Sword Rankers
The Stolen Out Of Doubt

"Now we just need to hide, right?" Enzo asked his team cheerfully, his considerable contribution in stealing pins from opponents made him a joy.

"Yes." Yeah." Ran replied with less enthusiasm

"....?" Enzo was at a loss for words when he saw Ran.

While Eduardo looks very upset with Ran's behavior. He went forward and pulled the pin that Ran was holding.

"here! Let me just hold it!"

"What the fuck? How could that be!"

"Shut up! You think I'm not aware of what you're doing!? Don't think I'll let you do anything to the team!"

"What do you mean?"

Eduardo exasperatedly pulled Ran's collar up with both hands, "Don't you think I wasn't aware, you were holding yourself back from harming the woman right? Though you can instantly get him eliminated from running out of HP, but you're not intentionally attacking in the vital part."

"Khukkhh.... Know what you are!" Ran angrily removed Eduardo's hand from his collar, "Don't be so know-how!"

"I'm not pretentious, but the truth is, you're holding back! It's fact! Don't run away from that reality."

Ran was speechless anymore, Enzo as the neutral party just kept quiet without being able to help one, while William, who had always defended Ran, for the first time was just silent, while William, who had always been defending Ran, it seems he himself knows if Ran is wrong.

"You're stupid, huh? It's ridiculous that if you feel hesitant and guilty about eliminating others, what about the first test? I'm sure you must have at least eliminated others with your traps, right? Don't be hypocritical and feel holy! In order to survive here, we must eliminate and defeat others, I need to pass this test, and I will not let a silly person like you make me fail!"

Ran could not reply, he knew clearly that Eduardo's words were not wrong at all, he was wrong because of his doubts that would harm the team.

In the first test, Ran continues to be triggered by his adrenaline, so do not think about how the fate of others who were eliminated. But this time it was different, he saw how desperate the other participants were, and it made him feel guilty, he became thinking about the people he had already eliminated.

It is possible, those who have been eliminated by Ran, have more reasons than Ran who did it for his own pride.

"I... L'm... Also know that, I also eliminated many others in the first test. But..."

"Easy! If you don't want to, just give me the pin, I'll take better care of it than you."

"I'm sorry, I think so too." William who had been silent earlier, this time also spoke, "I also have an excuse Ran, I am indeed your friend, but I cannot let the selfishness you have harm this team."

Enzo just kept quiet while scratching his head, he seemed uninterested in joining the conversation.

Ran was outvoted, no one defended him anymore, he had lost the right to defend his position. All Ran could accept was, giving his pin to Eduardo. By giving her the pin, Ran was equally subject to Eduardo.

Ran reached into his pocket, he took the pin he had snatched to give to Eduardo.

With a trembling hand, Ran stretched out his pin to Eduardo. Eduardo also reached out his hand to reach for the pin that would be handed to him.

Baths

"....!?"

Ran's team pin is suddenly seized, the incident is too soon for Ran to react to the thief.

The thief who took Ran's team pin was an eagle, but not an ordinary eagle, the eagle looked like a transparent blue hologram. Very quickly, the eagle grabbed Ran's pin with its claws.

Eduardo dejectedly jumped into the air to snatch the pin stolen by the eagle.

However, the eagle raised its height until it could not be reached again by Eduardo.

Eduardo went back down to the ground.

"Curtain! Fucking hawk."

After quite a distance, the eagle flew down towards someone, the eagle landed on the person's arm. The stranger wore a cowboy outfit, complete with a lasso strap of his cowboy hat.

"Good job." Said the stranger while grabbing the stolen pin from Ran's team.

Eduardo could not hold back his emotions anymore, with a bang, Eduardo shouted, "Fuck you! Whoareyou!? It's like taking."

Team Ran was immediately on standby, except for Ran, he put up the horses, but his mind was not focused.

The stranger who snatched their pin, burst out laughing at Eduardo's question, "Origin' take it? Bahahahahhahaha..... You're so funny, to steal this pin, to have permission first? Nothing in the rules."

