There was no despair or sha in Eren's voice that Roody was expecting. It sounded like he was just saying the usual things. Like two plus two equals four. And in this case, it was.
But that didn't stop Roody from being dumbfounded by Eren's nonchalant expression.
"You… are you serious?"
Eren nodded before replying
"I am. I would have accepted my loss right now if it was allowed to."
Roody didn't reply after that. For so reason, Eren's rational words made all the irritation Roody had accumulated in his heart vanish into thin air. So he sighed and proceeded forward to have his inter-year ranking match.
Just as Eren had said, White Raven had lost against Roody's Wreckers. Eren and his team had improved trendously over these three months. But without the battle passes, they couldn't fill the gap of power and experience they had with their opponents who were equally hard-working as them if not more.
Eren didn't put much of his efforts into the match either. That's because he wanted to pacify the second-year students with his loss. The butcher thought one huge win was enough for the ti. He didn't mind losing so rps in favour of second-year students leaving him alone. He couldn't say he liked losing his rps, but he had made peace with it.
"Guys like you are rare, Eren Idril. Glad to have t you, even when it was not on the best of terms. Let's grab a few drinks soti."
Roody brought his hand forward for a handshake with Eren and the latter accepted his gesture. The forr smiled lightly before starting retiring from the battle with his entire team.
"Eren, why did you tell us not to give our best efforts in winning the match? We had a fighting chance, you know."
Becky complained like always. Eren smiled like he didn't an it before replying:
"No, WE didn't. You all are too green to think that you could win against second-year students without the battle passes.
I had a fighting chance if I were to fight only two of them, excluding Roody. I could have taken care of them using Renita the way I did last ti.
Of course, they would have been prepared for my moves, so it would have been a lot more difficult. So I would have been taken out as well as soon as I got rid of their tank and fog-elent guy.
I certainly couldn't have stood a chance against Roody."
Jake heard Eren's statent and agreed with him fully. But he added his own thoughts as well:
"I think Eren didn't want us to conflict with the second year. Sotis taking a step back can help you go a long way."
Eren looked at Jake and patted his shoulder before comnting
"Spoken like a true businessman in the making. I have high hopes for you, Jakey. My White Raven shop isn't going to run by itself.
By the way, you guys should worry about the upcoming Besanc missions. I'm sure you must have started attending the live demos already."
Everyone affird what Eren was asking them. The Besanc was going to open for most first-year students who had sufficient prowess and battle experience to participate in Besanc missions now.
Eren had been preparing his teammates for these missions for a long while now. The Besanc team missions were lucrative in terms of money and resources. But why were they equally dangerous as well.
Most of the first-year parties would have their teammates heavily injured or killed in the Besanc missions. That would result in parties being dispersed and new parties getting ford as a result.
The butcher didn't want to put his efforts into recruiting mbers he couldn't completely trust because of the danger level of these missions. Neither would he shy away from those missions.
That's why he had invested so much ti, effort, and resources into his teammates. It was almost ti to receive dividends on that investnt.
But before that, Eren needed to et with a certain person using one of his aliases for one last ti. That was because he had received an interesting ssage from that person.
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"You sure took your ti getting here, Ronny. I hope everything's alright. Perhaps you have new followers now? Hehe!"
Julie Ekheart comnted right after she saw Ronny AKA Ron Damien co to the place they had t and drunk before. She had used Eren's anonymous contact thod that he had shared with her to contact him.
Eren had decided to burn his Ronny aliases for good. And he wouldn't have co here even for this bodacious beauty. But the offer she had presented him with was tempting.
Ronny had worn a face mask like every other participant in the auction event. Furthermore, he hadn't been captured by the recording device. So his face was still a mystery. The bounties announced on him only contained him with his mask on.
So nobody would have suspected Ronny to be the sa person who was currently one of the most-wanted criminals. But Jules was different. Because she had co in contact with him before this kingdom-shaking event took place.
Julie had connected the dots between the Ronny she t and Ron Damien that was currently being talked about throughout the kingdom. That was because of Ronny's talk with her.
Ronny had said to Julie that he was serving as a middle man between his employer and his custors in the underground market. And Ron Damien in the news was said to have conducted an auction event of a few peculiar ranking items.
So Julie contacted Ronny and asked him to co to et her. She wanted him to be a part of her organization. An organization with which she couldn't allow her association made public.
Just like Eren, Julie had another facet to her. She was a cultist too!
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AN: Thanks Waakaranai for your gift. Hope you catch up with the latest storyline soon.. You are way too behind lol.
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