Chapter 1109 - Battle for Romeo (1/2)

Everyone who was needed for the Blade Island mission was now present, so Quinn had gone to the training room to see whether by some miracle Layla had learned how to use Qi. However, he had never expected her to completely ignore him, instead storming right up to Helen and challenging her to a duel like that.

'Layla has never been this confrontational in the past, she is usually quite the calm and chilled girl. Just what's gotten into her?' Quinn wondered.​​

Noticing the puzzled look on Quinn's face, Nate moved over to where Quinn was and pulled him back away a little from the invisible sparks that everyone could feel between the two girls. Everyone who had been training just moments ago, stopped after hearing Layla's loud challenge.

”You look like you don't have a clue what you've just done, do you?” Nate asked Quinn in a hushed tone.

”What do you mean?” Quinn whispered back.

”Honestly Quinn, how can you be that dense? It doesn't take a genius to see that Layla obviously has had feelings for you for a long time, but we were all there when Helen declared that she wanted to go out with you. So what do you think Layla feels towards Helen?”

”By bringing her here, you've just added oil to the fire and now you have two gorgeous and perfect girls fighting over you! Well, Romeo, you should have decided which one to pick.” Nate explained as he punched Quinn on the arm hard.

Just like any single guy, it was hard for Nate to keep his pent up frustrations under check when seeing that the girls who had feelings for his friend were even ready to fight for him. Besides, if anyone could take a hit, then it would be Quinn.

After staring at each other for a few seconds, Helen turned away to look at Quinn, who didn't know how to deal with the situation, before she turned back at Layla smiling.

”Hmph, I can already guess what you want me to do if you win. Fine, I accept the duel.” Helen declared.

At this point, Quinn couldn't imagine a worse outcome for this situation. No matter who won, he would be the one who would need to deal with the aftermath. However, before he could do anything about it, everyone else had moved aside. Meanwhile Nate, continued to drag Quinn away letting the two girls conclude their business without him.

Helen stood on one side while Layla stood on the other as well.

”I don't want to bully you, so this is your last chance to back out.” Helen offered. ”My Daisy faction used to be one of the strongest factions before we were taken over.” She was confident in her words.

”I have been with the Cursed faction for a long while, the very group that took over and beat your Daisy faction!” Layla snapped back, as she checked her bow.

”Easy there ladies, we're all friends here. It looks like you might need a little ref to settle your differences. Since I can't afford to see you two girls get hurt, It will have to be me.” Nate decided as he stepped forward, and raised both of his arms.

”Before you begin, here are some basic ground rules. No strikes at the other's head or heart area. The match is over when one of you surrenders or I declare that they can no longer continue.” Nate stated.

”Agreed.” Both of them nodded.

”Begin!” Nate shouted as he swung both arms down, and quickly went back to where Quinn and the others were up against the wall.

”So, who do you think is going to win?” Nate asked, as Layla placed five arrows into her bow, and was pressing to fire them off, while Helen threw several seeds on the ground which immediately sprouted into the deadly plants that would fire off spikes.

”Or perhaps I should ask who would you prefer to win?” Nate asked with a cheeky grin. He didn't even try to hide the fact that he was enjoying every single bit of the situation. He felt like Quinn deserved this, being the playboy he was without realising it.

”If I had to answer honestly, I see no way for Layla to be winning this. Even Peter had struggled when we fought against Helen.” Quinn answered, not letting Nate's teasing get to him.

”Oh really? Well, I think you might be in for a surprise then.” Nate said, as he looked towards a part of the wall. Quinn followed his gaze and found several cracks on the wall, with small holes in them as well.

'Layla's telekinesis ability was never strong enough to accomplish something like that, She also doesn't have the best beast equipment on either. Could it actually be that she managed to learn how to use Qi in such a short amount of time?!'

He briefly recalled that Leo had once tried to teach Layla the basics of Qi, but according to him, Layla's aptitude for it had been frankly horrible. She had been an extremely slow learner and even his best estimate had been that she would need at least half a year of intense training before she might be able to learn the first stage of it.

Under his tutelage she had constantly tried, but she just didn't seem suited for it. It also had not helped that Erin had quickly shown off her own talent in that regard, further crushing Layla's ego.

As Layla's fingers let go of the arrows, moving after what anyone had expected, they started to spin and the top of them were infused with great power. The flowers shot out their spikes trying to hit the arrows but when the two collided there was a clear difference in which was stronger, and the arrows continued going forward piercing right through the stems causing them to shrivel.

Even then, the arrows continued as they went and hit the wall behind them, but a single one had changed direction and was going straight for Helen.

”You have some fire in you I see!” Helen praised her, as she pulled out her whip, and snapped it, hitting the arrow by the wooden part, breaking it in half. Her whip was fast enough and strong enough to destroy the arrows without hitting the sharp head.

Something that if Layla wanted to win, she had to figure out how to get past. Soon, she started to run but it was at her usual speed. She didn't slow down, and continued to pull the arrows firing them.