*Hiss!*
The people were completely speechless when they saw Jay grabbing the flag.
"Match ends. Libation Fiesta wins!" The referee had even announced the result.
The Eight Swords were supposed to be an extremely powerful group. However, Libation Fiesta actually defeated them this quickly.
"Why?"
"How did the Eight Swords lose?"
"What actually happened? Why did it end so quickly?"
The audience was stunned. They wanted to react, but they didn’t understand what was happening either. How could Jay and Clovis somehow reach the base?
"This is…" Shion had a hard time saying something. The match went from 0 to 100 in an instant. The next thing she realized, the Eight Swords had lost. "W-What is this? The Eight Swords have just lost…
"Libation Fiesta managed to take down Melvin and Farhan while the Eight Swords defeated Clovis and Kanaria. However, because Libation Fiesta has stolen the flag, they receive three additional points, resulting in a score 5-2 in their favor.
"Let us assess this more calmly. First of all, the Eight Swords used the same strategy, which was to protect their base. Libation Fiesta also attacked in the same position, but with Clovis going first.
"As such, four people were lured away from the base. Even Clovis would be defeated sooner or later if he faced four of them alone.
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"That was why his teammates moved forward. They probably wanted to sneak past the Eight Swords’ defense while they were occupied by Clovis.
"However, once Jay and the others were about to arrive, Melvin immediately positioned himself to the right to stop two people, while Jane stopped the only person coming from the left with Aran’s help.
"The Eight Swords must have known that Libation Fiesta would attack this way. But they didn’t realize that Captain Clovis chose to switch Jay and Kanaria’s positions so that Jay could go past the forest in an instant.
"At the same time, with the help of Melody, Clovis also broke past Farhan and headed to the base.
"Clovis decided to sacrifice himself to stop Captain Rafael while Jay grabbed the flag. During that clash, Jane must have seen through what would happen and chose to take out Kanaria, which gave them an equalizer in killing points.
"With such positioning, the Eight Swords must want to exhaust Jay and Clovis. However, the Libation Fiesta had seen through their plan and switched their positions.
"This must be what happened on the battlefield." Shion couldn’t explain it any better. But she still didn’t know why Clovis managed to see through the plan or what actually made him choose this plan.
There was only one thing clear from this battlefield. The Eight Swords had just lost.
Shion added, "However, there is still a chance for the Eight Swords to turn the situation around. With a 3-point gap, the Eight Swords can regain their lead after winning two individual matches and defeat Libation Fiesta if they win all the individual matches. On the other hand, Libation Fiesta only needs to win one!
"This time, the Eight Swords can’t be outsmarted again because the Libation Fiesta can send two baits so that they will win the third one. What will the Eight Swords do next?"
It must be hard for Shion to comment, especially with the fact that the team from their city had just lost miserably. The atmosphere in the stadium had turned bad as they realized that they were about to lose. This situation was almost hopeless.
Rafael was glaring at Clovis with a shocked face as if noticing his blunder. Clovis and Jay didn’t even bother to look at him. It wasn’t that they weren’t up for the challenge, they just wanted to get away from the arena right away so that the crowd’s anger wouldn’t immediately get directed at them.
While going back, Clovis said, "Sorry, Jay… for making you do that."
"Are you talking about the fact that I haven’t done much during this battle other than grab the flag? You don’t have to worry about that. Consider this an apology for my mistake in the previous match. And it’s better this way. I can fight against him when we both are at our peak." Jay shrugged. "You should comfort Kanaria.
While it’s tactical and this is just a competition, not a life-and-death battle, you still…"
"I know." Clovis nodded. If this was a life-and-death battle, Kanaria would have lost her life. That was also why he was one of the two people that got taken down by the opponent in this match. Clovis patted Jay’s shoulder, saying, "I’ll leave the rest of the match on your shoulder."
Clovis didn’t tell him to win or to be careful. He trusted him to win, so there was nothing to discuss between them.
"Yeah." Jay clenched his hands into fists, feeling the weight of the responsibility. If he ended up losing and Clovis had no choice but to fight, they wouldn’t be in the condition to fight Bloody Rose.
That was why his desire to win was the same as that of their opponents.
The group just retreated back inside their waiting room. The audience was screaming, not liking the result.
Even Mayor Revan was looking at them with a wry smile, wondering how to react.
Erwin smiled as if everything had gone according to plan. He couldn’t help but mutter, "How is it, Tarkan?"
Tarkan gulped down. "I’m impressed. I’ve never thought about their obedience as a weakness. If they were to follow my plan, they would definitely receive a lot more anger from the crowd… to the point where the stadium would be like hell during the individual match."
"I see." Erwin closed his eyes, satisfied with the result.
On the other side of the stadium, Aileen bit her lips. "Erwin was so nosy. How could he have the heart to actually help his opponent right after he lost to them? Wasn’t he supposed to be a prideful guy?"
Lana, who saw her reaction, couldn’t help but chuckle as if she had found amusement between Erwin and Aileen.