Narrator's Pov
In the morning of the second day of the founder festival, our protagonist found himself in a situation that he didn't consented to be in
Kaijuno's Pov
Kaijuno: (ok ok OK! Let's take a moment to consider the following. You're currently laying down on your bed, so far alright. But now unlike your usual mornings, instead of a fluffy fur fox lying on top of you, you now have as small girl. That alone is already a bad sight to catch yourself in. I may be an evil demon lord that shouldn't need to bother with morale high grounds, but something like this isn't something I want to actually be on the moral evil side of. Even some evil people can have a limit to how disgusting they can be. Standards are still very much important, even to a demon lord
I guess under technicalities, I'm not someone who would usually be considered to be disgusting in these type of situations since I myself am a child with over two years in. But I'm also a reincarnated person so would my previous years count? How old is Vulprower anyways? Is she older than me in both of me years included? Would she be the disgusting one in this situation? Would it matter whether or not that I didn't consented to be in this scenario
This situation isn't favorable to be in regardless which side is seen. If I wanted to catch a female sleeping on me, at least have it being a sexy fully grown lady rather than a small girl)
While I was in a typhoon of worries, the front door was opened. My bodygaurd, Lavandra had just entered the house as she commonly as down
Lavandra: Good Morning Kaijuno-Sama!
Kaijuno: (speaking of who, now I'm gonna be put on the spot! It's gonna be the whole "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? scenerio. First thing in the morning! Ok, hold on Kaijuno, thanks to thought acceleration I have way more time to react before Lavandra opens the door.
What to do, what to do tsk tsk tsk. Hmmmmmm screw it, just hid her under the bed like a portable game console and hope for the best)
Quickly using the very little time I have, I leaned Vulprower towards my side and kept her covered under the sheets from Lavandra's view, making it in record time
Kaijuno: Morning! Morning! Quite a great morning ain't it!?
Lavandra: Where is Vulprower? Isn't she usually with in you in the morning?
Kaijuno: Uuuuh, maybe she woke up early and went off with Willfla
Vulprower: Right here!
Kaijuno: (On No!)
Lavandra: Oh there she is
Kaijuno: Could you give me a moment to change out of my pj's? Before we head out and all
Lavandra: Of course, let me just get the sheets to wash
Kaijuno: W-Wai-
Before I could've prevented it, Lavandra pulled the bed sheets away, revealing the hidden Vulprower. . . . . who reverted back to their fox form
Kaijuno: (OH THANK VELDANAVA!!!)
Vulprower: Hi!
Lavandra: Hello there. Make sure not to take too long, we have a big day today
Kaijuno: yep! yep!
Carrying the bed sheets with her, I was left with my little snuggle fox
Kaijuno: . . . . So did you just gained a humanoid form now all of a sudden?
Vulprower: Yup! I wanted to suprise you
Kaijuno: And suprise me you did! *sigh* ok look look look, can you please avoid sleeping with me in your humanoid form
Vulprower: what!? Why!? Do you hate it?
Kaijuno: (Oh! I need to try to recover and not make myself look like a total jerk)
Kaijuno: No no no! I don't hate your new form at all nor is there anything wrong with it at all. It's just that it feels a bit different from your fox form
Vulprower: How so?
Kaijuno: Uuuuh, um . . . It's because there's less fur in your humanoid form is all. Yeah! All that fur is great to sleep with is all
Vulprower: Oh I see now. So master really loves my fur
Kaijuno: Yes! You're fur is not only super pretty but it's so soft, I just can't get enough of it. So please only use your fluffiest form when you're sleeping with me
Vulprower: Hai! I'll make sure to get an even fluffier form for master to love
Kaijuno: (What other form can she even get? But what ever that is, I'll make sure to embrace it fully in hugs and snuggles, there couldn't possibly be any uncomfortable drawbacks if there will be more fur involved. A least as long as it doesn't make me out to be such a sick bastard)
After getting dressed and eating a good stack of pancakes, I made a B-line towards the arena. It was the second day, which had scheduled for the main tournament set to take place
There I was placed in a vip audience sitting section that consisted of Tempest's executives, High ranking figures from other kingdom that are closely tied with Tempest, Rimuru's students, and the other demon lords who thankfully seem to intend on just enjoying the event instead of being a pain to deal with
Took a hot minute for the rest of the crowd to assemble and fill in all of the seating areas. Once everyone in the audience has settled, it didn't take too long for the tournament to finally begin, having Soka as the announcer who was rocking a nice blue dress
Rimuru: Was she prepared with that dress in case of an occasion?
