Chapter 34 The Most Despicable Cunning Villain

The silent arena, the quaint wooden house, the mottled midday sun, and the two duelists focused intently—everything silently conveyed a supreme spirit of martial arts.

The match began.

Zierweini didn't rush to assault Lancy immediately. Instead, she maintained her distance, cautiously applying enhancement and immunity magic cards to herself.

Her body was light, her steps careful, always ready to dodge, her eyes full of alertness.

Even now, she was guarding against Lancy's possible long-range spellcasting.

Sensing hostility, reaching the state of anticipating the opponent's moves, was a major realm for martial artists.

Zierweini could perceive Lancy's attack intentions even before her eyes could react.

Zierweini knew that Lancy, whom she faced, was a mage of many talents, and she had to be wary of the traps he might set.

However,

Lancy's eyes were as calm as still water, as if without any hostility.

Zierweini became even more vigilant. She had never seen such a person, who could maintain such a friendly attitude even when facing an opponent he had to defeat.

If Lancy had truly reached the realm of completely concealing his hostility, then he was probably above her. At least, she couldn't bypass hostility perception, making it impossible for her opponent to detect or predict her attacks!

While Zierweini was constantly strengthening her own defenses, Lancy finally took out a stack of magic cards from his pocket. His movements were clean and swift, without the slightest hesitation. He scattered the cards towards the roof beams behind him, while simultaneously releasing some kind of magic-artisan-like activation technique, adding a simple stroke to these magic cards.

A stack?

Lancy's actions were incomprehensible to both Zierweini and the group of fighters present.

The number of magic cards that could be bound was limited. The tier of the magic card could be regarded as a cost, and a Tier 3 mage could only carry a total of thirty tiers of magic cards.

Even if Lancy brought all Tier 1 cards, he would only have thirty at most. But with such a card arrangement, he would have no combat power whatsoever.

"I surrender!"

Lancy's shout echoed throughout the arena.

Next, Zierweini, who was still standing opposite him and hadn't reacted, saw Lancy turn around and sprint towards the outside of the wooden house with all his might.

"Surrender?"

Zierweini was completely dumbfounded.

Even if she had imagined a thousand ways Lancy might fight with all his might, she had never imagined that he would directly surrender, handing her the victory!

Could it be...

Does this kid like her?

Were all those agreements signed earlier a roundabout way to help their team?

Zierweini's heart gradually became chaotic, her heart pounding, unable to understand Lancy's intentions and actions!

Just as the sound of her panicked heartbeat filled her ears,

an explosion even more violent than Frey's duel earlier rang out in the arena!

Zierweini's eyes widened. At the roof beam directly in front of her, the stack of magic cards left by Lancy exploded in a chain reaction, like detonating talismans!

At this moment, the wooden house, which already had one damaged roof beam, began to shake violently as another key roof beam was blown apart, as if it would collapse at any moment.

When Zierweini looked at Lancy and the others again, she found that all three of them had disappeared.

Frey, who was prepared, ran straight out the door the moment Lancy surrendered.

Hyperion ran even faster, leaving behind an invisible doppelganger.

Instantly,

in Zierweini's short-circuited brain and incredulous gaze, the wooden house teetered and then collapsed with a crash!

...

Within the Knight's Academy district, a huge roar attracted the attention of many students nearby.

Looking over, they saw that deep in the jacaranda grove, a wooden house had been reduced to ruins, with debris and smoke everywhere.

In the ruins, after an unknown amount of time, a slender figure finally crawled out, covered in dust.

She stood up unsteadily, her eyes hollow, as if recalling everything that had just happened.

A sense of emptiness, like the falling dust, was heavy, weighing on her heart.

She had indeed won.

The joy brought by the victory and a warmth that she couldn't explain hadn't settled in her heart when it collapsed like the wooden house, shattering into pieces.

She seemed to remember

that the treaty stated:

Regardless of the damage caused during the duel, it would be borne by the fighter team, and the Student Management Committee would not be responsible.

The things Lancy used to blow up the wooden house were indeed magic cards, although she didn't know what principle he used to use semi-finished magic cards as detonating talismans.

There was even a clause in the contract: Regardless of the outcome, neither party shall violate the spirit of martial arts and the honor of the family name to retaliate against the other party afterward, shall not slander the other party's reputation, and shall not threaten or infringe upon the other party with force and power, and shall maintain friendly communication.

All of this didn't seem like a coincidence!

At this point, Zierweini finally understood Lancy's trickery—

This *a novice* didn't think about winning at all!

He just wanted to demolish the house during the duel, and even tricked them into signing the contract in advance.

And Frey's series of provocations were just to create negotiation space for Lancy, making them mistakenly believe that Lancy was reasonable!

"I... I thought you were a good guy..."

Zierweini trembled, not knowing if it was pure anger or the shame caused by the previous fantasies that was about to make her heart explode.

Zierweini's cheeks gradually turned red, and tears of resentment were about to burst out.

"Lancy!!!"

Zierweini stood on top of the ruins, her roar piercing the sky, like a deafening storm, echoing in the Knight's Academy district.

