hotmtlnovel Chapter 28: Theoden Bathory
Chapter 28: Theoden Bathory
Chapter 28: Theoden Bathory
There were five winners and five losers during the first round.
Since the winners' and losers' brackets had one class that would not have an opponent, It was decided that the class with the highest-ranked captain get to move on to the next round without any opponent.
For the winners' bracket, it would be the first-ranked Siegfried Lionheart's class that would be seeded.
As for the losers' bracket, it would be the fourth-ranked Jean Blackborne's class.
Upon arriving at the warrior course arena, Shye and Shirley immediately checked the brackets.
The losers' bracket matches just ended and the first two classes to be eliminated were 12th-rank Morris Hensley's class and shockingly, their opponents, Peter Valesworth's class were eliminated by a class with a lower ranking.
It seems that many students in the top 20 were actually hiding their strengths.
Hence, the only remaining classes in the losers' bracket were 4th-rank Jean Blackborne's class, 5th-rank Noah Holler's class, and 9th-rank Claude Kirkland's class.
It was time for the upper-bracket matches to continue. The first match was 11th-rank Leonardo Regulus' class versus 2nd-rank Eusford Banehollow's class.
Unfortunately, the crowd was disappointed as Leonardo immediately gave up the fight.
However, everyone knew that it was the logical decision to make since it would be unwise for Leonardo to use his class' manpower to bring down the 2nd-ranked student.
It is better to let the top 1, top 2, and top 3 battle it out before trying to fight them in the lower bracket.
"Regulus' class forfeits the match, you may now return to your seats. 16th-ranked Crowley's class, 3rd-ranked Bathory's class, please come up to the stage."
Shye, Shirley, and Anthony nodded at each other and walked toward the stage with their remaining classmates.
Theoden Bathory lazily walked up the stage with his classmates. He casually chatted with his classmates while waiting for Shye to surrender.
Even the crowd expected Shye to surrender here since it was the logical thing to do to save manpower.
"Hey, aren't you going to fight?"
Shye asked Theoden Bathory in a confused manner.
Theoden's expression froze after hearing what Shye said. After a few seconds, Theoden laughed loudly.
Shye thought to himself. Fortunately, he reacted quickly as Theoden suddenly appeared in front of him and slashed downwards with his wooden long sword.
*PAH*
He successfully managed to block Theoden's blink strike but he wasn't ready for another attack so he was kicked by Theoden in the chest and was sent flying.
"Captain!"
"Crowley!!"
Shye's classmates called out to him with a worried expression. This was the first time that they saw their captain Shye lose the first exchange.
"Hahahaha! That's what happens when you don't know your place!"
Alexander Smith said in a loud voice.
"Tch! Shut the fuck up! Crowley defeated you in the entrance exam so you're the one who doesn't know his place!"
Shirley retorted in a rage as she continued coordinating with Anthony to try and defeat Alexander.
"Ahh...Shit, that hurts..."
Shye muttered to himself as he slowly shook off the dust in his clothes and armor.
"Hoh? You're still fine?"
Theoden Bathory looked arrogantly at Shye and taunted.
"Well, your kicks don't really hurt that much so yeah, I'm fine..." Shye retorted.
Veins popped on Theoden Bathory's head after hearing Shye's words.
"Hahahaha! You still dare act tough after being humiliated? I'll tear your pretentious mask down!"
--------------------------------------------
Note: If you guys are enjoying the novel, please consider adding it to your library as this gives me confirmation to continue and more motivation to write lots and lots of chapters for you guys.