"The game is over!

　The girl's voice of victory echoes through the blue sky.


"The winner, the winner!　A huge wall that has survived the Wild Hunt that has been challenging it for supremacy!　The storm that rages!　It's the Wilderness Storm Blade!


　The cheers that erupted were feverish.
　The momentary silence was just a stepping stone for everyone to reveal their emotions beyond the momentary time.

　The end came only in the form of Izuna Sienzan of the Wilderness Storm Blade touching the head of Leafy Lean Glide of the Wild Hunt.

　The title of "Last Year's Best Bout" shone brightly on her.

　However, it was not an overwhelming victory for the Wilderness Storm Blade side.
　Everyone in the arena knew that the cheers would surely be in praise of the winners and regret for the losers.

　The only ones who knew and regretted it were the girl who gently put away the sword she had just swung, and the young man who now exhaled heavily and put his cowboy hat back on to hide his face.

I didn't get it, huh?

　But for the young man who raised the corners of his mouth under his hat, it was definitely an opportunity for revenge.
　I'm sorry, but I did my best. That's why he smiled.

It was a great move.
"It's a relief to hear you say that.

　It's a good thing I'm not the only one who can't do that.
　His onslaught was finally over. If you look at your feet, you can see the cobblestones glittering, even though there was no confetti flying around.
　I laughed, knowing that it was all due to my own shattered blade.

　I've used up my spare sword. I gave it all I had.
　If this defeat is the result of that, then there is a gap in strength that must be acknowledged.
　I feel frustrated and ashamed.
　And-- the regret that I couldn't let him win burns in my heart.

　I wonder if I could have done more.
　I wonder if I could have done more to improve my skills.

　I can't stop thinking about how I'm a bad hexenbiest hunter.

　But it all comes together. In the end, my opponent was stronger than me.

It was fun.
"Yeah. It was.

　The thoughts are endless. But if there's one thing I know, one thing I know for a fact, it's that I was defeated by the men in front of me. I was not good enough. In other words, I wasn't good enough.

　I don't think it was a close call. You missed a one in ten chance of victory. I was outmatched by simple physical strength.
　My fingertips, still chattering and numb, tell me this.

　If you look at the hand that lost the sword, you will see another knotted palm.

　Arrows smiled and took the hand.

"Well, don't worry about it, okay?

　Arouz says, squeezing his hand tightly.
　You can tell just by this calm exchange that the man in front of you is thinking of himself as a loser and can't even take pride in his own victory.

　He shows his teeth and cowers his shoulders.

　If you don't take more pride in your victories, you're making light of my abilities.

"I've only failed to hunt once. It's too early to settle the war between hunters and monsters. We're still alive in this arena after all. Spunky.

　Yeah.
　We haven't been killed or seriously injured. We haven't been eaten by a hexenbiest.

　Arrows laughs at the fact that the arena is a very conscientious system, just because the people you are hunting are a hundred times stronger than hexenbiests.

"The Hunter and the Hexenbiest, I guess. How does that work?
"Ha, easy. But the arena is kind to the hunters, it's very kind to them. The only way a hunter can be defeated is to die.

　And...

　The Hunter's condition for defeat is to die." And then he relaxes his grip on his hand, turns away with the thought of a rematch next time.

"The Hunter's condition for victory is. A hunter's condition for victory is to win once, even if you lose a hundred times.

　Today, we lost.
　Izuna Sienzan, Wind Earth Note.
　--Wilderness Storm Blade.

　One more thing to add to the list of revenge.
　But it's better than having nothing to do.

　So," Arrows lowered his eyebrows at the girl in front of him.
　He shook his fist in frustration as he tried to bring her home.




　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.

I'm not sure what to do.

　In the event that you have any questions concerning where and how to use the internet, you can call us at the web site.

　In the event that you've got a great deal of time, you'll be able to take advantage of it. Carrying a hammer and axe on her back, she waved to the crowd as she made her triumphant return.
　Even her back is the very back of the "fighting swordsman" she had longed for.



　No matter what kind of opponent he fights, after the match he smiles and reports his victory to the crowd. I admired his coolness and realized how difficult it was.
　It takes a lot of effort just to win a fight, but he still has time to smile.

　The distant peak of his longing was enough to accelerate Leafy's frustration.

　He wondered if he had even been able to exhaust him yet.

　The only thing he could do was to stand there with his emotions, wondering if he had lost the battle.

"You lost spectacularly.

　I couldn't help but turn around at the sound of his carefree voice.
　I turned around at the sound of his carefree voice, wondering how he could be so carefree when he had lost.

"Yeah, I lost badly. Look at that. I can barely stand still.

　I can't even stand still." Leafy muttered as he stared at them waving their big guns in front of him. I'm not sure if I'm going to win or not," he said, scratching his head.

"Originally, it was a choice between winning and losing. And you lost. That's all.
That's all. ......!

　I wondered how hard he had worked for that.
　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do it.

"Hey, hey, stop that reaction. You can't hide the fact that you're frustrated too.
...... Sorry.
But you're right. I'm sorry, but I'm telling you, their power is different, so it's no wonder they can afford it.
What's that, like ...... giving up?
Okay?

　I'm not sure what you mean.
　In the event that you've got a lot of time and energy, you'll be able to make the most of it.

I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that.
"......
No, it's not.　It doesn't matter how much energy they have, the first one to stick a blade in wins. --You saw the first game. It's how you win that counts. It's not about killing them or hunting hexenbiests.



