Chapter 36: Cowards at Heart

Silver and Epel do their best to avoid being captured as they try to fire their beans at Lilia and Jamil.

Sadly, Jamil grabs Epel, causing him to yelp, "Gah!"

"You were nimble enough to give me a hard time capturing you, I'll give you that," Jamil comments.

Epel shouts in frustration, "This stinks!"

And reveals that Epel has been captured and eliminated from the game.

And lilia ends up grabbing Silver, ""How do you like the Lilia Hold: my personally crafted submission hold using my beautiful legs?"

"Augh! F-Father...you're twisting...my abdomen..." Silver says in pain.

And Lilia says to Silver, "You clearly need more training if that's enough to make you squeal in protest. You didn't protect Malleus, either. You're growing soft! Considering that Sebek got eliminated early on, methinks I'll have to go back to basics with the both of you."

"I-I have no arguments there... Urgh..." Silver says in pain.

And Silver has been captured and eliminated as well.

Suddenly, Jamil yells, "Ah! Lilia, behind you!"

"Wh—?!" Lilia replies, turning around.

Soon, Floyd comes out, "Boo!"

And fires his beans at Lilia and is able to strike at him.

"Sorry, too late! That's Devilfishie down," Floyd says.

"Dear me... I should really have known better," Lilia says, "There's no greater time for caution than in one's moment of triumph. I got distracted bantering with Silver."

Epel and Silver cry out in shock, "Floyd?!

"You stayed hidden so long, I was positive you'd ditched me and moved on..." Epel says.

"Yes, I certainly wasn't expecting you to show up when we both lost," Silver says.

"I mean, I wasn't exactly waitin' for that," Floyd says, "I was just watchin' for when Devilfishie left himself open. He had his guard up until just now. He didn't even flinch when you popped out, Guppy. Seriously, man, haven't you ever heard that actin' surprised is good manners?"

My goodness, Floyd. I can hardly believe someone as young as you had the patience to wait for just the right moment without getting overeager," Lilia says.

"Hm? Oh, yeah. See, morays are cowards at heart. We don't take a shot unless the shot's guaranteed to be a winner. We wait, we wait, we wait some more...and then we go in for one clean killing blow. That's how morays hunt. And with Devilfishie outta the picture..." Floyd says. Then turns to have his sight on Jamil, "Now it's time for the good part—you, Sea Snake."

"What?!" Jamil says, shocked.

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