"Havat, today's opponent is Baku, right?" I confirmed before entering. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Well, come on! The audience is looking forward to you, and now more than twice as many people are betting on you as in Baku. ”

"Hey, hey, hey! Is that an exaggeration? Why am I so much less than him?! Baku shouted behind me.

"Who told you to abstain from the quarterfinals if you don't play, and Thiristin can stab that Grim Reaper Nabal!" Havat gave Baku a blank look

"Why did you abstain?" I asked Baku.

"This year's quarterfinals are boring~ There is no hope of winning." Baku smirked and touched his shiny bald head.

"Uh...... You don't mean me, do you? ”

"Who else but you?" Baku smiled and put his hand on my shoulder, "I heard that the girl who was jealous of you yesterday has become four?" But you weren't hurt -- your strength was so great! Who in the whole arena can be like you? Four beautiful girls~~ Give one to the uncle, right? ”

“……”

"Okay, don't tease you, I'm in first, don't make me wait too long!"

After Baku finished speaking, he walked directly into the infield.

"Havat, please tell you something." After Baku left, I asked, "How many times has Baku participated?" ”

"I can't remember—but many times."

"Winners?"

"Nope."

"Mostly abstentions, right?"

"Well, what are you asking this for?"

After saying "personal matters", I also entered the infield.

Probably because this is the last game of the day, right? As soon as I entered, there was a cheer all around me.

――Am I really that popular?

However, I looked to the special grandstand on the left.

Sakura, Laxis, Luca, and Rusya are all there.

I smiled and waved my sword at them. (Pingnan)

They won't be scared anymore today.

"Hey, you're still watching girls when you're about to race? It's so laid-back! Baku shouted at me.

He was still shirtless, but he had a war hammer in his hand.

"Why don't you use a giant axe?" I frowned disapprehantly, "What? Look down on me? ”

"Haha~ This is my handy weapon~" Baku proudly waved one hand out of thin air, "I will smash you directly in a while!" ”

"Uncle, you're really funny—" I smirked at him, "do you just want to fight me in the whole arena?" Lord Barkuv? ”

"Huh?" Baku's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "You, what did you say?" My name is Baku, Baku. ”

I stared at him in affirmation: "Your too straightforward personality is not suitable for fake-uncle, don't pretend. ”

"Hey, hey—how do you know?" Barkuv admits that it is refreshing.

"I'm starting to doubt you in the last battle of the team battle," I replied, "and suddenly changed the opponents to a group of guilty knights, apparently to kill them all and show the public that the laws of Kecyr are inviolable - in other words, if those knights are victorious, wouldn't it be a shame for the lord to be acquitted?" So I think we must have someone in our team who can be trusted by the lord and can guarantee victory in team battles. You deliberately pushed me to the forefront, saying that I was a good conductor, but you yourself were slashing and killing with your own temperament, and by the way, you also took care of me - usually teammates who disobeyed orders would not be willing to share the honor, let alone in the last game of the team battle? ”

"Hmm...... Not bad! ”

"You overly courted me and helped me delay the game, but you missed a word."

"What?"

"You shouldn't have explained for the Guardians by saying, 'Of course I'm not saying they're not responsible,' do you think a reckless man in the arena would talk like that?" I laughed, "Besides, you can lend me five hundred gold coins casually." You almost always abstain from every Arena - there should be no bounty if you abstain - where does the money come from in your Arena account? So I can only assume that you're here purely looking for a worthy opponent to fight, and you're not interested in rankings or anything, right? ”

"Ha ......"

"And the strangest thing is that I was given the first six games that were all very simple, like recovering me from an injury, as for Nabal...... It didn't hurt me at all, but instead gave me a big gift - to guide me in swordsmanship, I have to make me doubt, everything was arranged by you, you don't think it's fun to fight me directly, you want to improve my combat skills first, you want me to compete with you in the best state, and how many people have the ability to arrange the order of battle in the arena? ”

"Looks like I've overdone it - but how do you know I'm Lord Barkuf?" Balkuv wondered.

"I guess, I didn't expect you to admit it so quickly."

“……”

"I just came to the conclusion that I like to compete, have a deep relationship with the lord and the arena, are a little enthusiastic about the defense of the city, and have a lot of money. ――But can you get a little creative with your name? Do you think that if you shortened your name, no one would think of you? ”

"Haha......" Balkuv laughed heartily, "I think you're interesting, it seems that I am not wrong." What do you think? Are you still fighting? ”

"Fight, why don't you fight? Do you think I'm going to be the kind of shit that knows your name and is scared and then weakened? ”

"Yesterday you said to Nabal—"

"Well...... It's a little," I rubbed my nose a little embarrassed, "Don't worry~ Not this time!" ”

"Hmm...... Let's start then, the audience is in a hurry. Barkuv held the hammer to his chest.

