I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

After discussing some details with Tester, Anno returned to the tournament hall to begin preparing for his final match.

There were exactly twenty participants vying for the top ten spots.

Anno's draw result was number 5.

He will compete against another player who drew number 5, after number 4 has finished.

The first match is between Kim Ernest, a red-haired dwarf warrior known for his powerful hammers, and Shaya, a member of the Ghost Hand Mercenary Group (the fourth-ranked mercenary group in the Royal City).

"Kim~~~, let the other side see the power of the Ernest family dwarves... Hey, vendor, could you please give me a plate of roast meat?"

After the competition started, Eun-mu stood in the competition area carrying a short axe and a plate of barbecue, eating while cheering for her brother.

"You idiot, bro!"

Kim cursed in the direction of Silver, then turned to look at Saya while holding the hammer.

Kim's beard was braided and hung down in front of her chest; she was about 1.1 meters tall.

They are already extremely tall among dwarves—adult dwarves are between 0.9 and 1.2 meters tall.

Dwarves are not tall, but they are strong and their strength is in no way inferior to that of humans.

The hammer in Kim's hand was a magical weapon forged for him by an elder in his family, with intricate magical patterns etched on it.

One end of the hammer is cone-shaped, and the grooves converge at the tip of the cone.

If sufficient magic power is infused into the tip of the cone, it can cause a powerful explosion if it encounters a certain amount of resistance.

This is also the origin of the title "Beat Warrior".

Saya, on the other hand, is a slender woman whose entire body is wrapped in a black bodysuit, with only her eyes showing.

Her curvaceous figure was incredibly alluring under the tight-fitting clothes.

But Kim remained unmoved.

The moment the referee announced the start of the match, Kim, dragging his hammer, quickly approached Shaya with his short legs.

Swish swish!

With a flick of her arm, several darts streaked through the air, leaving afterimages, and flew towards Kim.

As a thief, confronting Kim head-on is not a wise choice.

"A trivial skill!"

Kim snorted and slammed his hammer into the air directly in front of him.

boom!

The pointed tip of the cone collided with the incoming dart, immediately releasing an explosion.

Flames engulfed everything within a meter in front of Kim.

The other darts disappeared after they entered the flames.

Whew!

Kim swung the hammer and looked ahead.

"Tch, it's gone!"

Kim looked at the empty ring, clicked his tongue, and then became alert to the movements around him.

As a thief, Saya had already taken advantage of the previous gap to enter stealth mode.

"Hey monkey, do you think my idiot brother will win?"

In the audience, the contestants who were about to participate in the competition were all sitting together. Yinmu ate something and asked Sun next to her.

Sun had previously become friends with Constance of the dwarf race.

Therefore, the dwarf brothers were quite friendly towards Sun.

When Sun heard Yinmu ask the question, he pondered for a moment and said, "Shaya's strength lies in the strange movement techniques she can perform by combining high agility and high sensitivity."

This allows her to quickly reposition herself after launching an attack and launch another attack from a different angle.

In this way, her opponent was as if she were facing attacks from several people at the same time.

Kim's strength is his advantage, which makes him a poor match for this kind of enemy.

However, if Kim finds an opportunity to launch a strong attack on Saya, then the latter is also highly likely to be defeated!

These words were a summary by Sun based on the attack methods of Kim and Saya.

A warrior like Kim is suited for frontal charges, but he doesn't fare well against agile thieves like Shaya.

"So it means the odds of winning aren't high!"

Yinmu wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, put one hand on his hip, and said excitedly, "As expected, expanding the Ernest family's reputation still depends on me, the Fire Axe Warrior! A hammer won't cut it! Hahaha..."

Several contestants, including Anno, couldn't help but chuckle when they heard Yinmu's words.

I had previously cheered for Kim.

Hearing that his brother might not be a match for Saya, he burst into laughter with joy.

This silver maid is quite talented.

On stage, Kim and Saya have already clashed several times.

Several daggers were still stuck in Kim's leather shoulder pads, and blood was still flowing from the wounds.

"Oh no, the dagger is poisoned; it has a paralyzing effect!"

Swinging a hammer taller than himself, Kim suddenly felt a tingling sensation in his shoulder, making it difficult to exert any strength.

