"It's impressive that you can figure out to put him into a hallucination in order to drag through the thirty minutes count. But to be honest, it's a very awful scene to watch." said Ben.
"Ah... I'm sorry about that..." said Itsuki, probably misunderstood what Ben is saying.
"Even though we don't know each other well, but seeing you trying so hard to stay up while trapping your opponent in your rather broken hallucination magic as your clothes slowly dyed in red by your blood, it's quite saddening and heartbreaking. Especially when there were a few times you were about to collapse but you forced yourself to stay awake by cutting yourself with the sword." said Ben, surprisingly with no emotional flows.
"Dr. Ben..."
Realize that he had misunderstood Ben, Itsuki felt a bit guilty, but later felt touched and warmed by Ben's words, he wasn't really expecting those words from Ben or any of them, he always thought he is just an outsider for them.
"Seriously, why do you even listened to that heartless tyranny psychopath? That guy has a totally twisted logic if compared to everyone else." said Ben, starting his usual nagging mode.
"But what Chris-san said do helps a lot and kind of makes sense..." Itsuki mumbled in a rather soft voice.
"Ah... Please don't tell me this boy had gotten infected by Chris's hidden dark nature." said Ben as adjusted his glasses a bit.
"Anyway, the fifth match had probably started right now, are you interested in watching it?" Ben asked.
"Heh? Is Sky still joining the match?" Itsuki asked, as he remembered Chris said that if he gets a draw in the fourth match, they will win the match and there isn't any need for Sky to fight in the fifth match anymore.
"Well, don't worry. With your draw during the previous match, our team had already won the match, but both Sky and the leader of our opponent's team decided to end this match seriously. So they are having a match right now on the field." said Ben as if he could read through Itsuki's mind.
Then, Ben waved his hand a bit, a holographic screen appeared in front of Itsuki showing the match on field B...
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On field B, both Sky and Sheriff are staring at each other without making any move despite the bell had rung a minute ago.
"Just wondering, what is your priority? Victory or a good satisfying fight?" Sky asked.
"A good fight." said Sheriff without any hesitation.
"I see. We are good then." said Sky as he holds his crystal pendant for a while and partially released his magic seal.
Sheriff removed his magic seal as well.
As soon as both party partially removed their respective magic seals, the field started trembling lightly as a cylinder inverted barrier raised up around field B...
"So, how do you plan to have the fight?" Sky asked as he slowly pulled Flash out of the thin air.
"What a pointless question as you already have your own answer." said Sheriff as a silver lance appeared in his right hand.
"Aah... A lance. I thought cowboys were supposed to use firearm-based weapons." said Sky, slightly provoking.
"Well, I personally prefer to use cold weapons." said Sheriff, in a passive-aggressive tone.
"Oh? Any particular reason?" Sky asked.
"Hmm... Reason? It gives more satisfaction and fun I guess?" said Sheriff.
Then, without any warning, Sheriff shifted to Sky and swung his lance aggressively towards Sky's face. Seeing his opponent's initiative, Sky showed a satisfied smile before blocked the lance with his bare hand while swung his sword towards Sheriff who was just in front of him.
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"Oh? It seems like we have another hot blood person that is lust for a good fight." said Chris as he picked up a cup of black tea and took a small sip of it, he frowned.
"Chris-chan? What's wrong?" Maria asked, a bit concerned.
"Is the tea not suit your taste?" Blair asked.
"The ratio between tea leaves and water is a bit off." said Chris as he put down the cup.
"See? I told you to measure the weight of the tea leaves, Chris-chan is very strict about his tea." said Maria, a bit angry.
"Ah... My bad. I don't know that Chris-chan can easily taste a difference with just less than one gram deviation." said Blair...
"Why do they look like maid and butler for Chris? Are they always like that?" said Junior as he opened a bottle of mixed veggie juice.
"Well, I don't know about Miss Maria but when Mr. Chris was with us that time, Mr. Blair really acts like his personal butler... Or rather, all of us act like his servants. You know, Mr. Chris does have that kind of charisma that makes people can't help themselves but willingly serving him well with all their efforts." said Gerrard poked a straw into a pack of chocolate milk.
"Ah... I see. So it does makes sense that he looks so majestic most of the time." said Junior as they continued watching the match on field...
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Field B.
Sheriff perfectly escaped that slash from Sky and retreated to a few meters away from Sky. Then, he started swinging his spear in a circular motion forming a horizontal tornado that blasted directly towards Sky, Sky did not escape it but countered it with a sharp air slash using his sword. Sheriff blocked the air slash with a basic barrier, then, without any moment of intermission, he swiftly pierced his spear to the air multiple times, creating several sharp air flows that pierced towards Sky from different directions...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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