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After breakfast, the meeting to decide the future course of action began.
While drinking the black tea that Ashina made for him, Eight-cloud Ink looked down at the map on the table.
It was a map created by using the land sprites to explore the surroundings and then organizing the collected information.
It was somewhat similar to the military sandbox used by the human military in various anime and manga on Earth, where various kinds of monstrous high school students, junior high school students, and elementary school students were used to maintain peace.
However, due to the limited information, the map only showed the detailed situation around the camp. The other places were covered in the fog of war and could not be seen.
He couldn't even determine the size of the entire forest.
"No matter what, let's sort out the information we have first."
Ashina, who used to be in charge of SAO's Clearers, placed her hand on the map and said.
"In the Elven Sword Dance Festival, there are a total of twenty-four teams participating in 'Ru Lan's Flurry Dance'. According to the information provided by the Wind Elves that were sent out for reconnaissance, it seems that some teams have already been defeated last night. "
From yesterday until today, Team Asuna had encountered a total of two battles. In the first battle, they obtained two Magic Stones. In the second battle with the Order of the Dragon King, both sides had suffered heavy losses, so they did not obtain any Magic Stones.
In that case, the defeated team was obviously another team.
"In addition, the 'Four Gods' of the Kuyna Empire, the 'Order of the Holy Spirit' of the Holy Lucia Kingdom, the 'Order of the Dragon King' that we fought last night, and other powerful teams have also built their own bases."
"Then, there's the strongest sword dancer from last year, Laine Ashuber's team, 'The Apostles of Purgatory'."
"I don't know where they are, nor do I know the situation of their camp. It's as if the entire team has disappeared."
At the mention of "The Apostles of Purgatory", Ashina glanced at Eight-cloud Ink.
Her husband was an ally of Rubiah, the daughter of the Apostles of Purgatory.
"It seems that they have an Elf User who is good at espionage. They shot down all of the scouting Wind Elves we sent out."
Alice, who was in charge of scouting, had an ugly expression on her face.
"In their group, there is someone called Lily. She is a Fey."
Eight-cloud Ink said.
"The subhuman race that is best at intelligence work — the Fey race? No wonder … "
Everyone nodded.
"However, there is a piece of information about 'The Apostles of Purgatory' that is worth paying attention to." Ashina suddenly said, "That mysterious Black Knight seems to have left the team and is acting alone. He has already fought with Vercelia's team."
"It seems that Kazuhachi Kagami was injured because of this."
"Can't wait to start?"
Eight-cloud Ink thought.
"It seems that you can't wait, Rubiah."
"In addition, that Black Knight attacked the representative team of the Walth Kingdom and single-handedly wiped out the entire team."
"One, one person!?"
"Amazing!"
The group of Young Mistresses exclaimed in surprise.
Eight-cloud Ink's expression was calm. If the Black Knight, Nipantese Roja, who was supposed to be dead, didn't have the ability to single-handedly wipe out the entire team, Rubiah wouldn't have spent so much effort to revive him.
"Also, there seems to be a humanoid Dark Elf in Vercelia's team. She seems to be related to Kazuhachi Kagami."
"Has Restia decided to return to his side?"
Hearing this, Eight-cloud Ink immediately made a judgment. That Dark Elf girl must be Restia.
If Restia returned to the side of God, it would undoubtedly speed up the process of God regaining his strength from three years ago and awakening the power of the Demon King.
"After saying so much, what should we do?"
Lynslet looked at Ashina and asked.
"We've only obtained two Magic Stones now. If we defend the stronghold to the death, we won't be able to enter the finals. So, the safest way is to use the stronghold as the center and start searching around. If we can find a team that hasn't built a stronghold yet, we'll take them down in one fell swoop."
Ashina immediately made a decision.
"Every team is teleported to a different location. We entered the forest from the north, and then headed southeast."
Ashina raised her head and looked at Alice.
"So, Alice, I'll have to trouble you to search in both the south and east directions."
"I understand." Alice nodded.