"Oh yeah, it's stupid of me to ask like that, I should have just beaten you up!!!!" Eduardo darted straight towards the person.

"Eduardo, don't be in a hurry!" William screams to warn Eduardo, but Eduardo does not care and attacks the man anyway.

But something strange, the stranger had no fear, he did not even retreat at all. Though he should have known about Eduardo thanks to the commotion on the first day. There are only 2 possibilities, namely he is stronger than Eduardo or... It was a trap.

Hap!

Right before the person, a hologram of a giant snake appeared from underground and devoured Eduardo.

"Eduardoooooo!!!!" William shouted loudly.

"Hahaha, don't think you're stupid, I know about all of you, and I have no intention of fighting directly with you guys." The man immediately retreated backwards.

"Yyyyyyyyyy.... I'm sick of this." From the belly of the giant serpent, Eduardo's voice was heard.

Blarrr.....

The snake immediately exploded and from inside, Eduardo immediately came out and shot back before his enemy.

"Don't assume you can run away so easily!"

"That's it, it's up to me."

Eduardo went berserk, he immediately shot out like a rocket towards that person.

Bledarrr...

The ground around it was destroyed by Eduardo, but the enemy was nowhere, only a stuffed rabbit.

"Where is he!?" Eduardo looked around.

"Hello... You're looking for me, huh?" The man came out from behind the tree, and he was not alone, there was a person beside him carrying a basket filled with dolls on his back, Eduardo assumed he was the one who exchanged the position of the person with the doll.

"Hey bro! Just relax, I said, I have no intention to fight directly with you guys." The man flicked his finger, and several people appeared from within the ground and gathered with him.

"Hey guys, don't just stand around, do you want our pins stolen so easily?"

Eduardo shouted furiously at his team.

"Just calm down, my friend, I have absolutely no intention of being cheated." Enzo pulled his thread from the ground.

Srrr...

In an instant the strangers were instantly bound together by Enzo's thread.

Enzo had been quietly spreading his thread on the ground so it was invisible, and took the opportunity as they all came close together to tie them together.

"Good Enzo! Now I'm gonna beat them."

"Good luck, but again I'm telling you, we have no intention of fighting."

Bruk Bruk Brkk Brak

From all sides, the ground rose in a spear-like shape to cover them until they were invisible.

But it was just like a springy jelly to Eduardo, without retreating, Eduardo destroyed all the earth spears that were their protectors.

Krakkkk....

However, those who were inside, had already disappeared. In the middle there is a former excavation hole that has been closed which seems like they used to escape.

"Enzo! Can you track them!? They escaped underground."

"Can't, the thread they've decided, try to check through the underground path they just dug."

"Can't! The hole is closed."

"Let me track them!" As William advanced, he focused all his senses to track down their enemies, he knew to make a hole in this short time, definitely using the Hyper ability that one of them possessed.

William also felt their energy underground at 11 hours as far as 100 meters at high speed.

"Wait at 11, 100 meters away and further away." William pointed in the direction their enemy was, he did not wait for the others to move, he directly charged the energy in his sword and slashed it in the direction he had anticipated, a crescent-shaped energy slash shot out to where it was headed.

Bhumm....

The energy William released exploded, the people who were underground were thrown out due to the explosion.

"Haha, I thought we could run away easily, but it turned out to be quite difficult as well."

"Don't expect to escape with our pin." Eduardo headed back towards the enemy without taking anything into account, ignoring the warnings of his friends.

"Wow, you're so explosive yeah." The man in a cowboy suit, stretched one of his arms forward, the other hand held his arms outstretched forward and became like a foundation.

A hologram of a one-horned rhinoceros appeared in front of the cowboy man and immediately lunged at Eduardo. Eduardo did not dodge, instead, he continued forward without fear of being impaled.

Wrestling

William suddenly appeared before Eduardo, he resisted the attack of the rhino with his sword.

"Forward!" William.

Eduardo went ahead without hesitation.

The cowboy still remained calm, he re-created many animal holograms to attack Eduardo.

