Chapter 17 Found You

"How many points do you think we earned?" Taren asked while running.

"How the heck should I know?"

'What happened to him? Why is he suddenly like this?' He asked himself, confused about seeing Jadel's current behavior.

"Should I kill you?" Jadel asked with a crazy smile. "I wonder what your blood will look like."

'This Psycho!! He is blushing while uttering such words.' Taren's thoughts raced as he saw Jadel gripping his daggers.

"Wa-wait, you can't kill me" he said in a hurry.

"Why?"

"Whyy??!! Because I'm your teammate id–" Tare swallowed his words thinking he may offend the latter.

"You see, we have many participants still there; why not kill them?"

"Mmm…you're certainly right"

"Right, and we have to take down Asher, right?" Taren said, diverting Jadel's attention from him to Asher.

"Right, I have to kill that fucking fucker," Jadel said as his voice cold.

'What's up with him? Did he become dumb?

Suddenly, intense bloodlust ozed out of Jadel's body, choking him a little. With a sudden boost in his strength, Jadel dashed.

"Hey, where are you running? Do you even know his location? Fuck, he can't hear me."

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"Why are there so many participants? Shouldn't they at least have died?" Shreya grumbled while fighting.

Lightning danced on her fingers as she casted a lightning spear in the thin air, aiming to send it to her enemy.

Boom

"Tch" she clicked her tongue as her opponent defended with a barrier skill.

Swoosh

An arrow passed in front of her face, narrowly avoiding her, and pierced the participant behind her.

"Watch your back" Lucy said.

"I don't need your help, dammit." Condensing a fireball, she finished the guy Lucy hit with the arrow."

Weapon clashing sounds and monster growls resounded in the jungle; as of now, this place looked no different from a real battle field. The participants and monsters fought with each other, and there are still more participants and monsters approaching this place.

"Fuck, there is no end to it," Aiden cursed, seeing the income monster horde. Turning around, he saw Aaron, Asher, and Marcus fighting with another horde of monsters.

'More of them are coming; I need to reduce their fighting power.

Shadow Monarch

His whole body was shrouded in shadows. Like he turned into the shadow itself. A dark hue emanated from his body.

Wayner Style: Shadow Blades

Aiden disappeared from his place and reappeared in front of the monster horde. Gripping his daggers, he passed through the monster like black smoke. Once the monsters approached Asher and others, they could see visible cut marks on the monster's body.

"He is literally a ghost." seeing Aiden's movements Marcus commented.

Shadow Monarch is a technique developed by the second patriarch of the Wayner family. It helps users move without making any sound, and movement speed becomes faster. Once the proficiency increases, users can move on the shadows at a faster speed that looks no different from ghosts passing through objects. At higher mastery, users can move through the shadows and appear in another person's shadows. With a hundred percent mystery, users can teleport into others shadows.

A technique derived from DNA. Only Wayners could use this technique; if anyone else uses it, their bodies will explode to pieces. That's how this technique is created, preventing others from stealing it.

"How are the others doing?" Asher asked.

"Not so great; more and more participants and monsters are coming," Marcus said, and he looked at the battle between other participants and the main cast to see if they were holding up.

"The thing keeps on shrinking; if my calculations are correct, that thing will shrink to a 100-meter radius circle in 10 minutes," Asher said while fighting with monsters.

"Good thing they are all low ranked monsters." Aiden approached them and said "If not, we might have been gravely injured or eliminated by the time.

CLANK

SLASH

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"Hehe, hehehe, Found~you~"

All of the participants suddenly halted their movements; fear gripped their hearts; their hands started to shake slightly; some of them grasped for breaths. The monsters moved away in fear, clearing the way for a white-haired individual.

"Let's have a hearty meal~~" He said it with a crazy smile and a blushing face, as his face was full of delight and pleasure. But his eyes hold no emotion in them.

All the high-ranking students were alerted by the intense bloodlust oozing out of the figure. Mana churned around him, clearly forming an intense hue of crimson red.

Sensing the imminent threat, an elf immediately rushed to him. The efls hands started to glow brightly, and the fire crackled on them. Rushing to the white haired figure, the elf tried to palm strike.

CRACKLE CRACKLE

"I like fireworks, so I will take you with me for the show, hehe."

Jadel tilted his head and avoided the palm strike. Grabbing the elf's hand, he twisted it, and taking the dagger, he sliced the elf's neck. Seemingly not enough, he bended his neck backwards. Blood spattered as the slice got wider. putting his hand in the hole he ripped out of the elf's neck bone.

