The magical 'direction' I had just performed had created a tense atmosphere in the audience.
And then, in the centre of the stage, I and Cheryl and the other two werewolf tribe members, the three were facing me.
I was making a ruthless expression, but then I turned around and smiled at them.
'Hello, Cheryl. You're the next one to go with me. By the way, who are those two?
'Ha, yes, that's Berzia and Annette. They're both kids who supported me in my idea.
She introduces them to me as she answers.
Berzia has black hair and black ears, and with sharp eyes.
And there's something about the boy that gives him a hard-edged look.
He notices my gaze, uncrosses his arms, takes one look at me and bows.
"'I'm Bergia.'
When he speaks to me in a brusque manner, Annette, who was standing next to him, raises her voice in a panicked manner.
'Hey, Berzia ‼ at least greet him properly. I'm sorry. I'm Annette, Master Rid."
Annette's hair is two colours, black and white, and her ears are also different colours, black on one side and white on the other.
However, the atmosphere is also somewhat calm.
I nodded in reply to their greeting before answering.
'Thank you for introducing yourself. Now ...... then, it's time to get started.'
'...... awe. Now, as ...... promised, I will show you my real spirit ...... haaaaaaaaaaaa !!."
As soon as Cheryl finished saying this, she screamed and raised her magical power, and like Ovelia and the others, she showed off her 'beastification'.
Her whole body is covered with pure white fur, and her face becomes a little more wolf-like.
Her appearance could be described as a 'white wolf'.
When her transformation was complete, I had a startled look on my face.
'That's amazing,...... I didn't think Cheryl could do beastification as well"'
'...... I'm second best to Ovelia and the others, but I'm also quite strong. Don't let your guard down. Then ......."
'Then ......?'
Cheryl took a deep breath, as if to say, 'I'm sorry,' and then raised her voice so that the entire stage could hear it.
'Listen, my beastmen kinsmen on the stage. Are we scared and cowering, and can we continue as we are? ...... No. The time to show our will and pride as the beastmen tribe is now."
Suddenly, the atmosphere on the stage changes at the sound of a dignified, clear voice.
Cheryl, who had caught the attention all around the stage and the audience, continued.
We are ready to live in this land, and we can only look straight ahead, believing in ourselves. Those of you who walk with me will show strength to Master Rid Bardia. No one else, but yourself, must show your strength. That is the pride of the beast race, is not it?"
At Sheryl's question, the military stage falls silent.
But soon, a lovely voice echoed from the sky.
'That's it, I'm on board with you ‼.'
At that moment, a large number of thunderbolts are dropped from the sky towards me.
I grinned and launched a magic barrier towards the sky.
As soon as the thunderbolt landed, there was a cloud of dust, a thunderclap and a roar, and the entire hall erupted in a roar.
However, I am unharmed and the barrier is fine.
Furthermore, when I released the barrier, this time I used wind attribute magic to blow away the smoke.
The bird tribe members Aria, Cilia, Salia and the others landed next to Cheryl from the sky.
'Yeah, oni...... not. It's a little weird to see Rid-sama unharmed like that."
"'Sure, it's a bit of a drag".
It's ...... disgusting."
The three of them drew in their faces and spoke to me in a toothless manner.
Even I had to smile at their reactions.
You guys, that's a terrible thing to say. So, are Aria and the others going to fight alongside Cheryl? I wouldn't mind."
'Yeah. 'Yeah. It's not ....... We can't fight Rid-sama by ourselves. That's why we've been waiting for someone to join us in the fight."
Aria turns to Cheryl and gives her a cute smile as she replies to me.
Cheryl seemed surprised by her sudden joining in, but her expression quickly switched as she nodded.
'Hear me, brethren, we will not refuse anyone who challenges Master Rid with us . What we must do now is not to be stuck in the past, shaking our feet. What we must do now is to show Master Rid our power to ...... Bardia."
Her dignified words echoed across the martial stage, to which Aria and the others and Berzia and the others responded with shouts.
At the same time, I felt the fighting spirit of the beastmen children who had a frightened atmosphere on the martial stage.
