BATTLE OR ALIVE
Chapter 24: The Contest

The three of them were currently silent on the facts.

Rin simply lowered her gaze again and she looked very depressed about this. She greeted her brother who was none other than the graceful woman. Knowing this, Rin's real name is.

“Ah, true too. Rin, it is the name of the second Princess of the King.”

Emma finally remembered what was odd when she heard Rin's name, and the reason why Rin didn't want them to know her surname.

“I think we've had enough of our conversation, I'm busy making my preparations for the throne. Please enjoy your little game.”

The graceful woman left them.

Rin was still speechless, he didn't seem to want to convey anything to them, and they didn't want to bother him in his condition either.

“Laugh if you want to laugh.”

“Ha?”

He said something unclear, what he meant to laugh at him.

“A child who failed in his lineage, laugh all you want.”

“What do you mean by laughing? Anyway, you didn't say you were a child of King.”

Rin did not respond to Jell's question, she bit her lip again and she ran towards the opposite direction.

“What's with him?”

Jell doesn't understand what's going on with her, what she hates when they know her identity. And in this condition Emma explains everything about what might happen to Rin.

Emma explained that, the King's bloodline is a very special lineage. It was because they bequeathed the blood of one of the seven gods who created this world.

The god who carried out reconnaissance on earth finally had a family and became the first royal family in the world. And from their lineage, they are called holy people.

But their position as saints is often forgotten, that is because there are some issues that say that out of the kingdom often use their position as descendants of holy blood as an excuse to conquer the territory that is free of power.

This ended when King Arnold Victoria came to power. The King is often referred to as the King who is kind and loving, but because of the King's attitude that actually makes the King often said incompetent in office, but because of the King, and finally the nickname as a loving King is now a stupid King.

This greatly affected the royal family and was compounded by the fact that one of the King's youngest children was a disabled child. He was said to be flawed because he did not have the same strength as his brothers, and became the subject of reproach against the royal family.

And not only that, it is said that the hair of the last child was deliberately made to cover one of his eyes because he was the illegitimate child of the Queen. The right eye of the last child has a different color, namely red color.

...

Emma explains everything she knows and it stings surprisingly for Jell and Mai. They do not know that Rin is a person who is often maki and became a disgrace of the royal family.

Jell listened to him carefully, her face turned moody and she stood up and left the square. Mai sees her leaving and she instead gets angry at Jell who wants to take care of people's problems, instead making a bright face.

(Often he does not want to be silent if the situation is like this.)

Mai stands up and goes after Jell, she pulls Emma's hand and they follow Jell who is ahead.

***

Sitting under a tree, the tree is adjacent to a small river and there is a small bridge there.

He remained there while drowning his face in his arms.

“Why are you crying there? Where is the brash and arrogant female figure who suddenly attacked someone?”

Jell was behind the tree and sat down to follow him. Additionally, Mai and Emma are on a bridge near them and do not join in to calm Rin down.

“You, what are you doing here? Leave me alone.”

“It is with pleasure that I reject.”

Jell casually refuses Rin's request to tell her to leave. Rin who received his answer looks upset and asks him to leave and Jell's answer is to reject it.

“I beg go.”

“I've told you I won't.”

Hugging her legs even tighter, Rin now seemed to be crying behind a tree.

“Why are you here? You should know that I'm a handicapped boy, right. I am so weak and look at my eyes, one of them does not belong to my family, hisk.”.

“I'm here to ask you for my debt.”

Rin who listened to what his purpose was to come here to ask for his debt to be paid made him emotional. He stood up and turned from the tree.

“You jerk, you came here just for that! I'll pay for it!”

“Look, you've become the Rin I know. A rough woman.”

“What are you saying you stupid!”

He struck Jell with a powerful force, a punch that had great power and was able to pierce through the trunk of a tree. But his punch was caught easily by Jell.

Withstood his punch perfectly, and even he did not use any tricks to withstand his blow.

“Let go of me you bastard.”

Jell the one in the maki made a smile. He did not return the curse or take any countermeasures, he just smiled.

“You know, after seeing everything I became willing to follow the competition. After all, you've bowed your head to us, so I can't turn it down.”

Hearing what Jell said, made Rin make a difficult face. He was neither angry nor sad this time, he looked anxious and worried. He only used Jell to get him to the King's throne and would throw Jell away afterwards, but Jell took it seriously, Rin felt very ill.

“You won't be able to defeat Onee-sama, he has a crew fighting for him. And anyway why did you get all the way to want me to win.”

“No.”

“Eh..”

“In this contest I will register myself tampa in the name of anyone.”