Cameilla: No she actually came in to the shop with Leonardo to pick out a dress for this
Kaijuno: Waaaaas their any particular reason why good ol Leonardo was with her?
Leonardo refused to respond, instead he just looked away while trying to appear stoic
Cameilla: He came with her to help see which would look great on her. You could say it was a shopping date
Kaijuno: Leonardo you sly dog
Rimuru: Seems Benjamin isn't the only lady charmer in Tempest
Leonardo: . . . You all are thinking too much into it
While in the middle of teasing Leonardo, Soka went ahead and announced
Soka: Today is the finals! Let's introduce the warriors who will bring out their strength! Starting with the man who needs no introduction, Masayuki! The lightspeed hero!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Audience member #1: Masayuki, you're the best!
Audience member #2: God he's so hot!
Amongst the vip audience, Guy Crimson shruken his pupils upon seeing a face he recognized to much in the young hero
Soka: Next up is Masayuki's loyal companion, Jinrai!
Audience: WOOOOO!
Soka: He fights gracefully as he does dances! Gaiye the flowing sword!
Audience: YAAAAAA!
Kaijuno: (Is it just me or does he gives off some sort of smug fool vibes with how smugly he walked in? Just me?)
Soka: But that's not all! Coming up is the leader of the Gozu tribe, Boingo along with the leader of the Mezu tribe, Hol Horse who will be dungeon bosses for our upcoming labyrinth!
Rimuru: . . . Kaijuno?
Kaijuno: yeh?
Rimuru: did you name them after-
Kaijuno: yep!
Rimuru: why Hol Horse instead of Oingo?
Kaijuno: I'm not one to have pairing names that sound nearly the same and knowing the brain capacity of those two, the confusion would be more trouble than it's worth. Plus those two were paired officially and hey, a horse man named Hol Horse, get it
Rimuru: pfft! You really love to make such ridiculous names don't cha?
Kaijuno: You know it!
Soka: Next is the oh so mysterious masked man, who's real identity we aren't sure of but we refer to him as lion mask!
Rimuru: . . . Carrion?
Kaijuno: Carrion
Guy: Carrion
Velzard: Carrion
Rain: Carrion
Mizeri: Carrion
Dagruel: Carrion
Luminous: Carrion
Dino: Carrion
Ramiris: Carrion?
Milim was the only one to remain silent, making the rest look towards her as Carrion was her subordinate
Milim: C-carrion
Soka: Onto Tempest's representative, first is the young prodigy of Hobgoblins, Gobta
Demon Lords: (A Hobgoblin!?)
Soka: And last but certainly not least, Leader of the High Orcs and the Gelden Guard, our warrior with defense as tough as his Willpower, Geld!
Eight fighters stand here to battle for your entertainment! Who will it be! To be victorious!
Kaijuno: I say a steady line up for us
Rimuru: I still say we should've set up the four heavenly kings plan
Kaijuno: I still stand by it
flashback
Rimuru: I think we should have some representatives in the tournament
Everyone: What for?
Rimuru: To guage Masayuki's strength
Kaijuno: Basically a tactical play huh?
Napoleon: Than who will it be?
Rimuru: To start off, Lavandra, Diablo, Benjamin, Napoleon, Leonardo, you can't compete
Group: WHAT!?
Napoleon: Actually I already made plans for today so I didn't have my schedule prepared to attend
Shifu: I myself have plans to spend the day with momiji
Dovakin: I myself still have some experiments to present with Vesta
Rigur: I would also like to spend the day with my family
Rigurd: yep
Leonardo: But what about the rest of us?
Rimuru: Leonardo, you're a spy. You shouldn't be showing off to a crowd to begin with
Leonardo: G-good point
Rimuru: As for the three of you, I plan to give you all a title
Lavandra/Benjamin/Diablo: A title?
Rimuru: Yes, I've been thinking of setting up the four heavenly kings having you three included. As for the remaining member, who ever wins the tournament will take up the fourth position
Kaijuno: I'm guessing as the demon lord, the four heavenly king will be connected with me right?
Rimuru: That's a given. So is everyone cool with it?
Benjamin: I'm not against it
Lavandra: Neither am I
Diablo: . . . I can't say I'm too enthusiastic about this
Kaijuno: I'm not cool with it
Rimuru: You're not!?
