102. Preparing for the Hunting Festival
The academy went into an uproar when they heard that the Hunting Festival was suddenly approaching in two weeks.
The freshmen who haven’t experienced it yet, and the current students who have already done it once or twice, couldn’t understand why they wanted to do it so quickly.
Are they trying to cover up the terror at Clover Academy with a festive atmosphere?
But the festival itself was a very good thing.
Although it did bother me that it only took two weeks to prepare.
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As soon as the announcement about the hunting festival was over, it was quickly disbanded.
Me, River, and Amy gathered at a cafe.
It seems that Lucia has to go to the private bar because she has a story to tell among the five pillars because of the suddenly decided hunting festival.
The cafe was already packed with students who, like us, had a lot to talk about the hunting festival.
We ordered each other’s usual drinks one by one.
I still haven’t gotten used to the barista’s grin while serving the fine sparkling wine Amy ordered.
River told me as soon as she took her drink.
“Are you really not going to the hunting festival?”
“I won’t get a good picture unless I go out, so what are you going to do?”
It’s not much fun to hunt monsters that can be caught at the level of students.
Hunting monsters in the Black Forest, when I was carrying Phrygia, I finished all my responsibilities until I graduated.
“Then do you want to participate in the class?”
“That’s really enjoying the festival. How fun it is to enjoy the festive atmosphere while walking around the various event booths made by students.”
Except for the main event of hunting monsters, the hunting festival is just a festival.
Classes set up event-related themes, open event booths, and enjoy watching each other.
I’m looking forward to it because it’s the first time I’ve ever held an event that exudes a sense of youth like this after being possessed by this world.
I was thinking about how to play, but Amy had a very serious face.
“I want to participate in the hunting festival.”
She took a sip of Fine Sparkling Amy. She seemed to be very interested in the recently announced rise of the winning prize, ‘Golden’.
“With the gold given as the first prize, she can attend the academy without worrying about scholarships until she graduates.”
“That… Yes. Can you help me?”
“It is meaningful only when you win it with your own strength. You have to work hard… “
Amy said that and jumped up from her seat.
“Where are you going, Amy?”
“I have something else to prepare, so I will wake up first.”
She had something to prepare and Amy left her cafe.
Amy is the daughter of an aristocrat who owns a manor, but she is not wealthy in the aftermath of being caught up in the conspiracy of the Devil Church.
She got a scholarship and is trying to make up for it somehow, but Amy isn’t in a position to focus on her studies either.
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It is still difficult to prioritize grades because they are still conducting separate investigations to find traces of demons hiding inside the academy.
In the meantime, after hearing the gold given as a prize, he seems to be coveted.
Excluding me, Amy is a talented person with a lot of practical experience among freshmen.
She seemed to think it was worth a shot.
Looking at the empty seat of Amy who had left, her river looked at me and said.
“As expected, let’s go out together.”
“I’m not leaving.”
After another refusal, River grabbed my hand with one hand.
“I want to help Amy.”
“Ugh…”
“That’s what you say, but if you help me, I’ll be very happy. Let’s go out together as a team, huh?”
“…But still can’t.”
Appealing cowardly as an admission…But she did pretty well.
I really had no intention of going out, but she said that Amy wanted to win somehow, so she was a little upset.
Still, I will never leave this time.
I sipped the milk from the glass with a firm resolve.
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[Aiming to win the hunting festival, we are looking for a team member to participate together.]
[Even if you win, you will be attacked. Let’s keep quiet.]
[I’m sure he’ll win in a place like the Swordsmanship Research Department. Don’t lose your strength]
[I am a hunter from the jungle with 10 years of experience. Looking for someone to carry the hunting festival.]
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[If you really have 10 years of experience, go to the Five Pillars, because you will find them too.]
Writings about the hunting festival were posted all day long in the notebook where the words written by the students who entered the exam were uploaded.
In the announcement section, information about the hunting festival announced to all grades in the academy this time was posted, and in the information section, the seniors posted points to note from the hunting festival they had experienced.
-It doesn’t matter if you participate in the hunting festival, but the equipment used to hunt demons must not be uncovered. You know?
‘I know.’
If Amy does her best, it won’t be impossible for her to win the hunting festival.
All of the equipment she has collected to hunt demons is of high quality and cannot be replaced.
A big sword made of mithril that can be wielded with one hand without difficulty, a red coat with strong anti-horse energy, a gun that can lightly fire magic-level physical attacks with just a flick of the finger, In addition, ‘Saint Mackinto’s fire’ that even ogres are reduced to ashes without a trace.
But the problem is…
‘If I openly use that equipment, I will be at a disadvantage in the future.’
Now, since they operate secretly using deep cognitive suppression magic, they are not counterattacked by demons, but if their identity is exposed, the Devil Church, which can blend naturally among humans, will target and attack Amy, who is a test student and lacks a foundation. Will be.
