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Chapter 95 - Conclusion of the Tag

Serkyrio made his way to the garden of the castle which more or less looks like a greenhouse. Within the area, he can find two dots that are coincidentally in the same area but different positions. He looked around the area while keeping his presence as low as he possibly could. His thought process slowly plans out what he needs to do to catch the other players without using a cheaty teleportation technique. Since the garden itself felt like a maze, it was a good advantage for Serkyrio to play it without flying even if it has a lot of good results.

The two hiders in the garden on the other hand are feeling nervous due to the presence of Serkyrio dwelling nearby. They used their phones to get an accurate read on his movements while making moves around the perimeter. The person hiding below a thick layer of vines was Jaquinn. He is seemingly in a good spot as he knows exactly where Serkyrio will go through the maze to get to his position. As he is surrounded by four routes. Currently, Serkyrio is on route to his position through the south, but Jaquinn only plans to leave the vineyard until Serkyrio is around two turns towards the vineyard he's hiding on. "Heh... It's a good thing that I went here first, I saw Richard enter here along with Andreus but I can't sense Andreus anymore." While muttering to himself, Jaquinn looked around and checked his phone once again before realizing that Serkyrio is now in bound from the western route instead. "Wha...?" Surprised, Jaquinn immediately followed his instincts and left the vineyard to move on towards the castle in hopes to not get caught. However, just as he was about to exit the corner through the northern route, a hand reached out from the bushes and grabbed his arm. "Got ya." It was a complete element of surprise that just occurred for Jaquinn as he turned his head to see the hand that has leaves over the sleeve and glove. But the major surprise was Serkyrio coming out of an illusion of a bushy wall. "This is partly why there are illusions in the maze." With just a quick statement that he heard from him, Jaquinn's eyes slowly grew dull as he realized that he's the second one out. Serkyrio then escorted Jaquinn to the throne room to which they were greeted by Remuel. Serkyrio made the announcement before heading off towards the dining hall.

Richard was in the fountain at the far north of the garden chilling while waiting. He was slightly nervous when he detected Serkyrio in the garden, but seeing as he prompted for Jaquinn, Richard simply sighed and opened a gaming app on his phone.

After Serkyrio arrived to the dining hall, he realized that the hall itself was empty of people. He immediately checked his phone and noticed that the members have pretty much spread out away from the location immediately. Since their time isn't exactly abundant, Serkyrio teleported to a different room without even bothering. He currently returned to the library and found Andreus and Harold on the top floor. Just a split second later, the two quickly scattered out of panic from his teleportation. Serkyrio immediately flew up and tried to tag Harold before he could escape using a gate, but Harold managed to steer clear from the area as Serkyrio flew up by hiding into the bookshelves. Serkyrio quickly checked all the bookshelves from the side but just as he found Harold, a gate was already opened for escape. Harold entered the portal and escaped towards a different room. Serkyrio checked his phone and realized that Andreus is still in the area, he then used a trick by standing on one place while keeping watch on all entrances. He waited for Andreus to start sneaking out while checking his phone for the locations of all the players. After some time, he noticed traces of magic slowly trying to leave the area which made Serkyrio begin his move.

He jumped down from the third floor and sped up his descent quickly. Andreus quickly noticed that action as he bolted out of the library onto the hallways. Serkyrio followed and turned into a wild goose chase around the castle before Andreus finally got caught after three minutes. Serkyrio escorted him to the throne room as he accepted his defeat. "Only one more person, will be hunted down." Serkyrio quickly announced his catch as the remaining players, Harold, Richard, Collin, and Arlesk began moving around once more.

Serkyrio then followed one of the dots in the map as he begins to search for his final victim. After making quick checks around the area, he followed a dot that was in the [Hall of the Sentinels].

After a few minutes of walking around, he noticed that a dot actually went overhead before passing through him, which means that he was on the wrong floor. Serkyrio teleported around the same place in different floors and realized that somebody might be in the ducts. He then switched the map in the phone from the original castle layout into the ducts and hidden routes layout. Afterwards, teleported to the exit that one dot was planning to go through silently.

After a short while waiting, the vent in the ducts opened up as one person came out of it, the person that left was Collin who felt a bit refreshed after finally leaving the vents. "Finally, get to feel actual fresh air for a whi-" But Serkyrio was behind silently tagging him before he could stretch. "Wha-?!!!" Collin jumped from the sudden touch and turned around to see Serkyrio smiling. "Welp, that's unfortunate for you." Collin sat down and rested up for the time being while Serkyrio announced his final catch to be Collin. "Alright, I have caught the fourth person so Arlesk, Harold, and Richard have just won one platinum coin. Unfortunately for Remuel, Jaquinn, Andreus, and Collin, each one of you lost seventy-five gold coins. Let's meet at the throne room to give out the rewards.

After the group gathered in the throne room, the four people who got caught were showing dull, or dead expressions as they reluctantly handed over seventy-five gold each to Serkyrio. Serkyrio then divided the gold coins equally to hand over to the three that won. "With this, the tests are complete and now you guys can go do whatever you wish for the day." Serkyrio adjourned the meeting and left the guys where half of which are celebrating and the other half giving each other pats on the shoulders.