( Roy Kingsman's pov )
After nearly 8.5 hours of constantly turning inside the labyrinth corridors, the Kingsmen group barely reached the centre.
" Master, a massive brawl has broken in the centre …. What to do? ". Subordinate 1 asked politely
" Of Course we fight, true men never shy away from a fight! Draw your weapons and charge! ". Roy Kingsman said as the group drew their weapons and joined the fray.
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( Meanwhile Max )
Max tied a sailor's knot on one end of his sword as he prepared for a large javelin style throw to the other end.
" I don't think you are supposed to grip it like that …. ". Anna said as she frowned looking at Max gripping the sword as if he was gripping a baseball.
To throw the object to the furthest distance Max needed to grip it properly like a javelin so that there was minimal power loss.
Max exhaled sharply, although he was no Olympic athlete, he undoubtedly felt like one at the moment as he eyed the wall about half a kilometre away.
Max loosened his shoulder to allow maximum flexibility, and after one or two dummy motions, he threw the sword with all his might.
SHUA!
The sword looked to be gaining enough momentum as it soared through the sky, however, the angle of Max's throw was wrong.
Hence after ascending for a while, gravity caused it to start descending in a parabola curve.
It appeared as if the sword would land in between a group of brawling players instead of lodging itself on the wall.
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( Meanwhile Roy )
Roy was busy fighting as after brilliantly disarming the enemy of his sword, the group of 4 began stomping him down like a pack of hounds.
At the moment Roy's complete attention was on the player he was stomping on as he said " Flatten this mofo's round ass, bloody idiot". While violently stomping on the player's bum.
Even his subordinates stomped on the player, but their expressions turned ugly when they heard the words of their leader.
Nobody wanted to stomp on another man's bum, but ever since their leader was exposed a few days ago, all his actions had become borderline crazy.
Hence regretfully they followed his orders in stomping the man's ass.
At this very moment, a sword flying at high speed advanced towards an unaware Roy Kingsman, and unfortunately for him, lodged itself straight down his rabbit hole just as he had lifted his right leg to stomp the enemy.
" AGHH MY ASS ". Roy Kingsman shrieked in a high pitched sound as everyone stopped fighting for a second to see what was going on, only to find a sword brutally lodged inside a man's rear end.
-1450 critical hit!
Max saw the critical hit notification and bursted laughing as he could not believe the probability of such a scene occuring, however things only went from bad to worse for Roy Kingsman who laid flat on the ground as his subordinates contemplated on what to do with the sword.
While everyone else resumed fighting, there was an unsaid agreement amongst everyone to leave Roy Kingsman and group alone after the tragedy their leader just suffered, as everyone barely contained their laughter.
Sebastian walked over to the group, laughing out loud and said " Roy, do you need help to take it out of your bum? ".
Roy Kingsman replied " Yes, it-it hurts, please remove it gently ".
The subordinates of the Kingsman clan were utterly disappointed by the boss's display of manliness as many decided right this moment to change their allegiance from Roy to Keane Kingsman after this round was over.
Sebastian removed the sword from Roy's bum, as the other party screamed and moaned at once, confusing his party members on whether he was in pain or whether he was in pleasure.
Regardless, Sebastian took the sword and from a closer range he quickly threw it on the wall at a height so that a natural inclination was formed from his end to the centre, so that he could zipline without trouble.
Mercilessly jumping off Roy Kingsman's bum as a cushion, Sebastian used his robes to form a sling to slide over the rope, as he began crossing the zipline from end-end.
Once others saw him crossing, immediately everyone rushed towards the zipline as the fighting around Roy Kingsman and his subordinates increased monumentally, with their group returning back to base after Roy Kingsman was killed by some player.
Sebastian crossed half the zipline without any trouble, however as the height reduced he could see a large shadow travelling beneath him in the murky lake as he gulped a mouthful of saliva and prayed for his safe journey.
With only about 50 metres left, the fish finally leaped out of water with its massive jaws opening, when Anna who was on guard shot an arrow immediately into its eye, foiling its trajectory and saving Sebastian by a narrow margin.
Sebastian crashed and rolled at the centre as Max quickly cut off the ropeway once he arrived, causing over 12 players to fall in the murky lake due to the zipline being cut.
" DAMN YOU HOUND! ". they cursed as they fell, however, Max did not care.
Rushing towards the return key, the four of them held the four corners at once to activate the return feature, as they became the first group to clear stage 2!
[ Varsity Notification] - Congratulations for being the first team to clear round two. You have set a new University record by clearing it in 8 hours and 44 minutes.
Your group has secured 4 spots in the coming individual round battles.
The group hugged and rejoiced reading the Varsity notification as only now did they realise the kind of shitstorm they had been through to reach this point.
Round two had been an absolutely wild ride, however through wits, bravery and a lot of luck, they managed to go through to the next round and reach a little closer to their goals.
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the PS target, good job everyone! ///