"Lady Carmilla, please stand behind us. Please use us as a shield to protect you.

　One of the vampires says.
　I'll let them do what they want.

　When I made sure there was no response from me, the vampires under my command shuddered with joy.
　They are the ones who are easy to treat, in a way, because they are happy whether I respond or ignore them.

　Well.

　There is what is commonly referred to as a second position (second job).
　There is no second position (job) because it is the one that God shows us.

　However, not everyone has only one talent.
　Some may say they are good at cooking and exercise.

　A job title] is something that tells you what occupation is best suited for you.
　To use the previous analogy, there can be people who are good at cooking but are also good at exercise.

　At such a time, you might say, "I'm a chef, but my second job is as a martial artist.

　I don't know if it's a matter of what I say, but since there is no God's guarantee, it can be made as big as you want depending on how you feel about it. Of course, it can't be used for adventurer registration.
　Still, there are times when it is useful.

　I'm also a 【Title(Job)】 blood manipulator, but because I have the aptitude for 【Trainer】 I can use the vampire bats.

　Since there is no revelation by God, it's something you have to find in your own life, but there are those who find it and make it useful.

　--though very unfortunately, there are some people like Reme who have tried everything and have not found it.

　On the contrary, he was blessed with no talents other than black magic, but still continued to work hard, and as a result, he is where he is now.

　After thinking that far - an indication.

　When I thought I heard the sound of splitting the sky, Hagenty's outstretched hand - an arrow was grabbed.
　When she applied the slightest amount of force, the arrow snapped off.



　I stopped the bow and arrow that was fired at me after I saw it.
　This would be a godsend for a human (normal), but it's not so difficult for a vampire.

''Let me teach you which side is being hunted,''

　I say, and then Hagenty glances at me.

'Fine. However, you must overrun them one-on-one.

　Except for Botis, who had disappeared from the beginning, three vampires disappeared.

　[Black Mage] How a party of five people made it through the qualifiers.

　This was simple to say, the idea was to intervene in the battle between the other parties and collect support points.

　If they stood out too much, they would be crushed from the front.
　Hence, quietly and surreptitiously, if you see an opportunity that someone is about to leave, you will cast black magic on that person.
　That way, each player gets five points without directly defeating the enemy.

　There's nothing wrong with that in terms of the rules, and if you're serious about winning, that's one tactic.
　But that qualifier is not sweet enough to win on its own.
　The reason why they were able to gather enough support points to get through the qualifying round.

''Guh, ahhh...!

　The walls of a certain building are breached and a [Black Mage] is blown away.
　That man held a large shield and carried a sword at his waist.

　Although he wasn't far behind a [Heavy Warrior] or [Holy Knight], he probably had the aptitude to take on the role of a shield.
　However, the shield was shattered to pieces by the vampire's fist that followed, and its head was blown away by the hand sword before he could draw his sword.

''U, my arm...!

　The [Black Mage] woman who first fired an arrow at me was screaming as she saw her hands rolling across the roof.
　She seemed to have an archer-leaning 【Hunter】 aptitude.

　Her aim was certain. She must have made an effort.
　However, it wasn't enough to kill a vampire.

''What do you say it's at least an arm?''

　Although not visible from here, Hagenty must be smiling lecherously.

''........That's quite a bit of magic.

　I say to him without even looking back.
　He probably has [Assassin] aptitude, to a [Black Mage] who is good at hiding his presence and magic power.

''Kutu........!　It's resisted.　But--

"'But', what?　Let's hear it.

　My question will never be answered.
　He has already had his heart's guts pierced from behind. By Lamia, who is an [assassin] in her own right.

d*mn it........!

　The one who came out from inside the building to escape was a 【Black Mage】 youth with a one-handed sword.
　Does he have an aptitude per [Warrior]?

　However, a single swing of the sword is far from enough.
　The vampire he is dealing with is a [Blood Manipulator]. A person who is skilled in manipulating his own blood.

　Six swords sprouted from the backs of his subordinates like spider legs.
　The youth would soon be carved into fine dust.

　How they survived the qualifiers.
　Not only did they take support points where they could get them, but they had also acquired the ability to fight to some extent on their own.