Kaijuno: No
Rimuru: why so?
Kaijuno: If we're gonna have the four heavenly kings, they'll likely be considered under my position as the demon lord right? As my direct subordinates in the eyes of others correct?
Rimuru: yes?
Kaijuno: ok, the issue is that only half of the four are my actual subordinates. I have high doubts that Diablo would wish to be framed as my subordinate instead of you even if it's only for show
Diablo: that is true
Kaijuno: and who would be avaliable for the tournament to try to take the fourth slot? Geld and Gobta?
Gobta: yeah? I could participate in the tournament
Geld: I also have nothing that could get in the way of my participation
Kaijuno: See,if either of them win, the four heavenly kings would be half of the demon lords subordinates
Rimuru: would it matter?
Kaijuno: If I'm gonna have a set of four heavenly kings, I would much prefer all four to be my subordinates. Also it's quite an inconvenient timing to start picking out who could be the four heavenly kings. What would being a member of the four heavenly king would even mean?
Rimuru: It would mean they are the strongest in tempest
Kaijuno: Under the right circumstances, it would end up becoming imbalance
Kaijuno: (Mainly if Gobta ended up as the winner)
Rimuru: So you just don't want four heavenly kings?
Kaijuno: I'm not against it, but I'd rather put this on hold for now til our circumstances are more favorable to go over rather than just popping it out of nowhere when almost everyone couldn't have a chance
Lavandra: Wait so can we participate or not?
Kaijuno: It's still a no. You all are too strong to participate. No one is gonna be entertained by someone overpowered knocking out their opponent in just a single attack and the whole point of this tournament is to be entertained. You understand where I'm getting at?
Benjamin/Lavandra: Hai
Benjamin and Lavandra seemed to have accepted my reason although reluctantly with disappointed expressions
Rimuru: That goes for you too Diablo
Diablo: Hai
Kaijuno: (The idea of having four heavenly kings sounds fun but the issue is the divide in subordinates. A bigger factor to my current rejection is the forth position taken by gobta. It's not that gobta is a joke of a fighter by any means despite his goofy appearance but in comparison to onis and a primordial demon, the huge power huge comes off as unsatisfying
It's not like the four heavenly kings have any significance throughout the story as far as I recall. It especially felt pointless once the 12 patrons were established
I would actually want a set of four heavenly kings but maybe it's for the best to wait til I have better options to choose from. Maybe I should label them as the four horsemen of the apocalypse instead. Or maybe even a mix of both titles)
*flashback ends*
Having all the fighters form in a line, an eerie door appeared before them. Who emerged were the twin rulers of the nation, Rimuru and Kaijuno
Masayuki: (Is it weird that I was expecting the demon lord to be taller rather than shorter than me?)
Kaijuno: (Activate Mikael)
Yagami: (Humility King Mikael Activated)
Audience: YAAAAAAAH!
Kaijuno: Congratulations on making it this far, but your struggles aren't over yet! Now we're in the quater finals, let's see who will fall short and who come out victorious!
Rimuru: Best of luck to all of in your battles! And Masayuki the Hero, remember if you win, you'll have the right to challenge Demon Lord Kaijuno
Guy: (That brat did it anyways!?)
Returning from our public speaking, I felt the irritated glare from someone else in the vip seating. Instinctively knowing who would be made anyways, I chose to ignore and hoped I could pin the fault on Rimuru later
Having the tournament finally started, it began by setting the bracket via taking a ball out of a box that hold a number to determine their starting place. Boingo was against lion mask, Hol horse was against Masayuki, jinrai was against Gobta, and Geld was against Gaiye
Beginning with Boingo versus Lion Mask
Boingo holding an axe and shield while Lion mask didn't had any weapons, seemingly to fight bare handed
The one to attack first was the hard head Boingo, charging straight towards Lion mask in a shield bash. Lion mask kept a firm defense and prevented to go flying from the impact. Following the shield bash, Boingo swings his axe over his shield but Lion mask grabbed the long handle before it landed a hit while keeping the other arm on hold of the shield
Having both of Lion Mask's arms busy, Boingo's pair of horns stretched towards Lion mask. The first to reach was dodged but the second one landed and latched onto his shoulder. The piercing horn wasn't the main attack but instead of simply cutting, electricity emerged from his horn and zapped Lion Mask from the inside of his shoulder to the rest of his body
It would be expected that Lion Mask would be done by the point but instead, Lion Mask grabbed onto the latched horn and began to spun around with Boingo now at his mercy. After a couple of turns, Lion Mask let go of his grip which sent Boingo flying towards the wall, making a defeat via out of bounds
The intense fight left the crowd excited and they cheered for both combatants
Next was Hol Horse versus Masayuki
Both were facing eachother from the opposite side of the arena battle ground
The other demon lords kept interest in this match as they thought they get to see the capabilities of the newest hero
Hol Horse looked tense, ready to strike at any moment while Masayuki kept a neutral face just standing there
Hol Horse: So you're the light speed hero that is picking a fight with Kaijuno-Sama? I'll make you be sorry after I'm through with you!
