46 Chapter 46: Crimson Spear Society (1/2)

A couple of days after the victory over Thunder Hammer Society, we met Crimson Spear Society in their training rooms.

Unlike Thunder Hammer Society, Crimson Spear Society decided to maintain the format of team battle, and we were expected to submit a formal list of our members. With exactly five members in our society, we just wrote the names of our members and submitted that.

”Heh, so they stuck to team battle format after all.” Stanley Lee was grinning. ”That will be a good haul of prestige points.”

”Hey, no underestimating the enemy,” I reminded him sternly. ”Don't assume that we'll automatically win.”

”Is there anyone in this school who can beat you?” Harvey Deng asked seriously. I shrugged.

”I'm sure there's plenty of people who can. Like those ranked in the top 100. Definitely those ranked in the top 50.”

”You give yourself too little credit, Vice-President Richard.” Harvey laughed. ”You should have more confidence in yourself!”

”I'm grateful for your faith in me, but remember, pride comes before a fall. And underestimating your enemy is the worst thing you can do. Our biggest enemy is complacency, not the opponents we are facing in combat.”

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”Wise words, as always, Vice-President!”

I couldn't tell if Harvey was genuinely hanging onto my every word, or if he was just sucking up. Well, whatever. I will find out eventually.

Whatever the case, we had a match to worry about, and I took a deep breath to calm myself down.

”We're here!” Dong Fang Yue Chu announced when we reached the room that Crimson Spear Society sent us. He knocked on the door, and it automatically slid open, revealing the massive training room within.

”You're finally here.”

My first impression of Crimson Spear Society was that of delinquents. They were all dressed somewhat outrageously, in a manner that flouted school rules. That is, leaving their jackets hanging open, their ties missing, baggy pants, piercings and chains, sunglasses and black boots instead of proper shoes.

All of them already had their spears out, resting casually against their shoulders or leaning on the walls next to them. They leered at us in an intimidating manner that caused Harvey and Wang Fei to shrink back, but Stan as usual glared back at them defiantly.

”Sorry to keep you waiting,” Dong Fang Yue Chu forced a laugh, his voice trembling a little.

”No, I'm glad you didn't run at all!” the leader, a guy with black, spiky hair and a piercing in his ear, rose to his feet, his crimson spear still resting on his shoulder. His subordinates snickered behind him. ”We thought you weren't coming.”

Dong Fang Yue Chu swallowed, but didn't back down. ”We're having a team battle today, correct?”

”That's right.” The leader grinned as he slammed a black boot on top of a nearby training stool, leaning forward. ”What, did you think your vice-president can team-kill us or something? We're not pussies like Thunder Hammer Society.”

”Hah! You'll get what is coming to you…” Stan began, but I glared at him, and he shut up immediately.

”No, I don't think I can team-kill you guys, and Thunder Hammer Society aren't pussies. Their president gave a good fight.” I took a deep breath as I sized the leader up. I knew him, of course. Crimson Spear Society was one of the more famous societies in Jing Tian Academy, even if they weren't among the four great societies. Their president, Craig Carlson, was among the top 50, and his skills with the spear were top notch. As I had been telling my members, it was not prudent to underestimate the foe.

Even so, I knew the fate of my society was hanging on me. None of the other members could stand up to the other members in Crimson Spear Society. Everything depended on me pulling off another team-kill.

So regardless of whether I was confident of wiping out the team from Crimson Spear Society or not, I simply had no choice. Not if I wanted to protect my society and earn the prestige points we needed to survive. Any other alternatives didn't bear consideration. For now, I decided to focus on one match at a time, and worry about the others when they came.

Otherwise, there was no point thinking about them if I couldn't even beat the first opponent.

”Oh?” Craig Carlson grinned, and his sinister expression sent a chill up my spine. ”At least your vice-president is humble. I like that.” he cocked his head to study Stan and the other first years. ”You should learn from him.”

Stan bristled, but said nothing. Good. He was learning to keep his mouth shut.

”All right, let's get started then.” Craig Carlson went straight to the point. He proceeded to the center of the training room, which was a fairly big arena. Hopping over the strings, he jumped into the ring and brandished his crimson spear. ”Who's first?”

I glanced at the others, and they nodded encouragingly. Harvey looked like he believed in me no matter what, while Dong Fang Yue Chu, Stan and Wang Fei appeared confident that I could handle this. I took a deep breath, and hauled myself over the strings that made the perimeter and landed at the edge of the ring.

The holographic image of Teacher Fielding shimmered to life. As always, he was busy with refereeing a bunch of matches, so he had his digital clone oversee this particular match. There weren't as many matches today, thankfully, probably fifty or so. That meant Teacher Fielding would have an easier time today.