Chapter 309: Smile (1/2)

Seeing Laust coming toward him, Kazunori remained calm as if he wasn't his opponent. He only pulled his bow.

Laust raised his sword to block his attack, but Kazunori took him by surprise as he leaped to the left.

'What? He is leaving the arena?' Laust widened his eyes as he saw Kazunori releasing his arrow before he touched the ground.

The arrow flew straight at Phyrill from his blind spot.

”Phyrill!” Laust shouted in panic before a woman emerged from thin air. ”Invisibility!”

Mami, who just made her appearance, smiled and punched Laust's on the stomach, blowing him away from the arena. ”I'm sorry, but we need this win.”

Bam.

”Laust and Kazumori are out!” Diego announced.

Meanwhile, Phyrill just got pinned to the ground by Kyoichi. That arrow threw off his balance, resulting in Kyoichi throwing him to the ground.

After that, he saw Mami's arrival and made a weird smile. ”It seems this is the end for me. I'm not planning to get hurt.”

Mami swung her dagger to hit him, but Phyrill already said, ”I give up.”

Diego grasped her wrist to stop her while announcing, ”Japan wins!”

”…” Mami remained silent while looking at Phyrill. She couldn't do the same thing as Theo planned to do earlier, which was the same.

The cheers erupted as Phyrill chuckled. ”You are scaring me right now. Luckily, it's not PTSD.”

”…” Mami couldn't understand what he meant and simply glanced at her teammates, wondering if they understood.

Unfortunately, none of them had an answer for her. Phyrill had come to Laust, asking him to return together.

”I guess we fail.” Phyrill chuckled and asked, ”Did you notice it too?”

”What?” Laust frowned.

”I mean, do you feel deja vu when fighting her?”

”…” Laust looked away. ”Well, a bit.”

Phyrill smirked as he noticed Laust's change. Normally, he would remain silent, refusing to answer, but after getting the blessing, he seemed to have matured a bit. It was as if he managed to control a bit of his anger.

Phyrill cheekily laughed and said, ”Right? I thought Theo was my opponent. A beautiful but cunning woman… I guess a Kitsune is a perfect person to bless her.”

Although he didn't want to admit it, Laust also understood that the battle might not go according to Theo's way as there was someone the same type of Theo as their opponent.

After returning to the waiting room, Phyrill waved his hand to Theo. ”Theo, that woman was so scary. I thought I fought against you.”

”…” Theo furrowed his eyebrows and looked down, falling into deep thought.