Chapter 514 – Disrupting Species (18)
Alishik’s arena where the hot sun shines even in spring.
The genuine Colosseum, which was built with the help of the Romanians with whom they had deep friendship, gathered countless people despite the heat. It was thanks to the skill contest that was promoted grandiosely in the past two weeks.
《Damn it. I passed the preliminaries just yesterday, but it’s the final round.”
Hamoyed of the Elphex workshop gritted his teeth. The workshop’s cast iron shop half-opened his eyes at the complaint, which might have been several times already.
《Whenever he rolls up his sleeves saying he is so lucky to draw his lottery.》
“Oh, won’t you shut up? It’s okay because the war wasn’t caught today.”
《Your words are different after one minute.》
《Shit. If we schedule one round, including a break, for about an hour, today’s schedule will be over before our turn comes.”
If a match is over in an instant, they might be dragged out to fill the remaining time, but that’s not going to happen.
Even the golem pilot, whom I hired for a large sum of money yesterday, said, “Everyone who passed the preliminaries is a masterpiece that even I, a foreigner, have heard of.” Hamoyed intuited a fierce battle.
《Waaaaa!!!!!
《Nord!! Nord!! Nord!!”
«Destroy the black magicians——!!!»
Maybe it was because he deliberately left the waiting room and sat in the audience to see the skills of the competing candidates. Before the start of the tournament, the cheers pouring down from the man who had been training with the son of the lord made his ears hurt.
Hamoyed muttered, covering his ears.
《… Is that the Britannia warlock hunter? What is it, it’s not as yellow as I thought.”
“That is racism. Ah, but that person is definitely the first person to appear at such a large-scale public event.”
“I didn’t mean it that way, kid. Anyway, then you mean that all the people shouting now are seeing it for the first time?”
It is difficult to distinguish the faces of foreigners. Her attire was not something she would normally wear, but a formal dress, so Hamoyed opened her eyes to remember the famous warrior’s face.
Yeongju, who had been absent since the start of the tournament, did not appear here either. Are the rumors that he is in poor health true?
《… Can you properly pay for the championship?”
Even while Hamoyed was frowning, Nord’s instruction and encouragement continued, and it was over within a few minutes.
“Thank you, audience! Deputy Lord Tilio and Lord Nord are also said to be moved by the enthusiastic cheers!”
The man serving as the host shouted into the loudspeaker.
“Then shall we begin right away?! The first match of the finals is the new Dynamis workshop… Uh, Lee, ‘Lingling No. 6’!! And Staraya Workshop’s ‘Ark Prototype Custom’!!”
The moderator, who seemed embarrassed by the bizarre name of the participant for a moment, continued the enthusiasm of the audience with his skillful speech.
Hamoyed and the ironsmith exchanged glances.
《… The opponent on the Dynamis side is too blatant?”
《Maybe the match schedule has been manipulated.》
Staraya Workshop was one of the workshops that lacked a single shot among the participants in the finals.
It’s absurd that they gave them a place in the finals with an unheard-of rule of seed participation, but their first opponent is the weakest among the contestants? Observers from other workshops and guilds would also find it very funny.
However, Hamoyed laughed, saying that it was better.
“The two candidates are fools. This is fine.”
《Because we are next to them on the bracket?》
《Khehe. Right. I’m going to pick up this win 1 for free. How is it, am I lucky to be in the bracket?”
“Hey, how are you?”
They relaxed and looked at the assembly hall. The participants of the two workshops each appeared with a golem.
Hamoyed’s face hardened again after checking their faces.
《… Wenzora from ‘Nastar Wall’. Bastards, you spent some money.”
He is a hero from 10 years ago who said he delayed the monster army that attacked Nastar in the Southern Territory for over half a day with 3 golems and bought time for reinforcements to come.
He was not an adventurer, but a direct escort of a certain caravan, but he was a wizard who said that even with his personal skills, he would be at least a platinum level. He would follow the golem’s quality, but he was an unusual opponent.
‘Staraya, did you hire a famous guy to cover your lack of skills?’
Cooong, quaang… !
Wenzo, who is muscular uncharacteristically for a wizard, and a large golem customized to match him, came up to the venue. The huge stake attached to the golem’s right arm was impressive.
‘Participants pass the blacksmith guild’s skill test. The level of materials that can be invested is limited.’
Hamoyed opened his eyes wide. Such a large golem would only become dull without that many cores.
If so, you should consider that it can be reversed. The audience held their breath and paid attention to the venue.
─Sabak.
Opposing him was, to anyone’s eyes, a thin woman.
Although she covered her body like a desert dancer when she was scrounging, she had the physique of a girl. Despite its name, the frightening golem was not small in size, but it was no match for Wenzo’s golem.
Was it like that? Most people expected the fight to end unilaterally.
《… Is that the rumored new model, young lady?”
However, Wenzo himself belonged to those who did not belong to the ‘most’.
《I heard the story from the client. An artificial mithril distributed to the lords of the Astrewan Alliance. It is forbidden to use such high-grade materials as the material for making puppets, but if you can prove that they are ordinary ‘silver’, that’s a different story.”
Larry Lura didn’t answer and twisted her head in a corner.
Of course, whether or not her answer came back, Wen Zhao clasped her finger hard in her combat readiness. She lit her golem’s eyes as the threads of mana thicker than her fingers pierced her large golem’s body.
The moderator, realizing that both of them were ready, raised his voice and announced the start.
《The match!!!! Start!!!!”
Deeeeeng—!!
The moment the bell of the Colosseum rang loudly, cooling gas spurted from the golem’s joints.