"Also, Mo, have your injuries healed?" Ashina looked at Eight-cloud Ink worriedly. She didn't notice it last night when she was fighting with the members of the Order of the Dragon King, but when the enemy retreated and Eight-cloud Ink fainted next to her, Ashina was scared out of her wits.
"It's fine now." Eight-cloud Ink comforted her with a smile.
I am discussing the division line of tactics.
"Hmph! With Yuyi here, none of you will be able to escape! "
Looking at the team of a small country that was retreating under the attacks of Ashina and the others, Yui, who was standing on a high ground not far away, raised her hands high.
"This is the longing from the deep sea — — Water Bind!"
Huge waves surged up from the ground, and water formed into arms that tightly grabbed the elves that were retreating.
"Good job, Yui."
Touching Yui's head, Eight-cloud Ink looked down at the elves that were trapped by the Water Bind with a smile in his eyes.
Against such a weak team of a small country, there was no need for him to do anything.
Strictly speaking, in this Sword Dance Festival, Team Asuna was suspected of cheating.
Because Eight-cloud Ink could maintain his human form without relying on Ashina's Divine Aura, in a sense, Team Asuna had an extra combat power.
In a five-man team battle like this, the advantage of having an additional combatant, and a powerful one at that, was very obvious.
"Summon the crimson flames of destruction, dance with me! Flame King's Breath!! "
Claire, who was waving her long whip, released a scorching flame that completely blocked the enemy's only escape route.
Ashina smiled as she placed the Demon Vanquishing Sacred Sword on the enemy's captain's neck.
"Hand over the Magic Stones."
Gritting their teeth unwillingly, the small country's team could only obediently hand over their magic stones.
A minute later, with a face full of unwillingness and regret, the girls disappeared into the forest in a flash of light.
Eight-cloud Ink brought Yui back to Ashina's side. Seeing them happily counting the Magic Stones, Eight-cloud Ink smiled and said, "This is the third team, right?"
"Yes!"
Ashina nodded.
"Now we have a total of seventeen Magic Stones. As long as we don't encounter a strong enemy that causes us to be wiped out, we should be able to enter the finals this time."
After a day of scouting and battle, Team Asuna had completely suppressed the small country teams around the campsite.
The sun was about to set.
"Let's call it a day, let's hurry back to the stronghold and rest."
No one objected to Eight-cloud Ink's suggestion.
After all, there were too many uncertainties in the battle at night.
However, as soon as they returned to the campsite, Alice suddenly showed a dignified expression.
Waving her hand to summon the Wind Elf, Alice suddenly had a letter condensed by Elven magic in her hand.
"What is this?"
Looking at the words written on it, Lynslet showed a puzzled expression.
"This is the language of the Kuyna Empire!"
As a top student in the academy, although she was a problematic top student, Claire's strength was still there for all to see.
"It says — Eh eh eh!? The 'Four Gods' team has issued a declaration of war against us!! "
The "Four Gods" was a strong team from the Kuyna Empire, a large country in the east of the continent.
Not only was the Kuyna Empire older than the Audisia Empire, but they had also won many times in the "Elven Sword Dance Festival".
They were proud of their top-notch teamwork and the name of Xiao Fu, the user of the Divine Beast Elf "White Tiger", was widely spread among the participants of this festival.
"The 'Four Gods', other than 'The Apostles of Purgatory', they are a strong team that can be compared to 'Order of the Dragon King' and 'Order of the Holy Spirit'!"
Thinking of the battle with the Order of the Dragon King on the first night, Eight-cloud Ink even fought with the opposing team's captain, everyone couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Claire, what did the declaration of war say?" Eight-cloud Ink asked.
"It said — — to have a magnificent duel in a place far away from the stronghold, tomorrow."
The Elven Sword Dance Festival was essentially a festival held to please Elven King.
Therefore, in order to better showcase the sword dance, it was possible for the participating teams to have a duel.
Like Team Asuna, after suppressing the teams from the small countries around them, it was natural for the Four Gods to target Team Asuna, who was closest to them.
"A duel …"
Eight-cloud Ink smiled lightly.
"Interesting …"
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