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Chapter 76 : Martial Arts Division
🕑 Added 2022-09-11 05:32:09 +0000 UTCTL:SummerPeanut
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“Ha ha, are we not amazing! Now’s just the problem with martial arts division... I know how strong Hero of the North, Baron, and Sword Saint Dominic but..."
Duke Fresvald stared at me as he said above.
Father Zeke looked at me and hinted me to say something so I tried to explain to him how my brother and his gangs fought.
“With all due respect, Duke Fresvald. I have something I would like you to hear. This is just what I heard too, of couse… During the entrance exam, Clarice and Dominic-kun had a match and Clarice won with a landslide. After the admission, Mars and Baron fought and Mars won both Clarice and Ellie had also won against Baron respectively and that is how the current ranking is derived. As for Mars, I am certainly sure that he is stronger than me. I hope you can watch the match without worrying about these three.”
“I see. Well, it is not too late to build our relationship after watching this battle ......”
Duke Fresvald said and looked at father, Count Beetle, and Viscount Lampard.
Mars, you must win! You must not go easy on them!
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The martial arts competition started and we easily made it to the finals.
The problem was that the students from the school that fought against the Royal School of Syrian were all...wounded to a level where they would be determined to be permanently injured if they didn't do anything.
They couldn’t even declare surrender...when they tried to say something, they were punched and no words could come out… The battles can be said to be a living hell continued raging on.
That's why the Duke of Syrian wanted to hold the martial arts division only after finishing the magic division...
If it had gone as usual, the story will be like the revenge of the martial arts division. This is because the order will start with magic division first and then martial arts division normally and to avoid that, they decided to finish the magic division tournament first…
The colosseum also takes on a bizarre atmosphere. When the non-beastmen species are saying radical things such as "Kill the beastmen!” and other extreme words, the beastmen race provokes them back by saying, "The weak doesn't deserve to live”.
“It's sure is a great atmosphere...somehow it feels stiffling..."
When I said that, Clarice said in response.
“Yeah. We are supposed to be a home game but...how do I to say this. What the audience is looking for is something different from what’s offered..."
Yes, the audience wants the beastmen at the Royal School of Syrian to be killed.
Then Baron said.
“We just have to defeat the enemy in front of us, just as we have always done. Don't think about anything else. The other side is also a formidable foe. Let's give it our best shots while having fun.”
It is true that the opponents are also beastmen so we know they are quite strong…and they are all Black Lions of the Lion race.
But, with the exception of one, there is no one stronger than Baron among them.
Well, Baron is such a famous figure known as the Hero of the North, and it would be ridiculous if there were a ragtag group of people stronger than Baron within the Lister Confederacy.
But that one exception will never defeat Baron either.
You will see why in the spearhead match.
Then the finals of the martial arts division began in a strange atmosphere.
The call of the players began with the announcement in the hall.
When the name of the beast in the first match was plainly announced, there was a storm of boos from the coliseum.
And our spearhead is Dominic.
Then, a woman who looked like a female announcer made a polite announcement.
“The spearhead of our Lister Imperial School is called the Sword Saint of the Holy Kingdom of Diadora, and in the order of the Lister Imperial School.......eh? is ranked sixth place? ...Dominic August!"
I know it's Lister Imperial School's home game......but even the people who are supposed to be impartial are saying ‘our’ Lister Imperial School despite only calling out the names in the first round and semi-finals previously......
The battle between Dominic and the beastman was a vie from both equally strong competitors.
The beastman are strong in their own way.....but there is a crucial difference between us and the beastmen.
It is the equipment. Despite the beastmen high status, they are not well equipped.
In contrast, we are equipped with B-class adventurer's equipment.
Even Dominic, who was called the Sword Saint of the Holy Kingdom of Diadora, is equipped with the best equipment from the Holy Kingdom of Diadora.
This is the reason why Baron will not be defeated by any of his beastmen opponents.
In contrast, beastmen basically do not equip weapons. They fight with only one body.
Black Tri-Stars and Ellie are rare, and most of the beastmen, like Barnes, attack with martial arts only.
If their stats are almost even and their skills are even, the one with the stronger equipment will win.
Besides, there is also the home advantage.
Dominic put away his sword and turned on his heel as the other beastman said, "I surrender”.