Masayuki: Hold on! Hold on! The lady said previously that you were a dungeon boss right?
Hol Horse: Yeah? What about it?
Masayuki: Well I'm planning on adventuring through the Labyrinth. I would wish to actually fight you there rather than here
Hol Horse: you can't be serious!?
Masayuki: I am! I enjoy the feeling of adventure and surprises but I was already spoiled of your fellow ox boss earlier and I don't wish to see your strength under the wrong setting. We will be fighting in the labyrinth either way so I do want to make it in any way predictable when the time comes. What do you say?
Rimuru: (What is he blabbering about!? Just go and attack him Hol Horse!)
Hol Horse: . . . Very Well! I see what you mean Masayuki. From one warrior to another, I'll be awaiting for your arrival!
Audience: YAAAAAAAAA! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Demon Lord: What the hell!?
Rimuru: Are you kidding me!?
Kaijuno: pfft! Hahaha!
Rimuru: Do you find this funny!?
Kaijuno: Yeah, I know it's dumb and ridiculous and that's exactly why it's so hilarious!
Rimuru: Arrg! But that didn't make any leads to what his strength is
Kaijuno: I already figured it out
Rimuru: yeah right
Kaijuno: I'm serious!
Rimuru: Really? You were able to figure it out just by that alone. Tell me then, what is his power?
Kaijuno: okay okay, his power iiiiiiiiiiiis! Deus ex machina! Plot Armor! Utter Bullshit!
Rimuru: . . .what?
Kaijuno: His power is high luck. That's it, he's just extremely lucky
Rimuru: Is that seriously it?
Kaijuno: Yep!
Rimuru: I have a hard time believing it
Kaijuno: You wanna bet on it?
Rimuru: Bet on what?
Kaijuno: If it's true that his power is in anyway involves with luck then you have to wear a bunny suit. If it's not, then I'll wear a bunny suit
Rimuru: That's a pretty ballsy bet you're making. Are you willing to risk it?
Kaijuno: oh hell yeah
Rimuru: deal! Don't starting complaining when you lose alright
Raphael: (. . .)
Rimuru: (?)
Kaijuno: Oh don't worry . . . I won't have anything to complain about
The following match was Jinrai versus Gobta
The tall muscular man held a stern look, bracing himself for combat. While the dopey hobgoblin didn't look too excited to be there
Jinrai swiftly ran towards Gobta in a curved path. Instead of defending or preparing a counter attack against Jinrai, Gobta chose to flee and evade instead much to the disappointment to the crowd
Audience #1: Stop running and fight!
Audience #2: What the heck is this!?
Dagruel: This was who was chosen to fight?
Guy: If the hobgoblin was chosen, I was hoping for something for something that wasn't obvious
Luminous: What was there to he expected anyways
Kaijuno: . . . Hey Gobta! Stop being a pantsey!
Rimuru: Gobta! Stop holding back already!
Gobta: Cmon! Give me a break!
Rimuru: If you end up winning, I get you that fishing rod you wanted!
Gobta: Woah! Really!
Rimuru: Yep!
Given the encouragement, Gobta finally stopped being a wimp. In a act of to actually fight against jinrai, Gobta decided to summon a Tempest Wolf to help him. But instead of the one he usually rode on, instead to the suprise of everyone else, Ranga had appeared and knocked Jinrai out of consciousness and out of bounds
Rimuru: (Hold on! Why is Ranga there!? Did he snuck into Gobta's shadow!?)
Raphael: (Affirmative)
Rimuru: (I guess he wanted to sneak in using gobta as his ticket)
Kaijuno: What's your thoughts on this Willfla?
Willfla: *sigh* As a parent, I can't say I'm too thrilled about him taking such brash actions
Kaijuno: Yeah with him in it, we might as well brought in the onis
Vulprower: But this tournament looks like fun
Willfla: Vulprower, don't take after Ranga. Behavior like this isn't something you should feel encouraged to do
Kaijuno: I definitely could see this turning sour for Ranga
Vulprower: Ok!
