His highness

"Then let's just see him as the final boss."

"What? Final boss? What are you talking about? Did you play some RPG game at the VR section of the military" Kye asked.

"Yeah final boss," Ven answered with a big smile. "We don't necessarily have to go against Azul now. We're not strong enough for that, so there's no need to bother with him. But instead, we can just try and go to Maria and John. Especially during the exam. We can try to beat them as hard as we can while staying under the rules of the exam. The other will agree to it for sure. So what do you think?"

Kye didn't say a thing for a while. He was thinking about what his friend just said, and in the end, he couldn't help but feel dumb because he didn't think about it sooner. So with a small smile, he answered. "You can be pretty smart when you want, don't you?"