Bear-san Finished Watching the Dismantling Event
Participants’ instructions were flying around while the wyverns were being dismantled at a tremendous pace.
It was difficult to say who was going to clearly win, in my opinion.
“Who do you think will win, Fina?” (Yuna)
I asked Fina who had the best dismantling skills of all of us.
“Well, maybe that old man over there.” (Fina)
Fina replied, a little worried.
It was the old man she had been eyeing on since the Wolf round.
He was not a notable dismantler, but he steadily led the competition with his dismantling.
“Fina-chan, why do you think that?” (Ellelaura)
“Well, because the people who are being instructed by him are doing the dismantling with ease.” (Fina)
Fina answered Ellelaura-san’s question earnestly.
The other group leaders were raising their voices as they gave their instructions, but only the group with the old man was quietly dismantling.
Their group exuded a different atmosphere from the rest.
“I think the dismantling is going smoothly because that old man is guiding his helpers in the process in more detail, while the other group leaders are focusing on dealing with the difficult parts of the dismantling and while only giving rough instructions to their helpers.” (Fina)
I understood what Fina was saying. Indeed, that old man had been guiding his helpers quietly, helping them with the dismantling processes, and then returning to his own dismantling part after a short while, over and over again.
The old man seemed to be moving as if he knew exactly what kind of work he should assign to his helpers and what kind of work he should do himself as helpers would have difficulty in dealing with them.
And Fina’s judgment was correct, the old man won the fourth round and advanced to the finals.
Two contestants made it to the finals.
I could already imagine what kind of monsters would be used in the finals. I think it could be the two cockatrices I once gave away to the Adventurers Guild.
And as expected, the monsters used in the finals were cockatrices, and the winner was, unsurprisingly again, the old man.
In the end, I did not see any new monsters. But the audience roared when the wyverns were presented, and when the cockatrices appeared, there were shrieks of surprise, fear, and all sorts of emotions from the crowd.
The winning old man was presented with a winner’s award, and the audience applauded.
“Fina, how was it? Did you learn a lot?” (Ellelaura)
“Yes, I still can’t do things as good as them, but it was nice to see how they deal with the wyverns and cockatrices, which I had never seen any in Crimonia.” (Fina)
“Well, even in the royal capital, you don’t get to see wyverns and cockatrices that often as well.” (Ellelaura)
Ellelaura-san chuckled at Fina’s comment.
“Next, following the instructions of the winner, Barog-san, the four other contestants that reached up to the fourth round will dismantle a very special monster.” (Master of ceremony)
At the Master of ceremony’s words, the giant Scorpion I had defeated appeared. The audience was buzzing at the sheer size of the scorpion.
“Oh, was that the one Yuna-chan defeated?” (Ellelaura)
Ellelaura-san, who knew about the giant Scorpion, asked me. She found out about it when I reported after returning from the desert.
A part of its shell had been removed, which somehow was the identifying feature that it was undoubtedly the giant scorpion I had defeated.
“Eh, really!” (Shia)
Shia was surprised.
Today was the day that a lot of things were revealed.
“Sanya-san asked me to hand it to her.” (Yuna)
Besides, there was no point in keeping it forever, so I might as well have the carcass dismantled and let it be processed into usable materials.
“I was surprised when I heard about the Black Viper hunt, but how could you defeat such a big monster?” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san said as she looked at the giant Scorpion.
The battle happened underground, and there was barely enough space for the giant scorpion to move around, so I filled up the room with seawater and defeated it by drowning.
I could tell Tirumina-san about it as she already knew about the Bear Transfer Gate, but since Ellelaura-san was here, I kept quiet. If Ellelaura-san knew about the Bear Transfer Gate, she would turn me into a slave, abusing the cheat ability to ferry her back and forth between Crimonia and the Royal Capital.
And then, the whole event ended with the demonstration performance of the dismantling of the giant Scorpion by the old man and his selected partners.
Finally, Sanya-san thanked those who participated in the event and the adventurers who helped defeat dangerous monsters.
“I can’t thank all of you enough for participating and all the adventurers who provided the monsters that they defeated.” (Sanya)
I think most of the monsters the participants dismantled were sourced from the pile of monster carcasses I provided. Of course, it didn’t mean I didn’t want her to say thanks to other people, especially on a public stage, so that was fine.
“I think there are people in this venue who have never been outside the city or have never seen a single monster.” (Sanya)
There were some ordinary people in the venue.
“I want you to remember that our daily peace is protected by adventurers, knights, and soldiers in places we do not know. I want you to know what the dangers are.” (Sanya)
The nation’s intercity paths and roads were regularly patrolled by adventurers to ensure people’s safety. Of course, it may not be 100% safe, but it was much safer than if the paths and roads had been left alone.
“As I recall, adventurers also do patrols around the city, don’t they?” (Yuna)