After being transferred to another world I became a magical
Episode 67 The Monster Net and the Winner
Flying as told, I arrived in the city in less than a day.
It is a city where walls are erected on land that protrudes toward the sea.
Combined with the red brick roof, it is easy to see without mistake.
... it looks more peaceful than Photo Len, but it doesn't look like a front-line city.
When I went down to the ground and walked through the gate of the city, I found it strangely crowded.
Look over there, look over here, look over here.
I've never seen so many people in a relatively large city like Photo Len.
Street food stalls also appear, and it's like a festival on Earth.
Is it always like this...?
No, I don't think so.
If there are so many people on a permanent basis, it is not a street stall, but something that seems to be done at the store.
Maybe it's really a festival or something, can we get a place to stay?
I found a suitable place to stay, so I came in and found a nice aunt with a shop number.
Let's ask this guy.
"Excuse me, can I stay?
"Hmm? Oh, I wouldn't open the room. Didn't you make a reservation?
"Reservation?"
Well, you can't get a place to stay the day before the festival without a reservation.
"Is it a lifting festival... no, I didn't know there was a festival. Well, if you don't have a place to stay, I'll do it in the wilderness."
It's not dangerous for me to stay in the wilderness, and I can't help it if it's a bad time.
But why did you come here for sightseeing?
Festivals are more interesting for sightseeing, so it's very welcome.
"I hope so. Recommended because the land side flats are pretty safe. I don't think Rivière's still available... but that's impossible."
Rebail?
"Don't you know Rivière is a super luxury inn for nobles and luxury merchants? There aren't many people staying at this time because it's too expensive and stupid. Still, the cheapest room seems to be filled."
"... by the way, how much is it per night?
"It's about 300,000 in the cheapest room. That's all I need to live a year."
"Okay, thank you."
300,000, three big gold coins?
... I don't feel very expensive about my sense of money.
Decibattle's Woodworker Master (but he explodes without cutting the tree) will earn less than five minutes.
The cheapest room seems to be filled, but other rooms will cost less than 3 million.
All right, let's go.
This is necessary for rest, a necessary expense.
When the guards asked the way (they thought they would find it because they were wearing armor, but they couldn't find it in the crowd, and eventually searched for it in an appraisal), a similar building appeared when they headed towards the center of the city.
It's as high as a four-storey building, and it's as wide as if you've pulled out more than a dozen houses in the city.
I wonder if the depth is equivalent to that.
Probably the biggest building I've ever seen in the world, except for the exterior walls.
How much does it cost to maintain it?
It's not strange that all the rooms are suites.
I get a little nervous about the size, but I never get into the front building.
Standing in front of a reception counter made of soft, blue stones you've never seen before, you get a call from the other side.
"Welcome. Are you staying?
Oh, honor.
I don't know if it's the right word for a hotel on Earth, but somehow it sounds like it.
It's not the Earth, it's a different world, so it's not strange in different places.
"Yes, I'm staying. I don't have a reservation, but is the room available?
"Alpha-type rooms are filled, but beta and gamma types are available."
beta? Gamma?
Even if you say such a thing, you don't really understand the difference.
The counter has a price list that says 300,000 per night for type α, 500,000 per night for type β, and 1 million per night for type γ.
In short, is it αβγ in order from the bottom?
Isn't it the alphabet that goes hand in hand with the ranking of adventurers?
In the meantime, it would be better if it were a beta type, instead of a wild inn.
Well, let's do the beta-type.
The hotel's service was excellent because of the appearance, the impression I had on the reception and the price.
Even though I'm staying in a room by myself, it's wider than the Decibatole Guild and even has a bath.
If there is only one drawback, is it too spacious to calm down?
I don't feel like I said "place to stay."
Then I asked the innkeeper (I don't know how to call him, but he looked like a butler at the inn) what the lifting festival was and what it was, and then I went to sleep in preparation for the next day.
Apparently, the lifting festival is a festival that uses tools such as the "Monster Net" and the "Great Monster Net".
"Monster Net" is like a tractor net that pulls a small number of people, pulls it out and drags aquatic monsters out on their own, and knocks them down with gathered adventurers.
Most monsters can be dragged out if there is as much magic as ordinary people in order to collectively assist with that artifact.
It seems that just one of them will make it possible to use the Monster Net in a wide area of the area.
Compare the weights of monsters defeated by magic instruments by the day before the last day of the festival held for 3 days, and you can also get prizes for the top parties.
The Great Monster Net is a large version of it that attracts a lot of people and is used on the last day.
Once in a long time, it seems to have been recorded that the dragon was pulled up and made a catastrophe.
