"Will someone betray you?" Enots said as he ate at the lunch table with Cinister and Ragna
"Yeah Kaecha said so and I'm inclined to trust her but why would a person poison the food of Class 1" Cinister said as he took a bite out his apple
"I have no idea but we need to investigate the students in secret" Ragna replied as he drank from his juicebox
"I know this isn't that important but why are we not watching Alya compete in the tournament?" Enots asked as he looked at his copy of a map of the tournament
"Because only people that don't attend the Academy can watch the tournament like the people from The central authorities which are to the left of the Academy territory wise" Cinister said
"Yeah I wonder which people will watch" Ragna continued Cinister's thought
"Well after we eat let's investigate the students then" Enots suggested
"Sure I'm in" Ragna replied
On the other hand Alya was preparing to run in the 4k race
"Geez these things are super heavy" Alya said as she fell to the floor
"Oh hello, are you the new girl?" A boy with blue hair and green eyes helped her up
"Yeah my name is Alya, what's yours?" she questioned
"My name is Loyd" the boy said as he smiled
"I feel like we've met before" Alya said as she looked in his face
"I haven't seen you though but who knows" Loyd shrugged it off as he stretched gently
"Looks like we're in a team, huh?" A girl with long black hair said
"Wait, who are you?" Alya asked with a confused expression
"I just want some friends, okay?" the girl said with a sigh "My name is Myra and I wanna at least get to round 2"
"Why?" Alya and Loyd asked in the same tone
"Because even if you get past round 1, people from the central authorities or more exactly guards will favour you when you want to go to the next floor" Myra replied
"Huh????" Alya sounded even more confused
"Basically even when you graduate, getting to floor 27 is really hard. 1st you need to pass the trial which is changed every year, 2nd you need to have lived in the central authorities for 1 year and lastly you need to have a party of 6 people." Myra explained "You can skip the second step by qualifying for round 2 and step 3 if you qualify for the knock out part of the tournament"
"So the 1st step is unskippable?" Loyd asked
"Yeah unfortunately" she responded with her face looking down
"Okay, Okay!" a drone comes down "You guys will be broadcasted to millions of people so do try your best to win! Don't forget force is allowed on other people"
"3!"
"2!'"
"1!"
"GO!!!!"
A lot of the students from Class 2 started running with full force only for some of them to fall instantly and the others to already start breathing heavily.
Then Alya, Loyd and Myra slowly walk past some of them
"So we should walk instead of running?" Alya asked as she put a finger to her chin
"Yup if you think about we are given 10 minutes to "run" 4k is almost impossible for the average human especially if they had a 1 ton weight attached to their body" Loyd said
"Does that mean we are done for??" Myra asked with a worried look on her face
"No because I noticed something" Loyd replied with a smirk on his face
"Well as you may or may not know in Class 1 they make you run a lot, endure a lot so that when you enter Class 2 you can run faster than lightning speed without a problem" Loyd explained "So even if they gave us a 10 ton weight we should make it to the end with 1 minute to spare"
"But then why did the other people fall to the ground when they started running" Alya asked as another Student fell face first on the ground
"Because they're running and I'm guessing the faster you run more energy you wast-" Loyd was kicked from the back and sent flying
Alya and Myra quickly turned around to see a Voltbrand Mage flying on his broom
"Sup, loser!" he said as they saw the scar on his face, his hunter eyes, yellow hair with black stripes and earing
"Who are you and what do you want?" Alya said as she threw a dagger at him
The Dagger went straight in his eye
BUT
He didn't dodge neither did he flinched, He didn't even blink when the dagger went in his eye
"What is this pathetic bullshit" He said as he threw the dagger at them
"Wait, I got it!" Myra shouted as she grabbed her shield to block the attack
Before she could block it the guy smirked and casted [Accelerate]
FWOOSH
A lighting bolt came from his broom and made the dagger go even faster
CRACK
Myra's shield was pierced and her cheek had a little scar on it
"Man, you girls are boring to play with but so fun to break" he said as he threw his broom in the hole of the shield
Then he ran up and kick his broom up making Myra drop the shield
"Block, Alyaa!" Myra commanded as she put her hands up to form a guard
Alya followed suit but the guy grabbed his broom and used the wooden part to strike both Alya and Myra.
"Guh" Myra grunted as her left hand broke and Alya just jumped back
"Are you ready for more huh?" He said as he stuck his tongue out
"[Star Sign]" she cast quickly to slice him in a star like pattern "Did that get him?"
She looked at him only to see him standing unphased and upset at her pitiful attack
"Let me get this straight!" The guy yelled "You are in Class 2 yet you are this weak?? I hope your teammates are as pathetic as you"
"Weak and pathetic?" Alya repeated as she remembered all the times when she was a burden to Cinister and Ragna
"Yeah, now you can die with the knowledge that you are just a weakling" the boy said as he raised his hand
Then he suddenly floated up in a bubble
"Stop it you, moron" a black haired boy, who was a support, scolded the Voltbrand Mage
"Come on Gary I'm trying to destroy our competition" the boy thrashed against the bubble but to no avail
"Shut it, Simone!" Gary shouted at him "Excuse my friend he's sort of a battle fiend"
"Oh yeah but can you heal my two friends?" Alya asked as she points towards Loyd and Myra who are laid down on the ground
After a bit of healing the teammates Gary said goodbye and together with Simone hit the road towards the finish