Once it was just us, we moved out of the room that the crystal was in.
I had even seen that the manta rays had been on their way to attack us, it was just that it seemed like there was something that was delaying them which gave us this time to plan things out. Your next chapter awaits on freewebnovel
Once we were out of that room and in one of the separate rooms, all that was left was for the others to find their crystals to destroy.
It was also this time that Leaf suddenly said, "Are you wondering why they keep staring at you?"
I was completely caught off guard by her suddenly saying this.
I couldn’t help narrowing my eyes to stare at her as a strange look appeared in them, but eventually I gave a slow nod.
With another smile typical for her, Leaf said, "It’s simply because there’s this strange mana fluctuation coming from you."
"Mana fluctuation?" I repeated in a confused voice.
Leaf gave a simple nod before saying, "I can only sense it faintly since my mana senses aren’t as good as theirs. However, there is this strange mana fluctuation that is coming from you that is different from anything that I’ve sensed before."
I just looked at her with an even more confused look after hearing her explanation, but Leaf gave a shrug to show that she didn’t know.
"I only felt this after seeing them looking intently at you. I actually never noticed this about you before. I was only interested in you because of your actions before, but now you’re even more interesting. I really want to find what kind of secrets you’re hiding from me."
I was completely taken aback when I heard this from Leaf.
Even the way that she looked at me was completely different from how she looked at me before.
And for some reason, I felt a chill running down my spine when I saw her looking at me like this.
I didn’t need to think to know that the way that she looked at me was a bit dangerous, so it was a good thing that she didn’t actually know who I was. She might be able to find out later, but I would just have to ask my backer to hide my information.
He was the one that sent me here, so that was the least that he could do.
It was just a good thing that there was a hole that suddenly appeared in the paper that drew her attention away from me.
These holes came in succession as two holes suddenly formed one after another.
There was no need to guess to know who these holes came from.
It was definitely the Luminous Knights Team and the Dark Knights Team.
Now all that was left were the other two teams and we didn’t have to wait long for them.
Even if they weren’t as powerful as the Luminous Knights Team or the Dark Knights Team, there was a reason why they were still considered top contenders. They still had abilities that were far beyond the normal talented youths that joined this competition.
They could be considered monsters among talented people.
Once all four dots, along with the one that we made in the paper in the beginning, were all the page, we headed over to the room with the crystal.
This time, we actually fought against the manta rays that were here since we were targeting the crystal and there was no time to waste since we only had thirty seconds.
But it wasn’t as if we had to take down all of the manta rays to begin with.
The only thing that we had to do was clear a path for Leaf to take care of the crystal.
This was made even easier since we were working with the World Tree Team to stall these manta rays.
During this time, Leaf suddenly raised her hand and pulled out what seemed to be a needle. This wasn’t even a big needle, but there was a powerful mana fluctuation that was coming from this needle.
It was clearly the mana fluctuation of the destruction attribute.
Then when the time came, Leaf suddenly flicked her hand and sent that needle out.
The manta rays had all been kept back by our attacks, so there was a clear path to the crystal that was right in front of the needle.
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Before the needle could make contact with the crystal, there was this barrier that appeared around it. This was the same barrier that blocked the energy attacks from earlier.
It seemed that the crystal recognized the danger that the needle posed, which was why it suddenly released this barrier.
Only that barrier just wasn’t able to block the needle at all.
There was a cracking sound like glass shattering that rang out when the needle pierced right through the barrier. Then there was the sound of a rock being split when the needle made contact with the crystal itself.
The crystal just wasn’t able to put up any resistance at all as cracks suddenly ran through it. These spider web like cracks soon filled the entire crystal before it was shattered to pieces.
This time, the crystal didn’t restore itself like when it had been cut.
Looking closely, one could even see traces of black mana on the cracks which was most likely the destruction mana that was in that needle.
The crystal had been completely shattered just like that.
Once the crystal shattered, there was only silence that followed as all of the manta rays froze even though they were still being attacked.
What followed this silence was a booming roar that came from outside.
This roar was clearly the roar of the turtle that this castle was attached to.
As soon as this roar rang out, the manta rays also made strange sounds as if they were in agony.
But no one paid attention to that.
The only thing that we could pay attention to was the strange mana fluctuation coming from behind us.