Chapter 26 (1/2)

Chapter 26 Victory at the Martial Tournament

TL: Warriormonk

Editor: Isleidir

The preliminary rounds of Jabel viscountcy lasted for a week Twenty one people successfully completed nine rounds, and received a silver medal

Those who did not succeed in passing the preliminaries bitterly headed back to their home towns There were some who had turned into cold corpses as well

Participants who had received silver iven permission to enter the castle, as the final rounds were carried out in private Only the privileged guests or those of status could view the final rounds

“All those entering the final rounds, present your medal and enter”

Twenty one participants all excitedly entered the castle Their room and board would be taken care of by the lord of Jabel viscountcy for the duration of the final rounds

Luke was also able to enter the castle as Kurotan’s second, a position held by a person of close relation that would take care of the aftermath of a participant’s death should it happen

The rooe and luxurious The meals were much better than the ones that had been provided at the inn as well

“The rooer than the inn’s!”

“The food is much better”

Luke and Kurotan were able to comfortably prepare for the final rounds of the tourna at the Jabel castle

There were fifteen seeded participants that were going to be participating in the final rounds, without having had to go through the preli with the twenty one people who had passed the preli in the last rounds of the tournament

The preliminary rounds could be said to be a festival for the commoners of Jabel viscoutncy The final rounds, however, were meant for the eyes of nobles The final rounds started with eager nobles fro

“Let the final rounds begin”

Unlike the participants who had passed the prelie, the seeded participants were mostly between their late teens and early twenties Their eyes shi+ning, the disciples of knights and children of noble houses hungrily waited for the chance win the tourna

“The firstmaster Chase, third son of Marquis Lael, and mercenary Alan, a level B mercenary from the Kital Mercenaries”

Their names called out by the referee, the twothat had been prepared for them The first rounds between the thirty six people would mostly be between the participants who had passed the preliminary rounds and seeded participants

Unlike Chase, as in his early twenties, Alan was a stocky man in his thirties with a ripped his bastard sword tightly with both of his hands

‘I must display my skills so that lord viscount notices me’

The way to knighthood was not li the h, it was not unco the hthood

Most of the participants who had passed the preli to be as lucky

‘Even if he has received training froe, I have more experience in actual situations I must aim to utilize my experience’

The referee signaled the beginning of thehis determination

“Begin match”

Alan roared fiercely and ran towards his opponent Chase, however, calmly took a sword stance

The h Alan had honed his skills on the battle field and h to defeat Chase, the son of a noble who had had the way of the sword ingrained into hie

“Stopmaster Chase wins”

Alan’s led body was carried out on a stretcher as Chase lifted his sword proudly

Most of the matches continued on with similar outcomes The winners of the preli masters of noble houses who had been born into the sword

Not all of the matches, however, followed the trend

Kannng

Eric, of indirect line to a nearby noble house, frowned as he was pushed back fro was defornition

‘What the hell? Why is this bastard so strong?’

The young nobles’ greatest weakness was their lack of experience Most of them held metal shi+elds in order to overcoe surface area of a shi+eld, they could defend against even the more unpredictable sword strikes

This was one of the reasons that the seeded participants had been winning the matches so easily until now Each one of the rapid attacks that Eric’s current opponent was throwing at hih, could not possibly be blocked even with a shi+eld

Kwaang

A hole appeared in the middle of the thick shi+eld, and Eric slid back with his feet braced The ar from it

‘No way I can’t lose like this’

Eric countered desperately but his opponent effortlessly deflected his attack before launching one of his own Eric raised his shi+eld once more with a pale face

Ujijik

A chilling sound rang out, as the are manner The massive force behind the axe had broken his arm Eric had no choice but to announce his surrender

“I-I surrender”

“Stop match Kurotan, victory”

Kurotan looked disappointed as he withdrew his axe and exited the ring The gazes of the audience were concentrated on Kurotan as he stepped down

He had been a tornado of attacks that relentlessly beat down Eric until he had won

“What an ahter”

“Indeed, how a”

Luke sreet Kurotan, who had returned to his seat

“Good job”

Because there were sothe beside him

The first rounds finished, and eighteen participantsstar in the second round as well He had overwhelmed his opponent to an extent unexpected by even Luke

Kurotan’s sword style was not yet complete His fah, as he had only recently learned it

On top of that, it could be said that Kurotan had yet to fully adjust to his human body Despite all of these factors, Kurotan was able to dominate his opponent mercilessly to the point of pity