Rise My Elementals! - Chapter 762: If you can’t beat them, then join them

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

“What… what do you mean…? You… you surrender?” Edgar Pierce asked in disbelief.

“Do you want me to say it again?” Osborne asked. He repeated himself once more, but this time he would make sure that Edgar Pierce could understand so he wouldn’t have to repeat himself over and over again, “I surrender! I give up! I don’t want to fight! Save me! Get me out of here! Help me!”

“You are not kidding with me, right?” Edgar Pierce asked to confirm. He is familiar with Osborne. So, he knows that the latter won’t do something as shameful as giving up. Even if the fight is not in his favor or that he will surely lose, he’d still not give up and continue fighting. Just looking at him not giving up despite sustaining various kinds of severe injuries after his fight against Selina, one could already guess just how tenacious his character is. Therefore, it’s very strange for him to suddenly choose to give up this time around.

Clicking his tongue softly, Osborne replied, “I am serious. I don’t want to fight against you. And besides, with all the preparation you have done, do you seriously still expect me to continue fighting? Doing so would not change my Fate of losing against you. The only difference is I either lose without any injuries or lose and end up not being able to continue fighting in the later rounds. If you were me, what do you think you would choose?”

Heaving a heavy sigh of resignation, Edgar Pierce canceled all of his Magic spells. Since Osborne had decided to give up, he had no other choice but to comply.

“Since my fight with Edgar Pierce is done, let’s start with my fight against Guild Leader Loki,” Osborne suggested to the staff. After saying that, he crossed his legs together on the floor and started recuperating his stamina and energy.

Seeing Osborne’s action, the staff turned to look at Guild Leader Loki and asked, “Is this alright?”

“Don’t worry,” Leo replied. He started walking opposite from the opposite corner of Osborne and said to the staff, “What are you waiting for?”

“Oh,” The staff quickly pulled himself together before raising his hand above his head. He waved his hand and announced, “Let the fight begin!”

In the next moment, Leo sat crossed-legged on the floor, just like Osborne did.

“Are you both kidding me?!” Edgar Pierce exclaimed loudly.

“Shut your mouth! You are disturbing us,” Leo reprimanded Edgar Pierce.

“Shut your mouth-my-ass! Why the heck would I even shut up just because you told me to?!” Edgar Pierce didn’t comply with Guild Leader Loki.

“That’s because you can also recuperate your own stamina and energy while we do the same. Just mind your own business and don’t disturb us,” Osborne was the one who replied.

“Tch!” Edgar Pierce snickered. Supposedly he indeed allowed Guild Leader Loki and Osborne to rest and recuperate their stamina and energy. In that case, even if he can also do the same, but as a result of that action, there would no longer be any sort of advantages between the three of them. For example, Osborne’s state is quite severe at this moment. Thus, anyone who would fight against him could easily get a win. However, if he’s able to recover, then it would become a completely different story. He can’t allow that to happen. After all, a single Guild Leader Loki is already too much trouble for him to handle, let alone adding Osborne in the tray.

Unbeknownst to Edgar Pierce, this was exactly what Leo and Osborne wanted to happen. And the reason for that would soon be revealed.

“For goodness’ sake, this is a Battle Competition! So, why would the two of you be resting instead of fighting?! That is not what the people came here for! They want to see you fight! To see two or more people striving to become the champion of the Emerald Elven Battle Competition! Not a bunch of pussies who would sit crossed-legged on the ground and rest in order to recuperate their stamina and energy!” Edgar Pierce smile cunningly.

“Indeed, that’s what we came here for! We want to see a fight! Blood being spilled! People getting injured! That’s what we want to see!”

“If you don’t want to fight, then get out of the stage and just give up!”

“Edgar Pierce is right! If you are just going to sit crossed-legged on the floor and not fight, then what’s the purpose of the new set of changes that the Evergreen Royal Family has made! They might as well abolish it because it shows no uses at all!”

That’s right! This was exactly like what Edgar Pierce wanted to do. He wants to pressure Guild Leader Loki and Osborne using the spectators to prevent them from what they are trying to achieve right now and make them fight. By doing so, they won’t be able to continue with their plan and would have no other choice but to break their alliance. Hence, he won’t have to worry anymore about the two of them working together to defeat him.

Hearing the voices full of displeasure and anger coming from the spectators, Leo and Osborne both opened their eyes at the same time before slowly standing up.

