“Well, coming from an adventurer like Yuna-chan, I can’t blame you for being that way.” (Ellelaura)
“Are monster encounters really that rare?” (Yuna)
“For an average person, yes. Some of them have never been out of this royal capital. And even if they go outside the royal capital, they rarely encounter them unless they go out of the city or off the roads.” (Ellelaura)
Was that how things went? Well, certainly, in my previous life, as a city dweller, how would I feel about encountering a wild bear?
If you never went to the mountains or forests, you would never encounter wild bears. Especially if you live in the city, you probably would not see them.
“And even if they do see them, they’re usually far away, and as soon as a report is filed with the Adventurers’ Guild, those places are properly searched, and if they find a monster, they’ll take it down.” (Ellelaura)
I felt sorry for the monster who would be taken down that way even if they did nothing, but there was a high risk of humans being attacked if someone encountered those monsters.
There was a monster called Lagarut that coexisted with people like horses did in the desert, but such monsters might be rare.
“But I’ve encountered a fair amount of monsters.” (Yuna)
Maybe it was because I was not a shut-in in this world, but I did encounter many types of monsters.
“Isn’t that because Yuna-chan is an adventurer and goes out to places where monsters can be found?” (Ellelaura)
When she pointed that out, I couldn’t respond in any way.
I often went to places where I had heard that monsters had appeared.
If I was only on the roads, I might have only encountered wolves.
The Kraken was already there when I went to that location. The moving island, Targui, was also originally something that people didn’t approach, and in the village of the elves, there was a monster problem, the same thing happened with the pyramids.
Huh? Then why did it seem like monsters were waiting for me everywhere I went?
“Was I destined to encounter monsters?” (Yuna)
I refused to accept such a fate.
My motto was to live a happy, easygoing life, doing what I love.
While Ellelaura-san and I were talking about this, Fina was looking intently at the event.
Shuri said, “Wow,” as she watched while talking about it with Tirumina-san. 𝓵𝙞𝓫𝒓𝙚𝓪𝓭.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Shia was also watching while talking to Ellelaura-san from time to time.
Even to my amateur eyes, the dismantling skills of all the competitors were so great that it did not seem surprising if any of them won.
In the midst of all this, five of them advanced to the fourth round. 𝒍𝓲𝙗𝒓𝒆𝓪𝒅.𝙘𝒐𝓶
“There are five of them left in the fourth round.” (Yuna)
There were 20 of them before, so I thought there would be 10 of them who would make it to the fourth round, but instead, they were down to five.
“Maybe it was because of the monsters to be dismantled in the fourth round. The monsters presented changes every year, and then the challenge would depend on how many of those monsters have been defeated and brought back to the guild.” (Ellelaura)
Ellelaura-san answered my musings.
It was true that there could not be more than a few rare monsters. A dragon, a cockatrice, a large scorpion, etc., if there were many of those things roaming around every year, there would be a great deal of trouble.
If that was the case, I might have high expectations for the monsters appearing in the fourth round since the number of participants had been narrowed down.
I was looking forward to it.
Then, after the cleanup of the third round, the five winners of the fourth round remained in the hall.
“Well then, here we go. There are five of you left. To tell you the truth, I can’t even imagine who will be the winner.” (Master of Ceremony)
I agree with the master of ceremony.
Unlike Deed-kun and Garde-kun yesterday, today’s participants were so highly skilled that I, as an amateur, could not at all tell who would win.
However, there was one person left that I was curious about: the older man that Fina had been watching since the dismantling of wolves. He had not won first place in any rounds till now, but he remained this far.
“Now, I will announce the details of the fourth round, which is what you are all interested in. I will ask the remaining five of you to choose two of those who did not advance to the fourth round to form teams.” (Master of ceremony)
The master of ceremony said this and extended his hand. At the end of his outstretched hand were the previous participants who didn’t make it to the fourth round.
“Teams? Isn’t this an individual match?” (Yuna)
“That is usually the case, unless you are dealing with a large monster. Big enough that you won’t be able to do it by yourself.” (Ellelaura)
“Maybe it will be a team like when we dismantled the Black Viper?” (Fina)
Fina, who was listening to Ellelaura-san’s reply, said as if she remembered.
Certainly, just like when they had to dismantle a Black Viper. At that time, Gentz-san and several guild employees had to dismantle it together. Fina even joined them.
As Ellelaura-san and Fina said, even dismantling a Black Viper by yourself would be a challenge.
It would be impossible for Fina to even think about dismantling a Black Viper by herself, both physically and time-wise. I could just imagine her crying and saying, “I can’t finish dismantling this thing”.
“But when they get help from other people, won’t they not feel like they’ve won by their own strength?” (Yuna)
Yesterday and today, the participants have survived through individual efforts. It felt strange to turn it into a team fight suddenly.
“Huh, Yuna-chan, that’s not correct. Those who stand on top need to have the skills to give instructions on dismantling and also to grasp the situation of the people dismantling around them. Individual strength is only up to the third round, and from the fourth round, in addition to the rare monsters, it’s going to become a matter of being able to give the right instructions.” (Ellelaura)
It was true that if the dismantling was carried out selfishly, it would be difficult to keep track of the situation.
In short, it was a matter of whether they could take the leadership role or not. No matter how good they were at dismantling when it came to large monsters, there was a limit to what they could do on their own. In games, that would put them as a party leader. To defeat a strong monster, the group would need to work together. When to attack, when to use magic, when to recover. If the members could communicate well, they may be able to do it, but to get to that point, the leader had no choice but to give instructions.
In this world, when I talked about a party leader, Jade’s face came to mind, and I was convinced.
As with a certain goblin face, even if an individual had the ability, if they had a difficult personality, they could ruin the party.
And with that perspective, the contents of the fourth round made perfect sense.
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