I’m a Villain, but I Want to Live a Long Life - Chapter 58

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Hover’s eyes widened.

“…Study?”

Then he laughed as if surprised.

“You’re saying you studied what my ability is.”

“That’s right! I even stayed up three nights straight doing it! So…”

At that moment, Felix, who had been facing Rin, suddenly changed direction.

And without any warning, he leaped into the sky.

“I also know you’re weak in close combat, you brat!”

Hover’s gaze instantly turned to Felix flying toward him.

But it was already too late.

“…Damn.”

Hover hastily twisted his body, but soon found his collar grabbed by Felix’s grip.

As he seemed to lose his balance in mid-air, he soon crashed down to the gladiator arena along with Felix.

Thud—!

Sandy dust rose hazily around the two who had crashed into the ground.

Between the two rolling around, Felix’s low shout could be heard.

“You damn seagull bastard! Stay still!”

It was the moment he tried to tear off Hover’s navy blue sash with his rough hands.

“Wait, excuse me.”

Felix froze in place, dumbfounded.

Hover, who had definitely been in his grasp, had somehow disappeared.

When he turned his head with a bewildered face, he saw another Carton soldier who had retreated some distance away, carrying Hover on his back.

“Ebi. What are you doing.”

“If it weren’t for me, you would have been eliminated just like that, Hover.”

Felix’s brow furrowed as he watched Hover and Ebi conversing calmly.

Then, Rin, who had been nearby, charged at Felix again.

“How dare you look away with me in front of you, I’m your opponent—!”

Felix quickly rose from his position and took a combat stance, spinning his twin swords.

Then he instantly thrust out his sword with one hand.

But the enormous black panther flexibly twisted its body to avoid Felix’s attack and positioned itself a little distance away.

A low growl flowed from between Rin’s teeth as she wasn’t even catching her breath.

It was truly the intimidating appearance of a beast. A hint of bewilderment appeared in Felix’s eyes.

The spectator stands became noisy.

“Not a single soldier has lost their sash yet!”

“They’re truly incredible fighters. From the atmosphere, it seems Rin Anosha is gaining the upper hand.”

“More than that, both sides have abilities at an unbelievable level. Was Tigris’ Felix always that agile!”

But I muttered anxiously among the buzzing crowd.

“…Felix is already tired.”

Carton’s soldiers were an assassination squad.

That meant they were specialists in fast and lethal attacks.

You could tell just by looking at the abilities of Rin and Hover, who were leading the battle.

Beast transformation into a black panther and a hawk.

Weren’t these perfect abilities for quietly approaching enemies and cutting their throats in one strike?

That meant it would also be easy for them to cut off our soldiers’ sashes.

‘It must be difficult to defend against all those attacks while trying to counterattack.’

Among the Tigris Elite Knights, Felix was almost the only one who could handle both speedy attacks and defense.

Of course, there was Casian, but he still lacked experience.

Moreover, Tigris was originally skilled in combat methods that involved maintaining formation and moving as a group.

‘This is why I put Felix at the front.’

Even so, it seemed difficult to protect their sashes from Carton’s soldiers who approached silently while gaining an advantageous situation.

I, who had been looking down at our soldiers with a serious expression, suddenly stood up from my seat.

Then I picked up the magical amplification device placed beside me.

“Go with the second strategy!”

At my shout, the gazes of people around the spectator stands turned this way.

The Emperor also watched me with apparent interest.

But I shouted without caring about them.

“Felix can’t get tired! Just use that thing!”

That Plan B we had spent sleepless nights coordinating over the past few days.

The elite soldiers in the gladiator arena glanced toward me. My eyes met Rubel’s.

Watching him slowly nod, I sat back down, sweating in my palms.

Father was also looking down at the gladiator arena with surprised eyes. Soon Father muttered low as if realizing something.

“…Those guys. They weren’t ordinary knights.”

I nodded.

“They’re an assassination squad. Directly under the Carton royal family.”

“…”

“I expect they’re probably under Dein Jed’s command.”

When I whispered quietly enough for only those nearby to hear, Father slowly closed his mouth.

That’s when it happened.

“That guy!!”

The hesitant spectator stands heated up again. Their gazes were directed toward the center of the gladiator arena.

“What, what is he doing?”

Rubel, who had half-removed his robe, was staring straight at Rin, who was blocking Felix’s path, his eyes gleaming brightly.

“…What.”

Rin froze in place and turned her head to stare at the unfamiliar face across from her.

Tigris’ 17th soldier, who had been wearing his robe deeply pulled over and rarely showed his face, was standing before her.

With the hood that had been covering his face completely removed.

Thanks to this, his well-sculpted face was clearly revealed in the sunlight.

Under his black hair covered with sandy dust, unusually deep black eyes sparkled.

