Chapter 91: Should I stay or should I go (1/2)
Outside of the game, inside the school gym. Dan had just exited out of his VR headset. He was free to stay in the game and watch from the ghost view but Dan felt uncomfortable wearing the VR headset. As Dan took off his VR helmet, he could see the coach of the Hershal team smiling.
He had a smug look on his face as if his team had already won.
”You really think we have no chance of winning, don't you?” Dan said.
”I commend your captain for trying such a brave tactic but it is clear to anyone who has won this game.”
The Montem students didn't like Burney either but they knew that it was unlikely that Montem could now make a comeback. They were already struggling even with Dan.
”Let me ask you something, do you have a player on your team that can stop bullets?”
Burney thought Dan was perhaps speaking metaphorically but even then, he had no clue what the boy was talking about.
After saying those words Dan decided to walk off and join the Montem students that were supporting his team. A group of girls came up to Dan each holding plasters, bandages, towels and all sorts.
”Dan you should go to the hospital, or at least the nurse's office, let me take you there?” A girl asked.
Dan looked back at the projector and his teammates. The screen was currently showing Scarlett shooting arrows as fast as she could to take down the next tower.
”I can't go yet, I need to see the end of this game.”
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As soon as Alex saw Dan burst into blue flames, he knew the whole game was in jeopardy. The team was already having a tough time dealing with four of them against five and now they had three.
”Fall back!” Alex shouted.
Alex had made the tough decision to regroup and head back to their tower. He had no choice; their team was flustered. What Alex didn't expect though was while they were retreating, the Hershal team had decided to follow them.
In Alex's mind, the correct choice would have been to leave them three and head back to stop Scarlett. Did their team really look that weak? Alex thought. Alex clenched his sword even harder, he was angry at himself for not being a better player. If he was more skilful then perhaps, they wouldn't have had to rely on a tactic such as this.
But Alex was not the only angry one, Novis was also filled with rage. If Dan hadn't stopped that blow, he would have been the one to burst into blue flames.
On the run back, Novis picked up the spear of the ground that he threw earlier and then switched back to his duel blades. The duel blades were one of the lightest weapons in Novis possession, so it allowed Novis to move a little faster.
Alex and the others had finally reached their tower and when they turned around, they could see Hershel right on their tale.
”What do we do now?” Ashley asked as she was sweating even more than before.
Ashley was clearly not used to having prolonged battles. Even when she thought in kendo, the matches were over extremely quick compared to this. George watching the whole thing made note of this.