The archery competition was about to start as the competitors, which was a duo from each academy, were making their way to the stadium now, their backups also had to enter the stadium with them and the backups for Crockel Academy's Brad and Brolin were Ciara Homes and Bella Ramon.
"Alright, everyone, the last event for today, the archery competition is about to kick off, the participating duos from all the academies are here with their backups and the competition will be starting now.
Phoenix Academy had a male and female duo, a tall and slightly muscular boy with dark and slightly spiky hair, he had an undercut and a small earring in his left ear.
His eyes were sky blue and he exerted this aura of confidence around himself.
His female teammate was a girl of average height with short blonde hair, she was quite slender but besides that, there was nothing special about her in terms of look.
Eukerion academy on the other hand had a female duo, a girl with silver hair that was long enough to cover her ears and her teammate had long blonde hair.
Tron Ville academy had a male duo just like Crockel academy and both of them were twins which was quite obvious as they were identical twins.
"From Phoenix academy, we have Lex Vincent and Nora Markovic."
As soon as the sergeant said that, the supporters of Phoenix academy who were mostly Phoenix academy burst into cheers.
I think it was already clear who was who as this was a male and female duo.
"From Eukerion academy, we have Cherry Snow and Karen Diluc." The sergeant.
The girl with the silver hair was Cherry while the one with the blonde hair was Karen.
"From Tron Ville academy we have Henry and Harry Phil and finally from Crockel academy we have Brad Gregory and Brolin Thawn." The sergeant articulated to bring the introduction to an end.
"Hey, the female duo are from your academy, right?" The Angel asked after turning his gaze to Chloe who had her gaze on the pitch waiting for the competition to begin.
"Yeah, what about it?" The ice princess replied before turning her gaze to him.
"Um…nothing really, I just think they look quite interesting plus this is my first time seeing someone with silver hair." He replied.
"Oh, really, so you like girls with silver hair is that it?"
"No…that's…."
The Angel wasn't given time to say what he wanted to say, Chloe wouldn't let him say a word.
"You know she's way out of your league." She said. "Cherry Snow is a third-year student, she has ice abilities just like me but she's also telepathic, well-skilled in martial arts, and a master in archery."
'So, ice and telepathy are her abilities.' He said subconsciously.
His Aura vision wasn't able to get their personal information from that range but Chloe had just given him the information although he didn't really want to know what abilities they had.
"If she's well skilled in martial arts then why choose to become an archer?" The Angel asked.
"Oh, and you suddenly forgot that I said that she was a master in archery as well," Chloe said.
"Yeah, I know, but I think her skills will be more suitable for close combat," Luis said.
"Yeah, you're right, ice abilities are nice for close combat but she doesn't really use her ability like that."
"Huh?"
"Why do you think she doesn't have an arrow pack like everyone else?" She asked.
The Angel had been caught by the little details that he failed to notice that she was the only one among all the archers who didn't have an arrow pack.
"So, her soul weapon is her arrows." He said. "I have a friend who has arrows as her soul weapon too but she can only make a few so she also carries physical arrows."
"Well, Cherry can make a lot of arrows and her arrows are quite special."
"Special in what sense?" The Angel asked.
"The show's about to start, you'll see." She said.
He could have easily gotten the answer from her mind, but that would take the thrill of the surprise out of it so he decided to wait.
"One last question." The Angel said.
"Yeah."
"Is her bow a soul weapon?"
"Since she's holding it like that when the competition hasn't started, I don't think so but she has a bow soul weapon." She replied.
"Okay," The Angel said before turning his gaze back to the pitch.
He expected Tania to say at least a few things while he was talking with Chloe but she just stared at the floor quietly with an expressionless look on her face.
The archery competition was about to kick off and Phoenix academy were going to be the ones to go first but before that, the sergeant was going to fill them and everyone else in the stadium in on the rules.
"There are going to be three rounds in this competition and now, I am going to explain the rules and point awarding system for the first round which will also apply to the other rounds." The sergeant expressed. "There are going to be twenty targets in the first round, twenty moving targets and you guys will have to work as duos to take them out before seven seconds.
"Any arrow shot after seven seconds will not count, now let me explain the point awarding system. You will get awarded ten points for every shot on target that isn't a headshot and for every headshot, you will get twenty points. A team is not allowed to shoot more than twenty arrows, you will get ten points deduction for all the arrows that exceed the number of targets, for example, you will get ten points deduction for firing twenty-one arrows combined."
'This would have been easier if it was just one person but with duos, it's going to be pretty hard.' Ciara said subconsciously from where she was standing with the second-year student, Bella.
"The other rounds will have more targets so the rule will depend on the number of targets. The final point awarding system is the point bonus system which will be the opposite of the point deduction system, it is possible to eliminate two targets with two arrows so for each arrow saved, the team will get awarded ten extra points to add up to the one they have already gotten."
"This is quite similar to what we used to practice, don't you think?" Ciara asked before turning her gaze to her senior.
"Yeah, just focus on what's going on," Bella said with her gaze still on the competition which was about to kick off.
"That's it for the rules, you'll be using your arrows so make sure you recover them before the targets return underground."
After saying that, the targets began to emerge from underground, they were human-shaped just like everyone thought but they appeared to be thicker than the normal board targets.
The targets were separated into four layers that had five targets in each of them.
"Here's a tip for all of you, the targets will be moving randomly so don't make the mistake of observing vaguely and thinking you've figured it out, you have less time to figure it out anyway." The sergeant said. "Team phoenix academy, your time starts now."
As soon as he said that, the targets began to move. Just like the sergeant said, the targets were going to be moving randomly and that was proven as the target to the farthest left side moved back and shifted a little to the middle as one of the targets in the second layer moved to the front.
It was quite hard to predict their movements but none of these teams were amateurs in archery.
Lex quickly pulled out four arrows from his arrow pack and aimed toward the area while observing his targets.
Nora had already taken out three targets before he shot out all four arrows.
The arrows went straight for the targets and they were all headshots, Nora was shooting one arrow at a time and she was pretty fast with it but Lex was faster and right at the seventh second, all the targets were hit and they were all headshots, there was no bonus point for them and there was no deduction, all the targets were hit by an arrow each and that meant that they got all their points.
"Team Phoenix academy took down all the targets in seven seconds, and because they were all headshots, they have been awarded four hundred points." The sergeant said.
The sergeant waited for the Phoenix academy duo to retrieve the arrows before the targets were brought up again.
"It's your turn, team Eukerion academy." The sergeant said as Cherry and Karen stepped up to the spot.
'Let's see what's special about your arrows.' The Angel said subconsciously.
"Your time starts now."
"Just one shot, Karen, I'll take care of the rest," Cherry said before stretching out her right hand.
Luis had his aura vision activated and he could see Cherry's aura growing and mixing with some kind of white aura.
'What's going on with her?'
An ice arrow suddenly appeared in her hand and without hesitation, she fitted it into her bow and shot them out toward her targets.
The arrow flew straight through the middle taking out one target from each row and they were all headshots.
"Four targets with just one arrow?" Ciara said with a shocked expression on her face.
"How did she mix her elemental ability with her soul weapon?" The Angel said with a flabbergasted look on his face.
He wasn't the only one who had that look on his face everyone in the stadium who didn't know about her ice arrows and what they could do felt the same way.
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