Legend

Noise, who sees permission granted to explore the Mountain of Demons, smiles small and gratefully and falls back.

And from within the arena, there was a neglectful applause... which eventually grew bigger.

As the applause of the audience in the general audience, as well as the audience in the VIP seat, sounds, the voice of the nobility conducting the ceremony once again echoes into the arena.

Next Ray heads from the edge of the stage to the middle of the arena so that he can swap with such noise.

That's how I stop walking in front of the management committee of the Martial Arts Games, and unlike the noise earlier, I kneel towards the Emperor.

Ray didn't really like the act of kneeling in public, but still before the emperor, albeit in other countries. It was Ray's thought that if he thought he was the father of Vihera, he could not help himself in his rituals.

Besides, not kneeling in front of the emperor was allowed because of the noise in Rank S. No matter how much you fought that noise in the finals, there's no way an adventurer of Rank B.

It is the nobility holding the award ceremony progression who exhaled in relief at such a state of Ray.

Since Noise's behavior was behavior, it made me wonder if maybe Ray would ignore courtesy in the same way.

And most importantly, the most relieved breather would be Dusker, who was watching this in the VIP table.

Beyond being an associate of Ray, that Ray's attitude really leads to an appreciation of Dusker, as well as of the Kingdom of Mireana.

If you imitate the emperor of one country… it can also be an international problem if you disregard the courtesy of the Emperor of the Vestian Empire, who has high national power, than the fact that Dusker's position has been representing the Kingdom of Mireana.

"Fighting tournament semi-finalist, Ray. What do you want as a semi-finalist prize '

That's what they ask of Ray kneeling.

In response to that voice, Ray raises his face and opens his mouth.

"Magic items available in action."

Even with that answer, Ray had the honest idea that this hope would never come true.

If the prize is to be awarded on this occasion, it will still be awarded at a grand ceremony to be held again in the castle at a later date with regard to the formal award of the prize.

(Perhaps the explosion just now was the work of the Vihelas. then it is also likely that the ceremony will not take place)

To Ray's words like that, the tragist nods as he looks down at Ray from the VIP table.

"Um, okay. Promise to give the fight semi winners the magic items they deserve. Looking forward to a later ceremony."

To the words from the tragist, Ray also nods again, rising from his kneeling and returning to the edge of the stage.

It's huge that you don't get a prize, but Ray has more to think about now than that.

In other words, it's what noise wants.

Mountain of Demons. I can somehow imagine what kind of place that is. And it also means that noise will probably head there after the fight.

That's why... Ray had to have complicated feelings.

(Surely when we are in a state of civil war, it would be appreciated as a third prince that the enemy has no appearance of noise. If the enemy had noise, it wouldn't have figured out how much damage would be done to his allies)

Yes, that is the best course of action, given the purely third-prince victory aspect. Ray understands that, too.

But...

(With no power limitations on the battlefield... you have a feeling I wanted to try to fight noise with Seto too. Me and one of Seto are in deep red. I was thinking about joining the Vihelas for that.)

This martial arts tournament forbids imitation of subpoenas and submissors to participate in combat due to the size of the stage and previous history.

But there are no such restrictions on the battlefield.

Given that, it would also have been natural for Ray to want to fight with all his might against the wall of noise he first met.

(Well, there's nothing I can do about it unless I can fully use my skills like the King's armor before then)

Fighting noise means fighting while using the King's armor to travel fast again.

In the current state of affairs Ray, the King's armor itself has only managed to wrap itself around his body by consuming enormous magic. It was Ray's own analysis that collecting and using the King's armor on his feet, which would allow him to travel at high speeds, would be very, but unusable.

In fact, I have tried to use it even though I was immature during the match with noise, but I hardly remember myself because it was almost unconscious behavior.

(Far enough away. But still, I could see the way to reach the noise. Then it's up to me.)

Whimpering inside, he turns his gaze toward Chirali and Noise before turning to the center of the stage where the Steering Committee members are gathered.

As if waiting for that timing, the tragist opens his mouth in the VIP table.

"This year's martial arts tournament was great, too. Power, moves, magic. Or I'm still happy to see all sorts of other things. I'm glad to see so many fights, but I'm a little sorry to hear that next year's fight will be so exciting."

Noise of the Rank S Adventurer came out of the game at this year's Martial Arts Games. Ray, who was even more famous in a bad way in the Bestian Empire, also competed. These two have high name values, for better or worse, and it was therefore true that this year's martial arts tournament was unusual and exciting.

Most of all, these two celebrities are not the only ones. There are several other Rank A adventurers out there, starting with the Digma of the Water Dragon, and few of them have made a name for themselves in places like Know It, or the villages, cities and cities where they are based.

Still, if Noise and Ray weren't both in this year's fighting competition, no one would be able to snort confidently at it if asked if it had been so exciting.

(Besides... it's also subtle to see if next year's martial arts tournament opens)

Chirali, and Ray whines inside with his gaze toward the noise standing beside him.

The uprising that will happen could even develop into civil unrest in the Bestian Empire if we do poorly.

And, generally speaking, civil unrest is often prolonged in relation to fighting within the same country, and it is not uncommon to follow a more tragic history than war against other countries poorly just because they are within each other.

