Amid thunderous cheers and applause, the monster freed from its chains let out an enraged roar and charged straight ahead.
The woman preparing to face the monster alone had long hair that danced amid the flying dust.
With refined movents, she avoided the monster's pounce by a hair's breadth.
This tense and thrilling scene, enough to make one's blood boil, triggered earth-shaking cheers from the audience surrounding the arena.
The circular arena located on the eastern side of Dungeon City Orario was the venue for today's main event: Monsterphilia.
Inside the arena, Dungeon monsters specially captured for the event would be released, allowing their ferocious nature to run wild.
Those fighting them were beast tars from the Ganesha Familia.
Every ti a monster launched a reckless charge, the beast tar would lightly dodge aside, earning enthusiastic support from the stands.
To outsiders, this scene might look similar to bullfighting.
A beautiful woman in gorgeous clothing, holding a whip and cape, repeatedly crossed paths with a rampaging boar-type monster.
In this Monsterphilia, the beast tar's mission was not to defeat the monster, but to train it.
The sight of them risking their lives to ta brutal monsters could make the ordinary citizens participating in Monsterphilia feel awe, respect, and excitent.
Perhaps after today, the desire to beco an "adventurer" would take root in so people's hearts like a seed.
The monster's roars, the host's passionate comntary, and the audience's shouts caused the atmosphere inside the arena to grow hotter and hotter.
"This really is an unprecedented scene…"
Surrounded by the noise, the half-elf girl sincerely sighed in admiration.
Although she was usually used to seeing the Guild crowded with noisy adventurers, the scene before her was on a completely different scale.
"Is Miss Eina used to this kind of event?"
Drake's voice ca from beside her.
He was holding two ice cream cones in his hands, as if he had just gone sowhere to buy them.
"If you think it's too noisy, we can go to the higher seats. It should be quieter there."
"No, no, this is fine."
Eina waved her hand, a bright smile on her face.
"I occasionally want to experience this kind of atmosphere too. It feels like the distance between and everyone else has beco much closer."
"I see… As long as Miss Eina is happy."
Drake handed one of the ice creams to her and sighed in relief.
"After all, I was the one who invited you. If you couldn't enjoy yourself, that would be my responsibility."
"How could that be? Rather, the fact that you invited already makes very happy."
Eina glanced at the surrounding crowd.
Although most of them were tourists who had co to participate in Monsterphilia, there were also so staff mbers walking back and forth.
"If not for your invitation, I would at most have been outside the arena listening to the cheers from afar."
"Well… Miss Eina is a Guild employee, after all."
Monsterphilia was not an event that the Ganesha Familia had suddenly co up with on a whim.
Although the host of the event was the Ganesha Familia, the plan itself had ultimately been proposed by the Adventurers Guild.
Because of that, the Guild also sent staff to various areas of the arena to manage and guide spectators as they entered.
Aside from that, there were also employees waiting in the lounges and outside the arena, ready to support the Ganesha Familia at any mont.
Eina had originally been one of the Guild employees assigned to support the Ganesha Familia.
However, after her friend heard that Eina had received an invitation from the boy she liked, that usually careless friend had rarely proved useful for once.
She suggested that she could cover half a day of work for Eina, allowing her to fully enjoy this date.
"A date…?"
The half-elf girl tucked her hair aside to avoid getting ice cream on it while tasting the dessert in a very ladylike manner.
"He probably doesn't an it that way. He simply wants to repay for helping him normally…"
"Although, as his adventure adviser, I haven't really been able to give him any proper advice."
After all, Drake had barely gone to the Dungeon.
Although this situation was normal for a mber of the Hephaestus Familia, Eina still felt a sense of disappointnt at being unable to help.
"…Miss Eina?"
The boy's voice seed to co from far away. Only then did Eina realize that she had zoned out.
"Ah? What is it?"
"That pink-haired girl over there who is desperately waving at you… is she your friend?"
Drake pointed in a certain direction.
A girl wearing a Guild uniform was making gestures toward them.
And in front of her stood a potbellied, fat beastman who looked like a goblin king.
"Oh no! The section chief found out that soone was covering my shift…"
Eina's heart sank. She secretly thought that her luck today was truly terrible.
She hurriedly finished the ice cream in a few bites and said goodbye to Drake.
"Sorry. It looks like I can only accompany you until here today… If I don't go back to work, I'll have to help Misha write another apology letter."
"Miss Eina has it hard too."
Drake nodded in understanding, then took out the gift he had prepared from his inventory.
"I originally wanted to give this to you when the atmosphere was right, but if I don't give it to you now, I might have to wait a long ti."
"This is…?"
Eina received Drake's gift with so joy and confusion.
It looked like a small plate of pudding-like dessert, but also like a dessert-shaped ornant.
"This is a trophy I obtained after defeating a certain powerful enemy. I call it Royal Delight."
"Apparently, it can summon a very cute pet… I don't know whether Miss Eina will like it."
Although she did not quite understand Drake's explanation, Eina still showed a delighted expression.
"How could I not like a gift you gave …"
"But I did not prepare anything this ti. I can only return the favor next ti."
After a pause, the half-elf girl looked at Drake expectantly.
"There will be a next ti, right… an opportunity like today?"
Put another way, that sentence could also be understood as, "Can you ask out again next ti?"
"Of course."
Drake nodded, then looked toward a certain place in the distance.
"By the way, your superior is charging this way like the boar in the arena."
"Aaaaaah, I almost forgot about the section chief! I really have to go this ti!"
Looking at Eina's panicked figure as she fled, Drake smiled, then turned and walked into an empty passage.
Eina's timing in leaving was just right, because he also had other arrangents next.
For example…
Going to et a certain queen who was angrily rampaging through the Jungle.
...
"Miori, how is the hive situation?"
"It is absolutely wonderful. Those military idiots have no idea what kind of monster they awakened!"
After returning to the Black Bullet world, Drake quickly received a piece of "good news."
The rapidly expanding hive had finally caused panic among certain high-ranking officials in the Tokyo Area, who ordered the military to destroy it.
Although Seitenshi had repeatedly ordered that she already had a perfect solution and that they only needed to wait for the situation to develop steadily, unfortunately, even the upper ranks of the Tokyo Area were not united.
Seitenshi's opposition faction seized this opportunity to incite certain high-ranking officials and privately dispatched the military to attack the hive.
And only Drake knew…
As long as Terraria's Hive was left alone, nothing would happen.
But once the larva inside was destroyed, the queen of the Jungle would awaken instantly with wild fury!
"Are there any battle reports? I'm heading your way now."
"The Tokyo Area's fighter squadrons may as well be canceled. That Queen Bee is as tall as an entire building! And it can actually perform a cobra maneuver!"
"What about public opinion?"
"Sothing this big cannot be covered up at all. Reporters from every TV station are swarming toward the First Outpost."
"By the way… I'm already above you."
The sound of rotor blades ca from overhead. Drake looked up and found that Miori Shiba was throwing down a rope ladder.
"Though you probably do not need this thing."
"In front of so many people, it is better not to stand out too much."
After climbing into Shiba Heavy Industries' transport helicopter, Drake said directly,
"Send to the forbidden zone. I will handle Queen Bee."
"And contact Seitenshi while you are at it. You should have her ergency contact information."
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