Then he chuckled and said, "But if this matter is about the danger I pose to you. If you are hell-bent on attacking me because you want to get my points, you will face the same problems too."
"If you can't kill me quickly, which you can't, I will be able to surrender and leave with my points. So it is likely that you will earn nothing if you continue to attack me."
"But if by chance you can kill me quickly enough before I can leave, it will be best if you wait until the end of the 1-hour test period when I have more points. That way you will be able to earn more points for eliminating me."
"Either way, I will kill whoever tries to kill me. So be ready to die as soon as you decide to antagonize me."
After speaking, he became quiet. He watched them for any sign of aggression while keeping his bow ready for swift retaliation.
The crowd of enemies watched him for a while before they scattered. They didn't want to fight anymore because he made a lot of good points.
It is not that they believe that he won't attack him. Even if what he said about his intentions is the truth, they will still feel uneasy to have such a dangerous person around them.
Despite this, they still gave up on attacking him because they didn't want to risk dying for nothing. Rather than die and get nothing, they would rather continue to hunt and risk Arthur eliminating. It is because they have a higher chance of gaining something that way.
As he watched them disperse, he curled his lips in disdain and thought to himself, "Here's to hoping you don't get a lot of performance points."
He is definitely going to attack them later. It could be when he is ready to quit the game or when one or two of them do too well. He will do so because, like he said earlier, they won't be able to eliminate him before he can surrender.
From the first test, he knows that there is a five-second delay after surrendering before being eliminated from the test. He believes that he can survive those five seconds of delay.
He also believes that many of them can't survive the five-second delay and that he can take down many of the examinees in those five seconds. So when he decides to take action against them, at least five of the top scorers among them will be eliminated before the rest can escape by surrendering.
He is looking forward to that point. In the meantime, he decided to continue resting.
He even sat down to rest despite hundreds of people watching and eyeing. He was still attentive to them, but he didn't think they had it in them to attack him after everything that just happened.
He recovered his stamina completely after two minutes. Then he stood up and pulled his bow back.
His actions drew a lot of attention. Many people who were expecting revenge for what they just did broke out in a swear when they saw his actions. Some people even chose to surrender then and there.
They screamed in surrender. But it was all in vain because he wasn't targeting them.
His bow was aimed at the other island nearby. He drew it back and shot it.
The arrow flew through the air and crossed the distance of 1 kilometer. This is an achievement that anyone at the tenth transformation of the first mortal coil with a good bow can achieve.
As for the arrow actually hitting the target and possessing enough force to injure the target, that is a more difficult matter. It is also a difficult matter for him. But it is achievable.
He targeted those who weren't moving. Their stasis meant that his arrow had a higher chance of hitting them.
He also targeted those with more rings in their cluster of light. So when the sudden elimination of someone startled the rest of them, he had gained a lot of points and didn't feel too bad that everyone was moving now.
He didn't target the same island two times in a row. Instead, he gave them time to settle down while he shot other high performers on other islands.
This continued for a while. He became a terror to the other islands. They had to keep watching out for him while hunting beasts.
It was bad enough already that they had to watch out for the beasts in the water and the other examinees. The addition of a third terror increased the difficulty of the test drastically.
Many people didn't like what he was doing. It wasn't only the examinees that had something to complain about. Some of the audience and viewers had something to complain about too.
These people were family members and friends of the examinees. They didn't like seeing Arthur make things difficult for those that they cared about.
Of course, what they thought of Arthur's actions didn't matter. It won't matter if they don't have the strength to make Arthur regret his actions.
Even if they had the strength to make him regret his actions, they couldn't do anything to him during the examination. He will have to return home before they can take any action, or they will be in contempt of the sects and be punished heavily for it.
The best they can do for now is to complain. But some of those complaining were powerful enough to speak words that reached Patriarch Calcetti.
The patriarch was busy watching Arthur's performance. He snorted and said, "It is good that that blockhead Brian didn't join the group besieging Arthur. I would have punished him if he had."
Augustus said in agreement, "It is one thing for him to be foolish the first time. But if he hasn't learned his lesson after being beaten the first time and repeats the same mistake, then he deserves some beating."