Chapter 265: Time for a Robbery (1/2)
Chapter 265: Time for a Robbery
“These fellows are even more terrifying than what we saw in the national tournament!”
Gucci panted heavily as his face became ugly.
His nickname, “Traceless Sword” came from his strange attacks which made it extremely difficult for his opponents to completely avoid them. But against Stingham, these attacks were completely useless.
After several rounds of attacks, the barrier of yellow light around Stingham was still there, but the arcane particles within his body were nearly exhausted.
“Come on! Put a little more into it! Perhaps you will be able to get rid of this zombie!”
Stingham’s nonchalant behaviour and excited expression made Gucci even more agitated.
Zzzt! Zzzt! Zzzt!
On the other side, streaks of green light descended from the sky. Upon hitting the ground, the green light immediately turned into a pool of green slime from which thorny plants quickly grew.
But not even one of Matteo’s attacks touched Rinloran as he swiftly moved around Matteo without attacking.
“He’s so fast… I can’t locate his actual position!”
“With his amplification artifact, he is even faster than during the national tournament. I can’t hit him at all!”
Matteo’s face became ashen.
He was currently stuck between a rock and a hard place. If he stopped attacking, Rinloran would launch an offensive which would spell the end for him. But if he continued attacking, his injuries would continue to worsen.
“Can’t you all be a little more normal?”
“We just wanted to have a nice and proper fight!”
As Abel Academy team captain Lotner watched Gucci and Matteo being supressed by Stingham and Rinloran and then at Ayrin, who was acting like a true pervert and asking for them to hit him, he couldn’t help but feel his mind crumbling apart.
Abel Academy had always been the overlords of the national tournament alongside Dragon Breath Academy. For them to lose to Holy Dawn Academy, perhaps it would have been acceptable if they were facing all six in a head on fight.
But right now, the six of them, who had somehow managed to gather together within this Forest of Evil, were being defeated by three. And it was when they were the ones who had laid the trap.
“A proper battle? Were you not the ones who tried to deceive us?” Ayrin perplexedly asked as he heard the words of the crestfallen Lotner, “We wished to have a proper competition, but you guys tried to set up an ambush. You were the ones who attempted to force us to retire and win through disgraceful means.”
“You three…”
Lotner started, but then stopped as he spit a mouthful of blood.
“Forget it. We surrender. If we keep fighting, we will only be humiliated further,” Lotner said, his face extremely pale.
“Forget it. Just kill us already.”
Upon hearing Lotner’s words, Matteo closed his eyes as a miserable expression emerged over his face and he glumly said, “As a fellow team from the national tournament, I hope you can kill us quickly and painlessly.”
“Eh? You guys are giving up just like this?”
Stingham was full of disbelief as he observed Gucci, who had also stopped. “Just a little more, and you would have succeeded! Hurry up and gather strength to hit me once more! Please! Please hit me one more time!”
“Can you not act so perversely!” Lotner and the others shouted. They couldn’t stand it any longer.
“It’s fine if you kill me. But please don’t humiliate me any longer,” Gucci cried, his body trembling as he looked at Stingham.
“Kill you? Why would I want to kill you? You aren’t an Evil Dragon Follower. Even if you were, how could a handsome guy like me commit such a bloody and cruel act? I won’t do it.” Stingham shook his head. A penetrating look emerged in his eyes as he confidently said, “I’m not stupid. I can see through your machinations. If I kill you, then the Office of Special Affairs will come after me.”
“……” Hearing Stingham’s words, the Abel Academy team members nearly spit blood once more.
Was there anyone who would use their own life to plot against others?
“You guys won’t kill us?” Lotner and the others were somewhat bewildered.
“Of course not,” Stingham sincerely replied.
Some hope reappeared in the dead and ashen eyes of the six Abel Academy team members as Lotner asked, “Then how do you three plan to deal with us?”
“Oh, that’s right. Now that we’ve dealt with these scoundrels, what next?” Stingham immediately looked at Ayrin and Rinloran.
“You are Traceless Sword Gucci?”
Ayrin scratched his head as he thought for a moment. Afterwards, his gaze landed on the saber in Gucci’s hand as he asked, “Is that saber a materialization or?”
An ominous feeling rose in Gucci’s heart as he said with difficulty, “This isn’t a materialization. It is a ‘Moon Echo’ Sword made from the demonic crystal of a Moon Lion Lord.”
“So it’s an extremely powerful weapon? One which also acts as a sword skill amplification artifact?” Ayrin’s eyes immediately lit up, “Rinloran, you also train in a lot of sword based skills. Wouldn’t this sword be very useful for you?”
Rinloran stiffened, then slowly nodded his head.
“This sword is pretty good, why don’t you give it to Rinloran.”
A new thought popped into Ayrin’s mind as he turned to Lotner and the others and excitedly shouted, “Quick, take out all of the good things you have on you!”
“This is… robbery?” Stingham’s mouth formed an ‘o’ as he said, “Ayrin, won’t this also cause the Office of Special Affairs to come after us?”