Chapter 193.

PART 1.

“Welcome everyone, we’re joining you live from the Castle Arena. I am Michael Severance, with my partner Samudra Sharma. All the teams have gathered here for the award ceremony, after the final match between Europa and Subcontinent.” Said Michael.

“Full of twists and turns, that match is among the most controversial in the League’s history.” Said Samudra, and the clip of Hatori’s sudden flinch and the withdrawal of his hand is played.

“Despite that, the Subcontinent has won this league handily, having no losses on their record. That is very rare to see, I hope these kids are proud of themselves.” Said Michael.

“Trust me, Michael, they are proud.” Said Samudra.

The teams in third and second place receive their awards. This is cut by the author to save the digital pages. probably because he couldn’t find any way to build up more plot in that route. You should know he is incompetent like that.

“And now, the winners of this year’s league, the Subcontinental Academy!” announced the woman over the arena, while Samudra and Michael commentated on the highlights of the team’s performances.

Avinash is on the front, and Hatori is next to him. The rest are behind them. the crowd cheers as he lifts the trophy, showing it off by holding it aloft for everyone to admire. “A demonstration of great physical strength by the Subcontinental captain, as that trophy is not exactly a light one,” said Michael.

“That is correct.” Said Samudra. “I wonder whether he might decide to practice weightlifting with it in the future?”

As they start to walk out, the crowd sees King Albus. Immediately, the chants of “Whipped! Whipped! Whipped!” started to echo in the arena, and the king was too flustered to give his speech.

The team of Europa is also booed by the crowd. ‘Yes, we fucked up. no need to rub it in.’ thought Peter privately.

PART 2.

They arrive at their hotel, and Avinash asks the question after putting the trophy in the middle of the suite. “Alright, who knows the object storage runes here? We can’t carry this by hand everywhere all the time.”

Hatori is the only one to raise his hands. “Great. Seal it in.” Some symbols flash over the trophy without Hatori moving from his chair, and these symbols disappear just as quickly as they appear.

They saw them disappearing under his sleeves, and Avinash nodded after this was done. “And now, we wait to hear about how exactly are we going to leave this country.”

“I get the feeling it won’t be peaceful.” Muttered Hatori, but none of them heard him, as they were busy talking with each other. He is also worried since he has not seen the coach coming back from the stadium yet.

PART 3.

Albus watches dispassionately, as Dimitri is taken on a stretcher after a beating. It was their good luck that they found the coach separated from the kids in the crowd. from there, they nabbed him and brought him inside of the castle. the man did not come easily though, and even after being imprisoned and beaten, did not break.

Though Albus has to abandon the plans of buying the loyalty of the coach, he succeeds in denying the kids the adult figure they need. He has made arrangements for Porus and other monarchs to send them away in grand fashion, but the team from the Subcontinent will not be leaving with their king. instead of an airship, they will leave by the sea.

“Go inform the children about the change of plans.” He said to his aid, who quickly complied with his orders.

PART 4.

“Bullshit!” exploded Josh and Praduman after the aid leaves. “There is no reason for them to not let us leave with Porus.” Continued Josh.

“Though I do agree with them, I still fail to see what is so bad about going through the sea route?” asked Tom.

“They could have easily sent us with Porus, but they are keeping us separated from him, and sending us back with a slowest method of transport.” Explained Avinash.

“I suspect we might end up shipwrecked in the middle as well,” said Hatori, offering his own paranoid sense.

“Bullshit!” said Praduman, this time Ravina accompanied him.

Hatori stared at them unamused. Though it is true he can be much more paranoid than them, a consequence of his training and upbringing, so he often takes their jokes about his paranoia in stride. But this time, he feels completely correct in his assumption, so he is not amused by their immediate denial.

“Damn. You’re serious.” Said Ravina, finally realizing the situation.

“Of course, I am not kidding.” He spoke. “Besides, haven’t you noticed one thing? Dimitri hasn’t returned yet.”

PART 5.

“What?” roared Porus, rattling the windows. “Why are you separating my team from me? and why me only?”

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“Look, do you honestly want a war over just this simple solution? I told you I don’t have enough airships—” Porus gives a wordless snarl of rage, and storms out of the office.

