Yomigaeri no Maou

Among the cheers and applause to praise the winner, there was just one person who ran out of the arena with his face blue.

What is in his head is nothing more than how to deal with the great problems that would be caused by the sight played out in front of him earlier.

The roar that occurred the moment the swords of Gran and Lulu collided, and the cracking sound of something that followed, was clearly the tone of the collapse of the absolute barrier.

Imagine how panicked the ancient youth (elves) would be by that, who would be managing an absolute barrier generator behind the arena.

I wouldn't mind that if they were able to deal with it properly among other things, and I think it would probably be okay because everyone brought them here in the first place are good technicians......

However, feeling unwiped anxiety, Elf Clan Chief Lottos hurried to the back of the arena where the device was located.

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"Hey, what's going on over there!?

"... oh, no more of this. The magic converter is burning... can we make it up to you with the second machine!?

"Not this way either! The conversion furnace is down as well! And the hepatic magic wall generator is distorting its shape... if you can't help it, it will explode..."

If Lottos had reached the scene, what was spreading there was exactly how the young ancient (elf) technicians were desperately resisting the kind of busyness that could be described as a hell of a painting for the technicians.

Picking up fragmentary words and putting them together in my head, I can see that some of the absolute barrier generators I've brought with me seem to be doing something about the part that converts magic filled with demonic stones and the part that uses converted magic to create an absolute barrier entity.

I can also understand this busyness when it seems that we have managed to be safe for the other parts of it, but those two parts, which should nevertheless be said to be the most important, have been broken.

The next game is holding back, so it looks like we're trying to get over the part of the five or so absolute barrier generators we've been burying in time with just the ones that aren't broken yet, but from what I've heard, there were reports flying around that four of the five are no longer likely to be used.

This is... no.

Lottos thought so.

At least two, or three, would have worked it out.

I was going to bring five absolute barrier generators, so I should have been able to get through any number of glitches.

But the unexpected and powerful collision of forces crippled four cars.

Even if we force the rest of the cars to run here, none of the games that remain after this will be comparable to the qualifiers'.

Where it is an absolute barrier that is created by the complex overlapping of multiple junctions, only one cannot reproduce an important part of it, only to the extent that it can create something somewhat more powerful than a normal junction.

And then you can't possibly take extraordinary sorcery or anything, and as a result, you could destroy the last one.

That's why Lottos told the young technicians who panicked.

"Listen, you ancient (elf) young engineers!

In those words, they move around the scene and all they could see was the device, and they realize they did what their chief had done.

And I turned my eyes to pray that they would show me what to do now.

Lottos understood it and nodded with a loud expression, just now talking about the decision he had made.

"... Apparently, the absolute barrier generator broke. Even without reporting, I listened to everyone and sensed what was going on. Of the five, four barrier generators were broken. Am I right?

When asked, the youngest ancient tribe (elves) of the technicians nodded and said:

"Yes... I've been exploring the possibility of not being able to replace this one somehow or... repair something else..."

"I can't, can I?

"... Yes. At least by the end of the day…"

Shin, to the young Ancient tribe (elves) who dropped their shoulders disappointingly in a manner, Lottos shook his head and hit his shoulder, then said in a soft voice.

"It's not the Lord's fault. Nor is it the fault of the others. Honestly, I didn't even assume that this time... even if it was extraordinary, it would have produced so many shocks. That's why the number of absolute barrier generators I've brought this time is five, damn it. Destruction by impact, rather than some kind of glitch, may occur on one or two of them, as predicted. But Gran and Lulu both did... No way, I would destroy this absolute barrier that we built by collecting excerpts of our technology, albeit small and simple, with the power of the individual... I can only say that this is no longer entirely unexpected. So nobody cares."

"But......!

I wasn't convinced, or one of the young ancient tribes (elves) being struck by their fuzziness comes forward and tries to say something.

But Lottos shook his head and continued.

"Whatever you say, things are no longer the same. Beyond this, there's only one way to get a new absolute barrier generator out of my country or repair it. And if we cancel the tournament here, it's obvious that there will definitely be a riot... we'll have to show the technician more than it takes a few days to weeks to pick it up..."

"... you say?

To a young engineer leaning his neck, Lottos said.

"There's nothing I can do that I can't fix today. Tomorrow, it could be tough. But until the day after tomorrow, we'll figure it out. Then you might not have to stay up all night...... would you do it?

I mean, fix that dialogue with the intention of dying.

It's more obvious than looking at the day that you'll be in a lot of trouble, something you don't want to do if you can.

But there was no one here who could shake the engineer's head when he was told.

Besides, Lottos says he's postponing it for two days.

From now on he has nothing more than to bow his head everywhere and go root, and the battle is also visible to be tougher than that, no, of the technicians.

And that's what Lottos says while he understands it.

All the technicians in this room came here in anticipation of Lottos.

Beyond that, it was only natural that he should be thanked, and the young engineers stared at Lottos with a determined eye and nodded strongly.

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At the end of the game with Gran, Lulu returned to the athlete's seat in the arena.

Speaking of Gran, he was completely passed out and, moreover, he didn't seem to have the strength to stand with most of his internal magic powers due to the use of the Magia Gladius, which was rarely transported to the infirmary with a stretcher in his superiority.

