Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain

Chapter 251  Second Stage Starts

[Rio, Amelia, Rebecca, Valtor, Amaya, Katherine, Leon, Edward, Pshinta, Ryosuke.]

These were the names announced from the class A-3 for the second stage of the match. Rio looked at his name on the board, and his system points which were decreased by 15000 , yet despite the loss there was a smile on his face. He didn't care about points, he just wanted to beat up Leon, he'd earn twice or even thrice that amount by beating up these genius characters anyway.

'Yet it's surprising that you used my points, did Loki fail?' Rio wondered.

[He didn't even try enough. He's a trickster after all.]

'Damn that bastard. If I relied on him, I'd really be hanged one day.' Rio cursed this crazy God, while praising himself for asking system for backup preparations.

[You all can enter the second stage now. The rules of this time have changed - your mana will still be sealed but this time all five classes would be sent to one location and your goal is just to protect the token of your team.]

[You can choose among your teams about who'll be the token bearer and the rest of the team would need to protect that person and the token.]

[If the bearer dies, your team would receive some random penalty. It could be mana sealing, aura loss, weapons gone or even some debuff etc - so be sure to give your all to protect the token holder. In case one died, one of your members needs to instantly take up the role and become the next holder, if not, the duration and effects of penalty would increase for the whole team.]

[If the token of your team gets stolen, you'll get similar debuffs and penalties. But this time, you'll have another condition added - that is, you only have 5 minutes to get your token back, or your team will be eliminated.]

[In case both of these situations happen together, meaning the token bearer died,  and you failed to secure the token - the timer of you getting the token back, would be reduced, and you'll only have 2 minutes to get back the token, and 1 extra minute to hand it over to the next bearer. If not, you get eliminated.]

"Any questions?" Professor Mythila asked, after explaining the rules of the second stage to everyone.

"What about our weapons or spells? Do we get to choose them freely this time?"  One of the students asked. In the first stage, students only could get normal weapons without any attributes or effects, and they were warned not to use some skills which were considered more dangerous.

"Your weapons will be similar to last time, but in this stage, there'll be several artifacts scattered around everywhere in the match. If you can find them, you can use them. As for spells, let loose. Pull out whatever trick you have to win." Professor Mythila replied.

"What role does the token bearer play? Since he's different, he must have some limitations or freedoms that others don't?" Katherine asked, after listening to everything.

Professor Mythila nodded her head hearing that question and answered -"The token bearer will be the only person who's location would be marked in everyone's maps. Meaning he'll always be in the open and could not hide. He will also be placed inside a circle and he won't be able to move more than 100 meters from his initial position. If he got out of that zone or someone forced him out, he's considered dead. Anything else?"

All the students left in the quantum hub at this point are the students of other classes who were chosen for the second stage. Other than A-3 class which had a 'draw' at the ending between themselves. All the other classes had one group as the winner, who won the match.

Seeing that none of them asked any questions, Professor Osborn came forward and started speaking "Since there's nothing else, you'll all be given 2 minutes time - You can make your own strategies or choose your roles and order among yourselves. If someone still didn't understand the rules, they can check the memo sent to you on your watch. After 2 minutes, everyone would be randomly teleported to the location of the match. Your teammates can see your locations so you can gather together or fight alone. Your time starts now. Good luck." (tick tick)

Rio looked at his team around him and couldn't help but smile in his heart, by the first words he heard.

"Since the token bearer is always open and in a disadvantage, we should make the strongest of us the bearer. That way, if someone came to steal the token, it would be more safe." Ryosuke, a black haired commoner boy spoke up, saying his opinion.

"I think he's right." Pshinta, the guy with fairy or elven lineage, also nodded his head in approval, while looking at Rio.

Hearing those two say that, everyone turned towards Rio, after all, even though it's hard to admit, but the difference between them is pretty obvious even to a blind baby. So let's just push the role of a goalkeeper to him. Anyway if someone came to score goals in their team he'll handle them, while the rest of them can just focus on playing the game by themselves.

'What a twisted take on a football game.' Rio thought.

"You can decide the token bearer among yourself. I'm not playing sidekick." Rio said and sat down on the ground, ignoring the surprised looks he got.

"Can the majority make him a bearer?" Edward asked, looking at Rio with a frown. He still remembered how he was defeated in the last match. Not even by Rio, but by his damn avatar. He was the only one who got eliminated like that. It hurt his pride.

Amelia glared at Edward, while Rebecca opened the projection on her watch and showed the memo screen. "The rules said, the bearer must choose the role willingly. Otherwise it doesn't count."

"Tsk" Edward clicked his tongue and looked at Leon "Then let's make this guy the bearer. He's rank one of our class after all, he should take some responsibility."

Edward could easily force Pshinta or Ryosuke to be the bearer, as both of them are considered commoners. But giving weak guys the token was useless, as they'd only die instantly when someone came to steal it and then they'd not only have a penalty but also choose the next bearer again. So it was just a waste of chance.

This is why he pushed Leon to the front. If this guy can protect the token for some time it's good. If not, then let him be beaten and eliminated by all the other teams.

"Well _ I _ "

Before Leon could finish his words after getting the surprised mention for no reason, Edward not waiting for his refusal, spoke again glaring at Ryosuke and Pshinta.

"After this guy dies, you'll be the token bearer and then you. If all of you died, we'll make the next order based on who's alive or what's the circumstance.

Before both of them could agree or refuse the time was over and students started disappearing one by one.

 "Make sure you do your job right." Edward said as he disappeared.

Rio, who saw this lying down could only smile in his heart at the fate's arrangements for this game, which was supposed to be without him. But with him, even Edward, who was a blank villain in the novel, started acting smart and pushed Leon to basically miss his chance to show off.