Chapter 311 - Entering the Competition (8) (1/2)

I winced as Luke opened the bottle of medicine and poured it on my injury. Meanwhile, everyone was busy with placing more protective barriers around our rooms. Since we knew we were the target, the other students would be probably safe. We had the time to search for the culprit now with the competition day moved.

Feeling irritated, I used explosion magic this time to destroy the note. We also decided to only use one bedroom as Luke and Alex moved their beds to our room. Each of the rooms were in charge of a certain section in the arena to search for anything suspicious. We would have to sneak out later in the night as we were in charge of the big dining room we were in for lunch.

”When are we sneaking out?” I didn't want to leave the room.

”Around midnight,” Luke finished treating my wound.

”Then I'm going to sleep. Wake me when we're heading out,” I flipped my blanket open.

Luke nodded his head as if one of the side effects of this medicine was that it made the person sleepy. This was why he had to shake me for thirty minutes to wake me up. I groaned as I got up, wanting ten more minutes of sleep.

Alex softly closed the door as we tiptoed around the halls. Luke waved his hand over the access machine and the door clicked open. Nothing was out of place at first glance. Only traces of poor cleaning remained. All the tables were folded to the side with the chairs. Making it an open space as we searched for anything odd.

”Kill sleeping beauty,” the same figure suddenly appeared in front of us in the middle of the room.

Taking a closer look, this person appeared as if it was a puppet. He staggered as he walked towards us with the same knife in his hands. But he had a clear goal in his mind, which was me as he deliriously stared at my pupils.

”You must kill sleeping beauty,” he suddenly sprinted towards me.

I slammed the door open as I began to run for my life. Using my mana, I was able to sprint quite a distance ahead of him. Meanwhile, Luke got out his sword with Alex. They tried to distract him from chasing me. However, he swiftly dodged each of their attacks. The person was in between us as Luke and Alex chased him from behind. While Shelly tried to clean up the messy tables and chairs from our attacks.

It was hard to run without making noise. I hoped that everyone would stay inside their bedrooms, knowing the danger if they came out. I dashed into the section that Ben and Alice were in charge of, the area where we stayed. It would be safer to rush into my room within the protection of the barriers.