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Chapter 53 Defeat
Chapter 53 Defeat
"How's the situation going?" he asked as he watched Evelyn in the sky, arms raised, while the clouds were replaced by crimson flames, and from them fell large quantities of fire...
"Besides the extreme heat in this place..." Beatrice squinted her eyes, looking at the sea of ashes where they stood. She could clearly remember how just a few minutes ago, this place was filled with trees, plants, and more, all consumed by Evelyn's flames. She turned her gaze... "Lazy star... quite a curious nickname, don't you think?" she muttered to herself.
Daniela also looked at Evelyn. "It's incredible how much mana she has in her... The nickname 'Lazy Star' was one she gave herself. The reason is simple: she's always lazy, but when she gets angry, her body shines like a light, like a star, basically."
"Well, you know, I heard the class was eliminated just minutes after our attack," Beatrice commented casually. Daniela raised an eyebrow: "By Class Five?" she guessed.
"Indeed," Adrian adjusted his glasses. "They're just rumors, but from what I understand, they tried to betray Class Five when they found out we were on our way. But the class leader, who was hiding, was eliminated by young Ariel." Stay connected through empire
"So, Class 2..." Elias hesitated for a moment, "Will now be Class 4?" He stood with his mouth open. "Luckily, Arthur is with Leslie... or is it the opposite?" He got confused again...
"Well, it doesn't matter!" Olivia stared at Elias and shook her head. "Either way, we don't need to worry about Arthur. He's in good hands..." Olivia pointed at Evelyn. "After all, Leslie has the same mental power as Evelyn... I'd love to have one like that," she murmured to herself at the end.
"But the strangest thing is that Class 2's flag was handed over to Lisa, the strategist of Class 4..." Beatrice frowned. "I can't understand the reasons, but I must do my part. Goodbye!" With those words, her body disappeared in a green flash.
"Do you have any idea why?" Daniela was still speechless at Elias' actions. With a flag in his possession, they could easily get Class 4's and reach first place in the rankings, even surpassing Class 1...
"I suppose they had some kind of agreement, but doesn't it seem strange?" Adrian looked around, besides the sea of ashes. "On our way here, we didn't find a single demon... In fact, just before Evelyn started, there was absolutely nothing around. Even going further in some parts, it seemed like there were no demons, as if they had been hunted down to exhaustion..."
"Now that you mention it..." Daniela thought to herself. It was true that they encountered few, or in some cases none, of those creatures. The forest was supposed to be full of them for the event. "Are you saying that Class 4 took care of killing demons on behalf of Class 5?" she asked.
"That might be the case, but as I said, this is just a theory," Adrian nodded. "I believe that in every group where Class 3 was divided, one of its members was from Class 5. So, when Class 4 captured a demon, the Class 5 member would kill it." He shrugged. "It's the only way I can think of how they did things. Obviously, it's much more complicated, but also effective."
"But even so, the points given by demons don't compensate for anything," Daniela said incredulously. "Unless..." She fell silent for a few moments. "Unless Class 4 voluntarily hands over the flag to Class 5... and in addition to the points they gained from killing demons, they'd have the flag's points, which would far surpass ours..."
"If that's the case... they have more points than us right now," Olivia said grimly.
"Impressive, don't you think?" Adrian adjusted his glasses. "Student Ariel certainly has a sharp mind."
"But for this to work..." Daniela was about to speak again, but: "Class Four has been eliminated," Beatrice's voice came from behind. She looked everyone in the eye for a few moments. "Student Ariel wants to speak with us," she finally said.
Daniela remained silent. The Class 4 flag was in that young man's hands... now only Class 1 and Class 5 remained. She took a deep breath. "What do you all think?" she asked, somewhat nervous... for a very simple reason.
"What else can we do? We've already lost..." Adrian adjusted his glasses. "It would be interesting to speak with him."
"What do you mean?" Elias' body trembled a little.
"Just tell him yes..." Daniela sighed to herself. She looked at Elias and shook her head. "You'll understand in a few minutes..." she said weakly.
"I suppose you've already figured it out," a different voice from theirs sounded from the front, right behind Beatrice.
Daniela turned to look at the young man. He walked forward with calm steps, and curiously glanced at all her friends... he smiled sweetly. "Thank you for conveying my message," he said as he looked at Beatrice.
"Don't do that, it's quite creepy," Beatrice stayed still... "I'm sorry about that," young Ariel apologized with a small bow.
Daniela frowned. "What do you want to talk about?" she asked, a little irritated.
The young man smiled slightly. "Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted to tell you that the game is over, but before that..." He glanced at Evelyn. "Can you tell her to stop? It's way too hot here," he said, pulling out a cloth to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"Why should we?" Daniela asked. "Oh, come on, you must have figured it out by now. The game is over. In exactly thirty seconds, the one holding my class' flag will leave the five-kilometer range. The game is over. No, hehehe," the young man chuckled.
"You've lost."
As soon as he said those words, the sky split in two...
[First Event Ended!]
[Winner of the first event: Class 5: Happiness, with a total of 1700 points]
"I told you, didn't I? You lost the game." With those last words, Daniela watched as the entire place crumbled...