The two groups now stood opposite each other. Dylan was still holding the artifact in his hand and was grinning.
"What did you say?"
"I'll crush your bones." Jeremy replied with a straight face.
Dylan laughed before he said: "if you ask me, I'll say you're outnumbered. You have two females in your group and there's only one in our group. Also, I wouldn't count Kelvin as a man. He has always been a wimp!"
"I think only me will do." Jeremy replied.
As soon as Jeremy said this, he leapt and snatched the artifact from Dylan.
Dylan didn't even see when Jeremy moved, but now the artifact is no longer with him.
"How did..."
Not giving Dylan the chance to speak, Jeremy punched his stomach, sending him five meters away.
Robert was the closest to Jeremy and he knew he could be the next target.
Robert fell on his knees immediately and started begging.
"I'm sorry... please, please forgive me. I didn't like the idea from the beginning but Dylan forced me. I'm sorry." Robert sobbed and begged.
Kelvin, Priscilla and Tolly were dumbstruck. The speed, strength and all other feats of Jeremy, they were inhuman.
They were starting to think he wasn't bluffing when he said he'll beat the green group members alone.
When Robert fell on his knees, the other members were slowly retreating and just ignored Dylan wincing in pain on the floor.
"Stand up! You think I'll just let you go?" Jeremy shouted. "Since you've decided to play dirty, it's now our turn."
"Don't you dare run away!" Jeremy shouted at the other members.
"Just let them go Jeremy." Kevin said as he snapped out of his thoughts.
"No way! I won't let them go easily. Now, they'll work for us."
Kelvin turned to James as a last resort to calm Jeremy down. However, James just shrugged. James also thought they deserved it.
"You know, I thought you'd oppose my idea for a second." Jeremy smiled to James. "Looks like we're not that different after all."
"You can't do this! We're a group on our own." Sunny, a member of the Green group complained.
"We'll do this together!" One of the other boys in the Green group said.
At once, the other two boys jumped on Jeremy. Dylan, who was on the ground stood up and joined the fight.
The other two boys in the group were known as Mark and Gabe.
The boys in the Green group were now in frenzy mode, apart from Robert who was still shaking on the ground.
Mark and Gabe randomly punched, but Jeremy did a good job in parrying the fists at the right time.
Dylan had caught up and was also sending his own kicks and punches.
With Dylan joining the fight, the tide turned. Even with Jeremy's flexibility and speed, he got few hits here and there.
"Are you guys gonna stand there all day or join me? Do you want them to reap our hardwork?!" Jeremy shouted out of frustration.
As Jeremy said this, he ducked down to avoid Mark's fist and jerked his knee into Gabe's stomach. Dylan also swung his arm and it was just few inches away of being implanted to Jeremy's face when an arm grabbed it.
"Deal with those ones. I'll take the ring leader out." James said as he held Dylan's arm tight.
The red group was yet to record the artifact they just got, as it was still in Jeremy's possession. The green group also didn't give chance to them, after all, it was what the fight was all about.
James wasn't letting up at any point and it was also the same for Dylan. Although, the former didn't go through any martial arts training, he picked few lessons from the movies he had watched.
On the other hand, Jeremy had finished beating up Mark and Gabe, as they had long passed out.
"You really need some training! How can you be struggling with this pest?" Jeremy teased.
Kelvin, Tolly and Priscilla were lost in dreamland again. They just witnessed with their very own eyes—a teen overpowered two other teens at the same time and James was still going toe to toe with Dylan.
This same thought was in Sunny and Robert's head as they too stood aside, watching the fight.
"Here, record it. James will soon beat this guy anyway." Jeremy gave the artifact to Kelvin.
Looking at James and Dylan, it was clear as day who was going to win.
James lifted his leg and kicked Dylan in the thigh. To finish him off, he raised his hands and hit Dylan at the back of his head.
"Phew! That was harder than I thought." James said.
Just as James said that, they heard leaves rustling. It was already 1:00 PM in the noon and wild animals could also be active. Although, Eric said they wouldn't encounter any wild beast, they couldn't take all his words in.
Robert and Sunny moved towards the red group members for fear of something bad happening.
"Looks like another group got the idea." A bald boy from another group said as he exited the forest area. Behind him, there were four boys.
"It doesn't matter if you've obtained three artifacts, we'll just incapacitate you guys so you won't ruin our chances of winning." The bald boy said.
'What's wrong with these people? Why are they attacking us?' Kelvin thought.
"Ah! You really think you can do that just because you have four boys behind you? So naive!" Jeremy replied and clenched his fists for another round.
"We can't keep doing this! We were told to find artifacts that were hidden and we've been doing that so far. Why are you guys attacking us? You'll be punished for doing this!" Priscilla exclaimed.
"That's because you're ruining everything! The two new boys are freaks to worry about and yet three other geniuses joined. So should we just let you win? No way! I also need to help my parents." The bald boy replied with a scrunched face.
"Let's play this game. It's on!"