Chapter 113: An insane marathon and ominous aura... (1/2)

Under the morning sun that shone brightly at the angle of 10 o'clock, Fwoosh, fwoosh, fwoosh! Three stems of plants veiled with bright crimson mana were shot towards the bushes ahead.

Gyahhh!!

Nghh!

Arayy!

Three cries were heard. Then three silhouettes leaped out from the bushes. One of them was pierced in the shoulder, the other one was pierced to its leg and the last one was hit at the arm.

”This s**t!” Cursed the guy who was hit at the shoulder.

”Damn it! How did he know?” Asked the second one in puzzlement.

”Careful!!” Warned the last one.

They took the stems and healed their wounds. ”Tsk, [Heal],” each of them cast healing magic. ”Good thing that we learned healing ability beforehand,” said the first person.

”The heck, that's not a good way of greeting us. Wait how did he know we're hiding here?!” Asked the second one. But no one knew the answer.

Ahead of them, they saw a person rapidly rushing towards them.

”Damn it! He's coming!”

”He's alone, let's kill him!” Said the third person.

”Yeah!!” The others responded.

The third person gathered lumps of soil on his hand. Until it formed into a boulder with half a meter diameter.

Without a second thought, *Whoosh!* he fired it to the incoming enemy.

Yman ducked without slowing his speed. The boulder passed a few inches above his head.

The third guy clicked his tongue and coagulated another soil, now in both arms.

The other two rushed-in to engage their enemy in melee combat.

Both of them were good assassins that studied in one of the Academies in Encantasia...

And they believed that they have talents that would not lose against the experts of great noble families.

The two of them did a zigzag movement while rushing to the enemy in order to confuse it. On the other hand, their third member was supporting them by firing hardened soil to the enemy.

A smirk appeared on their mouths when they noticed that the enemy wasn't as agile as they thought. 'Hehe, too bad for this person, he rushed in without knowing his enemies,” thought the first person.

”Let's punish 'em!” Shouted the second one who was in front.

”Of course!”

Just 2 seconds and a half that had passed when they traversed the distance of 70 meters away.

When they collided, 'What the— did he lower his speed intentionally?' Thought the second person who was sent flying away. He instantly lost consciousness when his body stopped rolling in the ground.

Likewise, the first person instantly died when the back of his neck was hit hard by something.

The range of the group stopped his attack and stood frozen with wide-eyes staring at the person in front.

The moment later, right after that person disappeared, darkness blanketed the third person's vision as his head flew away and turned into light particles before it landed on the ground.

[You obtained 500 points for killing the participant 0900]

[You obtained 500 points for killing the participant 0890]

[You obtained 500 points for killing the participant 0970]

[Total points: 3202]

Phew!

”With this, I only need 3798 points to complete this mission,” he said while wiping the unnoticeable sweat.

He glanced up and saw nothing other than an empty sky. ”Looks like most of the Monitoring Devices already gathered near the boundary.” This was what he believed in.

Hilion and most of the experts from the great noble families already entered the first boundary.

Gilion somehow decided to collect more points. He took a detour near the boundary and attacked the other participants who tried to cross it.

However, he was on the other side of the boundary. He came from the east and walked a mile to the west in order to reach it.

Harou and Lyka were able to reunite at the southern part of the boundary.

In the northern part, Ember waited for the group of Hilion to cross the border first while he was hiding far behind them. And also, he was searching for Cinder.

Later on, he entered too when the group of Hilion and his White Leo Knights already went far from the border.

Many other experts from the Encantasia Academy and experts from the adventurers guild went to step inside the first boundary.

After a couple of hours walking,

Yman could finally see the towering wall of golden brilliance ahead. Yet he stopped on his feet when he felt the ground was weirdly vibrating.

He focused his perception. But he could not catch any possible cause at the radius of 100 meters from him.

Yman knitted his brows. Dududududu!!! The vibration became stronger and now he could hear weird sounds coming from behind him.