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Rezara.

05.03.297 — tournament in honor of the birthday of Deus Mariarnelia

VI

Opponent — Milady Alaria Doran, Knight of Catharsis from Lamento, servant of Lord Kaleido Cartridge.

At the start of the battle, it seemed as though all the odds were in my favor. Alaria was throwing knives at Zephyr, while I shot at her with my bow.

Initially, the opponent's tactic wasn't working, and Zephyr and I managed to successfully dodge her attacks. But gradually, while my arrows barely grazed her body through her armor, the Knight of Catharsis managed to achieve her goal and knock the pegasus out of the fight, turning the poor creature into a pincushion for knives.

Now Alaria was trying to repeat this trick with me, simultaneously closing the distance. All I could do was dodge her attacks and keep shooting back. For a while, I managed to hold my position, forcing the opponent to retreat and use a healing potion until her supplies ran out.

At first, it seemed that luck would now be on my side. However, the exact opposite happened. Alaria went berserk, sharply closed the distance, and began striking me with her blade. Almost every one of her attacks risked being lethal, and now I had to take sips from my flask, hoping to hold out.

At some point, the opponent surrounded herself with a barrier, causing all my shots to hit it instead. The problem was that I could no longer protect myself. All I could do was keep dodging for as long as I managed to.

Finally, when the barrier was broken and I once again had a chance at victory, Alaria cast a spell. It not only partially healed the Knight of Catharsis's wounds but also restored the barrier she had.

This did not shake my fighting spirit in the slightest, and I continued shooting, but by some miracle, the opponent managed not only to avoid my attacks but also to land hits on me. In the end, the final swing of the Catharsis blade decided the outcome of this duel in her favor. She expended a great deal of energy for the remaining battles, while I lost my chances at a prize-winning place.

Note: to expend almost all of her energy on just me, only to have no advantage over others afterward. Was it worth it? Probably, the fame of the Knights of Gildaria precedes them. I also allow for the possibility that the opponent from Silverdale had some personal motives or animosity toward me or our glorious region. In any case, it's unlikely anyone will provide answers to these conjectures.

I hate all horse archers equally. 😎

Stephania doesn't know that. Plus, there might be a political motive, since Adalard pinched off some lands from Silverdane in the absence of your boss.

Can Lester go home and put the painting into a slot?

Spent more on Lester...

Mognul'd Stefania just like Axel 😔

He mognuled everyone.

Well, there was simply no one else to spend it on. And I wanted to defeat at least one mounted archer, yeah.

Better the pumpkin scum.

Against that one, there was no chance at all.

05.03.297 — tournament in honor of the birthday of Deus Mariarnelia

Round 6, battle 4.

Milady Chonchonlia Quintea V vs. Milord Lester Vargas

A battle that ended almost as soon as it began. Chonchonlia defeated Lester with two shots, not giving him even a chance to move from his spot. To win, she didn't even need a single pumpkin — just a bow and a keen eye.

Unaccustomed to battles against humans, Rezara decides to ask the formidable Alaria for advice on where to position herself.

05.03.297 — tournament in honor of Deus Mariarnelia's birthday

Round 6, fight 5.

Sir Orvald de Martelam V vs. Lord Zedil Mox

A battle of hammer-wielders. Both knights began their assault by attacking the animals. Orvald struck first, paralyzing the arachnid, while Zedil only managed to hit the horse on his second blow. Meanwhile, the spider, recovering from the stunning strike, attempted to cast its web on the Knight of the Golden Tower, just as it had with Lester, but he instantly broke free from the webbing.

This shook Orvald's morale and simultaneously enraged him. The man crushed the arachnid with a swing of his hammer, thereby giving the healers a great deal of work. Zedil now began to take hits himself, while still trying to break Bastion. Although he had to endure a series of blows and waste time on a healing potion, he ultimately managed to finish off the horse.

Orvald, however, needed no healing to keep swinging his hammer. But after losing Bastion, he seemed to perform worse, making a whole series of misses. The Knight of Unbridled Violence, however, was not showing the best results either. It was as if they were spending too much time on their wind-ups, preventing both from looking at where to strike in the first place. Why aim when you can just hit?

The series of misses was broken by Zedil, who, though not with great force, still struck his opponent twice. From this entire string of failures, Orvald's morale dropped significantly. But perhaps it was this that awakened the inner beast within the fighter.

The Knight of the Golden Tower made another wind-up, and this time not only did he hit his opponent, but he also temporarily immobilized him. Then another wind-up — again Zedil could do nothing. Watching his exhausted opponent try to recover, Orvald decided not to delay and wound up his hammer a third time. And he did so in such a way that missing was impossible! And so Zedil lay unconscious, while the Knight of the Golden Tower celebrated victory.

Note: towards the end, the battle looked extremely gruesome. It felt as if Orvald was ready to strike Zedil directly on the top of his head with his hammer. And if he had done so, the latter's head would have undoubtedly burst like an overripe watermelon.