I smiled at the girls in front of me, and then switched my expression to a ruthless one.
Then I turned my gaze to glare at them.
'Come on, ......, it's time to start this ‼."
"We're about to begin ‼."
At that moment, Aria and the others jump up on the spot and shoot thunderbolts at me.
I blocked it with my magic barrier, but Cheryl, Berzia and Annette attacked in one move, taking advantage of the cloud of dust raised by the lightning strike.
Cheryl's movements are as aggressive as those of Ovelia and the others.
But even more troublesome is her coordination with Berzia and Annette.
In order for Cheryl's attacks to reach me as much as possible and take the bowl, Berzia and Annette are working to cover her.
When this happens, there is no time to use magic.
Should I regain my position once this happens?
Thinking so, I unfold the magic barrier in a spherical shape with my left hand.
I knead magic with my right hand.
Then, with a huff, Cheryl shouted.
'Attack at once, don't give Rid-sama any chance to use magic."
'Okay ‼, everyone, let's go!'
When Aria and others reply to her voice from the sky, at that moment another thunderbolt with a roar from the sky descends on my magic barrier wall.
But my magic barrier wall is still fine at this point.
However, as soon as the thunderbolt ends roaring, Cheryl and the others strike wildly in an attempt to break my barrier wall.
At that moment, my barrier wall changed.
Visible cracks appeared.
Soon after, a sound like glass breaking rang out in the area, telling me that my barrier wall had been broken.
Cheryl, not wanting to let this opportunity pass by, went on the offensive.
'I don't care who's still in charge ‼, I'm going after Master Rid's bowl.'
But even if it's broken, I just have to rebuild it again right away.
I generate a barrier wall again to repel them, and smile.
'Unfortunately, you're too late ...... ‼.'
I release the magic core compressed in my right hand into the sky and generate a larger water ball than I showed in my first attempt.
'Water ball style, water spear,...... each spear is more accurate and powerful than the first, so be careful,...... ‼."
'...... ‼ Everyone, take defensive positions, here it comes!'
'Dodge, everyone, dodge!'
The moment Cheryl and Aria shouted, water spears from the water ball floating in the sky attacked the children on the military stage.
The sound of bullets landing and splashes echoed here and there at the same time.
'Kyaaaaaah!'
'Cilia, Saria⁉ Kyaaaaaahh!'
Unfortunately, the Aria and the others are more inductive, as they know your position through the 'electric field'.
If they land, there should be enough damage to make it impossible to fly anywhere outside the field or during the match
All of the arias that were flying in the sky were hit and either descended to the ground or fell into the water moat.
At that moment, I felt a sign of a tremendous rush towards me through the electric field, and I involuntarily turned around.
At that moment, I was attacked by someone who had become a 'beast', and I just barely managed to avoid the attack.
Then, the 'beastified' person swears in frustration.
'Damn, do you have eyes on your back, ‼?"
"Are you ...... Mia?"
The beastified form of Mia appears to be covered in black fur and is truly a 'cat-animal'.
By the way, even in beastification, only one of her eyes is hidden by her fringes.
I didn't think she could be beastified too.
I was thinking about this when I felt a presence behind me again, and I turned around to catch the attack coming at me.
It was Cheryl who attacked me.
When Cheryl realises that she has failed in her surprise attack, she moves away from me a little.
Then she takes one look at Mia and makes eye contact.
But Berzia and Annette are not there.
Perhaps they fell out of the water with a water spear.
I took one look at Mia and Cheryl, then muttered.
"I never thought you guys would fight alongside "
'Ha ha ha ...... I told you. 'The important thing is to show Rid-sama what we can do. This is no longer the time to be obsessed with our tribe ...... ‼.'
Perhaps Cheryl and Mia were thinking of fighting together at a very early stage.
If not, the attack just now was too well timed.
The lightning strike flew from outside my awareness and landed just as I focused my attention on the girls.
"What the hell was that?!"
Fortunately, the power is low and there is almost no damage.
But when I looked back in the direction from which the thunderbolt flew, there was the figure of Aria, her shoulders shaking with her breath and her right hand outstretched to me.
