RATH 89

TL: Eevee

11. Not a myth, but a legend (2)

I stared blankly at the broadcast.

On the screen was Nerkia, emitting a massive fighting aura after annihilating Arucia like some classic fantasy novel protagonist.

Shortly afterwards, the event was declared over, and the commentators that had stayed silent the entire time begin praising Nerkia, exclaiming how incredible he was.

No, he actually is incredible.

He defeated a hundred Arucia students all by himself, after all.

But one of the commentators that had been heaping on the praise for Nerkia, soon raised a different topic.

[But, what could that summon of Professor Nicerwin possibly be that not even that Nerkia exclaimed he could never defeat?]

[Im curious of that as well. Something that not even a swordsmaster, god-class summoners, a Spirit King and thousands of summons could defeat all together!]

Im facked.

Yap, owner f*cked.

Id at least said it relatively cleanly, but the metal bat went and said what I wanted to say anyway.

Yep, Im f*cked.

Owner, want me ta call over the stuco pres?

No, should I just head over and stomp on him myself?

Wiing, ya really pissed off right now, owner?

Of course.

Im saying it again, but this is the middle of the imperial capital.

Normally, giant stadiums like these are built outside the inner walls, even if theyre events sponsored by the imperial family, but one of the previous emperors constructed numerous giant stadiums near the imperial palace on the grounds that he couldnt be bothered moving very far, resulting in an insane situation where stadiums were built inside the inner walls.

The story that when his advisors tried to convince him against the idea at the time, he said if there is a shortage of places for people to live because of the stadiums, we can just make the capital bigger! and so he increased the size of the capital by over double what it was previously, was a legend that wasnt actually a legend.

As youd expect from the ancestor of the current emperor and the princess, he was well and truly insane.

Either way, thanks to that lunatic, to escape from this place, you need to get through a giant castle wall that hadnt ever been subject to enemy attack.

And in a place like that, thanks to that damn student council president, I have all the aggro well and truly locked down onto me.

Id been doing well avoiding the spotlight so far, and after Aris became a swordsmaster shed been drawing all the attention onto her!

And thanks to their heroics this time round, all the attention would have been firmly focused onto Aris and the stuco pres, but this little brat sold out the metal bat.

That sounds hella scary even to me.

What, someone that can win against a swordsmaster and a god-class summoner, a Spirit King and a thousand students all on their own?

I sound bloody strong?!

Not you, me! Im the weally stronk one here, not owner!

Yes, youre the strong one. Youre the strongest that equally beats the crap out of both gods and devils! Problem being that titles stuck to the person carrying around said strongest, i.e. me!

Now all the nobles in the capital are going to come clamoring to see me.

And among those people who want a look at me, theres definitely going to be someone who knew the person named Ast.

No matter how wide the capital is, and how plain I look, its impossible that a noble living in the imperial court could ever forget a face that served by the side of the princess unless that noble happened to be Sir Reia.

Of course, the majority of them would just think that they were very similar.

Even as they think maybe, just maybe, they will think that they look similar.

But the moment any of them think could it be? and report to the princess, she will definitely come over to confirm the report.

And the moment ya found out, owners gonna get locky locky!

And therefore, Im bailing out for now!

I wondered whether I should stomp on that damn student council president before running away, but the moment I get caught by one person, an endless hell will begin.

If I say greetings to one person, then when its over anothers going to come over and say their greetings, and once theyre done another will come over

Since I was already familiar with that to death from my time in the imperial court, I decided to punish the student council president later, and for now, pack my bags and get a disguise on ASAP!

I wish to see Professor Nicerwin!

I am Viscount Rellius. I wish to meet Professor Nicerwin!

My master, Count Kellate wishes to meet with Professor Nicerwin.

Is this Yugrasia where Professor Nicerwin is?!

At the voices coming from the teachers tents some way away from where I was right now, I realised that the nobles moved a lot quicker than they used to in the past, and I too, quickly made my getaway.

Bring, bring Professor Nicerwin!

Professor Nicerwin is not here, Professor Nicerwin is in a different tent from ours!

That way, that way, please keep order!

I felt sorry for the panicking teachers, but all this was Nerkias fault!

And while deeply resenting Nerkia, I did my best to run away.

#2 Their story; Ria el Nermias story.

I am Arucias student council president, Kiir de Reirase.

I am Marciss Ria el Nermia.

The person that reached his hand out first in greetings was the Arucia student council president.

Just last year, no, just before the beginning of this imperial festival even, Arucia had been screaming that Marcis was their bitter enemy, but right now, they were an embarrassment to their name, much like Marcis was.

Ill keep it simple. Do you wish to make an alliance with us for the remainder of the tournament?

Yes.

Both the Arucia student council president and I had already reached the point of no return.

[Arucia: 0pt]

[Marcis: 7pt]

[Yugrasia: 74pt]

[Mercaria: 0pt]

In the end, I lost to Aris and the rest of Yugrasias attacks, and Arucias key forces were also decimated by Yugrasias student council president alone.

And by the time we came to, all of todays events were won by Yugrasia.

The events of Day 5, worth 10 points each, were supposed to be the moment where we made a comeback, but it only ended up creating an inclosable gap instead.

Before we reached this point, we analyzed the battle between Arucia and Yugrasias student council president.

After watching the match, none of us thought we couldnt win against him.

But that didnt mean that we thought we could.

All the events from this point onwards were team events.

With summoners like that backing up a vanguard like Aris, there was no way we could win against that.

To be honest, I had trouble just fighting against Hermess summoner that fought beside Aris today.

On the most important final day, if Arucia and Marcis works together, even Yugrasia couldnt beat us both.

No, we must win.

Yes

This is our last resort.

My opinions were representative of Marcis, and as for Arucia who couldnt even touch a single person in their defeat today, finally abandoned all vestiges of their pride and formed an alliance.

If we happened to lose to Yugrasia even in this scenario, the two academies reputations would hit rock bottom.

And, another. I wish to form an alliance with Mercaria as well.

Mercaria?

Yes.

Although their fighting abilities were the worst, in terms of numbers alone, they outnumbered all three of the other academies.

Thats true. But

Yes, there must be a price to pay accordingly.

Even though they fought against us as one of the Four Great Academies, Mercarias fighting potential is very low.

Because the majority of their students were commoners, and they mostly studied topics related to civil service for the empire, they had no need to fight.

Because of that, they had given up on the imperial festival, but they hadnt given up on their profits.

Using their matches, knowledge, and numbers as capital, they participated in the imperial festival for their own profits.

It seems well make quite a loss.

It cant be helped. Were in a situation where we have no choice but to become victorious.

The number of points on offer in todays matches were extremely out of the ordinary.

Normally 10 point events only appeared from Day 6 and onwards, but this time, 10 point events appeared from Day 5.

This was probably a move by the organizers to give the other schools a chance of a comeback.

But that opportunity turned into a situation where it was became impossible to make a comeback, and at this rate, the imperial festival could be decided with over a 100 point difference.

A 100 point difference