And just as miss announcer was about to call Dominic's victory, the beastman, who had supposedly said that he had given up, attacked Dominic's back!
Of course, Dominic could not defend himself.
He was attacked from the back, and he was about to get hit.
The beastman was immediately ordered with a "Stop" but he did not stop attacking.
The beastman finally stopped attacking when the coliseum attendant seized him.
“Damn that Dominic, he let his guard down!”
Baron said as he headed toward Dominic.
I followed Baron's lead and headed for Dominic's place.
Dominic's dominant right arm and right hand had been intensively hit, and the nerves in there had been completely damaged.
When Lorenz and the host school raised objections on the part of the Royal School of Syrian, the beastman who had attacked Dominique said the most outrageous thing.
“What's wrong with attacking the guy who tried to run away in cowardice?”
To these words, Baron said.
“Dominic sheathed his sword because you said you surrender!”
“Huh!? You've got to be kidding me if you think I'm going to surrender to this guy! I seriously surrender to your joke. I just said it took longer than planned to stomp a fucking ant, and all I heard now is how you guys conveniently made the story of me surrendering.”
The argument between the beastman and Baron grew more heated.
Clarice and I listened to the conversation and went toward Dominic, who was being carried away in a stretcher.
This is bad, it seems like he is going to the infirmary.
If they went to the infirmary, Clarice and I would not be able to use our Holy magic.
Because everyone would find out.
Dominic is crying, covering his face with his left arm while being carried in a stretcher.
I guess he knows that his right arm will never work again.
And when he tried to hand me his sword of gale in his left hand, Dominic dropped it due to lack of strength.
I immediately said
“That sword is Dominic's soul! Please pick it up. We'll carry Dominic away!"
Then one of the men carrying the stretcher picked up the sword, and this time Ike came over.
“There was an altercation in the colosseum stand and some people were injured. The two of you should head that way. We will take Dominic to the infirmary with us!”
He said and sent the other one, who was carrying a stretcher, away toward the stand.
Nice! Ike! Then Ike turned to me and said.
"Mars! What are you going to do?”
“Of course I'm going to heal him! But I'm going to do it in a way that won't leave any aftereffects. Dominic, you know what? Your right hand will heal! So don't worry! But I won't heal the non-fatal wounds on your body. Forgive me!"
I slowly applied heal to Dominic's right arm and right hand.
Then Dominic's right arm started to move little by little.
Dominic's face changed from a look of astonishment to one of relief.
“Dominic. Do you feel any more discomfort in your right arm and hand?”
“Oh thanks you....... Mars. You saved my life."
“We are comrades, that’s matter of course. But I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't tell anyone about what just happened.”
“Naturally......I'll never tell anyone…and I'll keep the secret even if it will cost me my life.”
Dominic's voice was completely tearful. We tried not to look at Dominic's face.
Why? Tears of joy are obviously the tears of a victor right? I don't want to see the winner's face like this.
Clarice and I took Dominic to the infirmary and immediately returned to the Coliseum.
Ike stayed with Dominic.
The venue was noisy, and there was no end of sharp criticism from the audience against the Royal School of Syrian.
And the match had been stopped.
I turned to Baron and Ellie and told them Dominic is safe. But Baron…
“Dominic's right arm is no good now...even if his life is saved, that one is.......”
“No, Dominic's arm is fine. It was moving well and he had a good grip on the sword. It must have been numb or something and temporarily immobilized.”
Baron looked at me as I said this and spat at me.
“Is that true! His right arm, and if he grabbed the sword, does that mean his right hand is okay too!?"
“Yeah. It's not just me. Clarice was there too. Right, Clarice?”
“Yes, it's true. Dominic has no lasting injuries.”
Hearing this, Baron went to Duke Regan, who was down in the arena, and began to talk.
When Duke Regan nodded, Baron came back to him.
"What's up?"
He said.
"Since Dominic is safe, she wants us to continue the match. But I heard that Dominic was ruled the loser. Don't let up until they call the end of the match!"
Baron said to me, Clarice, and Ellie.
We nodded in agreement.
"Thank you all for your patience. The Lister Imperial School has offered to give the win to the Royal School of Syrian for the previous match. Let us applaud the generous Imperial School of Lister!”
Hearing these words, the audience cheered and booed loudly.