'Ha ha ha ...... hehe ...... guys, I did it.'
Aria mutters something and smiles smugly, then collapses to her knees on the spot.
She probably used her last ounce of energy to unleash her magic.
But there was no way the girls would overlook the gap made by her.
"Mia, I'm going to push through this ‼ "
'Tch ......, I'll do it!'
"Damn it, ......⁉."
With the onslaught of the attacking girls, I unbearably deployed a strong barrier of magic to repel them.
Then, towards them, I launch the magic that blew Ovelia and the others out of the field with no action and no chanting.
(All Ten Magic Spears Great Wheel ...... ‼)
At that moment, magic is generated in a circle around me and attacks the girls one after another.
The girls are startled for a moment, but they quickly switch and come towards me in a straight line while sneaking through my magic.
However, as they get closer to me, Cheryl and Mia are finally becoming harder and harder to avoid.
At that moment, Mia shouts to Cheryl.
'You, throw me off ‼.'
"....⁉ Okay, ‼."
Cheryl nodded at Mia's words and stepped out in front of her as she ran past and clasped her hands together.
Mia then ran towards Cheryl and vigorously placed her feet on her clasped hands.
Cheryl used her momentum to lift Mia's leg and throw her towards me.
'Mia, take care of the rest ‼ ‼ Kyaaaahh!'
Cheryl, who had stopped, was blown away when my magic spear landed on her.
Soon after, a water column and water splashes blew up in the water moat outside the place.
Mia, who was thrown off with the same momentum she had been running through, is instantly right in front of me.
'Damn ...... petulant ‼!'
I fire the magic: Water Spear Type 2 Sixteen Spear at her with my right hand, without action and without chanting.
But she also uses beastification and perhaps body enhancement, and comes at me while avoiding the magic with a single stroke of the paper.
'I can't use my specialised magic when I'm this close to her, can I?"
'I don't think so, I have a magic barrier too.
At the moment she gets close to me, I deploy the barrier wall with my right hand again.
But Mia stared at me with one eye and a tremendous fighting spirit flared in her eyes.
'Don't underestimate me ...... and don't underestimate the Beast Tribe!'
Mia, with a yell, unleashed her fist as hard as she could against my magic barrier.
At that moment, my eyes saw that her fists were filled with magic power.
Magic power responded to her emotions and thoughts. ......⁉ The moment Mia's fist, which was filled with magic power, made contact with the barrier wall, my barrier cracked and disappeared without a moment's hesitation.
And with her remaining hand, she reached for the bowl on my forehead, a look of triumph on her face.
'How is it, ‼ We've won!'
Hearing Mia's yell, I grin wryly.
I then put my left hand on her abdomen and launched the water spear I had been storing up.
'I'm sorry, but you fell one step short in your duty ‼.
na......⁉ Guaahh!"
Mia was blown out of the arena by the water spear with an exclamation.
The water moat is soon filled with a column of water and the sound of water landing on the moat, as if Mia had fallen into the water.
I exhaled, but I felt a sense of menace that I had never felt from any of the kids before, and I looked back to where I felt it.
I turned back to where I had felt it, and there stood a child I had never seen before, who seemed to be 'beastified' and had a good physique.
I shook my head in disbelief.
"It's like a big discount on beastification. I can't believe that such promising kids are here. I'm lucky to be here in the first place.'
'...... I see. But I'm probably the last beastman in terms of being able to fight against Master Rid.
I see, it means that they have all fallen into the water due to the earlier magic, or that they are out of combat, like Aria.
I nodded and replied to his words.
'Okay,...... by the way, may I ask your name?'
'...... I'm Kalua of the Bear Tribe.'
Kalua......⁉ Oh, so it's you. I didn't recognise you because of your beastification.'
I met him several times at the reception in the carriage and in the main conference room.
His physique was spectacular, but I didn't think he could even beastify.
At that moment, he looked at me and muttered.
'...... for those who have fought so hard for me, I cannot be beaten.'
'I see. ...... Then let's start the final match."
He and I glare at each other, both of us turned into beasts.
And so began the bowl battle, the final battle.
