A Certain Middle-Aged Man’s VRMMO Activity Log c42

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

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A/N: The Second Half that’s gone on so long is now …?

At long last Sat.u.r.day’s tournament is about to begin.

Since this tournament is the event’s final flourish, the turnout is in no way half-a.s.sed.

After a short time the tournament begins, and the contestants entered, then stood in a line.

That single announcement riled up the venue. After all that’s happened, everything’s going to end.

Looks like I was extremely fortunate when it comes to watching this event.

And there’s one more thing I was wondering about, so I use the Farsight Skill to survey the a.s.sembly.

… Fairy Seducer; I found two people who bear that t.i.tle.
People like me … exist.

And the tournament began.

The ones that showed strength far surpa.s.sing the rest of the group are, as expected, Silver and Grad.

In fact, if I fought against any of the players who made it into this tournament, I wonder if I’d be able to pick up even 1 win out of 10 fights…
Any with about that kind of difference, there’s still a difference from those two that isn’t funny.

And then, there’s something else that’s still bothering me; the Fairies of the players who were victorious in the tournament had particles of light flying towards them from the loser’s Fairy.
I wonder if that has some sort of meaning …?

Now then, the tournament’s partic.i.p.ating contestants, who were people with high player skills, were overwhelmed by both Silver and Grad.

Their combat opponents were unable to wield the battle techniques they wanted; I totally understand.

The opponent players are completely swallowed by them.

And the two Fairies are a Light Valkyrie and a Dark Fox Spirit.

Without a moment’s delay, when their masters force open a gap, they’ll immediately break through with an attack.

I wonder how much they had to fight to get to that strength …

And the tournament continued without any big problems; now we’re facing the Finals.
The Finals is as expected, exactly like the speculations, the Silver and Grad pair.

“At long last we meet nou, Grad yo.”

Right before the Finals began, Silver Ojiichan began talking like that.

“Tch, you’re a persistent old man … you got something else to say?”

In the middle of the pair’s conversation, the Countdown to the Finals was going.

10.

“Something Mineself wants to say Mineself does not have, but still Mineself must remonstrate you nou.”

9.

“In the end it’s a lecture after all?”

8.

“Mineself is done with the lectures.”

7.

“Hee, then what are you going to do?”

6.

“Punish thee with a beating jya!”
And together with those words, Silver Ojiichan lifts his two-handed axe and enters a perfect battle ready stance. You can see the power being slowly put in.

5.

“… interesting; you think you can actually do it?”
Grad also prepares his one-handed sword and shield and enters a battle ready stance.

4.

After that both of them stare each other down, so that when the Count ends … they can immediately make their moves.

3.

The two Fairies also perfectly enter battle stances; both of their strengths are understood, and both sides’ Fairies also have very determined eyes; I understand that well with the Farsight Skill.

2 … 1…

GO!

Immediately after the “GO!” came, in one breath Silver had charged ahead.

Silver is the Attacker, and Grad is the Tank.
For Silver he cuts down what’s in front of him; for Grad he endures and counters.

While rushing forward, Silver prepares his two-handed axe.

And using a method usually used another way, Grad lifts his shield above and strikes with it to avoid taking any significant damage;
If he hadn’t met the attack and repelled it with a Shield Bash it could have been deadly.

But, with that Tackle Grad didn’t even break his posture.

The single blow from the counter attack came in an instant; as expected he isn’t using Arts.

It’s like both of their weapons have just finished exchanging greetings …

Sometimes slicing, sometimes counterattacking, sometimes the Fairies cut in with magic or direct attacks, and sometimes evading.

Despite both of them wearing the heavy Heavy Armor equipement, they dodge the brunt of their opponent’s serious attacks with a hair’s-breadth avoidance.

These are the people who are the Top Players!

With these people in it, I wonder exactly how strong a party can get …

The balance up til now looks like it will be broken.

With Grad’s left shoulder pierced by the Valkyrie’s spear, Silver saw his chance and immediately charged in, the Two-handed Axe Arts at the ready.

It hits everyone and anyone; the moment Grad saw it he retreated several meters behind.

That movement is … it’s Wind Magic’s !

It’s got to hurt that the attack just now wasn’t able to hit.

To be forced to play one of his trump cards revealed to everyone must be painful for Grad.
Because now everyone knows that one of his limited 10 slots is Wind Magic …

Again the battle’s deadlock refused to fall, both their weapons whirled; accompanied with the flashing colors of the Fairies’ magics the Dance recommenced. No longer needing to hide it, Grad frequently used Wind Magic to attack.

It might be that it’s a trump card that he’s keeping hidden.

Even so, with the addition of flying projectiles … little bit by little bit, the scales of war are tipping in Grad’s favor; though Silver’s Valkyrie even tried to commit herself to support him, Grad’s Fox Spirit would disrupt her; magic used to manage negation as increased greatly, and since the Valkyrie also won’t let any of it pa.s.s, in the end she wasn’t able to continue giving Silver her support.

Like this, it’s become a tough battle for the Attacker Silver.

Bit by bit he drives Silver into a corner.
Of course it’s not like Silver just takes it without counterattacking, but it looks like he won’t be able to change the flow … each and every critical counterattack is struck down by the shield.

The result is, Grad is quite successful in maintaining that flow well.

With the Valkyrie going at it with his Fox Spirit at full force, Silver’s support has been cut off.

Elementary level magic doesn’t have much firepower, but there’s rapid-fire capability and small consumption as advantages.
All the players who use magic say it’s important to master elementary magic.

And finally the time for the result has come.

It looks like it’s called Cross Line because it leaves a cross-shaped strike …

But the long battle up until now has whittled away at his strength, and his judgment as well has probably been whittled away … a direct hit was finally allowed through.

Without sympathy to the cross-shaped strike carved into Silver, the Fox Spirit who had been lying in wait used black fire magic … that as well is probably a Fairy specific, unique magic.

Next to that the Valkyrie collapsed …

“I got you back good for that time, Old Man!”

Grad said with a loud laugh.

And then throughout the a.s.sembly rang the Game Master’s announcement, [It’s Contestant Grad’s splendid victory!], and the audience broke into a wild frenzy.

In the midst of the cheers, the Fox Spirit Fairy, of to the side, was engulfed in light particles streaming off the Valkyrie … and changed form.

The sudden, large change of Grad’s Fairy set the a.s.sembly in a buzz.

Wearing a jet black dress, on her head is a platinum crown, and in her hand is a staff with a large black opal inset in the tip.
No one has seen a Fairy with this kind of appearance before.

Grad was bewildered for a moment, but recovered himself and …

“You evolved further, huh? You’ll be even more useful!”

He said to the Fairy.
However …

“I refuse; I no longer have any intentions of being together with you, naiwa.”

She denied him in an icy voice.
The first Fairy that can talk … this girl must be the Fairy who is queen of the Fairies, the Fairy Queen.

SKILLS

[Kicking a.s.sault]Lv12

[Craftsmanship]Lv45

[Alchemy]Lv40

[Physical Ability Reinforcement]Lv16

[Whip]Lv34

Reserved Skills

[Blacksmithing]Lv30

ExP 14

A/N: t.i.tle owned    Fairy Seducer

The Final Boss? has appeared.

Yes, with the dice of G.o.d.

I really appreciate how much more awesome Grad and Silver are depicted in the WN. It has more of a “oh, so these guys really ARE the top players” feel, as opposed to just being plot-puppets.
Anyway, we’re approaching the climax of the Fairy arc. Moeagate-yo~! >