Chapter 77 - Group H?Finals (2/2)

Yumir gave a similar answer, but the surprising words 「I won’t say the exact age, but I’m over 50 years old.」 came out of his mouth.

He altered his appearance to look younger huh…he has the default hairstyle in black and there are few wrinkles in his face.

Is the main factor that he looks young that macho-like body type? He’s not showing stuff like his abdomen either.

「He’s like Hind’s mom then? Young young.」 (Yumir)

「No, that person…isn’t she a genuine witch? There’s no doubt about it.」 (Tobi)

「Don’t go talking about other people’s mothers like they were monsters.

「If she catches wind of this, you are going to get strangled again, you know?」 (Hind)

「Oh, you three know each other in real life?

「That kind of thing is nice. In my student days…」 (Mitsuyoshi)

Like that, our conversation heated up.

Mitsuyoshi’s way of speaking broke up but there was this calmness befitting someone his age, he was someone fun to speak to.

If it’s like this, shaking up his mental state mid match won’t be a possible strategy huh…

While receiving gazes from the audience that were saying 「Why are these guys acting all calm in there?」, we waited for the start signal on top of the stage.

A few minutes after the match started–

「Seiyah!」 (Yumir)

「Hahaha! You are not hitting me!」 (Tobi)

「Nugah! So noisy, you are so annoying!」 (Yumir)

Tobi was toying around with us while dodging with swift movements and we were currently struggling.

To think having someone go around you would be this annoying, besides, for him to be this troublesome…

Yumir’s attacks didn’t land, and while Tobi didn’t deal much damage with his dual blades, the damage kept accumulating.

「-I got you! …Nuoh!?」 (Yumir)

Just when she finally caught him and cut his throat, the body started blurring and the damage was nullified.

「Too bad, that was a cicada shell.」 (Tobi)

「That’s unfair!」 (Yumir)

「It’s not unfair!

「It’s a legitimate action for a ninja like me!」 (Tobi)

While they were having an argument like elementary schoolers…

However, is that guy really part of the go-home club? His swift and splendid movements made you doubt that.

Like dodging the sword with a backflip, he looked like a gymnastics athlete or some ninja straight out from a novel.

Just when I said that as I watched them…

「-Wha!?」 (Hind)

At the time I stopped right behind Yumir to charge my MP, an arrow flew straight by my side.

…This happened when I became distracted for just a split second.

On top of having high accuracy, it was scary how each arrow carried considerable power for a rapid-fire type.

I switched places and started charging up again from a place where Mitsuyoshi-san would find Yumir annoying.

Yumir shouldn’t take much damage even if she takes a couple arrows, so I’ve got no choice but to slowly charge up my MP while having her cover me.

Because of that, we had no choice but to stay close to each other.

If I let my guard down, Tobi would also be able to get in range to hit me, so I was forced to play really defensively.

「Hind-san, hang in there!」 (Riizu)

「Y-Yumir-san too, do your best!」 (Selene)

I hear Riizu and Selene-san cheering for us, but I have no leeway to reply to them.

We’ve been at a disadvantage from the start until this point…how are we supposed to turn this situation around?

There’s no meaning behind their cheers, I believe it’s pretty clear what our situation is like right now.

Mitsuyoshi-san is clearly aiming to obstruct me, so thinking about the current MP amount I have, the best I can do right now is to cast a 『Healing』 since it doesn’t cost much towards Yumir.

Or, since both of their attacks are physical types, I could use the similarly low cost 『Guard up』 on both me and Yumir.

Yumir’s MP is in a good condition since she has been bombarded by attacks, however, unlike our usual fights where she can just go on a suicide attack while having me healing her, this time she has to be careful.

Our battle strategy is based on using a revive or two, so our current situation is quite painful.

I’m begging you, please let me charge up my MP!! Is the kind of honest plea I’d like to scream.

However, on top of them not having many gaps, their decision making is really fast, they are strong without any doubt.

Their aim is probably…

「Tobi-kun, stand back! I’ll finish it with this!」 (Mitsuyoshi)

「Fuh, seems like this is our win! Farewell!」 (Tobi)

「!! This is bad, Yumir! Catch Tobi!」 (Hind)

「Kuh…!」 (Yumir)

Yumir’s sword was unable to reach him and Tobi took a great distance from us.

The consideration of friendly fire disappeared and Mitsuyoshi’s arrow was nocked towards the heavens.

-『Arrow rain』 is coming!