Her opponent in the final match was a female elf named Vogue, the current Spirit King.
　She was a beautiful model with burgundy hair down to her waist.

''It's a pleasure to meet you, Second Double Crown.

　When she confronted me, she bailed gracefully and showed a polite greeting. Her voice was beautiful and calm, in keeping with her beauty.

''It's me too, Spirit King.''

　When I say a few words, Vogt smiles at me and then gives me a beautiful bow. He looks like a man in an opera.

　...... The attitude is spare throughout the entire time. I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one. I'm sure you'll be able to see that he or she is completely relaxed and maintains a state of concentration. I'm not sure if this is the most "certain" woman I've ever met. It's a good thing that you're not expecting it, but this is the level of difference that you'd expect to see.


How confident are you?

　I'm going to try to guess, and I'm going to mess around a little bit.

'You'll just do the best you can in the moment. Me too, and you too.
You're right.

　I was lightly mocked. It's getting better and better.
　While I was thinking about this, she asked me a question.

Your mysterious spirit. Will you reveal the identity of your mysterious spirit?

　It's been zapped to the core.
　Apparently, she wanted to see Angolmore. Indeed, until now, she had possessed him right as she summoned him, so she couldn't see him properly.

'Don't worry. I'll show you the whole thing, every bit of it.
Oh, joy.

Both in position.

　They smile at each other and follow the referee's instructions to move into place.

　I guess we can have quite a bit of fun with this.


Start!

　The command is given.
　At the moment, they invoked the 《Spirit Summoning》 on each other.

　A pillar of fire rises in front of Vogue, enough to look up. The spirit that appeared from within it, I recognized it.

　Yes, I'm sure - the great spirit of fire (...) "Salamandala".

　On the other hand, although I've already "summoned the spirit", I still haven't heard anything from Angolmore. No way .......


''Ahh?　Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You didn't summon this guy yet?　Give me a break!　It's been a long time since I've had fun, and you're such a small fish--

"?　Salamandla!　Step back!


　-- immediately after.

　Dogan!　And then a thrust from the ground hits the entire arena.

　It's not an earthquake. It's Angolmore. It's just that he deliberately delayed the timing of the summons to stand out (...), and was thus trying to manifest himself noisily and in vain with his staging.


"...... geez, no way!

　The red-eyed, red-haired, handsome spirit, Salamandara, suddenly turned blue. The momentum of the flames he wears has also fallen off mindlessly.
　After all, any spirit is not good at Angolmore, I'm sure. Because he has the worst personality.

''Hahahahahahaha!

　With a high and pompous neutral laugh, a huge arm with a red-black and disastrous crest shot out of the ground.

　This is not going to destroy the arena. This is "staged". There was no damage done. It was a huge illusion created by Angolmore just to show off, to scare his opponents ...... maybe.

'Bow down!

　The huge arms were rapidly approaching, gushing lightning from the entirety, palms down, trying to crush Vogue and Salamandala.

''Whoa!

　Salamandala puts her hands forward and instantly creates a shield of fire. It's amazing, the great spirits of this world can control fire that freely regardless of the type of magic.

''Guh......!

　Bahoon!　And. A huge arm crushed the shield of fire created by Salamandala and dissipated the cloud.

　A fog instantly rises. A neutral and beautiful spirit with a rather ostentatious appearance, who was standing in front of me, opened her mouth.


It's been a long time since I've seen you, Salamander!　Is your bedtime urine okay?


　First move, the stunt.
　It was the descent of Angolmore, the Great Spirit King.

''Don't lie to me, Cora!　That's never happened to me!
Huh, you misremember. Oh, yeah, that was your father, wasn't it?
'Oh, my God!　Ki, I didn't want to hear it: ......

　Salamandala's flame shrank to a small size. Maybe that full-body flame was a sign of his tension.

'Saramandala. That genie is...'
Hmm?　Oh, yeah. That's Angolmore. He's the Great Spirit of Thunder.
The Thunder: "......

　Vogue gives him a grim look. Perhaps he realizes that he can't win by doing it straight.

''No. No, I'm going to be the Great Spirit King. Introduce me properly, you idiot! Listen to me carefully. I am Angolmore, the great king of spirits who rules over the four great attributes!

　Angolmore has no desire to stand out. And with his hell ears, he abuses his opponents at every opportunity. It's disgusting.

"Salamandla, one on one, can you win?
I don't think so. I could get through this for an hour.
...... There's no time limit for the final round.
It's so annoying. ......

　I think they're planning something.
　Good. We'll wait.

What would it be like to cook that red brother?
(You can serve it as it is with sashimi. (You can also serve it as sashimi. Or a full course.

　In other words, if you can kill them instantly, you can kill them at .......

　The time is now 3:30 p.m. The start of the final round was delayed a bit due to Mr. Slim's little ordeal, so we'll have to wait until sunset to enjoy it, however long it takes, which is about two hours.

