EVIFSHETHEDEMONKING (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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And the next day… it was the 2nd day of the Ranking Matches!

“Al-right, let’s do our best today!” Yusha said.

She’s fine even though her best weapon, Sacred Magic, has been banned. I kind of want that positive attitude for myself.

“Today there will be a classroom lecture,” the teacher announced.

The ranking battles will resume after an hour’s worth of lessons. I wonder why that was since the total matches were halved from yesterday, but it was enough time for a lecture.

And while I was thinking about that, our teacher started explaining. “Every year, as the tournament progresses, the time for each match increases. Well, It’s only natural because their abilities start becoming more comparable and competitive.

I see I see… so that’s why the lecture was only an hour long.

Today, we’re in the 4th match. Ahead of us are three pairs of parties. Unsurprisingly, I still don’t know their names or faces. I wish I had researched in advance on the students in the other classes. I didn’t expect things to turn out like this… it’s my responsibility to keep on top of things.

“Now then, we’ll start the first match,” the teacher said. “You should fill out your forms as you did yesterday. Is everything clear?”

“Yes!” we all called out.

“Alright. Now… begin!”

The 1st match of 16 begins. It was not the one-sided wipe-outs of yesterday and we start enjoying some more skilled and coordinated matches. As expected of parties that have already won once. I feel that the groups with very active field commanders have higher odds of winning. And with that, I’ll have to do my best!

And now, it’s our turn.

“Let’s win this match, everyone!” I said.

“Yeah!” Yusha cheered. “We’ll definitely win!”

“Aah!” Shilde cheered. “Victory’s ours!”

“Ou-ouu–!” Hira squeaks.

Alright, alright… everyone is feeling great thanks to Yusha yesterday. I’ll make sure to keep up this momentum!

We put on the helmets and head to the Virtual Battleground. Ah, I have to experience getting sucked in again… I’ll put up with it but it feels so unpleasant.

I flip the switch! As I feel the discomfort of my body getting pulled in all directions, I managed to endure it and head into the pure white Virtual Battleground.

“Right, everyone okay?” I asked.

“Yeah!” “Yep!” “Yes!”

“Then let’s go!” I cried. “Basic formation!”

Shilde, Yusha, me then Hira in that order. Our opponents are… 2 Tanks, 2 Offense. The key to this match is how we’re going to beat the two tanks and their defense.

“Hira, cast Boost on Shilde early. We’ll be in trouble if we take two attacks.”

“Roger! Boost!”

“Oou, come and get it!” our enemies cry.

They’ve got two tanks… in short, they’re aiming to counter-attack. Then let’s get right to it: we’ll push through with firepower!

“Yusha,” I said. “Fire at the same time as me. Can we match?”

“Of course!” Yusha said. “Leave it to me.”

“Okay,” I said. Let’s go in, 3, 2, 1…”

“Fire!”

We shoot twin flames at our opponents. The two tanks rushed out in front…

“Shield!”

They put up twin barriers to stop it. Here’s the trick up our sleeve!

“Shilde! Go for it!”

“Thought you’d never ask! Fire!”

Shilde’s strengthened flames hit the enemy’s barriers.

“Kyaaa!”

Naturally, barriers hit with three casters’ worth of fireballs was shattered and the spells struck at full-force. The enemy tanks’ HP are both 0. Alright…!

“Head’s up!” I said. “There’s still two more. Stay alert!”

“Ouu…!” everyone cheers.

The remaining two offenses are already panicking. It seems that their leader was one of the tanks we just defeated.

“Ku! We’ve got this!” “Yeah!”

It seems like they’re not giving up yet.

“Hira, power-up Shilde. Yusha, intercept their attack. As for me… I’ll cast intermediate magic.”

“Oooh!” Yusha squeals. “That’s so cool, Lily!”

“Boost.”

“Syaa! Come at us!” the enemies yell.

We’ve got this. We can’t lose with a 4v2 advantage!

“Fire!” “Thunder!”

Our enemies cast those two lower-tier spells. As for us, we’ll return with…

“Shilde, use Thunder! And I’ll use… Incinerate!”

We intercept their flames with mine. With this… they’re finished!

“Uwaaaa!”

“Now! Yusha!”

“Yeah! Fire…!”

Yusha’s fireball hits them! With this, they’re all at 0 HP. We’ve won!

T/N: I will be discontinuing this series after the conclusion of the tournament arc and the introduction of the 5th member of Lily’s party, which will be at Chapter 48.

It was initially interesting to me for all the blatant yuri but the lack of action, the simplistic back and forth combat, and slow development has me losing interest, and fast. Unlike my other projects, I can’t bring myself to read in advance and translate earlier chapters, and this is starting to feel like a massive chore.

I know I said I want to finish what I start, but this is starting to feel like a