Chapter 311 - Entering the Competition (8)

I winced as Luke opened the bottle of medicine and poured it on my injury. Meanwhile, everyone was busy with placing more protective barriers around our rooms. Since we knew we were the target, the other students would be probably safe. We had the time to search for the culprit now with the competition day moved.

Feeling irritated, I used explosion magic this time to destroy the note. We also decided to only use one bedroom as Luke and Alex moved their beds to our room. Each of the rooms were in charge of a certain section in the arena to search for anything suspicious. We would have to sneak out later in the night as we were in charge of the big dining room we were in for lunch.

"When are we sneaking out?" I didn't want to leave the room.

"Around midnight," Luke finished treating my wound.

"Then I'm going to sleep. Wake me when we're heading out," I flipped my blanket open.

Luke nodded his head as if one of the side effects of this medicine was that it made the person sleepy. This was why he had to shake me for thirty minutes to wake me up. I groaned as I got up, wanting ten more minutes of sleep.

Alex softly closed the door as we tiptoed around the halls. Luke waved his hand over the access machine and the door clicked open. Nothing was out of place at first glance. Only traces of poor cleaning remained. All the tables were folded to the side with the chairs. Making it an open space as we searched for anything odd.

"Kill sleeping beauty," the same figure suddenly appeared in front of us in the middle of the room.

Taking a closer look, this person appeared as if it was a puppet. He staggered as he walked towards us with the same knife in his hands. But he had a clear goal in his mind, which was me as he deliriously stared at my pupils.

"You must kill sleeping beauty," he suddenly sprinted towards me.

I slammed the door open as I began to run for my life. Using my mana, I was able to sprint quite a distance ahead of him. Meanwhile, Luke got out his sword with Alex. They tried to distract him from chasing me. However, he swiftly dodged each of their attacks. The person was in between us as Luke and Alex chased him from behind. While Shelly tried to clean up the messy tables and chairs from our attacks.

It was hard to run without making noise. I hoped that everyone would stay inside their bedrooms, knowing the danger if they came out. I dashed into the section that Ben and Alice were in charge of, the area where we stayed. It would be safer to rush into my room within the protection of the barriers.

"There's that same person behind us," I yelled at Ben.

I closed the door, hoping that person would give up on me soon. He furiously pounded on the door while I could hear Ben helping Luke and Alex with the attacks. My marble began to vibrate as the screen showed what was outside my door.

"Escape outside the window Rika! The door is almost broken," Luke shouted.

I nodded my head as I immediately opened the window. I stepped onto the edge of the windowsill as I ducked to get through. Maybe climbing the building would be a better choice. Whipping out a rope from my inventory, I tied it around a pillar on the roof with the air spell. I grabbed onto the rope as I started to climb the wall.

"I'm heading to the roof," I showed him I was halfway there.

Like that person had understood me, he switched his direction to climb up the stairs. It appeared he didn't know how to climb the walls like I did. Knowing where I was, Luke and Alex ran to the same wall. I gasped when the person stared at me from above, tugging on the rope. How did he get there so fast?

"Jump!" Luke reached out his hands.

I pulled out a dagger from below my skirt and cut the rope. I started to fall metres above the ground as I roughly landed in his arms. However, the person jumped off the roof with me. Luke carried me in his arms as he sprinted to the room at the opposite side. Lucius and Belle were inside that room.

It appeared that they had already transferred him their access card as he slammed the door shut. He also closed all the opened windows, not taking a break after placing me on the sofa. I wondered how long this room would last as the person began to target the window this time. I reached out my hand to fortify the barriers this time, hoping it would be enough.

The person screamed as Ben and Alex continued to attack his back. I wondered why this person was so focused on attacking me. Did he think I was sleeping beauty? Although I did like sleep, I was never allowed to sleep for a long period of time.

The barrier began to crack from his persistent attacks. When the window shattered, Ben immediately threw his access card to Luke. We nodded as we opened the door to escape to their rooms instead. Since the person wasn't far away from us, he managed to grab onto the ends of my hair.