“What the hell is this?!”
Before the team match, the positions of the participants were decided at random as a side show, but… aren’t they all paired up in a way that would make it a disadvantage for all the current heroes?!
Mirack’s fire is going against the previous water hero Sarasa that extinguishes it; Celestis’ water is going against the previous earth hero Yoneko that absorbs it; Hyue’s wind is going against the previous fire hero that disturbs it; and Sasae-chan’s earth is going against the wind that dries it…who is that?
At any rate, with this, aside from the light heroes that have no weaknesses to mention, every current hero has been pitted against all the elements they are weak against.
Everyone was spread on the stage facing their respective ‘random’ opponents.
“It is incredibly unlikely something like this could happen, but there’s still the chance.” (Yorishiro)
“What are you being so easygoing about this?! It is clearly the doing of someone!” (Haine)
The highest possibility is the contra-reconciliation side that wants to bring down the current heroes and Founders.
They are doing whatever means possible to become the new political power. Without minding that what they are doing is underhanded and cowardly.
But there’s no way I would forgive that!
I will find them this instant and choke them—!
“?!!”
I was going to stand up, but Yorishiro grabbed my hand.
“Take your seat.” (Yorishiro)
Her tone gave no room for a no.
“You are not the one fighting, it is those girls. Look at the expression of those girls. Even if they have been cheated on, do you think those are expressions of people that have given up right from the beginning?” (Yorishiro)
Being prompted by Yorishiro, I strain my eyes towards the battle stage.
Karen-san, Mirack, Celestis, Sasae-chan, and Hyue had stiffened faces because of the disadvantageous situation, but there’s no sign of them having given up.
“Ku…”
I groan in their place; for those girls that can’t even voice out their complains in the battlefield.
***
“Everyone! Converge!” (Celestis)
Seeing the situation, the first one to shout was Celestis.
“Fighting in a one vs one just like this is a definite no! We will gather at once and make it a melee fight! In terms of teamwork, we are the ones in the advantage!” (Celestis)
“Yeah!” “Ou!” “Understood!” Dasu!”
The role of decision making in an emergency situation is taken by the most weakest builded one out of all the five heroes, Celestis.
This time’s command was precise, but it is exactly because the command was precise that the enemy would get in the way.
“I won’t let you do it~.”
The one who blocked Celestis when she was trying to run to the center of the battle stage was the previous earth hero, Iemon Yoneko.
Her plump body that would make you think that she is Mother Earth had become a wall standing in the way of Celestis.
“This is the first time we meet. I will at least introduce myself. I was the earth hero, name’s Yoneko~. In my active days, I was called ‘Leg Hunter’~.” (Yoneko)
Saying so, Yoneko-san takes out what seems to be a personal divine tool of hers, a scythe.
Compared to the earth scythe of Sasae-chan, this one is pretty small, and it was as if it was a normal sickle.But for a normal scythe, it was quite thick and the length of its blade was big. Its fearsomeness was prominent.
“Earth Scythe, Magdala~~. But too bad~, to think I will be takin’ the legs of such a loving girl~.” (Yoneko)
“Eh?”
“To think that I would have to hunt them!!” (Yoneko)
Yoneko-san lowered her body as if crawling on the ground, and attacks Celestis with a posture as if she were a cat.
“Hiwawawawa!! What’s this?!” (Celestis)
If the one being attacked wasn’t Celestis, it would have most likely ended with that one attack.
The scythe’s blade that was basically licking the ground with super-low altitude headed directly at the legs of Celestis as if trying to reap them off, but she jumped by a hair’s breadth and managed to evade it.
“You! [Water Rage]!” (Celestis)
At the same time as she dodged, she countered with a water bullet. However, Yoneko-san received it with her scythe as she turned around and easily broke the water bullet into small droplets.
“Uwaa?!”
“This is the elemental affinity~.” (Yoneko)
That’s right. This fight is paired up in a way where our side is practically all in an overwhelming disadvantage.
Even in the other fights…
“Right Fire Fist, Fernando! Left Fire Fist, Pelarius! Both fists make up the Twin Fire Fists!” (Kyouka)
Previous fire hero, Abi Kyouka.
Both of her hands were equipped with divine tool knuckles. These steel knuckles, that would originally cover the fists with their toughness and would pulverize the punched enemy, had become a divine tool that controls fire in the hands of the fire hero. Moreover, the current hero Mirack only has one fire fist equipped in her left hand, and yet, the previous hero Kyouka has them in both hands?!