The Dragon Girl, who was crying behind her back as she hugged Belle, had calmed down when the first round of the tournament was coming to an end.
The tournament has been apportioned by fair lottery to the twelve players.
That's why Alma versus the deputy commander and Bernold's wife versus the beastman Kell, a combination that would have been a waste of the first round.
But the battle between Alma and the vice commander ended with the vice commander on the defensive from start to finish.
Alma, with her fast-moving, poisonous attack that would kill her if she were scratched by a single blow, was the worst opponent for the slow, defensive-oriented vice commander.
By comparison, the battle between Kell and Bernold's wife was very heated.
The first half of the battle was dominated by Bernold's wife with magic, but after her magic power diminished and she began to suppress her power, Kell's speed became fierce and he defeated her.
It's a bit of a dilemma, but if Bernold's wife had been prepared to run out of magic power and kept firing her full force of magic, she would have fallen to Kell.
Well, seeing that Kell didn't change her expression at all, she probably decided that even if she continued to do this, she would lose due to her magic power running out.
In fact, he had been hit several times, and he was pretty badly damaged.
Considering that, should I praise Kel's tactics?
"Oh, Nick won. I didn't expect Nick to be this strong: ......
It looks like the battle between Raza, the last old-timer, and Nick, the new guy, is over.
It was a battle of endurance with no dirty tricks, but it was a good battle.
Now we have the top eight. Vann and Hermann, Van, Alma, Rob, Kell, Stan and Nick. The quarterfinals are going to be interesting to see how Kell and Stan do in the quarterfinals.
The guys who played well in their respective qualifying groups have been solid winners.
Assuming Bernhardt, Hermann and Alma survive, ...... it will be interesting to see what happens with the remaining slots.
Yeah ...... I have a feeling Kell will win.
I'm not so sure about that.
30 minutes later
Just as I thought, Bernolt and Alma won without a hitch .
Alma, I knew I should have seeded her: ....... The poisonous sword and fighting style are too good together .
Next time, I should seed the best four finishers this time.
And now the battle that mattered most in the quarterfinals began.
"Huh? Don't you use magic?
I think he thought he couldn't win with less skilled magic.
Bernolt's wife couldn't win. You know you can't win with your own magic.
And he uses magic now but he joined this order with nothing more than his sword. His sword should be strong enough .
''Yes ...... I thought Kel would win easily, but I was wrong.
I think Stan's going to win, rather than the other way around.
She is firmly receiving Kell's attack with her sword and using her magic to kill Kell's speed.
Kell seems to be helpless at this.
''It's just like your sister-in-law's fighting style: ....... Come to think of it, your sister-in-law once beat up an entire group of knights.
Yeah, he said something like that.
''I'm not quite as good as my sister, but it looks like Stan will continue to be stronger for that.
Just as I was saying this, the sword plunged into Kell's chest.
It seems that he was killed before he could think of a countermeasure.
Ah~ my expectations were wrong~
'Well, that's how strong they all are,'
Depending on the combination, a completely different person would have survived.
"All right, now it's time for the semifinals. After all, it's going to be Bernolt versus Alma, a master and student showdown.
''I can't predict who's going to win this one. In my normal practice, I've never seen Mr. Bernhardt lose, but Alma is more suited to real competition. ......
You wouldn't be able to use a poisoned sword in a normal mock battle.
The key to victory will be Alma's skills.
SIDE: Alma.
Ugh ...... I'm nervous.
I've finally come this far . I've been preparing for this match today, but I still don't feel like I can win .......
Even with my skills, I've never been able to win against Mr. Bernolt so far, and I don't think that move I've been hiding ...... is going to work.
''It's okay . I'm sure Alma will be able to win. You can use the sword that your master gave you today, right? We need to be more confident.
As I was getting nervous, Hermann, who was going to fight next, came up behind me and encouraged me.
"You've got your own game to go to and you can afford it. ......
Well, you want to decide who's stronger? I don't want you to lose.
You'd think I'd be encouraging you, but you're being nasty.
Watch ...... Mr. Bernold and you have it easy!
It'll be fun. Good luck with that.
Thank you.
Encouraged by Hermann, I made my entrance with pride.
. .......
They enter the arena, face each other, and not a word is spoken, but they draw their swords.
Then let the action begin.
As soon as I heard Master Leonce's voice, Mr. Bernold rushed in .
You're going to stick around and fight to prevent me from using my sword's flying slashes. .......