An Old Man Was Kicked Out of the Hero’s Party, Had His Woman Stolen From Him, and Suffered a Terrible Experience, but He Becomes the Strongest After Being Given the Ability to Use Necromancy by the Former Demon King. - Episode 12

The tournament to decide the strongest adventurer has finally begun.

　The rules are simple.

　They fight using weapons with broken blades and modified magic, and if their opponent falls or surrenders, they win. By the way, there is no summoning magic.

　It won’t be a one-on-one fight.

　Since it’s an entertainment tournament, of course, killing is not allowed.

　Those who take part in this tournament are those who boast of their strength and have confidence in their magic.

　The participants were surprised that the hero would be taking part, but few declined, as many were keen to test their skills against the hero.

　The hero challenged me to join the battle, but inside, I was excited.

　I was interested to see how far I could go.

　I have changed.

　This is your chance to prove it.

　I’ll prove to that selfish hero that I’m no longer useless.

　The tournament was decided by drawing lots, and unfortunately, the hero and I were separated.

　This will likely mean we’ll be fighting in the finals.

　Will he fight the hero in the very end?

　Well, maybe that’s not so bad.

　Besides, fighting the hero might be a good idea until I can master that magic.

　Right now, I know, but I’m not using it to its full potential.

　The first round of the tournament.

　The other person was a muscular, bald adventurer.

　His taut pectoral muscles look ready to burst at any moment.

　There were some stronger guys than I expected right from the start.

　The host raises his voice.

　The venue was already filled with excitement.

“Now, it has begun. The match will be between Marsul and Gil. Marsul is the winner of the previous tournament and is a fierce fighter who defeated his opponent without using any magic. On the other hand, Gil is participating for the first time. The deciding factor will be whether it is the previous champion, Marsul, or the first-time participant, Gil. The match will begin now.”

　The previous tournament champion, huh? This might be a tough challenge.

　A Marsul player came up to me and

“Hmm, what a weak-looking old man this is.”

“What? People aren’t all they seem.”

　The referee blows the whistle to start the match.

　As soon as the match started, Marsul jumped towards me.

　I will accept it head-on.

　There was a jolt like that of a huge rock hitting something.

“Guh.”

“Ola Ola, what’s wrong?”

　It’s strong, but not as strong as I thought it would be.

　With my body strengthened by Soul Eater, I can handle this much.

　I grabbed both of his arms and squeezed them as hard as I could.

“Woooohooooo!”

　Marsul drops the axe he was holding.

　I hope he just surrenders.

　I put more and more strength into both my hands.

　Both of Marsul’s arms are turning red.

　Unable to bear it any longer, Marsul headbutted me.

　This is unavoidable.

　Their heads collide.

“Gwah…”

　It was Marsul who groaned.

　It hurt me too, but since my body has been strengthened, I don’t feel the pain as much.

　I’ll just push through like this.

　This time, he headbutted him first.

　There is no way for Marsul to defend himself because both of his arms are being held.

　There was a loud noise as their heads collided again.

　Okay, one more time.

　Thinking that, I turned my head, but before that

“Well, wait a moment. I give up. I give up.”

“Oh no, Marsl has withdrawn. Gil wins!”

　Did you win?

　It doesn’t feel like a victory, but I’m happy that we won.

　This brings us one step closer to facing the hero.

　After the match, he shook hands with Marsul and congratulated each other on their good performance.

“Wow, I never thought there’d be someone this strong.”

“That’s mutual.”

“That’s not true. I couldn’t have done anything.”

“Not really. Your headbutt was pretty effective.”

“Really? Then that’s fine.”

　I say goodbye to Marsul and leave the stadium.

　Come to think of it, I wonder what happened to the hero, aka Alex.

　There was always going to be a first-round match.

　Shall I go and have a look?

　Thinking that, I went to check out other game venues, but the games had already ended.

　I heard the story from an old man nearby.

“Hey, this is where the hero Alex fought, right?”

“Oh, then the game is over.”

“It’s over?! The match?”

“That’s right. The wizard was desperately casting spells at him, but the hero dodged them gracefully and knocked him away with his sword. He didn’t get up, and the hero won.”

“As expected, he’s not just called the strongest of humanity.”

　I am in awe of its incredible strength.

　I knew it, but my opponent was the strongest.

　But my heart was inexplicably excited.

　The stronger the opponent, the more exciting it is.

　The matches continued without a hitch, and I won smoothly, eventually making it to the finals.

　A lot happened during that time, but there’s nothing worth talking about.

　After all, this is the one battle that matters.

　Now, let’s go. To defeat the hero.