It's a mess, but if we don't do this, it's necessary because monsters accumulate in the sea and accidents are more likely to occur.
Well, the probability of a second occurrence when I'm here is infinitely close to zero, and there's nothing I can do about it.
The next day.
I came to the guild's special reception to attend the lift festival.
There were about 10 counters available, but now it seems that there are few people and only one is in operation.
The counter just had a party in front of me.
"Next person, please..."
"Yes"
Go to the called counter and present your Alliance Card.
"Are you alone? No matter how many C-ranked wizards you have, if you prepare a net with a solo, it is likely that you will lack magic, so I can't recommend it very much."
"Nobody wants to put it together. I'm not trying to win."
There are some ways to throw a wild party, but I don't think that's necessary.
If I'm not enough, maybe it's not enough to collect the magic of all of us here.
That's why we have to let the dragons pull the net.
"I see. Registration complete, good luck."
"Yes"
There is still time before the festival begins, that is, until the artifact is activated.
We must get a good place by then.
On the beach, near the front of the city, a group of adventurers already stands almost evenly spaced.
There seems to be a maximum of six people everywhere.
Even now, sometimes monsters crawl up and fight monsters everywhere.
Well, it looks like it's already buried somewhere nice....
There it is.
I found a good spot, so I'll team up there.
The place is on the sea.
There is no one, and it is within the scope of the artifact.
Nobody did it because they had no reason to fight on the sea, but they didn't break any of the rules.
"Hey, what's with that wizard?"
"Nets on the ocean... there's nothing else I can't use, but what's the point?
"No, I've never heard of it."
It's a waste of magic.
Adventurers tied up on narrow land are talking about something, but it's none of my business.
It is bad that there is no free space.
I also thought about using reverse landslides to create new land, but I stopped because it seems to have a negative impact on the ecosystem.
The start is announced by the tower bell in the center of the town.
On the top of the tower is a large jewel that shines red.
It seems to have been discovered from burn marks in the past, when the shine was diminished during the festival.
They haven't lost their shine in the last couple of years, even during the festival.
Looking at the jewels, a fat man climbs up the tower.
Is it a great man or something?
The opening words.....
"Lifting Festival, Begin!
What, you start without anything?
Cheers are rising from the surroundings, and nets are starting to be prepared at once.
And then they cast spells to make nets.
Monster Net, deploy!
I also cast spells and made a net and pulled it.
Magic consumption seems to be at a level that will heal before confirming MP is reduced.
I think the speed of pulling is comparable to that of a six-person party because it is forced by flight magic...
There is no land to launch them when they are pulled to the surface, so they will be treated in the air.
It's a pressure magic prey, from a spicy monster to a normal fish monster.
Store in item box as is.
Incidentally, the monster could not be stored alive.
Monster Net, deploy!
Once we've decided how to deal with the monster, it's just a matter of work.
Move appropriately while efficiently pulling and knocking down, pulling and knocking over.
The item box buried with monsters in no time.
I wonder if this pace is fast.
The result was found at the end of the lifting competition the following evening.
"The winner is Kaede, the mysterious C-rank Wizard from Decibatole! This is an unprecedented victory other than the first six-person party in history, or triple the difference to second place in the solo, and the winning of the bushel! Come on, Kaede, say something!
I completely forgot about mistakes, honesty, or whether it would stand out for nothing if I won the championship.
Well, there's no reason to be so stubborn about making it stand out.....
Well, let's make the interview easy.
I'll also advertise it.
"I'm delighted, thank you. It's going to be an advertisement for my Maple Chamber of Commerce."
"Oops, Kaede, no problem! What a boring interview for the results!... can I ask you to try again?!
I was asked to redo it.
I can't help it, let's finish this with a big mouthful of Nakani disease.
"Whether it's a dragon or a boat killer, if it's in my hands, it's like a medal! Come on, you bitch!
"Yes, thank you. Kaede will receive a winning prize, a giant mole made of mythrill and a second prize of 100,000 tel! Ladies and gentlemen, give it up!
When I receive it on the table with one hand, I clap and cheer from the surroundings.
What's so funny about giant moles like 3 meters in length?
Well, this was fun, okay?
It was thought that the lifting festival would end without incident.
When I started pulling the Great Monster Net, the second main event, something strange happened.
I was pulling the net behind me, but the noise in the front was louder.
When I finished listening, I said, "It's Livia! The Liberian has arrived! I can hear voices such as'.
Livia... it sounds like I've heard it somewhere.
Was there such a celebrity?
It feels more like a reaction to something horrible than a celebrity up ahead....
I mean, while I was thinking about it, everyone around me was running away.
What the hell, Mr. Livia?