《It was your employer’s mistake to hand over the artificial mithril in kind prior to the tournament!》
When the golem’s function was manipulated, the stage was covered in cooling gas.
It was against the rules to attack anything other than the opponent’s golem, but I didn’t have to worry about that. The Golem series ‘Ark’ is a commander machine created with the assumption of a long war. Minor manipulation of mana was a basic function.
《Because you are not the only ones who can use artificial mithril on golems!》
If you didn’t expect it to be completed in a week, it’s a miss from Nord, who carried out the project.
Wenzo developed a cooling field and advanced the golem. Unable to react to her, the girl’s golem was instantly frozen by her blizzard, which contained her moisture.
《That level of ice magic in a place where there is no water!》
Hamoyed was stunned by the battle in front of him. Is it the pilot’s mana, or the golem using the high-quality material that violates the rules?
Looking at the judges’ seats located high up, it didn’t seem like that. Then, did the Stanaya workshop produce such an output with materials that had been verified in advance?
Cooling difficulties are a major problem for mass-produced golems. If that aircraft were to be supplied as a commanding aircraft, even ordinary golems would be able to engage in long-term battles under the sun without difficulty, only in that cold field.
《Resent your man for not being considerate of you!!》
Wenzo’s golem impaled her on a stake.
It was a mithril stake to crush frozen enemies. The piles stacked with the shock wave magic spells accumulated mana in the core, and Ringling struck Number 6 in the chest.
─Quaang!!
The ice shattered and white cold steam rose.
《Whoa…》
Feeling the slightest sense of remorse, like breaking a child’s toy, Wenzo bit her golem behind her.
Did it end in one blow? No way. No matter how much the Nords were warriors of the level of masters, did they underestimate the fight between golems so much?
Anticipating a counterattack, Wenzo turned the field’s cooling function to the aircraft.
─Hoo-wook!
However, when the cold steam subsided, Wenzo was also the flagship at the appearance of the opponent shining without a single scratch there.
《… You just blocked it with the defense power of your gloves?”
“Well. Sorry. I, don’t you know the language of this country?”
The girl let out an awkward Lemaire, and flicked her thimble’s index finger back and forth toward her.
Kiyiying—!! The rotation rate of the core, which could be heard from the outside, made the relatively small-sized puppet run.
The puppet, with its hands closed like the jaws of a beast, emitted pink mana from the tips of its fingers. It was a chainsaw of mana using an engine that ejected
An explosion of steam and mana burst out.
The artificial mithril did indeed withstand the attack of the bandit. However, as the quantity was limited, there were few mithrils coated on the piles, and even fewer mithrils that were turned inside the aircraft.
Sparks flew from the golem’s right arm, which had closed its claws at the difference in output that was beyond discussion.
《A drop in output in just 1 turn?!》
Larry Lura waved one hand connected to her puppet. Lingling, who had suppressed the aircraft by pressing her stake, No. 6 drew a large circular dance with her other hand. The arm that connected the mithril stake was severed.
《Freeze!》
Wen Zhao narrowed her cooling field to a minimum, aiming for an opening that the enemy could not avoid. Once again, the chill wrapped around the puppet, turning it into a pillar of ice, just like at the beginning of the match.
‘If you look at it before, she couldn’t get out of the freezing state on her own! Crush her claw armor with her stake while frozen!’
The large golem kicked off the fallen arm with agility unmatched for its size.
With his other hand, he grabbed the stake that had sprung up with his severed arm and struck her at the wrist. As much as there are joints, her defense would be weak compared to the chest that covered her core.
Kiyiying—!!
Just before the stakes touched, the puppet’s core exploded with mana. The ice block was crushed and the aircraft’s shoulders, waist, and wrists were opened.
〈Battlefire♡ That’s a great word.〉
As Lari Lura whispered to her, a beam of shock cannon fired from her puppet’s entire body. Wen Joe’s golem, which came close to her, had no time to dodge. Eight beams of laser hit her golem.
Kwaaang—!!
The masterpiece of Stanaya’s workshop that flew off next to Wenzo’s head hit the protective barrier on the side of the audience and scattered its limbs.
An oblique line passed by the side of the helmet that protected his head.
《Ouch!》
As the attack that shattered the golem’s exterior, which was supposed to be as hard as the armor of a knight directly under the royal family, passed right next to the eye, Wenjo, who stood proudly, gave way to his knees.
─Whee Oh Oh!! Caught in the wind caused by the flying golem, he too fell off the stage.
As soon as the match started, Stanaya’s golem, which seemed to overwhelm the enemy, was defeated in an instant.
The moderator somehow came to his senses before them and shouted.
“Okay, the match is over! Since the golem has been destroyed, the winner is Dynamis Workshop’s Ringling Number 6! Lingling is number 6!!”
“Wow, waaaaa!!”
The bewildered audience raised cheers even belatedly. Applause and cheers, which lacked momentum, resounded in the arena.
The cast iron master of the Elphex Workshop said with a blank expression.
《… Workshop manager. I’ll call our pilot.”
《… Yes. We will play our match today.”
And if the next opponent was ‘that one’, today’s match might be their last. The two people at the Elphex workshop hung their heads as if they had already intuited the defeat a few days later.
After finishing her match in the blink of an eye, Lalira left the stage with a kiss on her hand while covering her face.
“Well. Good start.”
If the funniest thing in the world is fighting cockfights, then the next funniest thing is one-sided crushing with entertainment included.
Nord from the VIP seats clapped like a father watching a sports event his daughter attended.
“Good job, Lalilura. Destroy the tournament with your own hands.”
In the tournament format, boneless is the national rule.
Originally, it’s not fun if you procrastinate on things like this.
