Chapter 304: Chapter 304 Prove them wrong
The video had already spread around, and it looked like many in the room were already talking about it . The feat itself wasn't so impressive but the fact that a student of their age was able to do such a thing was . In the game, no abilities could be used, and some were even beginning to think the person in the video must have had some type of speed ability .
However, gaming systems usually had some countermeasure against abilities being used in this type of place and this was no exception . Due to the event not allowing the use of abilities, trackers and such were invented to see when MC cells were activated in a specific area . It was the same type of technology that was used in the watches .
Although the game couldn't stop the use of abilities, it could detect if someone was using it or not . The video had clearly come from someone who had full control of the video system that day . It would be silly for them to upload a fake video but not impossible .
Right now, Layla wanted to confront Quinn and have a go at him, trying to think about just what was going through his head at the time, but it was impossible .
"Don't worry about it so much," Logan said . "I just wanted to make you aware . I plan to lose my matches as soon as possible and try to help out Quinn when I am above . The video blurs out his face, but anyone interested enough would be able to do what I did . Not that I think they could tell it was him, but I think we should be prepared just in case . "
Layla nodded in response and the two of them parted ways as Logan went off to the training area in his section . What Logan had said had reminded Layla of her own task that had been given . She too, was meant to lose the match as quickly as possible .
With a lot on her mind, she took out her beast bow and placed an arrow in from her quiver that was attached down the side of her leg . There were multiple targets all different distances away . They would continually pop up and pop down at random intervals . Making it hard for one to get the pattern .
Letting go of the arrow, it flew out quite fast, just as the arrow was about to hit one of the targets, she held it in place with her ability . When the target popped back up again, she allowed it to go forward and hit .
The event Layla was in allowed her to use her abilities; she didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing considering how weak her abilities were . If it were an event like this one where the goal was just to hit the targets, then she would do pretty well . Or at least not horribly .
The students were told what they needed and what they were allowed to bring, but the finer details would only be revealed once the event started . This way, none of the students were able to prepare an unfair advantage beforehand .
Layla continued to hit targets in this fashion . She didn't do anything fancy and just hit them slowly one by one . She just wanted to do a repetitive task to focus and clear her mind right now .
One of the arrows had left and was floating about, she held the arrow still in place once again, waiting for the target to pop up and hit it . But when the target popped up again, another object went flying past her arrow, hitting the target before she could even do anything .
"Sorry, I didn't realise you were after that one . " a girl said .
As she turned her head, she saw a long-legged straight blonde haired girl standing by her side . She too had a bow in her hand, although it looked a lot more impressive than hers . Perhaps at the advanced tier .
Next to her were two more students . A boy and a girl who looked like a pair of brother and sister . They both had the same short hair parted off to the side . If it weren't for the fact that one of them had big melons in a particular area, she would have found it impossible to tell apart .
The girl had what looked like a giant version of a slingshot on her back . In contrast, the boy had several small tomahawks .
Layla decided to ignore what had just happened and continued doing what she was doing . Once again she fired her arrow hitting some targets, then when she needed to hold the arrow in place to wait for the target again . The same thing had happened . Another object pierced the target she was about to hit .
This time, laughter from her side could be heard, and it was from the same group of people again .
This annoyed Layla, but she knew it was best to be the bigger person and moved over a little to a different part of the targeting section .
When she fired her arrow again, before it could even reach the target, something came out from the side knocking her arrow and snapping it in half .
Still, she knew she was the bigger…
"What the hell are you guys doing!" She snapped at them .
"I'm sorry . " The girl at front said . "It's just your arrows were moving so slowly we thought they were targets to hit as well . "
Annoyed by her words, Layla readied her bow and this time placed three arrows inside, shooting them at three different targets at the same time . The female quickly followed with the same and shot three arrows after Layla's . The speed of the arrows was far greater than hers and knew they would soon catch up .
She was expecting this after seeing the weapon being used was better than hers . She decided to use her ability to throw the arrows off course .
"Serve's you right cocky bi . . " But just as she was about to finish her thought .
The arrows from behind also moved direction, changing the path, and had hit them, causing them to fall to the ground .
The women started to walk over to Layla .
"It makes me sick to think someone has the same ability as me, yet is at such a low level and has come to participate in the same event as me . " The girl said . "If people were to see your poor skills with the bow, they'll start to think my ability is useless, making it harder for me in the future . Let me give you a piece of advice . Just drop out of the event, don't fire a single arrow and give up . even if you tried you would come in last place anyway . "
Layla wanted to say something back, but the girl had already started walking away, and for some reason, the sick feeling in Layla's stomach was felt once again . It felt like recently everyone was telling her to give up on the event .
'Is it because everyone thinks I'll lose even before trying?' She thought .
Layla wasn't as weak as she thought . Although her ability was level two, her fighting sense was at a high level . In some cases, she would fare well facing against level 3 or 4 students as long as they didn't have high-level beast gear on . But as she started hanging around with the others, she began to feel useless .
And even now, others who had never met her before assumed her as useless baggage, and even the organisation she was in . Instead of informing her of the plan they had, or giving her a critical mission, they were literally telling her to hide and run away .
"Prove them wrong . " A deep voice said from behind .
When she turned around, she could see a reasonably bulky square-headed man . It was someone she had never met before and wasn't in her event, so she was wondering just what he was doing here .
"The best way to shove it in peoples faces like them is to prove them wrong . And when you see their faces after, treasure that moment because that's the best feeling . " The student said with a sadistic smile on his face . It looked like he had the experience of doing this himself at some point .
The important thing was though that Laya thought what this student was saying was right .
'Screw them all . ' she thought . So what if everyone thought she was going to fail in the tournament . The only thing she could do now was to prove them wrong . All she wanted to do now was at least pass the first round of events . She would show them and everyone watching from wherever they were hiding .
"Thanks for cheering me up err . . . " She said, trying to guess the student's name . She had the urge to call the boy 'blocky' based on his appearance but felt it was a bit rude after he had been so nice to her .
"The name's Nate . " He said helping her before she crushed his feelings . "Actually, I was wondering if you could help me, you don't know a student by the name of Larry Steel, do you?" he asked .
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