Episode 185 Forming Groups for Team Exhibition (2)
Iriel, who finished the work in the Holy Kingdom, looked out the window.
It has been more than a year since Ray finally came to the Holy Land.
According to the original policy, Ray should be immediately summoned in the Lessian Empire and the pilgrimage should begin, but his case was a little different.
The news of the emperor’s illness also accounted for a considerable amount, but given that there was no order from God, it was already tacit permission.
Currently, the holy kingdom is quite busy preparing for the pilgrimage.
Although some of the work was being helped by the lower administration and various chores, Griia.
The saintess Iriel was quite secluded right now.
Even though Seongguk is busy, it was never something she had to step out on her own.
If the pilgrimage is ready and Ray returns to the Holy Land, he will probably depart immediately.
The kingdom that will start is the kingdom of Silia.
Iriel muttered as he held up a letter written in the Pope’s handwriting.
“Being able to see my parents after a long time… I’m sure they’ll be happy, right?”
There is no way that the kingdom of Celia became the first pilgrimage site out of many kingdoms by coincidence.
In order for the results to come out now, Eclay and her breath would have been necessary.
Since the pope and the saint moved in unison, it is all the more strange that it does not happen.
The corner of Iriel’s mouth went up as he thought of his delighted appearance.
* * *
The swordsmanship team match ended safely with one victory.
The magic group exhibition that was held immediately afterward was a swift battle.
Where did the posture of defending the flag in the swordsmanship team match go? This time, he ventured forward to take the flag.
Seeing that, the enemy camp was quite confident.
If five spells flew at once, it would take quite a while just to react.
Of course, the mana who summoned hundreds of fireballs was always careful, but the reaction speed was a separate thing from him.
The problem arose after this.
“Kill the opponent in front of me! Lightning!”
“Fire ball!”
They cast magic and focused all their attacks on Ray.
One cast spell flew properly and failed to hit the target.
Calculate the location where the magic is manifested and collide your mana there.
The abnormal phenomenon of mana that occurred at that time eventually prevented the manifestation of magic and abandoned it.
“Cancel.”
Hwaaak-
The transformation of mana that took place disappeared and the magic was scattered.
At that nonsense, the wizards had no choice but to open their mouths without distinguishing between friends and family.
“Far Fire ball!”
“Cancel.”
“Entangle!”
“Cancel.”
Every time I use magic, it gets canceled, so I don’t feel like trying anything.
Ray didn’t care whether they used magic or not, and just ran forward.
As I stared at his back as he left blankly without even responding, the game was already over.
When the flag of the opposing camp disappeared in an instant and was hung on their own camp, it felt like even the same team members had gone halfway out of their minds.
It’s a strategy and a strategy, and it’s useless to plan it.
As he runs, he cancels the magic cast by others, but what wizard can do that!
Even when he was defeated, he was not angry.
That’s how he easily won 1st place in the magic group match.
In the first place, it would have to be called a raid, not a team event.
* * *
After coming down from the non-stage and strolling around for a while, Ray discovered an archery competition right next door.
There, a person wearing a robe presumed to be a woman was hanging an arrow on a string.
The hand holding the arrow in the right hand stays at shoulder height and the waist is straight.
I don’t know, but one posture was awesome.
After looking at the target for a while, the woman let go of the string, and the arrow left the string at a frightening speed.
Wedge-Ae-Ae-!
The sound of cutting the wind is powerful enough to be heard in the ears.
The arrow she fired was not enough to pierce the target and exploded.
Paaang-!
With the sound of air bursting, the target was very harpooned.
This is a bit difficult to judge.
It’s true that it hit the target, but it exploded like this, so I couldn’t tell how many points came out.
The woman in the robe scratched her nose.
“Ah… I shot it to adjust it…”
He said he adjusted it.
What the hell would happen if you didn’t control it?
Wouldn’t it make a hole in the mountain?
The referee stepped up to her and shook his head.
“If you continue like this, I can’t give you points. to do it right.”
“So that’s why I adjusted it like this…”
“This is nonsense! Are you saying that if you don’t control it, you’ll even dig a hole in the mountain!”
The referee must have had similar thoughts.
At that, the woman in the robe stuck out her tongue and said.
“Whoa… I’ll try again. By the way, isn’t the target too weak? Next time, make it iron.”
If the target is made of iron, more than half of the participants will not even be able to stick an arrow into the target.
She hooked the arrow again and weakly pulled the string.
If you look closely, it seems to be quite difficult to pull.
I couldn’t tell what material the thread was made of, but it would never be an ordinary thread.