CRACK

SPLASH

Blood splashed on his face; licking it, he moaned in pleasure.

As they saw brutality, some students faces paled, and some had lost the will to fight and thrown up.

Seeing the white haired figure throw the lifeless body casually, all the participants minds crossed with one thought: 'kill or be brutally murdered by this maniac' Taking out all their courage, they prepared to attack the white haired figure.

"Next is you, lady" Her face paled as Jadel suddenly appeared in front of her. Before anyone could do anything, he had already stabbed her in the head. With a spin, he kicked the dagger, causing her head to burst into pieces. The dagger flew to another participant and pierced his leg.

"Arghaa"

"Fuck, he flipped again." Seeing Jadel's behavior, Aiden cursed out loud.

"What do you mean by that?" Asher asked.

"I don't know the details, but we siblings are an experiment subject for our father, and this caused him to have a mental problem" Aiden said, gritting his teeth.

"So that guy flips sometimes, and when that happens, his battle awareness skyrockets to a dangerous level," he explained.

"So you're saying he is a battle maniac now?" Shreya asked.

Aiden nodded. "We can overwhelm him with strength, but with pure battle awareness, he is on par with Aaron… Or maybe surpass him."

"We are exhausted, but we can take him down; his stamina is not at the same level as ours," Marcus said.

"That's the problem. Can you see red veins all over his body? Because of that, his stamina and strength will continue to increase as he battles."

"Can you–"

"I will explain later; we have to take him down now or the students will get PTSD."

"You talking about me" Aiden's eyes widened, seeing a dagger approaching his face.

"Not so fast." Asher blocked the attack and counterattacked Jadel. Coming from behind, Marcus also attacked him.

"Two of them, huh?" With a spin, Jadel avoided both sword strikes, jumping, he kicked both Asher and Marcus.

Wayner Style: Shadows Blades

"Brother~~" Jadel called him happily.

Consecutive Slashes.

"I'm sad"

Dagger art: Dark Slash

New Style: Consecutive Slashes

"Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank.

'Did he imitate my technique?'

"Out of the way Aiden"

Lightning crackled around Shreya as she made a triangle shape with her forefinger and middle finger. Her eyes completely turned white, and lightning danced around her eyes.

Next to Shreya, a girl held her bow, aiming at Jadel. Her eyes shone with a golden glint, and an arrow materialized in her bow, shining with a golden glow. Two seconds later, dozens of arrows manifested in the air.

Magica Lighting Style: Rain of Spears

Creation Magic: Arrow manifestation

Release.

"Woa, woa, woa, I'm bathing in a bunch of line"

Shadow Monarch

"Hehe Behold"

Dagger art: Dark Slash:

New Style: Consecutive Slashes

Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank boom boom boom Clank Clank boom boom boom boom Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank Clank boom boom Clank Clank.

Smoke and dust filled the place Jadel stood, everyone looked at the place unsure of the outcome but holding a hope. After all, who can survive this bombardment?. Asher? no he will be dead. Aaron? There is a chance but havely injured.

As the smoke started to clear up, there was a small figure standing there.

"What, no way."

"He survived that"

"That's impossible," Lucy muttered in disbelief.

"How can he survive that?"After the smoke cleared up, everyone saw the clear figure of Jadel. Blood was dripping from all over his body; his skin was charred; his jaw hung from his face; his right hand was blasted from the explosion; and there was no palm in his left hand.

Seeing he was not dead, Asher rushed to finish him off.

CLANK

"What are you doing Seisha?" He asked as his attack was blocked by Aaron's sister.

"The fight is already over," she said, her tone composed.

"But–"

"The fight is over, Asher. Stop it," a commanding voice heard from his right side. Turning to his right, he saw Aaron looking at him after finishing off the monster horde.

Asher hesitates, feeling like a lot of eyes are on him. Feeling pressure from some of the students who don't want to see unruly acts, he gave up on killing Jadel.

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'Huh, what happened?' Suddenly, immense pain engulfed my body. Opening my eyes, I saw some of my body parts were missing, and my entire body was charred and covered in gashes.

[Alert. Alert. Alert. High mental damage detected in the user, you will be forcefully eliminated now] my vision turned blank.

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"Huh, medics one VR capsule turned red." An instructor said.

WZEEEZ

The VR capsule opened, pushing the air from inside. Seeing Jadel's unconscious body and blood dripping out of his nostrils, he instantly took him out and laid him on the ground, taking out a potion he poured on Jadel's mouth to calm his mental nerves.