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.

she didn't seem to

it? I don't think so. It isn't right if the third years are the ones

time it was Mark who

at all of the people that had gathered

You've heard what she said. Make sure you don't disappoint during the battle royale games..." A threatening aura started exuding from his body. "I hope we don't go

Mark's glare, everyone in

their example

saying.

specifically, regarding the Monolith

meet up with him in his room to discuss

Kevin. It wasn't because I was too lazy or anything like that, it was just that the book was far too long for

to Kevin, the book was filled with endless amounts of jibberish that I couldn't care

and washed his body with the new soap that he had bought yesterday at the convenience store...''”Now why would

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

useless stuff like that. This was why I

had its perks. Within a minute I had already arrived

this vision that

to get Kevin

still immature due to his young age, after a bit of thought

evidence, it was enough to convince

much confirmed that

indeed planning something

make matters worse, that thing was going

gathered from Kevin, they were planning on doing

good enough

about what they were planning, this was

that I had some time to work with. It was enough time for me to figure

thank you all for coming. You

my thoughts, Ebonie's voice suddenly

stood up. I too

coming up with a rough plan, Ebonie satisfyingly stood up and dismissed

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 the technical staff brief some individuals on their upcoming games.

Mark and Perry also left.

"Ren, come here"

for me as she sat

do

replied without moving from my

to talk to you about your game that is coming up

stay as far away from you

I shook my head.

Melissa, I wanted nothing more than

my, am

her mouth with her hand,

I replied.

make sure that she didn't misunderstand,

sake. I'm not doing this because I

tongue, Melissa was starting to get

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

before, there was a technical

well as the competitors and come up with a

part of the technical team. In all likelihood, she wanted to talk to me about my upcoming

coming

joking. What

to back down, I gave in and moved

"Here"

handing me her tablet, Melissa pointed towards a certain section of the

"What is this?"

I curiously asked.

in order to secure first

gives you the confidence that this is the

at the information displayed on it.

the past six matches she had, I've made a rough estimate of her final score. Taking into account the

at the time Melissa was

and twenty-eight

"Indeed."

her

we cross-reference the data from each game, this should be the target score that you should be aiming for when entering the finals. If

my direction. With a soft

"...Hmmm, maybe?"

side of

I went all out, then there was a possibility of me beating this

arrogant to the point that I would think that my

always best to

you can't do it or can do it. I'm just doing my

her hands in her pocket and left.

as always. Do think about my previous advice about drinking hot

go like that. I needed to have the last

"What?"

Melissa's footsteps halted.

sweet smile appeared on

how about you try the

with the label

made a meaningful

potion for me it wasn't even made from her.

personally poured all of my love into. Trust me. You're going to