Boom!

Kim placed the hammer beside him, knelt on the ring, panting heavily, sweat beading on his forehead.

When Saya saw Kim's appearance while in stealth mode, she knew that Kim had been tricked.

"Just wait two or three more minutes, and his whole body will be paralyzed. That way, we can easily win the match!"

Saya breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to hit Kim with the poisoned dagger, Shaya's previous attacks were a bit hasty, and she was tricked by Kim by half a move, almost getting hit by the hammer.

Kim will not come out on her own until she falls.

"Is this woman planning to wait until I'm incapacitated before she comes out?"

Seeing that Saya showed no sign of moving, Kim, who was leaning on the iron hammer, stood up unsteadily again.

"I originally planned to use this move in the finals, but now it's about to be exposed!"

Kim raised the hammer high, veins bulging on his forehead, as the remaining magic power in his body surged wildly into the hammer.

The magical runes on the hammer flashed incessantly, and terrifying magical power gathered on this magical equipment.

The power it exuded completely exceeded the limits of fourth-tier combat skills or magic!

The power of this strike is comparable to a fifth-tier combat skill!

"not good!"

Upon seeing this, Shaya quickly moved away from Kim and retreated to the edge of the ring.

"【Heavy Hammer Spark】"

Kim roared and leaped up, crashing down towards the very center of the hundred-meter-diameter arena.

when!

The tip of the hammer smashed a crater in the ring.

boom!

The next instant, a violent surge of magic swept outwards from the point of impact.

The stone slabs on the arena collapsed and broke rapidly.

The blazing flames spread across the entire arena!

"what!"

Even though she moved away to the edge beforehand, Shaya couldn't dodge the attack and was thrown off the ring by the shockwave.

While suspended in mid-air, Saya attracted the attention of a group of professionals.

The back of the bodysuit had been burned through by the flames, revealing large areas of skin.

Whoosh!

A dark figure darted out from the audience, caught the falling Saya, and wrapped her in his own clothes.

"It's Darnell from the Ghost Claw Mercenary Group, a level 30 hunter, and one of the participants this time."

Someone recognized the figure in the shadows.

Darnell bowed to the referee, signaling Shaya to concede, and then led her to the priest next to the ring for treatment.

"Ah~~~"

A groan, growing louder as it approached, suddenly came from above the arena.

Then everyone saw a dark figure crash onto the arena with a 'bang'.

The referee immediately intervened and pried Kim out of the ring.

Kim, with her bruised and swollen face and seeing stars, appeared to be more seriously injured than Shaya.

He didn't know where Saya was hiding, and in order to affect Saya, Kim channeled far more magic into her this time than ever before.

He himself did not expect it to be so powerful.

After the explosion of [Heavy Hammer Fireworks], he was blasted vertically into the air.

However, according to the rules of the ring competition.

Kim won this round—although he lost his fighting ability, he had already blasted Shaya out of the ring!

The priest next to her immediately used holy light magic to heal Kim.

Kim woke up quickly.

Then he saw his younger brother holding a roasted lamb leg, pointing at him excitedly and laughing loudly at Anno, Sun, and the others around him: "How about that? I told you my brother was alright. But he's really stupid, getting hurt by his own skill. He's really disgraced the Ernest family!"

"Gin~m~!!!"

Seeing her brother making fun of her, Kim sprang up from the ring, ready to grab a hammer and beat her brother.

However, after searching around, he couldn't find his hammer.

"Where's my hammer?"

......

Inside a tavern next to the martial arts arena.

The shop owner watched in terror as the guards pulled the "heavenly hammer" from the floor, and with trembling hands accepted the compensation from the soldiers.

After the soldiers left with their hammers, the shop owner looked up at the large hole upstairs, slumped to the ground, and gasped for breath.

Life is so damn exciting!

People are currently watching inside the guild hall, and the tavern has temporarily lost business.

The shop owner was dozing off at the front desk.

suddenly!

Something carrying flames flew from a distance and crashed from the third floor of the tavern to the first floor!

Thankfully, the shop owner was lucky to survive.

If you get hit by that, you'll turn into mincemeat.