Chapter 310 - Entering the Competition (7)

It all started with a note that slipped in from below the closed door. We froze as we couldn't believe the same paper note followed us all the way here. My younger brother and his friends had just left us less than a minute ago.

With the same handwriting from before, it couldn't be them. Luke instantly messaged Lucius to tell him about the note. In response, Lucius alerted the organizers, making everyone gather to the auditorium. It appeared the news already spread to everyone in the first district. While a few appeared shocked, the people in our circle were unfazed.

"I guess the fire wasn't the end of it," Oili sighed.

"We should prepare for what will happen if another fire spreads here too," Lucius started to form a plan in his head.

"We should get them to cancel the competition," Claire suggested.

We all wanted to leave this place. If something did happen, it would be hard to protect all the other students from the other districts with us. This time, the people with us were basically powerless since they didn't possess any mana to protect themselves.

I frowned when the lights turned off as my eyes instantly adjusted to the dark. Someone crashed into the auditorium, breaking all the windows in the process. The security guards surrounding us ran to defend the glass coming towards the students. Meanwhile, Lucius created an invisible barrier to prevent any small shards of glass from coming near us.

Everyone below us started to panic as some people cried and screamed in fear. My eyes widened as someone had grabbed me from behind. This was not the same person who broke in. I couldn't believe that person was able to destroy Lucius' barrier. Electricity hummed inside the wires as the lights suddenly came back on.

As this was not the first time, I was the target, I twisted and turned to escape from the arms of the person who grabbed my torso. Unfortunately, the person wasn't skilled in holding a moving person and a sharp knife at the same time. The knife dug into my arm as he struggled to keep the both of us in place.

I gritted my teeth as I held in the pain. Meanwhile, Alex tried to trip the person while Luke stabbed all the pressure points with the end of the handle of his small dagger. When his grip on me loosened, I ducked down to escape from his grasp. The people here couldn't know we carried weapons, so Luke pretended to kick his shin for show.

Giving up as more people surrounded me, he vanished right in front of us. Lucius quickly threw a rock at an unbroken window to make it seem like he escaped through the window. Thankfully, nobody other than us appeared to have noticed. Belle helped him as she created an illusion of someone jumping in the air.

Luke took out a roll of bandages from his inventory. He began to treat my wounds as others helped block the view when he decided to use heal from the erupted veins. Unfortunately, he had to leave some of it unhealed as everyone already saw the knife digging into my arm.

"Can you tell me how the security has gotten this relaxed? My fiancée is injured due to your carelessness," Luke glared at the closest person in charge once he was finished with the spell.

This would be the perfect time to convince them to cancel the event. I tried to do my part as I tugged his sleeve, "Can we leave?"

"We'll increase the security and defer the main part of the competition to the day after tomorrow. We'll do all that we can to keep the environment safer," the person in charge started to beg us.

"It doesn't guarantee anything, does it?" I coldly responded.

"You don't have to follow the schedule and just have to attend the events where you have to compete," the person added.

"My fiancée may not be able to attend all the events," Luke glanced at her injuries.

"We'll decrease the number of rounds that you'll have to attend," he seemed to be getting more desperate.

"My arm," I whimpered as I summoned some fake tears.

"It really hurts! I don't think I can ever use this arm again. I really want to win in this competition, but I don't think I can anymore," I pretended to stagger.

"I think we may have to go to the hospital today," Luke went with my act.

"Wouldn't it be better to cancel the competition altogether?" Lucius perfectly stepped in at the right timing.

"My cousin says she can't use her arm anymore," Alex glared at them when they started to hesitate.

"And you already know how fragile my younger sister is," Lucius reminded them how we had to switch locations for the mix and mingle.

"We'll decrease the competition to make it one day! We can't do any more than this since there are students from other districts," he trembled.

"We'll hold the competition the day after tomorrow after taking more safety precautions," the person in charge was barely able to look up at us.

"I'm glad we came to an understanding," Lucius scarily smiled.

We left the auditorium, leaving the rest of the crowd behind us. Now we needed a plan on how to handle the notes and the person who disappeared in front of us. This person had to come from the first district.