"Ehm, Jay? Are you there?"
"…" The others couldn’t help but furrow their eyebrows, thinking Jay was kidnapped. However, he soon responded, "Yeah, I’m here."
"You’re giving me a heart attack. I thought you were not with the group and somehow lost… or even kidnapped!" Ragna raised his voice.
"I’m just trying to focus."
Ragna wanted to say something, but Kanaria immediately cut him off. "By the way, what is the plan, Clovis? Should we show them right away and dominate the battle?"
"We should wait for a bit, taking down several people and using that ability as a trump card. It’ll bring more hype that way," Erwin explained while crossing his arms.
Clovis maintained his silence for a bit longer before saying, "As I said previously, I won’t be going all out today. It’s not about me after all. However, we don’t have to turn this ability into our trump card for this match.
"Don’t forget that they are still mysteries. Even outside this battle royale, we’ll need them. That’s why we’ll defeat a couple of groups before taking it out to kill a few more groups. After that, we’ll bail out."
Erwin frowned. "Won’t that cause the people to not feel the hype?"
"No. I’m not planning to introduce it as a way to turn it around, but an overwhelming strength."
"Ah!" Erwin contemplated. "If we show too much, it also means that we’re exposing our trump card. And people will have an easier time dealing with us."
"By creating the illusion that we can still do more, they’ll be more careful against us. Besides, there’s a possibility that we still have other beast souls." Melody agreed with Clovis’ decision.
Clovis smiled. "It seems that everyone has understood what I’m planning to do. For today, you’ll take the lead, Jay. No need to think hard."
"That sounds like it! We’ll just use brute force to defeat them." Jay smirked.
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"It’s 10:00 AM right now. Everyone is already in their position!" Utaha turned to the other three. "How about we count together?"
The principal nodded as he was the one leading it by raising his hand, showing three fingers. "3!"
"2!" Hana raised her voice.
"1!" Utaha cheered.
"0!" As everyone counted, the principal pressed the button.
An alarm suddenly rang across the city. In the rule, it was the signal to start.
As soon as the alarm went off, all students took off their blindfolds, looking at their teammates.
Some of them were staring inside buildings, some were starting in a plain field, and some were within small alleys.
However, one thing was clear. They had to move fast and get as many points as possible. After all, in the first few minutes, people still hadn’t allied themselves with others.
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They had been discussing their plan for several minutes by now, so all of them immediately moved according to their plan.
Some were hiding inside the building to wait for a better opportunity, some were scouting around, and some, including the Libation Fiesta, immediately went to search for their prey.
Jay was the one taking the lead this time, heading straight to the west.
"It’s a bit annoying that radar is not allowed this time." Melody clicked her tongue.
"I guess they want to focus on our abilities."
"But I’m an operator, so the radar is included in my ability." Melody sighed. "Anyway, go to the left. There should be some people coming toward us."
"!!!" Jay didn’t say anything, but he followed Melody’s instructions right away and found six people.
"What? They are the new students!" The enemies panicked.
Jay could see that four of them were in the elite class, while the other two were still in the junior class. It wasn’t a hard opponent for the Libation Fiesta.
Without hesitation, Jay sped up together with Clovis and Ragna.
"Stop them!" They shouted.
Two of them were gunners, but the first one got hit on the head by Kanaria’s rifle. The bullet had been changed, so it splashed out paint and knocked them out of the tournament.
The other one shot at them, but Ragna skillfully came to the front and put his shield on the way, blocking it for his teammates until Kanaria took down the second one.
Clovis and Jay looped around Ragna and sped up, facing one opponent each.
Jay swung his blade toward his opponent, who also did the same. However, Jay’s swing overpowered him and pushed him down.
When the guy dropped to his butt, Jay kicked him away as if showing that he could kill him and he should move out of the way.
Clovis, on the other hand, cut the enemy several times with his speed, leaving numerous injuries that could be fatal to them.
After that, Clovis hit him in the chest with the back of his handle, causing the guy to spit some acid from his stomach before falling to his knees.
The other two wanted to help, but Ragna stopped one of them with his shield while the other one was only from the junior class.
Erwin simply captured him with his threat from afar, which meant only Ragna’s opponent remained alive. Of course, Clovis and Jay immediately placed their swords at the guy’s neck as if showing that it was over.
"…" The guy wanted to cry, but he could only say, "The flag is in his right pocket."
Clovis nodded, secured the fact, and tossed it to Melody, who later scanned it.
A teacher immediately appeared next to them and said, "Your group has been eliminated. You will follow me outside."
"Yes." They had no choice. They blamed their bad luck for encountering the Libation Fiesta right away.
"I think I’ve found a new target!" Kanaria was staring at a distance. "There are about twelve people. It seems they are working together."
"In that case, let’s go. We’ll hurry up and take down some groups." Jay wasn’t going to waste any time. He just wanted to accomplish their task and go back.
However, their opponent this time was a bit clever. Before the Libation Fiesta could engage the enemies, their opponents suddenly yelled, "The exchange students are here. The exchange students are here," as if they were trying to incite the mass to join hands.