119. Melgard Tournament
119. Melgard Tournament
The morning of the start of the Melgard Tournament. Melgard’s professor, Ragust, was soothing Shaiza’s alchemy professor, Marina May. The reason Marina May was crying like this was as follows.
A showdown between Warros Blood, her beloved student Marina, and Staffin Corroman. Ragust was worried that Marina would be sad when she saw Woros about to be defeated, and told her what happened last year.
Staffin challenged Woros and embarrassed Woros. As Ragust told the story, he added: It was a brave act that had meaning in the challenge itself, so he was saying don’t take it too seriously even if Woros was defeated.
Marina’s opinion was firm about that. Woros will definitely win. The reason Marina cries even though she has a firm conviction is that she doesn’t know much about last year’s Woros.
The fact that she had been such a wonderful student who had gone through her hard life and had now proven her own talent is what made her Marina shed tears.
“Keuheuk. Woros… Woros will surely overcome… “
“Haa… Let’s talk first after the game.”
“Ra, Ragust. You, your eyes are so low!”
Saying that, Marina jerks her head and puffs out her cheeks. After adding one word that Woros would lose, Ragust, thinking that something big would happen, decided not to say anything more.
So Professor Ragust decided to take Marina to District 4, where the game was to take place. We can see what the outcome will be, but we hope that Woros will win for Marina’s sake. Ragust took a heavy step.
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Zone 4 Melgard Class indoor arena. The stadium bleachers are packed with people. The audience’s expectations were beyond imagination, to the extent that it can be confidently said that the most noteworthy tournament of this tournament season is the Melgard Tournament.
It could be said that the game lineup right now is more lush than ever. The confrontation between the senior and secondary students of Melgard that everyone is curious about. It is a hot topic that the second-year-old, who has been challenging Melgard’s third-year senior for the third year, challenged without fail in this competition.
There are as many as two games between the top and bottom of the same year. There was another game that only those in the know knew about. A character who is unlikable at the academy. Some people expect to see Woros Blood getting beaten up by Melgard’s second-in-command in the same grade.
There were quite a few characters who looked at it from the opposite point of view. There was also a public opinion that thought that what Staffin had done to Worros last year had gone too far. They always hoped that Warros would avenge his last year.
This tournament, which has many elements to attract the attention of the audience, is literally a jackpot. Smiles bloom on the faces of the Shaiza students who pay the academy and sell drinks and snacks at the stadium.
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Ruby and Ansync are waiting for the match to start, sucking on ice cream frozen with ice magic. Duralf, who is in sympathy with the members of the academy’s board of directors, who came to see Woros, who was showing great success in a recent incident, in person.
Layplane Aginis, a wandering swordsman who was caught by Rin while passing by with the female protagonist, Rin. Slop Arogas, the king of destruction, was doing part-time cleaning jobs to earn money. Heylia and the devil participated to check the power of Shaiza’s successor. And Arisha’s 1st year second-in-command, Remy Micaret, and her followers, who don’t like Irina and Woros.
Lastly, Saint Eldenia and the people of Woros’s shop planned a party after the match without questioning Woros and Sotia’s victory at all. The key figures who entered the stadium were paying attention to the match between Warros and Staffin as much as the fight between the chief and the second.
The contestants all gather in the arena, listen to the instructions, and rush into the waiting room.
“Senior. I guess I want to be first.”
“I see. Sotia, you’re in the third match. I’m the 5th Perhaps by the time they get bored, they use one of the main event-level cards, and the climax is about to stir up excitement with a showdown between senior third-year seniors.”
“Senior. Will you cheer me on?”
“Of course.”
It was a conversation with Sotia Sonia. The stadium is very large, so there are quite a lot of rest rooms. You can rest in the break room you want until you start competing. Naturally, I was spending time with Sotia.
Just when I tried to ease the tension of Sotia, I heard shouts from outside the arena. The students who played the first game took to the field. I waited until the shouts subsided and sat in front of Sotia.
