Chapter 98
Overwhelming
Translator : PolterGlast
Forgetting my position
as the referee, my eyes were stolen by his overwhelming movements.
The coordination of
[Crimson Rose] was well-practiced, and their movements were by no means bad.
The strike from their
leader, Catherine, was so perfect that even I, who was watching from up close,
thought it had landed.
...However, Graham
dealt with it with ease, and then killed Catherine in an instant with a single
front kick in return.
To be honest, I didn't
understand what he did to slice off the three others' heads.
Ever since Dwayne gave
him his seal of approval, I had thought he was probably strong, but I never
imagined he was a person of this caliber.
The people in the
surrounding area were also completely silent, stunned by the overwhelming
victory.
"Graham, first,
congratulations on your victory."
"Yeah. Thanks for
serving as the referee, Salis."
"Fufu, all I did
was give the signal to start and end."
"You just stood
by and watched while I was cornering Guanza, didn't you?"
"No, I was just a
little dazed. Did you do something to Guanza?"
"Let's just leave
it at that. I'm counting on you to referee the next match as well."
Even if he says to
leave it at that, I really was just spacing out, but...
Graham, having
misunderstood something, returned to Dwayne and the others.
Still, just talking to
him, I don't feel any aura at all.
A strong person is
supposed to be cloaked in a unique aura.
In any case... I've
started to want to fight Graham myself.
I don't know if he'll
agree, but I'll try asking him later.
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For now, I'm glad we
beat [Crimson Rose].
I thought we could win
from the moment we faced them, but in a fight, you never know what will happen.
Guanza, who has
returned, has been glaring at me this whole time, but it feels good to be
glared at out of pure sour grapes.
And... when I look his
way, he averts his gaze and pretends he wasn't looking.
I think it's safe to
say I've made Guanza completely understand his place.
Now, as for the next
match, it's [Sakura Nostra] versus [White Phoenix], who seem to have as much of
a grudge as Guanza and I.
My prediction is a
complete victory for [White Phoenix], but I wonder what will happen.
"Hyo hyo. That
Graham fellow was stronger than I imagined, and the mood has been completely
dampened, but... I'll have you crushed regardless."
"I am truly
grateful to you, Old Man Shiro, so I do not wish to fight... but even if we
must, I wish we could have fought when the crowd was more excited."
"I feel the same.
I thought it was just Dwayne pulling a fast one, but that middle-aged man,
Graham... He possesses power that rivals an SS-rank adventurer."
"It's been a long
time since I've seen your eyes turn bright red, Old Man Shiro, which happens
when you see a truly exceptional person. Is he that remarkable?"
"He is. To the
point that I no longer care about you lot—it is fine to think of him as a
monster."
"That............
makes me a little jealous."
Old Man Shiro and the
leader of [White Phoenix], Julian, were having a surprisingly calm and long
conversation.
After they shook
hands, the referee, Salis, stepped forward.
"It looks like
it's about to start! I was nervous until just now, but when it's a match I'm
not in, I get excited!"
"It's true! You
don't get to see S-rank adventurers fight each other every day! Who do you
think will win, Graham?"
"I'd say [White
Phoenix]. Though that's largely my personal opinion from disliking [Sakura
Nostra]."
As we were having that
idle chatter, the battle began.
The first to move was
[Sakura Nostra], and all of them charged at Julian at once.
Because of their
extreme formation with zero rear guard, the situation became a tangled chaos
right after the match started, but... Julian is dealing with it calmly.
He skillfully uses a
tachi-like weapon to parry [Sakura Nostra]'s attacks, while giving orders to
his teammates to attack with precision.
However, the
individual abilities of [Sakura Nostra] were also higher than I expected, and
when Julian couldn't handle them all, two of them went in for the kill at once—but
Julian's body exploded with a flash of light from some kind of skill.
They were caught in
the blast, and two of them were taken out at once... but Julian is standing
there with a calm look on his face.
It definitely looked
like he had self-destructed, but the fact that he hasn't disappeared means he
didn't.
[Sakura Nostra], now
at a numerical disadvantage, began to be pushed back, and though they managed
to cut down one of the mages out of sheer stubbornness—they were annihilated by
Julian, and the match ended with a complete victory for [White Phoenix].
"That was a
high-level battle! That white-haired person is strong!"
"What was that
technique that killed those two!? I was watching from the side, but I didn't
understand it at all! Did you get it, Graham?"
"No, it looked
like he exploded, but... I don't really know."
"It was an attack
that even you couldn't understand, Graham-san!? This might be our toughest
opponent."
His sword work was
also quite impressive, and I'm very much looking forward to fighting [White
Phoenix].
[Sakura Nostra] wasn't
bad either, but if all they have is simple close-quarters combat, there's no
way I can lose.
The ones to watch out
for are, just as I predicted before the tournament, [White Phoenix] and
[Battenberg].
I wonder who we'll
fight next, but... Salis is beckoning me over.
Next to Salis are the
two women from [Battenberg], so it seems our next opponent is [Battenberg].
I'm looking forward to
the fight, but since they're an unknown opponent, I'll beat them down without
letting my guard down in the slightest.
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