Chapter 66：4 vs 14 (2/2)

Then he saw a glow under the water surface and the two people disappeared along with a moving shadow.

He clearly understood what happened now. Sam is hiding underwater. This scene not only surprised him, but also his remaining teammates. They are now afraid to go near the stream bank.

Meanwhile, under water. Sam is swimming with a small bamboo straw in his hands. This is the reason he dived into the water without thinking. Whenever he is out of breath, he kept the bamboo straw in his mouth and took a breath as he swam and searched at a same time. He is searching for the scrolls or weapons here. But he is mostly hoping that he would have a scroll related to cultivation or attack scroll, since the danger is high with the alligators.

While he is searching on the bed of the stream, his remaining teammates are doing a good job fending for themselves.

Shor and Eve are in a deadlock with the three while Jack is dealing with Drew. He is having a bit disadvantage due to his vulnerable weapon, but it is mainly for the fact that he didn't want to kill his opponent. He is trying to gain some experience by fighting a swordsman. But only elders can understand this.

He is just trying to play with Drew while he still kept an eye on Ray. If the latter made any move or he himself gets exhausted, he will knock Drew out as soon as possible.

But things didn't go as he planned. Ray did make a move, but he attacked, Eve and Shor. When he realised this, he immediately tried to block him by leaving Drew but the latter followed him.

Now, he was struck in a dead lock with two people, both having better weapons than him and both are in a better condition than him. He immediately felt the pressure.

He closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath. His aura changed and became sharp immediately. He swung the bamboo sword at Drew, who is relatively tired when compared to Ray.

The latter dodged immediately but his robe still tore apart as a slashing sound came. Ray attacked from the side, but Jack was already not in the same spot anymore. Before he could realise that, the bamboo sword came from his behind which he tried to dodge, but was left with a slash on his left hand.

Jack stood there as he looked at his two opponents calmly. He is beyond tired now. The continuous walking, hunting for the rabbits, trapping the alligator and dealing with the guys, took a toll on him. The last two swings almost took all his energy. He is on his last legs.

He is regretting not dealing with Drew when he still had a chance. He thought that Ray will attack him directly, so he would be able to do this. But Ray pulled one over him and played the trick. His only relief is that the five minutes is almost up. He is hoping he would do something.

Ray and Drew also understood from Jack's panting that the other party is almost done. They just had to drag it out. Both of them had a smile on their faces, as they played with Jack who tried his best to evade.

After a few moments, Jack almost fell down, He supported himself with the bamboo sword in his hands as he looked at the two people.

Ray and Drew had smug expressions on their faces, as they looked at Jack. Just when they thought that Jack would beg them to leave, the latter started laughing mockingly which surprised them a lot.

They exchanged a glance as they came to a decision to take down Jack. But just as they took a step forward.

*BOOM* an explosion hit them from behind. They fell forward with their cloths burnt and their backs charred. They painfully looked behind and Sam stood there in his wet clothes, with two scrolls in his one hand and the other hand has a scroll which was open and lost all runes and split into two.

They gritted their teeth in anger and frustration. They were so content in taking care of Jack, they forgot Sam, who is in water. No. More like that they felt that the latter has no threat to them as he was in water. They didn't think that the other party will take another route and sneak an attack on them. They gritted their teeth and broke their tokens as they felt the pain increase.

The three people who are in dead lock with Eve and Shor were distracted by a sudden explosion and gave a chance to Eve and Shor who didn't miss. Just like that, the fourteen people who came to them were taken down and the four of them were still in the game.

Sam also collapsed on the ground as he laid on his back to rest. Eve and Shor also took a seat on the ground to take a break.

On the side. Elder-1 and Elder-2 are dumbstruck with what happened. They didn't expect that the four members who are already exhausted and were also overly outnumbered will come out as winners.

”This is how they got the two weapons and survived until now.” Elder-6 said from the side as he walked towards Sam. Elder1 and Elder2 felt their faces burning. They immediately left the spot.

”105 points in total for your team. How do you want me to distribute?” Elder-6 asked Sam who was still laying on the ground.

”Eve 25, Shor 25, Jack 28, Me 27.” Sam said in a weak voice.

”Wait.” Eve and Shor both shouted in unison. Elder-6 looked at them in askance.

”We didn't really help much. We don't need such high share.” Eve said as she timidly looked at her feet.

Sam didn't bother with her and just confirmed his earlier suggestion. Elder-6 nodded and left.

After a half an hour. The four of them are sitting around a camp fire as the alligator meat roasted on the fire.

Sam placed the two scrolls, which are yet to be opened.

”These are the point scrolls I got under water. There are three scrolls in total. One attack scroll and these two point scrolls. Each scroll has 20 points each. How do you guys want to divide them?” Sam asked as he looked at the other three.

”Take a scroll for yourself. We will share the other scroll. Jack will get ten, me and Eve will get five each.” Shor was the first one to suggest.

Sam looked at Eve and Jack. Both of them nodded in approval. After all, they knew the efforts they put in capturing the alligators. Sam himself fought with one of them.

They collected the points with their badges. And started eating. The sun is setting as dusk approached while they appreciated the warmth from the flame as they ate the meat after the long struggle.

Right now, there are only two teams left in the forest and the other team is already in dire state. There are only two three people left.

Hawk and Kelly are taking care of the wounds on their body along with another teammate. Yesterday, they fought with other team and eliminated without losing any of their teammates. But today, they lost seven members as they encountered a wolf pack and only three of them were able to escape. But they came out with something.

”Are you sure, you want me to take this?” Hawk asked Kelly and the other guy. He is holding a scroll, which could partially unseal his cultivation. They had paid a price with seven teammates to get their hands on this. The other two nodded as a sign of approval.

Sam and others meanwhile are getting ready to rest. They don't know that there are only two teams left in the forest and they are one of them. They are waiting for tomorrow.

[A/N: Sam and his team took down a team first, the one with Derek. Then they took down two teams today. Making a total of three. Hawk's team took down another team. Now only two teams left.]

{Points Sam: 64

Jack: 53

Eve and Shor: 42}