Chapter 221: 221
Ch . 221 It Will Be Fun From Now On (2)
The group six knights tried to chase Derek down like madmen .
“Stop him! You must stop him somehow!”
Derek reached the support archers at the back, but there were not enough of them to take him on head-to-head . He forged his way through, and thanks to his plan, the rest of group six was too injured and in too much disarray to wall him . It was the perfect tactic for group three to use as many archers as possible and sustain as little injuries on their own .
Paas!
At last, Derek yanked the enemy’s blue flag high into the air .
“Uwaaaa—”
A loud shout came from the audience as group three snatched an astonishing victory from the favored winners .
Each of the knights were scored by a judge, and he announced the results .
“…Derek Blaise, group three . Nine points . ”
Derek received one point less from a perfect score, even though he had led a disadvantaged team to victory . The group three knights who heard the ruling began to protest .
“Why doesn’t Lord Derek have a perfect score?”
“No way . ”
Some of those present knew that the judge had ties with the Anita family, and they couldn’t help but frown . However, the judge continued onward brazenly .
“If anyone opposes my ruling once more, I will deduct points from them . ”
The knights looked resentful, but they bit back their dissatisfaction . Before anything could get worse, Derek stepped forward .
“I’m fine, don’t worry . All of us in group three worked hard . ”
Although his perfect score was unfortunately broken, he was still more than likely to be one of the ten final competitors in the tournament . While some might be jealous of the fact, all the knights in group three rushed to Derek in unison and congratulated him .
“Lord Derek is worthy to be one of the final ten knights!”
“If you win, I’ll buy you a drink!”
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Even Derek, who was usually so stoic, couldn’t help but brighten at all the congratulations he received .
“Thank you all . ”
Group three held on to each other’s shoulders in a show of support . The people watching from the stands also cheered on with good spirits .
The tides had turned for group three .
Afterwards, the match between group five and nine began . All the members of group five were powerful, but Wickley outshone them all . As expected, group five began to overpower group nine at the start of the game . As Wickley rushed towards the enemy flag, he struck down all the men who were unfortunate enough to be in his way .
Chaaaag!
Red blood spilled onto the arena ground, and the crowd gasped in shock . Injuries were to be avoided as much as possible, although casualties were not penalized . However, it was rare for anyone to cut another down intentionally .
Wickley’s mouth tilted in a grin as a knight fell at his feet . The man didn’t move afterwards .
“Ah, I made a mistake . ”
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Everyone looked at Wickley stunned surprise, but he confidently strode forward and lifted the enemy flag . The result was a victory for group five, but no one shouted in celebration . Only Wickley’s laughter rang in the heavy silence of the area .
The judge of the competition, who had been wordlessly observing the match, opened his mouth to speak .
“Wickley Tai, group five . Perfect score . ”
As expected, Wickley was a favorite to win and would move on as one of the final ten knights .
The remaining matches took place, and the knights were all scored . The total scores were all calculated, and the knights that would move onward were announced .
Naturally, Derek’s name was included .
Regardless of the scores the judge gave, however, the ones who made the strongest impression in everyone’s minds were Wickley and Derek alone .
Cassana approached Ophelia, who was watching the games from the best seat in the stadium .
“Your Majesty . ”
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At Cassana’s voice, Ophelia glanced sideways . The lady-in-waiting leaned deeply towards the Empress’ ear to whisper to her .
“I’ve made all the arrangements as you ordered . ”
“Is that so?”
A wicked gleam lit up in Ophelia’s eyes . Her gaze moved towards Derek as he walked back to the waiting room for the final round .
“It will be fun from now on . ”
She couldn’t give her gift to him in the arena where everyone was watching . It would be too easy to notice a lethal poison . Even Ophelia would not do a thing amid the noise of Marquis Selby’s assassination attempt .
And so, Ophelia prepared something that could never be traced . It wouldn’t kill Derek for sure, but it would be enough to cause him to drop from the competition, as she intended . It didn’t matter to her whether he forfeited the match because he felt unwell, or if he was too stubborn to do so and ended up getting killed or injured . Whatever the result was, Ophelia achieved her goal .
As she watched the empty space where Derek once was, she murmured to herself in a deeply satisfied voice .
“…Yes, I’m looking forward to how much fun this will be . ”
The smile on Ophelia’s lips deepened .
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