Since it was a duel, we decided to borrow the guild’s arena. Eleanor and I, Zuan and the rest of the party, all move there.
Onlookers also seemed to come to watch in order to pass the time, and they took their places in the audience in large groups. The guild staff had also arrived, and they were going to give us the signal to start the duel.
「Master, please do your best!」
I responded to Eleanor’s cheers with a wave of my hand.
「So before we begin the duel between Zuan-sama and Louis-sama, we will confirm the stakes. The bet was that if Zuan-sama won, Louis-sama would give Eleanor-sama and two platinum coins as payment. If Louis-sama wins, Zuan-sama’s party shall pay three platinum coins. If the loser does not have enough money to fulfill his wager, he will become a debtor slave after the duel. The Adventurer’s Guild will act as an intermediary in the process. The game is won or lost until one of them dies or surrenders.」
After listening to the guild staff, we both took our positions on the starting line, about 10 meters away from the center of the arena.
Zuan holds a large axe in his hand, and I take out a mithril sword from the【Item Box】. That’s when I felt the crowd buzzing.
「Then let the duel begin!」
As soon as the duel started, Zuan came at me, swinging his axe.
But the move came too late. It’s so slow, it almost makes me yawn.
Even though that’s a joke, I’ll figure out how to proceed with the duel.
I thought for a moment that it would be tasteless to kill him instantly, but then I reconsidered that the duel was not worth the time.
There will be a request after this. I chose to end it quickly.
Then I move to Zuan’s side in an instant before flashing my sword at him.
Now the arena was silent.
I don’t think anyone here could have understood what had just happened.
Zuan was swung his axe at me, then the next moment, his arms and axe were on the ground.
Even Zuan was dumbfounded, as if his thoughts hadn’t caught up with his condition.
「You still want to continue? If you do, I’ll cut off both of your legs next, okay?」
My voice carried well in the silent arena.
「Ooowwwwww, it hurtssssssss, my arm, gaaaaahhhhh!」
As soon as I called out to him, Zuan seemed to realize that he was in pain.
But I guess Zuan didn’t hear my question, because he broke down in tears and fell to his knees.
Blood was gushing out of the wound at a great rate. I used my【Heal】to heal the wound.
I didn’t bother to heal the missing part, I just closed the wound. If I close the wound in this way, I will need 〈Light Magic〉level 8 to recover the missing part. The only people with such power are the Pope of the Episcopal State of Elen Garde and those in similar positions, as well as a few adventurers in the EX and S ranks.
If the wound is still open, though, level 6 〈Light Magic〉 will heal the missing part.
Zuan may still be in pain, but the confusion seems to have subsided a bit now that the wound is closed.
「I give up! I surrender, please don’t take both my legs! Eeee!」
「Louis-sama, the winner!」
The guild staff, who had been frozen in place like everyone else, pulled themselves together and declared me the winner.
The arena erupted in cheers as the referee announced the match.
This is how my first duel ended so easily.
Afterwards, Eleanor gave me a words of appreciation. Zuan and the other three were ranting and resisting, but they successfully became debt slaves.
I took the three platinum coins from the guild staff and left the arena. I’m not sure if Zuan can make it as a slave without both arms.
After the duel, which I could not lose, was over, I suddenly thought.
Even though it was inexcusable to think about it, I wondered what would have happened if I had lost Eleanor.
When I imagine it, I feel pretty bad about it. Thinking about it, I realized that I do like her, even though we have only been together for a short time.
Aside from that, I thought that I could finally accept a request, but I had to spend a lot of time on the procedures after the duel. So I decided to not take any requests today and return to the inn after shopping for sundries and groceries.