Ethan, Magnus, Alisa, and Alf headed towards the west side of the academy.
Their journey took only a few minutes, as they didn't waste any time and ran vigorously. Alisa couldn't keep up with them, so Alf threw her on his back.
She clung tightly to his muscular shoulders but kept glancing at Ethan the whole time. Most often she was surprised by his decisions, but every time she looked at him, she couldn't help but think of his lost eye.
'What selflessness... I don't know if I want to possess the same thirst for revenge as Ethan, but I definitely wish I had the same confidence in my actions... I'm actually jealous...' Alisa's face grew sadder as she snuggled into Alf's back.
After a while, they approached a tall tower surrounded by stone walls. There were many turrets on the walls, occupied by soldiers with serious stares.
When they spotted Ethan, they immediately signaled and prepared to attack. Obviously, after Ethan stole their points, they were not friendly towards him.
"What...? He's here? Does he really want to team up with us?" Nitra was surprised as she turned to Sara.
Sara frowned, "I don't know, but it's very strange. I was pretty sure he was going to Maris, their team seemed the most logical to me. Anyway, let's find out what he wants first."
Nitra nodded, following Sara whose every step was heavy due to the crimson armor she wore. Nitra had spent a large amount of points on this armor, but this way she had made Sara a super warrior. She had defense, speed, and immense strength, everything needed for a flawless fighter.
"Hey, you know we don't have much time? Why do we have to wait so long for you?" Ethan smirked, looking at Sara and Nitra, who were walking towards them.
"Shut up." Nitra crossed her arms over her chest with a great grimace, "Do you think we'd want to cooperate with you after what you've done?"
Ethan glanced at Sara's armor and nodded, "Sure. We have a red heart, you have a black heart! Perfect combination!"
Nitra raised an eyebrow, "You know Suit Spade isn't a heart, right?"
Ethan didn't answer anything, he just smiled slightly. Obviously, that wasn't the reason why he'd decided to come here, it wasn't a reason at all.
"You bastard! Don't even dare talk about it!" The young man with the poleaxe in his hands exclaimed, with a fierce expression pointing at Ethan.
"Only after you return our points that you stole and apologize, only then we'll consider whether we should work together!"
Ethan raised his head, casting an arrogant glance at the young man, "Nitra... I made sure you didn't know how to spend points last time, but now I see that you've given away the most important positions to some idiots."
"You...!" The young man's anger reached its limit and he roared at Ethan, clutching his massive weapon tightly.
"No!" Sara exclaimed, about to stop him, but Nitra's hand prevented her from going any further.
Sara's eyes went wide since she didn't understand why Nitra did it and when she turned around she went slightly pale.
Nitra had a complicated expression, filled with contempt and hatred for herself for doing it.
Ethan glanced at Magnus, shook his head, and stepped forward. His coat shuddered, then in a flash of darkness, Ethan found himself directly in front of the young man with a knife pressed into his neck.
"Agh...? What happened...?" The young man got a dazed expression.
Then, Ethan grabbed him by the hair and slammed him to the ground with a powerful blow, again and again until the ground was covered with blood flowing from the young man's nose.
"Stupid bastard! Why the fuck did you decide to make this so hard!?" Ethan said, irritated and with a powerful kick to the stomach, throwing the young man aside, "I don't have time for this!"
This scene increased Nitra's team's dislike of Ethan to the max. Her men were ready to attack at any moment, they wanted revenge for everything he had done.
"Well, I think that's enough since you've already made up your mind, don't you?" Ethan asked in a cold tone, staring at Nitra.
Nitra nodded, "Unfortunately, you're fucking right."
"What...? You can't do that!" The girl standing behind the turret exclaimed, "We can't trust that psycho!"
"Shut your filthy mouth, you stupid bitch!" Nitra shouted furiously, silencing the girl with a frightened face.
Ethan grinned slyly, he hadn't expected anything else from Nitra.
After all, she was the one who had almost brought Alisa to tears. She wasn't gentle and kind, on the contrary, she was the opposite.
"That psycho as you call him definitely has some kind of plan. Moreover, whether we should become allies or not is very simple to decide." Nitra said sternly, "Ethan, how many casualties do you have?"
Ethan smiled slightly, "For all time or for the last wave?"
"For all time." Nitra uttered in a long voice.
"Zero." Ethan shrugged, "I don't know about you, but I value my men as much as I value my Princess. I told you the last time we met that I'm just a loyal Knight."
Nitra's face twisted, "Damn... Your hypocrisy is making me sick... but, you're not lying? You didn't actually lose anyone?"
"It's true!" Alisa exclaimed, stepping forward and pressing her palm to her hand, "I realize Ethan has... his own ways... but we have to unite if we want to survive!"
'Well, well,' she decided to give a speech herself, though in this case, it might work. No one doubts her innocence and the purity of her intentions.' Ethan pondered with a confident smirk.
Sara looked at Nitra, waiting for her answer. After all, it was up to the Princesses to decide, not anyone else.
Nitra took a deep breath, pulling out her card, Queen of Spades, and heading over to Alisa, who did the same.
As they came close to each other, they stopped, exchanged glances, and touched cards.
Then, their cards shone brightly, and each of the two teams heard a mechanical voice.
[Heart Princess and Spade Princess have formed an alliance!]
[The alliance will last from the sixth wave to the ninth wave!]
[Points gained from monster battles will be divided equally!]
[A new opportunity has been opened!]
[Two Princesses can choose one of their Knights to be promoted to Royal Knight, a higher position!].
As soon as the messages appeared, a sly smirk appeared on Ethan's face.
'Royal Knight... Hah, so Knight wasn't the highest role, right?' Ethan thought with a glance at his ring, 'Perfect. Just excellent.'