Rin's face turned serious about his next words.

“I will win the contest and become King.”

***

Going towards the square, Jell looked spirited and so did Mai. Mai decided to take part in this competition, the reason being that she only wanted to fight with Jell in the final. The reason is simple and stupid, but hearing the goal makes Jell excited.

“T-Wait, three of you! You two seriously do this? This is not a game, this is a competition to determine the future of this kingdom, you understand that?”

Jell and Mai keep walking and ignore Rin who looks anxious following them from behind. In the competition Emma did not take a position, she was still too early to follow him.

So, Jell forbids her from taking part, despite a strong enough refusal from Emma that forces Jell to let her come along.

“Games? Relax Rin. If the problem of the game me and Mai will not be defeated.”

“I told you this is not a game!”

“Calm down, try to relax. You're too serious, Rin.”

Mai supported Jell's determination, she seemed to have been a little more open to Rin. Even if only people know each other.

They arrived at the square and registered themselves.

The current top five points were still unchanged from before they saw the leaderboard. Dueling continues to happen and the points earned by the participants are also often fickle, and to see it is able to invite many people to see the number of points.

Jell and Mai have officially become participants in the competition. The first thing they would lose was one, defeating all the participants and taking their points.

Although they still register in this competition, they have to directly compete. And Jell was the first to advance for his first duel in the competition.

Jell's opponent is the same as himself, which is a participant who has no points. Whether he is a new registrant or a participant who has lost all his points and repeated from the beginning, he will fight Jell in his first match.

***

Against an Assassin-type Jell, he used one thin long sword as his weapon. The gun is similar to “Sabre” but the gun has a much thicker grip when compared to Sabre.

(TN: Sabre is one of three swords used in the sport of fencing.)

There is no need to wait long for the game to start...

Opponent Jell advanced to attack him. The movement is fast and not only that, in his movement there is no gap. This person was neither an ordinary person nor an ordinary adventurer, Jell in his heart was paying attention to that person.

For Jell, he did not use his sword and only kept it in the sheath of the sword that was on his back.

This person came forward and seeing Jell's strange behavior, he thought that Jell could not make preparations to fend off his attacks. But his hopes were crushed by a kick that threw his sword.

(Did?)

The man fell in confusion seeing his flipped wrist and his thrown sword.

What Jell did was just do the simple thing, he just kicked the guy's wrist. A kick that has incredible speed can hit an asshole.

Seeing his attack hit the target, Jell proceeded to finish this match as soon as possible.

And the next thing Jell did, he kicked that guy in the head. When his wrist was crushed he fell and fell silent, so according to Jell by doing this it did not take long to make the person stand up.

Jell got his first point.

***

The next match was Mai, and against a Mage man.

The match that could be said was difficult to guess who would win, it was because this match was between the Mage and Assassin. Both do not have a strong defense, but both also have great advantages.

Mai who saw his opponent's expression gave him goosebumps, why was the person he was going to fight saying something disgusting.

“Share the flowers on the battlefield, just give up and be mine, poor flower.”

The person who was his opponent was modeled was very striking, the robe he used to signify that he was a pink Mage. Not only that, he also used a headdress like a Caesar. Her appearance was truly nauseating, what Mai said upon seeing that person.

And without him knowing the match had already started...

His opponent uses simple magic, “Fire Ball” with a number of 5 balls thrown towards Mai.

Mai who received it would not freely give in just because of such a small attack, Mai dodged and took out both of her Dual Knifes.

“What a poor blob, give up now and you will be mine.”

“Hah! Too bad I'm not interested in a tacky guy like you.”

“Norak!? Your base interest is*****, I'll make you regret.”

That person was angry at Mai's words, he cast his spell and created a far more fireball.

“Sense my anger.”

10 Fire Balls were ejected and attacked towards Mai. To avoid his attack Mai advanced and tried to cover the distance of the enemy's attack.

And the result, 10 Fire Ball belonging to the enemy can be passed easily by Mai. His movements were so fast that the eyesight of his enemy could not keep up. And without realizing Mai was behind the man.

Stabbed him in the neck and made his Dual Knife pierce the throat of the enemy.

The winner of this match is Mai.

***

“The audience is getting lively only.”

Emma commented from the condition of the arena that was getting crowded. Jell who was resting nearby listened and it seemed like she thought so too.

“Scorpio! Scorpio is coming. You should all immediately ask God. Scorpio will soon destroy you with god's permission!”

The sound of shouting was heard from one of the spectators, he was very excited to deliver his treatise and news of the annihilation. The people around him ignored him, like what he said was nonsense, he looked like a madman.

