Chapter 90: One Vs Seven (Fixed)

This time, their target was no longer chaotic because there was only one person, which was the girl with the strange chains.

’Why do you bastards have to cooperate when it’s my turn?’ Leah felt like cursing as she took a fighting stance.

"Hand over the badge." The spear warrior from before raised his long spear again. "You can’t protect it alone."

Leah lowered her head and glanced at the black silver badge in her hand, then put it into her storage ring.

"How will I know if I don’t try?"

Silver mana rose again, and four Astral Chains unfolded at the same time. She did not flee just because she had obtained the badge, because behind her was the dense forest. If she let seven people chase her in together without any obstruction, it would only be more troublesome.

She needed to first make them not dare to chase her at the same time.

"Then don’t blame us."

The spear warrior stepped forward, and the others also began moving almost simultaneously. This time, Leah did not continue to hold back. She brought her hands together, and a massive amount of astral mana rapidly condensed above her head.

Everyone’s expression darkened at the same time.

It was really coming this time!

[Starfall]!

"Scatter!"

Silver starlight fell, but the target was not any student. It was the unstable gravel slope directly ahead of everyone.

Boom!!!

The entire rock wall shook violently, and a massive amount of rubble instantly collapsed!

"Damn!"

"She’s going to seal the road!"

Dozens of boulders rolled down the slope, and the pursuing group was completely broken apart. No one suffered fatal injuries, but no one could still maintain their original encircling formation.

Leah did not even turn back to confirm the result. The moment Starfall descended, she had already turned and charged into the dense forest. The silver chains left behind retracted continuously, and the final one swept behind her, forcing back the only speed type student who still wanted to forcibly cross the rubble.

More than ten seconds later, the girl completely disappeared into the forest.

The north slope became quiet again. Only the spear warrior remained, covered in dust as he stood up from behind the rubble.

He looked at the now empty exit, silent for a long while.

"...How does a mage run so fast?"

...

Monitoring area.

Victor leaned back against the railing again, his eyes narrowed.

This battle was not perfect. Leah had been hit once by an ice spike, and the mana consumption of Starfall was also not low.

And after she obtained the badge, she had not immediately judged the distance of the pursuers behind her. If among those seven people there had been one more person truly skilled at high speed pursuit, her retreat would not have been so easy.

But compared with yesterday, it was already completely different. She had begun to know when to control, when to fight, and when she should not continue fighting.

Most importantly, she had not developed the illusion that she could "solve all enemies alone" just because her skills were strong.

Could not beat seven?

Then create terrain, break their formation, then leave.

This was what normal combat looked like.

Cecilia suddenly said:

"You smiled."

"Did I?"

"Yes."

"You saw wrong."

"..."

Cecilia could no longer be bothered to argue with him.

And just as the two were speaking, a second announcement suddenly appeared in the screening area.

[The second refresh of the Mana Core Badge location will take place in ten minutes.]

This time, on the map, the red area of the first badge had already moved along with Leah.

Meaning that as long as she continued to hold it, every so often, everyone would know roughly where she was.

The true hunt had only just begun.

But Victor’s attention had temporarily shifted away from Leah, because over on Mia’s side, there had been another change.

The girl still had not approached any badge area. She had advanced alone along the outer perimeter for nearly an hour.

During that time, she avoided two more magical beasts that were clearly above the range she could handle, choosing only to kill one injured low level Forest Wolf.

And just as she was preparing to go around a rocky area, three students suddenly appeared ahead.

They were not the team that had abandoned her earlier, but a completely unfamiliar three person group. In one person’s hand was exactly the same thing she had just gathered near the rock wall.

[Blue Veined Moon Grass.]

Its rarity was not very high, but it was one of the more valuable resources that could be obtained in this outer region.

The three people saw Mia, then saw the two stalks of moon grass she had also gathered. The male student at the front smiled.

"Level eight?"

Mia stopped, but did not answer.

The man’s gaze fell to the short staff at her waist.

"Leave the grass. Then you can go."

High above, Victor’s brow rose slightly. Cecilia followed his gaze.

"Should we notify the instructors?"

"Why?" Victor asked in return. "The screening rules allow students to compete for unbound resources."

As long as it was not intentional killing, this was originally part of the screening.

Moreover, Victor also wanted to see.

In the earlier battle with the magical beast, Mia had already demonstrated that she could read the patterns of mana circulation.

So what about facing people?

The skills of human profession holders were far more complex than those of magical beasts. If [Mana Pattern Resonance] could even sense something like this in advance, her value would have to be estimated upward again.

In the image, Mia lowered her head and glanced at the two stalks of Blue Veined Moon Grass in her hand, then looked up.

"You three."

"Yeah."

"Me alone."

"Right." The male student’s smile became more obvious. "So don’t waste time."

Mia was silent for two seconds, then she really placed the two stalks of moon grass on the ground.

The three were instead stunned.

"So straightforward?"

"I can’t beat you," Mia answered, then took a step back. "Can I go?"

The male student at the front clearly had not expected it to go so smoothly.

"Go."

Mia turned.

Step step step!

She really left.

High above, Cecilia looked at Victor.

"This is what you called valuable?"

Victor did not answer. Even he was stunned, but then he saw that Mia had not gone far.

She had only entered the forest, then stopped, crouched down, and pressed her palm to the ground. Ever since those three people had appeared, she had felt something strange.

The ground beneath them... The flow of mana was too chaotic.

Beneath that rocky area, there was something, and it was waking up.

A few seconds later, the three who had still been smiling as they picked up the Blue Veined Moon Grass suddenly felt a slight tremor in the ground.

"What’s that sound?"

One of them lowered his head.

The next second...

Boom!!!

The entire rocky area violently exploded, and a huge tail covered in thick stone scales swept out.

The male student at the front did not even have time to react.

Bang!

He was directly sent flying.

[Rock Scaled Lizard]!

And not just one! Three more crawled out from beneath the rock layer at the same time.

The smiles on the three faces vanished instantly.

Not far away, behind the trees, Mia silently stood up, then continued walking forward.

She did not go back to pick up the moon grass, nor did she gloat, as if all of this had nothing to do with her at all.

Victor watched her retreating figure and finally could not help but smile.