Whoosh!
Her arrow sped through the air, and I knew it was over.
There was no way I could block it—too fast, and she'd infused it with mana. Mana enhancement wouldn't help me now.
"AHHHHHH!" I screamed, but...
... not because I'd been hit. No...
... it was because I'd forcefully used my affinity.
Darkness.
"What...?" she muttered, shocked as the arrow struck a veil of darkness, clattering harmlessly to the ground.
"Hah... hah... ha... hah..." I panted, exhausted beyond belief.
I never thought I'd manage to manifest it, but thankfully, at the very last second, it kicked in.
Painstakingly, I stood and rushed toward her, but that...
... was a mistake.
"FUCK!" I yelled as she nocked five arrows at once and let them fly. The arrows themselves weren't the problem...
... it was that they all lit up!
"Light affinity?! CRAP!"
Out of all the opponents I had to face, it had to be the one who could completely nullify my powers.
I dived out of the way, knocking over a shelf as the arrows zipped past me and exploded in the distance.
This is bad.
I scrambled to my feet and ran, trying to put as much distance between us as possible.
*Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!*
Multiple arrows whizzed past, striking the shelves ahead of me. I narrowly avoided each one, my heart pounding as I dodged by a hair's breadth every time.
Damn.
I can't beat her. She's way too skilled for me.
So what do I do...?
Wait!
The mission!
[Mission in progress...]
[Let the game begin.]
[Objective: Get 200 points on the first day (00:19:58:42).]
[Progress: 75%]
[Reward: A shadow skill.]
[Failure: All stats set to negative.]
A shadow skill.
If I take down one more student and earn that skill, I might stand a chance against her.
With that thought, I squeezed through a narrow gap between two shelves, then pushed one over, knocking it into the next. I didn't stop there—I shoved every shelf I passed, creating a domino effect, hoping it would keep her busy for a while.
I sprinted ahead, searching for my next victim, but I didn't have to look long. As I rounded a corner, someone else did the same.
"Fredlin..."
"Oh... seems you already know me. Now die!" the bastard screamed as he thrust his sword forward, summoning multiple fireballs around him.
And then—
*PUM!*
They all shot forward!
However...
"Heh," a sneer curled up my lips. What I did next made the arrogant fool take a few steps back.
Fredlin.
One of the protagonist's future allies, and one of the idiots who'd eventually get NTR'd in the future.
But that's a thought for another time.
"What... affinity... is that?!" Fredlin stammered as his flames were completely snuffed out by the veil of darkness protecting me.
"Tsk," I clicked my tongue as a notification flashed in my vision.
[Mana: 123/200]
Damn it, I can't keep this up much longer.
I dashed toward him, my digger appearing in my hand. And then—
"ARCK! Stop...! ARCK! ARCK!"
Well...
... he's dead.
[Mission in progress...]
[Mission complete.]
[Let the game begin.]
[Objective: Get 200 points on the first day (00:19:58:42).]
[Progress: 100%]
[Reward: A shadow skill.]
[Failure: All stats set to negative.]