The second round of the archery competition was about to kick off and so far all the contestants were still on the pitch.
Eukerion academy were leading with four hundred and sixty points which was a huge point margin between them and Crockel academy who were just behind them with four hundred and twenty points, Tron Ville academy was right behind Crockel academy with just four hundred and ten points and in fourth place currently was Phoenix, they didn't want to get extra and managed to grab all points but not going extra to get the bonus meant that they were now at a disadvantage.
"That girl with the ice arrows is really special," Pearl said from where she was sitting in the stands beside Tammy who wasn't really paying much attention to the competition.
"Um…yeah, that isn't something everybody can do," Tammy replied.
Her tone alone was enough to tell anyone that she wasn't really interested.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Pearl asked as soon as she picked up her tone of disinterest.
"Nothing," Tammy replied before relaxing her cheek on her palm. "I just, um…it's nothing."
"Oh, you don't want to tell me."
"No, no, no, it's nothing, really." She said before quickly sitting up in her seat.
Pearl kept her gaze on her for a while before slowly turning away from her.
"Okay, if you say so." She said,
After hearing that, Tammy inwardly let out a sigh of relief, he didn't want her getting on her neck because she thinks she might be hiding something from her.
"You know, I still haven't asked Luis about those Katana blades," Pearl said. "I don't even know how he managed to get his hands on a mystic weapon, even the basic ones are pretty expensive and this one judging from what I've seen so far seems to be in the intermediate tier."
"Um…I think you should return that weapon to him." Tammy said.
"Why would I do that?" Pearl asked before quickly shooting a piercing gaze at his friend. "I didn't even know he was getting into that kind of stuff back at the academy, he could have gotten seriously hurt, giving this weapon back to him means that he'll end up getting himself into more trouble."
"Wow, you seem to care a lot about him," Tammy said before slowly turning her gaze back to the pitch.
'If only you knew how invulnerable he was compared to the rest of us.'
"Of course, I do, I know he's your cousin and all but during the few times I've spent with him, our relationship, it felt like I was with the little brother I never had."
"Oh, I see."
"Um…. you know he's quite a strange boy, the first time I saw him use that sword, I didn't even know where he pulled it out from," Pearl said.
As soon as she said that, something suddenly clicked in Tammy as he knew what she was about to start asking.
"Hey, look, the second round is about to start," Tammy said.
Her attempt to change the topic worked quite well as Pearl quickly turned her gaze to the pitch.
"So, you're interested in the competition now."
"Yeah, I guess so," Tammy replied with a nod.
Just like she said, the second round was about to kick off and the contestants were all ready for it.
"Now, for this round, the targets will remain the same number but their movement speed will be slightly increased and instead of seven seconds you will be getting six seconds only in this round." The sergeant explained. "Now, team Phoenix academy, step up to the spot."
As soon as the sergeant said that, Lex along with his teammate Nora stepped up to the spot to take their shots.
"Are you ready?" He asked and the two replied by nodding. "Alright, your time starts now."
As soon as he said that, the two pulled out arrows from their arrow packs and fitted them into their bow.
They had decided to go for two arrows per shot, but how was that going to go for them?
They shot out their arrows at the same time and managed to get headshots with one arrow each and the other arrows, missed completely which was quite unfortunate.
"That's twenty points already lost," Chloe muttered.
Unfortunately for team Phoenix academy, they ended up losing an extra ten points to make it a total of thirty points lost.
They were successful in hitting all the targets during the duration that they were given but that extra loss came because one of their shots from Nora was a normal hit instead of a headshot.
"I can clearly see Phoenix academy in last place in this archery competition now," Chloe said.
"The third round is still there, anything may happen," Luis said.
"No, nothing is going to happen, I've seen it all." She said.
"You've seen it all?"
"Yeah, compared to the other contestants those two have mediocre archery skills and their composure is pretty lackluster." She expressed.
"Oh, I guess you've seen it all then." The Angel said before shifting his gaze to Ace who had his gaze on the pitch pretending not to be paying attention to what they were saying.
'I'll have to sort that out with him later.'
'And Tania.'
'Yeah, her especially.'
"While Phoenix academy manages to secure three hundred and seventy points in this round, Eukerion academy grabs all points plus a thirty points bonus." The sergeant announced.
'That was fast.' Luis said subconsciously.
"We already have this competition in the bag," Chloe said.
Brad and Brolin did what they did best when it came to their round and at the end of the day, they were only able to save an arrow, they saved two in the previous round and saved one in this round to get ten bonus points, they were doing well at least.
The twins did their best to try and save an arrow but at the end of the day, they ended up saving none which meant that they were only able to grab four hundred points from this round.
The second round came to an end and so far the standings remained the same, Eukerion academy were still leading with a good point margin, Crockel academy was in second place, Tron Ville academy in third place and Phoenix academy was surprisingly stuck in fourth place.
The third round could turn things around for sure but there was no doubt that Eukerion academy was the favorite to win the academy and to be honest, Cherry was the one doing most of the work with her ice arrows.
The third round was something everyone was looking forward to but someone was going to miss it.
The third round was about to start when a white light suddenly appeared beside the Angel startling Chloe and the other students in the area and when the light cleared up, Michael could be seen standing beside the Angel.
"Teleportation," Chloe muttered.
"Michael," Luis said. He acted surprised but he wasn't really surprised as he already knew it was him as soon as he saw the light.
"Hey, Luis, hey there, young lady," Michael said with a smile on his face.
"You two know each other?" Chloe asked.
"Um…yeah, he's my martial arts teacher." The Angel replied.
"Oh."
"Can you come with me for a second, Luis?"
He didn't even give the Angel time to reply as he tapped the teleport button on his watch before placing his hand on his shoulder and just like that, the two disappeared.
Chloe kept her gaze on the area for a while before slowly turning back to the pitch.
It didn't take long before the Angel found himself in a room with Michael, but they weren't the only ones there.
Bryan and Layla, Nicole, and the elf twins were all there and he was quite shocked to see all of them there.
"Miss Nicole, Lieutenants, aren't you all supposed to be at the stadium?" The Angel asked with a confused expression on his face.
"Yeah, but we can't be watching a competition while something crazy is happening in both worlds," Nicole said.
"Both worlds? What are you talking about?"
"I still don't understand why he has to get involved, he's just a child," Tauriel said.
"Um….do you remember the portal we showed you yesterday?" Layla asked abruptly.
"Yeah, the portal the king opened in Asaka," Luis replied.
"Well, take a look at this," Michael said before raising his tablet in front of him to show him the captured footage of the current portal.
It was at that moment that the Angel understood what they were talking about.
Judging from the buildings in the footage, he knew this was happening in the world he was in right now.
"Where is this happening?" He asked.
"Eukerion City," Michael replied.
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Just beside the road leading straight to Phoenix academy, a mirror-like image appeared and a few seconds later, a staff found its way out of the portal before its holder walked out alongside a young man and woman.
"Yes, this is the place," Festus said with his gaze on the large walls surrounding the academy.
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