing by his child who is protecting this area of the sea.
As Spot is a Sea Serpent as well, I don"t need to cast Air magic on him. I only needed to use it on myself as I found ship wreckages and started looting the unopened boxes. I transported them all to Sam"s warehouse directly so her subordinates can take care of it. This should be enough to cover all the spending by the vampires.
Just like that, the day pa.s.ses and it"s the day for the spar. We scheduled it during the night when everyone is not busy so they can watch it.
…They hyped our spar because they are bored.. Just another thing that humans would do.