Chapter 215 - 215. Click And Fall

The little metal click was just loud enough for the two to hear. They were immediately moving away from what they had just stepped on while the ground gave away in front of them. "Holy lord look at that. I knew there was metal under the ground." Art couldn't help but vocalize his surprise while looking at the pit trap in front of them. 

"We almost fell in that mud. Why is the whole obstacle course made with mud traps!?" ASsher was glad not to have fallen in the mud pit but was also worried that there was some strange obsession with mud going on in Dias' life. 

"We totally thought you would fall in the first one." Laura was in a huff due to the boys successfully saving themselves from the trap. Jane seemed a little more forgiving but that was just her nature. 

"You forgot that we could figure out that something was going on here. Just look at all this. It screams danger." Art couldn't believe that Laurea thought they would miss the obvious hints that spoke of danger at every step here. 

"I just thought that the grass was too perfect. The sparring field is way more worn down than this and if there was another field that was perfect why isn't it another sparring field already?" Asher was thinking much more logically than the others. 

" I would have thought this was strange and backtracked wanting to find the right obstacle. I even asked Laura if this was an obstacle that had yet to be built." Jane pointed to the blank sign. But as they looked at it they realized that the back of the sign labeled the obstacle as the pit fall.

"Well, now I guess we just need to make it...all the easy over there without falling in the mud."Asher realized the distance which appeared short was not becoming much farther due to the traps they would need to avoid. 

"Do you want a hint? I can tell you all my trick?" Laura wanted them to ask but she didn't expect Asher to speak out next. 

"You run over it too fast for it to fall right away? We can't run like that so we need to do it carefully." His words shut Laura down instantly and in response, she ran across the field without tripping a single trap. 

"I wish I had a cheat like that. My super power could probably stop them from falling but I would also break them. I don't think that is allowed." Art wanted to use his but was limited by the situation and the fact that the camp could get angry with him damaging the obstacle course. 

"We can use this to challenge our footwork and reaction time." Jane was already on the move slowly moving in her stance through the field in front of them. The two boys watched her trigger three traps and expertly jump back to slip around them. 

"I guess we follow Jane's lead." Asher started to copy her and had the same grace as her. The traps would make the slight click before they dropped and Asher found himself moving faster and faster while he crossed the field. 

Art was taking up the rear and moving carefully as well. He took note of the traps that Asher and Jane set of so that he could move through a safer path. This strategy got him through much more easily than the other two. Before any of them knew it they had crossed the entire field without falling in to any pit fall trap at all. 

"That was an easy one but it is still a ton of fun." Larua had waited for them patiently while they crossed. They had one more obstacle they would hit and she was excited for it since it was a great challenge compared to the other two. 

"I am just glad that we didn't end up covered in mud. I swear that this is some sort of evil course designed by a mud monster." Art was recalling some novel he had read while the others were already making their way to the next obstacle. 

"This one is way better than the other two. I can't say it was easy but it was great." Laura started to tell them what the obstacle was but stopped as she realized she would ruin the surprise. Even Jane was in the dark this time. 

The group came up to a walled off area, "I haven't seen many campers make it this far today. Welcome to the security challenge. The area you are about to enter is roped off with security wires to deter and prevent intrusion. The goal is to reach the door on the other side of the room. Would you like hard mode or beginner mode?" The staff member motioned to a button near the entrance. 

"Should we choose hard mode?" Jane looked at Laura who was refusing to reply. She knew exactly what hard mode meant and didn't want to tell them just yet. 

"We might as well use hard mode since today is the heavy training day." Asher didn't see a reason not to. This was only going to challenge them more. 

"Then hard mode it is." Art slammed the button and a large thrum of electricity began to hum from inside the room. 

"Hard mode, wow. No one has chosen that this week. Even our top participant Laura gave up when she tried it and went back to switch modes.' The staff member looked at Laura who had already backed off. 

"Why didn't you warn us?" Jane was a little upset but they could see that Laura was smiling slightly. 

"Nobody told me what it meant my first time so I thought you should all have the same opportunity." It was clear that this was just out of spite for also being left in the dark at one point. 

"Well, I'm not too afraid. We selected it and now we are stuck with it. I won't be changing so let's go." Asher walked right in the first door to reveal the obstacle before him.