68 Episode 67 Demon Net and The Championship (2/2)

I go to the counter and show my guild card.

”Are you alone?　Even if you are a C-ranked wizard, it is highly unlikely that you will have enough magic power to prepare a net solo, so I don't recommend it.

There is no one I want to team up with. It's not like I'm aiming to win.

There is also the option of forming a stray party, but I don't think that will be necessary.

If I'm not enough, it probably won't be enough even if I gather the magic of everyone here.

That's why you have to have the dragons draw the net.

”All right. Registration complete. Good luck.

Okay.

There's still time before the festival starts, that is, before the artifact is activated.

We need to get a good spot before then.

On the part of the beach near the front of the city, there are already groups of adventurers standing at roughly even intervals.

The number of adventurers seems to be six, which is the maximum number for any group.

Even now, demons seem to be crawling up from time to time, and battles with demons are taking place here and there.

Well, it looks like it's all filled up, but there's still a good spot at ......

I found it.

Now that I've found a good spot, I'm going to set up there.

It's on the ocean.

There's no one around, and the artifact is in effect.

No one is doing it because there is no reason to fight on the sea, but it's not against the rules either.

”Hey, what's with the wizard?

”It's not like you can't use a net ...... on the ocean, but what's the point?

I've never heard of it.

I mean, it's a waste of magic power.

The adventurers tied up on the narrow land are talking about something, but it's none of my business.

It's not my fault that there's no room.

I thought about using an upside-down landslide to create a new land, but I decided against it because it might have a negative impact on the ecosystem.

The start is announced by the bell in the tower in the center of the town.

At the top of the tower is a large, glowing red jewel.

It seems to have been found in a burnt-out area a long time ago, and its glow used to diminish by the time of the festival.

The last couple of years, though, it has not lost its glow even during the festival season.

While I was gazing at the jewel, a fat man came up to the tower.

I wondered if he was an important person or something.

I wonder if he's a big man or something. He's going to say something like ......

”Let the salvage festival begin!

What, they're just going to start without saying anything?

There were cheers from the people around me, and they all started to prepare the nets at once.

And then there's the chanting of the spell to make the net.

”Demon net, deploy!

I also cast a spell, make a net, and pull it in.

The magic consumption seems to be at a level where it recovers before you can see your MP decrease.

The speed of the pull is comparable to that of a party of six, since it is forced by flight magic,.......

If you're looking for the best way to get rid of them, you're going to have to find a way to get rid of them in the air.

From hermit crab-like creatures to ordinary fish-like creatures, they all fall prey to the pressure magic.

They are stored in the item box.

Incidentally, it seems that the monsters cannot be stored alive.

”Demon net deployed!

Once you've decided how to deal with the demons, the rest is just work.

All you have to do is to move around as you see fit, efficiently pulling them up and down, then pulling them up and down again.

Your item box will fill up with demons in no time.

I wonder if this pace is fast enough.

The results were revealed the following evening at the end of the salvage competition.

The winner was Kaede, a mysterious C-rank wizard from Decibatore!　This is the first time in history that someone other than a party of six has won a tournament, and it's an unprecedented feat for a solo player to win by three times the margin of second place!　Now, Kaede, what would you like to say?

I made a mistake, I completely forgot about the honesty and the fact that if I win, I'll be conspicuous for nothing.

Well, there's no reason to avoid standing out. ......

Well, let's play it safe for the interview.

Let's play it safe for the interview, and I'll advertise it.

That's great, thank you very much. 　Thank you very much. It will be a good advertisement for our company.

”Oh, Kaede, you're safe!　What a boring interview for the results!　Can I ask you to redo ......?

He asked me to redo it.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I think it's a good idea.

”Whether you're a dragon or a boat killer, you're no better than a killifish in my hands!　Come at me!

”Yes, thank you very much. 　Kaede will receive the first prize, a giant mithril harpoon, and a second prize of 100,000 Tells!　Let's have a big round of applause!

When I received the harpoon on the platform with one hand, I was greeted with applause and cheers from the people around me.

I wondered what was so funny about this huge harpoon that was three meters long.

Well, this was fun, so that's good.

The salvage festival seemed to be ending without a hitch.

But as we started to pull out the second main event, the big monster net, something strange happened.

I was in the back of the boat pulling the net, but there was a noise in front of me.

I listened carefully and heard, ”It's Mr. Revere! There he is!” ”There he is! and so on.

Mr. Revere...... sounds familiar.

I wonder if there is such a celebrity.

The scene ahead seems to be a reaction to something more terrifying than a celebrity. ......

While I was thinking about it, everyone around me was running away.

What the hell is going on here, Mr. Revere?