Vol. 5 Ch. 8

The man entered the room to report.

“The stage is set, have you all prepared for the third event?”

There was silence inside the place.

“I’ll take that as a yes. Come now, follow me outside.”

The students followed the man outside the stadium. The crowd cheered.

“The crowd sure is loud,” Phize thought.

The man went to the middle of the ground and so the students gather before the man.

“Now, what you’ve all been waiting for, FOR THE THIRD EVENT, WE WILL BE HAVING… 4v4 TEAM BATTLES!”

The crowd cheered.

“Now the rules are simple, 4 people will be fighting in this ring…”

The man pointed to where they stood which is a red ring with a radius of around 10 m.

“If someone steps around this ring, the person is eliminated. Other than that, they will be engaging in a fight of swords and magic, making use of everything they’ve learned up until now. The students have been divided into 4 teams, namely, Teams A, B, C, and D. For the first battle, we will have Teams A and B, fight each other.”

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“Now, for Team A, we have Izi Fila, Loid Frigger, Phize Gratham Drestil, and Rotril Ugnes. Please step forward, the four of you.”

The four of them went forth.

“Go to the left.”

They followed the man’s instructions.

“WHY??? WHY IS MY LUCK SO BAD? WHY DID I GET CHOSEN TO FIGHT INSTANTLY? AAAHHH!” he caviled.

“Now, for Team B, we have Horka Meso, Oltrin Uita, Trif Guise, and Yal Westler. Please step forward, the four of you.”

The four of them went toward the man.

“Go to the right.”

They too followed his instructions.

He cleared his throat.

“We will now be distributing wooden swords, to each of the contestants.”

Two men come out from a room under the stadium, each carrying 2 swords in their left and right hands. They approached the man.

“PASS THEM OUT!”

They distributed the swords to each of the participants.

“The rest of the candidates, you are given permission to sit in the stadium temporarily until the battle is over. Remember, meddling in another battle will result in instant disqualification.”

The rest of the students spread and go up the stairs to the seats of the stadium.

The man then examined them one by one.

“This is making me really nervous,” Phize surmised.

“POSITION YOURSELVES!”

“You’re dead, twerp,” Trif warned.

Phize gulped nervously.

Izi, the one rightmost shivered intensely, he could barely hold his sword.

Loid, who was to the left of Phize grunted, “We can do this!”

Rotril, who was to Phize’s right, fell in tears.

Phize looked at him.

“We… we are so screwed,” he said.

While those on Phize’s side were cowering, those of the opposing side were smiling in full confidence.

The man announced, “The battle will start in 10 seconds… 9 seconds…”

Trif grips his sword intensely.

“8 seconds…”

Rotril sweats intensely.

“7 seconds…”

Phize grits his teeth.

“6 seconds…”

Yal chuckles.

“5… 4… 3… 2… AND ONE! BEGIN!”

“REMEMBER THE PLAN BOYS!” Trif notified.

Phize rushed Trif.

“I’M GONNA GET YOU!!!”

He attacked to the right and Trif dodged backward.

“FAST!” he thought.

Trif went to the right of him which caught Phize off-guard, “What?”

He pushed Phize, making him fall in its direction. He fell on his face.

“Ow… What’s the big ide-”

Then a sudden realization came over him, “Wait a second…”

Trif rushed Izi and Loid who were standing still in the same place, with Izi shivering more than ever.

“COME HERE! AHAHAHAHH!” Trif yelled as he laughed like a maniac.

Izi tried to attack Trif but he shivered too much that he didn’t reach in time.

Trif jumped and hit Izi hardly on the head.

He immediately went unconscious and his legs began to fall to the ground.

Trif suddenly kicked Izi with a tremendous amount of force, kicking him out of the ring.

The man reported, “IZI FILA HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! 3 people remain in Team A, while Team B is unscathed.”

Phize tried to stand up but Horka pushed him causing him to fall again.

“Stay down. We aren’t finished yet.”

“What are they talking about?” he wondered.

He went for another attempt but Horka stepped on his back.

“Be patient. If you move much more, I’ll ask the rest of them to restrain you.”

Loid was frozen in place from watching Trif’s display of violence.

Trif turned his attention to him.

“Oh? What happened to all that confidence earlier? AHAHAHHAHHA!” he mocked.

Loid grasped his sword with his two hands and aimed for him.

Trif went to the right, held his sword firmly, and released an uppercut, hitting Loid’s chin with tremendous force.

“GACK!”

Loid was pushed back but he caught himself with his right hand on the ground.

Trif had his sword in his left hand.

“You’re tougher than the last one. But…”

“STILL QUITE WEAK!” he stated as he punched Loid in the face.

He fell towards the end of the ring.

The man announced, “LOID FRIGGER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! 2 people remain in Team A, while Team B remains unscathed.”

Trif turned his attention to Rotril.

Rotril was fighting Yal and Oltrin.

He clashed his sword with Yal but Oltrin hit his head with his sword, this caused him to be pushed fall, following the direction of the hit.

“SO… FREAKING… UNFAIR!” he cried out.

He tries to pierce Oltrin but Yal attacked his nape while Oltrin strokes his stomach.

“GYAH!”

He tries to stand back up but ultimately fell unconscious.

Oltrin and Yal brought his body outside the ring.

THe man announced, “ROTRIL UGNES HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! 1 person remains in Team A, while Team B remains unscathed.”

Meanwhile, Horka was still busy crushing Phize under his feet.

“THIS GUY! HIS STEP IS CRUSHING ME, I CAN’T GET OUT,” he thought as he squirmed.

“Oh, look at that, how fast they seem to have fallen.”

“I said… GET OFF ME!” he chanted, “FIRE!”

He aimed his spell toward his crotch. When the spell activated, it then burned as to where it was pointing to.

“AAAHH! IT BURNS!” Horka cried out as he held his crotch, weakening his step on Phize.

Phize stood up resulting in Horka falling off.

Oltrin charged Phize and attacked with a slash to the left but Phize went to the right.

Yal followed up with a downward slash but Phize rolled to his right.

He rose and clasped his sword tightly.

“THESE GUYS…”

“YOU FREAKS… IS THIS ALL PART OF YOUR PLAN?! WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO?”

“You caught on?” Trif asked while releasing a smirk.

“It’s pretty obvious if you see it from my perspective, but I don’t mind telling you anyway… As you can see… this…” he pointed out to the eliminated students, “is revenge. You’ll pay back for what you did. We purposely eliminated your teammates, to… well… isolate you and have fun while we beat your weak-ass body.”

“What… WHAT DID I EVEN DO TO YOU?” Phize yelled.

“Doesn’t matter. You antagonized me at some point so… IT’S FEEDING TIME, BOYS!”

The four of them locked their eyes on him.

“As expected, these guys… are total monsters.”

END OF EPISODE 32