“Yes! You should be fighting instead of teaming up!” Edgar Pierce became excited while looking at Guild Leader Loki and Osborne.

But just when Edgar Pierce wanted to celebrate, he suddenly paused as he noticed both Guild Leader Loki and Osborne were wearing mischievous smiles on their respective faces.

“This… Don’t’ tell me,” Edgar Pierce was able to quickly realize what was about to happen. After all, he had already thought of this assumption previously.

“I surrender!”

This time it wasn’t Osborne who surrendered, but Guild Leader Loki instead.

“What the fuck is wrong with you!” Edgar Pierce felt like dying after hearing Guild Leader Loki’s words. Every time he wanted to celebrate something, the situation would always take a sudden turn for the worst. Just what on Celestial World did he do to Guild Leader Loki for him to keep on doing this to him?! Can he at least give him a few moments of celebration?

Edgar Pierce felt a bit discouraged.

“Are you sure?” The staff asked one more time to confirm whether Guild Leader Loki was truly going to give up or not. In his opinion, this is an excellent opportunity for the latter to get a free win out of Osborne, just like what Edgar Pierce had done before. So, it would be such a waste to waste it and surrender like this.

“I don’t like fighting someone who is severely injured. That was the main reason why I wanted to let Osborne recuperate his stamina and energy just now. If I fight against him with his current state, how different would that be to fighting someone who is a cripple? Would anyone of you feel proud of doing such a despicable thing? Aside from that, to take advantage of Osborne right now would be like taking advantage of an old man. I don’t do something like that, so I give up,” Leo explained, sounding really convincing to everyone.

The art of bullshitting, this was something that he had learned from Ethan before. And according to such art, as long as one uses the line ‘Cripple’ and ‘Old man’ as a comparison to something and call it despicable, it would work in the majority of the situations similar to what he is experiencing right now.

“What bullshit are you talking about?!  You are clearly teaming up with Osborne, and you simply want to give him a free win so that he would have fewer worries,” Edgar Pierce didn’t hesitate to object.

“Oh, what did I just hear? Are you perhaps encouraging me to take advantage of Osborne, who’s in the state very similar to a cripple and an old man?” Leo asked.

“Of cour…” Edgar Pierce quickly paused. He thought, “I nearly fall for that. What a scheming bastard!”

Realizing what Guild Leader Loki planned on doing, Edgar Pierce continued with what he was going to say, “Of course not! Who would even do something like that? But regardless, this is a Battle Competition. Anyone who participates here long knew beforehand the consequences of participating in this event! If you surrender just because you assumed that Osborne is like a cripple and an old man, then you should probably just give up now since you’d probably be giving up as well once I become severely injured like Osborne,”

“Why do you think I would do that?” Leo felt a bit intrigued at how Edgar Pierce tackled his previous line. He was really hoping he’d fall for that and end up being labeled as a despicable person by all the spectators.

“Why else? Since you would do that for Osborne, what’s holding you back from doing the same to me too?” Edgar Pierce scoffed.

Leo felt ridiculous after hearing Edgar Pierce’s words. He shook his head before replying, “Are you my friend?”

Instantly, Edgar Pierce was rendered dumbstruck. Indeed, he was not Guild Leader Loki’s friend, so why would the latter do something like that? He honestly can’t believe that he had forgotten to consider their relationship. He kept on assuming that they were allies and forgot that they could be friends as well. That’s why Guild Leader Loki was doing this for Osborne. Considering that their teams had worked together up until now, there are plenty of opportunities in between to establish a friendly relationship with each other.

Heaving a sigh of resignation once more, Edgar Pierce decided to no longer pursue the matter. Since Guild Leader Loki and Osborne seem to be quite serious with their pursuit of scoring two wins for each of the three of them, he might as well prepare for the Battle Royal than keep on troubling himself with these minuscule things. Anyways, there’s no helping it with the two of them working together.

There was a very popular saying in the Noble Households of the Emerald Tree Kingdom that Edgar Pierce had heard in the past. It says, “If you can’t beat them, then join them!”

Since it is impossible for him to try and change the result, Edgar Pierce thought, “I might as well work together with Guild Leader Loki and Osborne to meet the requirements needed for the Battle Royal. After that, I will go all out while making them understand that I want to fight fair and square to get the championship for this year’s Emerald Elven Battle Competition. I hope that they will take my words seriously and disband their alliance. However, if it doesn’t work… Well, I can only blame my luck for trying to risk something as stupid as this, hahaha!”