After Sky and other participants left the field, only eleven people left on the field, the test continues regardless of the awkward atmosphere...
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Sky returned to the viewer's platform along with Blair and K, Maria and Ben looked at them, rather concern as they didn't return to the dorm for the whole night, and their sudden withdrawal from the strength test makes things even more concerning.
"Is everything alright?" Ben asked.
"We had found the source of the curse magic, it is from one of the contestants on the field." said Sky.
"I see, care to explain more?" Ben asked while looking at Blair and K.
"Well, as we said earlier, our prior reason for participating in this tournament is not for the prize, we are here to investigate some matters, and this matter has something to do with that curse magic, that's all I can say." said Blair, in a serious tone.
Ben nodded without saying anything.
"Anyway, Ben, aren't you supposed to be helping out at the infirmary?" Sky asked.
"Hmm? Why should I? It's not like they couldn't do anything without me, right? There isn't much casualty today." said Ben, a bit heartless.
"Sometimes I seriously wondering why are you even qualified as a doctor." said Sky.
"I wondered about that as well." said Ben, rather sarcastic.
"I believe the test wouldn't end any sooner now, shall we go to the cafeteria and have some small talks while having lunch?" Blair suggested.
"Not a bad idea." said Sky and the others agree about that as well.
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Cafeteria. Blair and Gerrard are preparing some tea for everyone at the self-service drink bar.
"Blair, I had been wondering about something, you look kind of close with the leaders of those two teams. I mean I know that Mr. Vlansky is Mr. Chris's friend but how about that Colonel K from Alliance?" said Gerrard.
"Well, they are my old acquaintance before you were even born. Both of them are nice people." said Blair.
"Hmm... I see. But I'm still confused about one thing, why are those from the Alliance have codes instead of names? Don't you think it's weird?" Gerrard asked.
"Well, this matter is a little bit complicated, but K and C-760 are actually clones, thus they are having number codes instead of name. And for K, he is the only remainder of the K coded clone, so it's alright to just call him K instead of his full number code." said Blair.
"Clone? Hmm... But if I'm not mistaken, Alliance is actually having a diplomatic relationship with that almighty Kingdom right? And as we all know, the King of that almighty Kingdom does not really like such things, so..." Gerrard asked again.
"That's why I said it's complicated, I don't really know much about it either... Here, the tea is all done, let's go back to the dining area." said Blair.
Meanwhile, dining area, Sky, Maria, and Ben are watching the playback of the previous tests while having a small discussion about it.
"Seriously, what the hell is that guy trying to shoot down?" said Sky.
"Yes, I could understand those who aimed solely for the eagle but this person is just a bit too 'talented' it's not easy to miss every single shot like him." said Ben.
"Ah! Don't run in that direction! Oh dear! Are you an idiot? That trap is so obvious." said Maria.
"Seriously, what's the point they discussed about the strategy if they are confused about the starting point of the target?" said Sky...
And yes, instead of discussing, they are dissing the performance of other contestants that failed the tests...
After a while, they finally stop their random meaningless dissing and focus on the records of the tests to find anything suspicious about it. However, instead of joining them in observing the video record of tests, Ben fixed his sight to one of the members of Blair's team.
"Hmm? Dr. Ben, anything wrong?" Blair asked, as he just returned from the drink bar.
"That teammate of yours looks quite similar to the legendary archer, Hou Yi*, is he by any chance related to that legendary archer who had passed away thousands of years ago?." Ben asked, Sky and the others are equally curious.
"You mean Yi Ren? Well, he is actually the descendant of Hou Yi. I thought you know about him, your father is a friend of his great grandfather after all.." said Blair.
"You mean that beard fetish? Ah... No wonder." said Ben.
"Heh? He is the descendant of Hou Yi? For real?" said Seito, who is a bit shock about that piece of information.
"Yes, bonafide." said Gerrard.
"Gerrard, mind your manner." said Blair.
Seito stared at Yi Ren, rather hard to believe that he just competed with him days ago.
*Hou Yi is a legendary archer from Chinese legends, as well as the husband of Chang Er, the moon fairy. According to the legend, he shot down nine suns that are 'burning' the earth and saved everyone from the sun's torture.
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Two hours later, all of them had gone back to their dorm to have a rest while waiting for the end results of the qualification round. Then, some staffs from the organizer entered their dorm without any pre-notice, instead of bringing them the results of the qualifications test, they brought in a rather bad news. Apparently, someone had found out about Bob's identity as the earth deity and was not very happy about it, and thus they made a report to the organizer, stating that the fact that Bob is a deity is not fair for the other contestants. The organizer decided to cancel the result of the stamina test of Bob...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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