Chapter 53 New Adversaries

"My cores!? The exam just started, I don't have any cores, and even if I did, what the hell makes you think I'd just hand them over to you!?" The first kid said, standing his ground.

"Oh... is that right? Well, then I'll just eliminate you from the exam. The fewer people, the better chance I have at succeeding." The second kid calmly spoke.

"What? What are you? The devil? Why do you care if I am eliminated or not!?" The first kid yelled, flustered and frustrated at his situation.

Seeing the kid in front of him already having killed things that he didn't even think he could kill, he was scared, but he also didn't want to get eliminated from the exam so early, especially for something so stupid in his eyes.

"Like I said, the fewer examinees, the better chance I have at passing."

Hearing this, the first kid pulled out his spear from his back and ran toward the second kid, thrusting it forward with a cry, "Take this, you bastard!"

The spear came at the second kid pretty fast, but with a side-step, he easily dodged it.

Without a second thought, the second kid formed his hand into a sharp shape once again and swung it toward the first kid--but just before it landed, multiple bamboo darts came out of nowhere, instantly sticking into the first kid and knocking him unconscious.

Unsharpening his hand, the second kid looked toward the direction of where the darts came from.

"Syanr... you didn't need to do that. I had it under control." The second kid said as he began to scrummage through the first kid's clothes.

"What a liar! He did have some cores!" He was delighted, finding some tier 1 cores within one of the first kid's pockets.

After this, he swung his hand at the kid's head, fully intent on bursting it open and killing him.

Before that, however, his body instantly disappeared. He was officially eliminated from the exam.

"Spade... what is your plan for moving forward with the exam?" The kid addressed as "Syanr" said as he emerged from the brush of the forest.

He had some of the same fancy clothing on but had face tattoos and held a bamboo shoot.

"Well..." Spade, the dark-clothed kid said as he put the cores into his own pockets.

"First, I guess we have to take care of that pest."

"That pest? What are you talk--"

At that moment, Spade turned to face Lyrian directly, their gazes contacting each other instantly.

Chills ran down Lyrian's back as he was caught off by this sudden acknowledgment.

'Did he know I was here the entire time? I am hundreds of meters away... he looks to be very powerful.' He thought to himself as he stood up from his crouched position.

"Woah, I didn't even notice him... there you are again, showing off your skills, hahaha!" Syanr laughed.

'I shouldn't have underestimated him and hidden my aura as well.' Lyrian thought.

"So what do you want to do with him?" Syanr questioned, readying his bamboo shoot.

"Well, eliminate him of course." He said, releasing a fearsome killing intent toward Lyrian with a smirk on his face.

Looking down at the two, Lyrian also released his own killing intent, mixed with Garmr's which extenuated it even more.

Suddenly, the smirk on Spade's face was gone as he bared the brunt of Lyrian's spiritual aura.

"What the hell?" He suddenly said, looking at Lyrian in disbelief.

"Who the fuck is that kid? I know he's not from our 400." Syanr said, his limbs slightly limp from fear.

After this, Lyrian waved goodbye before disappearing into the woods behind him and activating his aura conceal what he learned from Leon as well so that there wouldn't be a chance that anyone could notice him.

"What should we do!? Go after him?" Syanr immediately exclaimed. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ɴøvᴇlFɪre.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

"No! Leave it. We will just have to deal with him in the future. Right now, we have more important things to deal with," Spade quickly replied, "Even if we chased him, I don't know if we would be able to catch him at his speed."

With this, the two disappeared into the forest in the opposite direction of Lyrian.