Elsewhere in the virtual world, Simone was also fighting a monster. The monster's head was huge and had a large beak that was red like blood. It had arms like a chameleon and two wings on its back. It did not have feet but rather had a long tail that it crawled with like a snake. The appearance of this monster was dangerous, and the fact that its head was disproportionate to the rest of its body made its appearance contradictory between funny and frightening, which could make any person feel strange and nervous, but Simone was very excited to fight this thing.
She quickly grabbed some pebbles from the ground and aimed them at the strange monster. Then, after she threw the stone, she saw the monster stagger and leak a lot of purple blood everywhere. She had injured his left eye, then quickly took another stone and threw it towards the monster's injured eye again. She intended to hit him with the stones until his skull burned and reached the brain.
After the second injury, the monster went into a state of rampage, and due to bad behavior, the monster noticed Simone and ran towards her like crazy.
"So no more hitting from afar, huh?"
Simone smiled when she saw the monster quickly approaching her. In the next moment, the monster lowered its head slightly and then attacked with its beak forcefully, but Simone was very fast. Basically, if her brother Arthur was very strong, then Simone was very flexible and fast. After the monster's beak got stuck in the ground due to that attack, Simone took advantage of the opportunity by wrapping around the monster's neck and then attacking from behind with a sharp stone. Blow after blow, purple blood was coming out of the monster's neck, and screams were filling the place, but in an instant, the monster stopped screaming, and Simone felt that there was danger coming, and this was so because the monster's tail was about to hit Simone's head, but in a quick movement, Simone barely moved away. She was now standing in front of the monster. She lifted the sharp stone and plunged it into the monster's injured eye over and over again while the monster screamed in pain, before Simone walked away from the place and left the monster to bleed to death. After a few minutes, she heard a voice in her ear saying that she had killed a third-rate monster with a rating of B and had earned 5 points.
Simone smiled happily as she looked at her next prey with eyes hungry for more points.
Elsewhere, the rest of the contestants were doing a good job, such as the boy with glasses, who was setting traps and luring monsters into them by playing the role of bait. Others were doing amazing work, like the athletic girl who was taking on monsters with raw strength, and there was also the pale girl who created a slingshot and was literally killing monsters from a distance with excellent accuracy. Of course, no one was close to getting better results than Kevin, but Arthur was not very far behind, and right after him was his sister Simone.
After an hour and a half, the first part of the third round ended, and the results were as follows:
First place: Kevin : +30 points
Second place: Arthur Baz : +23 points
Third place: Simon Baz : +20 points
Fourth place: Xhya Leoy : +16 points
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10th place: Caitlin Loston Posiden : +10 points
11th place: Alfred Jagel : +9 points
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"Amazing contestants, you have ignited everyone here with your outstanding performance."
All participants could hear the commentator's voice in their minds as he congratulated them before announcing the leaderboard in the first section and then announcing that the second section of the third round would begin immediately. In the next moment, all the participants felt that their vision was constantly blurring and changing before it fixed on the form of a wide white room where they were all standing together. The commentator's voice came back again, explaining that this section is about teamwork, so they should form teams of three people quickly because whoever is left without a team after half an hour will be eliminated immediately, and with this, everyone felt tense and started talking to each other. There were people who had participated in this competition several times previously, so they were confident with each other, and there were also those who participated with their friends or family members, so they did not face any problems either. After only 25 minutes, a thousand people were in a certain team of three people, except for them. Six people were in the middle of the room.
"This...hmmm was unexpected *sigh*."
Kevin was among the remaining six people, and it's not because he didn't try to find a team, but every time he asked someone, they clearly avoided him. Although Kevin is a very social person and used to ask questions in his own distinctive way, which he gained from repeating the character of the hero in many worlds until he became able to show the purity of his thoughts and soul to others and gain their trust, for some reason it seems that the inhabitants of this world did not accept his aura. Pure, even though he tried repeatedly and failed every time until he was now alone in the middle of the room.
