177 – Elimination Battle
There was nothing to prepare for the next match. In any case, only the school uniform and the artifacts that were provided are taken during the annihilation war. One was a shock-absorbing artifact that was used in the test, a map, a current location, and a watch that could tell the progress of the game.
The spectators who filled the stadium shouted their support for the academy.
“The pride of the East! Mujion Fighting!!!”
“Elasium… ! Kyaaagh!”
“Arcadia please, do your best!”
“Show me who the champion is! Transcendence!!!”
“Transcendence Academy Fighting!!!”
Most of the voices of support are from Transcendence Academy. Can not help it. Because this is our home stadium.
[The long-awaited first triathlon battle… I’ll do it right now!]
When I put my hand on top of the transparent sphere in front of me, Ellie puts her hand on top of it with a bewitching smile.
“Please take good care of me, driver.”
I smiled at Ellie who whispered that.
As the moderator’s call ended, the sphere hummed and vibrated, emitting a pure white light that temporarily blinded it.
And when I returned to my sight, what I saw was not a stadium with many spectators, but a place full of huge trees.
The light on the shock artifact, which had been off, came on. To signal the start of the game.
Sure – Ellie looked around and said in a nonchalant voice.
“It looks like a jungle.”
The tall trees blocked the sunlight, making the surroundings feel dark. Birds and animals could also be heard from somewhere.
The annihilation of last year’s triathlon took place in desert terrain. Fortunately, the battlefield changes every game, so I practiced various terrains, but I already knew from my calculations that the first match would be the jungle.
“Let’s check the map first.”
Understanding the structure of the battlefield is the basic of the basics. When I tap the watch on my left wrist with my finger, a hologram-like illusion pops out and shows a map.
The terrain is uninhabited. Judging from the fact that the green color deepens as you go inside, it is a jungle. We are at the southern end of the island.
As I was figuring out the route, I heard a hard female voice from the sky.
A large circle appeared on the map. After a certain period of time, the outside of the circle becomes an inactive area.
Fortunately, where we are now is inside the ring. That’s enough time to look around.
Ellie checked the map beside her and smiled mischievously.
“Is that an uninhabited island that Ross likes? Unfortunately, there is no mountain this time.”
“Sure. Did you use your hand because you were afraid I would do it again?”
I’m talking about what happened in the survival test. Among the spectators in the arena listening to our conversation, there will be comrades from the combat unit who were hit by my fire.
It is their choice whether to laugh at this light joke or to furrow their eyebrows.
I scratched my head and selected a spot on the map for Ellie to see.
“If you move this way, you will find a farming place.”
Annihilation was a simple battle royale where you started barefoot, gathered weapons, armor, and artifacts on the battlefield to defeat enemies and become a champion.
I had to farm hard because the final equipment obtained here would be the basic equipment in the next game, the labyrinth.
“Let’s go.”
At my words, Ellie slipped her hand out of her way, so she turned away and pretended not to see. Luckily she was natural, Ellie didn’t say much.
I was lucky to find a box hidden among the trees in the distance.
Take off the vines surrounding the box with your hands and open the lid to find an iron pickaxe and rope inside.
“To.”
Ellie looks disappointed. I also stroked her chin with regret and took out what was in her box.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t my main weapon, a spear, but a pickaxe, but it was better than empty-handed. I carried the heavy pickaxe and passed the rope to Ellie. Perhaps a rope can be used somewhere.
“Keep moving. You just have to go a little bit.”
With her encouraging words, Ellie put her rope around her shoulder and nodded her head with a pretty smile.
Anyway, the most important farming item is the wand that Ellie will use. Of course, it is possible to use magic even without a wand, but if you exaggerate the existence of a wand, the difference in power is hundreds of times greater.
Stands are not just stylish, they are the crystallization of sorcery that can use magic efficiently.
Its role is to accurately concentrate the mana scattered throughout the human body into one place and help distribute the mana efficiently. Just as a sword master is obsessed with a sword that easily accepts magic, sorcerers were obsessed with a good staff.
Depending on the material used for the cane, the difference in price can be thousands of times greater. The heart of a monster or a staff with jewels was the most expensive.
Before her entrance, Ellie had carved out her oak tree and used her cheap wand with a few strands of unicorn tail feathers embedded in her core. For commoners, that was also expensive.
Just as tools are not important to her artisan, Ellie, a pure genius, entered Transcendence Academy confidently even with her cheap wand. She has risen to the point where she now uses a staff containing a phoenix feather.
As I kept walking forward, a fishy smell came from somewhere. Although this is an uninhabited island, we were moving towards the heart of the forested island. Feeling fishy is a strange thing.
Feeling uncomfortable, I stopped and turned around to try to explain the situation to Ellie. It is a game played by two people, not alone. A sufficient exchange of opinions is fundamental.
But as soon as she turned around, she hurriedly pushed Ellie to the side of her.
“Damage!”
As I pushed the bewildered Ellie to her side, the blue-rust sword that seemed to have been in the sea for a long time brushed past her. Had it stayed, the sword would have been lodged in her back.
I won’t die thanks to the shock absorption artifact, but if it’s fatal enough, I’ll be eliminated.
The enemy who appeared silently was not a participant like us. It has a human form, but it is a monster full of barnacles on its face and body. The identity of the fishy smell I felt was this guy.
“What, what… !”
Ellie sat down on the floor, checked her enemy’s face, and hurriedly got up and hid behind her on my back. She clung to my back as if a ghost had appeared. Ellie is so amazing. In the meantime, she had no enemies other than participants in annihilation.
