Chapter 44: Main Event(1)
by fnovelpia
“Albus.”
“Hm?”
“Tomorrow. I have my first match.”
“Yeah. I know.”
A tournament of 32 participants who made it to the finals.
The brackets were drawn randomly, with all players revealed to the public.
And the first contestant for the opening match was none other than Perizet.
‘If I remember correctly, my match is the next one.’
If Perizet won, she would face him in the round of 16.
“Can you cast a spell of victory for me?”
“A spell of victory?” Albus asked, puzzled. Perizet blushed and lowered her head.
“If you cheer for me… I think I can win.”
‘A spell of victory, huh.’
This world, full of fantasy, had a rich culture of victory spells and heroic ballads.
Knights often asked their wives for a victory spell before heading into battle.
‘She must think of me as a friend to ask for a spell.’
Despite their rocky start, Perizetnow considered him a friend worth asking for a spell.
Albus felt grateful.
He slowly approached Perizet.
He doubted there was anyone left she could beat, but he wanted her to win.
Albus leaned in and whispered into her ear. A popular victory spell from his past life.
“Win.”
Perizet’s eyes widened, then she smiled gently.
“Thank you, Albus. I’ll win and dedicate the victory to you. Albus, you are as precious to me as a GM.”
At last, the morning of the highly anticipated finals dawned.
The Demon King grabbed the microphone and announced the start of the final tournament.
Boom!
Bang!
Colorful fireworks exploded, heating up the stadium.
Unlike the previous day, the numerous smaller arenas in the center had been cleared, leaving a single grand arena.
It was specially prepared for the finals.
“Chup.”
The Demon King licked her lips.
The 32 finalists who made it through the long preliminary rounds were all gathered.
Each was considered a special force in their respective nations.
They were mere mortals compared to her, but seeing them all compete excited her.
“Let’s begin the first match. The first contestant is… the Assassin of Whirlwind Sand, Perizet!”
Unlike the preliminary rounds, all contestants’ names were now revealed.
Perizet’s name echoed loudly.
Fwoosh!
Two pillars of fire shot up, and Perizet appeared, warped in with a blue glow.
“Woohoo!”
“I bet all my maze coins on you! You have to win!”
The otherworldly spectators cheered at her grand entrance.
“First match.” Perizet twirled a dagger in her hand.
She scanned the packed stands.
Somewhere out there, Albus was watching her, cheering for her victory.
GM and Albus, they were both with her.
“There is no defeat for me.”
“And her opponent… the noble Lindermann!”
Whoosh!
This time, two pillars of light rose from the opposite side, revealing Lindermann, the second prince of the empire.
“Woohoo!”
“Show that beastwoman who’s boss, Your Highness!”
Seeing his opponent was a beastwoman, Lindermann scowled.
“Do I really have to face such filthy creatures?”
He despised impurity more than anything and pursued only noble purity.
The mere existence of a beastwoman disgusted him.
All his previous opponents had been closer to filth than nobility, but a beastwoman was in a different league.
The race that took his mother’s life.
“Let the match begin!”
Ding!
The match began with a barrage of fireworks and four towering pillars.
As the match started, Perizet’s body melted into sand.
Whoosh!
She transformed into a fierce sandstorm, rushing toward the prince.
It was the unique ability of the Sand Assassin.
“Disgusting,” Lindermann muttered, extending a hand.
Buzz!
A giant yellow hand made of mana appeared before him.
“It’s the prince’s hand!”
“The same hand that crushed all his opponents in the preliminaries!”
“But can it deal meaningful damage to a sandstorm, even if it’s made of mana?”
The sandstorm collided with the mana giant’s hand. Every player watched with bated breath.
Crunch!
The sandstorm, as if it were tangible, was gripped and crushed by the prince’s hand.
“Ugh!”
Perizet’s face briefly appeared in the crushed sand, twisted in pain, then vanished.
“Did you think hiding in your filthy sand would mask your dirty smell?”
Lindermann clenched his fist in the air, squeezing the sandstorm harder.
“Kugh!”
Perizet was taken aback by the unexpected physical attack.
She almost lost consciousness from the pain but gritted her teeth and endured.
“One…”
Buzz!
The sand held by the prince’s hand scattered wildly.
Shatter!
With countless sand slashes, the prince’s hand cracked and shattered like glass.
“Yah!”
