Episode 184:
The warchief
‘s message was sent to all the warriors’ towers.
-Descendants of the five beasts, listen.
The gigantic bust of Warchief Mordrin, who appeared using the power of magic, opened its mouth.
-The competition to select the representatives who will lead the future of our tribe will begin in three hours from now.
She dislikes cumbersome things and, like a warchief with a straightforward personality, abolished all procedures that had been customary until now.
Instead, it was announced that the competition would begin immediately.
-Starting at midnight, all participants will be transferred to different spatial systems.
Participants who entered another space system could only encounter their respective opposing teams.
Each individual battle area is organized as if you were entering a virtual space.
-You can rest assured about the fairness of the confrontation. Our indescribably fair ‘Beast Spirits’ will be the judges.
…Beast spirit.
It meant five beast spirits.
Water buffalo, vole, desert snake, snow lake mountain goat.
The spirits of beasts considered sacred by each tribe were to move around as judges of the competition and control the participants.
The bust of Modrin looked back at the warriors as if he were truly visiting the Warrior’s Tower.
-Everyone probably knows the rules.
A cold voice warned.
-…Never kill your opponent. But show that you can die.
It means overwhelmingly suppressing the opponent and forcing him to surrender.
If you fight sloppily, your opponent will not surrender.
There may be no winner due to the no-kill rule.
That was the most troubling dilemma of this tryout.
-Then, good luck to all warriors.
The bust disappeared without saying those words.
* * *
“Then what can we do while you are competing?”
I nodded to Director Carmodo’s question.
“That’s a good point.”
Once I enter the spatial world of the selection competition, those left behind become spectators.
‘You can eat popcorn while taking a peek at the spatial system of the preliminary round at the observation facility on the top floor of the Warrior’s Tower.’
Of course, I had no intention of letting the Blue Flame Knights play around so leisurely.
“I have something to entrust to you.”
It was also about the last dragon egg that had not yet hatched.
“Oh and Hael. “You also have one thing to do for me while I go through the tryouts.”
“Will you give me a reward?”
“…As long as it’s not strange.”
In that way, the party members who had received their respective missions dispersed.
The promised midnight has arrived.
[The large-scale event ‘Beast Race Representative Selection’ begins.]
[Characters whose qualifications have been confirmed will join the event.]
[The rules are as follows.]
[1. You cannot fight in the Warrior’s Tower.]
[2. Once you leave the Warrior’s Tower, a battle begins and you cannot return until all battles are over.]
[…]
I scanned through the messages that came to mind one after another.
‘Nothing special.’
< Shin.Ver.se > You should keep in mind that points that are different from the original game may appear.
I checked the message with that in mind and confirmed that there was no problem.
Of course, not everything went as I wanted.
‘The bracket is the problem.’
Among the young warriors of the beast tribe, there are about three that you need to be especially careful about.
‘Nute of the Ukoha Vole Tribe of the Desert Snake Tribe….’
…and Eikir of the Mountain Goat Tribe.
‘Actually, Roho and Argi of the Snow Tiger tribe can be said to be quite strong guys.’
Still, compared to those three people, I had no choice but to say that they were inferior.
Above all, I was already lying in a hospital bed after bursting in my hand, so I couldn’t even attend the selection competition.
‘Well, if you have the guts, you will come back to reaffirm the skills of the expert who defeated you, even if your recovery is a bit slow.’
…I don’t know if they really have the grit to do that.
And the buffalo tribe.
‘Unfortunately they don’t have any fighters of note.’
If you recall the original game, there were no named young warriors in the buffalo tribe.
That was also the reason why they were completely defeated by their rival, the Seolho tribe, in the last selection match.
…Poor guys.
Anyway, there were three opponents that required attention.
‘Eikir Ukoha Nut.’
According to the original work, the brackets are divided into the northern metropolitan area and the western area, so the teams do not have to fight.
But strangely enough, all three teams were now in my bracket.
This means that everyone has changed their choices.
‘What is it? This?’
Somehow, this progressed very differently from the original.
‘Why are you out here?’
Faced with an unexpected situation, I thought again.
‘Let’s keep this in mind. The flow of this world may proceed differently from < The World Forsaken by God >.’
You have to keep thinking about it and keep thinking about it.
Well then.
“…!”
I was able to come up with a fairly plausible idea.
It was the result of repeated deliberation between various possibilities.
‘One of the three people may have Kali…?’
This was a quite different development from the original, but it was still a very likely assumption.
First, a god with a warlike personality sensed my presence.
Also, what if others were brought in to determine who was the strongest?
‘How does this explain why all three people suddenly gathered in the southern bracket?’
Of course, it was a little difficult to understand how he acquired the information so quickly.
‘Also, it’s a bit strange that all three people rushed forward, even risking losing their seats in the House of Representatives.’
However, it was an assumption that could not be ignored simply because it explained the situation.
I was scheduled to meet Nute Ukoha Eikir one after another through three battles.
‘And if this thought is correct…?’
That guy will appear soon.
The strongest man in heaven.
‘…Kali, the god of erasure.’
Which of the three truly holds God?
It was something unknown yet.
[The first battle has begun.]
[The opponent is the Nute team of the field rat tribe.]