(Full course, please.)
(GIGGLING)

　Maybe Vogue will let Salamandala and Angolmore fight one-on-one, and come to challenge me one-on-one.

　I think it's also a fight to attack directly with Salamandala with Spirit Possession, but the conditions are the same for me. Likewise, if we were to hit each other with Spirit Possession, my high status would win out. In that case, my status before the possession multiplied my status by 4.5 is still better. I'd say that if we played each other in our bare state, we'd still have a chance to win.

　And if so. It's a man's duty to go through with it.


Let's do it!　Oh, great king!
Very well. I'll handle it with my little finger.

　Hey. As expected, it looks like she's one-on-one with the genie separately. Nice decision.

　Immediately after, Salamandara and Angolmore begin to engage in an aerial battle with fire and lightning.

　...... Wow, this is great. It's more than I imagined. It's Gora vs. Kiggylla.


I'm not impressed with you guys!
It's okay, I can see it.

　I fluttered and ducked the Vogue sword that was approaching me.
　I knew it was coming, I had averted my gaze, but I didn't avert my gaze to consciousness.

''This is rude!''
You're welcome.
Have you always been bare-knuckled?
Hmm, maybe.

　I ducked her sword, which was not using any skills, with a flutter.
　However, your attacks are pretty accurate. It looks like it's going to hit you.

"Hmph!
Whoa.

　Suddenly, the sharpness of the sword increased. It's slow and steady.
　I take an evasive action a little larger.

　She didn't miss that opportunity.


There--!
!


　What she unleashed was not a sword.

　It was a body strike from the back - the Iron Mountain Reverberation.

　An octogenarian!　Surprised, I crossed my arms to defend myself.
　With a thud, I feel a shock in my body.


'...... and...'

　I was blown backwards and landed safely, even though I was a little off balance. The distance is about six meters. My arm goes numb. That's a lot of power. I see.

　Vogue Spirit King. She has a very high STR.

　Maybe even higher than me at .......


"maybe you can give me some tips on swordplay and what else you're up to?
I'm not as skilled as you are with the Dragon Horse and the Dragon King, but I am at least familiar with swordsmanship, body arts, spear arts, and magic.
No wonder you're so powerful.
Oh, thank you.

　Yuck. This elf, she's a power type.

　I've raised it all the way up to 【Swordsmanship】, 【Artsmanship】, 【Shielding】, 【Magic】, and 【Magic】, but she specializes in 【Swordsmanship】, 【Body】, 【Piercing】, and 【Magic】, mostly in STR. It's a bias that makes sense, because that power comes out of a mere body hit.

Do you think he's chickened out?
...... No way.

　I'm so glad I did.

　We already have a policy in place. This one is a hit-and-go standby with AGI.


Why are you laughing at ......!

　I stepped in with a dunk and entered her space in one go. This kind of thing is a game of speed. Don't give her time to swing her sword.

　After a body blow, I put an elbow in her face and pop her as hard as I can. Apparently she has a high STR, but her VIT isn't very high. There's a lot of damage going through there.


'Hey ......, you're doing it!'

　She wiped the blood dripping from her nose with the back of her hand and said a few words. Her eyes are never dead.

'Have you freaked out?'
...... Yeah, a little bit!

　He slashes at you with an assistant runner. She's honest.

　Considering her STR, it's dangerous if she takes even a single blow.
　However, if you get too close, a body hit like an eight-pounder is dangerous this time.

　Then, I'll approach too close, avoid it with a paperweight, hit her once and take off. It's better to keep doing this, if you can. If you can, that is.

'Oraa!'
d*mn it ......!

　Averted, avoided, and re-partitioned.

　Now let's see how many more minutes we have left ......?







　Two hours have passed.

　Salamandara and Angolmore are still playing with fire and lightning. Saramandla looked quite worn out, but she was still barely holding out. Angolmore, on the other hand, had a really disgusting smile on his face. It must be tremendous fun to shake things up.


''Haha...... haha......''

　As for me and Vogue, well, the important thing is.

'You're tired, stone cold.'
Yes, ...... you are very strong.
'It's not that I have a lot of physical strength, it's just that I have some SP management skills.

　The difference in technology was truly evident.

　Vogue was zealously breathing up and down his shoulders. My SP was still somewhat intact.
　If I moved around without thinking about it, I would be like Vogue. If you manage your SP well by eliminating unnecessary movements, you'll be like me. Simple as that.

　But that didn't seem to sit well with Vogue.

'...... funny. It's funny, you're saying that just managing the SP will do that ......?
Don't you believe it?
"This is far-fetched, ...... I've been alive for 144 years, I've been alive for 144 years. You've only been around for 17 years ......?　I don't agree with you at all.

　She seemed a little annoyed that I was playing with her for two hours.

