The Newbie Is Too Strong's
176-2. The Envy Mage (2)
‘Gajel, remember patiently, Gajel. There's no point in dealing with that crazy Livitch.’ I murmured inwardly trying to calm myself.
Why should I care what Livitch does. Today was an important match. I have to keep my concentration to be optimal in the match.
But…
‘How can I do that?! Basic fucking Livitch!’
“Gajel? Did you say something?”
“Ah, it's nothing, Eren. It was just a kind of mental strengthening spell. You also saw the movie Tri Genius right when the main character shouted ‘all is good’. More or less I did a similar thing to build my mood.”
True, for me spells like ‘Livitch hopefully struck by geledek’ work in a similar way in those movies.
“Oh, so. Don't panic, Gajel. You are a great mage. I think you'll be fine in this match.”
“Is that? Hehehehe. Thank you for trusting me, Eren.”
“Nothing.”
Eren smiled at me and then I returned his smile with a smile.
If you ask who Eren is, he's my slave. Well, he's the pushover type who would be willing to do anything for the sake of something he thinks is so important, friendship.
He really thinks of me as his best friend. With such an important position to me in his heart, he had truly become a very useful heretic. And cheap enough to win her feelings, just thank her while smiling sweetly at her. He would've been like a moron blushed in shame by such cheap words.
Let's ignore that insignificant Eren. Now is the time to draw the draw about who will be the opponent I will fight in this quarterfinal round.
For those of you who do not know the system of matches in this quarter final round, it again refers to individual fights like the previous first preliminary round.
The difference, this round is not a royal battle, but a one on one match. And each team will only be faced by one of our members.
The four teams that get the biggest score will be able to advance to the semifinals.
Each match will be held for 30 minutes and if there is no winner, then the result will be set as a draw.
The first to take the lottery was of course the team leader, Eren pushover. He apparently got the draw against members of the Andalusian High School Team. Then as the second person to draw the lottery is me as vice-captain. Apparently I got an opponent from a member of Pelita Harapan High School Team.
Is this luck?
I really hope that my opponent will be the boyfriend of the Livitch. If so, I can avenge the heartache that I have been harboring thanks to the fucking Livitch by torturing his beloved girlfriend.
Well, even though it might not be him, whoever will be unlucky to draw the Eden Foundation High School Team lottery among them, just be ready to be my stress relief pillow.
***
The quarter-final match begins. This time representing our team is back to the main core team members namely I, Senior Areka, Brother Yudishar, and brother Robby. Later as the last member to replace the position of the non-combat, Kak Yurika, he was Egi after a heated debate with Kak Inggar and Kak Rena.
Thanks to his position at number 5 in the competition, Egi had good reason not to give up his place to other reserve core team members who were ranked lower than him.
Although actually if it can be said, Brother Inggar and Kak Rena have a higher flight hours than Egi. Especially Brother Inggar. Because he also represented the school as a reserve core team member at a similar high school level amateur e-sport match last year.
Well, of course I don't blame the egoistic Egi. Sometimes, egoistic attitude is good so that we do not become losers and can get what we want, of course still have to be at a reasonable limit and not excessive.
Long story short, the draw to determine which team members we will play against in this final quarter match begins.
I was the one who drew the first draw in the team even though the real captain in the team was Senior Areka and Kak Yudishar as his representative. That is because our order is determined not based on such positions, but purely from the ranking of our match results.
And apparently, I pulled out the draw of the opponent from the Eden Foundation High School Team, Lia's former school and Andra's sister. Then in a row the draw was also revoked by others. Senior Areka obtained opponent of Andalusia High School Team, Kak Yudishar obtained opponent from Angkasa Jaya High School Team, Kak Robby obtained opponent from Puncak Bakti High School Team, and lastly Egi obtained an opponent from the High School Team Mulia Karsa.