The Author's POV

Chapter 242

It was early in the morning, and following what was sent in the email yesterday, I made my way towards the Lock private area.

As I entered the room, the first thing I noticed was three individuals sitting at a round table.

I could instantly feel a deep and oppressive aura emanating from their body.

'Ebonie Wills, Mark Mendez, Perry Crossley...', I muttered underneath my breath as I looked at the three individuals sitting on the round table.

The three strongest students in the academy, and the heads of the three major factions in the Lock.

Calmly walking forward, I joined the small crowd of students that had gathered around them.

None of them dared to sit down with them as they just stood and watched them.

At the moment, a solemn atmosphere shrouded the room.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tapping on the table, a burly individual with short brown hair and green eyes spoke up, disrupting the silence. His voice contained hints of annoyance.

"Let's get this over with. I don't have much time to spare for the likes of this childish gathering."

"Shut up you brute. It's because of people like you that we have to hold these kinds of discussions"

Sitting opposite to him was an elegant youth with bright blue eyes and brown hair.

A look of disgust appeared on his face as he looked at the burly man opposite to him.

"Mark, Perry, can you guys shut up for five minutes?"

Standing up was a beautiful girl with tanned skin, black eyes, and dirt blonde hair.

Glaring at Mark, who was the elegant youth, and Perry who was the burly individual, the tanned girl, Ebonie Wills, walked towards one of the TVs and picked up the remote.

'”Clink!

Turning on the TV, Ebonie pressed a couple of buttons before a large data table appeared on the TV screen.

「Rankings」 - 「Points」

Lock Academy - 986

Theodora Academy - 904

Lutwik Academy - 888

Vellon Academy - 867

SilverWing Academy - 803

Kukz Academy - 745

DeathSigil Academy – 711

Dusk of Dawn Academy - 657

Everlight Academy - 656

PridedHorses Academy - 640

Looking at the TV screen I thought, 'Those numbers seem similar to the ones I wrote in the novel...'

Though I couldn't remember the exact numbers that I wrote in the novel, I remembered that on the first day the Lock did not surpass 1,000 points.

This was a very important piece of information to take note of since it suggested that as of right now the tournament arc was progressing just as it did in the novel.

Not sure how long this would last, but for now I could more or less be able to infer a little bit of what was to come in the future.

"Let's talk about serious matters."

Putting the TV remote down, Ebonie pointed at the scoreboard projected on the TV screen.

"As you can see, as of right now we are overall in the first place."

"Indeed. But I don't think we need to hold a meeting to point this out, no?"

Perry, the burly individual, spoke up as he crossed his large arms. Ebonie nodded her head in response.

"True, but there is a problem"

"What problem?"

"...According to the data, we're slightly behind last year's first-day record."

Ebonie gravely said as she looked at everyone in the room.

was last

his eyes

was quite apparent that

secure 1033 points

In response, Mark's brows

that we are

Theodora academy's score

It's only the

Perry as his voice couldn't help but

All we have to do is continue to be first. Simple as that. I don't see

his face

it, he was extremely irritated about the fact that he had to wake up

and listen

deep breath, Ebonie tried

overlook this. If there is any chance that

in the end, you wasted our

Perry abruptly stood up.

body as the students next to

by his pressure. Even then, I probably wouldn't have been

of the orcs

"This is not nons'”"

this was something important. You're just wasting my time with your overly cautious

Perry turned around. Stretching his neck slightly, he made his

to the side

"Wait lis'”"

agree with

Mark similarly stood up.

waiting for Ebonie to finish her sentence he followed Mark out of the room. Behind

Ebonie and what seemed to be her followers

later telling me

the room, Ebonie, shook her head and

Why can't they

her fists curled into

'...As expected'

afar, I

because of this reason that the Lock nearly ended

Kevin's intervention, the overall winners would've

the situation was progressing exactly as it did in the

now no longer in control of the plot, the

could not work with each

because of their ego that the

"What do you think?"

"Hm?"

felt a slight touch on my shoulder. Turning

did he get near

as I looked

What do

way I see things,

bit, I shared

"You think so too?"

"...yeah"

between the third years was

year it became even more apparent. Portraying this was the scene

you have a game to be

as I checked today's

I better get

lightly, Kevin waved and left the waiting room. I followed him shortly

to escape an

about the meeting it was that I didn't attract the

have to worry about

***

and it was now Monday. During the past week, I

'”Click!

Thud. Thud, inside of a room illuminated by bright lights, a subtle clicking sound resounded

with large thuds, multiple dummies fell on

"Huuu..."

subtly touched the

"This feels weird."

felt as though I woke up after a

missed a couple of dummies that were

able to remain level-headed throughout the whole time and barely managed to defeat them without wasting any

'”Beep!

last dummy fell, a beeping sound resounded across the room, and

Dover; Time

Smirk.

my timer, a smirk invertedly appeared on my

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