Chapter 2291: Trap

Chapter 2291: Trap



*SWISH* *CLUTCH* BOOM* *BAM* (A/N: And a bunch of other comic book noises)

Explosions, wind attacks, sword rays, thrown spears, fire balls, projectile weapons, traps from under the ground, lightning from the clouds.

Everything was targeted at Sam as soon as he stepped off the last stair of the Thor academy. The moment both his feet hit the street, the attacks came flooding in. Sam did sense them as they came, but he made no effort to defend himself.

He let the attacks swarm him from all sides. When the dust settled and Sam came into view, he stood there like nothing happened. There is not a single scratch on his body.

It seems like all the spies that shared news about Sam's formation expertise, didn't seem to be aware of Sam's current status in terms of the solo combat. He is already engaged with someone else. Even the other party doesn't know about it.

So any attacks on him are completely futile.

But still, the attackers don't know it. They didn't see the token before launching the attacks. It wasn't clearly visible for some reason. Now that they could see it, they saw it green. They just assumed that one of them engaged with Sam just now.

Whichever attack hit Sam first, is the one responsible for engaging with him.

So, they all started looking around, among themselves, trying to identify who managed to land the attack. However, all their tokens are yellow. Sam smiled at their confusion.

He didn't even bother addressing them. He just walked like nothing happened and went past them.

"He is engaged prior to this?" One of theme exclaimed. It didn't take a genius to figure this out. Then why did they not make this clear before they attacked?

One is that Sam has hidden his token a bit. It was not done on purpose, he just wore it on his hip and it was covered by his coat a bit.

That is not even the primary reason though. All these youngsters trusted their informants too much. They believed their informants won't make a mistake as silly as not identifying if the target is even... killable at this moment.

"If he is engaged... then who is it? Who is he engaged with?"

Discussions emerged among the crowd.

Sam leisurely walked through the crowd and arrived at Paradise inn. He went to his newly assigned room and stretched his body lazily before laying on the bed. He had a smile on his face as he took a nap.

Meanwhile, the outside is on fire.

Many academies' elders are holding a meeting along with their students. Previously, the attacks on Sam were purely based on the fact that he might be related to the hub. Everyone wants information about the Hub so that they could retrieve their shameful information that is stored in the hub.

The messenger council put a check to their movements, so this is kind of a perfect opportunity. They can kill within the rules and extract the memories.

However, after looking at Sam's performance in the formation tests, people knew that their carefully done calculations, speculations and estimations are going to be disturbed. Their intensity increased after the first prelims.

But now... Sam is way too good with it.

He came out in just a few hours, when most people estimated that the whole second round might go on for more than half a day at least. And that is an estimate for the top seeded candidates from various academies.

But Sam overturned that and came out.

The rest of the students, including the seeds are still way too far back.

The wall broke, but a barrier came up on the other side. It was not a barrier made from formation or something. If it is, according to the rules, others cannot entrap Sam at the moment and he would have slipped right through.

It was a person who was hovering right outside of that wall.

And that person seemed to have no idea about why he was hovering there. That means, Sam is

the one that attacked the person without knowing and triggered a barrier, sending Sam back.

Sam took a deep breath and looked around in his room.

This is the third time...

This is the third time the paradise inn is about to be destroyed.

Sam already destroyed two floors. Only two more floors are left with habitable conditions and

he is sure, this one will also be gone at this rate.

Sam used his blink to appear out of the room, far away from the building. However, he is already too late. He underestimated the decisiveness and preparedness of these people. They already covered the bases properly.

Because as soon as Sam appeared out of the paradise inn, he noticed that the token he wore

turned yellow once again.

His opponent, he must have quit. Or even the supervising elder in charge of that academy

might have announced the withdrawal from the competition.

Sam was left out in the open with no protection that he had before.

*BAM*

The next moment, a flying spear came at him, which he blocked with the help of harbinger.

His token turned green again as the opponent came at him. Up in the air, the opponent leaped at Sam and tried to move down with increased speed.

Sam tried to get out of that grip, but be he couldn't. The other party is adamant on getting him down. Then only Sam noticed that he was being dragged into a building in the area.

*BAM* *CRASH*

The other party is a late stage second grader and seemed to be purely physical type. The surprise element made it a great success, whatever he is planning anyway.

Next moment, the opponent slapped a small metallic token on Sam's chest. It is covered in

runes and Sam felt like a dense force penetrate every fiber of his being. At the same time, the opponent activated another formation that seemed to have been pre-arranged.

The gravity of the surroundings increased by ten times at least.

Sam felt like he was being crushed by a mountain of lead.