Episode 56. Prince in the Cage pt.10

Point of View: Earl Stevent Xander

That teacher looked at us defiantly.

I know he's strong, but fighting all eight of us at the same time? It is impossible.

But that is how Mr. Rasyid is.

"Face me! All of you!" He said while pointing his blade at us.

Suddenly, an extremely powerful aura appeared around that person. The water element that enveloped his blade looked like it could slash anything. We will look like a punching bag in the tip of that blade.

'No one will be able to win against me this time?' That's what's on his mind, I think.

Will we win against him?

"Everyone, our goal is not to win against him, but rather to obtain the flag!" Gita quickly motivates his friends.

"F-flag?" Sophia looked confused. "Oh... I remember, we originally had to steal the flag instead of fighting it, right!" She seemed just to realize it.

"Fighting that man who has become like this made us forget that we should take his flag instead of fighting him!" Dahlia says the reason.

"Like before?" Moka asked.

"You remember, Moka, the armor he wore when he was fighting Mr. Vicky back then," Sophia explained to the confused Moka.

"Armor?" At first, confusion appeared on her face. "Oh, you mean that ground thick armor as before?!" But finally, she remembered.

"Your teacher is indeed a strange man. Even I who have fought against him can still be amazed by his strength!" Astra praised the person.

"So what's our plan now, leader?" Maul looked at Gita as if he was the leader.

"To be honest, I don't even know what to do right now, ah hahaha!" Gita who looked reliable before has now turned into a useless man as he should be.

"Ha..?! You don't know?! Then how do we fight the monster in front of us?" Maul grabbed Gita by the collar and pointed at the teacher who was waiting for us to finish making plans.

Gita is hiding something. He seemed to do this for a purpose. What is this boy planning?

"Are you done talking?!" That teacher scolds us.

He who was already preparing to fight us is now sitting crouched while his cheek is held by his hand.

His face now looks annoyed and ridiculous. His face looked bored because he waited too long for our discussion.

"Rasyid, can you give us a minute?" Dahlia tried to persuade the teacher with her smile.

He nodded but the annoyed look on his face didn't seem to go away. To be honest, I still don't know how that person feels about his girlfriend, right now.

He didn't seem to care about that relationship at all. The feeling of love was not even visible in his heart.

"So? What should we do? Right now, we need a leader to lead this match!" Moka looked at her friends.

But none of them were ready. Their faces turned away from that girl.

There seems to be no other choice. "Let me be the leader!" I raised my hand.

Not that I wanted to, it's just that no one seemed to want to be the leader so I was the one who must do it. This is my test after all, right?

"Stevent, are you really sure about it?" Astra looked at me in disbelief.

"I actually don't know either, but when it comes to giving an order, I'm already used to it!" I held my chest with my right fist.

"Give an order? Oh..." Moka didn't seem to want to prolong the problem.

"Okay, due to no one else will volunteer themself into a leader," Gita put his hands on his hips while looking at me. "Stevent, I am under your command!" Gita glared at me using his whiny smile.

"Hmm..." I nodded.

Honestly, I doubt even scared right now. I'm used to giving orders at my home, but to giving orders to my friends... I've never done this before.

I gulped as I remembered it.

But I have to get through this. This is where I will prove to that teacher, that I can do it.

I gripped my hand tightly, then pointed it at the person.

"We are ready! Mr. Rasyid Londerik!" I shout to him.

He didn't look intimidated by my words. His mouth curled into a smile.

"At last, it's over. It took so long just to pick up this flag..." He flaunted the flag that was on his waist in an arrogant tone.

He who was crouching now stood up and pointed his blade at us once again.

That smile... As if it reminded me of someone.

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Point of View: Rasyid Londerik

I looked up at Stevent with a proud look. My smile even suddenly came out by itself.

Is this what they called being proud of others' achievements?

'You've changed, Stevent...'

Without giving a warning, I immediately launch the attack.

SRAAKK!

High-level water magic that looks like a slash of the whip hit Gita who was standing beside Stevent.

THUD!!

His body suddenly fainted from the slash from my whip.

"What?!"

"Gita?!"

"How could?!"

Their morale immediately fell only by seeing Gita's K.O.

But this is a fight, I won't give them time to rest.

Quickly, I ran and took Gita's flag.

Their gazes fell in disbelief.

"Y-you?!" Stevent glared at me.

I just stared at him blankly while showing the flag I had taken from the unconscious Gita.

Stevent's gaze looked strange, he seemed to keep distracting me to keep looking at him.

A moment after that, I noticed the movement in his eyes.

I immediately move a little away from my standing location.

Dahlia turned out to be slowly trying to grab the flag that was on my waist when Stevent tried to distract me.

"Ah, I got found out," Her expression was flat as usual.

But they still haven't given me any breath.

Right after I stopped my steps, 4 arrows charged at me at once.

"Too clear!" I shouted while making a shield from the ground.

BROK BROK BROK BROK

All the arrows hit the ground shield.

"Still not enough, huh?" Astra annoyed his own bow.

Not wanting to waste any more time, I ran to my base to put the flag that I had just stolen from Gita into the box.

With this, Gita is out of the match.

"What? So fast?!" Disbelief showed on their faces.

I'll be picking up some flags again, soon. But surely, I will take the flag that belongs to someone close to him.

My eyes stared at Hakam who had been silent with them.