Birds, tigers, lions and other animals attacked Eduardo. And everything was destroyed in 10 seconds by Eduardo.

"You don't think that it's enough to beat me is it stupid!?" Eduardo arrives in front of a cowboy. His fists were ready to be rolled into the cowboy's face.

"No, not." The cowboy replied calmly as Eduardo's fist darted towards his face.

Syuut...

The man moved next to his friend who was carrying a doll basket, where he stood replaced by a teddy bear owned by his friend.

"Cih, this cheap trick again. You guys have no intention of fighting?"

"Indeed." Answer the cowboy with an annoying smile.

from now on, the opposing team almost did not attack, they only gave a trivial attack that did not provide great damage at all. As if I was buying time. And who realized it the first time was Enzo, Enzo the only one who was not busy and could still think clearly, he realized there were only 2 people who were against his team, even though there were 4 people.

Given the ability of the 2 people earlier, Enzo concluded something, "Friends! Watch out! It's a trap."

Everyone was shocked to hear Enzo's warning, only Ran was still unconscious as he continued to be immersed in his thoughts.

"Heh, you guys already noticed it."

The ground around shook like an earthquake, and the ground around gradually fell.

Eduardo, Enzo and William instantly retreated, out of the vibratory sphere. Only Ran was still confused, when he woke up from his daydream and saw the trembling ground, Ran did not know what to do.

"Eh...? Whahuh? What's the matter?" Shouted Ran in confusion.

When Eduardo, Enzo and William are already out of the vibratory sphere, Ran is still in it.

When William sees the confused Ran on the spot, he unhesitatingly runs straight to Ran's place, Eduardo yells to prevent William, but is ignored by William.

"Ran, get out of here." Shouted William to resuscitate Ran.

Ran's mind returned clear, he immediately realized what was happening and ran after William.

But, just as they were about to break out of the vibratory sphere, the ground before them rose upwards in a shape like giant sharp thorns that became a barrier wall.

The last land that Ran and William were treading on ended up falling as well, and they both fell underground.

"Aaaaaa....." Ran screamed in panic, while William could do nothing.

Hearing Ran's cry, the cowboy smiled in satisfaction, "Good, William Austin is finally knocked out."

"What if he doesn't exist? I alone was enough to kill all of you!" Eduardo said angrily.

"Don't get me wrong, we've run away not because we're weak, but we want to graduate without difficulty. Don't underestimate us, we also have the ultimate weapon." Say the cowboy while extending his hand upwards. A hologram of a giant eagle 20 meters tall appeared on it.

The giant eagle flapped its wings, the air flowing fiercely due to the flapping of its wings. The eagle flew and caught Eduardo, and Eduardo was taken high into the sky, "Arrgggggghhhhh, damn you! Release me!!!" Shouted Eduardo while rebelling to break away.

"Well... Now it's you, so... Still want to go?" The cowboy asked Enzo, 2 of his friends suddenly appeared from underground.

Enzo raised his arm upwards as a sign of surrender. Without being told, the man knew that Enzo no longer had any intention of fighting.

"Good, then we say to see you well, yes even if you can still escape hahahahhahaha.." The cowboy man and his steamy friend went away until it disappeared from view.

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Plaques

"Stupid! How can you not focus on the fight huh!?" Eduardo was scolding Ran, he unhesitatingly slapped Ran on the cheek in anger.

Ran just fell silent without being able to reply to Eduardo's words in the slightest, he did not try to avoid because he knew what his mistake was.

William also tried to stop Eduardo before getting worse, "Eduardo enough, don't make the team atmosphere worse."

"Just Will, don't keep defending Ran, you should also realize that our defeat is caused by Ran who is not focused to our detriment" Enzo said.

Enzo, who was initially neutral, this time sided with Eduardo, because he was also upset over Ran's attitude that harmed the team.

"Just Ran! If you make something that harms the team again, I'll beat you up until your HP runs out, I don't care anymore even if it gets me eliminated.

Ran did not answer, his mind was empty, all he did was look down.