Moving on from the abruptly finished match, the remaining match of the quarter finals between Geld and Gaiye
On one side stood an honorable fighter stern and ready. On the other side stood a smug challenger expressing hints of greed
Before the match offically started, Gaiye decided to act bold and make a statement out of pure arrogance
Gaiye: Demon Lord! I am stronger than the hero you have already witnessed! When I win, you will fight me!
Kaijuno: (What is this all of sudden?)
Gaiye: Both the Hero and the Demon Lord shall grovel before me!
Kaijuno: (Hey Yagami, does this guy hold any significance to the story?)
Yagami:(Negative)
Kaijuno: (Yeah that's what I thought)
Guy: This fool really thinks he's greater than he is truly worth
Luminous: fleas like him will always fool themselves into thinking they have any value
Dagruel: Who does this fool think he is
I could tell the irritating growing from my fellow demon lords. I myself wasn't pleased with his arrogance but I was far more concerned about having angry demon lords around, especially having their right by me
Kaijuno: He's not worth getting upset over. Afterall, it is a clown's job to not be taken seriously
Taking out his blade, Gaiye didn't hesitate to go on the offensive. Swiftly throwing slashes of his long sword left and right on the high orc. Rather than counter attacking, Geld kept his arms up in a complete defense.
This didn't matter to Gaiye as he continued his onslaught while belittling Geld
Gaiye: Haha! What's wrong Orc! I was expecting you to put up a fight, not quiver in fear!
Geld: . . .
Kenya: This Geld guy isn't really doing anything isn't he?
Gale: He does leave much to be desired
Alice: I know right! He could at least try to throw a punch or two
Ryota: Did he really just came here to get beat up?
Chloe: . . . No I don't so, look at his arms. Gaiye kept attacking with his sword by there's no visible cuts
Students: !?
Kenya: Oh yeah! You're right!
Gaiye: ? I see I didn't leave any scars. Probably just some cheap regenerative powers like the others. No matter. If I aim for the head, it'll surely do some real damage!
Changing from his diagonal slashes, Gaiye instead went for a forward thrust jab right towards Geld's head
But this was what Geld was waiting for. Right when Gaiye's blade was close enough, Geld tilted his head to the side, narrowly evading the jab. But as Gaiye's sword went throw, his arm followed right behind to which Geld gotten a good hold of. Suprised by the sudden and firm grip of a High Orc, Gaiye made the mistake of dropping his blade
Gaiye: Huh!? W-what do you think you're doing you bastard!
This was the moment the match was settled, losing the stalemate of his speed to Geld's defense, Gaiye was now at the mercy of his opponent who had full intentions in winning
In the next moment, Gaiye's feet were no longer touching the ground. He was airborne, but was still in the grip of Geld who was the one who lifted him.
As sudden as he risen from the ground, he just a immediately was slammed back to ground. The loop of being thrown up and down only lasted a few times as the raw strength of an high orc was too much for Gaiye to endure for long. He was left unconscious and it was declared that Geld was the winner of that round
Rimuru: (Damn! So Geld decided to play the long game)
Students: WOOOOAAAH!
Kaijuno: Nice
With the match settled, the quater finals had offically finished. That now establishes the semi finals consisting of Lion Mask against Masayuki and Gobta versus Geld. We had a short break for everyone to take a poo, get some snacks or just to get a good breather from all the excitement.
I myself was one of the snack people. Instead of walking or running to the snack bar, I just used short term teleportation to make sure I get there before any else cause I know events like these are gonna have an endless line to the snack bar
Most would just some chips and a beverage, probably a hotdog too. What did I get? . . . Corndogs . . . in plural, like multiple corndogs. 3 to 4 corndogs in each hand including the extra hands I sprouted out to hold even more corndogs. I gotten normal wiener stuffed corndogs, I gotten cheese stuffed corndogs, I gotten half cheese half wiener stuff corndogs. I even had some of those fried sausages stuffed in my mouth. Safe to assume, I was in the mood for corndogs
On my way back with my hoard of corndog stash, I unfortunately ran into a very peeved Guy Crimson
He silently starred daggers at me while I was much on a corndog
Kaijuno: . . . You wanna corndog?
