"It's weird that I am having normal sleep now and not going into deep slumber and getting tired" Isagi washing her face near the waterfall.
"I have no luck in catching fish" (Olga trying to catch fish).
"It feels like, we all on some camping trip now" (Igor)
"This is much better than dying for a stone" (Boris)
"Somehow it feels like everyone forgot about the purpose." (Christe)
"The purpose to win?" (Claude)
"The purpose to pass this round. so that we can get one step closer to the cult"(Christe)
My son is right. A cult using dark element and worshipping some demon. Even If we exclude the artifact. Still those people need to be stopped for greater good.
"Kyaaa..." (Olga)
"Did some fish went into your dress, want me to take it out?" (Claude)
Isagi punched Claude to ground
"There is a person floating in the river" (Olga)
"What!!!!!!" (Everyone)
After that, we took that person to our camp. She seems like a young girl but should be older than my students. Did she get beaten by some team? It's possible, since everyone are fighting each other. The monsters seem to be the least trouble now.
"She is just unconscious, let me wake her up" Olga transmitted her lightning into her body.
Coughs. The girl slowly wakes up. She has white and grey hair.
"Is someone here with me?"
"She is blind?" (Everyone)
Water droplets coming out of her body and touching our skin.
"I sense six people. One is 22 years old and others are 14. I don't have any stone with me for you to take"
"We don't want any stone from you. We just rescued you from river. Could you tell us what happened"
"Why should I tell you. I don't believe anyone. You all do anything to get the stones"
"Is that so, fine then. Guys let's have breakfast. leave her"
We all started eating fish outside of the tent.
Stomach growling noises. Slowly walking out of the tent with the help of water droplets.
"I have to go now. Thanks for saving me"
Isagi pulled that girl into her lap. "You think you can get away without repaying me"
"What I should I give? I said I don't have anything. Don't tell me you guys will eat human flesh too?"
"Yes, I will bite you if you don't eat our cooked fish" Stuffing fish into her mouth
"I understand that you are vary of others in a competition like this where people kill each other. But will you believe us if we tell you our side of story"
I told her everything including the cult and our mission.
"But professor, isn't it risky to tell her about cult. What If she is one of them? (Igor)
"Oh, come on, she is just an adorable little girl" rubbing her cheeks with mine
"A group with dark hood and strange masks? I don't know about them, but a strange group of people kidnapped my team"
"What????"
"On the first night, while we are sleeping, A strange group of people ambushed us. It was too sudden and before I could do something they threatened me that If I try something they will kill my team. They asked to hand over our stone. But it didn't stop there. The want me to collect one more stone to release them and they said to come to the bottom of the highest mountain and took my team with them. I started searching for another team. That was when I encountered a guy walking alone. with the help of my water droplets, I found out that he has a stone. That guy noticed it the very moment and started chasing me. He is very fast. Even though monsters surrounding him because of his stone he slashed them like nothing. But we not in normal state, I can feel everything about a person when my droplets touch him, I sensed fear in him. Like he is afraid of something. To be specific, his body is afraid of something"
"What does that mean" (Christe)
"Like he has consciousness to do something, but his blood cells are too afraid like they are wounded and taking time to recover. I was managed to defeat him in that state only because I was near a lake and took his stone. Things would have been worse if I fought him in open area with his body fully recovered. I don't know why he was alone and where he was heading. But if my assumption is correct. He must be taking rest somewhere now"
"Wait, something doesn't sit right. You done this on the first night of competition?" (Claude)
Everyone started to realize something.
"Could you tell me your name?" (Claude)
"Elissa"
"EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
"She was the one who defeated second prince???" (Christe)
All of a sudden, my lap started feeling heavy. Elissa started to get comfortable on Isagi lap and laid her head on her chest while eating. I am dead.
"But when I gave the stone and explained what happened, they were not satisfied with that and told me to go and collect one more. The next night I found a stone on a small hill but got defeated by two people. I don't know who they are, but from their conversions I figured out that they are seniors." (Elissa)
"She fought two different team back-to-back and survived" (Christe)
"Wait a minute. Aren't the group she mentioned feels similar to the cult. From her explanation, they are hunting for stones, and it have only one explanation. Hunting for someone who infiltrated the competition. But more than that, we have to save her team first. For that we should at least have one stone."
"You will help me?" (Elissa)
"Of course, You believed us and told your story and also helped us in finding out the cult hide out. So, shall we get ready for stone hunting"
Orb announcement: Status of today. Elissa got defeated by team Valerius. Team Fabius have been brutally murdered, the cause is unknown"
They are moving fast. weird thing is none of their actions are captured by the orb. They should be aware of that and came prepared. Must be the work of someone who is helping them from inside.
Later that night, somewhere in forest.
"Look, I only teaming up with you team because of a better chance of survival" (Bellona)
"I know I know. All twelve of us can just survive 7 more days with our stones to clear the competition. We should be able to hold off the monsters even though we have 2 at the same place" (Zeno)
"Hmm, I guess we finally found points here"
"Who are you? (Bellona)
Zeno cut his hand without wasting time with his Ice sword.
"You are making this hard, Icarus. Just take the stones. Kill them If needed" (A girl sitting in the middle of their base, drinking tea)
"My apologies lady phoebe"(Icarus) His hand grown from his body again.
"What the hell is happening here" (Bellona).