　What we're here to do is hunt the sage.



We're going to hunt down the Sage of Swords, and we're going to make him leave as a loser next time.
"............ Yeah. Sure.

　I'm sure you will.
　Next time, we won't lose. We'll even make this defeat count.


　That's what I promised myself.


　The second combat tournament of the Wild Hunt ended with the curtain being raised.









"Come on, big brother, big brother, big brother!
What's wrong? You're up.
I'm not waking you up in the morning!

　I wonder if that's how he wakes up every morning.
　The Pomodoro siblings resumed their normal commentary, making the audience imagine that they were smiling.

"That was great, game two!
Yes, it was. I couldn't help but shout out as well. Tag matches have a quality and ...... heat that only tag matches can have. You've convinced me of that.
"Heh.

　I'm not sure why she's embarrassed here, not even the audience, not even Futa.
　You can find a lot of things that you can do to make your life easier.

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I'm not the only one.
Yeah. Honestly, I couldn't.

　In order to clean up the field before the next game, and to bridge the gap before the performance, we had our usual talk time.

　The topic was, of course, the second game.

That moment was probably the Wild Hunt's last chance to win. It was the sharpest flash of the day, that's for sure.

　Futa did his job as a commentator as he calmly analyzed and talked about the development of the match leading up to that final strike.

　Arrows was completely subdued by Wind, and vice versa. The pseudo one-on-one was a huge advantage for the Wilderness Storm Blade side.
　That's why they had to resort to surprise.
　And that stratagem was brilliant.

　And most of all.

I'm sure there were some people watching who thought they might win if they persisted. But the Wild Hunt knew that if they let this game slip away, they'd be trapped by a solid groundpower gap. At the very least, it was a natural decision considering that Arrows' twin swords were already gone.

　That's why they took the fight to them.
　And their stratagem had a good chance of victory.

　Their coordination was excellent, probably one of the best in the tournament, Huta said.

I can't do it if I'm thinking about my next move, I just need to get this one sword in the air as fast as I can. That was Leafy's final blow. So it was inevitable that there would be a large gap between the two if it was avoided.



　So the winner is...

"By the time Izuna touched Leafy, the fight was already over. It was already over when Izuna ducked or hit Leafy's sword. It's the last thing you want to do at .......
I'm not sure what to make of that.
It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what you need to do. ...... only.
I'm not sure.

　It's not a good idea for a commentator to mumble something like a random thought.
　But the faraway look in Futa's eyes made Pasta follow the words.

　I'm sure there was something in his eyes that only a fighting swordsman could see.

It's just that... I think that was probably Izuna's way of encouraging him. That's why ......".

　I'm not sure what to say.

I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it's a good idea. ...... He gave a pep talk to a great swordsman coming from below. That makes me happy.


　Who said that, the first wall of eight flashes under the sky.
　You can imagine how humiliated he felt about that reputation, and how he must have felt about the strong opposition coming up.

　And yet, he surely told Leafy to "come up".
　That's something he got from coming to King's Landing.

　Yes, something.


"...... Still, Izuna is going to be a great fighting swordsman. I thought so.
If Izuna gets any stronger, my brother will be in danger!
"Yeah, I'm not going to lose.

　Only he doesn't know that it's this kind of carefree dialogue that is slowly attracting more and more fans.



"Okay!



　When the commentary for the second game is over, the signal will be sent that everything is ready.

　The maid who had been cleaning the cobblestones as if she were an alter ego earlier was suddenly wielding a sign with a circle on it.

　If you look closely, you can't help but notice that it's not a circle but a face, but for the time being, I just chalked it up to my imagination and let it go.

I also ignored the mysterious sign that threatened to pour sauce on my head.

　Futa smiled bitterly throughout the game.


The third game is about to start!　You might want to get ready, big brother!
You might need to get ready! I'm going to have to show them that I'm as good as them.
"Wow, the bar is high.
"Yeah, ...... is the highest of them all.

　He narrowed his eyes and muttered.
　Then he asks in an unscheduled manner.

If the card for game three is decided, that means the card for game four is also decided, right?

　There are only two games left. Four teams and eight players.
　In other words, when the card for the third game is decided, the card for the fourth game will automatically become transparent.

　This is different from the previous situation where the special offers were kept secret.

"Yeah, let's put them all together.

　The audience cheered in anticipation.
　Pasta smiled lightly and said.
　No matter what the combination, the format of the announcement was decided from the beginning.

　Rather than announcing only the card for the third match and wasting time on guessing later, the "manager" decided that visual impact was more important.

"All right, everyone. Take a look before you go to the bathroom!


　My ears perked up at the girl's cheerful voice.


　Eyes on the cobblestones, the matchup of the cards.



"Here are the cards for the second half of today's game - the third and fourth games of the second round!


　With the audience's expectations high, the second half of the tournament began to unfold.


　The matchups that defied expectations were, as you might expect, drawn by lot.

　Before the third game began, the audience was very excited.




　The second round of the official tournament.


　The third match.


　Team Friendship" vs "Shadow Blade Brothers









　Second round of the official tournament.


　The fourth match.


　Kuro Cat Thieves" vs.






　--"In the City of Dreams (Eisenhart)




　I wonder what he was thinking when he named them.
　I'm not sure if you've ever heard of it, but I'm sure you've heard of it.