(Wn) Chapter 187 (1/2)

In the Waiting Room

Today was the day ould fight our second preliminary match

Its location, a large stadiu ground in which we’d fought the first round

The first round’s 1000 plus participants had been cut down to a measly 240 Soon, that 240 would be further reduced all the way down to 48

The participants were split into 2 groups of 120, with each assigned to one of the two larger stadiums the event was to be hosted in Both stadiu as how the second preliminary round not only functioned as the first round open to spectators, but also the only public round that featured battle royale style matches The 5 FFA forht it fresh cohout the rest of the tourney

Another reason spectators enjoyed flocking to both this round and the tournaamble Everyone other than the match’s participants would be allowed to bet to their hearts’ content Participants were banned fro theirwas considered a serious criuilty of it would be put to death

Inhad been an act that was often associated with organized crime and the underworld as a whole, but that apparently wasn’t so we had to be concerned with Dias was rather strict, he was known for cracking down on and preventing it Larger crianisations would always be destroyed the anisations so off the radar, but none of theh power to have their way

Plus, the Adventurer’s Guild was the entity responsible for all the bookkeeping They possessed the power, authority, and talent necessary tohappened, so there really wasn't much to worry about

『Alright, let’s go』

「Nn」

We still had a fair chunk of tian, but apparently, all participants actually needed to arrive earlier than was scheduled Hence, we’d planned to spend about 30room

Fran didn’t actually seem nervous She was still her usual taciturn self despite the upco second preliminary round Since we had a bita bunch of stuff on her way over to the stadium

『Man, this place is huge』

「Nn」

The venue was athat looked almost exactly like a colosseu it from up close, but I could feel the excitement contained within nonetheless The sheer hype amount of hype that filled the arena was only evidenced by the ridiculously loud cheers we heard boo out from within

Fran headed inside through the co’s rear Today’s receptionist seeether, and so, weus in our tracks All of the other participants immediately turned towards Fran the arded her with surprise, contenored them and found herself a seat

To her, this was only normal

There were a total of 5 different waiting waiting rooanisers had intentionally made it so people wouldn’t run into their opponents prior to actually entering the arena in order to one as far as to set a rule stating that co rooms’ confines

「The hell’s a brat like you doing here? Scram!」

Unfortunately, people were people, and rules weren’t always respected

One of the second round’s participants i off to Fran despite the fact that he would’ve realized that she wasn’t just some random kid if he’d so ht would've allowed hiiven that she'd gotten through the first preliminary round

The ar look on his face, went out of his way to rise to his feet and approach Fran The fact that we coainst the rules put me at a loss I wasn’t really sure how to handle the situation given that eren’t allowed to do the usual thing and just smack him to shut him up

It turned out that Fran didn't share my sentiments She knew exactly what to do, as evidenced by the fact that she activated all her intimidation-type skills without a moment's hesitation That is, she immediately filled the entire room with an incredible amount of pressure

『Hey Fran, you’re going a bit overboard there』

「Nn?」

Fran’s aura had caused many of the other participants to rise to their feet with the faces paled and their weapons drawn out of sheer habit — and they’d only been been hit with collateral dae

Theher bloodlust at had lost control of his legs and fallen flat on his ass He was tre out

「Nn」

「Hii…」

He even went as far as i backwards the moment Fran laid eyes on him

Welp It getting all quiet was good and all, but I kinda felt bad for e did to all the other contestants

They weren’t able to relax until after Fran cancelled the skills and bowed her head in apology That said, their expressions had ulti stern; most seemed to have come to understand their own relative weakness

Yup, she definitely went overboard

Everyone present re froely distant Fran, however, literally didn’t give a shi+t She silass of juice out of her di it with an innocent look on her face like it was nobody’s business

The at as is until another contestant ended up entering the room

「Oh hey, well if it isn’t the Magic Sword Girl」

「Nn? Lydia?」

「Hey, long ti part in the tourney too?」

The girl that walked into the otherwise tense room was Lydia, an adventurer we met back in Barbra, and a nize, as her face was currently decorated with its usual expressionless mask