A-Class Tournament Round 3

Round 3. The match against A-Class rank 28 Zaltz.

A knight, a swordswoman, and a mage. An orthodox lineup, and precisely because of that, no openings.

And against them…

"Well then, here I go! This is the first time I'll be fighting an official match under Naoto!"

… The one stepping forward at last was Yumi, who had thought "this time it's my turn" time and again, only to keep losing her chance because the 1st party swept every match.

"Let's do our best, Yumi-san."

"I'll do my best!"

She took the stage with Haru and Colette flanking her left and right.

"… Naturally, this is a serious composition too. The long-awaited debut of the tactics centered on Yumi."

… Up to now, while keeping it so we could strip down to them at any time in a pinch, I'd deliberately kept the Spirit Garbs sealed.

But this time, there was no fighting without them.

"And now, taking the stage… Oho, this is… lewd! Naoto-senshu, Yumi Tsuchiya, Haru Midoriya, and the Hero-class Colette!

"All three of them are appearing clad in lewd Spirit Garbs.

"How lewd and alluring!

"… Conversely, that means in the Rudis match, he won while restricting both his Lesser Hero and his equipment, doesn't it.

"Unbelievable…!"

The commentator was Millenia, the idol who had also called the Rudis match.

The expert commentary was handled in rotation by three A-Class NPCs said to be former S-Class: Deeds, Galim, and Quied.

Today was the third, Quied. Well, the experts were all either old men or geezers, so it didn't really matter to me, but…

This Quied geezer kept slipping in boasts about his glory days, and compared to Deeds and Galim, he was honestly pretty grating, which I didn't love.

"O-oho, this is… w-well, back in my own active days, I too fought alongside Garumon as beautiful as these. Brings back memories, hmm."

"Is that so.

"And now, Naoto Akai-senshu, the eye of the typhoon in this tournament… what kind of fight will he show us today? We can't take our eyes off him!"

I felt warmed by Millenia's cool brush-off.

"Here we go. Quagmire of Binding!"

First move: Yumi triggered the quagmire instantly via optional activation.

Halving every stat for everyone not Earth-element, and halving Speed further every turn on top of that. As a debuff ability, it boasted the very highest tier.

Honestly, who other than Sawako could overwhelm this Yumi?

Without a dispel skill, the only way out was to take Yumi down quickly with Guaranteed-Hit, piercing attacks.

With Haru or Kanan defending properly, even that was difficult.

… However, our team had only one Earth-element member, Yumi alone.

Since Yumi's debuff also extended to non-Earth-element allies, it had honestly been hard to deploy until now.

… But our preparations were complete.

"Earth's Resonance, Summon Gnome, Earth's Wrath."

"Summon Dryad."

"Hero's Shield!"

Haru and Colette, unaffected by the debuff, took consecutive actions after Yumi.

… And of course they would. The Spirit Garbs they were wearing right now were Yumi's Earth-element-bestowing Spirit Garbs.

Since we couldn't prepare a Spirit Garb for the Dryad Ameri, she alone took the debuff.

But even that could be reduced by the Hero's Shield used at the same time.

What dropped this time was… only Attack and Defense. Skill and Speed seemed to remain.

Well, Speed got debuffed every turn, but with Hero's Shield up, she'd dodge at fairly high probability.

… The opposing three were visibly suffering from the stat reductions.

Earth-element had a huge number of weaknesses, and out of all the elements it was the most awkward to use.

That said, as the rare element "strong against Normal," it was apparently actually useful in the early game.

But once enemies stopped being Normal as a matter of course past the mid-game, it tended to drag you down.

So unless your opponent was Thunder, Ice, or Metal, where Earth was clearly effective, nobody picked it by choice.

For that reason, in this match where you couldn't know the matchup in advance, I'd figured the odds of them coming with Earth were low, and I'd called it right.

Crea, beautiful and gallant, clad in the earthen battle-maiden's garb, moved.

"Earth Elemental, Earth Breaker!"

She charged.

"Gaia Barrier!"

Oh, Cataria used Gaia Barrier.

That meant she was Grass-element.

"Haru! Reverse Element on Crea!"

"Yes! Reverse Element!"

"Earth Breaker!"

Dogoooon!

Crea drove a lance-charge straight at Cataria.

Gaia Barrier reduced it to 1/4 damage, but stat-halving doubled it, and elemental reversal doubled it again. Equal-multiplier damage landed.

With Atk/Def currently 130% UP, that worked out to about 65pt of damage.

Just as expected, she shaved off about a third in one go.

"What…!?"

"Earth Breaker!"

Earth-element Crea got a re-action thanks to Yumi's Earth's Resonance. With this, she could attack twice per turn.

She was the main attacker.

Zun!

