Chapter 14
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While I was saying this, Eleine had already prepared a large arrow in her bow. The arrow, filled with wind mana, gave the surroundings an uneasy feeling. The green arrow was stretched to the limit of her son as the mana in the environment flickered.
She drew her arrow and shot the monster just as it was about to spew liquid.
*Pat....
The bull exploded with a great noise as the arrow was shot, a large hole was visible in its head. All its blood and mucus splattered everywhere. Eleine was the first person to be hit by it, and then me.
The goo quickly spread its magic power before coating her. She tried to create a barrier from the wind. It slid down after the mucus hit the barrier formed in her mana.
However, he could not block everything.
The black-haired girl, covered in blood and mucus, shrugged her hands hard at her sides.
"Damn it!"
A small curse came out of his mouth
Hasss....
Eleine gave me a death glare, but I wasn't looking in that direction.
It's all right Vayne, if you don't look at her, she won't look at you.
After a brief silence, we were startled by a message on our wristwatches.
Mission accomplished. Time elapsed: 9 minutes 40 seconds.
Eleine closed her eyes after the battle was over and sighed. The bull's blood and mucus had dried around her ankles and snow-white collarbone. She took out a handkerchief and wiped it off.
Of course that was never enough.
Then he turned to me.
"Excuse me!"
His eyes were smiling, but it didn't look sincere. I looked at him in silence, the hidden anger in his eyes shining like a knife.
That's good. It's not, Vayne!
I said to myself.
"You didn't even have to try. I can take care of a bull just fine. It'd be a lot cleaner."
"...well."
"My clothes are dirty because of you."
I listened in silence to Eleine's anger at me while two insensitive warriors suddenly approached.
"Wow, Vayne, that was fast, thanks to you.
Yeon and William came up to me and congratulated me. Like Eleine, they were covered in blood and mucus, but instead of being disgusted by it, they were quite happy. Eleine left to avoid further contamination. But I could see her clenching her hands in anger.
Team 5 - Total time: 58 minutes 58 seconds. 16/200
In the Dome, we were ranked 16th out of all the 1st Class groups. It took us almost 10 minutes to take out the monster, but the whole team was affected because I was too slow on the way here.
It was probably not a very acceptable achievement for Eleine, in the story I wrote, they finished 18th. for me ... It didn't matter if I was 1st or last. I was destined to be killed by the main character anyway.
When we come back
Eleine didn't seem too happy despite our top ranking, but she didn't seem to mind too much as the grades were based on individual performances captured by drones. After all, she was the one who gave the Octopus the final kick.
Arthur and Seth's teams came 1st and 2nd respectively. Estelle finished 3rd. Sofia finished fifth.
"The drones filmed everything. They will be sent to your smartwatches, so analyze why you were fast or slow, the cohesion of your team and how you can improve next time. This will be part of your notes. Remember that this team will be your training group until the end of the semester. Find the shortcomings of your teammates and try to fix them."
Arnold gave a long-winded explanation.
Eleine occasionally glanced behind her and felt a grudge against the dull-faced boy who wouldn't look at her.
It was all her fault they hadn't reached the monster sooner.
What should have taken 10 minutes took 50 minutes.
But thanks to him, they managed to finish in 16th place. She never denied that.
Eleine had prepared for 30 minutes to fight the octopus. She wanted to have a war of attrition.
But thanks to that boy, that time was cut down considerably.
Finally, Eleine gave up the urge to blame someone and left.
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I worked late at night in the training room. I felt like I was dying after running, so I focused on training for 3 hours. Even though I'm a spreader, if I had been a little slower today, I would have clearly died.
At least the monster's attack scheme was exactly as I had designed it.
Since I knew its next move, I only needed to step in that direction.
But I didn't expect Eleine's one move to blow the bull's head off. I couldn't even imagine the amount of mana.
"Ah. "
I went back to the locker room like a zombie and collapsed on a couch. After holding my breath for 5 minutes I was going to look at today's video on my laptop, but then I didn't feel like it.
I already knew the situation with my team and spending the whole semester with them would have been a problem in itself.
I grabbed a drink from my fridge and drank it, it was an energy drink that was largely a mana refresher and helped me to shake off my fatigue. As the bright colored liquid entered my body, my body screamed with energy.
"Ah, my joints."
This sensation lasted for about a minute.
I lay on my bed with my aching young body and old brain.
Then suddenly my eyes were blinded by the brightness.
What the hell is this ...
A screen appeared right in front of my eyes.
but my brain refused to process it. It seemed so absurd.
Was it one of my abilities?
"What is this?"
I spoke in a shaky voice after a long silence.
[Synchronization... 70% Complete]
Vayne Salas
→statistics
[Power 4]
[Endurance 4,3]
[Speed 4]
Perception 5]
[Vitality 4]
[Magic power 3.5]
Weapon mastery = swordsmanship
Mana type= emitter.
Abilities =.
Synchronization] = not fully active.
In some cases even the author can help. This is your story.
[Eye of truth]= passive ability.
No one can escape the truth, all you have to do is try to see it.
automatically activated in crowded places. It allows you to see the names of people around you.
[burn them all.]=[warning ability currently locked]
(Your flames are your only friends. Your flames are bright enough to ward off any mana attack. All you have to do is burn everything!)
[Synchronization... 96% Complete]
[Synchronization...98% complete]
[Synchronization.... 100% complete.]
[Synchronization capability can be activated.]
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"What is this?"
As the number on my monitor keeps going up.
This incomprehensible event made me sweat. My hands and feet were shaking and my heart was pounding. Who sent me this strange object? For what purpose and reason?
The screen in front of my eyes suddenly turned off. My face was covered in sweat and my red eyes stared in confusion.
[Vayne Salas' synchronization is complete.]
[Resetting settings]
[Vayne Salas' authorization status is restricted.]
[Author welcome.]
[×]
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At the same time, Eleine was analyzing the day's video from combat training.
With several drones filming each team, she could watch the battle from multiple angles.
"At least he's fast when he fights."
She said.
The more he watched, the more curious he became. The boy holding the gun was a disaster in terms of endurance.
In an instant he had abandoned his sword and chosen the gun.
That was the only thing he noted about Vayne.
Then suddenly he received a message.
[What's up?]
The message came from Seth. Eleine grinned and tapped the hologram keyboard.
[I'm analyzing today's video.]
[Why are you doing this now?]
[I'll be working on the council in the future, so I need to look for promising talent.]
[There's no one on your team. They're all trash.]
Eleine giggled.
She was right, but she was also arrogant. Anyone other than Seth would have found such behavior repulsive, but the fact that it was Seth made it chic. It didn't make sense, but the reason she loved Seth was far from logical.
[How's the guy with the gun?]
"Haha."
So she was curious about him after all. There's something quite endearing about him...
Eleine said as she gripped the tablet tightly.
[Exactly what you'd expect from someone in 803rd place.]
[I see. Anyway, let me know if you think he's any good and I'll get him to sign a contract with my guild before the council gets him.]
[Dream on, Seth!.]
[I'm outta here by]
As Seth left without speaking, Eleine slowly put down her tablet and lay down on her bed, putting the pillow on her head, making a thin sound.
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