Chapter 763 Battle Royal

Author: M_W Cancer

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

With Leo surrendering in his fight against Osborne, the first, second, and third round of the semi-finals had finally come to its end. Next was the selection of the battle for the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds.

“Guild Leader Loki, Osborne, and Edgar Pierce, please step forward in the same arrangement as to how I called you to choose your next opponent,” Princess Tila called out.

Without wasting any time, Leo stepped forward while being followed behind by Osborne and Edgar Pierce.

Similar to the previous time he chose his opponent, Leo activated his capability to see the future again for him to see the name written in those two papers.

“I can’t choose Edgar Pierce again since that would prevent Osborne from getting two wins. Unless if he is fortunate enough to choose me. But just to be safe, I have to choose Osborne as my opponent,” Leo thought to himself before choosing a piece of paper inside the round glass.

“Your opponent would be Osborne,” Princess Tila announced, feeling a bit surprised deep inside.

Even though Guild Leader Loki did not inform her of his plan, Princess Tila could already guess that he aimed for the Battle Royal. However, the strange thing is that he seems to be able to choose the right opponent for Osborne so that the latter could still get a win despite his current state. To explain it more thoroughly, Osborne’s opponent in the third round was Guild Leader Loki. And at this moment, Guild Leader Loki’s opponent in the fourth round is Osborne. 

Others might think of that as nothing but a mere coincidence, but for Princess Tila, she believes that Guild Leader Loki can perceive the words hidden in the paper despite the fact that the round glass prevents any sort of Magic spells from perceiving anything inside of it. Nevertheless, she won’t stop him from doing it. After all, aside from the fact that Guild Leader Loki is the ally of the Evergreen Royal Family, she also fancies him, at least just a little.

After Leo, it was Osborne’s turn to choose an opponent. 

Since Guild Leader Loki had already chosen him as his opponent, Osborne could only select Pierce Edgar to be his opponent. And lastly, Edgar Pierce could also only choose Guild Leader Loki to be his opponent. 

As a result, the fight this time was a complete reverse to the arrangement of the fights previously.

Edgar Pierce approached Guild Leader Loki and asked curiously, “You did this purposely, right?”

“What do you mean? I don’t quite get it,” Leo pretended not to know what Edgar Pierce was talking about.

“Rest assured, I’ve already decided to support your plan,” Edgar Pierce started walking away. He added, “I just hope that you will stop your alliance by then and settle the fight fair and square,”

Edgar Pierce silently hopes that Guild Leader Loki will listen to his words.

Meanwhile, after hearing Edgar Pierce’s words, Leo felt slightly surprised. He was really not expecting that he would suddenly say those words. Simultaneously, he thought, “Was he making a deal with me? Or was he indeed just hoping?”

Regardless, Leo quickly shrugged off the thought and started walking towards one of the corners to prepare for his fight against Osborne. Well, it wasn’t really something that could be called a fight since the both of them would just recuperate their stamina and energy before he surrendered, just like what he did in his previous fight against Osborne.

The staff assigned for Guild Leader Loki and Osborne’s fight was the same person appointed in their previous fight. As such, he could already expect what was going to happen soon. 

“You may begin fighting,” The staff announced before heaving a sigh of helplessness. He already knew why Guild Leader Loki had surrendered before since Princess Tila had secretly explained it to him. Unfortunately, there was no such rule in the Battle Competition preventing anyone from resting during a fight. So, he can’t do anything but to just watch them do nothing at all.

Just like what the staff had expected, as soon as the fight was announced, both Guild Leader Loki and Osborne sat crossed-legged on the floor and started recuperating their stamina and energy.

Seeing this, the staff turned to look at Edgar Pierce, thinking that the latter would try to stop Guild Leader Loki and Osborne again. Contrary to what he was expecting, Edgar Pierce was also sitting crossed-legged on the floor and recuperating his stamina and energy.

“How on Celestial World did this happen….” The staff shook his head, feeling a bit frustrated at the unexpected turn of events. In all the previous Emerald Elven Battle Competition that the Emerald Kingdom had hosted in the past, the present situation is the very first of its kind. No one has ever done something as disgraceful as this. 

