Rise My Elementals! - Chapter 750: Teaming up

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

Honestly, Osborne already felt that Guild Leader Loki had approached him not only to ask about how he was feeling but also to talk about something else. He just wasn’t able to comprehend what exactly it was. But now, he finally understood the reason why.

“Hayst… Just say it,” Osborne replied helplessly. Suppose he was in a better state compared to right now. In that case, he’d definitely not accept any cooperation from anyone, even if it was coming from Guild Leader Loki. After all, they are now in the semi-finals, where all three of them would have to face each other. To be more precise, regardless of him cooperating with anyone, they would still eventually end up as enemies in one of the rounds. So, it’s better to do everything alone right from the start. He thought, “Whether I cooperate with someone or not, in my case right now, there’s still no chance for me to become the champion. But, cooperating with Guild Leader Loki might increase my chances of getting second place. Getting the second place is undoubtedly a lot better than just getting third place, right?”

“My plan is…” Leo started whispering his plan to Osborne.

“As expected, hahaha!” Osborne said with a chuckle. It was exactly as what he had thought; Guild Leader Loki is proposing a deal that will help him get second place, whereas the latter will become the champion. Their target? Obviously, it’s none other than Edgar Pierce, the only barrier that can prevent any of them from successfully achieving their plan.

“As long as you help me, aside from the prize you will get for getting the second place, I will also give you something else personally,” Leo’s lips slowly formed into a mischievous smile.

Seeing Guild Leader Loki’s smile, Osborne can’t help but ask in curiosity, “What exactly do you mean about giving me something else personally? Would you be giving it to me as the person with the name Loki, or would you give it to me as the rich and powerful Guild Leader Loki of the Mischievous Lion Guild? I just want to make sure. After all, these two things meant a completely different story to you, right?”

“If it is okay to ask, is the one talking to me now you? Or is it Guild Leader Orcborg?” Leo also wanted to confirm something.

“Is that even important?” Osborne shrugged his shoulder off, implying that he didn’t plan on answering Guild Leader Loki’s question.

“I guess not,” Leo replied. Since Osborne doesn’t seem to plan on revealing to him the truth, which honestly speaking, he can actually already guess what; he’d just have to proceed with what he intended to say. He continued, “Rest assured, I will be giving you something else as the Guild Leader of the Mischievous Lion Guild. Just a clue, it is an item that you can either use to harm someone or use to benefit yourself. It’s entirely up to you to decide what you will do with it, except for selling it to someone else,”

“Although, before I give you this special item, I would have to ask everyone present to sign an Oath to keep the item confidential and not to give it to anyone else aside from yourselves. Otherwise, trouble will come after me, and that includes you as well,” Leo didn’t forget to warn them with a solemn tone in his voice.

“If it’s that important, then why are you giving it to us? Instead, you could just think of something else to give that won’t cause neither of us any sort of trouble,” Osborne conveyed.

“Isn’t that what an alliance is for?” Leo explained.

“Indeed… Convey it to him… Ehem!” Osborne coughed to hide his mistake. He continued, “I mean to say, I agree,”

“Then, let’s shake hands to mark that we both agree with the deal,” Leo put his right hand forward.

“No problem,” Osborne accepted Guild Leader Loki’s hand and shook it.

With that done, Leo then returned his attention back to Elmont, who was preparing to announce how the semi-finals would work.

Not long after, Elmont started explaining, “There would be a total of six fights in the semi-finals amongst the three remaining players. This means to say that all three players will be able to experience fighting against each other for at least two times,”

“The mechanics are very simple. The first player who will get three wins will be able to proceed to the finals, and the first player who will get two wins after that will be the former’s opponent. As for the person who only received one point, he’d get the third spot for this year’s Emerald Elven Battle Competition and could no longer participate in the grand-finals!”

“But, that’s not all,” Elmont raised his hand, implying that his explanation hadn’t yet ended.

“Here it comes,” Leo and Osborne muttered together.

Elmont continued, “There have been two cases in the previous Emerald Elven Battle Competition in the past where the fight went for eight rounds instead of six rounds because all three players got two wins each. So, we have changed some rules in order to make the fight fair for all three players if ever that happens again in this year’s Emerald Elven Battle Competition,”

“As we all know already, during those two previous cases, after one of the players earned three wins, the next players who would win would always be the person who received the least amount of injuries, since their opponents are already unable to continue fighting anymore, or even if they could, they won’t even be able to last for a minute and could only choose to surrender in their fight,”

“We realized that this is truly unfortunate and unfair for those players who have experienced this problem in the past as they have also worked really hard to get two wins, but they still end up losing just because their bodies could no longer continue to fight. Such a minuscule difference that strips them away of their chance to be placed higher is what we meant about it being unfortunate and unfair. And not only that, the grand-final had become a one-sided fight because of the same problem as well,”

“With that being said, if ever Guild Leader Loki, Osborne, and Edgar Pierce would get two wins each during the six rounds fight, then we will immediately proceed to the grand-finals, which is going to be a battle royal!” Elmont finally revealed the change of rules. After a few seconds, he started explaining the rules of the battle royal, “I am assuming that the majority of people watching already know what a battle royal means. But for those who don’t know what it means, it means that all three players will fight against each other on a single stage until only one player remain standing among them! And that person would be crowned as the champion. In contrast, the other two players who lost would get third and second place depending on when they were defeated during the battle royal. In other words, the first player that got defeated would get the third place, and the second one would get the second place,”

After hearing Elmont’s words, Edgar Pierce immediately turned to look at Guild Leader Loki and Osborne, who were gathered together in the opposite corner. Coincidentally, the both of them were also looking at him with an apparent scheming look on their respective faces.

“You guys…!”

It was only at this moment that Edgar Pierce finally understood the exact reason why Guild Leader Loki had suddenly left him and went to the side of Osborne. Initially, he thought that Guild Leader Loki only went to Osborne to ask him if he was okay and whether he could still continue fighting or not. After all, they were allies before the Battle Competition had begun. So, to express his concern to his ally is not strange at all. But it turns out that it was actually nothing of that sort! The reason why Guild Leader Loki had gone to Osborne is obviously because they knew from the very beginning of such information and planned to use it against him!

“Oh, I thought that with the status of the Pierce Noble Household in the Emerald Tree Kingdom, they could get this secret information beforehand and inform you about it in advance to prepare you for this moment,” Osborne said before letting out a mocking laugh.

“Where the heck would we even get that information when almost everything about both the Emerald Event and Emerald Elven Battle Competition has always been rated as classified information that only members of the Evergreen Royal Family would know so as to prevent any member of the Noble Households from knowing anything about it  in advance and use it to their advantage!” Edgar Pierce rebutted. But then, he suddenly realized something. Considering that his Highness, Elmont, is part of Guild Leader Loki and Osborne’s alliance, it could naturally explain how the two of them knew about the battle royal. In addition to that, rumors have spread around the Emerald City about Princess Tila being interested in Guild Leader Loki and that she had even invited him once to go to the Evergreen Royal Family’s castle to have some tea. It could only be either of those two reasons how they have gotten that information which even the Noble Households in the Emerald Tree Kingdom don’t know a thing.

While Edgar Pierce was in the middle of his deep thoughts, Elmont suddenly interrupted him by announcing, “Let’s begin the semi-finals!”