Guy said nothing in response so I continued
Kaijuno: Well tough luck, I may have a sharing amount, but I'm not sharing any amount
Guy: What did I tell you
Kaijuno: huh?
Guy: What did I FREAKING tell you
Kaijuno: (Oh he ain't happy)
Guy: Did I or Did I not tell you to not go off challenging Masayuki!!!
Kaijuno: (Oh this ain't good. How can I get out of this situation without getting myself obliterated. What would Rimuru do? . . . Oh right! Just blame someone else. And speaking of who)
Kaijuno: Rimuru did it
Guy: What?
Kaijuno: The whole set up between us, it was Rimuru's fault
Guy: You're honestly telling me your sister was the cause of this
We both kept starring at eachother for an excessive amount of time
Kaijuno: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yep, she sprung this on me as much as you were. I knew it should be a no go but it was her who just announced it out of the blue. So if you want to pin this on someone it would be Rimuru
Guy: . . . . You remember how you wanted to train at the bottom of the ocean in the ice continent?
Kaijuno: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yeah?
Guy: I was still deciding on what your workout set would be. For your beginners course, you will be starting by lifting an entire iceberg while you're at the bottom of the ocean
Kaijuno: WHAT!?
Guy: Yup! So ya better look forward to that!
Kaijuno: (. . . . . . FUUUUUUAAAAAAAAA-)
Returning to my seat with my corndog horde in hand, everyone else was still in line to end up not getting any corndogs. After about 15 minutes of waiting, the semi finals finally started beginning with Masayuki versus Lion Mask
Lion Mask stood proudly with his arms crossed while Masayuki on the other side stood stiff while clenching to his sword
Lion Mask: So you're the light speed hero?
Masayuki: Y-yeah
Lion Mask: I heard tall tales about you, if even half of what I heard is true then I shouldn't risk holding back! Feel proud, it's not everyday I get serious!
Masayuki: What!?
Declaring his intent, Lion Mask dashed straight towards Masayuki to launch the first punch. Before Masayuki could even react, Lion Mask was already in front of him, but the punch never landed just the gust of wind from the halted punch
Lion Mask: . . . . Shit
The reason why Lion Mask didn't land a punch was due to one crucial error during his prep prior to match which
was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . His mask was loose
Apparently unlike the previous matches, the laces in the back of the mask were hard to tie so he had a certain silver hair harpy tie it for him. But for this match it was tied by a pink hair destroyer which tied the laces in less than ideal knots
Given the impression he had of Masayuki, he couldn't hold back due to believing Masayuki could bring in a similar amount of strength. But if he actually let out his intense fury, it would be easy for the mask to fly off, revealing his identity.
Not exactly happy about this decision due to his pride but not being able to fix the issue himself nor is he in a position to try as he was in a middle of a match, he reluctantly chose to call it off when it barely started
Lion Mask: . . . . I forfeit
Masayuki: huh!?
Demon Lords: What!?
Soka: Really!?
Lion Mask: Yes
Soka: Well Alright! But forfeit Masayuki is the winner!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Audience member #1: Wow! Lion Mask couldn't even bring himself to throw a punch!
Audience member #2: It's clear Lion Mask was able to tell how strong Masayuki-Sama was up close. It must've been one Masayuki-Sama's many cool techniques!
Audience member #3: It was easy to tell he noticed how out of his league he was in
Audience member #4: That's Masayuki-Sama for ya!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Masayuki: (What the hell!?)
Milim: Are you kidding me!? He just drops it! Just like that!?
Rimuru: That's seriously isn't real
Kaijuno: Pfft! Hahahahahahahaha! Oh! Oh! That's gold
Rimuru: This is also hilarious to you?
Kaijuno: Oh yes it is
Rimuru: This is already ridiculous as it, but aren't you getting too much of a hoot on this?
After that circus of a match, the last match of the semi finals was set to began
One side stood a small hobgoblin that was anxious but determined to get a new fishing rod while the high orc stood ready for battle
Knowing how defensive Geld is, Gobta ran towards him with his small blade in hand. When Gobta reached right in front of Geld, he made a brief jump to get the both of the more towards eye level to each. While Geld raised his hands in defense, but instead of an attack as expected, Gobta only jumped off of his arm.