"Hey! You say you start at the beginning? But I didn't draw my sword, "You have been calculating for so long to fight me happily, so you need something in return!" ――Teasing cats and dogs also means losing a bone, right? ”

"What's that way of describing that?" Balkuv frowned, "What bones do you want, say it!" ”

"First—" I deliberately lengthened my tone as I held up a finger at him.

"First? How many bones do you want? ”

I ignored him: "I need you to send a search officer to help me get information in the city." ”

Actually, I would have liked to ask him to help me ask Nabal, but I always felt that it was better to ask Nabal on my own.

"Good! It's easy. ”

"Second, I'm going to bring two more people to today's banquet."

"Probably not the princess and her maiden companion - the two girls? No problem. And the third? ”

"It's gone."

"Gone?!" Barkuv suddenly screamed exaggeratedly.

"It's gone, it's gone, what's the accident?"

"I'm the lord of the city of the dignified Caisir, and you're going to let me do this little thing?"

"Didn't I say it, I just need bones, bones without meat or oil, all right! To fight or not? I threw a stance at him.

"......" Barkuv scratched his bald head, looked at me oddly, and raised the hammer.

"I'll do it first~" I looked at him and paused for two seconds, "Moonlight Sword * flash!" "I leapt backwards as I unleash the blade blaster.

"What do you mean you bastard?" Barkuv was stunned for a moment, and after blocking with a war hammer, he scolded, "Escape at the beginning? ”

"Nonsense! I'm not going to fight you as the mercenary king! I swung a few more blades at him, "Look at my Moonlight Sword combo!" ”

Several successive blade blastwaves flew towards Barkuf.

"Earthquake Flash!" Barkuv roared and slammed the hammer to the ground, creating a powerful airflow barrier to block my attack, "What do you call an attack?" He looked up and saw that my heavy sword had flown in front of him, and hurriedly rolled away.

"Meteor Sword*" I stood at a distance from him, looking at him defiantly, "I know the shockwave is too small to hurt you - but what about the physical weapon?" ”

"You!" Balkuv stood up dusty, jumped at me and said, "Did you beat me like that?" Lost your weapon in the first place? Play with me? ”

"This is a tactic specifically aimed at you~" Before I finished speaking, I suddenly ran towards the heavy sword that was thrown on the ground in the distance.

"Want to pick up a sword? Dream! "Barkuv stopped me with a swing of his hammer.

I had to run around the sword in an arc and curse at the same time, "Are you still human? Can you run faster than me with such a heavy hammer? ”

"Regret it, huh? What do you do if you don't have a weapon? The pursuing Barkuv offensive did not stop, "What breaking tactics?" I was so disappointed! Die! ”

"Dead? Joke! I unsheathed my sword from my back and slashed at him the moment his hammer swung it.

"Huh?" The whimsiness, combined with my thrust from behind, sent Barkuv stumbling two steps forward.

Unfortunately, I didn't let his weapon go, and I felt sorry in my heart, and I took advantage of the gap in his body to stabilize my body, and I rolled to the ground and picked up my sword.

"You monster, you're still holding a hammer like this—how strong is it?"

"- You have an iron plate hidden in the scabbard? So heavy! Barkuv complained similarly.

I sighed regretfully, "Looks like there's not enough weight - or I'll be able to get your hammer out of your hands just now." ”

"Fight honestly! Keep doing these little tricks! Barkuv was really angry this time, and rushed up again with a hammer.

"Uncle, it's so easy to get angry!" I swung my sword to fend off his onslaught.

Since he was using a war hammer, I didn't dare to block head-on, (otherwise the sword would definitely be smashed by him) I could only try to see the momentum of the war hammer and set it up slightly, but just the contact of the weapon when the sword was opened shook my hand numb, but fortunately, heavy weapons have a common problem of slow speed, and it is not particularly difficult.

In this way, he attacked and defended the ground for a long time.

Barkuv's attack...... Isn't it too monotonous? Pitfall?!

With that in mind, I dodged backwards after one of his swings, and at the same time Balkuv leaped over my head and condescendingly smashed the hammer down, accompanied by a shout: "Rock Breaker!" ”

It's dangerous!

Although I barely managed to dodge the hammer attack, the wide shockwave from the hammer hitting the ground shook me and rolled on the ground.

"It's not over yet! Second strike! He jumped again.

I had to keep rolling to the side.

"Third blow! Fourth Strike! Fifth! ”

Although I barely managed to dodge his five attacks, I was also shocked by the shockwave five times in a row, and I vomited a mouthful of blood with a sweet throat.

"Monster ......" looked at him standing there panting with a hammer, and I scolded, "You whack-a-mole?" Aren't you tired of such a high-intensity attack? ”

"Whew...... Call...... Of course tired! Barkuv gasped and said regretfully, "It's old - I can ...... ten consecutive hits back then."

