Ethan Hall watched as the building collapsed with rubbles and dust rising high in the sky, momentarily covering the surroundings.
"Tch. The shooter got away," He muttered and glanced at his badge which showed no change from the 134 eliminations he had amassed. It seemed Alex was not the highest as he had presumed. Some of the students had been eliminated others without rest. Naturally, they didn't just rely on their abilities, but mostly on their weapons and martial arts.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Ethan was a normal human with dark, blue eyes and of course, good-looking. Just like everyone here, he fell short of the requirement to advance. This was mostly his fault as he slacked off during the school year. He wasn't just dallying around doing nothing, but he felt that if he didn't have the same resources as the ones in the higher classes did, then it wouldn't matter how fast he cultivated.
Right now, he was working hard to change that as this provided the perfect opportunity to showcase what he was made of, advance to the main competition and show those pompous students what a real hunter was capable of. Just because he didn't awaken with high stats didn't mean he was weak. What even vexed him the most was the student named Alexander Gray.
That student had the perfect environment and resources to grow as fast as possible and still failed to raise his level. He did not know the reasons behind such a thing, and he did not care. He had already taken it upon himself to eliminate him if he saw him anywhere.
Looking at the rubble from the destruction of the building, he moved toward it to see if the shooter indeed escaped or was trapped and injured. As he drew closer, his guard was up for any surprises, both before him and behind him. He looked around and found nothing, if the shooter didn't die from this, then the chances of them escaping were high.
He looked around and noticed some other students coming to the area, obviously drawn here by the commotion.
"Well, I can still hunt others," He shrugged and descended to meet the approaching students. His speed was as impressive as his weapon, a twin blade. Once he reached one of the students who had noticed his approach, he lunged one end of his weapon at the student who replied in kind: with a sword. The clash produced a shockwave that pushed the surrounding rubbles away.
Ethan's opponent had underestimated his power as he was pushed back several metres after their first clash. Before he could recover from his surprise, Ehan was on him again, pressing his momentum and pushing his opponent back. Within a few seconds, he defeated him and moved on to the next one to his right.
"Shit!"
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Abigail cussed and without a moment to waste, ducked to the right, barely dodging the blade as it went past her face, close to her cheekbone. As the dagger went past her, she and her opponent momentarily locked gazes.
BOOOM!
The momentum sent the dagger straight into the walls of the floor they were on. The resounding clash alerted those down there, but most were otherwise occupied to worry about someone else's battle. But there was one person who turned and looked in that direction.
"Found you."
Ethan's mind instantly went to the archer as the boom came from a floor high enough to provide a good shooting point for a skilled archer. Even if it wasn't the shooter, whoever he finds would serve as good points for him.
After getting rid of the remaining students around him, he dashed to the building and jumped all the way to the place where the explosive attack came from, on the 15th floor.
He waved his twin blade creating a powerful strike that made a bigger opening for him to enter. Naturally, he didn't put too much power into that, or the building might have collapsed.