This strange enemy is a new addition to this triathlon for a change. Perhaps the spectators watching the game are also surprised by the new enemy.
“Get off and check your surroundings!”
It is dangerous if you are surrounded by enemies. After I made that decision and shouted that out, Ellie, who regained her senses, dropped her body that was close to her and looked around her.
In the meantime, the enemy whose white eyes were shining as if he had cataracts swung his sword.
Kang-!
I raised my pickaxe and blocked the attack. It was a very simple attack, as if he had no intelligence. As if the enemy didn’t care about my defense, I continued to swing my sword.
Simply pushing the pickaxe forward was enough to block a simple attack. She is swinging her shoulders so much that her trajectory can be seen.
The enemy who wielded the extended sword took one step. When it came close to me, it was the distance where the pickaxe could produce the strongest power. I hit the pickaxe that I was wielding with ignorance, and I put my weight on the pickaxe I was holding up high in the sky and struck it down.
f*ck-!
An enemy whose head was blown off by a fatal blow stumbled and fell. After a while, the corpse disappeared, leaving a small white cube in its place.
“This is… ?”
“Isn’t it a reward for catching a monster?”
She answered Ellie, who looked at her cube curiously, pretending not to know.
This is an item that replaces the magic stone that can be obtained from the corpse of a monster. When you collect these, you can exchange cubes for goods at certain locations. A spear of the same color grade or something like a staff.
Ellie carefully reached out and took her cube. Ellie, who curiously placed it on the palm of her hand and watched her, muttered that her magic structure was unusual.
“Keep moving. She never knows where the enemy may appear, so she is always on the lookout.”
Ellie nodded her head with a more serious expression than before that she knew that the participants were not the only enemies.
*
To the spectators watching the game with relay magic, Calvin, who retired from the Imperial Knights and lives a second life as a commentator, explained to the spectators that he had recently appeared.
《Ah, an unexpected variable appeared to the participants.》
Ian, the caster who was sitting next to him, explained in detail about the variables Calvin said to the audience.
The audience reacted enthusiastically to Caster’s words. In the meantime, the beginning of Elimination War was pretty boring. Everyone was focused on farming, so there were no fights, and most of the first 30 minutes were considered time to eat popcorn.
But thanks to the newly appeared enemies, battles are taking place everywhere from the beginning, and farming has become difficult. The audience, who had been eating popcorn, started immersing themselves from the beginning.
“Still, it was fortunate that the manager found the pickaxe.”
Lakar let out a sigh of relief.
“Still, you don’t seem to have any intelligence. Wouldn’t it have been easier for Ross to slit his head?”
As Kane put her hand in her popcorn container and stirred it around, Arya slapped the back of Kane’s hand.
“Dirty child! Don’t put your hand inside her, just scrape it from the top!”
“Mi-sorry….”
While Kane shrugged her shoulders, Luna looked at her relay magic and was very concerned about Ellie walking clinging to Ross.
I know it’s a two-person match, but why? Ellie had physical contact with Ross so often that she wanted to ask. As if it were intentional.
When Luna let out a frustrated sigh at the strange feeling she felt for the first time, Caster suddenly shouted.
《Ah! This is the first meeting of the participants. Transcendence Academy and Mujion Academy face off!”
Luna raised her head and confirmed her relay magic. Hiding her Ellie behind her own, opposite Ross holding a pickaxe was an enemy in her wooden armor, sword and bow.
《Ah, there are differences in weapons. If a battle breaks out right now, it’s obvious who will be at a disadvantage. Is Transcendence Academy in crisis from the beginning?”
Luna wiggled her fingers nervously at Caster’s fuss. She screamed vigorously without realizing it.
“Ro, Roth Fighting… !”
Embarrassed by the stares around her looking at her, she hurriedly shrugged her shoulders, but Luna didn’t take her eyes off Ross’ face for a second.
*
She already had no idea she would meet another contestant. Apparently, the starting point was near us. The opponent is a team made up of men and women like us. Looking at the clothes under the wooden armor, it was Mujion Academy.
The man in the wooden armor is already holding an iron sword. Unlike me, I’m envious, but I’m lucky. The woman next to her put an arrow on her bowstring and was ready to shoot at any time. A combination of a tank and an AD, it’s a tricky situation to deal with alone.
A confrontation at a distance where you can recognize the opponent’s expression. The opponent checked the status of our equipment. It’s an advantageous situation over there, but there’s no particular tension.
Rather than believing in our ability, it is a reasonable inference that it was at the beginning of the game and that the other side aiming for a joint championship would not take a risk and attack us.
As if my prediction was correct, the opponent lowered his weapon and indicated that he had no intention of fighting. However, judging from the way we are pointing with our hands, it seems that he will fight if he will follow us.
We also decided to focus on farming in the early stages for the next match, so there was no reason to fight. There was no need to drop out now.
As we lowered our pickaxe to the ground to show that we had no intention of fighting, our opponent disappeared down the road, wary of being stabbed in the back.
The farming location was stolen. Sorry, but you have to go somewhere else. If we follow up now, the opponent who arrived first will be waiting for us with better armor and weapons.
Ellie, who was quick-witted, quickly grasped the situation and immediately opened the map to explore other farming locations without any explanation.
“If you turn right, there is a temple.”
A red dot appeared in the place Ellie said, as if to indicate danger. It is a place where it seems that enemies with a fishy smell are waiting.
She looked up and met her gaze with Ellie, who gave her a mischievous smile. He doesn’t seem to care about enemies.
“Let’s go, miner.”
Looking at her smiling brightly like a princess, I put the pickaxe that she had put down on her shoulder.
A knight for a princess.
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