349: The Curtain Falls (Allen)

I had fought with every ounce of strength I possessed, but in the end, my blade never even grazed Darius.

"See ya, Allen. Nice moves back there."

The moment I went down, a startling announcement echoed through the area.

The glittering light of Forced Teleportation swept over me in a brilliant flash.

When I finally opened my eyes, I found myself collapsed back at our initial starting point. And to my utter shock—exactly as the announcement had proclaimed—Weiss was sitting right there.

"To think that even you would fall..." Weiss muttered.

"...Shut it."

"My master has not lost! He fought Teacher Milk to a standstill!"

...Wait, who?

"I am Malice, the loyal subordinate of Lord Weiss!"

A woman with a killer figure and some... very revealing clothes was standing right there. Before I could even ask who on earth she was, Shari appeared and filled me in.

Apparently, this was that "Debi."

...Wait, what? Since when did she look like that?!

Weiss walked past, his head hanging in a rare show of dejection as Lady Cynthia and her group led him away.

I’ve never seen him look like that before.

But just as Malice had claimed, Teacher Milk was indeed standing nearby. Uncharacteristically, she actually showed a faint shadow of fatigue. So, the claim that it was a draw must have been true.

I waited there for a while, watching as Darius systematically picked off the rest of the students. The sheer number of monsters must have been too much for them; they likely ran out of Mana trying to cope.

Teacher Milk stood there, gazing out at the distant battlefield. Teacher Coco looked like she was having the time of her life messing with Weiss, while Teacher Chloe remained as stoic and expressionless as ever.

The match finally came to a complete end several hours later. With Darius still standing, our defeat was officially confirmed.

Darius eventually made his way back and addressed the assembled students.

"There are no Survival Points to be had, so the rankings will be calculated by Defeat Points. First place goes to Weiss. He took down Teacher Milk at the same time as the Shrine. Weiss was also the one who first managed to halt us teachers. You could say he's responsible for the greatest achievement of the day."