Chapter 110 – Ranked Play – Day 16

Currently, the waiting room is busier than ever.
I tried to find an empty waiting room, but it was always crowded no matter where I went.

And unlike in the group stage, now there are not only first graders, but also many second and third graders.
All of them were knocked out of the group stage.

For hunters, skill is of course the most important.
However, as in any field, networking was as important as skill.

Especially in the case of third graders, most of them decided to join a guild upon graduation.
They are in charge of finding useful students among the first and second year students and reporting them to the guild.

‘I wonder if he’s preparing well.’

Either that or not.
Sitting alone in the student waiting room, I thought of them, and both sides of my sides felt slightly cold.

‘The bracket should be well organized…’

I wanted Ayoung, Laysha, and Chloe to all rank in the rankings, and they have enough skills to do so.
However, ranking matches are, after all, tournaments.

If the fight was focused on one side, it would have been a joke.

“Everyone, you have waited a long time. The brackets are now open.”
And the homeroom teacher, who couldn’t understand why he was taking on the role of host, grabbed the microphone and said.
His voice didn’t have the power to excite the crowd, and he didn’t have a tense tone.
I just calmly spoke into the microphone, but a heavy silence settled in the room that was so noisy that you could hear it in the student waiting room.

And the bracket appeared on the electronic board.

“Ah.”

In the quarterfinals, the first duel was Laysha vs. Chloe.
Fortunately, if there were no variables, it was a match between one of them and Ah-young in the finals.

“After 30 minutes, the first year ranking match starts.”

And the homeroom teacher, who did not even read the words written on the paper in his hand, declared to the audience.
At the same time, the reporters’ cameras fired flashes, and the voices of the spectators who filled the stands resonated throughout the hall.

“Laysha and Chloe, a rematch.”

“Who do you think will win this time?”

“Of course Laysha. The other day, you just said you weren’t feeling well. I think it would be impossible to beat Laysha now.”

“Still, Chloe won last time.”

At the same time as the student waiting list was released, the first year students had a lively conversation.
The seniors listened intently to their words.

‘… I can’t help it.’

They also beat other students to advance to the finals.
Among them, there were also students with outstanding skills.

It was a little disappointing, but I couldn’t help it because it was a tournament, not a league match.

After returning from a quick meal outside, I sat back in my seat and immediately someone sat next to me.

“Hi?”

Thick glasses and freckles painted on his face.
Yuri greeted me.

“Huh.”

After a brief reply, I turned my head.

Not only were there no people who had good feelings for her enough to deal with her, but there were also some girls who tried to pretend to be close to her like she was.
After coming to this world, his face became more handsome than before and he was one of the talented students.

“Isn’t that too heartless? Oh, is it because of what you said last time?”

Yuuri said with a sullen laugh as usual.

“I wasn’t lying, I was serious.”

“…If it’s because you want attention, why don’t you just give it up?”

Last Day. In the student waiting room, Lee Yu-ri said something out of pride even though Chloe and Ah-yeong were there.

“Hehe… Let’s not be mean to each other. It was just a joke.”

Chin.

Yuri put her hand on my shoulder and said.

“Hands off.”

Feeling displeased, I hit her hand hard.

Do you dare to touch the body that only Ayoung, Seoin, Laysha, Chloe… And Riel can touch?
They are the only ones who can make skinship with me.

And I’m sorry, I’m not an ass like her fellow countryman she said.
I’m just avoiding others and forming my own personal relationships.

“Hmm… I get it.”

Lee Yu-ri, holding the hand I had cut off with hers, stood up from her seat and answered.

At the same time, the game started.

“Enter the players!”

The steel door connected to the united arena slowly began to open.
Then, Laysha with her own rapier and Chloe with the small shield she bought with me the other day walked out from opposite doors.

“Whoa…”

And when I saw them like that, the discomfort I felt until a moment ago disappeared like a rush of water.

And the girls stood facing each other between the holograms where the countdown began.

-Chloe, did you buy a new shield? It’s like seeing it for the first time.

-Yes. I bought it with Siwoo.

-I see… I’m envious. I also trained for today with Siwoo three days ago.

And a subtle war of nerves was about to begin, but the countdown was getting shorter and shorter.

– This time, I won’t lose as easily as the last time.

-Yes. I never once thought that I had won that day.

With Leysha glaring at Chloe with her fighting spirit in her eyes, she leaned forward and prepared to draw her sword.

Chloe also fixed the shield she was holding.

3…

Silence hung in the hall.

2…
Silence reigned in the student waiting room.

One.

As soon as the number on the hologram became 1, they generated mana and the hologram blocking them disappeared.

-Going!

Chloe charged at Leisha, overlaying her aura on her shield.

Hiss.

The sound of cutting through the air echoed. Three roses bloomed on the line drawn by the sword she wielded, and the rose leaves that were scattered in her air clung to Laysha’s rapier and replaced her aura.