Shaved off about another two-thirds. And with that…

"Ameri, Hundred-Leaf Wild Dance."

"Yes."

Shubabababa…!

For Ameri, who dealt 100pt damage completely unaffected by attack-reduction, finishing off the rest was effortless.

It looked like Cataria endured 60 attacks and then survived two more by gritting her teeth, but only that far.

At 62 attacks Cataria fell, and the remaining 38 attacks split 19 each between Lore and Larue.

Working back from the gauge amount, Lore had been at HP 170 or so, and Larue at around 150.

"Eh, wha…"

"Tch, Dual Magic! Light Shield! Light Saber!"

Larue pulled herself together and started by stacking buffs.

"… Peerless Three-Stage!"

Lore's attack targeted Yumi. Colette swiftly leapt forward shield-first to cover her.

That shield wasn't from a Skill or a piece of equipment. Like Kanan's whip and Setsuna's violin, it was character-image equipment.

Colette-with-shield-raised was apparently the image that fit her best.

Kan kan kan!

And precisely, she deflected… Even when deflected, half of the attack power still got through as damage. Still, much better than not deflecting.

Total damage of about 30. After the stat-halving, with deflection on top, that meant fairly heavy attack power.

Next turn.

Zuzuzu…

The Quagmire of Binding swallowed Lore and Larue further still.

Aah, we'd already won.

Yumi really was incredibly strong. At our place she couldn't beat Sawako, so she didn't end up treated as the strongest…

But against an enemy, this was the level of strength.

In fact, if any member other than Sawako had to fight Yumi one-on-one, it'd be quite rough.

"Earth Elemental, Earth Breaker!"

Zugaaan!

"Light Shield!"

Kaaan!

One of Crea's attacks got blocked. But the Speed-driven re-attack couldn't be stopped.

Lore's HP was shaved down hard.

"Earth's Resonance."

"Earth Breaker x2!"

Lore, farewell.

With a cool class name like "Sword Saint," I'd expected quite the impressive sword display, but honestly… underwhelming.

Crea's spear handling was certainly not bad by any means, but among our companions she wasn't all that high-ranked.

Since she'd only just begun her serious training after coming to me, she was still very much in the middle of improving.

At her level, she wouldn't get through to Raphaela Cellas or Sario Shard.

Failing to deflect her spearwork was, I thought, a disgrace to the name of Sword Saint.

I let out a light sigh.

"Hundred-Leaf Wild Dance."

And then, before the cheat-attack of Hundred-Leaf Wild Dance's re-attack, triggered by Speed exceeding hers by more than double, Larue had no choice but to fall, helpless.

Party swap.

"First Act! All Clearance!"

Oh, the 2nd party started by stripping buffs.

… Well, since we were guarding with Hero's Shield, our buffs couldn't be stripped, but the Quagmire of Binding did get wiped clean off.

As expected, it wasn't like they had no skill at all.

… But still, member intros, please.

That All Clearance… it wasn't an optional activation, was it?

The Quagmire of Binding was an optional activation. In other words, it could be re-cast instantly.

But…

"Earth Breaker!"

"Hundred-Leaf Wild Dance!"

"Quagmire of Binding!"

Even if it had been an optional activation, by timing it perfectly to our attack or to the opponent's attack, you could double our attack's effect or halve the opponent's.

Even if it got cleared every time, if we could double-our-side / halve-their-side up to five times, that was more than enough effect.

If I'd been the one leading Yumi, I'd have fought that way even against Sawako, properly amplifying the effect at key moments, and she wouldn't have fallen as helplessly as the rumors said.

Well, thanks to that not being the case, I'd really been saved!

That fight had been genuinely terrifying. Easy mode was the best.

… But this was a little boring.

In the end, All Clearance wasn't an optional activation.

First Act seemed to be an effect that granted optional first-strike, and was by no means a bad trait…

But once All Clearance got used, immediately following up with the quagmire turned that turn into a stat-reduction one, and that couldn't be defended against just like that.

Even with the per-turn Speed-halving being dispelled, with one of three members glued to All Clearance duty and the stat-halving on top still impossible to block, no tactic or strategy could turn around that disadvantageous a situation.

Zaltz had no good moments at all, the 2nd party got wiped out as well, and they lost.

"Strong! What incredible strength, Naoto-senshu! Is there anyone left who can stop him!?"

"N-no, but splendid, isn't it. Reminds me of my own active days. I too once fought like that…"

"Is that so.

"Wow! I'm really looking forward to Naoto-senshu's next match too! Who will he face next!? Surely no one outside the top 8 can stop him.

"Or rather, can even the top 8 manage it!? If a clash with Aldis-senshu in 1st place comes about, it'll undoubtedly be the de facto finals! Great expectations are riding on the next matchup!"