(Most of all, as the kingdom of Mireana, which has been at war with the Bestian Empire many times before, I guess I'm after that)

As for the Kingdom of Mireana… more precisely the neutral, aristocratic involved in this matter, I want the imperial power of the Bestian Empire to be diminished by this civil unrest. Ray also understood that such thoughts were strong.

The Kings, the largest faction among the kingdoms of Mireana, are not involved in this case, but that has nothing to do with me, a one-time adventurer, and the thought that the Duke of Kelevel, Elaine's father, a central figure in Dusker and nobility, would do anything about it.

Even while Ray thinks inside like that, the story of the tragist goes on.

I'm just doing the emperor of the Bestian Empire, definitely top notch when it comes to its charisma...... no, you can say it's super top notch beyond the top notch.

(If this kind of person does stand up there, you can understand that the Bestian Empire has become so powerful.... hegemonism, or occupied a small country around me, because I'm convinced given that hectic impression)

The voice of the tragist echoing within the arena has something just to raise the audience's awareness. Even if I just understood that, it was worth participating in this fight.

While I think so on the inside, Ray himself listens to the tragists.

"... Huh!?

But did you notice that Ray's attitude, or was it simply a coincidence?

Either way, the tragist's gaze is inadvertently directed toward Ray.

To Ray next to him, not to his own friend.

Despite that state of affairs, the story of the tragist is still going on...... keep your gaze on Ray and the story will finally be over in a few minutes or so.

(What was that? No, well, no wonder you only cared about me to the Emperor of the Bestian Empire. It just didn't seem like that kind of gaze... you wouldn't even know I was cooperating with Vihera or Theorem, would you?

While I have a subtly unpleasant feeling, the awards ceremony continues afterwards.

The most formal thing is more than doing it in the castle at a later date. It is only a simple ceremony that is taking place here. Naturally, it won't take long, and when the Steering Committee finishes talking about this competition, the awards ceremony will also end.

"Now this concludes the award ceremony"

When the voices of the nobles who had been entrusted with the procession of the ceremony sounded within the arena, the applause began naturally.

Nor does it come from the VIP table with the nobility. From the general audience.

This has rarely happened in the previous martial arts tournaments. That happened, I guess, because this martial arts tournament was still unprecedented and incandescent.

Ray and Noise both leave the stage with such applause on their backs.

There are many people in the arena who were dropping off Ray's back.

While each had various thoughts, I still just had to shut up and drop them off now.

Hate, vision, jealousy, respect. One of those sending that gaze whines as the caged gaze of a wide variety of emotions is directed.

"... a monster, that one"

The voice is small, the general audience, and no one will hear it here just because the surrounding audiences are sharing their thoughts on the competition with each other.

Yes. Except for one, the one next to me.

"Oh, that's why we did everything we could when we attacked."

Had Ray been here, he probably would have taken the death size out of the mysteries and slashed it. Or throw the spear or use the nebula eyes of the newly acquired magic item to release the spear.

Whatever that means, I'm pretty sure he was acting like an attack.

Because it was Moura and Sistoy who were there to mix with the audience. That is, because he was a soul bell assassin for Ray's life a few days ago.

It was a sistoy that should have been thrown a poisoned sticking knife and stabbed in the back, but he was a member of the Soul Relieving Bell and a top class strength among them, so he managed to spare instant death from poison and used things like potion and poisoning to heal his wounds.

What is surprising is that Sistoy, who was close to dying serious injuries, recovered by the time he could normally walk around in just a few days?

That's all I used expensive potions, but still, I guess it's only because of Sistoy's strength to work out.

"I imitated the skills Noise used, right?

"I guess. I feel like I'm still technically immature, but I kind of hate to believe that I actually stole the skills of a Rank S Adventurer."

"... maybe you can imitate that once you see your skills, or you're not that out of the standard, are you?

To that word of Moura, Sistoy silences.

If you do think about it normally, it's absolutely impossible. But I can't deny it because I'm actually seeing that impossible sight in front of me.

And when I think of a battle where I can describe Ray's power as being almost unilaterally ravaged, it's an undeniable fact that Ray didn't do anything at all.

Moola continues her words with an unpleasant frown on such a sistoy appearance.

"Hey, stop it, right? If that Ray is such a monster, that's what I need to do."

"I don't know about that... but I'll have to do it. There's no way I'm throwing out my job."

To Sistoy's words, Moura sighs in disgust.

Because I couldn't really throw out my job any more than I was moving as an assassin for the soul bell.

I owe it to you that I've been taken care of, and some close people in the organization.

Throwing out the work of the Soul Bell means throwing them all away... and maybe even coming after us.

But if I tried to moola, all I could say was that the answer would be very difficult if they told me how I could do Ray after seeing today's battle.

That's enough to make me wonder if I should deal with a soul-relieving bell rather than setting things up with Ray.

"Well, that being said, there's no reason to do that for real. … Possibly, the castle."

The people of the organization have informed us that Vihera has already been rampaged in the castle.

More than Ray and Vihera being friendly relationships, there is a possibility that Ray could also be involved in this case, and if we aim there...... Sistoy also nods back at Moura's words spoken with such thoughts.

Thus, the two assassins, released from the bell of the soul, begin their action to protrude their fangs into Ray again.