CRING!
In the camp, hiding from everyone's view, Ethan picked up the call.
[Ethan, Frederick is advancing to Sector 5. Is he alone? What is the tactic you are implementing.]
Ethan made sure no one around replied to the caller.
[Charles who parted ways hiding in that spot. Except for him, there is Parth and Lucas. They wanted to fight openly and then create chaos. They are just going to keep track of the flag holders and taking the opportunity, we will strike them and if things don't work out, they will run away.]
It sounded absurd however Frederick and Charles could do that. If Frederick uses time manipulation, even if you are 4-Star, you will die without knowing what hit you.
The abilities might be quite vexing and may leave fatal defects in the body if used carelessly but here in this place, no matter how battered you are, it will not affect the real body.
However, some are too conceited to believe the facts.
[A bunch of bugs who dared to think that they can do what they want.What a stupid plan. You want to create chaos in my presence. Stupid.]
[If your information proved useful, we will fulfil the part of the agreement from our end.]
Ethan finally heaved in relief.
He had done his work. It was really surprising that he was selected as the strategist of the drill out of nowhere but who cares if the class loses? As long as he can rip others, there is nothing wrong.
Thinking about the days filled with glories that lie ahead, Ethan decided to message other classes who tried to strike a deal with him.
"Hehe!What a fortune!"
"I am not the only one here. There are bound to be many traitors in the camp. Maybe all of them are passing the information. I should hurry and be the first one to leak everything."
"What? There are even more?"
A cold voice came from behind startling Ethan.
"Kyakkk!"
Ethan jumped back in panic after hearing a voice.
Looking back, his eyes widened with horror seeing a figure coming out from the shadow.
THUD!
Cough!
Another figure fell to the ground and started coughing violently.
"How do you breathe in there?"
"I can hold my breath for a long time."
Ethan's mind became blank for a moment. Pointing at them with trembling hands, he screamed"Parth...Vagrave, what are you doing here?"
"Parth, shouldn't you be in Sector 5 so how are you here?"
"Vagrave should be overseeing things while Parth should assist Frederick in escaping."
"Ohh! Sorry, we forgot to tell you. That was a fake plan" Parth scratched his head, acting embarrassed.
"What do you mean? Then what is the real plan?"
"See for yourself Vagrave, how cunning bastard he is? He wants to know the real plan."
Vagrave glared at Ethan with anger. He had been running around and almost started having hair fall due to the tension of handling things and this man whom he assisted in commanding turned out to be a traitor. That means, all the plans he had come up with were for nought.
"Damn!"Ethan tried to escape but a shadow passed by him, following which he stumbled onto the ground.
On looking down, his whole body shivered to see his legs cut from his knees.
Parth cast a cheeky smile as he appeared before him.
"You wanted to know the real plan, huh? Don't worry I will make sure you stay alive until the real plan is executed."
Vagrave looked down with a pale expression and asked"What are we going to do now? We are at a great disadvantage in terms of numbers. Frederick and others might have already been worn out."
"Everything is going according to his plan. Our job is to eliminate the traitors."Parth licked his daggers.
"I will cut the limbs of these filthy bastards. Meanwhile, Vagrave please lead the archer we selected to Sector 5. Follow the trackers here."Parth gave after a set of instructions.
....
"Huff...Huff.Huff.."
Grazing at the overgrown grasses he stepped upon, Frederick took a moment to catch up his breath.
From the moment he spawned, he had just been running around like a fugitive.
"I shouldn't have accepted this plan."Frederick leaned on the spear trying to support himself.
BEEP...BEEP...
Frederick slid the bar on the smartwatch to pick up the call.
[Frederick have you reached Sector 5]
Taking a moment, to catch up his breath.
[Almost]
[Good! You can start disposing of them. Others are reaching there. You have 20 minutes to get out of there before everyone starts encircling you]
Frederick, pondering for a moment, replied.
[Got it. Even if I failed to escape, you can take care of the situation.]
[No, we can't be too overconfident. There are maximum chances of the plan failing. If that happens we need to shift to Plan B where you have to play a vital role.]
Frederick, disconnecting the call, took a moment to scan the surroundings. His sharp eyes flickered as he senses faint tremors and rustling sounds from afar.
"I have been running all around. It is time to counter-attack."