“What are you saying, Scorpio has disappeared after hundreds of years, and I said he will attack? Hahah, stupid.”

One of the people listening to his treatise approached and said that what he said this person was just a lie. And because of what he said, people are getting away from that person and thinking that he is a crazy pervert.

“Scorpio? What is it?”

“Eh? Onii-chan don't know?”

“No.”

Mai answered Emma's astonishment, Mai seemed to have noticed them and heard about what Jell said.

Emma explained to these two people, Jell and Mai were also seen listening to the words of this 13-year-old child carefully.

From Emma's explanation, Scorpio is one of many disasters and comes to be said to be the enemy of mankind. Scorpio is a destructive machine sent by one of the seven gods, and tasked with destroying a deviant civilization.

Scorpio has disappeared when he destroyed an empire 300 years ago. And people believe that he has been pulled back by the gods and is now resting to prepare for his next task.

And because of the power and destruction that Scorpio does, many people adore him.

“Sepeti that's the story I know.”

Emma finished finishing her story and covered it with a smug smile on her face. He was very proud of himself for being useful to Jell and Mai from the amount of information he knew.

Jell ponders the story Emma tells. Seeing the person delivering the news that Scorpio has woken up, makes Jell think what will happen if the news he is saying is true.

“What are you doing here? You will miss your turn if you are just lazing around!”

Rin appears and scolds them, she looks like their director. And since when do we work with him? What Jell muttered.

“Quick move and don't laze! If you become King, how will the fate of his people be.”

“Alright, we just take a short break.”

Rin with his index pointed at Jell sharply, he was like a person who was uncomfortable with lazy people. They're just resting for a while anyway. Rin scolded Jell and Jell just casually answered him.

And with this their battle was re-done and continued.

“Hooo! Who would have thought that two new people were able to earn this much points in just a day. Here are two people who are in our spotlight in this competition, participants Jell and Mai!”

(Eh, since when did this competition have a commentator!)

Someone had taken up a position as an enforcer in this competition, and as said, Jell and Mai were now the main concerns in the competition. That is because both of them have reached 25 points each of them.

It was because Jell and Mai had always challenged people who had many points and took their points, and in less than a few hours they had reached the number two and three participants.

Current rating

1.      Victoria Marina (30)

2.      Kiyomizu Jell (25)

3.      Mai Ogawa (24)

The eyes of many glanced at Jell and Mai, and not even for a first-ranked participant also gave them a sharp and cold gaze.

Marina Victoria paid someone to fight on her behalf, and from Rin's explanation that the person was the head knight who was also dubbed as the strongest knight in Athera.

Marina uses her position as the King's son to persuade her subordinates to side with her, but why doesn't Rin get any support from them? Jell thought as she prepared for her big battle.

In his mind Jell was unaware of the existence of a person.

“You're Jell Kiyomizu, a rather unfamiliar name in my ear, but let it be. You, I challenge you to a duel with my fighters. Bet your points and no longer follow this contest.”

Jell was shocked by the sudden presence of someone standing in front of her.

It was Marina Victoria whom he had just questioned. He challenged Jell by risking all his points in a one-on-one duel against his fighters.

Jell who gets this offer makes a big smile, for people the smile will not be realized but Mai, Emma, and Rin can realize that Jell has a big grin.

(All points? Lucky's.)

The face of Jell who had initially looked on was swerving to think about moving on and looked at Marina with a bright smile on her face.

“Alright, I accept the offer. Marina Victoria-sama”

Jell stood up from her seat and bowed to pay her respects. Getting her answer Marina looked a bit annoyed on her face, she thought that Jell was underestimating her fighter. It was because Jell had a smile and not a face that was receiving pressure from her.

(The pressure is so dignified. Marina Victoria, if only you had asked me before Rin, I would have gladly done so.)

Jell re-enforced her body and was able to see that as Marina spoke to her, Marina was in a condition of using her aura to suppress Jell. But it was a pity, for the aura Marina gave off was still not strong enough for Jell, even to shock her.

Jell turned around and her gaze turned towards Rin. Rin in the face made an upset reaction when he was looked at in a disrespectful way.

“A-What?”

“Hm, it's nothing. It's just that you look a lot like your brother, yeah.”

Jell left them and headed for the arena.

“Hah, what the fuck is.”

***

The battle this time invited many spectators, of course it was because this battle would show a duel between the first and second rank. These two people were very inviting to many spectators as they fought and certainly became very much in the future if they dueled.

Jell was in the eastern part of the arena and his enemy was in the western part of the arena.

The enemy to be fought by Jell was a knight commander and was dubbed the strongest knight, his name was Adolf Armstrong.