The tide of anger devoured all of Zierweini's reason, turning her into a raging beast, rushing out of the ruins and speeding towards the direction where the three were fleeing.

The other fighters who had just struggled out of the ruins had also entered a state of blood rage. Seeing Zierweini leading the charge, they followed suit, without any hesitation or consideration, only with complete madness.

On the distant Knight's Academy road,

The Student Council trio, who had already created some distance, also felt the terrifying killing intent and the rumbling of the earth behind them!

The three of them immediately accelerated their escape with all their might.

"Hey hey! It's written in black and white! You signed the treaty yourself, you can't retaliate against us!"

Lancy declared, looking back.

Although he still felt reasonable this time, the other party's momentum was so turbulent that Lancy even felt a little guilty.

He didn't expect Zierweini to get so angry, even though he had surrendered to her so friendly!

"Lancy! You are the most despicable cunning villain!!!"

Zierweini's distant voice came from behind.

"..."

Lancy didn't dare to say anything more to provoke her for a moment. He understood after glancing at Zierweini's expression from afar when he turned back just now.

He was too familiar with every stage of human anger from zero to beyond the limit!

Zierweini had obviously been deprived of her reason by anger now.

Before she calmed down, even the oath about the spirit of martial arts in the contract would no longer be able to restrain her.

Sure enough, Talia's teachings were correct. Sprinting and endurance running were very useful, because sometimes there would indeed be such unreasonable reckless classmates!

"Lancy, cooperating with you is really efficient."

Frey couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lancy and praise him. He originally thought that no one in the world could keep up with his ideas. Now that he thought about it, there was actually such a teammate who could cooperate with him to effectively and efficiently achieve impeccable results.

"Likewise, without your cover, I wouldn't have been able to persuade them to sign the peace treaty so easily."

Lancy was also full of praise.

He even felt that he should have met Frey earlier.

"By the way, what's the matter with your exploding magic cards?"

Frey seemed very interested in this efficient and convenient new technology.

"Ah, those are some semi-finished magic cards. You only need to add a little supplementary technique to blow them up."

Inspired by Talia's teachings these days, Lancy had developed a new type of "burst-type semi-finished magic card."

Although they couldn't be soul-bound,

He, the White Mage, finally had some means of attacking like a Red Mage in the real world.

There was still a lot of room for improvement and enhancement of the explosive power in the future.

"Next time in the Shadow World, shall we three go together? Our Civilization Model Team happens to be missing a front row. Frey, you should be very good at taunting, right?"

After explaining, Lancy seemed to have thought of something and quickly asked Frey.

The three of them were not only in the same organization, but also freshmen, and they were quite cooperative, so they must be very suitable for challenging the Shadow World together!

"What else is there to say? I just need credits and can't find suitable teammates!"

Frey seemed very happy too. After getting acquainted with Lancy and Hyperion, he completely lost his initial aloof appearance.

He seemed to be looking forward to returning to the Student Council office to play cards and chess with them.

"You..."

Listening to the conversation between the two strange men beside her, Hyperion couldn't help but complain to the sky pitifully:

"Why do I have to run with you two too!"

She hadn't done anything bad.

But she felt that if she dared to stop, she would be the one to die!

Thus,

on this academy road, in the surprised gazes of the students of the Ikrith Academy, they saw three students running wildly in front, and a group of fighters chasing after them.

It was hard to imagine what sins these three guys had committed to make the group behind them so angry.

...

Old Liberal Arts Building, Student Council Office.

In the spacious and quiet meeting room, the president and vice president were sitting at their respective desks, completely immersed in their work.

The president's long desk reflected the dark hardwood luster. The clean lines made the tabletop look more spacious. Even though there were many folders and papers piled up, they were neatly organized.

Suddenly, a noisy sound accompanied by the wind broke into the rows of large windows of the Student Council Office.

President Monastir temporarily put down the pen in his hand because of the noisy commotion. He stood up and stood by the window with his hands behind his back, witnessing the chaotic scene of chasing and fleeing downstairs.

"It seems they succeeded."

Monastir picked up the coffee cup on the table, took a sip, and seemed to approve with ease.

"...Is this really considered a success?"

Soon, Vice President Asina also came to the side and was surprised to see the situation downstairs clearly.

Her words were hesitant, and she didn't know how to evaluate the scene.

She always felt that the three people being chased were like they poked a hornet's nest. They must have done something outrageous!

"With these three outstanding new members, the work of the Student Management Committee will be quite smooth this year."

"Just right, there will be an academic visit from the Yarolan Kingdom Academy the month after next. Although it is a famous South Continent school of the same level as us, the other party's attitude has always been to suppress us every year."

"This year, the other party seems to have recruited many excellent new students, so they have the confidence to conduct this year's academic visit so early. But with the three of them here, I'm not afraid of any trouble."

President Monastir calmly adjusted his glasses, seemed to appreciate the value of these three new members, and said with a smile.

The main line of this big chapter starts tomorrow!

ps: The number of words in this chapter is 3400 words, so the price calculated by the system is more expensive than the usual 2000-word chapters. The price is not set by me, but automatically set by the system in direct proportion to the number of words.

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