　After all, we went at it for two hours and her sword never hit me once. I took a few body blows, but they didn't do much damage. Because of my high VIT due to my [Shield Technique] up, my VIT was high, so it didn't take much damage to get through.

　It seems that this situation is so "unchangeable" that even the serious-looking girl is stressed out and shouts out.

I'm 144 years old. That's amazing.
Yes. They're not very old to be human. Time is time.

　For 144 years, you've been building up your skills by cobbling together a safe amount of experience without overdoing it.

　Sure, she's strong. Considering the level of this world, I think she's pretty strong. I'm sure she's a genius. She's got everything in mind, body and soul, she's smart, she's sharp, she's got great ideas, she's dynamic, she's brave, she's careful, and she's lucky.


　But.

Arrogant. I don't want to lecture your 144-year-old sister about being arrogant, but I have to say. You're still arrogant.
...... What?
''You're conceited, you may have worked hard for over a hundred years and reigned as a Spirit King and no one could match you, but you can't still be satisfied. You can't be defensive.
No, you what?
You still don't know ten percent of this world.
...... Do you think you know everything?
No. I only know about 15 percent of what's going on.
...... What are you trying to say, my dear?
Don't get your head out of your ass, is that what you're saying?

　Mevion is a mystery to me.
　Our world is a mystery, even more so.

　Don't ever feel like you know what you're doing. You can't get complacent and become complacent. It's where everything gets stuck.


It's been a long time since I've had much fun. Let me show you my secret weapon as a reward.

　I decided to ask him to come out to the real picture, which is easy to understand, because I don't think he's going to understand me if I say it verbally.

　The time was 17:30. It was already dimly lit. The lighting in the arena was getting stronger than the sun.

Wait. The game is not yet--

Angolmore, I'm waiting for you.
What, are you done?　My second.

　When it was time to go, Angolmore came back to us with one last shot of oversized lightning.

''Teh, teh!　Wait!　d*mn it ......!

　Salamandla is a wreck to look at. He's been bullied pretty one-sidedly, apparently. In contrast, Angolmore is laughing unharmed. This is awful.


　Well.

"...... Vogue. I hope that gives you an idea of what you're dealing with.


　It's going to be pretty pitiful, but it can't be helped.

　She'll realize how skunked her 100+ years of effort was, but it can't be helped.

　She will fall to her knees and despair in front of a wall that she can't seem to reach no matter how hard she tries, but it can't be helped.


　It can't be helped. I've come into this world, so it's no use.



Come to ......, Anko.

　I lowered Angolmore back and performed a 《Demon Summoning》.

　What I summoned was a crystal that agglomerated and sublimated all the elements that would be the widest difference between this one and that one. The Dark Wolf Demon, Anko.


''............!!!!''

　Perhaps.
　She must have been terrified when she saw the figure of that black-robed woman.

　Immediately, she ordered 《Spirit Possession》 to Salamandala and readied her sword.


''May I slaughter it?''

　The narrow, closed eyes and the mouth that smiles gently. With the same expression on her face as usual, Anko asked me just one word.

"Show me how it's done.
"Thy will, my Lord.

　We must show them. The difference between here and there.
　If we don't make them know, we can't expect to have a summer.


"--What?

　Anko suddenly appeared right behind Vogue. 《Dark Transition》.

''Come on, Black Flame Spear.''

　Then, as if to provoke him, he performs the 《Dark Summoning》 as it is.

　Vogue fled. He didn't attack, he ran away, and I guess he aimed to regain his stance while planning countermeasures at the same time as recovering his SP. It's not a bad decision. If the opponent is not anko.

　Immediately afterwards, Anko equips a large spear of the Black Flame Spear that appeared like spinning darkness from the void.

　I can assure you. This is the end. No matter where and who the opponent is.
　Never let them equip that big spear. It's a more troublesome thing than the Dark Magic. Absolutely, at all costs, I had to stop it.


''It's a shame, I don't think I'll be able to enjoy it.

　Anko mumbles to herself.

　I understand that feeling very well. I understand well.

"Ugh.

　Anko lightly swung the Black Flame Spear and cornered the quickly moving Vogue's resistance to no avail.
　In addition to its nearly three meter reach, the ridiculously powerful black flames that were released with each swing gradually reduced the range of Vogue's action.


''It's impossible! ...... It's impossible, this is impossible!

　Even if he had activated 《Spirit Possession》, even if it would be foul, even if he fought using all the skills he could find, whether it was 【Swordplay】 or 【Bodywork】, he would still be completely incompetent, he must have understood that. Vogue shouted unreasonably (...) at the edge of the field.

　That was the last time.
　She was stunned by a direct hit from the [Dragon King Spear Art] while her entire body was burned by black flames.


''--Winner, second first test!


　Thus, in vain.
　My acquisition of the Spirit King and the birth of the first-ever Triple Crown holder was decided.