The first battle has begun.
* * *
“Whoa….”
Kadira moved as slowly as possible.
She, holding a bow, was at the forefront as a skirmisher.
At the same time, I was in charge of checking situations that were visible in the distance and relaying them to the two people behind me.
If necessary, you may need to preemptively attack and subdue the enemy.
‘If such a situation comes, this battle should be considered lost.’
Of course, skirmishers have poor attack and defense abilities.
Instead, it is a guide who provides information to the team with excellent sensing ability.
In situations where an all-out battle took place, it was the role of a skirmisher like her to fall to the rear.
Thanks to this, it was also a being that almost never died.
Even if a bloody, fierce battle breaks out.
But now she was feeling afraid.
‘scared. Will I be able to return to Eru alive? ‘You’re not going to get eaten all of a sudden, right?’
It was because of the wizard named ‘Schafen Seid’ who was guarding the last line of their group.
Kadira saw the face of a demon manipulated by Gilroshan using illusion magic right in front of her.
Thanks to this, I still thought of Gilroshan as a monster-looking wizard.
It was a misunderstanding that arose because Gilroshan never took off his bubble cloak.
That wasn’t the only problem.
‘I don’t know if I should call you Mr. Sharpen or Mr. Sayde. Of course you can’t understand the beast tribe dialect, right?’
The Beast Tribe had no concept of family or surname.
So I didn’t understand why the name ‘Schafen Seid’ was made up of two words.
He also thought that he would not be able to understand the beast tribe dialect used when speaking politely to superiors.
For that reason, even though it was a situation where plans had to be made while continuously exchanging opinions, Kadira was carrying out the task in silence.
‘…driving me crazy.’
Still, it wouldn’t be this uncomfortable if I had at least one colleague who got along well with me.
‘You said your name was Shark, right? ‘Why is he so silent?’
The half-blood orc who joined last really didn’t say anything after introducing himself.
When I first heard from Elder Gener, he said that he had lived abroad for a long time and had recently returned and joined the Beast Tribe.
-So, it will be of great help when dealing with those who are familiar with the fighting methods of our beast tribe.
Perhaps Elder Genere was placing the point of this selection in ‘unexpectedness’.
It was an unexpected and ambitious plan to bring not only the rival Buffalo tribe but also other tribes to their knees by using foreign wizards and warriors who had studied abroad.
‘Thanks to you, I’m the only one stuck in the middle and I’m going to die, right?’
A wizard who is creepy just by looking at the hem of his clothes and a mixed-blood orc who is uncomfortably silent.
“….”
“….”
Khadi, who had to carve a path with those two people behind her, didn’t even notice that her back was soaked with cold sweat.
‘…So, since Elder Genere calls me Lord Seid, it’s correct for me to call him Lord Seid too, right?’
But isn’t this an action that goes against northern etiquette?
‘So you won’t rush in and eat me right away?’
Or should I just call him ‘Wizard’?
At that time, Kadira’s mind was busy with all sorts of ridiculous thoughts.
“stop.”
A terribly unpleasant voice came from behind me.
It was that wizard.
Kadira was so shocked that she couldn’t even breathe and was frozen in place.
‘Oh, no!’
A terrible thought crossed my mind.
But the wizard spoke calmly.
“The enemy is approaching. It’s at 1 o’clock. “The distance is still far.”
“Is that the enemy?”
Although she was momentarily embarrassed, she soon regained her senses.
‘There’s an enemy at 1 o’clock?’
…That can’t be possible?
Due to misunderstanding and ignorance, he was very frightened by the foreign wizard, but in fact, Kadira was the highest-ranking ranger in the Snow Tiger tribe.
In particular, she was a female warrior who was good at detecting the presence of enemies in advance and making the first move, as she had animal-like sense of detection.
However, he noticed the enemy’s presence before she did.
‘Is this really true? ‘Aren’t you fooling me?’
If you’re faking it, why?
Could it be that it tastes better if you fool people and boil it?
‘I don’t know what it is.’
Kadira placed her palm on the ground with a half-hearted feeling.
I began to focus all my senses toward the direction the wizard pointed.
The detection ability, which had been spread radially toward the front, was narrowed and extended further.
And the next moment.
“…two people are moving!”
Although it was quite far away, she could tell that two warriors were coming towards her.
In this situation where the spatial world was separated, the people who moved had no choice but to be the warriors of Team Nute.
Judging by the speed at which it was approaching, it seemed that the Nute team could not detect it either.
This means that the presence was detected from a great distance.
…This devilish wizard.
“How on earth?”
Kadira narrowed her eyes and looked back at the wizard.
“Look ahead. And think.”
The wizard spoke from within the hood.
“Now where is the other one?”
Two are moving, but one is not visible.
‘then…?’
Perhaps that guy was ‘Nute’, the ace of the field rat tribe.
If one had the confidence to separate the two and move, there was a high possibility that he was both an ace and a scout.
“hmm?”
It was then that Gilroshan sensed something.
He turned his head to the left and moved his hands at the same time.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
Magic and sword energy together created a huge explosion that blew away a small building.
“…!”
It was a sight that everyone watching could not help but widen their eyes.
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