Chloe’s aura-covered shield collided with Laysha’s sword.

Chloe swung her shield and Leysha blocked her shield with her sword.

It was the opposite situation, but Laysha’s sword wrapped in rose leaves was blocking Chloe’s sharp shield covered with an aura.

Caang!

But in the end, Chloe was pushed back by Laysha by force.
Her shield, which had been swung at Laysha, ricocheted, and after quickly retrieving her sword, Leysha, who regained her stance, quickly thrust her sword at Chloe.
Chloe, who avoided Laisha’s attack by turning her body to her right, swung her shield again and severed several strands of Laisha’s fine hair.

-Ha… Chloe. You have become very strong.

-I’m still far short compared to the lady.

After keeping some distance for a while, they had a short conversation.
But the conversation didn’t go any further.

Laysha jumped at Chloe once again and Chloe threw her shield at Laysha.

Wow.
The shield, which flew and rotated at such a high speed that the wave pierced the air resounded, could not hit Laysha, but it was enough to break her stance.

-Suck…!

Chloe swallowed her breath and threw her fist at Laysha, who was regaining her stance.

It was the martial arts ability that Chloe had acquired in the previous mutant glass world.
However, because the level is so low, it is good to have it, but it is not a level that is not particularly regrettable.

-What…!

Embarrassed by the sight of her throwing away her shield and swinging her fist, Laysha hurriedly pulled her body back to avoid Chloe’s fist, but it would have done less damage if she had been hit by that fist. .

The shield covered with an aura passed Laysha and flew away for a while before returning again.

– Wow…

The moment he fell from Chloe’s body, it was impossible to maintain the aura on the shield, so he couldn’t inflict a fatal wound.

However, she was able to inflict considerable damage. Laysha’s left arm trembled as she was struck by her returning shield.

You probably won’t be able to move for a while.

-Whoa… What do you mean it’s lacking? Whoops…

However, Laysha looked at Chloe and said with a small smile.
At the same time, several rose leaves that were attached to her rapier broke off and she clung to Laysha’s left arm.

And set her eyes on fire with fighting spirit.

‘Is it okay…?’

But I was just worried about her strategy.
If you try to move your immobile left arm directly using a rose leaf, you will need great concentration and fine control.
And Laysha had never moved her rose petals in detail.

-Don’t overdo it.

– No, Chloe. It’s not like I can’t hide it.

Shuung.

As soon as she finished speaking, Leisha swung her sword.
At the same time, five rose leaves that had been overlaid like an aura on the rapier rushed towards Chloe.

Based on her high agility stat, Laysha swung her sword several times more. Every time that happened, the petals flew away, and a new rose bloomed in the air every time Laysha swung her sword seven times.

‘How many mana stats…?’

And I couldn’t help but be surprised by Laysha’s new technology.
She non-stop swinging her sword and flinging petals to make her new rose bloom, while finely manipulating the rose petals clinging to her left arm to balance her body.

Maybe the mental power is too high.

Chloe faithfully blocked Laysha’s attack with her aura-covered shield, but her damage gradually piled up.
The aura that covered her shield was being hacked to pieces by Laysha’s flying petals, and the speed at which the aura broke out exceeded her recovery speed.

Did he have an intuition that if he continued to be beaten like this, he would be unable to move and face defeat?
Chloe, who put up her shield and activated her special ability, Protector (A), approached Leisha, avoiding fatal injuries even if her cheeks and calves were cut, and then swung her shield and a fierce battle began.

Leysha swung her sword and Chloe blocked it before swinging her shield.
As soon as they found a gap in each other, they aimed at that part, and Chloe blocked Laysha’s attack with a shield-shaped mana shield with wings in front of the shield.

“Oh oh…”

“Isn’t it difficult?”

As the battle intensified, the students watching the battle in the student waiting room began to become quieter.

Even now, I don’t know how long it’s been since I broke the silence.

And the current battle was not close.
Unlike Laysha, who uses a rapier and a rose to balance the attack and defense perfectly, Chloe is not yet perfectly accustomed to attacking.

It hasn’t even been 20 days since I used the shield as a means of attack.

And slowly, the battle came to an end.

-Huh!

Chloe got tired faster than Laysha and her aura wasn’t perfect.
Laysha pulled her right foot back to open a gap in her left side and Chloe got caught in the gap.

Laysha’s sword, which jumped up and evaded the shield swung from her left to right, landed in front of Chloe.

-Good work, Chloe.

-… I lost. Also, I can’t get enough of Mrs.

Chloe said, raising both of his hands to surrender.
There was no sadness in her eyes at her defeat.

Unlike before, she seemed to be even more delighted with Laysha’s victory over her.

-Thank you. Chloe.

“Game over!”

The homeroom teacher came up to the arena and announced that the battle was over.
Laysha advanced to the semifinals and Chloe was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
However, neither of them showed any sign of sadness, and they were looking at each other with eyes filled with trust.