I gasped, but laughed again: "It's not just that you're old - it's not that you don't want to keep smashing, it's that you feel the handle of the hammer is about to break, right?" ”

"How do you know?" Barkuv glared at me in surprise, "-huh? Did you do it? ”

"Ha, why do you think I've been blocking halfway through? I kept using my sword to block the same position of your hammer hilt," I was very proud, "you can't bear the handle of your hammer with a few slams, right?" ”

"How can it be so accurate? ――How? ”

"Hehe, I planned to do this when you said you wanted me to be your opponent that day, you use a long-handled axe, and the way to fight with a sword is to rush into your attack range and fight at close range, but look at the muscles of your whole body, uncle...... I guess you'll be beaten to death with your fists in close quarters, right? - Fortunately, I have a good girl and a wonderful righteous sister by my side, and what is more advantageous is that - they all use long-handled weapons~ Hehe, in order to find a way to restrain your weapons, we have been practicing for a long time, but I didn't expect you to replace the axe with a hammer - the impact of your hammer is too strong! ”

"Hah! Warhammers, on the other hand, are more likely to hurt their handles than tomahawks...... Either way, it's the final blow" Balkuv took a deep breath and slowly raised the hammer above his head as he began to gather strength.

"I think so," I said, reining in my thoughts and clenching my sword.

The following should be his special move, and his weapon will be broken after this move.

The key is how to pick up.

――What kind of nirvana is he?

The special skills of the Tomahawk and Warhammer are generally powerful moves, and the power is used to compensate for the disadvantage in speed and hit, so that even if you miss, the powerful impact is enough to incapacitate the enemy.

Therefore, the range of attack is a very important factor, and the closer you get to each other, the stronger the effect.

…… Why did Barkuv stand so far?

"Ready, right?" Balkuv swirled and danced his hammer overhead, "Get ready for my blow!" Dragon Shatter! ”

Do you say—I see!

I don't have time to think about it, "Meteor Sword * Disease!" "I quickly threw my sword out, took the scabbard of my left hand in my hand, and threw it out in the same way, rolling away to the right at the same time.

Accompanied by "Boom! With a bang, dust rose from the field.

I guessed it.

"Ahem! Cough! I coughed and stood up, "Uncle, you monster! The special moves are so imposing......"

As the smoke cleared, Balkuv stood where I had been standing, looking at me with a strange expression, and asked, "How do you know about my nirvana?" ”

"I don't know, but I have a feeling you're going to use a throwing special move - we're too far apart," I said, looking at the hammer stuck in the ground not far away, "If you're a thrower, then the straight line between you and me is the direction your hammer is flying, but I think since you're the Mercenary King, it shouldn't be that simple, and then I'll bet on the fist you might use!" ”

"Just guessing? How can it be? Slammed the sword into my face, then threw the scabbard at the hammer I threw out, causing my one-hit move to error-" Balkuv shook his head, incredulous, "In the end, you just rolled away and dodged my punch - my hammer and fist should have hit you at least once, and the hammer was deflected, and the impact was not as great as it used to be......"

"Luck! Plus, I took advantage of it. Although the shock wave was a little smaller, it still shook me very hard, and I tried not to let him see it, "Actually, uncle, you were tricked from the beginning." ”

“？”

"I know you're not going to kill me," I smirked at him again, "since you're trying to fight me, it means that I have the value of fighting you, or at least you still appreciate me." Moreover, I exposed your identity at the beginning, and expressed my willingness to fight with you as I liked, throwing out a few small asking bones - as a bold character, you must not bear to let me die young! If you play a little smarter, uncle, you are impatient, and you will definitely choose the moves that will knock me down as quickly as possible - but those moves will also damage the weapon the most. Finally, hehe, I guess uncle, although you use nirvana, you still want to keep your hands in your heart? Otherwise, you wouldn't have pretended to be there for a long time, and you should be calculating how much force you can use to seriously injure me without being fatal, right? So your special move should not even be half as powerful as the actual combat - if I don't know that you are reluctant to kill me, then I will definitely think of fighting with you to defeat and be injured - you will be killed by mistake so early. ”

"Haha!" Barkuv looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, "Threistine, they all call you Lacey, and I call you that, so I call you that—little Lacey, you're really good, I really like you, I wasn't as smart as you, and I wasn't as popular as you - hey! What are you doing? ”

As he laughed wildly, I suddenly knelt down to him.

It is the etiquette of the loser to admit defeat to the winner.

The cheers of the surrounding audience immediately rang out.

"I don't want you to throw away my unworthy victories like Nabal, if I don't kneel you will, right? Uncle? Half-kneeling there, I couldn't help laughing, "I guess you must hate warm hugs, uncle, right?" Obediently accept the blessings of your people up close, the final winner of the Arena Special Battle! ”

"Bastard!"