Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 153: What did you say?

While he was guided by the men toward the test location, the three were about to follow him, but someone stopped them.

"Where the hell do you want to go...?"

A middle-aged man stood before the three and smiled kindly. Yet, from his smile, it was easy to tell that he was far from amiable.

"G-Guildmaster!"

"Haha... it's been a while."

"I am happy to see you all healthy."

"...."

Fuze, the guild master of the Blumund Kingdom, stared at the three idiots and let out a helpless sigh. "Why don't you come to my office soon? Do you remember your quest?"

"There is an explanation for this, Guildmater!"

"Yeah, we have found a new member for our group!"

"He is a promising and powerful young man!"

"Oh?" Fuze became interested and then saw all the crowd, who were about to go to the test area. When he saw all of this, he would be lying if he wasn't interested. In this world, entertainment was limited. In simple terms, there was nothing, so whenever something fun happened, they would gather together to see the fun.

Still, Fuze didn't have time for this since the disappearance of Veldora from the Jura Forest caused a lot of problems. Not only did the monsters become even more rampant as the guardian of the forest disappeared, but there were also more attacks from the monsters, causing unrest among people, but the worst of all, the Empire, which was located in the East, could freely move toward their country without any interruption now.

Veldora, the Storm Dragon, might be a catastrophe-like existence, but this existence also brought peace to the people for centuries.

Without the natural barrier known as Veldora, then it was only a time before the war rampaged through the world once again, as it would be impossible for the Empire to let go of this chance.

As the guild master of the Free Guild's Blumund Branch, he was responsible for gathering all the necessary intel as the Kingdom of Blumund was nothing but a small country. If they didn't want to be destroyed, then they could only do well on this type of matter.

Fuze sent Kaval, Gido, and Ellen to investigate the disappearance of Veldora, and he wanted to know what really happened, so he could let them watch the fun about the new supernova, but when he was in deep thought, the three of them had disappeared.

"........"

Fuze thought that he needed to work them even harder in the future.

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Leaving the three, Tamazuki went to a building that was as large as a gymnasium. The test would be held here, and every adventurer could take the test anytime. For that purpose, a proctor from every guild is always present.

But since proctors are sometimes relied upon in times of need, they are mostly hired from among rank A adventurers retired from military service.

Similarly, the man in front of him, albeit young, is missing a leg. The proctor probably lost it performing his duties and became a proctor instead.

"I will say this ahead of time. If you pass, you become an E rank and are allowed to subsequently challenge D and C ranks and above. However, if you fail, you have to first earn 100 F points before testing again. Do you understand?"

F points can be obtained from F rank requests.

Rewards and points differ between different levels of requests. In short, you get rewarded for your skill.

Lastly, it would just trouble others if one didn't know the weight of their skills.

"No problem."

Tamazuki answered, and the proctor nodded in return.

Pointing at the ground, the proctor said, "The rest will be conducted within a magic circle. Enter it. After you finish your preparation, we begin."

Where he pointed lay a twenty-meter-in-diameter magic circle.

When Tamazuki entered it, at the same time, a dome-like barrier was erected.

The crowd was already there, and they were all excited.

Kaval, Gido, and Ellen were also present, but they were being caught by Fuze, so they could only use their sleek communication skills, letting them watch as the test wouldn't take too long for Tamazuki to finish.

Fuze raised her brow. "Do you have confidence in this young man?" He could tell that Tamazuki was young. Probably around 15 or 16, yet why this young man attracted so much attention, yet when he saw Tamazuki for the first time, he understood the reason.

Face.

This was the most unfair thing to judge someone.

Yet, without a doubt, having a good appearance was a plus point for everyone.

"Of course!"

"He is so strong!"

"He is the strongest person that we have ever seen!"

"Especially his swordsmanship!" 3x

Kaval, Gido, and Ellen believed that Tamazuki had the best swordsmanship in the world.

"Oh?"

Hearing that, Fuze also became interested. Before he became the guild master, he was quite a famous adventurer, and he was known as "Gale Swordman," so hearing the three boast about someone else's swordsmanship made him interested. Still, because of that, he forgot about his original purpose of scolding the three and joined the crowd to watch his fight.

At this moment, at this place, Tamazuki became the center of everything.

"I am ready."

Tamazuki was ready.

"Alright, in that case, defeat the opponent before you!"

The proctor said and poured magic into the circle.

Summoning magic.

This was the information he got from the [Great Sage] as he saw a single hound appear before him.

Yet, before anyone could react, it was cut in half.

They didn't even see when Tamazuki drew, but the hound was killed and cut in half.

"Next."

Everyone was in silence, and they looked at this amazing scene.

"A-Amazing!"

"Wh-What did he do?"

"I am not sure."

Still, Fuze's expression changed as he saw Tamazuki return the sword to the scabbard again like he was in a stance or something.

'What kind of swordsmanship style is this?'

While the katana wasn't an uncommon weapon since there were many people from Japan who came to this world, their technique wasn't as exaggerated as his.

Still, Tamazuki ignored that and just wanted to end them as soon as possible. However, as he could only take the test until B rank in the branch office, then he would do that.

Then, continuing to do his work, the proctor summoned Tamazuki's next opponents.

D rank was Hound Wolf.

C rank was Giant Bear.

C+ rank was Giant Bat.

Naturally, all of them were smoothly cut by him.

"........" Everyone.

No one could say anything, and they could only stay in a daze.

"Superb. To think you were so skilled." The proctor took a deep breath, then asked, "B rank monster is strong. Are you ready?"

"Please."

Thus, the last enemy was summoned.

A demon with four wriggling arms. Name: Lesser Demon.

It was his first time seeing a demon race. It made him curious, and he wondered what kind of abilities it had.

Or should he use [Predation], that way he could absorb its ability?

"That monster is a lesser demon! Physical attacks won't work against it. Now, what will you do? You should give up now! Wounds from this thing might kill you!"

The proctor exclaimed, somewhat excited. He was bitter that Tamazuki had defeated all the enemies so easily up until now.

Yet, Tamazuki was curious.

The lesser demon's eyes flashed red, and he started chanting magic. Then, he fired four fireballs at Tamazuki.

Tamazuki was secretly amazed by a B rank monster, but he easily cut down all the fireballs.

"......." Everyone.

Still, it made Tamazuki wonder whether the three idiots could defeat this demon as they were B rank adventurers. Yet, it didn't matter. He didn't dodge the lesser demon and even approached it calmly before cutting the demon's neck, but as expected, after it was stunned for a moment, it soon recovered.

According to the [Great Sage], the physical attack wasn't as effective toward a demon race as it was only half corporeal. It seemed a demon race is an ethereal being that possesses intelligence and obtains a body.

"Hmm... it only isn't effective, right? It's not like it is truly impossible to kill it."

Tamazuki observed the lesser demon curiously.

"Then, try it! Do you really think that your swordsmanship is really invincible? Especially with that run-down sword! You should give up! I tell you for your own good!" The proctor had bloodshot eyes, as it wasn't easy to maintain a lesser demon.

Tamazuki didn't use his special sword, only a normal one that he borrowed from the guild, yet, it didn't affect his performance.

In a second, the lesser demon was stunned before his body was sliced into hundreds of pieces.

In that second, Tamazuki had performed hundreds of quick slashes with ease, then, as expected, the lesser demon dissipated into the air and died.

"Did you say something?"

"......." The proctor.

"......." Everyone.

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