A minute passed since the sli was surrounded. Just as people were starting to wonder when the fighting would start, Matthew’s river crab casted a Water Ball. At the sa ti, the two river raptors that were right in between Ryouma and his sli, lifted their forelegs and thrusted with their claws.
The emperor scavenger sli did not dodge the Water Ball. It used its body and received the attack head on, causing it to move back a bit. Then it stretched out its tentacles and grabbed at the limbs of the incoming river raptors.
The mont the river raptors were about to thrust their claws, the part of the tentacles that would touch the claws depressed, and the tentacles grabbed at the claws and the heads of the river raptors. The river raptors were made to slide to the tentacles, upon which the volu of the tentacles suddenly increased. When it did, the tentacles swelled, and coupled with their elasticity, the tentacles lifted up the river raptors. The whole thing looked as if the sli went under the river raptors.
With the slis nimble movents, the two river raptors had their limbs caught before they could dodge, and imdiately after, they were thrown high up above the sli’s giant body.
What cos up must co down, that’s an unchangeable truth. As the river raptors fell, the sli pulled the legs of the two falling river raptors, and it threw them against the river raptors running around it.
“Ge!?” [River Raptor 1]
“Gya Gya!?” [River Raptor 2]
“!!?” [River Raptor 3]
“!!?” [River Raptor 4]
As the crowd grew loud, Matthew’s face turned ugly. Imdiately, Matthew ordered the river raptors, and five of them ca jumping while the other six thrusted at the sli.
(Did you think that if you increase the number we won’t be able to defend?)
Just as the sli did a while ago, it grabbed one of the river raptors by the leg.
Now, if the surface of the sli that was facing Matthew was the front, and the surface of the sli facing Ryouma was the back, then it could be said that it was from the front that that river raptor attacked. At the sa ti, three other raptors jumped from the back.
Just like the sli did before, it threw the river raptor coming in from in front. And because at that mont the other river raptors were jumping, they weren’t able to escape like they did a while ago. The river raptor that was thrown fiercely crashed into one of the river raptors that jumped, and then fell to the ground. No matter how agile river raptors were on land, they couldn’t change their direction while in midair.
But the river raptors’ attack wasn’t about to end with just this.
The sli tripped the river raptors coming in to thrust at it with their claws, while it positioned its tentacles to where the jumping river raptors would land. After the river raptors that jumped landed, the sli scooped them up and threw them. But this was different from when the sli threw the raptors from a high place. With this thod, the damage was much lower, and the river raptors were able to imdiately pick themselves back up and attack.
But the river raptors were still being led around by the sli, and that very scene was reflected on the eyes of all spectators. That pissed Matthew off.
As Matthew’s face went red, he ordered his slave demons to stop attacking and distance themselves. The river crab that was waiting at the back summoned up a huge amount of water enough to be thought of, a river. It manipulated that large volu of water in the air.
(What is that magic? It doesn’t have the sa vigor as the advanced magic ‘Water Fall’. There’s a lot of water, but it only seems like it’s generating lots of water and manipulating it... It doesn’t really look like it’s about to attack. The flow of magic power is also too quiet for an attack. Is this the special water magic of a river crab? Magical beasts sotis have strange ways of using magic that have strange effects compared to people, so I can’t look down on it, but... Mn? Ah! I get it!)
As Ryouma inferred what the river crab’s aim was from its movent, the river crab covered the giant body of the sli with the water it summoned, creating a room about 2m thick. After which, the river raptors started jumping in.
For humans and magical beasts that need to breathe, not being able to escape that would prove to be fatal. Fortunately, slis didn’t need to worry about suffocating though their movent would still be hindered. Compared to that, the river raptor was now in their ho court. Aside from having barely any differences in speed when on land here, the river raptors would also be able to attack in ways that they couldn’t on land.
As Mathew continued to give orders, the river raptors swam as they pleased within the water room as they aid for the sli’s nucleus. Water splashed out as the river raptors and the sli inside moved, flooding the surrounding area. Ryouma in particular was given quite a shower, and he looked like soone who had been running in the rain.
But Ryouma wasn’t concerned with that; he kept his focus at the match on hand.
(As expected, the sli is moving slower underwater. It doesn’t look like they’ll let us get out either. And even if we could, I’d rather do sothing about that crab first. The sli won’t suffocate and they won’t be able to reach the nucleus, so...)
What the river raptors had were not gills, but air sacs. So Ryouma wondered, wouldn’t they drown if those run out of air? As Ryouma ordered the sli, the sli tried to catch the river raptors, but they managed to barely slip away every ti.
(...Let’s go with brute force then.)
As Ryouma gave out the next order, the emperor scavenger sli’s giant body suddenly shook. In the next mont, all the tentacles returned to the sli’s body, and the sli stopped attacking. The water room gradually thinned, but as the river crab added more water, the room grew thick again. However, if the river crab were to stop adding water, the volu would once again decrease.
Just as the analyst said, the emperor scavenger sli was allowing the water to pass through its defenses to allow it to drink up the surrounding water and get rid of the water room. But the speed of the emperor scavenger sli drinking and the river crab adding water looked to be equal. The emperor scavenger sli continued to drink like that while protecting its nucleus for so ti.
Five minutes later.
