Chapter 72 - nvitation to the arena (2/2)
On the other hand, Riizu mostly ignored the people that daringly addressed her.
She only looked at those players that were annoying and insistent as if they were trash, but for some reason, the people whose faces would loosen up and left while looking satisfied were many. I don’t get it.
「――」
Oh wait, the mage started chanting the spell without saying anything in advance.
I opened the menu to make sure, it was just the time for it to begin.
The surrounding people were making noise and didn’t notice it, but next to the mage, a spatial hole appeared and gradually grew wider.
It looks like a different magic compared to what they used for the preliminaries.
Once the mage finished chanting, the dark entrance stabilized and was fixed in place.
Along with Yumir, the players that were making noise noticed it, and this time they started making noise for a different reason.
「…Where is it you desire your arrival to be?」 (mage)
Just when I realized the mage was saying something, he suddenly threw a philosophical question at us.
It looked like a question thrown at whoever was at the front of the row, so there’s no mistake that it was addressed to me.
Hmm…I wonder if it’s fine if I reply like this?
「The venue for group H.」 (Hind)
「Acknowledged」 (mage)
Ah, so that works…it was hard to understand, so I wish they would just ask normally.
The mage raised his hand and the dark gate changed slightly in color, and he urged us to go into it.
I said a couple words to Yumir, who was still minding the other players and had her back facing us, then I got closer to the gate with Riizu and Selene-san.
「We are going in first, Yumir.」 (Hind)
「…Hmm? Ooh, when did this happen!? Wait, I’m going with you! Don’t leave me behind!」 (Yumir)
「Ah, w-wait, don’t push! Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!」 (Hind)
「Eh? Eh?」 (Selene)
Because Yumir rushed at me, I lost my balance and since Selene-san was still clinging onto me she was dragged into the gate too.
It might have been because a lot of players requested that it would be improved, the warp was instant compared to the one used for the preliminaries.
The bad feeling you had when you were transported before was gone now.
Our bodies have finished moving to the new area and were thrown out towards the cold and hard stone floor.
We couldn’t avoid falling down, but I was able to somehow protect Selene-san from the fall.
It was different from that time when Miyu fell on top of me, the defensive gear demonstrated its efficacy and protected my back.
I’m glad…that it didn’t end up with me getting dyspnea like that time.
My HP did decrease, but that is a trivial issue.
Just when I was going to move Selene-san out of the way and stand up, a light appeared in front of me-
「Gueh!」 (Yumir)
「That was close!」 (Hind)
Following that, Yumir appeared from within and fell down, so I held Selene-san in my arms and moved out of the way in a panic.
It was probably because of the weight of her armor, she raised a cloud of dust along with a loud noise.
「Uu…why didn’t you catch me, Hind…wasn’t that mean of you…?」 (Yumir)
「Don’t ask for the impossible! I told you before, be aware of how much your armor weights!」 (Hind)
If I caught her, my back would have broken.
I mean, she only took a bit of damage, there wasn’t a need for me to catch her?
To begin with, whose fault was it that we ended up moving in this way?
「E-eh, Hind-kun…it should be about time that…uu…」 (Selene)
「Hmm? Ah, I’m very sorry!」 (Hind)
Her shy voice returned me to my senses, and I noticed that I was embracing her soft body with all my might.
It might have been because she was out of breath after I separated my body from hers, but Selene-san was bright red up to her ears.
「What are you guys doing…jeez」 (Riizu)
The gaze of Riizu, who landed calmly unlike us hurt.
I looked around as if to gloss over what happened, and I saw that we were inside a large scale arena that looked like a colosseum.