"We have arrived." Tarkan smirked. "Roberto, Clara!"
"Oh!" Clara suddenly used the tree to cover herself with her back facing Libation Fiesta’s base. She aimed her gun at Jay, shooting at him to buy some time.
"Moo!" Roberto grunted as he ran toward Melody and Kanaria and rammed his shield against them.
Kanaria jumped into the air, trying to kick him. Roberto skillfully blocked it, but he wasn’t her aim.
Melody took that chance to throw the flash grenade toward Clara.
"!!!" Clara panicked and hurriedly covered her ears while using the tree to block the explosion.
Ding!
"Kh." Clara gritted her teeth as the ringing sound echoed in her head. Still, she hurried back out because she had to buy time for her teammates.
But that grenade was all Jay needed to close the gap between him and Roberto. He hurriedly caught up to Roberto while swinging his blade.
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"!!!" Roberto raised his eyebrows and hurriedly placed his shield on his side, trying to block Jay.
"Move out of the way!" Jay roared and swung with all his strength, striking the upper part of the shield.
"This is…" Roberto gritted his teeth, trying to hold on. But this strength was beyond what he could handle.
The swing ended up knocking his shield up and causing his body to tilt disorderly.
Kanaria saw this gap and shot him, eliminating him from this match.
Clara wanted to shoot Jay, but Melody had locked onto her, providing cover fire for Jay.
"Tsk." Clara clicked her tongue as she had no choice but to hide behind a tree.
Jay used that opportunity to close the distance. Since the tree was just a stone pillar that was covered in holograms, the back of his sword was enough.
Jay spun his blade and struck the tree with the back of his sword, crushing the pillar in an instant.
"Gah!" Clara got her back hit by the residual force, knocking her out. Even the referee had deemed her eliminated since Jay could easily slice her if he didn’t use the back of his sword.
But when Jay exited the woods, he realized that he was too late. Gilza and Tarkan were about to reach the flag.
Melody and Kanaria hurriedly pointed their guns at them, but Gilza actually did something unthinkable.
"Ragna!" Gilza shouted at the top of his lungs as though he were trying to disrupt Ragna’s focus.
’I shouldn’t focus on him. I will deflect his glaive before stopping Tarkan,’ Ragna thought, believing this was the best option. After all, Melody and Kanaria would support him soon.
That was why he extended his left hand, receiving the glaive with his shield.
To his surprise, Gilza actually smiled as though he was doing what he expected him to do.
Gilza grabbed the glaive with both hands and changed his stance, ramming the handle of his glaive instead of the blade into Ragna’s shield. He even positioned himself between Ragna and Tarkan in order to stop Ragna from attacking Tarkan.
"Kh!" Ragna gritted his teeth. As a guardian, he realized one more trick in this action.
Before Tarkan could reach for the flag, Kanaria and Melody fired their guns. All those bullets hit Gilza.
’As expected, he is using his body to block the bullets.’ Ragna gritted his teeth. Yes, Gilza actually spread his body as much as possible and positioned himself not only between Tarkan and Ragna but also between Tarkan and those two gunners. With this, they wouldn’t be able to stop Tarkan.
Gilza smirked widely as though everything had gone according to plan. This was the change of plan that Tarkan was talking about.
However, Ragna was not the same person as before. He was able to handle his entire body’s weight easily.
That was why Ragna was still able to let go of his spear and grab Gilza’s clothes.
"!!!" Gilza widened his eyes in shock. ’This guy… He is pulling me?’
That was right. Ragna actually pulled him to the side, which would open up a path for Kanaria and Melody.
Melody’s aim was a bit too bad for this distance. She also only used a pistol, so it wouldn’t be accurate.
This decisive moment was left in Kanaria’s hand.
Kanaria focused for a second and pulled the trigger as Tarkan reached for the flag.
Bang!
Tarkan grabbed the flag as paint splashed on his clothes.
"End of the match… No, pause the match!" Shion suddenly shouted. Tarkan pulled the flag and the bullet hit him at almost the same time, so they didn’t know which one was first.
"This is…"
"Wow…"
The audience had mixed reactions. Some of them were confused with the result. Some were amazed by such an intense battle. Imemine had shown a clever way of fighting, while Libation Fiesta had revealed their strong individual might.
The three referees gathered while Clovis and Erwin were standing in front of each other with a serious expression. After all, this would determine the result of the match.
"You’re the only one with Brain Affinity among us, Miss Lifa. Which team is faster?" One of them asked.
All the people looked at her with a curious expression.
Lifa gulped down and said, "I don’t think I’m fast enough to see it. Even if it happens, the difference is only around a few microseconds… We still have the high speed camera, right?"
"Yes." He nodded and immediately rolled his hand, gesturing to Shion to use the high speed camera.
"Oh!" Shion hurriedly opened the record and showed it on the screen.
The people gulped down as Lifa watched the record carefully. She even played it at a lower speed to make sure she didn’t miss it.
The longer she took, the more curious the people became. The suspense was unbearable for both the audience and the participants.
Finally, Lifa closed the recording and took a deep breath, as if she were amazed with the result.
She raised her hand and shouted, "Safe. Imemine successfully grabbed the flag earlier!"
In that instant, the result was clear. Cheers shook the entire stadium like a volcanic explosion.
After such an intense match, the conclusion had been reached.
"Uooohh!"