Lunaria and the others darted across the jungle. Perhaps it is because of Waltz’s threat, many villages and houses were left empty as no one resided in them anymore.
The sky darkened and soon reached night time. The team of nine reduced their speed as they breezed through the jungle due to the darkness, and also for the sake of the magicians’ powers and their own stamina.
“We’re near.”
Long Tu’s voice was calm yet clear enough to be heard by the others even as they were rushing through the jungle. And by Long Tu saying this meant that they have already entered the enemy’s attack range.
They might meet the enormous barrier if they went forward a little more.
“Here, let’s spread out.” Long Tu said, “According to the terms of strength, I’ll separate us into the following teams - Gui Dongri, Darmiala and I; Tyre, Leah and Niluka; Yexi, Lunaria and Angel. Is it alright?”
Although Leah wanted to be with Lunaria, expressing this would only make it seem like she is too reliant towards the latter instead of her wanting to look after Lunaria, thus she swallowed back her words as soon as they reached her lips.
Naturally, the others would nod and agree, not having any objections.
Without hesitation, Long Tu continued,
“In the end, our goal is to enter their range. Maybe it’s really that group of students who went to build the elemental barrier; this way the number of people they have left in the jungle won’t be a lot. This is our chance to sneak attack them!”
A sneak attack!
The new term sent a course of excitement and concern through their veins, yet not one of them showed any signs of timidity. Carefully observing the changes in their expressions, Long Tu nodded,
“What’s the main goal of a sneak attack? Obviously to tear down their barriers. We should know that even if we somehow survived, as long as most of the main team dies, nothing will change for us. So I had an idea after coming here; as the enemy team didn’t expect us to find their base camp, we can use this to our advantage - since being able to reach here is already a surprise. Still, nine is way too many, so we’re going to split into teams of three and attack from three sides, left, middle and right. …… Also, we have to use all our strength to destroy the barrier, although being killed may be a little painful, but this is the price we have to pay to avoid that damn bunny costume. Let’s see this as a sacrifice we have to make for the greater good.”
As easy as Long Tu made it sound, the pain of dying in the virtual world is modified to fully resemble the real world, so those with a weak mental may not recover from it, and will have a phobia towards the virtual world from then on.
Still, their main goal is to avoid Teacher Rachel’s punishment, especially Lunaria who wanted nothing more than to win this competition. On the other hand, the main team led by Claude will be taking action soon, and if they do not act quickly, Waltz will have noticed them.
It is now a race with time. The tempo of this battle was not that quick at first, yet everything changed as soon as Waltz released this attack of his - the whole of the Nitan world was caught by a storm in an instant!
“Since no one has any objections, let’s do it then. Use every single method you can, as long as someone among us can completely destroy the barrier, our mission will be accomplished. Afterwards it’s up to each team to decide whether to charge head-on or run away.”
Everyone agreed silently. Long Tu nodded lightly,
“Now, split up!”
Swoosh!
The nine of them immediately split into teams of three. Yexi, Lunaria and Angel ran towards the right side at full speed.
Surprisingly, the air of the night jungle did not have the heavy humidity from the day. Lunaria breathed in the fresh and dry air. Yexi, who was in front of them said,
“I’ll be the main attacker, both of you can assist with magic.”
Yexi is indeed the one whose attacks have the most explosive force - both Lunaria and Angel are still lacking in that sense if compared to her despite them being strong enough, so Yexi was the best choice for the main attacker. Even if Long Tu were in the same team as Yexi, the latter will still take up that role.
Thinking about it, Lunaria called out to Yexi, confused,