The moment the game started, both Malik and Lucy went back to the team and observed the battle together with them. They were discussing about the strategies and formations for their turn.
Well, the next game is their turns to fight against each other.
Zayne, the assassin of the red team was chasing the offense of the blue team but he had not catch up with them yet.
"We are near the flag of blue team.Guys, be prepared for battle and don't let your guard down"
"Wooooow!"
One of the tanks of the red team cheered up the moral of the team.
After a while, they reached the distance where they could see the blue flag on a rock. In front of it, there was a mage with a purple robe with a wooden staff standing while giving his back to the flag. The moment he saw the enemies, he swang the staff and took a battle stance.
"What the. There are a lot of them. So they are focusing all of their forces on offense. Will I be able to hold them back until our attack force captures the red flag?"
The mage thought.
The red team was getting closer.
"I mustn't let the distance closer than this"
"
The mage pointed the staff at the red team and the magic circle appeared at the tip of the staff.
Then a fire ball about the size of a football came out of it and flied toward the red team.
"Wow"
The two tank blocked the fire ball with their shields simultaneously.
Boom.
A huge explosion occurred because of the fire ball.
The explosive power of the fire ball is great because of that magic multipliter staff. But it consumes a lot of soul energy for each spell. Too bad he is not a type of magician who uses trap magic which is the best magic for defense.
"
He used the fire ball again.
Boom.
Because of the huge explosion produced by it, the area became dusty which blocked the sight of the red team.
"Shoot them!!"
The mage screamed to notify the ranger.
Bang.Bang.
From within the deep forest, the sound of a rifle shooting could be heard.
"Ack!"
"What happened?"
The two tankers were focusing the defense on their straight front where the mage was standing. But they heard the scream of their mage from the rear.
The gunshots calmed down as the cloud started to lift.
"Ahh!!"
"Are you okay?"
"Ah!"
The caster was shouting in agony while pressing hard on the wound on his leg where blood were gushing with both of his hand.
One of the gun shots hit him.
"He is in the forest running around to aim for our back!"
One of the tanks of the red team warned his team in a big voice.
"I will look out for the forest while you take care of that damned mage"
The tanks divided their roles.
"
Two red things burining in flames appeared beside the mage of the blue team. They have long arms with enormous plams with burning claws attached to them. The small head without eyes and nose was leaning forward and the back and round shoulder were a little curved because of the heavy and enromous arms. They have no legs which support them to stand. Instead of walking, they commute by flying. Below the area where they were floating, the ground was melting because of the extreme temperature of the flames.
Whoosh.
The fire spirits started to charge toward the red team the moment they were summoned.
"Grr!"
Boom.
With each strike from the claws, the explosions strong enough to melt the ground were produced. The tanker in charge of the mage was desperately blocking the attacks with the shield but he was barely hanging on.
"Tsk"
The other tanker could not stand the sight of his friend struggling against the spirits anymore and decided to help him out.
Bang.Bang.
The moment he took his eyes off the forest, the gunshots were reminding him off the threat it could give.
Boom.Boom.
Both of the spirits were focusing their attacks on the tanker.
"Grr!"
Boom.
The tanker at last took out the enormous blade he was carrying on the back. It was a single edged rectangular shaped blade and was about 15 inches long and 8 inches wide.
Whoosh.
One of the spirits suddenly leaped toward him and attacked with the explosive claws.
"Grr!"
With the terrifying roar like a wild animal, the tanker swang the sword and attacked the spirit which was charging toward him.
Boom.
The other spirit butted into to help it's surbordinate and repelled the swing with the claws.
Boom.Boom.Boom.
"Hey, do something caster"
The tanker who was in charge of the sniper shouted in frustration.
The caster stood up while pressing the leg wound with left hand.
"
He used the magic while spreading the right hand opened.
From within the ground, green vines started coming out near the fire spirits and bind their legs which halted their tremendous speed.
"Grr!"
The tanker swang his giant blade and cut down one of the spirits which was immobilized.
Whoosh.
Before the attack reached the target, the spirit broke free and leaped backward to dodge that.
"The temperature of the spirits are too high that even a wet and green veins could only bind them for a while"
The mage of the red team thought.
Bang.Bang.