　The competence of each one of us as [Black Mages] is also high, for example, if five of us cast black magic on one target, it would pass if it wasn't too much of an opponent.
　If it is an opponent that is unable to move or stop thinking, he can be made to leave even with a bow or sword that is not up to his profession.

''You're the leader, aren't you? The only one, a pure [Black Mage].

　Probably the most competent as a [Black Mage].

　It's not always a good thing to dabble in other things.
　Even Leme-san during the Fenix Party era had to pay the price of 'only appearing to be prodded by those around him' in exchange for making his friends win smoothly.

　Because he continued to exercise too advanced black magic, he was unable to move significantly himself.

　Even if he found an aptitude that could be called a second position (second job), honed it, and acquired skills that could withstand the actual battle.
　If you devote your consciousness to that, of course, the black magic would be neglected because of that.

　This leader would be the one to compensate for that.
　He's a man in his late twenties or so.

''Come.''

....

　The man stood in front of me as if he was ready and poured his magic power into his staff.
　Then, he unleashed a black magic with his full strength.

　It shaved off a lot of my resistance (resist), but not enough to pierce it.
　I slice through him with the blood sword I've created.

　He falls to his knees, spewing magic power from his chest.
　The gaze of the man looking up at me was asking: ''Why?

　''Why?'' And.

　Why did you respond to me one-on-one? I asked.
　I didn't answer it, but said instead.

"How did you intend to hold on to the most powerful position in the world?

　I don't deny their methods.
　Considering their skills, they would have trained each other on a regular basis while casting black magic on each other.

　They were treated coldly in the adventuring industry, but they still didn't give up, honing their skills, looking for a second position (second job), training and dreaming of one day being able to play an active role in the party.
　It's great.

　In fact, you qualified.
　But.

　There's only one problem with them.

"The Fountain of Heaven competition is for the strongest contestant.

　It's not just a matter of having the ability to get through the qualifying round.
　At the end of the day, they had to overthrow the strongest Demon King and the once first adventurer.

　This party had found one form after a bloody effort, but it was not equipped with the vision to reach the strongest.

　The man opened his eyes and did so - and left.
　The subordinates have already returned to me.

''Le ... the Wraith Party seems to be waiting for us.

　You were about to say, Lady Remeghton.
　Hagenty reacts to Botis' words.

''Hmph. The two little guys and that [Black Mage] are the ones who once broke through our third layer. This is our chance to make up for it.''

　The All Heaven Festival competition is an event to determine the strongest person.
　I ruminate on the words I said just a moment ago.

　Of course, I'm going to win.
　That means that even if I were to compete against my beloved Demon King, his friends, or Reme, I would win.



　There is no one here who is unaware of Lord Remegeton's power.
　Even Hagenty, who personally hates him, has even made a deal with the ring.

　It's probably not right to respond with a head-twisting scheme against him.

　The easiest thing for him to do is to deal with someone who is underestimating him.
　But the next best thing to that would be someone who would be wary of him and scheming.

　You only have to look at his tag team tournaments and his usual defenses to see that.

　His threats are - crushing the small tricks, overwhelming power.

　For example, it's like 【Brave Man of Fire】 Fenix or 【Brave Man of Storm】 Aerial.

　No matter how much he aimed to be the strongest, it was unlikely that he would be able to rival the four great spirit contractors on his own.
　However, he's not without a hand.

　He will be serious.
　So we will be serious as well.

''Still, we will win.


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　The girls showed up.
　Excluding Botis-san, four vampires.

　At the head of the group is [Queen of Vampires] Carmilla.
　My benefactor, my friend, my companion...................Sofre?　She can be, too.

　Today, the most appropriate one would be so - a competitor, I suppose.

'Good evening, Wraith party?

　Carmilla greets me gracefully.

'Did you see the weather report this morning?'

　Our leader never lets himself get out of line.

"...No, you?

You know what?　But be careful, it's raining hard right now.

I'm not sure...

　At that moment, rain fell all around the area.
　The rain was recreated by Wraith-kun's spirit magic.

''I see...'' "I see... [Black Mage] Reme's idea, right?

So what do you do?

　Her eyes were covered with a black cloth, but I could see that the corners of her mouth were twisted into a smile.

''Right. Well, then, let's fight, dripping with water.''

　For now, we could turn our chosen location into a battlefield.
　It will work.

　Because...