His family has been serving the King's family for hundreds of years and they are known as an amazing knight family. They produced many powerful knights, and Adolf was one of them. And that kind of person would be Jell's current opponent.

Jell prepared and drew out his sword and made the horses endure. While Adolf also did the same horses, the horses survived.

The match had already started and the two were still silent in the arena, both of them did not even pass the skill to destroy the enemy's defense. The two just stayed there and made the match between the two a serious sight.

Moving forward, Jell was finally the one who made the first attack in their duel.

Jell performs regular attacks by trying to break through enemy defense positions by slamming his sword.

The weapons used by Adolf were a shield and a sword. The shield was half the size of his body and a beautiful sword that was impossible to obtain from the shop in district A. The equipment is a special equipment provided by the government.

Jell's attack hit Adolf's chest, but he wouldn't let it go, with his shield he resisted Jell's attack. The impact caused by the shock effect. Not losing momentum, Adolf uses his sword to drive Jell out of range.

Jell dodged his attack and jumped backwards. Jell seemed a little troubled to know how good Adolf was at playing his shield.

(As expected of the strongest knight, the defense is very high and accurate.)

Jell fixed his position and put up new horses to advance. Forward with his sword that has been coated with a great fire, Jell uses “Fire Stage”.

Jell attacked Adolf with a powerful and fast attack, but Adolf's defense was also very good, he could easily fend off Jell's attacks several times.

Jell attacked him continuously and Adolf also held him back and occasionally counterattacked using his sword. Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal slashes continued by Jell to try to penetrate Adolf's defense.

Adolf who received the attack also did not want to budge by just doing defense, he pulled out his sword and made an attack.

Jell was a bit difficult because the defense and attack he received was very good and accurate, compared to against Lhava, Adolf was the one who was able to withstand Jell's attacks so far.

Tanks were a class that was not very popular among the people and nobles, and so were the knights, they were also not very fond of Class tanks and only a few became tanks due to a compulsion.

And because of that rarity, which made Jell excited to see how powerful a Tank capable of comparable to a Fighter like Jell. This duel was so much fun, what Jell said in his burning heart.

The Fire Stage Jell Skill had already reached a high level, at this moment his sword was emitting an enormous and burning flame.

Jell advanced once again, Adolf who realized Jell's sudden faster movements immediately used the special “Thick Wall” skill of a Tank job.

Holding him back with the skill, Adolf tried to see how close he was to Jell. But Adolf makes a mistake, he breaks his reproach when he wants to see his distance from Jell.

Jell who saw the reproach instantly destroyed his defense. Using his sword Jell threw a direct hit on Adolf's left hand, which rendered him unable to use his shield.

Jell with a sudden rapid momentum was already in the presence of Adolf, Adolf who was shocked by the speed that Jell had, he could not use his sword to withstand Jell's attack. And finally a fatal slash hit Adolf's chest with a diagonal pattern.

Adolf was cut down into two parts and as a result of the skill “Fire Stage” that had got a high enough level, Adolf's body burned.

The winner was Jell Kiyomizu.

...

The match was won by Jell, with an attack hitting Adolf's chest.

(He made a mistake. But, he was powerful enough to be able to fend off my swift attacks, even surpassing Lhava.)

Jell returned from the arena, Marina's face was very upset and she glared at Jell like a grudge at him. Jell who got that horrible look did not care about him, he was dripping a little sweat on his face because maybe this would be troublesome.

As per the agreement they had before the duel, with this Marina Victoria had been eliminated with a total of zero points, and the points in Marina's possession would be given to Jell Kiyomizu.

With this the leaderboard changed again with position,

1.      Kiyomizu Jell (55)

2.      Mai Ogawa (24)

The first position has been taken by Jell, and with this the requirements to pass the final have been met. That is, if any one of the many participants reaches 50 points, then the ten participants with the most points will do the final battle.

And it does not take much time, the battle between the top ten participants immediately began with a random order from the organizing committee of the competition.

The sequence becomes like this

Jell vs Zacktor

Mai vs Andinal

Manca vs Zhoro

Monarica vs Zidan

Himma vs Jacksom

The order for the semi-final round battle was determined, all the participants who had come along had prepared and they started fighting one against one.

The meeting took a long time and separated two people, both of whom defeated all the selected participants and became the last two. They are, Jell and Mai.

“Tomorrow, the battle between the two will be carried out in the main arena of district A. Who will be the last participant and get the throne of the King? We wait tomorrow.”

The commentator seemed very excited, with these already grueling days. Jell, Mai, and Emma can finally take a break from this busy day.

***