CH 29

The selection in progress

The Twelve Apostles selection meeting has started in full scale

The prominent ones have stood out very conspicuously

Selen, Forte, Saraka

On the other hand, there are people lying on the ground and crawl left and right……。

「Uoooooo!?　We’ll die!　We will dieeeeeee!?」

My buddies were being chased by the cannibalism giant horse with disordered breath

「Bullshit! How can we fight against this kind of monster!」

「It’s stronger than the Spiked Big Face we fought in the training camp’s examination! This is hopeless!」

「Anyway, we must escape!?」

Gashi, Rei and Seki, their rising morale from the emperor’s speech was blown away, and replaced by the fear of death

In addition, after seeing 3 certain girls defeating the giant beasts one by one……。

「……Are these guys for real? They can defeat such strong beasts one by one?」

「That’s the strength of the elite guards……! The thing we couldn’t get even in our imagination……! Even the little girl who was about to enter the elite guard is strong like an oni. Is that the strength of the chosen ones……!?」

Each time a Manglutton is defeated, another one will replace it

I’m tempted to retort 『Is that Wanko Soba?』, but it’s pointless because the beautiful girls I know would quickly defeat them with Wanko soba’s pace

「We came to a place unfit for us after all! It’s already decided from the beginning that the elite guards would become the Twelve Apostles!」

「I intended to do something more or less, but the elite guards’ talent are that different from the start?」

I rush over to those guys who have lost their motivation

「That is wrong though?」

「Jira!? Where have you been until now!?」

「It’s inevitable that the elite guards are damn strong. After all they already received the Beast Aura」

「Beast Aura (獣魔気)……!?」

「Beast god Beast strengthens the beasts with that power. And the demon beasts were born with that. Human is strictly a kind of beast. By wearing Beast Aura, the power will increase while their beast nature is stimulated」

That’s how Behemoth Empire rose as a strong country

The imperial soldiers are strengthened with Beast Aura, and they can control rogue demon beasts with Beast Aura too

With that power, they won the wars and expanded the territory

「All imperial soldiers will be strengthened with Beast Aura more or less. But as the elite guards, the concentration of Beast Aura would be increased quite a lot, so the amount of power up is remarkably different」

「So, thanks to that power, those girls……!?」

Can overwhelm the high grade demon beasts

Because Forte and Saraka used Beast magic so I’m sure of it

In 『Beast Fantasy』 series, only enemies use them

I thought Selen was a candidate so she didn’t received Beast Aura yet, but it seemed like she has received plenty

Thanks to that, my sister became matchless

「The hell is that! Doesn’t that mean it’s a game with overwhelming difference from the beginning! We didn’t receive any boost! From the start! We are imperial soldiers too! We have become regular soldiers! And yet why didn’t we receive whatever kind of boost!?」

「Perhaps because we are new recruits so there was no time?」

「No way!?」

For argument’s sake, even if we were strengthened by Beast Aura, perhaps the amount of strengthening is not significant for ordinary soldiers

Forte and others are elite guards, their strengthening is much more different

So they can play an active role

「But isn’t it strange?」

The clever Seki realized immediately

「If all the guys from the elite guards have that kind of huge power up, doesn’t that mean the 『Beast Pieces』 are not needed!? They are strong enough already, right!?」

「Well……」

Seki’s question is reasonable

But……。

「It’s no match for the strengthening from 『Beast Pieces』」

「「「…………!?」」」

My buddies became speechless

The strength of the elite guards is thought to be omnipotent at this moment, but they can rise higher if they receive the beast pieces

Perhaps their imagination couldn’t catch up with such absurd thing

「Even so, without the strengthening of Beast Aura, I think it was cruel to throw us to this place」

「I guess so!?」

「Therefore, if you don’t want to die, you can leave the plaza. But the emperor already said, there is only one disqualification requirement, that is to leave this plaza」

If you look from the other side, it’s a way of salvation

Life is precious, if you give up the chance to become Twelve Apostles, you can escape from the test place

There are various opened gates around the plaza, and there is no restriction for access

Strangely, the demon beasts didn’t approach the gates, they only rampaged inside the plaza

「If you leave the plaza, you can save your life in exchange for losing the qualification to become the Twelve Soldier. After understanding that mechanism, many people have escaped for a while. How about you guys?」

Not running away doesn’t mean bravery

If you analyze the current status and judge that it’s unfavorable, retirement is a praiseworthy decision

「The high grade demon beast is a hard opponent to defeat. Running way is not cowardice at all you know?」

「………………Don’t kid with me」

Gashi said with heavy voice

「I will surely enter the Twelve Apostles……! I will receive the 『Beast Piece』 too! I don’t intend to lose! Seki!」

「Yes! Please leave it to me!」

The small Seki took out a rope taken somewhere

Then he starts running to the opposite direction which they have been moving, which is, naturally, towards the chasing cannibalism demon beast

「Small people have their way to fight too!」

He skillfully avoids the Manglutton’s head and runs through the gaps of its four legs

Then the rope he’s carrying coils around the four legs of the beast, hindering its movement, breaking the atrocious beast’s balance and causing it to collapse

「I did it！」

It seems like it’s in his calculation

No, in fact he already calculated it. Seki has that kind of intelligence

「Aniki, pass! It’s your turn!」

「Okay! Uoryaaaaaaa!!」

After receiving the rope from Seki, Gashi pulls with all his strength

The rope is already coiled around the beast’s legs, so by pulling it, its leg will be tied and restricted

Gashi with his prided huge body has enough physical strength and doesn’t need to rely on Beast Aura!

「I have stopped its movement! The finishing is yours!」

「Acknowledged!」

A single man rushed toward the unmoving demon beast

That is our remaining buddy, Rei

He’s holding a bulky battleaxe provided somewhere……!

「I will have your life!」

The collapsed demon beast Manglutton can’t move, so it can only receive the battleaxe swinging downward

Moreover, to its head

Normally it would be instant death, but this is a high grade demon beast. It received the hit with its hard skull and avoided the fatal wound

「Then one more! One more! One more! One more!」

「Quickly, Rei! I’m being pulledddddddddd!?」

After the splendid role-sharing where Gashi stopped its movement and Rei delivered the final blow, the Manglutton’s four limbs twitched and it finally never moved again

「「「We did it!!」」」

Each of their fighting strength is completely no match for the elite guards, but when the strong points of each of them overlap, they succeeded in defeating a high grade demon beast!!

「Amazing! You guys are the best!」

「What are you doing, Jira?」

Yes？

「We desperately did our best but you only watched nearby?」

「I thought we were buddies connected by hearts……！」

「Disillusion!」

I am sorry! I am really sorry!

Certainly, I did nothing ever since the selection meeting started

My sister, as the strongest spear, works hardest, Forte and Saraka live up to their reputations as elite guards, the three guys Gashi, Rei and Seki used schemes to overcome the difficulty

I only provide live coverage by watching from the side

I haven’t defeated a single Manglutton yet

However, I’m not going to abandon

I have something to do

That is……, the picture of hell, the pandemonium in the selection plaza where the cannibalism demon beasts are released

Because the thing being sent inside are the demon beasts that only consider human as food, normally half of the participants would be swallowed and ceased to exist

The organizer nearby thinks it’s not a problem。

The weak should die. That is the idealism of the evil Behemoth Empire of 『Beast Fantasy 4』

But I don’t like that, so I will start moving in secret