"Did we underestimate Aileen too much?"
As they expected, Aileen was simply moving as quickly as possible for an ambush. It didn’t really matter if she was going to face Clovis or the two girls. She would definitely defeat them.
Aileen had erased her presence, lowered her heartbeat, and done other things in order to make herself disappear. By using the referee, he managed to escape the radar.
After that, the team called the sixth member, who was supposed to protect the flag. This way, they would look like they had left Aileen behind.
This was Aileen’s plan. The rest was just a matter of positioning.
Aileen was running to Libation Fiesta’s base.
She muttered inwardly, ’With the current situation, I have two options. I can defeat Clovis first and then Ragna before taking the flag or I can defeat Ragna and get the flag.
’If I go with the first scenario, I can definitely win right away. However, it will also cause a lot of hate from the people. The reward is simply not worth the hate.
’On the other hand, the second scenario will allow me to win with 6-point gap. All five of them will definitely tire Clovis out. This way, I will defeat him during the first individual match. Or even in the worst-case scenario, they will simply tie the score. There’s no way they can win the extra round.
’That’s why even if I go with this scenario, I will still win, no matter how Clovis is trying to manipulate it.’
She still remembered the paper. She hadn’t taken a look at the result that Clovis predicted, thinking it would only be fair to open it after she won the tournament.
’One minute should be enough to wear him out. If I use this trick for too long, people will definitely think of me having no sportsmanship or something.’ Aileen had slowed down her pace.
It didn’t take her too long to reach the other side.
While looking at Ragna, she thought, ’I can exchange a few blows with him. Since this is a head-on clash, no one is going to say anything if it lasts for a minute or two. He is a good defender after all.’
She had found the strategy to win.
Without hesitation, she exited the forest, heading straight at Ragna. The latter put his shield in front of him. Ragna looked determined to protect that flag.
’We won. And Clovis will visit our city. We can recruit him during that time.’ Aileen smiled inwardly.
…
On the other side, Clovis was completely surrounded by these people.
Lana smirked. "You should have gone serious to defeat one of us. You’ve underestimated Aileen too much, Clovis. You have no chance to win against us."
"Is that so? In that case… the match is settled then." Clovis smiled.
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Lana was confused. Clovis was supposed to be under pressure since he would have to fight them.
Even Clovis should have realized their plan, which was to tire him out.
But to her surprise, Clovis remained calm as though he had expected it this whole time. In fact, Clovis lowered his swords as if he had given up.
And two seconds after that, they suddenly heard an announcement.
"Match ends! Winner: Bloody Rose! The score is 5-0!"
"5?" Lana was astounded by the score as this was outside her prediction. "You… what did you do?!"
The match ended so fast that they couldn’t even fight Clovis.
Clovis couldn’t help but smile after seeing that panicked face.
…
A moment ago.
When Aileen approached Ragna, the latter had put his shield in front of her, trying to block her vision from his spear.
Aileen was already aware of this trick. Her purpose was to buy some time before defeating Ragna, so she decided to strike the shield to bait Ragna.
However, when she was about to reach him, Ragna’s right hand moved, symbolizing that he was about to thrust his spear.
Aileen took a step to the right, planning to avoid this thrust.
That was the time Ragna showed Clovis’ plan. Ragna suddenly tilted his shield, revealing the flashbang that Clovis handed him earlier.
’Grenade? Is he trying to kill both of us? No, is that flash—’ Aileen hurriedly covered her eyes.
Ragna hit the grenade with his shield a little bit, raising the grenade to their eye level. He had also closed his eyes.
Bang!
The grenade exploded. Both of them gritted their teeth, enduring the pain. Their heads were ringing like crazy and they couldn’t open their eyes.
As a guardian, Ragna was the first one to recover and make his move. He swung his spear from the side.
Aileen might not have Brain Affinity, but she had the instincts of a veteran. She could feel the approaching spear even if she couldn’t see or hear it.
She used her dagger to block the spear. To her surprise, that block caused Ragna to drop his spear. It seemed that the damage to his body had weakened his grip.
’I’m lucky. I need to reco—’ Aileen wanted to jump away, but Ragna’s action was simply a method to locate her.
Now that he had found her, the only thing to do was make one more move that would seal the battle.
Suddenly, Aileen felt something coming into her embrace. Aileen was confused since she was supposed to have knocked the spear away.
In addition, her other hand had to block the shield since Ragna chose to ram her with his shield.
"Kh!" Aileen endured it and fell on her back. Still, both of them were blinded. There was no way Ragna could defeat her during this time.
However, that was enough, since the plan had succeeded.
"Match ends! Winner: Bloody Rose! The score is 5-0!"
"!!!" Aileen’s body shook when she heard the announcement. What was happening? Did they win? But they hadn’t taken the flag.
In that instant, Aileen remembered the thing that came into her embrace. It wasn’t dangerous, so she ignored it at first and focused on Ragna’s shield.
But upon that realization, Aileen tried her hardest to open her eyes, confirming her guess.
The one she held was actually the flag.