Seeing this as an opening, Geld decided to throw a punch to counter. But as he was doing so, Ranga came out of his shadow to bite onto his other arm. Using this split moment of confusion, Gobta aimed the open end of his sheath towards Geld, launching an intense bolt of black lightning right at him. As Gobta did this, Ranga who was still latched onto Geld, summoned black lightning from above
Both made clear impact but as the dust settled, Geld seemed to be mostly unscathed from both attacks. In the midst of his recovery, Geld fling Rangaout of the arena bounds but Gobta simply resummoned Ragna as it was Gobta who was the combatant and out of bound rules didn't apply to summons
Guessing the prior attacks must've slowed him down, Gobta and Ranga went for full offensive assault. With their blade and claw, they swiftly scratched geld in multiple places like his legs and arms but due to his sturdy build, Geld didn't recieve many deep cuts and any that did look it hurt was quickly regenerated.
Geld didn't took this without a fight either. He would aim and counter attack against Gobta and Ranga. He gotten more hits on Ranga as he was a bigger target while only a few on Gobta die to his smaller stature. But while Ranga took more of the beating, he was tough enough to handle it but Gobta while taking less of the hits started to show his struggle from the attacks
It was clear that given this rate, Geld would be the one to win this round and move on to the finals. But to most people's suprise, Gobta had a trick up his sleeve
Gobta: Seems I'm stuck in a corner. I didn't want to resort to this as I just learned this power a short while ago, bit it seems I have no other choice. Transform!
In an instance, the pair became one. What stood was a single wolf that had no resemblance of a hobgoblin but it stood on two legs instead of four, basically a werewolf or wolf man
Gobta: Prepare Yourself!
Running straight forward in Blitzing speed for many. Gobta head straight towards Geld, who braced for impact took the dash head on. The heavy made a dust cloud to emerge, leaving it unclear what result from the crowd but as it cleared, it was shown that Gobta's charge was strong enough to have push the tanky Geld just enough for his foot to reach out of bounds
Kaijuno: (Oh wait he didn't miss!?)
Soka: With that, Gobta is the winner and will move on to the final round!
Audience: YAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Milim: That transformation looked so cool!
Momiji: Wow! He really had such a technique in hand?
Shifu: Heh! It's to be expected after all the hard training I gave him
Rimuru: (Where didn't he get that power?!)
Raphael: (Answer, individual Gobta obtained Unique Skill Lend Me Power when individual Ranga forcibly appeared out of Gobta's shadow)
Willfla: I never thought such power was possible
Vulprower: so cool!
Kaijuno: Yeah, but even I admit it looked pretty cool. Hey Willfla, you wanna try that out ourselves?
Willfla: Hai! I would loved to fuse with Master!
Masayuki: (. . . I HAVE TO SERIOUSLY FIGHT AGAINST THAT?!!!)
Finishing up both the quarter finals and semi finals, the final round itself was scheduled for the next day as all six match took up most of the day
Seeing I'm free for the rest of the day, I made a b-line for the merchandise section of the shopping district
Kaijuno: (I might've missed out on yesterday's haul, but hopefully they kept back up stock for today incase they ran out)
But when I reached the area, the same dang incident as yesterday repeated. Rows and rows were emptied of merchandise of both me and rimuru. Shaken by the insane incident, I approached one the merchants thaymt still bothered to stick around to ask a question we both knew the answer to
Kaijuno: . . Are-
Merchant: Yes we're out of stock. We all were emptied out completely not that long ago
Kaijuno: ( why did I bother getting out of bed today)
somewhere else
Rigurd: Rimuru-Sama looks amazingly majestic in this graphic t-shirt, it's beaten by nothing!
Dovakin: Sure, but it's majesty is not what makes Rimuru-Sama's merch the best! Look at these Kaijuno-Sama posters! His coolness is what makes his merch beaten by nothing!
Rigurd: Is that a challenge?
Dovakin/Rigurd: It's a challenge!
The next day
Returning to continue where we left off, everyone sat in anticipation.
From one side, a hobgoblin full of confidence after multiple victories. On the other, a hero with no expression to show, leaving many to speculate
Audience member #1: Masayuki looks so cool!
Audience member #2: He's gonna win this for sure!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Masayuki: (Is it too late to call it quits. Don't actually want to fight that werewolf! I'llbe squashed immediately with that speed!)
With excitement and confidence the small hobgoblin dashed towards the light speed hero but just before he was within striking distance, the hobgoblin heard an ominous sound from the light speed hero causing the aggressor to cancel their pursuit and swiftly back away in panic
Audience member #1: what is that sound?
Audience member #2: yeah, I never heard this kind of noise before
Audience member #3: This is definitely one Masayuki-Sama's many brilliant techniques!