He does not want to deal with this fool. Threatening war over mere transportation. How the hell he has remained the ruler of this country for so long? Ah yes. those mosquitos helped him. if only he and Zuo Chi could succeed in ending their existence fifty years ago, they wouldn’t have this problem now.

Albus feels calm after Porus leaves. He nearly loosened his bowels. Why must the man be so angry all the time? besides, his threat of war is not empty. He has a very powerful navy; he could lock the entire Subcontinent out of the world trade if he wanted to. maybe that is why Porus is so angry? That he cannot do anything about it?

“Whatever. Now, the final step.” He smiled.

They thought they could get away by humiliating him, but these children will learn the final lesson of their lives: never mess with a monarch.

PART 6.

At the port where their ship is docked, there is a swarm of reporters covering their leave. Since the Subcontinental team is the final one to leave, they are getting all the attention. Away from the reporters, however, Avinash is having a conversation with Albus, while Hatori and others keep the attention of the press.

“Where is Dimitri?” he asked.

“Oh, he must be around.” Said Albus. “I am sure he will join you on your ship.”

“Right. give the real answer, and be quick about it,” said Avinash.

“What? How dare you speak to me like that? For all I know, your coach may have left already, after getting tired of your disrespect.” Said Albus.

“I don’t think so.” Said Avinash, glaring at the Albion king. “I suspect you did something. He is alive, or else I’ll come back with my team, and beat you so badly that not even those Succubi will be able to make you move.”

Done with his threat, Avinash motions everyone to join him on the gangplank and leave this country already. The press, having spoken to the team at length already, takes a picture as they all climb to the ship, the trophy nowhere to be seen.

All the while their king stands in the corner, trembling in fear, ignored by everyone. ‘Why am I surrounded by monsters?’ he thought to himself. ‘Amelia is right. We have to destroy these aberrations, or they will burn the world.’

He finally stops trembling once the ship leaves the dock and the team leaves his lands officially.

PART 7.

The capital of the Subcontinent is facing a siege. The general decides that he will have the heads of whoever thought that they could cut the protections since the kings are always there to raise the wards.

Meanwhile, Vivek is terrified out of his skin. He thought it would be easy to beat up some low-class soldiers. what can they do, hit him with their weak magic? instead, he has to slink around in fear, as some high-level magic is thrown around so casually everywhere. One hit and he will be dead or crippled for life.

He spied a young squad and attacked them. unfortunately, the battle wasn’t that long, if it can be called that. That Wretch Raven beat him so easily, and now he is their prisoner. But for the most part, judging by the news, the siege is going in their favor. So, Vivek is hopeful that he will get his freedom, and extract his own pound of flesh from these inferior mages.

PART 8.

The team is on the deck, anxiously looking at the sea. Things are not looking up. the crew has refused to speak with them, and a line has been drawn between them. Hatori is waiting for something bad to happen, and when he senses a large spell, he is ready for the lurch that follows it.

“What’s going on?” asked Daphne.

“Water is filling the ship.” Said Josh, looking at the deck below.

“I see, you kids are sharper.” Said the captain. “But that won’t help you. now, hand over the trophy.”

“In your dreams,” said Avinash, not willing to give up despite being outnumbered.

“Listen, kid,” said the captain, “We’re not some competitors in a ring here. we will kill you if you resist us.”

Instead of replying with words, Avinash launches a stream of fire at the captain by waving his foci. Hatori, Tom, and Praduman support him, while others go down to salvage the situation below. Josh starts to freeze the water to stop the sinking, but he knows this is a temporary solution.

Meanwhile, the captain is seeing Hatori racking up the body count. Already the boy has killed three of his crew, and two of them are crippled by those two boys. “Dammit.” He moves to stop this chaos, but he gets caught up by Avinash’s spell, and the fire clings to him, turning him into a chard mess.

The ship gives another lurch, and the teens go down the deck, while the surviving crew members pursue them. “Leave it, it is pointless.” Said Avinash.

They barge into the emergency room and grab the raft. The crew members try to take the remaining ones, but Hatori burns them before they can go into the water. a large wave comes at the ship, and it breaks in half due to its force.

None of the crew survived, but the team managed to escape on the raft. It expanded as soon as it touched the water, and now they are huddled close to each other on this small boat, having no other choice but to trust the waves to take them wherever they wish.