Collette wanted to continue pestering Rusk for his attitude, but before she started, she could see from a distance Blaise signaling for her to stop and get back to her commentary work.
"Anyway, maybe it's clear, but I have to explain a little for those somewhat clueless people. As the instructor had said before, the job of the participants is to obtain the greatest amount of wool that's around the body of the huge wooly, but, in addition to the fact that the instructor is in charge of controlling the monsters, she also gave them a simple instruction, and that was that they must defend themselves from anyone who gets close to them, although without exaggerating too much." Collette's voice was clear and anyone could understand her explanation, everyone's eyes turned to Nana again, but that only lasted a second before all the participants returned to their positions.
A new group of braves had started running in the direction of the huge wooly, the latter didn't stay still, actually, it had started running without leaving the perimeter of the square used for the event, implying that Nana was doing a good job.
Some of the participants who decided to go after it was glad that they didn't have to receive the same fate as the first participant, and thought that they would get some of his wool sooner or later, but that wish would have to disappear at that moment.
"If I were them, I'd take care not to..." Rusk's voice was the one that was heard this time, he had a better view of the situation from his place, in addition to knowing the festival quite well since he had participated in the past, so his comment was hiding something important. "Well, it seems that it's late now."
And just when those last words were no longer heard, the inevitable happened.
"..." Nothing, that was exactly what came out of several participants who were trying the festival for the first time, they were all men, and what had happened was something that might have brought back a terrible memory for Blake.
The festival was focused on cutting the wool of the huge wooly, that was true, but there was an important point to note, it seemed that those participants had forgotten about it, and that point was that they should not only worry about the huge wooly.
The other normal-height woolies were also on the stage, they still hadn't moved since the event started, but when Nana saw the huge wooly start being attacked by a large number of people, she gave a simple instruction to the little monsters, and that was protect its huge brother.
And going back to the scene from before, four participants had fallen to the ground while their hands covered a very special part of them, their faces were pale, and the last thing they could see at that moment was the figures of those woolies that had been responsible for his suffering.
"Well…that had to hurt." Collette's comment was unnecessary, especially since many male viewers and participants felt some pain even though they didn't directly experience it.
It looked like the event would end in a stalemate again, but everyone's attention shifted once a single sound filled the venue.
"Whoosh!" It was only a few seconds, but that was all the time that passed before everyone could see a figure jump up and use the tool in its hands to produce a small gust of wind generating that characteristic sound at the same time that a part of the wool of the huge wooly was cut perfectly.
That figure fell to the ground again while she took that piece of wool in her hands and then put it inside the sack that she had tied to her waist, a satisfied smile appeared on her face, and she did not avoid saying her thoughts.
"Hehe, looks like I'm going to take another trophy home today." Shouts of excitement from the audience were heard all over the place after watching that spectacle.
The person who said that was actually not strange to the residents of Sharance and the former participants of the event, even if she did not participate this year, it would seem strange to them, and Collette was quick to introduce her.
"And as always, we get to watch as she makes her entrance and shows everyone how this is really done, although it's not strange since not everyone can carry going undefeated for ten years in a row on their back. With you, the reigning champion of the Wooly festival, Sakuya!" Collette's shout caused the crowd to also be filled with the excitement of the moment, as always, during festivals there were well-known or famous faces in the crowd, and the commentator's job was to take advantage of all this to animate the atmosphere, so it was not at all strange to give some of them some credit.
Sakuya looked around her and gave a small bow accepting the support of the public, although her thoughts were more occupied with thinking about all the gold she would get once she sold all the wool she got.
Now the participants had their attention on Sakuya and ranked her as the strongest opponent, but putting that aside, even though Sakuya was able to cut a part of the wooly's wool, it didn't seem like the volume of it had been greatly reduced, there was still enough for anyone to take a little.
The excitement that had been brought about by Sakuya hadn't lost its strength yet, and she was about to go after the wooly once more to get some more material, but her lively expression from earlier turned to one serious when she saw what happened next.
"Fwoosh!" Again, the sound of the wind being cut interrupted the moment. Just like before only a few seconds had passed, but everyone could see a figure moving forward at full speed and then disappearing for a few seconds and reappearing in the distance, producing that sound so that then it was seen how in his hand was a part of the wool of the huge wooly.
"And as if it were a shadow that even the most terrible of beasts can't grasp, now it amazes us with his abilities! I hope no one judges it by his appearance as that will make you regret it! Let me introduce you to the one I bet everything on this time, he came from our sibling continent just for this moment, his speed is just one of his strong points, but his knowledge was what really made me respect him, without further ado… He is Ragna!" The simple fact that instead of Collette, it was Rusk saying all this with an incredibly excited attitude was enough to make many interested in the new figure in the arena since it was possibly the first time they had seen Ragna.
He wasn't concentrating on everyone's words and looks, he had put the piece of wool back in his bag, and before he thought of anything else, his gaze met Sakuya's causing a single thought to pop into the head from both.
And that was that the competition has only just begun.
[Progress… Saved.]