Chapter 162 (1/2)

Chapter 162 – Triumphant Hiiro

The duel between 「Evila」 and 「Gabranth」was set to take place at the beast continent Normally, it should have been difficult for either party to travel to the other’s continent, but the 『Evila』 readily consented to it

They were able to go there immediately because they had a method to do so This method was provided by Hiiro, who had the ability to teleport people Because the Beast King Leowald knew about this, he was not surprised by their method of transportation

Both the duel location andthe case, if they still lost despite all that, they wouldn’t have the right to make any more complaints Especially because they were the prideful beastmen The Demon Lord Eveam took that into consideration as she let the beastmen decide the conditions of the duel

【Beast Kingdom: Passion】 Located to the east of it were the 【Valaaru Wilds】, the doe place existed

There was a crater in that strange place, which seemed to have been created by some enormous object that fell from the sky The radius of the crater was at least 200 nated as the duelling location

Furthermore, the conditions of the duel set by the Gabranth dictated that both sides would pick an equal nuht within the crater There would be duels fought one-on-one, but also duels fought two-on-two or three-on-three as well

One person fro” That person should be protected while the fight goes on Of course, if that person were to fall in battle, it would mean a defeat for that side

Spectators would watch from outside the crater Of course, in the event that a spectator were to interfere with a duel, the side from which that spectator came from would lose the battle

To be declared the victor, the opponent’s King had to admit defeat or be rendered incapable of coinally used between the 『Gabranth』 in order to resolve the conflicts between beastive in

The winner arded status and honour, while the loser would lose everything This asshi+》

Eveam understood the location and the method for the duel from the letter Because she let the other side determine the duel conditions there were no ht problem

If it were Hiiro’s ic, they would be able to arrive at the duel location in an instant However, this only held true for places Hiiro had already visited

Hiiro had gone to 【Passion】 before, but he had never been to the 【Valaaru Wilds】 That’s why it would be convenient for Hiiro to go there at least once prior to the duel

Thus, when Hiiro was told about the location, he said, “Then I’ll head off for a bit”, as though he were going for a stroll After saying that, he instantly disappeared from the room

Hiiro’s destination was 【Passion】

“Ugh, it’s as large as ever, huh” (Hiiro)

The town’s syorn》 The town spread around this tree with the castle at the centre Moreover, unlike the towns made by humans, the entire toas made out of trees Houses were carved out within trees to create living spaces for the citizens

Within the country was a clear flowing strea freely within It was a dwelling suitable for the beastether harmoniously with nature

The royal castle, which was appropriately called the 《King’s Tree》, here the royal faiving it the appearance of a fortress

In the town,up their prayers to the 《Tree of Beginnings – Aragorn》 『Founding Beast King』 Jingwald set the tree as a symbol and ever since the toas built, it had been worshi+pped as a sacred tree

A large nuathered at the town’s yearly festival, the 《Origin Festival》 In particular, there weretheir children with the the festival, if the children cliorn》 and offered up their prayers, they would be able to receive divine protection from it

Their as for the children to grow up to be strong and fine adults; the 《Tree of Beginnings – Aragorn》 was used to perform rituals sis were limited only to the beastmen’s children In the past, there had been a ti to climb the tree had been executed

As he looked up at the great tree, Hiiro uttered those words nostalgically There were various reasons why he decided to come here

The first was to have theuide, if he used the word『Seek』 he’d be able to find it on his own, so he figured that he’d be asking theuide hi by

The second was that he wanted to see the Beast King onethe conference he didn’t have

Moreover, he really wanted to try talking to the king illing to decide the future of his race using this kind of duellingone word, ‘idiot’ would be thehimself to hate such a person

That feelingcompanions had been beast that ruled over such people, Hiiro felt that he was an idiot, but he couldn’t help but have a slightly good i

Lastly, he wanted to fulfill the proh he had honestly forgotten about it until now, he had judged that this was the perfect opportunity to fulfill his promise

Naturally, those companions were Arnold and Muir It had been over half a year since he had parted with therown since then

Since quite a bit of time had passed since the half-yearthat he was likely to receive However, since he had taken the trouble to coured that he should at least drop by to give thes

For the tie』 word to transform into a beastman Then, Hiiro walked over to Rarashi+k’s house

He thought that Rarashi+k’s house would be as old and decrepit as before However, unlike when he last saw it, while it couldn’t be said to be in the best condition, it had an ordinary door installed

Hiiro then concluded that this was probably due to Arnold or Muir fixing things up He opened the door and casually entered the house But, there was nobody in the room

Still, this had been the case before Inside the house, there was a base that they would all be there, Hiiro was about to head over to the base

“Hm? Who’s there?” (???)

A voice caure of a little girl with long ears In her hands was a bottle of alcohol No doubt, this girl was Rarashi+k

“Yo” (Hiiro)

“………could it be that you are……?” (Rarashi+k)

At first, she had looked at hiave a blank look as she stared at Hiiro

“It’s been a while, Chibi-Usagi” (Hiiro)

After hearing that nickname, she became convinced that it truly was Hiiro

“It’s you, b-brat?!” (Rarashi+k)

“Who else does it look like?” (Hiiro)

“N-no… it’s just that…eh? Seriously?” (Rarashi+k)

Still unable to believe what she saw, Rarashi+k beca to be on the ene duel

That hy Rarashi+k was confident that they would only meet on the day of the duel However, Hiiro suddenly appeared in front of her, in her own house nonetheless It couldn’t be helped that she was surprised

“The others?” (Hiiro)

Hiiro asked while co Rarashi+k’s panicked state

“Eh? Ah, oh, so that’s it You came here to see them?” (Rarashi+k)