Chapter 75 – Gabriel Dropout
The new technology, wind flow circle, is a kind of time bomb.
It is a stopper version of the Hexa spell that has been used frequently before. Not only did it succeed in miniaturizing the projectile, but now it is possible to delay the explosion.
Unlike Majesty, which was an immediate magic, Feng Yuhwan throws a ball with trapped wind at the target, causing it to burst at the desired timing and cause great damage.
Like right now
Aaaaang!!
As if to chew me up and swallow me, the windmill thrown into the wide open mouth exploded overhead with a roar.
After that, the power of the storm was really great, so I tried to hold on with both arms and force myself to endure it, but in the end I was able to escape from the field by holding onto a brick that flew backwards like a piece of paper and protruded from the floor.
Immediately after, Gav’s massive body crashed onto the stage, raising a large cloud of dust.
Koo-goo-goo-goo!
It’s a shame because the location where it fell was close to the ground, but if it fell from high in the sky like before, damage might have been done to the audience.
Perhaps thanks to being hit directly by the hexa spell twice, Gav’s gigantic body collapsed on the stage did not even move.
“…Have you done it?”
Seeing the scene, I muttered inadvertently, then hurriedly covered my mouth when I realized I had made a mistake.
Wiggle-
At that very moment, Gav’s tail, which had been drooping from exhaustion, suddenly moved.
Gav, who seemed to have come to his senses, slowly stood up in the pit, swung his head from side to side once, and started to laugh out loud.
[This is it! This is exactly what I was hoping for! A fight that burns each other’s lives like straw! How long have you felt this feeling!]
Unreasonable.
He is indeed an unreasonable man.
No, if you’ve done this much, isn’t it okay to pretend to have collapsed in moderation?
Why do you keep standing up like an ottogi?
I hurriedly checked the amount of mana remaining in my body, feeling that the battle would go to the end due to the flowing atmosphere.
‘… If I squeeze it to the limit, I wonder if it’s possible to make a big one more.’
Thinking so, it was time to re-cast the whirlpool that had been turned off for a while.
Gav, who was laughing happily in front of people, suddenly flashed his short front paws with only two claws! Lifted
For a moment, I thought it was some kind of warning, but when I looked at it, it seemed like a hand gesture calling for a referee.
And, like me, it seemed that he recognized the gesture belatedly, and the referee, who had been evacuated to a faraway place to avoid getting caught up in the aftermath of the fight, ran towards us.
“Muh, what’s going on? Mr. Gabriel.”
Gav’s body suddenly began to glow as he stared at the panting referee with his hands on his knees as he ran away.
The body of the large dinosaur gradually decreased in size, and after the light disappeared, it returned to the human form I knew.
Since the dragon scales and tail still remain on the body, it should be accurately described as a dragon.
Anyway, Gav, who used Polymorph again, said in a confident voice with his arms crossed.
“I will abstain.”
“Yes?”
“I will abstain.”
One word he uttered in an attitude that seemed insignificant caused a great upheaval in the arena.
***
The sudden resignation of a champion who thought he could still fight.
People who were not satisfied with the futile ending came to the group and asked Gav why he had abstained.
Gav’s response to that was:
“It seemed like if we fought more, we would fight until one of them died. Then, wouldn’t that match the purpose of the contest to discover a new generation of demons? You lose.”
Contrary to expectations, quite a logical answer.
Nevertheless, there were still many people who were not convinced, but in the case of those people, when Gav cited the precedent in which he had surrendered in the final of the previous tournament, the people who followed him, saying that the tournament was a joke, did not refute anything. I had no choice but to go back.
Thanks to that, even though I fought really hard, I got the feeling that I somehow ate the champion spot for free.
… What? What is this awkwardness?
The ceremony to take over the championship took place in the presence of all spectators.
Originally, a new owner had appeared on the throne that Gav had occupied for 50 years.
Gav, wearing a red cloth that looked like a ceremonial robe, placed a crown of laurel directly on my head.
It is said that it is a tradition of demons that has been passed down from a very long time ago.
I asked the grinning Gav if he was in a good mood.
“Are you okay with this?”
“What?”
“To hand over the championship to me.”
Then Gav tilted his head as if he had heard something he couldn’t understand.
“Doesn’t it really matter? In the first place, no one beat me, so I was sitting in the champion’s seat.”
