(Wn) Chapter 185 (1/2)

Reunion

『You ready to get going?』

「Nn」

We had breakfast, checked to ood form, and headed out

Our destination was one of the many venues in which the tournament would be hosted The tournament had actually started yesterday, but today wasforward to, as it had finally coot from Dias, the tournament was to last for 14 days, with the first 4 dedicated to the preliminaries The preliminaries were defined as a 2 step process, with each of the 2 taking up half the allotted time

Over 1000 people had signed up for the tourney, and thus, there sih to time for the preliminaries to be done in the usual 1 on 1 style They were instead organised such that they’d allow for four people to be eliminated at once That is, the preliminaries consisted solely of 5 person battle royales in which only only the last ress

Not surprisingly, the tourna They understood that the only way for them to complete all 200 plus preliminary matches within the 2 day ti at once Thus, they had set up a series of locations around town in order to facilitate the process, a feat only made capable precisely because the tournament happened to take place in Ulmutt Ulmutt was unique in the sense that it existed for and because adventurers Hence, its city plan included a great nu or dueling grounds

The second preliminary round would have far fewer participants than the first, and thus, they had it hosted within a large stadium instead of all over the place Unlike the first, the second also allowed for spectators

The main event consisted of 6 rounds, which meant a total of 64 participants About 50 of the combatants typically came from the prelims The rest were seeded and thereby excluded from the qualification process

Interestingly, killing one’s opponent was not actually considered a crime, as you weren’t allowed to participate in the tournaned a waiver Said waiver included included a state into soht lead to your death Honestly, I’m not really sure what else I should’ve expected from a world as violent as this one

That said, I had to admit that it wasn’t actually as bad as it may have otherwise see, so you probably wouldn’t die unless you were killed instantly That said, the organisers only really supplied that kinda stuff to the main event’s participants You could say it was rather cold hearted for theot elionize the the as kind of what this tourna potions to all thousand or so participants would probably put the organisers well in the red, so it was honestly only fair There was also always healing ain, healers weren’t really so in the prelims

Speaking of which, healing ic was precisely what made it possible for the tourney to take over the course of such a short time period Its effects were more or less instant, so injured participants didn’t have to wait for their injuries to heal All they needed was for someone to say the word, and they’d be back in tip top shape

『You feeling nervous at all?』

「Nn Fine」

Fran nodded We’d done everything we could these past few days to get ourselves as ready as we could possibly be, and so, the look on her face ale of confidence

『I’ll just stay on the sidelines and watch unless we run into soht?』

「Nn Want to kno far we can go」

Fran wanted to both test her own strength and see how ether

There was still a decent bit of tih town at a rather leisurely pace The venue ere headed to happen to be right by the guild, so eren’t even the slightest bit worried about getting lost

Ito Fran the tourney’s rules

Given that this was a martial arts tournament, an event that almost seemed to ooze with violence, there weren’t actually all that many restrictions We just had to be careful not to consuood There weren't any rules against any skills and spells, you were prettyone would probably want to avoid would be the Evil Arts, as using theet instantly mobbed by any and all nearby adventurers

The only part of the rules that we really had to pay attention to was the part that detailed what you could and couldn’t do with summons Any non-human summons were in fact allowed, but only under the condition that they weren’t su Urushi+ so long as we had him hide in Fran’s shadow and have not come out until she pretended to suainst the rules, was because they stated that rules regarding su else that happened to function in a si as the creature you called was initially either not present or hidden froht

Fortunately, there weren’t any restrictions with regards to ic items, you could use whatever you wanted It seemed that what this tournament cared about wasn’t one’s base stats, but rather how strong one ith all one’s gear and familiars factored in as well

There were only two possible ways to get disqualified The first was to leave the ring, and the second, to deliberately attack someone that’d already surrendered

Fran looked at all the stalls around her as she slowly made her way forwards, but as one could expect, not even she was enough of a glutton to start chowing down the ht her first match

『You can eat as ht?』

「Nn」

She continued glancing at the stalls in our vicinity despite voicing her agree that couldn’t be helped Stalls started appearing en an, and theirshort of delicious

Her staring any longer would only serve to teuild I didn’t think we’d end up stopping on our way there given that she’d hit the gas, but for some odd reason, we did