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Meanwhile, in another location—In front of the first square spread before Class-24’s base.

With ragged breath and sweating profusely, Starkeus, their leader, somehow made it to his class's base.

"*Huff* *Huff* Haa *Huff* shit..."

Feeling the strained breathing, while constantly pondering about Class-24's future, Starkeus's mind was completely drained down. 

At this moment, he had long forgotten to take revenge against Class-1. Now, his mind was only concerned with how to sail through the troubled time and fit themselves into the 2nd slot.

"*Huff* Shit...*Huff*... it wouldn't have *huff* come to this if only they hadn't escaped! Now I have even lost Gou!"

Instead, the direction of his fury now turned toward Class-45.

From what he had concluded, Class-1 shouldn't have gone scot free as long Class-45 would have worked together with them, but their audacity, they escaped at the first sight of Class-1, tail tucked between their legs, leading to collapse of Class-24. He believed the situation wouldn't have even come to this if Class-45 hadn't rushed to pursue the Class-2's members. 

At this moment, Starkeus had completely glossed over the shortcomings of his own decision, and censured Class-45 in his mind.

"So you're back huh. And looking at your state, they sure had you gone through hell."

"—You bastards!!"

Hearing the sudden voice, Starkeus turned around to find Gin, leader of Class-45, standing in front of him.

All the negative thoughts boiling in Starkeus's mind burst forth at the moment when he saw him.

"You're too slow!! Now what brings you here after pulling that cowardly move, huh?! Your class never even listened to me, and neither you tried to make them comply, instead they just went around chasing after Class-2. But when we encountered Class-1 all of a sudden, y'all run away! It was us who had to pay the heavy price!! First of all—!!?"

Once the lid was removed, Starkeus's anger flooded his mind, and launched a barrage of complaints… before abruptly stopping. He looked again at the opponent class and realised Class-45 wasn't there alone. 

He saw the whole crowd of Class-99 and Class-116 standing behind him.

"H-Hey, Gin. What's the meaning of all this?"

Starkeus unwittingly found himself asking the question, forgetting even his anger. 

"They're from Class-99 and Class-116. You see, I have got them to help us out.

Gin remarked instantly. 

As Starkeus gradually comprehended the meaning of his words, his eyes widened, and looked at Gin in a new light, a dubious smile spreading on his face.

"Haha, hahaha, ahahahahaha!! Oh gosh, you should have informed it beforehand, but well done, Gin!! Hahaha! I didn't think about adding Class-99 and Class-116 in the plan, but anyway, with these many numbers, we can keep going still! Yeah, it's not yet over for us. Class-1 shouldn't be a problem now!! We're definitely going to win against them next time!! Hehehehehe!!"

Starkeus was overcome with joy.

Their class only had a bit above 10 members left, meanwhile he was seeing at least 70 of Class-45, Class-99 and Class-116 members. It was a huge troop of 80 members over all. He was no longer thinking about surviving, because he was now sure they could make a strong comeback definitely.

Winning over Class-1. It wasn't so impossible anymore, again. Mentally, he had already come up with a strategy to win over this one.

The chance was nothing short of finding a straw to cling in the tumultuous sea. 

Just as he was rejoicing over it, Gin however shattered his thought process.

"I think you didn't get what we're playing here."

"—Hahaha, hahahaha... come again?"

Starkeus wild laughter transformed into a doubt. His joy abated when he saw Gin's, and so was of the people standing behind him, gaze carrying a sharp glint, detached from a friendly look.

"Haha, what do you mean, Gin? Are you saying you have something else to plan?"

Despite his shortcomings, Starkeus had a good head on his shoulder, so it didn't take him much to guess Gin's intention.

Gin spinned his words, his voice left no room for ambiguity.

"We, Class-45, are annulling our alliance with your Class-24. I am sure you already know why, don't you? You no longer have the strength to be of any use."

—Annulment of alliance. 

As there were no official rules pertaining to that, the formation or destruction of alliance always happened by the opinion of respective sides. Nevertheless, they did have an unspoken rule between them; the alliance shouldn't be broken without a valid reason. 

At the end, the point of alliance was to cooperate against another formidable enemy, but there was no meaning in keeping that collaboration if one side loses its fighting power, or if a power imbalance rises between them. They're not here for charity after all.

Now, Class-24 was very much in that predicament. The only thing that sustained the alliance was their shared interest, yet if it breaks, there was no point in keeping them.

Anyway, putting aside the rest of so and so details, the situation was one now where the alliance held no meaning for one side.

If Class-24 had a problem, they could take up their arms... but they lacked the force to go against them. It would simply be a one-sided trampling. 

But—Gin was announcing the annulment of their alliance in front of their base.

Starkeus realised what Gin was attempting here, evident from the throbbing blue vein on his forehead.

"Don't give me that shit!! Who do you think lead you to win against Class-2!!? Also, the danger of Class-1 still looms ahead! And have you forgotten there are also other classes like Class-15 and etc?! You're overestimating yourself too much if you believe you can win against them! You wouldn't have even won earlier if not for my job———?!"

An indignant Starkeus snarked back, however his words were cut short—no, he was made to cut short, physically.

Gin had prompted his spear skill «Beheading Spear» and launched a slanted slash starting from the tip of Starkeus's shoulder. 

Starkeus's eyes were widened in shock. He hadn't expected Gin would promptly launch an attack after announcing annulment of their alliance, an act that was frowned upon in typical scenarios.

Except, he didn’t realise it, but he was the maker of his own doom. He had dragged around Class-45, instead of treating them as equivalent.

Class-45 had followed Class-24's order to catch Class-2 in a pincer attack, but they're made to hold back when it was time to reap benefits. This was no longer an alliance of cooperation, but Starkeus being an authoritarian.

Class-45 were all forced to join in the strategy of his own making. 

The alliance had long lost its meaning. If they're not taken as someone equivalent, then they also don't need to stick to the do-or-don't of an alliance. This was the phrasing of Gin. 

They just had never tied the alliance, and he demonstrated by his actions.

"You know, Starkeus. It wouldn't have come to this if you had looked at Class-45 more."

"Bull—shi—t—"

"Grit your teeth, Starkeus. —«Crag Impaler»!"

*Thud!*

A rock with a high penetrative trait—a third order skill—slammed against Starkeus. Given the lack of his endurance and all for having a support job, the skill instantly reaped away all his HP and deported him out of the arena.

"Don't take it personally, Starkeus. It’s just, the situation is no longer the same. Class-2 has been eliminated. Class-15 and Class-58 seemed to have suffered irreversible damage. In the present scenario, the contest is between Class-1, your Class-24 and us, Class-45. It just doesn't make any sense to pit against Class-1 when we could do without that."

Gin remarked after delivering the fatal blow to Starkeus and hoisted his spear.

"Time to bring down Class-24!!"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

" " " "Let's goooooo!!" " " "

Acting promptly on Gin's announcement, the members of tri-force flooded toward the base of Class-24.

The mere tens of members left behind in the Class-24 base were no match against the huge crowd, and in mere moments they're completely slaughtered. 

At the end, Class-45 made the decisive attack on Class-24's base, taking it down, cementing Class-24's ranking as the second last of their block.

T/N - Heya, everyone. Hope your end of year is going great. So, well, It's been quite a while since my schedule went haywire, messing up my chapter update frequency for good couple of months now. I know a shifty update frequency is more annoying than anything, also reducing the interest, and this week intend to be my last. It will be my effort to release chapters at a consistent timing again. I really appreciate all of your supports this far.

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