Rin frowned at that strange atmosphere.

‘…It’s a face I’ve never seen before. Was there such a guy among the Tigris Elite Knights.’

One of Rin’s eyebrows raised as she looked over Rubel’s features.

“What are you. Do you want to be eliminated first or something.”

That was the moment.

Rin’s gaze, sensing something strange, slowly fell downward.

She suddenly felt an unfamiliar sensation flowing through her legs.

Rin stiffened her expression and quietly stared at her front paws.

“Why…”

Her entire body, including her legs, literally wouldn’t move at all.

It felt as if tremendous gravity was pulling her down.

Rin, her brow deeply furrowed, tried putting strength into her legs with all her might.

But her two feet stuck to the ground wouldn’t budge.

‘Could it be…’

With an ominous premonition, Rin’s eyes gleamed sharply as she raised her gaze.

In front of her was still the black-haired Tigris soldier staring at her intently in an unpleasantly persistent way.

“You…”

It was the moment she muttered low in a suspicious voice.

“Step back.”

The guy finally opened his mouth.

Step back?

It was a command without any context.

Rin stared at him with piercing, cold eyes.

“Insolent….”

She bared her teeth and growled low. However, something was strange.

Despite her deeply furrowed face, her body was moving backward on its own.

Gasps erupted from the spectator stands where people were watching the situation through magnifying glasses.

“What is that… some kind of binding?”

“C-could it be! Is it a taming ability!”

Rin’s face gradually hardened at the commotion that instantly swept over the gladiator arena.

‘…Taming?’

That couldn’t be. Taming, or rather the ability of control, wasn’t something just anyone could possess.

Only one person in all of history had ever possessed that tremendous ability.

The continent’s first conqueror and the founding emperor who established Erbia.

‘But suddenly this bastard has the ability of control?’

That was complete nonsense.

However, Rin’s pupils were already trembling finely as she stared at Rubel.

Hover, sensing the ominous atmosphere, approached Rin from the Carton camp.

Spotting him, Rin urgently shouted.

“Hover, don’t come!”

But it was already too late.

“Rin, why have you been standing still since earlier….”

Hover, who had been approaching Rin, suddenly closed his mouth. Then he slowly froze in place.

Hover’s rigidly stiffened gaze soon turned toward his own two legs, just like Rin’s.

Wariness instantly filled his eyes. He muttered in disbelief.

“Why is… why won’t my body….”

Hover deeply furrowed his brow and tried to step back. But his heavy legs wouldn’t move as he wanted them to.

Rin let out a short sigh and muttered.

“It’s that bastard’s doing. Tigris number 17.”

At her words, Hover raised his head and stared at Rubel across from them.

Rubel stood in place with an expressionless face, his pitch-black eyes fixed on Hover.

Rubel, who had maintained silence, opened his mouth.

“Selene was right.”

At his muttering, Rin and Hover glanced at each other sideways.

“To think this would work on beastmen too.”

Rubel chuckled. Then he leisurely gazed at Rin and Hover and said.

“Release your beast transformation.”

Rin and Hover’s eyes widened slightly. Rin asked back with a sharp voice.

“What did you say?”

“If you don’t release your beast transformation, you won’t be able to escape from me.”

Rin twisted her brow.

‘Is it really the ability of control?’

However, that wasn’t what was important right now.

He said to release their beast transformation if they wanted to escape the ability. But if they released their beast transformation, they wouldn’t be able to display their original strength.

They would surely have their bands stolen helplessly.

Her hesitant gaze turned toward Felix, who had been engaged in close combat with her just moments before.

He was already receiving and drinking some medicine from someone in the back. Rin’s expression became deeply furrowed.

‘…Is he drinking a recovery potion already?’

Just when she thought she had worn him down.

‘There’s no more troublesome opponent.’

She, who had been maintaining silence, finally let out a low groan through her teeth.

Then, having finally made some decision, she whispered quietly to Hover.

“…There’s no choice. Withdraw your ability.”

Hover hesitated and looked at her. Rin gestured toward Rubel as if there was no other option and said.

“We need to deal with that bastard first.”

Hover nodded.

Soon his pupils, which had turned yellow, began to gradually return to their original color.

The wings that had sprouted from his back also slowly contracted.

When he had almost returned to human appearance, Rin turned toward the Carton camp and shouted.

“Blaine!”

Then a man stepped forward from the Carton camp. He was a man of small and slight build.

“Cover Hover.”

As soon as the words fell, dark fog began to rise from both of the man’s hands.

The fog instantly spread throughout various parts of the gladiator arena. Rubel’s expression hardened as he watched him.

“It would be best to retreat. If you’re touched by this fog, your eyes won’t function properly for a while.”

Rin said with a smirk. Then she turned her gaze back to Hover.

“Hover, now go and bring Dosha.”

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