“Now, on to the next round!”
Miss announcer began to announce, and again briefly......or hatefully, the second competiting beastman. The crowd erupts into a storm of "kill" and "die"...
“And the second competitor of our Lister Imperial School is......huh? Are you sure you are not wrong? ......What? Is this a joke?...."
Miss announcer stared at our direction with a puzzled look on her face.
Maybe it’s about that.......Baron nodded and miss announcer continued.
“Ranked fourth, the Hero of our Lister Confederacy,......Baron Reinhardt!!!!!”
Then, the audience was surprised and cheered loudly.
The other side, the Royal School of Syrian, seemed surprised at this, as they had thought that Baron was ranked 1 in the ranking and would appear in the general’s match.*1
The battle between the beastman and Baron was one-sided.
There was no way the beastman could win against Baron, who was superior in status, skills, and equipment.
When the beastman tried to close the distance, Baron attacked with magic slowly as if to taunt the beastman.
Even though it is a martial arts division, it does not mean that magic is prohibited.
It’s just that you can’t stop moving until you use the magic at close range. So there’s just no one else who could fulfill that condition and thus it is fine to use magic.
There are actually several students who use body enhancement magic in other schools, and there are also some who enchant their weapons with magic.
The difference between magic and martial arts division is that in magic division, students attack each other from a distance of 50 meters or more.
In the martial arts division, they fight within a limited range of 30 meters.
The beastman, realizing that he had no chance of winning, said, "I surrender" and Baron, who had no idea what he was about to do, sheathed his sword and returned back to his initial spot.
This is just like previously with Dominic!
The beastman still attacked Baron from behind.
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Huh? The beastman's movement has stopped... Looking closely, it seems that the beastman's feet have been pierced by stone spears that have been jutting out from the ground of the colleseum, and he became unable to move.
Baron had cast Stone Spear magic from the ground when he was attacked from behind.
As expected from Earth magic user equiped with Earth magic specialized equipment…
Baron chanted Fire at the beastman who was unable to move.
Beastman is basically weak to fire magic, and it is burning up nicely. He must have been using Wind magic to send more air to help the Fire burn…
“I give up! I surrender! Help me!"
Even if the beastman said so, Baron would not stop. And one word.
“The game is not over until the call is announced, no?”
Baron continued to burn the beastman mercilessly.
And miss announcer never called for the fight to end.
Then the side of the Royal School of Syrian splashed a lot of water on the beastman.
“We gave up! He told you,didn’t he!? Didn't you hear him!?”
He yelled, and Baron said
“No, I didn't want to get into trouble again so I just waited for the call to end the match, right? The fact that we got a third party entering our match means it’s my side’s win, right? Otherwise, until the call to end the match is announced, I will have to continue to fight this guy right?"
The beastman who came to splash water on him looked frustrated, and admitted defeat.
The beastman, who had been burned by Baron, had burnt about 50 of his body, but he was not dead.
“Winner, Baron Reinhardt!"
Baron raised his right hand to announce his victory very late and the audience cheered for him the loudest of the day.
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Author’s note:
I have a theory that Baron is the protagonist here...
TL’s note:
The boy who cried the wolf. Or rather the beast who cried the wolf? Also, this chapter reminds me of the sad truth about the Olympic games…
TL’s note:
- Japanese has specific jargon for first, second, …, and even the final competitors. In this case, I use spearhead as the first, anything from second as second, but I kept the last competitor as ‘general’. General here refers to the military general. Not common/ordinary match.
TL’s rants. I drew my peanuts courage and checked the reviews in NUs for the first time. It’s kind of a pity that someone dropped at chapter 36 where the reasons he complained are somewhat(?) explained in chapter 37. But as I said again and again, this novel is decent to be read only after turning off your brain. I, myself, also complained quite a number of times about how author writes the story lmao.
Anyway for the other review, I also want to know what the rest of the readers think about this series! I chose patreon because I don’t really have that much time to manage all the miscellenous stuffs and wanting to focus only on reading(translating). Although it’s much more troublesome to comment, at least there are no bleeding amount of advertisements right!? Can’t have all the good in the world ‘ya know?
I’m doing this as a hobby and anything else are extra peanuts for myself.
I am also as much as a reader as you all~. End of rant.
