The Author's POV

'”Bang!

The blaring sound of a table being pounded resounded across the room. Following this, an enraged roar echoed across the room.

"This is bullshit!"

Perry stood up.

"I shouldn't be responsible for our school's lackluster performances!"

"That's not the point"

Sitting next to Perry, Ebonie shouted back. Her voice contained all of the frustration she held back for the past week.

"I've repeatedly warned you about this at the beginning of the week yet none of you listened to me!"

Turning around, Ebonie pointed at the TV screen where the rankings were shown and once again raised her voice.

"Now, look! We're only fifty points ahead of Theodora academy who should've been two hundred points behind according to the initial forecast. Whose fault is it other than yours for this?"

「Rankings」 - 「Points」

Lock Academy - 11,089

Theodora Academy - 11,039

Lutwik Academy - 10,785

Vellon Academy - 10,467

SilverWing Academy - 9,803

Kukz Academy - 9,732

DeathSigil Academy – 9,311

Dusk of Dawn Academy - 8,953

Everlight Academy -8,824

PridedHorses Academy - 8,645

"What the fuc'”"

"Rather than voicing out your complaints, let's talk about the possible solutions to this problem."

Cutting Perry off before he could swear, was Mark. Compared to the first meeting, his face looked a lot more serious. He was no longer treating this as a joke.

He knew just how serious their current predicament was.

"...Right"

Finally, calming down a bit, Ebonie stood up. Biting her lower lip, she looked at everyone that had gathered in the room.

"From what I've gathered, in order for us to win, all we need is four first-years to win their respective games, followed by two by the second years."

Pausing, Ebonie took out a tablet. Tapping on the screen on the tablet, the TV screen behind her changed.

"If they somehow can achieve this, we should be able to widen the gap with Theodora Academy. If we can't achieve that then we have no choice but to..."

Ebonie paused.

"No choice but to...?"

Perry asked as he too seemed to have also calmed down from the previous outburst.

"Win one of the battle royale games..."

"..."

At her words, the room instantly became quiet.

If there was one game that no one could guarantee first place spot, it would be the battle royale game.

The reason was simple.

There was no rule that stated that the other academies couldn't form alliances with one another.

As a result of this rule, every year the Lock and the other larger academies would end up fighting at a numerical disadvantage. Making it much harder for them to win first place.

It was also because of this that the points awarded to the academies upon winning the game were much higher than singular games.

If two academies were neck and neck with each other in terms of points, they'd need to be able to win the battle royale in order to widen the gap.

"That shouldn't be a problem."

The first to speak up was Perry. A faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Since we're already guaranteed first place in our battle royale, we don't really have to worry too much about it."

"That's easier said than done..."

Ebonie replied as she put her tablet down. From the way that she didn't deny Perry's statement, it seemed as though she agreed with him about the fact that the third year will win their battle royale.

so, she didn't seem to be completely confident

don't think so. It isn't right if the third years are the ones that carry the whole school up. The

was Mark

at all of the people that had gathered in the

games..." A threatening aura started exuding from his body. "I hope we don't go

to Mark's glare, everyone in

their example and nodded my

saying. My

regarding

Kevin last night, I decided to meet up with him in his room to

honestly preferred to just ask Kevin. It wasn't because I was too lazy or anything

filled with endless amounts of jibberish

turned on the valve of his shower and washed his body with the new soap that

the same size, the number of pages it had was scary. It probably numbered in the thousands by

stuff like that. This was why I just chose to

same roof had its perks. Within a minute I

I entered his room and started spouting nonstop bullshit about how I had this vision that I couldn't quite make out about the

I managed to get Kevin to spill

because he trusted me a lot, or just because he was still immature due to his young age,

evidence, it was enough to convince me that something was definitely

much confirmed that my worries

Monolith was indeed planning something

to make matters worse, that thing was going to without a

from what I had gathered from Kevin, they were planning on doing something

is good enough for

about what they were planning,

that I had some time to work with.

for

my thoughts,

in the room stood up. I

since the beginning of the meeting, and after coming up with a

points in the individual matches, we will bet everything on the battle royale. I hope everyone tries their best till then. I will not let

her tablet, Ebonie left the waiting room. Not long after, Mark and Perry also left. Behind them were their usual rows of

"Ren, come here"

Melissa called out for me as she sat on a chair in the corner of

What do

without moving from my

said come here, I need to talk to you about your game

as far away from

I shook my head.

nothing more than to be

am I that

with her hand,

replied. "...yes

make sure that she didn't misunderstand,

pair for god's sake. I'm not doing this because I want

her tongue, Melissa was starting to

was enlisted as a contestant for the tournament, she wasn't actually

had stated before, there was

technical team's role was to analyze the student's performances as well as the competitors and

technical team. In all

coming

joking. What do

down, I gave in and moved

"Here"

tablet, Melissa pointed towards a certain

"What is this?"

I curiously asked.

is the time that you need to beat in order to secure first place

confidence that this

solemnly looked at the information displayed on it. By the side, Melissa

account the worst-case

at the time Melissa was referring to, I softly

and twenty-eight

"Indeed."

her head

cross-reference the data from each game, this should be the target score that you should be aiming for when entering the finals. If you can beat this score, there is a high

direction. With a soft

"...Hmmm, maybe?"

side of my neck,

a possibility of me beating

I had some confidence in beating the score, I wasn't arrogant to the point that I would think

I actually won, it was always best to remain a little

care if you can't do it or can

hands in her pocket and left. From the looks of it, she didn't want to

my previous

go like that. I

"What?"

Melissa's footsteps halted.

sweet smile appeared on her

try the new potion that I've

one that comes with the

made a

me it wasn't even made from her. Just something she got off the

my love into. Trust me. You're going to enjoy