The water the river crab was generating finally slowed, and the water room was growing thinner and thinner. Matthew ordered the river crab to release more water. But no matter how much he ordered the river crab, the volu of water added couldn’t increase.
Ten seconds later, the analyst’s conjecture was proven right, and the river crab had no choice but to stop generating water. The water mbrane still covered the sli, but there were already holes in it, causing the water to overflow to the ground. The river crab has clearly reached its limit. Seeing that, Matthew spat out loud as he raised his hands.
“Damn it! So annoying!”
(It’s the finals, so I thought he’d laid down all his cards already... Does he still have a card to play? I wonder what’s going to co... I don’t have any info about this at all.)
Matthew raised his right arm up to his shoulder and chanted. Matthew was a conjurer, so he used conjuration to summon his beasts. After a flash of light, a giant appeared. Though tt resembled a human in shape, it was obviously not a human.
(Huge! It’s even bigger than the emperor scavenger sli!?)
When the giant appeared on stage, everyone including Ryouma was shocked. But that wasn’t surprising. After all, a giant just appeared. It stood almost 5m tall. Its limbs were thick like the pillars of a building. On its right hand was a handle that was almost like a tree. It was a bundle of rocks fastened by the vines wrapped around it; it was bigger than even an adult’s height.
At the end of the bundle of rocks was an axe on one side and sothing that looked like a pickaxe on the other side. The weapon looked crudely made, too crude for a human to have made it. Perhaps that giant might have enough knowledge to make a weapon out of stone, but those four blood-lusted eyes of it said otherwise; for not even a sliver of reason could be seen in them.
The host and the spectators were all focused on the magical beast, but as the analyst was about to explain, the color of his face and his voice went stiff.
The portrait giant is a B Rank magical beast when young and anywhere from A to S when fully grown. It’s a magical beast that grows in rank as it grows older. And the way to discern its rank is from its height.
As if agreeing to the words of the host, the whole arena voiced out words of praise toward Matthew. Hearing that, Matthew seed to regain his cool. For a mont, he even boastfully glanced at Ryouma, but when he moved his gaze toward the portrait giant, his expression went grim.
As the slis and the river raptor were continuing to battle and the river crab was approaching its limit, the portrait giant moved out.
(It’s fast! Dodge!)
The portrait giant ran. Due to its height, every single one of its steps was wide. It instantly shortened the distance between it and the sli. As it neared, tt swung the axe in its right hand down. The sli managed to dodge, but when the axe landed, it hollowed the ground, whirling up grit and stones.
Moreover, as the portrait giant pulled back the axe on its right, it slamd its left fist against the sli. Although the sli’s body contorted more than any attack yet, it was definitely able to handle that fist. However, the attack that ca next was different.
After the portrait giant pulled back its axe, it swung it from the right down to the left. The sli also tried to dodge this, but because of the previous attack, it couldn’t dodge in ti. The axe grazed the surface of the sli’s body, tearing open a slight wound on the sli.
When Ryouma saw that, he unconsciously wrinkled his brows.
(A direct hit’s no good even with the physical attack resistance. He sure brought out a crazy one at the very last mont... But there’s definitely still an opening. I was wondering why he hadn’t brought this one out until now, but it seems he does have a proper reason.)
Ryouma’s eyes were not on his sli. He was looking at the river raptors and Matthew as he thought to himself. The portrait giant was attacking proactively, but because it wasn’t paying attention to its surrounding, there were many cases where the river raptors would get caught up in its attack.
The ones who were actually fighting were only the sli and the portrait giant. Even when the river raptors tried to join the fight they couldn’t. Every ti, they would just end up distancing themselves, looking for an opening to go in. anwhile, Matthew was once again glaring at the portrait giant’s back with a stern look. He tried to order the giant.
“Tch... So I can’t connect with it after all...”
Seeing Matthew’s expression go sour after giving out orders, Ryouma finally confird it. Matthew couldn’t control the portrait giant. Although Ryouma wasn’t sure about this, Ryouma hypothesized that Matthew could only give three kinds of orders to the portrait giant.
1. He could order it not to attack him.
2. He could order it who to attack.
3. He could order it to stop attacking and other standby commands.
Because there were a lot of parts that would be left to the portrait giant, he could not let it fight alongside other magical beasts. They also couldn’t see this giant as their ally. Which is why Matthew has not brought out this beast until now. More precisely, he couldn’t bring it out. After all, there was a possibility that his relationship with his slave demons would get crushed underfoot by its appearance.
It could also be said that Matthew bringing out a magical beast that he couldn’t control, just goes to show how much he’s been driven to a corner. And it was because of that fact that Matthew’s face went grim, and the wrinkles on his brows grew even deeper.
Tl Note: Thank you for voting in the poll Kaetekitte mo Fantasy won, and the 1st chapter has been posted today. Please check it out here: CLICK HERE
If you have a better idea on how to translate portrait giant, please let know. The giant is a given, so only the portrait is an issue. The romaji is: putoreito.(プトレイト)
Chatango is not just a chatbox and not a ticker. is it still annoying?
In other news, I’m surprised at the lack of “That’s what she said...” jokes in the last chapter. Or maybe I’m the only one who finds it funny. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. No chap for tom btw; also, this was a regular chapter. Yesterday’s was makeup.
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