I guess I'm getting generous nursing now.

Lulu squeezed his power and fought just like Gran, but magically there's still room, and it's not that hard.

However, I honestly have the feeling that I have shed too much magic on my body.

Not so much that you can't fight, but feeling some numbness in your hands and feet would not be a very good trend.

It seems that the strain on the body caused by too much magic flushing cannot be treated by healing and healing magic, and it didn't do much to try it.

Recovery and healing magic is also, in principle, a technique that lets magic flow through the body, which may be difficult to work on a body that has been terrified in a magical sense.

I didn't think I could do much of that in a row, but I decided to be careful from now on.

Then for a while I waited for the next game to start, but it wasn't until the surrounding audience's voice of dissatisfaction grew that I realized it wouldn't start forever.

Until earlier, you should have taken a long, dozen minutes of interval and the next game was starting, but after roughly half an hour all this time, nothing starts.

Exactly when the audience started to think it was strange, or when the voice of anxiety came up on purpose, the voice of the announcement sounded inside the arena.

'I would like to inform everyone who was at the venue that… the match that was supposed to take place today will be postponed until the day after tomorrow because of a glitch in the barriers caused by the shock of the earlier match between Lulu and Gran'

When Lulu heard the voice, he thought, oh, yeah.

I guess that sound of something cracking was definitely the sound of a broken barrier.

That collision between Lulu and Gran has exceeded the limit strength of the barrier, roughly because of the isolation of modern swordsmen from each other and the creation of great shocks.

If the opponent wasn't Lulu, and if Gran wasn't using the Magia Gladius again, the junction would likely have remained.

But because both of them were unluckily aligned from the ancient tribes (elves), they put the burden of that unpredictable scale on the line.

The audience in the arena had started blasting discontent and yelling and throwing all sorts of things around the area where the announcement was postponed, and I felt really sorry for Lulu as its culprit.

However, as an audience, they seem to be on the ancient tribe (elves) and operations that couldn't maintain the barrier rather than having a bad Gran or Lulu, and the evil is mostly flying to them.

Listening to it, Lulu filled them with sympathy and sorrow.

I should have been well prepared to say that both the Ancient Nation (Elves) and the Games management are probably adequate, and beyond that, because it is only a late unfortunate accident that two things that could not have been aligned in this era: the Demon King and the Ancient Demon Weapons.

No one can possibly predict that, and even if they could, no one would know what response to take.

Plus it's the first time a special prize has competed in a martial arts tournament, so I guess I can take a big look at it in that sense, but from the audience, I'm in a mood close to having the treat in front of me suddenly featured meaninglessly.

Their anger never subsided, and the audience who left the arena that day followed the path as everyone complained.

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The martial arts tournament has been postponed, which means I got a day and a half in a way that I never thought possible.

It's just not a bad idea to be grabbing at home, but it looks like Illis is willing to use his spare time to do his chores, and Kyou's been called up by Chiffon for a part-time job as usual.

It seems that the tavern is still busy today, and because of the angry situation of postponing the martial arts tournament, we need Kyou's arm as a caution stick because there will be few rough guests coming to the store.

It seems that Kyou's name, which is coming up to the main battle, is no longer quite famous, and just being in a liquor store can be a deterrent.

Even if someone laughs at it as just a rumor and attacks it, where Kyou's strength is certain, he is instantly sunk and beaten out.

In a house with two working girls, objectively speaking, probably the most upper-looking position, but that's why I didn't have the guts to just grind while the two worked.

"... just fine, even if it's some kind of job..."

With that said, Lulu heads to the Adventurers Union (Guild).

The Adventurers' Union (Guild) is well open and requests can be ordered as well as normal days, not to mention during the fighting competitions.

Moreover, many adventurers, as spectators and contestants in the Martial Arts Games, seemed to stop leaning on the Adventurers' Union (Guild) at this time, and the asking fee seemed to be set at slightly higher.

Nevertheless, the fighting tournament ended in half a day today, and I opened the doors of the Adventurers' Union (Guild) thinking that adventurers who were free, like Lulu, were coming to get a request, but surprisingly, few of them were idle.

Receptionist who seems to be free...... If you visit Alin of the Lepus Animazeas about this likelihood,

"... they've all gone to the tavern. Probably tubular wrapped around it. If you have time to do that, it feels like you should work."

And they said it with the opposite or saggy face as usual.

Union (guild) officials also have to work at times like this, or even so few people come. I guess they follow.

However,

"... So, what are you doing here?

Because I say

"I was free, so I took the request..."

When I said that, he introduced me to various requests with an obviously happy look.

He was really free, and he couldn't seem to hide his joy from Lulu, the adventurer, who was finally here.

So when I was worried as I looked at the various requisitions put out, I heard voices from behind.

"Oh, Lulu!

Looking back, there was Rusty.

Besides, there's another adventurer coming in from behind it, and if you look at it, it's Ortes.

I guess they didn't come together at the right time, but Lulu decided to give them a voice.

"Rusty...... and Ortes too. Did you guys get a favor?

Then Rusty looks back at himself and acknowledges Ortes.

Then, I asked Lulu and Ortes if they knew each other, so when they nodded, I greeted them lightly and started introducing myself.