It’s much better to attack at the academy.
Worst of all, Amy’s manor, now struggling to recover from the wounds left by the Devil’s Church, could be targeted again.
For Amy, who has dealt with countless demons and demon followers since she was young, she has always been sensitive to such things.
Even if she can’t use any of her equipment, she can do it.
Amy is not weak either.
Since you have reached the end of Expert Intermediate, if you borrow the power of the Mithril Greatsword, which amplifies the power, you can create an aura blade with similar power to the Expert Aura Blade.
Since she came to the academy after risking her life fighting demons, Amy, who has plenty of practical experience, is sure to be the most promising candidate for the championship.
‘The problem is that hunting is a team battle…’
An image of someone passed through Amy’s mind.
I remembered the face of a person who seemed to be able to deal with any monsters in the black forest without a change in expression.
If anyone can team up with Atlas, that team will definitely win.
It’s hard to imagine losing even though you’ve become the same team as the masters.
But she quickly erased the image from her mind.
He declared that he would not participate in this hunting festival.
Since he is participating in the event of the academy, he will not do his best, but even without doing his best, he is Atlas who shows his skills at the level of an expert.
No one will be able to stop his advance.
He declared that he was not participating because he was.
If you’re going to do it moderately and moderately, it’s better not to participate at all, and the picture is strange if you go in with the courage that the master is competing with the students.
The prize was given to only one team, so it seemed like they thought it would be better for someone more desperate to take it.
As evidence of that, Atlas could get a ‘scholarship’ if he wanted to, but he was always getting decent grades.
And he’s already dealing with one threat from the Hunt Festival before it even starts.
The idea of winning and receiving gold is Amy’s wish.
You can’t force that on Atlas.
-Then what needs to be done has been decided.
‘Yes, I have to thoroughly prepare.’
The notebook was covered.
Among the students who entered the test, there were many people who analyzed from various angles aiming for the winning product.
Among them, there were those who succeeded and those who failed.
No matter what happened, it was all information that Amy could use.
It’s the same as killing a demon.
Thoroughly investigate, prepare, and train.
If you do these things right, you can get through most things.
‘First… I need to get equipment and artifacts…’
The equipment used for demon hunting had to be sealed, so we had to get artifacts and equipment to use during the hunting festival.
The place where Amy headed was a general store where she could purchase various materials needed for practice in her academy.
The academy’s general store, located in the same building as the cafe, is a magical place where you can purchase most of the things you need in the academy.
It is not a metaphor to say that it is a magical place.
The general store, which is actually a magical store, was a labyrinth with endless shelves inside.
It’s a strangely structured shop with golems that you can go to rescue at any time because you can get trapped inside if you get lost.
Today, I’m going to buy some ingredients for the ‘antidote’, which is the most needed when entering the Black Forest.
The hunting festival is an event that only takes place in the shallows of the Black Forest, but there were definitely poisonous insects to be aware of.
Fortunately, the poisonous insects in the shallows do not have serious venom, so it is said that if an antidote is prepared, even if symptoms appear, they can be put to rest quickly.
When Amy entered the general store, she saw quite a few students who had already come with similar thoughts.
“Oops!!! It’s sold out!!”
“Boss, when will this be back?”
“Stock will be replenished next week~”
“Okay then I’ll be back next week!”
Everyone was holding their heads and looking at the same place.
All the materials I wanted to buy were already sold out on the shelf that I could see the most.
I was standing there looking devastated on what to do when my companion started talking to me.
-If it’s that material… You can find it by moving in the direction I point out.
‘Really…?’
I don’t know how this general store is structured, but my companion skillfully gave directions.
In a space where countless shelves are intertwined like a maze, I moved as my companion instructed, and in front of me was the powder of the dried ‘red tail grass’ I was looking for.
As Amy put her hand on her shelf, she suddenly bumped into a person who jumped out beside her.
“Wow?!”
“Oh??”
She bumped, but didn’t fall because it wasn’t a big shock.
Amy came to her senses quickly and automatically apologized to herself and to her opponents who had bumped into her.
“I’m sorry…”
-Thumb!
Then, suddenly, a student bumped into Amy and grabbed her forearm.
Amy was taken aback by the sudden action.
“Are you… Are you participating in the hunting festival?”
“Yes… But how did you know?”
“As soon as the announcement of the hunting festival is announced, if the test-entry students come to buy it, most of them are preparing for the hunting festival.”
The student smiled as she pointed to the red tail grass powder in Amy’s hand.
“I’m Rio. I’m in my 3rd year and I’m a veteran this is my 3rd time hunting… Would you like to team up with me?”
He is a very suspicious person.
That was the first impression of the senior who asked me to form a team when I first met him.