The magical 'direction' I had just performed had created a tense atmosphere in the audience.
And then, in the centre of the stage, I and Cheryl and the other two werewolf tribe members, the three were facing me.
I was making a ruthless expression, but then I turned around and smiled at them.
'Hello, Cheryl. You're the next one to go with me. By the way, who are those two?
'Ha, yes, that's Berzia and Annette. They're both kids who supported me in my idea.
She introduces them to me as she answers.
Berzia has black hair and black ears, and with sharp eyes.
And there's something about the boy that gives him a hard-edged look.
He notices my gaze, uncrosses his arms, takes one look at me and bows.
"'I'm Bergia.'
When he speaks to me in a brusque manner, Annette, who was standing next to him, raises her voice in a panicked manner.
'Hey, Berzia ‼ at least greet him properly. I'm sorry. I'm Annette, Master Rid."
Annette's hair is two colours, black and white, and her ears are also different colours, black on one side and white on the other.
However, the atmosphere is also somewhat calm.
I nodded in reply to their greeting before answering.
'Thank you for introducing yourself. Now ...... then, it's time to get started.'
'...... awe. Now, as ...... promised, I will show you my real spirit ...... haaaaaaaaaaaa !!."
As soon as Cheryl finished saying this, she screamed and raised her magical power, and like Ovelia and the others, she showed off her 'beastification'.
Her whole body is covered with pure white fur, and her face becomes a little more wolf-like.
Her appearance could be described as a 'white wolf'.
When her transformation was complete, I had a startled look on my face.
'That's amazing,...... I didn't think Cheryl could do beastification as well"'
'...... I'm second best to Ovelia and the others, but I'm also quite strong. Don't let your guard down. Then ......."
'Then ......?'
Cheryl took a deep breath, as if to say, 'I'm sorry,' and then raised her voice so that the entire stage could hear it.
'Listen, my beastmen kinsmen on the stage. Are we scared and cowering, and can we continue as we are? ...... No. The time to show our will and pride as the beastmen tribe is now."
Suddenly, the atmosphere on the stage changes at the sound of a dignified, clear voice.
Cheryl, who had caught the attention all around the stage and the audience, continued.
We are ready to live in this land, and we can only look straight ahead, believing in ourselves. Those of you who walk with me will show strength to Master Rid Bardia. No one else, but yourself, must show your strength. That is the pride of the beast race, is not it?"
At Sheryl's question, the military stage falls silent.
But soon, a lovely voice echoed from the sky.
'That's it, I'm on board with you ‼.'
At that moment, a large number of thunderbolts are dropped from the sky towards me.
I grinned and launched a magic barrier towards the sky.
As soon as the thunderbolt landed, there was a cloud of dust, a thunderclap and a roar, and the entire hall erupted in a roar.
However, I am unharmed and the barrier is fine.
Furthermore, when I released the barrier, this time I used wind attribute magic to blow away the smoke.
The bird tribe members Aria, Cilia, Salia and the others landed next to Cheryl from the sky.
'Yeah, oni...... not. It's a little weird to see Rid-sama unharmed like that."
"'Sure, it's a bit of a drag".
It's ...... disgusting."
The three of them drew in their faces and spoke to me in a toothless manner.
Even I had to smile at their reactions.
You guys, that's a terrible thing to say. So, are Aria and the others going to fight alongside Cheryl? I wouldn't mind."
'Yeah. 'Yeah. It's not ....... We can't fight Rid-sama by ourselves. That's why we've been waiting for someone to join us in the fight."
Aria turns to Cheryl and gives her a cute smile as she replies to me.
Cheryl seemed surprised by her sudden joining in, but her expression quickly switched as she nodded.
'Hear me, brethren, we will not refuse anyone who challenges Master Rid with us . What we must do now is not to be stuck in the past, shaking our feet. What we must do now is to show Master Rid our power to ...... Bardia."
Her dignified words echoed across the martial stage, to which Aria and the others and Berzia and the others responded with shouts.
At the same time, I felt the fighting spirit of the beastmen children who had a frightened atmosphere on the martial stage.