Even though the string was pulled fairly weakly, the arrow flew at a fairly high speed.
Peeing-
It didn’t feel like it was flying through the air like before, but it was powerful enough even now.
Ray thought to himself.
‘Hey, this will pierce the target?’
Grah-ah-
As he expected, a hole was punched in the center of the wooden target.
I was amazed at the neat workmanship.
Who the hell could show off such splendid bow skills?
It might be possible to become an elf.
No, it wouldn’t be that easy even for an elf, since you’d need strength and mana to pull that string.
The woman in the robe smiled.
“Wow, is this enough?”
“That’s right…”
With the bewildered referee’s words, she hit the center of the invisible target several times.
Then, even though there were several arrows that were consumed by bursting the target, the score gap with the opponent narrowed.
Eventually, when she used up all her arrows, she was able to win the four rounds.
Thanks to her, there were full of spectators around the unarmed field where the archery competition was held.
“Great? The arrow flew in a straight line, not a parabola.”
“I saw it too. You seem young, but you seem to have considerable talent.”
“If only I had a son…”
“You wouldn’t have been able to have a son. ha ha ha.”
Ray looked intently at her wearing a robe.
Rob is somewhat familiar.
In addition, even the voice seemed to resemble someone, and there were many corners that resembled the bard at the fountain.
Besides, the bard is a half elf.
Even though it was only half blood mixed, it was highly likely that the talent of an elf, specializing in arrows and magic, blossomed.
If you look at it like that, it is possible to explain that ridiculous bow skill that was shown in front of you.
However, to put it that way, the first thing I thought was ‘why is there a seungmu festival?’
If her predictions are correct, she is a half-elf.
Even though she has half human blood, the elves living in the village will not openly reject her.
Basically, half-elves with human blood tend to have much stronger elf tendencies than human tendencies.
Even the humans had a much stronger tendency to reject the foreign race than the elves did.
It wouldn’t be strange if a half-elf would be immediately sold to a nearby slave trader.
I couldn’t even guess what the reason was for taking such a risk and leaving the elven village to participate in the archery competition.
The archery competition has nothing to do with finding out the world that his grandmother said.
When the curiosity continued, she came down from the stadium and pretended to know Ray.
“oh. That’s him right? at the fountain Will we meet again like this?”
I guess it’s related to something. Ray greeted her as she muttered.
“I never thought we would meet again in a place like this. By the way… Not only are you good at playing instruments, but you’re also pretty good at bows, right? Did you learn it from the elven village?”
Seeing that he mentioned the elf village, which is a little difficult for ordinary humans, it seems to have something to do with the village.
Thinking of that, she nodded her head honestly.
“In the village, only handling musical instruments and bows has been done for over 300 years. It’s even weirder that I can’t.”
He taps his chest a little, as if he is overflowing with his own pride.
Well, if you’ve been doing that for over 300 years, you can be called a master no matter what it is.
Ray asked her questions.
“By the way, why did you participate in the archery competition?”
“iced coffee. It’s because of the prize money.”
Even if you smile and smile pretty, your purpose is too impure to be called an elf.
Originally, elves did not dare to covet the things of humans.
Of course, it was not only material things, but also spiritual things.
Even though he was a half-elf with human blood, how could he think such a thing?
she added.
“You can’t do anything without money, right? Even if you want to move, you must have money first.”
“….”
“You need money to buy information from an information vendor. Even getting food or renting a place to stay costs money. It is unavoidable for elves to find money.”
Remarkably, after finishing her rationalization, she nodded as if she was absorbed in her own words.
However, Rei’s subtle expression did not change.
If there is no food, it is the elves who get it, and when there is no place to live, it is the elves who build the village.
But somehow, the half-elf in front of me thought of making money rather than that.
A monster born of capitalism here?
To betray an elf who said there was no other race to follow. The power of capital was indeed frightening.
she said, pressing down on her robe.
“You may think that you don’t get along with elves a little, but money is essential. My grandmother told me that too.”
It’s definitely necessary.
No, it is one of the indispensable elements in life to the extent that it cannot be without it.
“Then, are you going to get the prize money and go around the Lessian Empire again?”
To his question, she answered while packing her backpack.
“Because the prize money was my goal from the beginning, I’m thinking of leaving the Lessian Empire once I get the prize money. There were only a lot of magic tools here, but I couldn’t get a single correct information.”
In short, it must mean that you have already looked around everything you need to look around.
Unlike himself, who had errands left in the Wyvern’s nest even after the Seungmu festival was over.
Ray thought as he looked at the elf waving his hand in greeting.
“Three hundred years of bows and musical instruments… Then what about Aira…”