“Hays… This is probably because his Majesty, King Elfin the Fourth, and Her Majesty, Queen Tina, is not present in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition,” The staff muttered silently.

Unlike before, the spectators were no longer expressing any displeasure after seeing Guild Leader Loki and Osborne recuperating. That’s because Edgar Pierce was also doing the same as them, so there’s no one to lead them anymore.

Nevertheless, this didn’t prevent the spectators from talking about the current situation.

“I believe that there’s a reason why they are doing this,”

“And what could that reason be?”

“Remember what they announced before?”

“About the Battle Royal?”

“Yes! Considering that all three of them has one win each, thus perhaps they are aiming for the Battle Royal,”

“But wouldn’t that be disadvantageous for Edgar Pierce? After all, it seems like Guild Leader Loki and Osborne had formed an alliance,”

“I think that Edgar Pierce would use us again to put pressure unto Guild Leader Loki and Osborne so that they will disband their alliance,”

“Now that you’ve mentioned that, I somewhat thinking that maybe that’s indeed what Edgar Pierce is planning!”

“The question, though, is would you support Edgar Pierce?”

“Is that even a question? Who on Celestial World would even want to see a boring fight?! Let’s just wait patiently until the Battel Royal. I can already imagine a very dramatic scene where one person between Guild Leader Loki and Osborne would disband their alliance,”

Time continues to pass. While Leo, Osborne, and Edgar Pierce were recuperating their stamina and energy. On the other hand, the spectators used this opportunity to go to the restroom to do their own thing. Some also went to the cafeteria to buy refills for their snacks since someone had mentioned that there would be something exciting to watch in the Battle Royal. One can never lack something to eat, for example, popcorn, if there’s something good like that to expect, right?

After tens of minutes, Leo and Osborne both opened their eyes and stood up from the floor. 

Soon after that, Leo raised his hand and said, “I surrender,”

“Just go!” The staff didn’t bother asking Guild Leader Loki anymore whether he was sure of his decision or not, like what he did the last time. 

After Guild Leader Loki left, the staff announced Osborne as the winner. 

Osborne didn’t leave his spot after being announced as the winner by the staff. He turned his attention to Edgar Pierce and prepared himself to surrender immediately as soon as he sensed any danger coming from him.

However, contrary to what Osborne was expecting, Edgar Pierce’s face didn’t look like he wanted to do anything against him. It was as if the latter was telling him to get this over with quickly because he couldn’t bother wasting his time with a fight where his opponent would just surrender.

Despite feeling a bit insulted with Edgar Pierce’s expression, Osborne grit his teeth while feeling frustrated deep inside and shrugged it off. As soon as the staff announced the start of his fight against Edgar Pierce, he didn’t waste any time and expressed his surrender.

This time, it was Osborne who walked away while Edgar Pierce remained in his position. 

Leo tapped Osborne’s shoulder and comforted him, “Don’t let it get to you. Always remember that we aren’t doing this for ourselves, but for our respective teams,”

“I know. But it still tastes quite bitter seeing myself acting like a coward….” Osborne walked away from Guild Leader Loki while feeling a bit dispirited inside.

Leo could only shake his head after hearing Osborne’s line. To be honest, he had already expected that something like this would eventually happen. After all, not every person has the same principles in life. For him, he only cares about winning in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition using whatever means possible for him to use. On the other hand, Osborne doesn’t care if he loses or wins, as long as he fights with everything that he got. 

Aside from that, he and Osborne also have different priorities and goals. For Osborne, winning is only a bonus that he could get after doing his best in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition. As for him, winning will bring many benefits for the Mischievous Lion Guild and could provide them a lot of help in their goal of fighting against the Gods of the Celestial World in the future.

Needless to say, he can’t blame Osborne for thinking like that. He and the latter are two different people. While Osborne is fighting for a personal reason, he is fighting for the sake of everyone living in the Celestial World. 

“Since it’s against what you believe, then I’ll be granting you your wish,” Leo whispered to himself before walking to the opposite corner of Edgar Pierce.