The last thing Tammy remembered before he lost his consciousness is a bright and powerful magic burst that Sky mercilessly blasted directly to his face. The blast is so powerful and intense that it doesn't any give time for Tammy to feel pain. As he thumped to the ground, he finally realized an awful fact. He has a feeling that even with such a powerful attack, Sky is not even going serious on him, he is merely 'playing' with his prey, and he can confirm that it's the same for Chris, getting maimed by the blood curse and kicked around by Timmy is merely a part of their neatly planned game, none of them fought them seriously, including Maria. Tammy can't imagine what would happen if they really go serious on them in the match...
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After that match, the organizers announced that Sky's team win by default as the Royal Guards are suspended from the match, but since Sky's team had already won three matches, so it makes no difference. The organizers then proceed to tell everyone that they had confirmed that the Royal Guards had broken some serious rules of the tournament thus leading to the suspension.
After a short cleaning and preparation, the second round of the match started, which is Blair's team against K's team. And obviously, it is just some 'friendly' fight with each other that doesn't have any special remarks to write about. Anyway, Blair's team won this match with the results of two wins, one loss, and two draws. As for K's team, they qualified themselves for the third place candidates by default as the Royal Guards had been suspended from the tournament, while Sheriff's team refused to accept the offer to fight for the number three qualification, thus, the afternoon match is not necessary anymore and canceled. And so, they have three and a half days free time before the final...
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Hostess Bar... Yes, hostess bar. Sky and Sheriff are having some drinks and some random chatters, while Maria is having a discussion with the lady boss regarding the quest they are given.
"Seriously, I have been in this town for a few times but I never know there is a bar at here that opened in the afternoon. And I seriously can't believe that I will be the fourth place, just how did you guys get rid of those royal guards?" said Sheriff as he hold up a tall mug of lager and chugged down one-third of it.
"Haha! Well, we have our own way after all, but I believe if you watch back the records of the match, you will understand. But why are you rejecting the organizer's offer? It would be interesting to watch your team and K's team fight against each other." said Sky.
"Well, after what Longe did on the field, I felt that I need to reorganize everything about my team, Mr. Chris was right about how I am not a good leader." said Sheriff.
"Heh? He actually said such a mean thing?" said Sky, rather surprised, then he turned his sight to the other direction...
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Ben's mini dimension. Ben is examining the injury on Itsuki's shoulder with some sort of X-ray-like device.
"Your bone had pretty much recovered, I believe you will be able to join them with whatever plans they have tomorrow." said Ben in his usual flat tone.
"Glad to know about that, thank you so much, Dr. Ben. So... How is Chris-san's arm? It looks rather bad." said Itsuki.
"Ah... Don't remind me about that anymore, like why the hell would anyone crush their own joint and nerves just because it's annoying? Seriously, the damage is so bad that I'll need at least two days to fix it." said Ben, rather irritated.
Suddenly, they heard a weird noise from the other side of the area followed by a sharp beeping from the alarm.
"Itsuki, go take cover." said Ben, slightly alerted.
After a few seconds, a man with a luxurious outfit walked out from a hidden corner along with a teenage boy who looks slightly anti-social.
"Ah... If I am not mistaken, you must be that 'favorite child' among the Royal Guards huh?" Ben greeted the man, and by 'favorite child', he means Augustine III.
"That's a good nickname, I approve it. Now, would you kindly let me know where is that guy who defeated and sabotaged Timmy? I'm not interested to harm a mere healer like you." said Augustine III who sounds rather arrogant.
"Well, too bad, he is not here and even if he is here, I would not let you get him." said Ben as he took off his glasses and started cleaning it with a piece of clean cloth.
"Haha! What a big words from a healer! I guess I will have to finish you off first for now. Temmy, kill him... Hmm?... Temmy?"
Just as Augustine III gave Temmy a command to finish off Ben, he suddenly realized that Temmy is now constricted by a strong unseen force that is so strong that he can't even make any noise.
"What!? What have you... Ugh!"
All of the sudden, Augustine felt the strong constriction too, it is so intense that Augustine III feels like he will be turned into pulp in seconds, however, things don't just stop like that. While Augustine III is under the construction force, he felt a sharp piercing pressure that slowly dug into his throat but he can clearly see that the healer he was making fun of a few seconds ago is still sitting on his seat casually cleaning his glasses as if nothing had happened...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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I wonder when will I actually reach my current collection target?
As usual, if you like my story, please add it to your collection /library and vote for the book as a support for me, your support is my motivation to continue writing.
I'll release main chapters every Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, and some auxiliary chapters from time to time.
The next target is 150 library collections. If reached the target, I will update every 2 days.