He sighed and said, "If I had more time, I would be able to convince them all to form a team with me. It doesn't matter even if they hate me; I can always change people's opinions about me, but in this case, I just need more time."
Kevin raised his head and looked at the rest of the people next to him. The athletic girl, or by her name, Xhya; the brothers Arthur and Simon Baz; the boy Alfred with the looks; and finally the beautiful and pale girl, Caitlin.
Kevin smiled sweetly before stepping forward a little and speaking.
"There are only us left, comrades. We're six people, so we'd better form two teams before time runs out. I don't mind who I am with, so take your time, but don't forget, comrades, we're running out of time."
Kevin's pure and sincere smile was enough to make the whole world fall in love with him, but the faces of the five people in front of him were screaming "nop," which made Kevin offer them the option to choose while reminding them of the time.
Arthur finally spoke with a frown on his face, as if he did not like being among so many people.
"Okay, then, sister, let's first remove this person from the list."
He said this, pointing at Kevin, whose expression never changed.
"Ugggh, just look at him. A very unknown and powerful person suddenly appears like this and acts so friendly. He just looks like one of the fake heroes, so there is no way I would agree to have him near me. In fact, you are the person I don't trust the most in this room. Secondly, Donia, the muscular girl." "This one, compared to the other trifles, unfortunately, I think it is the most appropriate, my sister."
"Arthur, just why do you insist on being so rude to others? I apologize, everyone."
Simone said as she apologized for her brother's actions, at about the same time Xhya raised her head in anger and shouted at Arthur.
"Who do you call the most suitable? Do you think you are in a store to choose what suits you, you filthy motherfucker?"
Arthur looked at her coldly and said, "But is the analysis wrong?"
Xhya looked around and noticed both Alfred and Caitlin before her eyes settled on Kevin for a moment and she sighed in annoyance.
"You should know that I am the one who will lead the operation."
"Ass Commander, I am in charge here."
Xhya went with Arthur and Simon's team, leaving Kevin with Alfred and Caitlin. Kevin looked at them nicely, making them feel cold sweat on their bodies.
Kevin opened his arms and said, "Okay, then I guess the three of us will form a team."
Alfred was nervous, but he suddenly remembered something, so he looked up and scratched the back of his head before saying
"Yes, I don't want to be excluded."
Kevin showed a bright smile and said
"Good decision, Alfred! What about you, Caitlin? Are you really going to give up after all the effort you put in?"
Caitlin opened her eyes wide before closing them as she thought, then opened them again and looked at the remaining time. A minute later, Caitlin's thin lips trembled before she whispered
"Good"
At that moment, Kevin scared Alfred and Caitlin when he clapped excitedly.
"Great then, I'm glad you made the right decision."
After hearing that sentence, they both thought of one thing.
"He really looks like a fake hero."
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Finally, after the end of time, there were two people who could not find another person to form a team, and they were eliminated, and then the commentator spoke.
"Let you know that a hero needs to be someone who is good at dealing with others. Therefore, if you cannot form a simple team, then you are not qualified to be a hero. But now, let us open the gate for all teams to enter!"
With this, a giant gate appeared in front, and the teams began to enter in an organized and orderly manner.
"Hmm, good. Okay then." Kevin looked at his two companions and said with a smile, "Let's go in."
When Kevin passed with his team, the others automatically turned away, but their eyes were focused on Alfred and Caitlin. Of course, there would be a lot of talk behind their backs because the fact that two weak people like them were on this mysterious young man's team meant that they would either be exploited or pushed by him to succeed without exerting themselves, and in both cases, people's opinions were negative.
Kevin was aware of this, so he turned to them and whispered a friendly
"Don't worry, we will work as a real team, just as we agreed."
The look on their faces was unconvinced, but Kevin did not want to speak further. Rather, he wanted to prove that he was a good person with his actions alone. When Kevin's team entered, the scene in front of him changed, and the world became more realistic, with a prominent building in front and a screen hanging in the sky showing the time remaining for the section to end. The second of the third rounds
Kevin turned to his two companions and said excitedly:
"So what's the plan?"