Bear-San Watching the Dismantling Event Part 3
One of the participants couldn’t help but comment, “I think the choice to select helpers would depend on what kind of monsters we are going to dismantle.”
Indeed, if they ended up picking people like Fina and me, who have difficulty dealing with insect-based monsters, as their teammates, that would only slow them down.
“So, after seeing for yourselves the monsters to be dismantled in the fourth round, we will ask you, the participants to choose one.” (Master of Ceremony)
After the Master of Ceremony said this, five attendants came out.
The five attendants distanced themselves from the container. Then, when they put their hands in their magic bags and pulled out their contents, giant monsters, wyverns, appeared.
The audience buzzed as the wyverns came out.
“A big bird!” (Shuri)
“No, those are not as cute as birds, right?” (Yuna)
I pointed out Shuri’s words.
“In this fourth round, a group of three will have to dismantle a wyvern.” (Master of Ceremony)
It was true that it would be impossible for one person to dismantle a wyvern.
The wyvern is a creature the size of a two-story house when it stood upright. If a civilian were attacked by something like that, that person would surely die. If I didn’t have my bear gear, I’d probably be killed, too, if I met one.
The wyverns had their heads cut off and separated, so those looked similar to those I had defeated during the royal capital raid, specifically the ones I killed while they were asleep.
“Now, the five of you who have qualified to the fourth round will now get to choose two assistants each to form a group. Each group will dismantle one wyvern together.” (Master of Ceremony)
“But how do we choose the two people who will help us? I think it would be unfair depending on what order we choose them.” (Participant)
If the person in first place gets to choose first, he would obviously choose the next immediate best two to be in their team. In that case, the person in fifth place would have no choice but to choose the less competent helpers than others. This would put the person in first place with an overwhelming advantage.
They could also decide via Lottery, but that would depend on luck.
“Don’t worry, they are trying to be fair in that aspect. See, they’ll explain how to choose.” (Ellelaura)
Perhaps because the Guild has organised this event every year, as Ellelaura-san explained, so the organizers should have been prepared for something like this.
How the competition would proceed is the participants would choose from 1st to 5th of the top 5, selecting their first team member, and then, the 5th placing participant now gets to choose their second member first, in reverse order.
In other words, even if the first-place to fifth-place participant picked the best assistant available in the first round, that same participant could end up with the worst pick in his second choice, which would balance the team, having a preferred first-choice pick and a possible unwanted second choice pick.
“Well, that’s a decent rule. This should at least even things out to some extent, right?” (Yuna)
“Hmm, not only that. There’s also the possibility of specifically choosing only people they know or an acquaintance of someone they know, so there can be a synergistic effect.” (Ellelaura)
Ah, I see, if selected helpers were fellow adventurers, or fellow guild officials, or acquaintances, they would be more likely to follow directions properly.
Even if selected helpers were competent, if they didn’t get along with the participants, they wouldn’t have a good time following directions, and it would be harder to coordinate with them.
Even in games, it would be more efficient to party with someone who had partied with you many times than with someone you didn’t know.
But a level 100 would definitely be more capable than a level 1, so I expected there to be some guiding required.
“Whatever the case may be, the higher ranked participants who get to choose first will still have an advantage, won’t they?” (Yuna)
Well, I suppose it’s still better than using methods that had an element of luck involved.
“Well then, let’s start with the first place in the overall score and choose.” (Master of Ceremony)
Names were called, and the first person was nominated. Then, those who were second, third, fourth, and fifth chose. After completing one round, the fifth-place participant got the first pick in the second round to select the second team member.
When every participant finished choosing, a brief explanation of the rules were given.
The people assisting must not do anything other than follow instructions. Waiting for instructions would usually be frowned upon when dismantling outside of competition, but this was a competition for the five remaining participants who reached the 4th round. And it was their leadership that was being tested.
They had to keep track of who had completed which tasks at any given time.
“In other words, you can’t be so focused on what’s in front of you that you lose sight of what’s going on around you.” (Yuna)
“I’m usually so focused on what’s in front of me that I can’t possibly dismantle something while giving instructions.” (Fina)
Fina muttered when she heard the rule.
“I don’t think so. Fina has always been a gentle girl who is very aware of her surroundings, so I’m sure you can do it right.” (Yuna)
“…Yuna Onee-chan.” (Fina)
“It’s just that even though you can see what’s going on around you, you don’t seem to be very good at instructing other people on what to do.” (Yuna)
“Ugh.” (Fina)
Fina had the personality of wanting to do everything herself instead of asking others to do it, as she did when Tirumina-san was sick, and maybe she just wasn’t very good at relying on others.
I wondered if she was aware of this because she did not argue with me about it.
“On the other hand, Yuna-chan always asks people to do everything for her.” (Tirumina)
Tirumina-san said it a little sarcastically.
It was best to leave the troublesome things to others.
Besides, there was a saying about the right person being in the right place at the right time. If someone else could do it better, it would be better to leave it to them, making it easier for everyone.
If I did everything, everyone else would lose their jobs. I don’t want that, because I want to be in charge of just being lazy.
“Hmmm… I guess if you add Yuna-chan’s and Fina’s personalities and divide them into two, it would be just right.” (Tirumina)