My Level Zero System-Chapter 244: The final moves (4)

At this moment, the smile on Faith’s face finally changed, not for the worse, but as if something had been satisfied.

"Reinforcing Faith’s team?"

Tolimus’s face darkened; his most feared scenario had arrived.

Faith’s team now essentially had six members.

Before, with Kain’s help, he wouldn’t have been afraid even if Faith’s team had six people. But now, precisely because Kain had eliminated one of his own team members, his forces were weakened.

"Damn you, Kain!" Tolimus roared inwardly. Just then, Faith’s voice rang out again.

"By now, you must see the situation clearly, Tolimus. Your team, even with Kain’s help, won’t win. How about it, our previous agreement is still valid, right?"

Faith’s voice was calm and harmonious, almost unbelievably so in such a fierce battle. It left Tolimus feeling a little dazed.

"Yes, things have come to this point; I must preserve my forces as much as possible."

A thought like this flashed through Tolimus’s mind, like a lullaby trying to coax him into a deep sleep. But at this very moment, Kain’s shout was like a bucket of cold water splashing directly onto Tolimus’s face as he drifted.

"Wake up, Tolimus! Look carefully!"

"Elna shouldn’t have been able to get here so soon!"

Indeed, Kain’s words jolted Tolimus awake.

Indeed, the great battle had only just begun. How could Elna have arrived so quickly? Especially since she didn’t possess a map showing other teams’ positions like Tolimus did.

At this point, Tolimus seemed to realize something, and a look of horror appeared on his face.

Kain’s next words clearly laid out what Tolimus had just figured out.

"That’s right, Elna didn’t know Faith’s team’s location, so she couldn’t rendezvous with them. Therefore, from the beginning, Faith told her to secretly follow me from a safe distance after she left the team."

"Then, he would conspire with you, telling you to bring me here to rob me of my tools, playing on your greed. Meanwhile, his true objective wasn’t me at all, but to lead the one following me directly to him."

"That’s... that’s absurd! If she was nearby, I would have known!" Tolimus nearly roared. He couldn’t believe, nor dared to believe, that actions he thought he was making independently were actually orchestrated by Faith.

However, Kain mercilessly shattered Tolimus’s last shred of delusion.

"You don’t need to be standing close to tail someone; just determine their location, then follow the traces we leave behind."

"This is a forest. Footprints are easy to find on the ground here. Plus, there are traces of broken branches, trampled grass, and bent foliage—all are clues. Didn’t you notice? This isn’t a desert where the wind constantly erases tracks, like in the previous elimination round."

Everything Kain said was true, making Tolimus realize that he simply couldn’t ally with Faith anymore.

But Tolimus overlooked one crucial detail:

Why was Elna able to tail Kain?

Why did Tolimus decide to go after Kain in the first place?

Indeed, it was all because Kain wanted it that way.

Thus, Elna’s appearance had been part of Kain’s plan from the very beginning.

Kain stood before Elna, who had just dropped her shield. She offered a somewhat strained smile and said,

"As I said before, out of respect for what we’ve been through together, I won’t move against anyone on your team, Kain."

Without waiting for Kain’s reply, Elna turned her attention to the battlefield, immediately increasing the pressure on Tolimus’s side.

"Tch..."

Kain clicked his tongue, no longer paying attention to Elna, and focused on the Golems.

Clearly, having been protected by Elna’s deflection, they still retained their combat capability.

Just as Kain was about to continue his attack, he suddenly felt a slight tremor in the ground.

Watching the Golems clumsily rising, Kain initially thought this minor tremor was due to their immense weight, but then a realization struck him.

"Where’s Cody?"

Almost instantly, Kain activated his magic skill, [Thunder Flash], putting his entire body into an accelerated state. He pivoted on the balls of his feet, propelling himself away from his previous position, just as a figure burst from the ground with almost no sound.

It was Cody, now encased in a dark brown armor.

This was the mid-class magic skill [Earth Armor], coupled with the power boost from [Enhancement Body].

[Thunder Arrow].

Kain unleashed a magical counter-attack. The moment Cody emerged from the ground and saw his surprise attack fail, he transformed his [Earth Armor] into an obstacle to block the [Thunder Arrow], allowing both sides to gain time and maintain their positions.

"So that’s it. He used the [Earth Golems] as bait and to mask his movements underground, then burrowed down, waiting for an opportunity for a surprise attack?" Kain murmured, looking at Cody. Cody, too, was staring at him with a serious expression.

Honestly, this guy was incredibly tough; no wonder Tolimus pawned him off on Kain. Even Kain wasn’t sure he could defeat Cody quickly in a direct confrontation.

The combination of [Earth Magic] and [Enhancement Magic] was too bothersome, especially since both were mid-class magic.

However, Faith had reinforcements, but Kain hadn’t said he didn’t.

Immediately, Cody suddenly felt a chill behind him. He reacted incredibly fast, causing a thick [Earth Wall] to rise up, completely shielding his back. But the real surprise was yet to come.

The [Earth Wall]... was cut in half, horizontally.

Fortunately, Cody had managed to move swiftly out of his original spot.

He looked back and saw Mera, with a dignified expression, staring at him, her arm extended, clearly indicating she had just launched the attack.

Mera gave Cody a quick glance, then turned to Kain and smiled.

"I’m not too late, am I, Kain?"

"Just in time."

Kain returned her smile.

Then, Kain turned to Tolimus in the distance.

"Hold on a little longer! We have reinforcements!"

He didn’t even need to announce it; Tolimus was already overjoyed at the sight of Mera in the distance. At last, the situation was back to 6v6, and his team had hope of being saved!

But Faith, on the opposite side, seeing Tolimus’s obvious delight, a hint of mockery flickered in his eyes.

"Poor prey, caught in the hunter’s trap and doesn’t even realize it..."

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