The party said so, but I can’t say anything.
Wearing a laurel wreath, the symbol of the winner, and sitting in the exclusive seat for the champion at the highest point in the stadium, the spectators who watched it gave thunderous cheers and applause.
Although the finale ended in an awkward way, everyone knew that Gav and I fought on equal footing.
That is why it is acknowledged.
I responded by waving appropriately to those spectators.
I couldn’t find it earlier because it was at an angle where I couldn’t see it, but this time I found Camilla sitting properly in the crowd.
Seeing them clap harder than anyone else with their usual expressionless faces was something I was thankful for and also found it funny.
“How is it? What is the view from this seat?”
I shrugged my shoulders and answered Gav’s surprise question.
“Not bad.”
Being treated like this was always a hero, so it was quite a different experience for me.
I feel that the day will come when I can experience this kind of experience after living for a long time.
“Gyahahaha, you’ll have to get used to it from now on.”
“Why is that?”
Then Gav patted me on the shoulder and said,
“From what I’ve seen, I don’t think there will be anyone stronger than you for a while.”
“…”
Should I do this again next year?
***
After all the schedules for the Mutu Tournament were finished, I was invited to Gav’s mansion.
Originally, I should have gone alone, but when I asked if I could go with another party, he readily agreed.
It was evening when we decided to visit his mansion, so we had plenty of time left.
Thanks to that, I was able to go back to the waiting room and talk with Ozma, who was there.
“I didn’t know you would really win.”
Feeling like I was being bowed down for something, I laughed awkwardly and scratched the back of my head.
“Honestly, it was close.”
If Gav had gone all the way without withdrawing, he might have lost.
It was because I couldn’t think of a way to win against a monster that could be destroyed by hundreds of millions of volts of lightning and wouldn’t collapse even with wind pressure bombs exploding in its mouth.
I don’t know if I’d rather have beaten Fat-Man from the beginning, but it’s powerful and powerful, but the range of the bullets was too wide, so I couldn’t use it.
It’s like magic that’s not famous in many ways.
But in Ozma’s eyes, I seemed to be humbled, and I smiled bitterly and touched the teacup in her hand.
“Kaldrash, you are different from me. You’re strong enough to be recognized by that Gav, so it’s better to be confident.”
I looked at Ozma’s side profile and asked.
“Now, will you keep your promise to me?”
Then Ozma meekly nodded her head.
“That’s right. For now, there’s something I said.”
It was an attitude that seemed very reluctant, so I decided to talk about it.
“I’m not talking empty words, I believe Ozma-sama can beat Gav one day.”
“I?”
I nodded.
“It doesn’t matter what experience you’ve had or what path you’ve taken. I’m going to make you win.”
“But it’s a failure after 35 years of trying. You don’t know how many more times you’ll fail in the future?”
I listened to her and shook her head.
“From my point of view, Ozma-sama is an amazing gemstone. It’s just that the comparison target has been wrong.”
“Is the comparison target wrong?”
“That’s right, didn’t Gav say Jackie Chan? If so, he would have been over 200 years old, but there’s no way he could catch up with the experience he’s accumulated with just 35 years of training.”
I heard that Gav’s current age is in the mid-twenties in terms of general demons, but that calculation was wrong in the first place.
A hundred years old is a hundred years old, it cannot be twenty years old.
This is because the experience and skills accumulated over the years do not fade and remain intact.
“Rather, what is more like a foul is the crazy talent of Ozma-sama, who has lived less than half of Gav’s life and followed him to the tip of his chin. I think that Ozma-sama like that will one day be able to become a great demon that surpasses Gav.”
“…Is it.”
Ozma’s expression brightened a little.
In fact, my words were sophistry.
It was because no one could guarantee that Ozma would be able to beat Gav just by training harder.
But it wasn’t an improbable story.
When she breaks her wall and rises to the level of sword master,
And if you reach level 6 like me,
I might really be able to beat that Gav.
It seems that such hope was enough for Ozma now.
“Then it can’t be helped.”
Saying that, Ozma got up from his seat, and he held out his right hand to me.
“I will continue to take good care of you, Master.”
I said as she took her outstretched hand.
“Leave it to me, Princess.”
It was said half-jokingly, but unexpectedly, Ozma only blushed at him, but was not angry.