The commentary was good fun too, with the way Millenia-san just blew right past Quied.

That night…

"How about it! My splendid performance! I was strong, wasn't I!?"

Yumi crowed triumphantly.

"Yeah, you were really strong."

"Fufufu, of course!"

Gabaa! Yumi clung onto me.

"… I know. The fact that I was strong owes a lot to your accurate instructions, too.

"Yes, in other words, the reason this me lost to Sawako… and by extension to Kanan… was nothing more than the difference in our masters!

"Well, there was an elemental difference too.

"In other words, that loss doesn't count as a defeat. Now that we've all become Naoto's slaves alike, the contest between you and me is only just beginning!"

Yumi declared.

"No, calling yourselves slaves…"

"Fufu, that's how it should be. Erase your past as anyone's slave but Naoto's.

"I think the same.

"We've been reborn into this world, body and soul, as Naoto's possessions."

"Yes, exactly as Lady Kanan says!"

The words I'd started to say got ignored.

… Well, if the three of them had come to an understanding that way, I guessed it was fine.

"Well, on that point, having offered our virginities to Naoto, Sawako and I are clearly one step ahead of you, hmm?"

"Gunu…!"

Yumi groaned, struck on a sore spot.

"Naotooo…"

Yumi gazed at me pleadingly, wiggling her hips, appealing with her whole body for me to hurry up please.

… I wanted to right now, but a week after Colette was the rule I'd set for myself.

What I decided for myself, I had to keep. A small point of pride for me.

"Well, you know, that's right around when the A-Class Tournament finishes, isn't it?

"… Having sex with Yumi as a reward for winning the A-Class Tournament… that sounds like the best, I think."

"! That's wonderful!

"Then, on the night I win the A-Class Tournament… aah, I'm so happy…! Like a dream!"

"Congratulations, Yumi! Let's make that day come soon."

Kanan hugged Yumi, looking like she was waiting for that day to come together with her.

So for tonight, it was a reward for Haru and Colette, who had worked so hard.

"… Both of you, come up front."

When I called, the two of them stepped forward holding hands.

"Alright, first of all, thank you, both of you."

With that, I lined the two up to my left and right and kissed them in turn.

While massaging Haru's wonderfully large breasts and Colette's still-can't-quite-be-called-large breasts, I tangled tongues with them.

Haru gripped my penis, and Colette gripped Haru's.

"Colette, you're fine with having sex with everyone besides me, right?"

"Ah, yes! For me, of course Naoto-sama is number one, but everyone is my beloved Goshujin-sama.

"Serving everyone is the duty of a secretary. I'll happily… offer my service to all of you."

I had my doubts about doing it as a duty, but if she herself wanted it that way, I guessed it was fine.

"Then, let's do it as three. Haru."

"Mm."

I thrust into Haru from behind.

Instantly, Haru's penis stood up at maximum, gin-gin hard.

Colette latched onto Haru's penis and sucked on it for a while.

My cute, adorable Colette, sucking on a cock that wasn't mine, even if it was Haru's…

I felt a faint jealousy, but more than that I got excited. Maybe this was what NTR-fetishism was.

Well, if I were seriously made to lick the cock of some guy I hated, instead of enjoying it I'd probably just kill the guy.

What mattered now was that watching Haru and Colette have sex got me crazy excited.

So I slowed the motion of my hips and guided the two of them to make it easier for Haru to insert into Colette. And then…

Zu, zupu pu, zupu…!

"A, aaah… Colette, it feels, feels good…"

"Aah… Haru-saaan… it, it feels good…!"

Zupu zupu zupu!

Haru pumped in and out of Colette zupu zupu.

I pumped in and out of that Haru zupu zupu.

Sex with three people really did feel good.

The three of us matched our breaths and rocked our hips together.

Moving in fairly large strokes, grinding skillfully. To put it concretely, I was moving twice as much, and Haru was moving normally.

Swinging the hips that big was pretty tiring, but once in a while was nice.

When we matched our breathing well, all three penises slid in and out to the base together zupo zupo without pulling out, magnificently.

It was a stunt you couldn't pull without your breathing being pretty perfectly synced.

Continuing that intense sex, we climbed quickly, and…

Doku doku! My and Haru's ejaculations overlapped.

"A, aaah, aaaah…!"

A futanari girl, ejaculating, vagina-coming, and getting creampied all overlapping at once… that pleasure was probably the greatest pleasure in this world.

Enough so that I thought so. Haru shook gaku gaku and passed out in one shot.

"Ahaha… looks like the pleasure overheated."

"… Aah, geez, can't be helped, Haru."

Yuria got Haru down off the bed and tended to her.

Pachi pachi pachi…

Everyone clapped, praising the splendid sex of the three of us.

Alright, on to the next match.