"Just admit defeat, Master."
Izawa's words caused everyone to fall silent for a moment.
"Previously, you used such despicable methods to prevent me from admitting defeat. Why are you suddenly saying this now?" Kanna looked at her own Spirit-branded Retainer.
"Previously, I tried to dissuade Master because it was impossible to not admit defeat. But now, I've confirmed that it's far too dangerous to stay here. For the sake of Master's safety, I should give up and leave as soon as possible, "Izawa spoke in a serious tone.
It was quite obvious what changed this loyal Spirit-branded Retainer's mind: the deaths of his enemies!
The corpses that resembled withered old trees seemed far too pitiful. It was only natural for him to feel that it would be dangerous to continue.
"I'm quite happy that you've changed your mind, but …" Kanna sighed. "I feel that it's already too late."
"I think so as well," Seiji agreed.
In the current situation, it would be far too easy for Seiji if he could just admit defeat and leave immediately.
Ever since the mist appeared, the rule of "being able to leave safely by admitting defeat" probably didn't exist anymore.
"The Bloodwine Spirit is capable of forbidding participants from attacking the loser. However, it can't forbid those ghosts … My guess is that if I admit defeat, I'll be surrounded and attacked by a large number of ghosts, or something even worse." Something flashed in Seiji's eyes.
"Another way to put it is that we're currently in an incredibly dangerous domain. The only reason we're fine is because of the Bloodwine Spirit, or the existence of the ritual contract.
This domain was created from the Bloodwine Ritualistic tournament. The ritual contract's precedence should be higher than the Bloodwine Ritualistic tournament. That's why the Bloodwine Spirit can't directly harm the participants. It can only rely on the ghosts or those who are possessed to 'defeat' the participants. Or, if the participants defeat the participants, the Bloodwine Spirit will be able to absorb the participants' energy. In other words, the Bloodwine Spirit will be able to steal the participants' flesh and soul.
"If the participants admit defeat and cancel the ritual contract, that's the equivalent of directly exposing themselves to danger! Unless they have a powerful enough power to resist this domain, they won't be able to leave.
"That's just my guess. I don't want to verify it, nor do I want you to verify it.
"… Did you hear me clearly, Ryuuno?" Kanna sighed.
Izawa nodded.
"I'm sorry, Master …"
"Stop wasting time. The most important thing right now is how to survive."
"Winning and becoming the final victor is one possibility," Seiji said. "But I don't think that's possible."
"Even if it's possible, only one team will survive … I don't think that Izawa and I will be able to defeat you and Kagura-san. That's why we're still going to die." Kanna shrugged.
"If I sacrifice myself, it's still possible for me to defeat Haruta-kun," Izawa stated seriously.
"Even if it's a joke, I don't want to hear such a thing, let alone a serious one, Izawa-kun." Seiji smiled wryly.
"Shut up, Ryuuno," Kanna ordered unhappily.
Izawa fell silent.
However, he secretly resolved himself that if he had no choice but to fight against Haruta-kun, he would defeat the latter for his master even if he had to sacrifice his life!
"The other possibility is to follow the mysterious voice I heard to stop someone," Seiji continued.
"That person is probably the creator of this domain. Only by stopping him, which is to remove this domain, can we survive."
"But, the problem is that we don't know who this person is."
"Even if we know who this person is, it won't be easy to find him unless he's a Red Team participant."
When the time was up, the Bloodwine Spirit would allow them to sense the name and location of the Red Team participants again. This wouldn't include the Blue Team participants from the same faction, nor would it include anyone who wasn't a Red Team participant.
"Even if we know who he is and find him, it's still a problem whether or not we can stop him," Kanna added. "Will we be able to deal with the person who created this domain?"
"That's right. That's the final and most important problem." Seiji sighed.
If that person was incredibly powerful to the point where they were impossible to deal with, it would be useless even if they found him. Reality wasn't a game. There was no such thing as a hero being able to defeat the demon king.
"But, we won't know if we don't try … At the very least, we can't just sit around and wait for death," Seiji stated in a heavy tone. "I want to find this person! Although I don't know who he is, there are still clues. "
It was highly likely that this person was the leader of the Revenge Alliance!
The Revenge Alliance's members should know who this so-called leader was. At least one person definitely knew — Daikawa Rota!
And in order to find the Revenge Alliance's members, Seiji would have to go find their targets — the 7321 faction participants!
Seiji didn't want to participate in the Revenge Alliance's battle with the higher-ups. However, he needed to go check out the situation for the sake of himself and his companions.
At this moment, [Enemy Detection] was activated!
Seiji and the others all sensed the names and locations of the Red Team participants.
Many people were missing … it would seem that a major battle had occurred.
Even the 7321 faction participants had lost more than half of their members!
The remaining ones were Natsuki Shuurin, Nobuhiko Kurosaki, and Shigure Tendo …
Wait a moment, Shigure Tendo's perception was rather strange. It was rather hazy.
To use a video game analogy, if everyone else was a clear human-shaped mark on the minimap, then Shigure Tendo was a human-shaped mosaic.
Was he possessed by a ghost?
No, those who were possessed wouldn't be sensed, because they had already been defeated.
Then why was his perception in such a state? It was as if there was some signal interference …
Just as Seiji and the others were wondering about this, Seiji and the others sensed that Shigure Tendo had approached Natsuki Shuurin. Right after that, Natsuki was judged to have been defeated!
Shigure Tendo killed off his companions!?
However, the 7321 faction members probably didn't have much of a friendship with each other. They were only a temporary team. It wouldn't be strange at all for them to have internal strife.
Did they begin internal strife after defeating the Revenge Alliance?
Seiji felt that this was rather abnormal when he sensed that Shigure Tendo was rapidly killing off his "companions".
It was too fast!
Even if Shigure Tendo was incredibly strong, the speed at which he killed off his companions was far too fast. He only needed an instant to kill off one person! It was as if the others weren't even resisting and were just waiting for him to kill them off.
Was this the legendary one-hit kill?
Compared to this, Seiji felt that this had to do with Shigure's abnormal perception.
This hazy perception was probably because Shigure Tendo was currently in a special state where even the Bloodwine Spirit was unable to communicate with him. This state gave him incredible combat strength, but also caused him to lose the ability to distinguish friend from foe!
What happened next seemed to confirm Seiji's conjecture.
Shigure Tendo stopped in front of a tournament participant named Keimi Umetani. His perception suddenly became clearer, but then immediately became hazy again. This process repeated itself.
This Keimi Umetani was his partner.
Shigure Tendo was currently struggling to control himself from killing off his partner! That was what Seiji believed.
Seiji felt as if he could see the scene — Shigure Tendo was in a special state, as if he was possessed by a ghost. He was currently facing off against his partner, Keimi Umetani, and was doing his very best to control his berserk spirit and power.
In the end … he failed.
Keimi Umetani was judged to have failed as well, meaning that she was killed off.
Shigure Tendo's perception became even more hazy. He stopped in his original location for a while before he speedily started moving.
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