The Survival of the Third-rate Villain - Chapter 125

Chapter 125: 125 – The Tournament [3]

“Raye used a sword against you?”

Elias asked Ignis.

“Yep.”

And Ignis answered casually, uninterested.

Though…

“Is he good?”

When Elias followed that.

“…”

Ignis went silent!

Then, reluctantly opening his mouth and while frowning…

“Ehh… No…”

He answered.

“…”

“…”

Christian and Ace looked at him with disbelief.

It was obvious that he was lying!

“Ignis… Is he good?”

Elias asked again.

And this time…

“I don’t know, he barely used it! He was toying with me, alright?!”

Ignis snapped and exclaimed that.

“For fuck’s sake…”

He grumbled, turning his back against Elias.

“…”

Elias went silent after hearing Ignis’ response.

“So he’s strong enough to toy with you, huh.”

Ace mumbled. He’s shocked by that fact, but he’s not showing it on his face.

“I’m telling you, fire just doesn’t work on him for some reason! He’s just lucky!”

Ignis rebutted.

“Ehh, well… He’s strong enough for your fire spells to not work on him, just accept it.”

Then Christian just suddenly said that.

“Gurgh…”

Ignis groaned and glared at him for saying that.

Though…

“…”

He wasn’t able to say anything back!

So instead…

“Whatever, I’m going back to my room.”

Creak—

Thud—

He just said that and left Elias’ room!

“That bastard… If it wasn’t for his stupid fire resistance…”

Ace, Christian, and Elias heard Ignis grumble from the inside after he left.

Anyway, ignoring him…

“It seems like the elite students of the Zion Academy were a lot stronger than we had anticipated.”

Ace muttered that with a serious expression on his face.

“Yeah, I didn’t expect the five of them to defeat half of us, even Ignis.”

Then Christian followed casually.

“…”

Elias just remained silent.

‘Raye… What is he doing?’

He asked in his head.

But immediately shaking his head after…

“Whatever, he’s not part of the family anymore… I shouldn’t care this much about him.”

He mumbled that under his breath.

Then, looking at Ace and Christian…

“So what if they were stronger than we had thought? We just need to win. Our plan still remains the same.”

Elias declared that!

“…”

The two looked at him silently, slightly surprised after hearing that.

But with a smirk on their faces…

“Heh, you’re right.”

“That’s correct, we’ll still win this competition.”

Christian and Ace answered respectively!

Then, following that…

“If they’re strong together… Then we just need to make them fight us individually…”

Ace muttered that with a mischievous smile!

Elias and Christian looked at him in curiosity.

And after that…

“Let’s tell the staff members that are with us to recommend a change to the Zion staff—to just make us fight in duel style, like the competition.”

Ace declared casually!

“Zion wouldn’t be able to just brush off their words. After all, we also have a say in this competition.”

He added.

“Oh, that’s smart.”

Christian said to Ace.

“That could work well.”

Elias nodded his head and mumbled that.

Then, smiling slightly…

“Those remaining five from Zion’s S-Class, they wouldn’t know what’s coming for them.”

He muttered that proudly!

*****

On the other hand…

“Hmm hmm hmm…”

Raye was humming while on his way to the library.

He still has a few hours before Devin’s match starts.

Anyway, Raye…

‘So the next event is the duel with the participants of Set B, huh.’

He knew what was going to happen next!

He’s fully aware of Ace’s plan!

He had already seen it in the game a lot of times before, after all!

“They’re probably planning like an idiot right now.”

Raye muttered to himself with a smile.

Tap- tap- tap—

And then he just continued on his way to the library!

…

…

*****

Around 3 PM…

“Sup, guys.”

Raye arrived at the same venue as yesterday. He had just come from the library.

And this time, he was not late…

“Oh, Raye!”

Devin greeted him with a smile.

“Cheer on me later when I’m up there.”

He said.

“You really don’t need it. Just do your best, and you’ll win.”

Raye casually responded to him.

And hearing his words…

‘He’s really making me relax and boosting my confidence for later, huh. Thanks, Raye.’

Devin said that in his head!

He thought that Raye was just saying things to make him feel better.

Though…

‘Those guys aren’t even named characters. Devin can handle them surely.’

Raye was a hundred percent serious about what he had just said right now!

Anyway…

“Hello!”

“Hi, Raye.”

“Hello.”

Sofia, Lycus, and Lena greeted Raye too.

“Mhm.”

Raye just slightly bowed his head at them.

And then…

Swish—

His eyes went to Jerusha who was staying silent.

“Hmm?”

Sofia muttered, seeing Jerusha avoid Raye’s gaze.

“Can I sit there?”

Raye then asked, pointing at the empty space beside Jerusha.

And although she was shy…

“Y-Yeah, feel free to…”

Jerusha responded.

Her cheeks were rosy.

“…”

Lycus, Devin, and Lena just glanced at the two in silence.

But after a while…

Fwoosh—

They looked away!

“…”

Not Sofia, though. She’s still watching them intently.

Lycus wanted to give the two privacy, Devin was getting embarrassed too just by watching them, so he stopped.

And Lena, well…

‘Why don’t they just date?’

She was simply uninterested because she literally knew that Raye and Jerusha had something going on between them for a while now!

‘Are they both thickheaded?’

Lena asked in her head, pertaining to the two.

Moving on…

“Thanks.”

Raye said that as he sat down beside Jerusha.

“…”

The two of them went immediately silent again.

But strangely…

‘Hmm…’

They weren’t feeling discomfort or awkwardness!

There was even a warm atmosphere surrounding them!

‘Ugh, I want to ask what happened yesterday…’

Sofia groaned in her head, seeing them like that.

And it’s not just her…

“Ugh…”

“Fuuuuu…”

“Hmm…”

Lycus, Devin, and even Lena—they were curious too about what happened yesterday!

Though, just then…

“The tournament is starting. Participants… Please climb up to where I am.”

Charles stood up on top of one of the arenas and announced that.

“Oh.”

Devin was slightly surprised by this.

But without hesitation…

Fwoop—

“I’ll be going for a short while, guys.”

He stood up and muttered that!

“Good luck.”

“Do your best, Devin!”

“We wish you luck.”

Raye, Jerusha, and the others said that to Devin.

They’re fully cheering for him.