"Hehe."
"Bring it on."
"Miss Cloud."
Jimmy smirks looking back as Sierra runs rampant.
Blitzing passed all those in front of her as she makes up ground on the leading pack!!!!
-Meanwhile-
[The Last Pack]
"…"
"hm…"
"This is good I can keep this pace without falling behind."
Xavier thinks as he looks ahead and realizes the lead pack isn't all that far away.
"Tell me something Lucius."
Xavier asks
"Yes?"
Lucius responds
"Do you know anything about the directions to this so called 'Willow Farms'."
Xavier asks
"…"
"To be fairly honest…"
"No."
Lucius responds bluntly
"However,"
"The reason why pace is so important in this round is simply that."
He says
"Keeping pace with the leaders will get you to your destination anyway."
He says
"The leaders obviously know where they're going after all."
He says
"I see…."
Xavier responds
"So rather than the terrain being the actual test in this trial."
"The actual test is whether or not you're capable or even beating the best."
Xavier says
"Yes, so it seems."
Lucius responds
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"And supplies?"
Xavier asks as it dawns on him he packed nothing but a few clothes to change into
"Supplies??"
Lucius asks
"Yeah supplies."
"Food, toiletries y'know."
Xavier asks
"Aaah… am afraid all that is self-provided Xavier."
Lucius says smiling uncomfortably
"…"
"eh."
Xavier exclaims confused
"Weren't you informed by your mentor?"
Lucius asks
"No."
"It seems he neglected to mention it."
Xavier says seething
"I swear to God that man."
Xavier thinks salty
"Ah don't worry… I'll spare what I can for you."
Lucius says trying to lighten Xavier's mood
"…thanks."
Xavier responds
"…"
"So what can you tell me about the Willow Farms then?"
Xavier asks
"What's there to tell?"
Lucius responds
"The Willow farms are a relic of the past."
"Way before domed cities and in a time when the Siyah house had control of all the of the Tanggal continent."
Lucius says
"They were used as a way to supply food to all who occupied the continent."
"They worked well at first but as the number of refugees increased in the country they eventually became inadequate."
Lucius says
"All things considered…"
"The technology used here still far surpasses what we currently use."
"So people have speculated that there may be another way to use the Siyah ability to see fates other than in fights."
He says
"Another way other than in fights huh…'
Xavier mumbles…
"Oh uhm, here's a map of the lands."
"I forgot I had a spare."
Lucius says offering him one anxiously
"Didn't you say you didn't--"
"…"
"Right, thanks."
Xavier says blankly taking it.
"Forgot you say."
Xavier thinks while looking it over
"…"
"hmmm…."
Xavier thinks while looking the map over
"…"
"Great, with this I can probably…"
He thinks
"Hey ah… Lucius."
Xavier says
"Y-Yeah?"
Lucius responds
"See ya at the farms."
Xavier says smirking
"…"
"Hu--"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Suddenly Lucius is cut off by a sudden burst of air as Xavier sprints ahead too!!!!
"AH!"
"Mhm…"
"…"
-A Couple Hours Later-
[The Leading Pack]
"Haaaaaa…."
"Haaaaaa…."
Cassey pants while his vision gets blurry as he watches Jimmy exploding even further away from the pack.
"Haaaaaa….."
"Need to catch your breath cupcake?"
Lillith's voice cuts in from beside Cassey
"Shut up."
Cassey says
"And here I thought you were going to give him a run for his money."
Lillith says
(panting)
"I could…"
(panting)
"Say the same thing about you."
Cassey responds
"Oh please am not so dumb as to think I can beat a Blanche in a contest of endurance."
Lillith responds
(panting)
"Yet you still showed off to him for a bit."
Cassey says
"Yes I did, and it was only that too."
Lillith says
"…"
"I needed to remind him that he wasn't the only one who had that kind of power."
"That's all."
Lillith says
"The Blanche family is famous for their inhuman training afterall."
She says
"A measly 50km is probably a cake walk for that freak."
She says salty
(panting)
"Yeah, yeah whatever you say."
Cassey says.
"Well see ya."
Lillith says
"Hu--"
"Gotta keep pace with Flying Jimmy y'know."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lillith explodes ahead.
"…"
"Tsk."
"Royals."
"…"
-Head OF The Pack Jimmy Blanche-
"…"
Looks back.
"Seems like the mutt finally gave way ehy."
Jimmy thinks with a big smirk on his face.
"Oh my dear Raine. How could you fall so short of my expectations?"
Jimmy says aloud with a tear in his eye
"Hm?"
He exclaims as something catches his eye
"Oh look."
"Seems like there's a little birdie here to play with me."
He says smirking when he sees Sierra and Lillith now in 2nd and 3rd respectively
"Well let's see how long you can keep up…"
Jimmy says smirking
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-That Night-
[The Campsite]
"Haaaaaa…."
"Haaaaaa...."
"…"
Xavier pants slow trying to regain his breath
"…"
"Good am not that tired."
He thinks before standing upright and drinking some water.
"Xavier!"
"hm?"
"Oh Lucius."
Xavier says when he notices Lucius
"What's up?"
Xavier asks
"Well not much honestly my pack just got here."
Lucius says
"I see."
Xavier responds looking back to the bundle of people catching their breath.
"Well I got here not too long ago myself."
Xavier says pointing to a much more relaxed group.
"I see."
Lucius says
"The middle group huh?"
Lucius asks curiously
"Yeah."
Xavier responds
"I figured it might be better for me if I stuck around the groups higher up the pack."
"That way I can watch the leading pack better."
He says
"Already profiling your opponents?"
Lucius asks
"That's actually quite impressive y'know."
He says
"Is it?"
Xavier asks
"I just wanted to make sure I know what all the 'favourites' strengths are."
He says
"Y'know…"
"Just in case."
He says.
"…"
"I see…"
Lucius responds blankly
"…"
-silence-
"…"
"Well the first people to get here were Jimmy and Sierra."
Lucius says
"As for who came in first…"
"No one actually knows."
"No one was close enough to see them arrive."
He says
"…"
"Sierra huh…"
Xavier thinks
"After that is Lillith Cane and Cassey, then the merc trio, in the same order."
Lucius says
"Apparently the merc trio carried Mu all the way."
He says
"…"
"I sEe…"
Xavier says, a bit caught off guard.
"…"
(Yawns)
"Well whatever."
Xavier says
"I should probably get some rest."
He says
"This early?"
Lucius asks
"Yeah."
"If today's anything to go by tomorrow might be a long day…"
Xavier says
"Night Lucius."
He says
"AH… Night."
"…"
"Xavier."
Lucius responds antsy
"…"
-Later That Night-
".."
-silence-
"…"
"…"
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"What was that??"
Xavier is awoken a sudden but disgusting sound
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"…"
"What's going on?"
He thinks confused in a daze but instinctively staying completely still.
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
Just then as Xavier's eyes begin to adjust to the dark environment.
An image of people moving in a line around the camping bags becomes vivid enough.
And they're holding…
Spears?!?!!
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"What are they doing?!?!"
Xavier thinks in a panic as the sounds draw closer and closer…
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"…"
("AHaahh….")
"…"
"Is that what I think it was?"
Xavier thinks as a cold sweat starts to brew around his whole body
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"Are they really?"
Xavier thinks
Seems like the first day of the trials is far from finished huh…
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
("THWOCK!!!!!!")
"…"
"…"
-To Be Continued-