I smiled at the girls in front of me, and then switched my expression to a ruthless one.
Then I turned my gaze to glare at them.
'Come on, ......, it's time to start this ‼."
"We're about to begin ‼."
At that moment, Aria and the others jump up on the spot and shoot thunderbolts at me.
I blocked it with my magic barrier, but Cheryl, Berzia and Annette attacked in one move, taking advantage of the cloud of dust raised by the lightning strike.
Cheryl's movements are as aggressive as those of Ovelia and the others.
But even more troublesome is her coordination with Berzia and Annette.
In order for Cheryl's attacks to reach me as much as possible and take the bowl, Berzia and Annette are working to cover her.
When this happens, there is no time to use magic.
Should I regain my position once this happens?
Thinking so, I unfold the magic barrier in a spherical shape with my left hand.
I knead magic with my right hand.
Then, with a huff, Cheryl shouted.
'Attack at once, don't give Rid-sama any chance to use magic."
'Okay ‼, everyone, let's go!'
When Aria and others reply to her voice from the sky, at that moment another thunderbolt with a roar from the sky descends on my magic barrier wall.
But my magic barrier wall is still fine at this point.
However, as soon as the thunderbolt ends roaring, Cheryl and the others strike wildly in an attempt to break my barrier wall.
At that moment, my barrier wall changed.
Visible cracks appeared.
Soon after, a sound like glass breaking rang out in the area, telling me that my barrier wall had been broken.
Cheryl, not wanting to let this opportunity pass by, went on the offensive.
'I don't care who's still in charge ‼, I'm going after Master Rid's bowl.'
But even if it's broken, I just have to rebuild it again right away.
I generate a barrier wall again to repel them, and smile.
'Unfortunately, you're too late ...... ‼.'
I release the magic core compressed in my right hand into the sky and generate a larger water ball than I showed in my first attempt.
'Water ball style, water spear,...... each spear is more accurate and powerful than the first, so be careful,...... ‼."
'...... ‼ Everyone, take defensive positions, here it comes!'
'Dodge, everyone, dodge!'
The moment Cheryl and Aria shouted, water spears from the water ball floating in the sky attacked the children on the military stage.
The sound of bullets landing and splashes echoed here and there at the same time.
'Kyaaaaaah!'
'Cilia, Saria⁉ Kyaaaaaahh!'
Unfortunately, the Aria and the others are more inductive, as they know your position through the 'electric field'.
If they land, there should be enough damage to make it impossible to fly anywhere outside the field or during the match
All of the arias that were flying in the sky were hit and either descended to the ground or fell into the water moat.
At that moment, I felt a sign of a tremendous rush towards me through the electric field, and I involuntarily turned around.
At that moment, I was attacked by someone who had become a 'beast', and I just barely managed to avoid the attack.
Then, the 'beastified' person swears in frustration.
'Damn, do you have eyes on your back, ‼?"
"Are you ...... Mia?"
The beastified form of Mia appears to be covered in black fur and is truly a 'cat-animal'.
By the way, even in beastification, only one of her eyes is hidden by her fringes.
I didn't think she could be beastified too.
I was thinking about this when I felt a presence behind me again, and I turned around to catch the attack coming at me.
It was Cheryl who attacked me.
When Cheryl realises that she has failed in her surprise attack, she moves away from me a little.
Then she takes one look at Mia and makes eye contact.
But Berzia and Annette are not there.
Perhaps they fell out of the water with a water spear.
I took one look at Mia and Cheryl, then muttered.
"I never thought you guys would fight alongside "
'Ha ha ha ...... I told you. 'The important thing is to show Rid-sama what we can do. This is no longer the time to be obsessed with our tribe ...... ‼.'
Perhaps Cheryl and Mia were thinking of fighting together at a very early stage.
If not, the attack just now was too well timed.
The lightning strike flew from outside my awareness and landed just as I focused my attention on the girls.
"What the hell was that?!"
Fortunately, the power is low and there is almost no damage.
But when I looked back in the direction from which the thunderbolt flew, there was the figure of Aria, her shoulders shaking with her breath and her right hand outstretched to me.