Audience member #4: Yes! This is clearly Masayuki-Sama's signature light speed earthquake rumble!
Audience member #5: As expected of Masayuki-Sama! To hold such a powerful technique to use against such a ferocious foe!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
In reality this was Masayuki's heart beating at an extreme rate from all the stress he has felt throughout all of this
Masayuki: ( I should forefeit! I need to forfeit!)
Gobta: I expected this much. I didn't wish to immediately resort to this but it seems I won't win otherwise
Repeating the match the day before, Gobta and Ranga fused into one again, bring excitement to the crowd once more
Rimuru: He immediately resorted to that!?
Kaijuno: . . . Hey Rimuru, wanna make another bet?
Rimuru: another one? What is it this time?
Kaijuno: I'm willing to bet Gobta screws it up this time and loses
Rimuru: You think that will be the case?
Kaijuno: I have a good hunch
Rimuru: Ok so if he wins, I win. And if he lose, you lose. So what's the catch?
Kaijuno: Who ever loses, will have to wear a bunch of princess dresses that we will have printed and presented across the capital to show off our style of clothing
Rimuru: You're playing a really dangerous game Kaijuno. Are you willing to lose it all
Kaijuno: Yes!
Gobta: Here I come!
Dropping any fear he had prior, Gobta boldly dashed toward Masayuki in full speed. Did his prior use of the skill help him master it this time? Did things go differently unlike in canon?
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Nah, he still freaking misses
Unlike Geld who was a bigger person and was closer, Masayuki was a much harder target to hit
Rimuru: What!?
Soka: By out of bounds, Masayuki is the winner!
Audience: MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Milim: Are you kidding me!? He made up something so cool looking but failed so pitifully!
Momiji: Wow, he really had such a crappy technique in hand? Is this really the best of your teachings Dad?
Said dad is silently erupting in rage from the disappointment
Willfla: *sigh* you gotten in over your head and this is what it's gotten you
Vulprower: so lame
Rimuru: (Hold on! What happened!?)
Raphael: (Answer, Individual Gobta wasn't used to Ranga's strength, causing an imbalance)
Rimuru: (So he didn't even mastered it beforehand!? . . .wait! Does this mean I lost the bet!?)
Raphael: ( . . . Yes)
Rimuru: (No. . . .as if this couldn't have gotten any worst)
Raphael: (Notice, analysis of individual Masayuki has been completed)
Rimuru: (So what's his skill)
Raphael: (Individual Masayuki possess the Unique Skill Chosen One which holds a passive skill to manipulate the feelings and thoughts of other people)
Rimuru: (So that's his power? So it's a sort of mind control. Well at least Kaijuno will be unfortunate enough to rock a bunny suit heh)
Raphael: (. . .Negative)
Rimuru: (What)
Raphael:(Mind manipulation alone wouldn't contribute to individual Masayuki's abnormal luck)
Rimuru: (Y-you can't be serious!? You're not saying)
Raphael: (Affirmative, Chosen One also holds a passive skill to give extreme luck to it's user)
Rimuru: (N-no)
Kaijuno: (Rimuru is realizing it huh?)
Yagami: (Affirmative, individual Rimuru is now aware they lost both bets)
Hearing how I absolutely destroyed any of Rimuru's remaining masculine dignity along with the grand show I was fortunate enough to witness. I was on the verge of laughing my butt off
Masayuki: what?! I survived!?
Soka: With such an intense battle concluded Masayuki Honjo is the-
Masayuki: (Oh no! If she declares me as the winner, I'll have to end up fighting the demon lord! That'll practically be suicide!)
Kaijuno: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Masayuki/Soka: !?
Everyone: !?
Kaijuno:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
In an unexpected twist of events, Kaijuno abruptly laughed at such a high volume that the entire arena easily heard it
Kaijuno: (Is everyone actually looking at me?)
Yagami: (Yes)
Kaijuno: (Didn't they actually heard!?)
Yagami: (YES!!!)
Soka: Eh, Ahem! The winner of this match is Masayuki Honjo!
Audience: YAAAAAAAAAAAH! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI! MASAYUKI!
Soka: Included in this victory, you get to fight the Demon Lord! While the tournament has finished, we still have one more match to witness! The clash between the Light-speed Hero and The King of The Monsters!
Demon lords: (Newbie)
Audience: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!
Kaijuno/Masayuki: (. . . . . . . .WHAT!?)