A ton of blood was flowing out from Jamis. Having no strength to hold on, Jamis finally stumbles on the ground. Rio was the last one standing among the two.
("*Pant* This guy's finally goes down. Among all the people I fought, he's the most annoying of them all...") The fight was over, and Rio finally sighed in relief.
But as the seconds go by, his adrenaline goes down. At that moment, Rio realized that his mana was already depleted, which meant that the aura of electricity from Pride Of Thunder was already gone. His aura of electricity controls every fiber of muscle on his body including preventing blood from flowing out.
But... because it has gone, blood will come out from his every wound. Including the 28 bullet holes. From head to toe in an instant. If someone had happened to see it, they would mistake it for fireworks.
("Aah... I feel dizzy. But I had to go and help the others.") Thinking that, Rio can't even move his finger anymore. But instead, like Jamis, he too, stumbles on the ground.
On the top of the hill, there goes by the name Zoya who was lying on her back.
("Fuck, I think my shoulder just discolated! That shot didn't leave a flesh wound but the force was strong enough to knock me down. Even so, what the hell did he just shoot me with?! I don't see the gun on him!")
A while ago...
"So... you all will go fight head on and meanwhile I'll just watch you from behind. Like in old times." (Ryuma)
"I will specifically reject this idea because he fucking blasted me with the fireworks and pushed me off the ring along with the guy I fought with!" (Rio)
"Aw, come on! That was an accident! You got caught in the crossfire." (Ryuma)
"Bullshit! At that time, you were get-go on aiming right at my face!" (Rio)
"But, it all works out in the end right?" (Ryuma)
"Tch, Kiyo, Mika you both are on my side right?!"
"Well, did you at least have a better idea than Ryuma?" (Kiyo)
"I do! My plan is... You all charge ahead while I watch from the side-"
"You're basically rip-off my idea." (Ryuma) After Rio had given a few ideas, the group finally came to a conclusion.
"Then we'll use Ryuma's idea." (Mika) Rio was on all four admitting defeat meanwhile Ryuma with a smug face looked down at Rio.
"Hohoho! At least try not to come up with a better idea in argue table~" (Ryuma)
"Ahem! So the plan is Rio since you've had the fastest speed reaction among us, I want you to lock on the guy with the magic handgun. As for the Silvereyes, Kiyo will deal with the brother. I can tell from his hand, that he has his way with the sword." (Ryuma)
"So, which one should I go for?" (Mika)
"You'll support those two. But keep your mana just in case. Use the potion first." (Ryuma)
"Roger that." (Mika)
"I was gonna say, that's a pretty high-quality potion..." (Kiyo)
"The school sells them. I bought it with the money we got yesterday." (Mika)
"For real?! What's with this school? The food is good. The stuff in the dorm feels like they're coming from an expensive inn. Moreover, the stuff they're selling..." (Kiyo)
"You don't say, there's a lot of things this school is hiding from us. For what reason did we get invited to this school... And, I don't think it was a coincidence that all four of us were invited here." (Rio) All four went silent.
"Well, we can find out about that later. But first, we also need to deal with what's in front of us first." (Ryuma) Ryuma breaks the silence.
"*Sigh* I supposed so. So Ryuma, what will you do?" (Kiyo)
"I will stay behind and 'Observe'." (Ryuma)
Back to the present, Zoey who was lying on her back was looking at the direction in which she was shot at. And there was Ryuma standing among the trees and leaves.
("He isn't holding any gun. But why is he doing the 'pistol hand sign'?") (Zoey) Ryuma was doing the pistol hand sign with the right hand while the left hand was holding the right forearm. Ryuma then went hiding among the trees.
("What am I doing! This isn't the time to keep lying down!") As Zoey was about to get up, something struck her on the rib. One of the bones on the ribcage was broken. She has to grit her teeth so as not to let any of the sounds come out. Zoey's eyes fixed on something that was rolled on the ground.
("Iron ball?! But I don't see any weapon on him! How does he shoot these iron balls?!") Zoey tried to find Ryuma who was hiding among the trees. Ryuma comes out from behind the tree to fire his third shot.
("That's... an iron ball spinning on the fingertips of his hand?!") An iron ball-sized of marble was shot, straight toward her head. Zoey barely had any speed reaction and tried to block the shot with her hand. But she couldn't make it in time. The iron ball broke her ring finger and hit her head.
The damage on the head was minimized since it hit her finger first but she definitely can hear a crack on her skull. This led to blood coming out from her head.
Sometimes before the Deathmatch, Ryuma was just exploring around the school. He then stumbles upon Kiyo...
"Yo, Kiyo it's rare to see you alone. Moreover, right behind the school." (Ryuma)
"Rio and Mika went to town and I feel like not going. So I'm just taking a nap here." (Kiyo)
"Why aren't you sleeping in your room then?"
"Like I said, I'm just taking a nap. Also, I like sleeping under the shadow of a tree. This place is quiet and the wind blows quite strong here. It feels great doesn't it?" (Kiyo) Hearing a word from Kiyo, Ryuma too went to sit beside Kiyo.
"Yes, It feels great." (Ryuma) The two just enjoy nature while chatting about random stuff. And then a pinecone falls onto Kiyo's head.
"Ouch, damn." (Kiyo) Kiyo grabbed the pinecone with the tip of his finger and launched it off at high speed.
"Wow, that pinecone just got launched very far." (Ryuma)
"Oh! It's one of the techniques I just learned by myself. Want me to teach you?" (Kiyo)
"Oh really?! It looks so cool!" Said Ryuma with the gleaming eyes.
"Haha, but promise me you won't tell anybody else." (Kiyo)
"My lips are sealed O great one." (Ryuma)
"So, the trick is..."
To the present...
"Place the stone right on the tip of the finger. And by using the wind magic to keep the stone still on your finger. But at the same time, rotate the stone slowly and make it stronger bit by bit. And then, you widen the wind as if you're pulling them along with the stone. But don't widen it too much or the stone will destroyed to dust. But, I'm using the iron ball right now..."
The iron ball was launched at high speed and it was hitting Zoey's leg.
"This technique is as same as using the slingshot. By rotating the bullet at a high speed and creating high pressure on the back of the bullet to shoot the bullet, it will even pierce through the stone pillar at most. But I'm still bad at this so the power can't even pierce through human flesh. And the name of this technique is 'Fingshot'."
Ryuma took another ball to his fingertips...
"Now then, I better finish this fa-" Less than a second... Ryuma couldn't react that a bullet had pierced his head.