Reborn: Apocalypse Ready. War Goddess by My Side novel Chapter 555

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Reborn: Apocalypse Ready, War Goddess by My Side

Chapter 555 So You Admit

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Steven let out a short laugh. “Killing you isn’t really on the table, not with this many around.”

Tristan summoned every last ounce of strength left in his battered body and roared.

“Steven! I’m not letting this go, not ever!”

His eyes had gone bloodshot, wild with fury.

A heartbeat later, the slap came down again.

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A mouthful of dark, thick blood splattered from his lips, and his whole body went slack with shock.

“This is beyond cruel!”

He’d lost all sense of himself at this point.

Steven yanked him up by the hair and spoke, his voice flat and cold. “Quiet.”

Tristan shut his mouth instantly, obedient as a beaten dog dangling from someone’s grip.

Out in the stands, the Gordon family looked ready to combust with rage.

Why is he suddenly so obedient?

Does he actually think Steven will kill him?

Little did they know, Tristan’s spirit had already been shattered down to nothing.

Steven’s voice came out cold as winter frost. “It was you and Jacques working together, wasn’t it? You two arranged for those people to attack my teammates.”

The instant those words landed, Tristan’s pupils constricted in shock.

He stared at Steven, unable to believe what he’d just heard.

How could Steven possibly know about that?

There was no logical way he could have found out.

“I sur…”

The slap came down before he could finish.

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Blood sprayed from his mouth again.

He’d tried to surrender, and Steven answered with another slap across the face.

“Was it you?”

Another slap.

“Was it you? Answer me!”

Slap after slap kept coming.

After dozens of strikes, Tristan looked like he barely had any life left in him.

His face had swollen beyond recognition.

Steven wiped a bead of sweat from his brow.

“You’ve got quite a tolerance for pain. I’m actually getting tired here.”

Through the fog clouding his mind, Tristan caught those words, and grief and fury crashed through him at once.

Seriously?

Up in the stands, Jacques watched Tristan’s ruined face and swallowed hard, throat suddenly dry.

Would he end up looking like that too, eventually?

Jacques was starting to deeply regret the choice he’d made.

And to make matters worse, in that same short stretch of time, more attacks had been launched against Rowenville’s students.

A cold shiver crawled down Jacques’ spine. Right about now, he felt grateful he hadn’t decided to compete himself.

In truth, Steven had never actually cared about getting a real confession out of Tristan.

He had time to kill anyway, and if Tristan wanted to play games, Steven was more than happy to play along.

After catching his breath for a moment, Steven gave Tristan a rough shake.

“Talk. Was this your doing or not? Admit it, and I’ll stop hitting you. Deny it, and I’ll keep going

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until the tournament ends.”

A deep, bone-chilling fear settled into Tristan’s chest.

He couldn’t take another second of this.

“Fine… yes! It was me and… Jacques…”

A wave of shocked murmurs swept through the stands.

So it really had been him after all.

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Suddenly Tristan didn’t seem quite so pitiable anymore, especially considering how badly his own people had hurt the Rowenville students.

Jacques’ face turned white as a sheet. Every instinct in him screamed to run, terrified Steven would come looking for him next.

Only Miles grabbing his arm and holding him firmly in place kept him from bolting.

A member of the Gordon family shouted furiously, “I object! This is nothing but a forced confession!”

Nobody paid him the slightest attention.

What good would an objection do here? This was a tournament, not a courtroom, and nobody cared about procedure.

Steven glanced at Tristan, looking mildly surprised.

“Huh. Guess you actually admitted it.”

Tristan just stared at him, completely speechless.

A second later, Steven’s fist came down again.

Tristan’s composure shattered completely.

We agreed you’d stop hitting me!

Tristan let out a broken, furious scream. “You don’t fight fair at all!”

A guardian scooped up Tristan’s ruined, unrecognizable body and shot Steven a complicated look before turning away.

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Steven just shrugged, completely unbothered. “He started it.”

The guardian didn’t bother responding and carried the boy off without another word.

Steven brushed his hands together, looking utterly indifferent to the whole situation.

The Gordon family coming after him?

That thought didn’t even cross his mind as a real concern.

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Unless the Gordons sent out one of their top Divine Kings or a Divine Lord, nobody in that family could touch him.

Steven wandered off, cutting down any beast unlucky enough to cross his path.

Though by this point, he’d already wiped out nearly every level 4 beast left in the hunting grounds.

It hardly mattered anymore. Nobody could possibly catch up to his score at this point.

He kept his Eye of Insight active, watching to see how the rest of the competitors were faring.

A few more Rowenville students had been taken out of the running, courtesy of the Orroux Academy crowd.

Still, Steven wasn’t in any rush to go hunt down every last person responsible.

The one behind it all had already been dealt with. Everything else felt like a minor detail.

Then, in the next instant, Steven’s brow furrowed.

He’d spotted Bianca.

Bianca had just finished off a level 3 beast, which was good news on its own.

But Steven noticed Griffin nearby, closing in on her position with clear intent.

The playful mood drained out of him instantly, and his foot hit the ground as he launched himself forward at full speed.

Bianca pulled a beast crystal free from the carcass and smiled to herself, adding one more contribution to Steven’s growing collection.

Taking care of her own boyfriend felt like the least she could do.

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She held a divine crystal in one hand, letting it slowly restore her strength.

Then she pressed onward.

She’d carved a bloody path through her own share of beasts, and her score had climbed high enough to keep her floating somewhere in the top ten.

She’d promised to fight for second place, after all, and she wasn’t about to fall behind now.

Just after Bianca casually dispatched a pair of level 2 beasts, she felt someone closing in from behind, and her senses sharpened instantly.

A moment later, Griffin stepped into view, standing across from her.

The instant Griffin caught sight of Bianca’s sharp, battle-hardened expression, something stirred in his chest.

A girl like her carried a completely different kind of fire when she fought, and he couldn’t deny it stirred something in him he didn’t want to examine too closely.

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