Chapter 222 Are you done staring?
Kyle threw the skill core inside his mind space with a sigh.
He leaned back on the tree trunk and closed his eyes to sense the mind space. It was vast but empty.
Amidst the vast space, the finger-sized core was floating mid-air. The circular core was barely visible due to its small size but because Kyle could locate anything within the mind space it only took him a second to find the hovering skill core.
Kyle's focus zeroed on the porcelain bracelet. It was floating beside the skill core.
It was strange indeed because he could sense the sets of clothes, the food, the saber, the bow and arrows lying motionlessly in the mind space.
'I noticed it when I placed it in my mind it started floating. The bracelet didn't contain any mana like the core so why is it floating?'
Kyle opened his eyes and summoned the bracelet in his hand. It looked fragile. He wondered why it didn't break down when it was dropped.
"Hmmm."
Kyle eyed the inner side of the bracelet and traced the incomplete Array symbols with his fingertips.
He stared at it for a while and tried to understand the symbols. On the left side, the engraved symbols were very basic. However, the symbols on the right side were very difficult and Kyle had never seen them before not even in the books he found in the Tower.
His interest was piqued. He inwardly decided to study the bracelet more instead of giving it back.
"The owner doesn't know I have it. Nor do anyone else. So, I can just say it's mine."
After thinking for a few seconds, Kyle took out a sharp arrow from the mind space and stared at the bracelet.
"It's difficult due to their size but I will just try to complete the basic symbols maybe I will get an idea regarding the hard ones?"
He infused some mana in the arrowhead and grasped it in his fingers. With complete focus, Kyle started grazing the smooth surface of the bracelet.
Time ticked by and after only two minutes, Kyle's eyes sparkled.
"Tracking symbols?"
He wasn't able to find anything about the hard symbols but the easier ones gave him some information.
The bracelet was an artifact. No, it was a part of an artifact. There were four parts and each part had tracking symbols on them so if someone found one part they could locate the other parts easily.
Kyle recalled and the back side of the purple-shirt elf appeared in his mind. She was indeed wearing two bracelets but why did the information tell him there were four parts?
Kyle snapped out of his thoughts and his eyes narrowed when he heard the sounds of approaching footsteps from his left.
"I am leaving anyway."
He gazed at the bracelet and infused the tracking symbols with mana. The symbols shone for a second and Kyle could sense three faint locations. One was relatively near and the other two were far.
He jumped down from the tree and started moving toward the location he sensed nearby.
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Meanwhile, at the edge of a mountain. It was dark due to the night clouds. The grass rustles under Regius's feet and his breathing was heavy when he killed the last fire spider standing in front of him.
His purple uniform was filled with red blood when he looked back at the five individuals standing behind him.
Just like him, they were also tired and dirty after fighting with the monsters for a full day.
"Let's stop and rest here for today. We will continue tomorrow morning."
The girls and boys all sighed with relief. It was only the first day of the competition but the moment they found each other they started hunting monsters non-stop. Specially Regius he was the one who killed the most.
Izil stretched his body and glared at Regius.
"I was going to kick you if you said we need to kill more."
Regius shrugged his shoulders with a chuckle and sat down beside a rock.
"Set up the tents and go to sleep. I will guard tonight."
Niamh and Faith nodded and started setting up two tents. One for the girls and one for the boys.
At the same time, Lumi and Izil decided to prepare food for everyone.
After they were done eating Yue approached Regius with a frown.
"Senior, you should rest because you were the one who fought the most. I will guard for tonight and If I see any danger I will wake you up."
Regius looked at her face with a raised brow.
"Are you not tired?"
"I am fine. Also, I am not sleepy yet."
In the end, he agreed with a sigh because he was indeed tired.
"Alright. Remember to wake me up the moment you see anything nearby."
Soon, everyone entered the tents for rest.
Lumi peeked out from her tent and gazed at Yue's figure with a pout.
"I wanted to sleep with you. Come inside when you are tired I will wake up one of the boys and they will guard the surroundings."
Yue gave her a nod and gazed at the mountain. The moon was clear, and the stars were scarce.
She grabbed her ponytail, it was loose after such a hectic day. With a tug, she removed the pony and her long honey-color hair dropped down on her back.
Her movement was fast yet graceful when she climbed up a large rock to see everything more clearly.
A cold breeze brushed past her cheek when she arrived above the rock. The tents were surrounded by large trees. Also, they didn't light a fire near the tents because it would expose their location to the danger lurking around them.
She took out a grey bow and some arrows from her storage ring. Even though she was a mage, she learned how to use a lot of weapons.
After some time, while Yue was standing guard a faint rustle sounded from the nearby trees. It was so faint that it disappeared into the air.
Amidst the peaceful night, a pair of bright eyes stepped out from the trees.
The person wearing a hoodie gazed at the tents with a frown but then his gaze landed at the female figure standing on top of the rock.
Kyle removed his hoodie and his hair shone brightly under the moonlight but he didn't look at the face of the standing female. Instead, his eyes were fixed on the porcelain bracelet on her hand.
One of the bracelets was in his hand while the other was just a small distance away. His thoughts wandered around because he wasn't sure what would happen when he collected all four parts of the artifacts. Maybe the artifact was very high-grade?
While he was thinking of how to steal the other bracelet from its owner, a melodious yet livid voice sounded in his ears.
"Are you done staring?"
Kyle snapped up his eyes at gazed at her face for the first time. The girl was holding a bow and the arrow was aimed directly at Kyle.