Theoden Bathory

There were five winners and five losers during the first round.

Since the winners' and losers' brackets had one class that would not have an opponent, It was decided that the class with the highest-ranked captain get to move on to the next round without any opponent.

For the winners' bracket, it would be the first-ranked Siegfried Lionheart's class that would be seeded.

As for the losers' bracket, it would be the fourth-ranked Jean Blackborne's class.

Upon arriving at the warrior course arena, Shye and Shirley immediately checked the brackets.

The losers' bracket matches just ended and the first two classes to be eliminated were 12th-rank Morris Hensley's class and shockingly, their opponents, Peter Valesworth's class were eliminated by a class with a lower ranking.

It seems that many students in the top 20 were actually hiding their strengths.

Hence, the only remaining classes in the losers' bracket were 4th-rank Jean Blackborne's class, 5th-rank Noah Holler's class, and 9th-rank Claude Kirkland's class.

It was time for the upper-bracket matches to continue. The first match was 11th-rank Leonardo Regulus' class versus 2nd-rank Eusford Banehollow's class.

Unfortunately, the crowd was disappointed as Leonardo immediately gave up the fight.

However, everyone knew that it was the logical decision to make since it would be unwise for Leonardo to use his class' manpower to bring down the 2nd-ranked student.

It is better to let the top 1, top 2, and top 3 battle it out before trying to fight them in the lower bracket.

"Regulus' class forfeits the match, you may now return to your seats. 16th-ranked Crowley's class, 3rd-ranked Bathory's class, please come up to the stage."

Shye, Shirley, and Anthony nodded at each other and walked toward the stage with their remaining classmates.

Theoden Bathory lazily walked up the stage with his classmates. He casually chatted with his classmates while waiting for Shye to surrender.

Even the crowd expected Shye to surrender here since it was the logical thing to do to save manpower.

"Hey, aren't you going to fight?"

Shye asked Theoden Bathory in a confused manner. 

Theoden's expression froze after hearing what Shye said. After a few seconds, Theoden laughed loudly.

"Hahahahaha…Hoh? So you're not giving me this round for free huh? How courageous."

Theoden's class was confused as well but after realizing that they weren't going to get a free round this time, they hurriedly assumed their battle positions.

Upon seeing that everyone on the stage assumed battle positions and stances, the crowd went wild and their respect for Shye grew.

[Congratulations! You've earned 220 points!]

Shye smiled after seeing that he earned 220 points, it seemed like he would be able to save up a lot of points today!

"Begin!"

After the referee announced the start of the match, everyone was bewildered as a loud voice sounded from behind Theoden Bathory's class.

"CROWLEYYYY!!"

Alexander Smith, the guy who was defeated by Shye in the entrance examination, came charging at him red-eyed.

*PAH*

"You want to fight our captain? You have to get through us first!"

Anthony and Shirley charged forward and stopped Alexander Smith.

"Tch! I'll destroy you two!"

"Thanks, Anthony, Shirley…" Shye muttered to himself as he slowly walked toward Theoden Bathory and Theoden Bathory also walked toward him.

*PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* *PAH* 

Sounds of wooden weapons clashing can be heard all over the stage as the skirmish between Shye's and Theoden's class begins.

While circling each other, Shye's eyes narrowed into slits upon seeing Theoden muttering something.

He hurriedly raised his wooden greatsword horizontally to block Theoden's sudden attack.

"A skill!"

Shye thought to himself. Fortunately, he reacted quickly as Theoden suddenly appeared in front of him and slashed downwards with his wooden long sword.

*PAH*

He successfully managed to block Theoden's blink strike but he wasn't ready for another attack so he was kicked by Theoden in the chest and was sent flying.

"Captain!"

"Crowley!!"

Shye's classmates called out to him with a worried expression. This was the first time that they saw their captain Shye lose the first exchange.

"Hahahaha! That's what happens when you don't know your place!"

Alexander Smith said in a loud voice.

"Tch! Shut the fuck up! Crowley defeated you in the entrance exam so you're the one who doesn't know his place!"

Shirley retorted in a rage as she continued coordinating with Anthony to try and defeat Alexander.

"Ahh…Shit, that hurts…"

Shye muttered to himself as he slowly shook off the dust in his clothes and armor.

"Hoh? You're still fine?"

Theoden Bathory looked arrogantly at Shye and taunted.

"Well, your kicks don't really hurt that much so yeah, I'm fine…" Shye retorted.

Veins popped on Theoden Bathory's head after hearing Shye's words.

"Hahahaha! You still dare act tough after being humiliated? I'll tear your pretentious mask down!"

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