“Are you nervous?”
“Yes. What trembles like this… It’s been a really long time.”
“If it’s your first time going to a game, it might be. Sotia, you can do it.”
“… Yes!”
I looked at her and gave her a grin.
“If you are not feeling relaxed after getting on the pitch, try this. It’s a classic method, but it’s a valid method depending on the situation.”
“…… “
“Think of all the audience as bees and your opponent, Irina, as strawberries. It will work better than you think.”
“Bee… strawberry… Pooh.”
There shouldn’t have been a funny point, but Sotia starts giggling and laughing. She smiles with a slightly relieved expression on her face.
“I will. Irina Blood is a strawberry.”
“Yes. Sotia, you drank the most strawberry tea among us. It means that there is no one who can follow you in eating strawberries. Think of Irina as a strawberry, and treat her as usual.”
“Yes!”
He patted Sotia on the shoulder. Her relaxed Sotia is smiling as usual. As she is passing her time like that, a tournament official calls Sotia. The time has come for her to leave.
I got up from her seat with her Sotia and showed her her fist.
“Let’s both do our best.”
“Yes! I will come back with good results!”
Sotia Sonia says so, and she puts her fist against mine. Then she proudly walks out. I started across the waiting room hallway and went upstairs to watch her play.
That’s when I found my opponent, Steffen Corroman, on the stairs in the waiting room. He was sitting on the steps arm in arm with two of his friends.
“Ohh, who is this? Did you come to your senses and apologize right now?”
“…… “
Staffin Corroman crosses his arms and smiles arrogantly. At that time, one of Staffin’s friends stood up, touched my shoulder and said.
“Apologize even now. Maybe Staffin will take care of it gently.”
“Yes. Even though she looks like that, Staffin is quite compassionate.”
“What does it look like?”
They laugh badly when they say that. I let out a deep sigh and tried to climb the stairs, ignoring them. Just then, I hear Staffin’s voice from behind.
“This was my last chance. I don’t want to be a murderer, so if you feel like dying, give up on your own.”
“… Hey Staffin.”
“What.”
“Don’t show your usual bad habits, come with all your might from the beginning.”
I said that and climbed the stairs. When Staffin duels with an opponent who is obviously weaker than himself, he partially freezes her spear to weaken it before the battle. He has a habit of fighting playfully, raising the strength of his cold magic step by step.
It’s his responsibility to lose because he’s careless, but he doesn’t want to hear the excuse that he lost the battle with me and lost because he was careless. Sure if you do. I wish I could.
With that in mind, I came out to the bleachers. Just as the second game had ended, the stadium was empty. Then, the moderator introduces Irina, the first-year student in Melgard class, and Sotia, the second-year student in turn.
After that, Sotia Sonia, wearing a shield made of her centipede shell on her back, proudly enters the arena. At the same time, great applause and cheers are heard. Upon entering the arena, Sotia unleashes her shield and draws her sword.
Irina then enters. She enters with the black muffler she always wears covering her mouth. She is perfectly prepared for battle. Likewise, Irina, who entered amidst her cheers, looked at Sotia’s face and drew her dagger. Sotia and Irina are facing each other like that.
It’s as if electricity is bouncing around your eyes. The audience seemed to have read the atmosphere, and they became quiet at once. The referee then comes up and speaks a few words to Sotia and Irina before raising her arms.
At the same time, the sound of a janggu thud!— Echoed through the arena. This is the sound announcing the start of the game. I foresaw that Irina, who values her speed, would run into Sotia first.
But when the match started, it was Sotia who moved first. Sotia charges at Irina with a sword. Irina is also seen in a panic with her eyes wide open as if it was an unexpected situation. Sotia Sonia is fast.
Like Irina, she is not a character who values speed, but in certain situations, she shows tremendous speed. It is the ability to charge the opponent in a straight line and inflict an infighting. Sotia reached in front of Irina in one breath with her dashing ability and swung her sword.