The gunshots were aiming at the caster who was starting to become active in the battle.
Clank.Clank.
But the other tanker who was in charge of the sniper blocked them with the shield.
"
Boom.Boom.
The battle of two spirits and the red team was going on.
"Huff-huff"
"By summoning these guys, I am almost out of soul energy. But with them and Dejan who is giving them a lot of troubles from hiding, we might be able to buy enough time for the offensive team to capture the flag. There are three of them attacking right now. The one that is left is an assassin who stays hidden. They are attacking us without defending. Please, Mr. Logan, hurry up and get to their flag to end the game."
Logan, the fighter of the blue team who was in the vanguard, charged forward with full speed the moment he heard the sound of explosions from behind.
"They are already attacking our base. Hurry up"
He told the supporter who was falling behind.
"Will they be okay Mr.Logan?"
"It is not our concern to worry about that right now. They are buying us time their best and entrusted us with the role to attack. We just need to win as quickly as possible to pay them back"
"Right"
Boom.
With the loud sound, the supporter fell down and hit the ground with his face. Blood were coming out of the nose and mixed with the dirts from the ground.
"Ah!"
"What happened again? It is not like you are a kid to fall down while running. Hahaha"
Mr.Logan bursted out laughing as he looked at poor supporter.
"No. No. I did not fall down accidentally. It..it was a hand coming out of the earth and grabbed my leg"
"Huh? Your head becomes crazy after hitting the ground? Haha"
"N-no, I am serious!" The supporter became furious and shouted at Logan who was not taking this seriously.
"Maybe, you tripped on the tree root which was sticking out?"
"No, it fucking grabbed my leg. This is no laughing matter, You fucker" he swore angrily and that made Logan change his expression to normal.
"..."
"We are under attack then?" he said as he turned around and got the sword ready for attack.
"Stand up and prepare for battle if that is true" he then warned the supporter who was on the ground.
The supporter desperately got up and took a stance behind Logan for the battle.
They observed their surroundings with extra caution.
"If they grabbed you by your feet, they must be an earth type hunter. Be wary of the ground"
Wee wee wee wee wee.
When they put all their attentions to the ground, with the sound of spinning, something black flied toward them from thier back.
"Duck!!"
Logan shouted his heart out to warn his teammate.
Boom.
Because of the warning, both Logan and the supporter managed to duck and dodge that. The moment they ducked down, the big thing made a deafthening sound and flied pass through above their heads while spinning and hit the trees.
That was a throwing star like weapon. But unlike it, the size was about 18 inches long. There was a ring in the middle where the user hold and two blades were attached to it. Because of that, it can be used as a blade in melee battles and as a projectile weapon in range battle.
"They made us to be wary of the ground and sneake attacked from above which is our blind spot"
"Y-yes"
The supporter had become panicked knowing that he was the target of the attacks.
"They are trying to get rid of the supporter first because he would be a problem in the battle. If they aren't confident to fight head-on the fighter buffed by the supporter, their numbers must be few. It must be that assassin guy. It is too dangerous to charge forward knowing that there is someone who would ambush us the moment we let our guard down"
Logan thought as he kept observing the surroundings.
Boom.
"Arkkk!!"
"What happened?"
Logan turned around and looked at the supporter.
"Help me"
He was swallowed by the ground and half of his body under the waist was buried in the earth.
"The moment I took an eye off him, he was attacked" Logan thought.
The ground was slowly swallowing the whole body.
"Ah!!"
Logan rushed toward him and tried to pulled him from the hand but no matter how much they struggled, the earth did not seem like it would let go of him.
"There is no choice" Logan thought.
"
The golden aura shone through his body and he became overflowing with strength.
"Grr!!"
Then he prepared to swing the sword to cut the ground.
Clank.
With the thunderous sound of the clash of the swords, the swing was stopped by Zayne who flew out of the ground with tremendous speed.
Zayne sensed that Logan was trying to cut the ground and help the teammmate.
"It would be possible with his
he thought and immediately came out and repelled the swing with the two-bladed shuriken like weapon from before.
"You finally came out, huh? You rat"
"It will make you feel worse if you lose to a rat, loser"
The duel which would decide the outcome of the first game of the hunter exam phase 3 had began.
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