That time I failed as an Author and got reincarnated in Tensura

Chapter 61: Explosive/Tempest Festival (3)

3rd Pov

The sixth day of the festival starting, early in the afternoon...the last few batches of participants fought qualifying the winners to the next round.
Though, it seems after the sudden announcement of Dawn's participation, some people just forfeited on the spot...as much pride and greed they possessed.

They weren't all idiots who would run toward someone already out of reach, while those with a passion for fighting and a thirst for strong opponents would give themself a chance.

This led to Dawn having an internal crisis since instead of scaring the unfortunate one away, he attracted the battle maniac.

tHose who passed the group stage and were now in the round of 16 were eager to fight him...

Dawn : (At least, because of my show off...i'm directly in the round of 8, meaning i just have to fight 3 times to win this.)

thought his fight might be the hardest, as once the semi start...he will be forced to either fight Diablo or Shion...

Dawn : I don't think I'll lose my mind...it's just annoying.

And the last fight was against Benimaru, since he is on the other side of the tournament branch...there were some other strong contestants like Gobuta, Ranga or the masked Carrion.

But none of them could compare to those Dawn listed, on top of that he already knew the outcome of the tournament...without him the final should have been Benimaru against Diablo.

Though those sources cannot be accurate since Rimuru himself is stronger than the original, his subordinate also grew in power.

Dawn : Now the only problem is that demon...

Carrera...while Ultima was too terrified to participate, Testarossa had her duty...since Diablo entered, Rimuru couldn't refute Carrera's entry.

She might overpower Benimaru..., but luckily for him, she isn't on his side of the branch, but rather if she wins all her fights.

She will face me in the round of 8.

Dawn : Heh...I might have to be a little more serious than I planned.

He only thought that because if let too much time, Carrera might just snap and cast a gravity collapse in the middle of the city...surely, she was eager to fight the one that terrified her fellow primordial.

Dawn : Anyway, i have to say...taking a dip in the onsen in the middle of the day isn't bad.

Since the next round didn't concern him, he went to the onsen and coincidentally a few of his acquaintances followed by.

Dawn : Though I didn't expect to meet you here King Gazel.

Gazel : Haha, well the tournament will only get interesting later...for now i plan to wholeheartedly enjoy the wonder of Tempest.

Gazel Dwargo, even if he and Dawn aren't exactly friends, his father had forged a weapon for Dawn a long time ago.

Dawn had seen the early stage of Dwargon, so he was naturally bound to the dwarven nation even if it's only a little now.

Dawn : I agree, but you got quite the company...

With them were a few others, Fuze...the guildmaster of a branch of the Freedom guild in Blunmund, beside him was oddly, the scientific Vesta...

And another particular guest was Lucas Schwartz, one of Dawn's people...

Dawn : To think Lucas would become acquainted with the king of Dwargon, I really didn't expect that.