'Ha ha ha ...... hehe ...... guys, I did it.'
Aria mutters something and smiles smugly, then collapses to her knees on the spot.
She probably used her last ounce of energy to unleash her magic.
But there was no way the girls would overlook the gap made by her.
"Mia, I'm going to push through this ‼ "
'Tch ......, I'll do it!'
"Damn it, ......⁉."
With the onslaught of the attacking girls, I unbearably deployed a strong barrier of magic to repel them.
Then, towards them, I launch the magic that blew Ovelia and the others out of the field with no action and no chanting.
(All Ten Magic Spears Great Wheel ...... ‼)
At that moment, magic is generated in a circle around me and attacks the girls one after another.
The girls are startled for a moment, but they quickly switch and come towards me in a straight line while sneaking through my magic.
However, as they get closer to me, Cheryl and Mia are finally becoming harder and harder to avoid.
At that moment, Mia shouts to Cheryl.
'You, throw me off ‼.'
"....⁉ Okay, ‼."
Cheryl nodded at Mia's words and stepped out in front of her as she ran past and clasped her hands together.
Mia then ran towards Cheryl and vigorously placed her feet on her clasped hands.
Cheryl used her momentum to lift Mia's leg and throw her towards me.
'Mia, take care of the rest ‼ ‼ Kyaaaahh!'
Cheryl, who had stopped, was blown away when my magic spear landed on her.
Soon after, a water column and water splashes blew up in the water moat outside the place.
Mia, who was thrown off with the same momentum she had been running through, is instantly right in front of me.
'Damn ...... petulant ‼!'
I fire the magic: Water Spear Type 2 Sixteen Spear at her with my right hand, without action and without chanting.
But she also uses beastification and perhaps body enhancement, and comes at me while avoiding the magic with a single stroke of the paper.
'I can't use my specialised magic when I'm this close to her, can I?"
'I don't think so, I have a magic barrier too.
At the moment she gets close to me, I deploy the barrier wall with my right hand again.
But Mia stared at me with one eye and a tremendous fighting spirit flared in her eyes.
'Don't underestimate me ...... and don't underestimate the Beast Tribe!'
Mia, with a yell, unleashed her fist as hard as she could against my magic barrier.
At that moment, my eyes saw that her fists were filled with magic power.
Magic power responded to her emotions and thoughts. ......⁉ The moment Mia's fist, which was filled with magic power, made contact with the barrier wall, my barrier cracked and disappeared without a moment's hesitation.
And with her remaining hand, she reached for the bowl on my forehead, a look of triumph on her face.
'How is it, ‼ We've won!'
Hearing Mia's yell, I grin wryly.
I then put my left hand on her abdomen and launched the water spear I had been storing up.
'I'm sorry, but you fell one step short in your duty ‼.
na......⁉ Guaahh!"
Mia was blown out of the arena by the water spear with an exclamation.
The water moat is soon filled with a column of water and the sound of water landing on the moat, as if Mia had fallen into the water.
I exhaled, but I felt a sense of menace that I had never felt from any of the kids before, and I looked back to where I felt it.
I turned back to where I had felt it, and there stood a child I had never seen before, who seemed to be 'beastified' and had a good physique.
I shook my head in disbelief.
"It's like a big discount on beastification. I can't believe that such promising kids are here. I'm lucky to be here in the first place.'
'...... I see. But I'm probably the last beastman in terms of being able to fight against Master Rid.
I see, it means that they have all fallen into the water due to the earlier magic, or that they are out of combat, like Aria.
I nodded and replied to his words.
'Okay,...... by the way, may I ask your name?'
'...... I'm Kalua of the Bear Tribe.'
Kalua......⁉ Oh, so it's you. I didn't recognise you because of your beastification.'
I met him several times at the reception in the carriage and in the main conference room.
His physique was spectacular, but I didn't think he could even beastify.
At that moment, he looked at me and muttered.
'...... for those who have fought so hard for me, I cannot be beaten.'
'I see. ...... Then let's start the final match."
He and I glare at each other, both of us turned into beasts.
And so began the bowl battle, the final battle.