I move my steps again and run quickly towards that boy.

"I won't let it!" Sophia swung her fan at me.

CTANG!

My blades and her fans met each together.

I collided with a student that I had given a private lesson. An annoyed look is given by her to me, it is clearly written on her face.

"I don't know why you're upset, but prove that you're stronger than when I trained you!" I said to motivate her.

I made a very fast stream of water on my blade. The flow was so fast that Sophia's fan even seemed to be getting cut by it.

"Ha hah hahaha! This is the proof, Mr. Rasyid!" She smiled contentedly at me.

She cast ice magic into her fan and froze it along with my blade.

My blade and her fan become one like glue as they were frozen by the water and ice.

CTASS!

Sophia threw her fan up. My blade which had become one with her fan was also thrown upwards.

"Now!" She gave the signal by shouting right in front of my face.

SPLASH!

Water suddenly spurted from the ground that I stepped on and soaked my entire clothes.

FROZE!

Followed by ice magic, my body froze completely.

I looked down at my waist and saw that the waist with the flag was the only part that wasn't frozen.

Seeing that, I made a knife from the ground to crush the frozen ice all over my body.

"I won't let you!" Astra took aim from a distance and fired two arrows.

BLASS!

Both of my palms were pierced by the arrows.

That would prevent me from using both my hands as a magic source.

"Hakam!" Stevent shouted at his servant who was suddenly behind me.

"All right, master!"

He ran quickly towards me without using his weapon.

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My flag was taken by him.

"Succeed!" Stevent clenched his fists with a happy smile.

Looks like it's time to become serious.

CRASH!

The ice that was holding me back was shattered by my strength.

They were all shocked, including Hakam, who stopped his steps to deposit the flag.

"We'll see who's faster!" I said while looking at Hakam who was surprised.

Stevent who realized the meaning of my words suddenly took a deep breath and let it out.

"Hakam!!! Keep running!!! Put the flag in our box! We will hold this monster!" Stevent shouted loudly at Hakam.

The silent Hakam immediately gulped and ran as fast as he could to put my flag in their box.

Run... run... run...

"Mr. Rasyid! We will fight you!" Stevent says as he joins his friend's formation and readied his sword.

This is getting interesting.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG

I fired 5 shots of water magic and knocked them all, except Stevent.

"Stevent, what do you think . . . what have you got now?" I asked to be sure.

Stevent's face was just silent and nervously looking at me.

But slowly he took a breath and looked at me with an optimistic look.

"What did I get, you say? Of course, the fact that you like playing dirty, till we have to work together just to fight you!" Stevent looked at me defiantly.

I just laughed when I heard the answer.

"Ha ha ha ha!" My laugh confused him.

Even though Stevent had realized it, he still didn't want to admit it.

Well, it wouldn't be a problem for me anymore. As long as he already got the meaning of this, it was enough for me.

"Never mind forget it!" I looked at him with a laugh.

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Accidentally, an object fell from above, but I already knew what it was.

I raised one of my hands and caught it.

It was my blade that was thrown away with Sophia's fan before.

I let go of the fan that was stuck in my blade at Sophia who was already lying down.

"Let's see how far you can let Hakam run to his destination!" I looked at him with an excited smile.

I feel it, the thing I seek...

I feel...

I'm getting closer to it...

Jauhari...

One by one. my promise will be complete...

Look from up there, my dear friend!

And for that person, I hope you will forgive me again.

We're family, right?

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Point of View: Earl Stevent Xander

I'm standing here alone. All of my comrades were knocked down by his single blow shot.

I won't fail them, because they all believed in me.

Hakam has believed one me.

They all trusted me to hold it.

For some reason, that person's smile suddenly felt completely different. That smile was as if he had already accomplished what he was looking for.

'But who cares!' I said to myself while activating my pageblug and gripping my sword tightly.

"I am ready to fight you, Mr. Rasyid!" I went forward and tried to slash him.

TANG!

Our edges of weapon meet each other again.

But the current result will not be the same.

I immediately let go of the friction and let out a few whirlpools around it.

'I hope it can hold it.'

BLAST!

He let out the large lump of ground so that can cover my vortex.

'Apparently, it really can't!'

The smile still didn't leave his face.

Now he will attack.

He threw several water swords at me by just flicking his hand.

Relying on light magic, I ran away and tried to run behind him.

This attack might get caught, but it would be different if I executed it properly.

I ran towards him and accidentally appear behind him.

He immediately lift the ground the moment I stepped on it. I going up as how high the wall is elevating.

But that's what I was waiting for, I stab my sword on that wall and...

A source of water pours down from the top of the wall and makes a waterfall.

He drifted in it and was forced to make the same elevation to get over the water.

This is the time, I walked over and tried to swing my sword at him.

He noticed my presence trying to slash him. But since I'm a light element user, speed is my potency.

He hasn't had time to hold it yet, but I slashed him first.

His body split open from my slash and fell unconscious.

At that time, Hakam managed to put the flag into the box.

He waved his hand at me with a wide smile that looked breathless.

"Steven, I did it!"

"Yes, we have succeeded!" My smile was clearly visible on my face.

I successfully completed his test.

With this, this is our victory.

I feel like I'm forgetting something, but who?

'I don't know and I don't care.'

On the other hand, Vicky who was hiding with the water element mixed with electricity still didn't have a single student attacking him.