Chapter 82: Chapter 82: The Crater

“Who is in charge at this resource point?” Asked one of the top ten students from the Umbra School, who had arrived at this tungsten ore range. Lafite stepped forward and answered: “It’s me. Lafite from the Black Isotta.” The student glanced at her, whose stunning grace - a sort of grace that came with an unrestrained domineering manner - flooded him. Following which he narrowed his eyes. Lafite’s withered skin had been healed after years of treatment. She had become a gracious queen again. And her character had become a little more cunning. The student pulled out a map and chattered. “You take your men to reach here in five days.” He pointed his finger at somewhere in the map. “The remaining few will be enough to guard this ore range.” “A center resource point?” Lafite got startled and then she murmured. “That ‘20 Drops of Blood’ is getting stronger enough to have this final battle? Their members were behaving like fools only years ago.” “Experiencing a purgatory of killing, most of them have been wiped out. If it were not for the protectors, the rest of them would have no resource points in their hands and would have been crushed a long time ago. This war would also have ended.” The student sneered. Lafite replied, thoughtful. “Then the 12th section is mobilizing all of the forces to go here?” “Nope, it’s them that are doing this. We’ve occupied 180 points. The target of 30 points per school has been achieved. Thus it’s unnecessary to commit such a sacrifice as raiding the remaining 20 points. They’re doing it because, according to the intelligence of our men disguised on their side, they don’t intend to lose the war and are making their last-ditch efforts.” All of the students on the range were startled. It seemed that the 20 Drops of Blood had become unified, and was now a behemoth that could meet the 12th section as equals. And this was a flaw in the organization of the 12th section students. No strong leadership deprived them of the chance to smash the enemies once and for all.