Chapter 63 Human?

Chapter 63 Human?

Being careful not to make any noticeable movements, Alex carried on eating his food as if he had heard nothing, but he was much more alert than beforehand.

Mira was no different. She had heard the same thing, except for the fact she was facing the direction the sound came from.

It was hard to tell in the darkness, but she swore she could make out three dark silhouettes before they disappeared.

Since Alex was facing Mira, away from where the sound came from, he mouthed to her, acting like he was chewing on some meat.

'Something in the darkness?'

Mira fake yawned and tilted her head up and down in the process.

This was a clear 'yes' to Alex's question.

Fwoosh

All of a sudden, something came flying out of the darkness and brushed past Mira's face, her barely dodging in time.

With all pretenses shattered, both Alex and Mira stood up with their knives in hand and turned to face the direction the projectile had been fired from.

Lit up by the fire between them, two bipedal figures stepped out of the darkness slowly and entered the range of the fire, revealing themselves.

'Humans??'

The two people who showed up in front of them wore the same uniform.

They were also applicants!

"Two little rats like you don't belong in this level of society. The mere fact that you even think you have a chance of enrolling in the top 5 is a joke." The boy on the left spoke.

He had long, dark blonde hair tied up into a ponytail. He held the same standard issue combat knife in his hand. Except it was coated in some sort of purple substance.

'Poison.'

Alex recognised this substance.

"Don't let the blade hit you!" Alex shouted to Mira, not wanting her to get poisoned.

Alex was about to prepare his own counterattack, but before he could do anything, an arrow came flying in from the darkness and penetrated his shoulder.

"Arghh!" He cried out in agony, grabbing the arrow and attempting to snap it.

But instead of feeling the wooden shaft of the arrow in his hands, he felt nothing.

The arrow disintegrated into particles of light and were carried away by the wind, leaving his wound open and allowing the blood to flow out much quicker.

'Shit, I should have known there was a third.'

Inwardly, he was cursing himself for not noticing the discrepancy.

He should have noticed something was off when he saw two people approaching with nothing on them that allowed projectiles to be fired at speeds like that.

'How the hell did they get a bow?? Everyone's supposed to be limited to the same equipment!'

At the same time Alex had been shot by the arrow, Mira shot towards the two attackers she could actually see and slashed at them violently.

There was a spartan rage in her eyes as every swing of her knife was launched with the intent to kill.

'I only just made my first friend, and now someone's here to ruin it for me again. I'LL KILL YOU'

Her thoughts ran wild as she abandoned all rationality and just attacked with sheer instinct.

Her strength was higher than both of her attackers, allowing her to fight on par with both of them at the same time.

But the archer had also started focusing on her, not giving her any room to attack, only defend.

Seeing how the situation was quickly turning against their favor, with Alex injured and her unable to deal with three of them at the same time, Mira made a daring move.

'Golden Pres-'

She was about to risk her life by transforming again so soon after recovering from her previous use, but a voice spoke through gritted teeth behind her.

"Don't."

Hearing Alex's voice, Mira snapped her head around and saw him standing with one arm limp, and a huge fireball in his other hand.