Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter215，Part1: 1 - Outsider ②

Chapter 215 Outsider ②

Part 1

The big news came just as Tino was returning to the Clan after completing her training at a Treasure Shrine.

Onee-sama isn’t here. Onee-sama’s training is hell, but her schedule is completely random. Sometimes she doesn’t show up when a training has been scheduled, and sometimes she shows up when a training hasn’t been scheduled.

Recently, she had been away all the time due to the Emperor’s request for an escort, but Tino was already completely used to such a capricious “Shisho (Mentor)”.

“Master~……? At the Supreme Martial Art Festival?” (Tino)

“Aaaah, it seems like he said that it is a good opportunity, so his Party should aim to dominate the tournament.” (Lyle)

His tone was calm, but the eyes of the Hunter from 《First Step (Ashiato)》 who gave me the information――Lyle had a *kirakira* glint in his eyes.

Nowadays, which is also called the heyday of Treasure Hunters, there are many martial arts competitions held in various places, but nothing is as widespread as the 『Supreme Martial Arts Festival (Buteisai)』.

A lot of skilled people will participate. It is not limited to Hunters.

There will be well-known Martial Arts masters and famous Bounty Hunters. Sometimes there is the leader of the most powerful knight order, and sometimes there is a wise man who has spent his entire life studying in seclusion. Since all the weak people have been eliminated in the preliminary round, they all have one thing in common, all of them are strong.

Treasure hunters are used to fighting, but their goal is not to fight but to obtain treasures. In fact, they are even at a disadvantage in pure battle inside a small part of the city as they have allocated their Mana Material a little bit everywhere as they have to be able to handle a variety of situations.

And the most unique thing in it is that the contestants are not always pure human beings.

We don’t see many of them in the Imperial Capital, but there are several races in the world that have abilities far beyond humans.

One of them is Spirit People who excel in Magic, but there are also Beastmen and Giants that have physical strength that is incomparable to that of humans, and the Dragonman race, a rarely seen race, which excels in all the domains of a warrior and is the first species to be chosen as the strongest race.

Only by defeating those powerful contestants will you be given the honor of being the strongest. Of course, not every powerful people in the world will be able to compete, so it will depend on your luck.

However, as far as Tino knows, there have been only a few times in history when a simple human has come out on top of the Supreme Martial Arts Festival.

Master~ is awesome and strong. He is awesome, but to be honest, I don’t think it is fair to fight these people who were born just for fighting.

Above all, unlike Onee-sama and the others, Master~ has rarely shown his power publicly before. If Master~ was like that, he would have participated in the Supreme Martial Arts Festival a long time ago (By the way, the reason why Onee-sama and the others did not participate in the Supreme Martial Arts Festival until now was because they were tactful of Master).

Why did he decide to participate now?

Various questions went through my mind. Then Tino clenched her fists.

“I have to cheer them.” (Tino)

“Aaaah, But if Cry was to win the tournament, we’ll be the strongest group of all!” (Lyle)

Tino’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.

If you calmly think about it, he is right.

The winner of the Supreme Martial Arts Festival would be given the honor of being the strongest. And if the Clan is run by the strongest, more people will take notice of the Clan. There is no cause-and-effect relationship between the Clan Master’s ability and the ability of the Members of that Clan, but that is how the world works.

And――If we become the strongest Clan, people are bound to request us for work. Maybe, there might be some troublesome ones that would be mixed in it.

It wasn’t intentional. But Tino muttered half-reflexively.

“………… It seems like we will be having a really bad time.” (Tino)

“!? That’s…………………… Oh no, we have to stop him!” (Lyle)

As if he had come to the same conclusion, Lyle’s expression changed. Tino quickly stretched out her leg to swipe Lyle’s leg, when he tried to run away while turning around.

Lyle is Level 5. He is a mid-level Member of the Clan, but he has been a Hunter longer than Tino. In terms of ability, he was probably as good or maybe a little bit better than Tino, who went through many trials.

However, he was caught off guard.

“!?” (Lyle)

“I won’t let you go!” (Tino)

“!? You were the one who said it!” (Lyle)

When Lyle lost his posture, she landed a series of kicks before he could reposition himself. She closed the distance and didn’t let him have any chance to recover. The other Members of the Clan looked at him and Tino, but then they looked away thinking that it was the same as usual.

Lyle was desperate, but Tino was also desperate. If what Tino said was discovered, Onee-sama would purge her, and it was unthinkable to not support Master~.

“Kuh…… I will, be, rooting, for Master~!” (Tino)

That’s why――I will shut your mouth.

When a powerful blow reached Lyle, he flew high in the air. In response to that Tino chased after him without hesitation.

“If you… Make the wrong move… He will make you participate… Do you understand!?” (Lyle)

In the end, Tino stopped only after Lyle had completely collapsed on the floor and at the sound of a gong that someone brought.

While her shoulders were moving up and down because of her breathing, she looked at the pitiful Lyle.

“Fuuuh. Master~ will never tell me to participate, in his stead…… Probably…… I think.” (Tino)

……………… I can’t, Master~!

Tino had a faraway look in her eyes, but then she realized that she couldn’t leave it like that, so she grabbed Lyle’s arm and *zuruzuru* dragged him along.

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TL notes:

Thanks for reading! And thanks Kara for the Ko-fi!

Haha love how Tino support her Master but at the same time so not sure of her

And poor Lyle being a punching bag in the whole chapter! Just because he is afraid of a new trial!

Tchao à plus!

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