....
"He must be ahead."
"Everyone be careful. Don't lose your guard."
"He might be exhausted, still don't underestimate him…aaahhh!Look behind!"
An abrupt scream interrupted their conversation.
His eyes widened as he saw a spear hurtling towards him, aimed directly at his face. His body reacted and he tried to raise a shield to block the incoming attack but before he could do that, the spear was already on him.
BANG!
His face burst into pieces, seeing which others squeaked in horror due to the brutality of flesh bouncing on them.
"Attack!"
"Levea Momentum!"
"Lone Slash!"
"Ice whip!"
Attacks poured out on intruders from all around.
Without wasting a single moment, Frederick used his lightning steps to sneak up on the attackers. A bright light flashed in the atmosphere and leaving behind a bluish trail of light, Frederick moved dodging the attacks pouring on him.
Moving around, he sliced and slashed while passing through the people.
A bright electric current erupted and a gaping hole was blasted on the mage's chest.
Coughing a mouthful of blood, the mage fell to the ground with a thud.
Frederick then flicked his spear to deflect ice attacks pouring on him. A faint whitish layer of fog appeared.
At that time, Frederick found himself getting surrounded. His eye flashed with a strange glint sensing danger around him.
"Super Charge!"
BOOM!
The place he stood suddenly erupted with a blast. A shock wave radiated everywhere sweeping away the dust and debris.
Even if he jumped in time, his body was hit by the fierce shock wave.
Sliding off against the ground, Frederick kneeled and wiped off his lips while staring at the figure before him.
"Your time is over, Frederick!"
Stepping out from the smoke, Ezekiel fidgeted his fingers with a sinister grin.
TAP! TAP!TAP!TAP!
Loud footsteps echoed and looking around, Frederick saw many students making their way. All of them belonged to different classes.
Ezekiel looked around with a sneer.
"Everyone mark my words. This guy is my prey. If you dare, you can try to meet my fist."
"If you leave this guy to me. I swear in my honour that I will not target you and I will make up for you somehow in real life."Ezekiel declared loudly after which others hesitated a bit.
Behind him, 5th rank Jeanette and 6th rank Sheldon stood guarding the place.
Sheldon hit his shield on the ground giving a menacing glare.
Their squad consisted of 89 students of whom only 15 were eliminated unlike others and had already managed to snatch two flags.
A heavy tension permeated the air.
Zack and Jenny standing stared at one another taking a moment to think.
Richard gritted his teeth in anger. He knew how meaningless such fake promises were. In truth, this guy wasn't promising them, rather he was warning them not to step in otherwise, he will make their life hell.
"Hailey, let's step back for now," Richard suggested.
"Yeah, I don't want to clash with him, "Hailey replied.
For a moment everything turned still and this oddly suffocating atmosphere finally broke with Frederick's laughter.
"So guys are finally here!"
Ezekiel frowned seeing Frederick relaxed expression. It was then he heard a loud blast from behind.
BOOM!
A sonic explosion exploded and many students along with Sheldon were hit. The ground was torn apart and a piercing shriek echoed.
Arrows carrying torrential force rain down. The sudden attack startled many.
"Khuemmm!"
"Khmmm!"
"Arghhh!
The arrows blasted holes in their body one after another. Some lost their eyes while some head was entirely cracked.
With a loud bang, a part of the encircled students was blown away like a rag doll and through the space, someone with blue hair covering the face walked out.
However, this wasn't the only one. After that random guys popped out one after another.
It was a bit shocking but more than what shocked him were the people chasing after them.
Ezekiel's eyes narrowed as he glanced at them and then looked at Frederick. All of them had blue hair and wore the same robes while covering their faces with masks.
Jenny, Hemorn, Zack and many other Classes who found this suddenly felt their head going blank.
"You all are not Frederick. Who are you all?"
"It's simple, we just disguised ourselves."
Following this, they took off the blue hair wig.
It was then a sudden realisation of them.
No matter what, there is no way Frederick could escape the joint attacks of all the pursuers unless their attention is diverted. If all the class banded on him, it didn't make sense for him to survive till now. Frederick always manages to escape narrowly. Since there had never been a case of two Frederick appearing simultaneously and he is the only one with blue hair, the possibility of others disguising themselves as him never crossed their minds.
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