Perizet’s upper body emerged from the sandstorm, holding a dagger in reverse grip, charging at the prince.
“Hmph.”
Lindermann twisted his wrist.
“A beastwoman dares…!”
He punched forward, and a giant yellow golem appeared, smashing Perizet backward.
“A golem?”
“A new ability!”
“Was he hiding his power?”
“Not bad at all!”
Now, a giant of magical power, fully revealing its form, stood like a knight protecting the prince.
The audience erupted in excitement at the splendid entrance.
“You’ve forced me to use this power,” the prince gritted his teeth.
He needed to quickly advance and crush the princess and the Republic’s soldiers.
This wasn’t the place to reveal his strength so soon.
To use this power just to catch a lowly beast, the epitome of filth, a mere sub-human…
“……”
Perizet, who had been thrown to the opposite side, slowly stood up.
She wiped the blood from her lips with the back of her hand, her eyes fixed on the giant.
The first clash had already made the difference in their abilities clear.
The opponent was a magician who had surpassed the wall.
Furthermore, the ability to manipulate sand had an extreme counter to her own sand assassin skills.
Now that the opponent had started using their full power, she wouldn’t be able to escape like she did earlier by luck.
Perizet held two swords in reverse grip in both hands.
She couldn’t give up here.
It was a match she participated in as a member of the GM.
It was a duel she entered as a representative of the sub-humans.
She couldn’t lose to the prince of the human empire here.
Above all else…
‘Win.’
She couldn’t betray his expectations.
“Haaahhh!”
Perizet leapt forward.
No matter what happens.
I will win.
With a thunderous crash, Perizet found herself rolling on the ground, her vision darkened.
A ringing sound filled her ears.
The giant had swatted her in the air with its enormous hand.
“Crush her.”
Boom.
“Argh!”
The giant’s fist smashed down on Perizet, who lay on the ground.
Boom.
“If only… if only you weren’t here…”
Boom.
The giant lifted Perizet, who was sprawled on the floor, with one hand and struck her hard with the other.
“Cough!”
Perizet vomited blood as she flew.
She crashed into the opposite side of the arena.
“Isn’t this too much?”
“Even if she’s a sub-human, this is a bit…”
Some of the audience frowned at the one-sided duel.
“Destroy her!”
“Crush the cursed species!”
“She’ll be fine when she leaves! Just tear her apart!”
But most of the audience was simply ecstatic.
“Haa… haa…”
Perizet’s mind was hazy.
It was hard to think clearly.
All her abilities as an assassin were being countered.
She couldn’t evade the opponent’s attacks, nor could she land a hit.
There was no way to win.
‘Albus… what should I do? Is defeat inevitable? Must I let his encouragement go to waste?’
As Perizetlamented her powerlessness, a message appeared before her eyes.
Achievement Unlocked!
- As a reward for being the first to achieve this, a new class will be granted.
- Proceed with class change?
‘…?’
As Perizetblankly stared at the message, another message appeared.
‘Class change will be forcibly initiated.’
- A hidden achievement reward has granted you the class: X.
- The class-specific state transition ‘Possession: X3’ will be temporarily applied.
Boom!
An immense energy burst forth from Perizet.
- Possession duration: 59 seconds.
She felt overwhelming power throughout her body. She felt as if she could do anything, like she had become a god.
The sudden awakening of a hidden class.
Perizetknew…
“The GM has granted me this power.”
She understood that the master of this world had given her a special power just for her.
Slowly, Perizetrose into the air.
Her mind, which had been in a daze, returned to perfect clarity.
This overflowing power made the world seem endlessly enjoyable.
“This can’t be…”
The prince swallowed hard as he watched Perizet’s completely changed aura.
As an Epic class holder, he could tell.
The opponent had just awakened her class.
“This is impossible! It can’t be!”
The prince swung his arm sideways, and the giant charged at Perizet.
Boom!
With a single strike, the giant was crushed beyond recognition.
“Maybe I was too hasty.”
Watching Perizetdefeat the giant with a single punch, Albus momentarily regretted his recent decision.
But seeing the wounds on Perizet’s body healing, he shook his head.
“No, I couldn’t just stand by and watch a friend being tormented.”
Especially not a friend who trusted him enough to ask for a spell for victory.
Boom!
“Maybe just boosting her stats would’ve been better.”
Albus muttered as he watched the prince’s magic giant get destroyed.
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