The Author's POV

-Swooosh!

Quietly moving around the buildings, Amanda made sure to always be within a one hundred to a fifty-meter radius of Arnold. Just as Ren had told her.

Along the way, she, along with Donald, made sure to only subtly hide their presence. Just about enough so that the opposing team could spot them if they used a skill or looked carefully.

...This was one of the things Ren had specifically told her to do.

Honestly, this was much harder than Amanda thought it was because if she was too obvious the other team would notice that something was wrong, and if she hid too well, the other team wouldn't find her and thus be unable to deduce that Arnold was the code holder.

....what a troubling situation.

Still, since Amanda said she would do it, she tried her best.

Gripping tightly onto the handle of her bow, Amanda glanced at Arnold below her and quietly climbed higher up in the buildings.

However, just as she was about to reach the top of the building, sensing something, Amanda shifted her head to the right as the silver body of a blade flew past her.

-Swooosh!

Narrowly avoiding the blade by a hair breath, Amanda suddenly somersaulted backward as the tip of a spear penetrated the area she was previously in.

-Kacha!

Whilst still in the air, with a cold face, Amanda extended the string of her bow. Shortly after, as two blue translucent arrows materialized on her bow, she caught sight of two individuals, one with a spear and one with a blade. She soon released the string of the bow.

-Swoosh! -Swoosh!

Like a bullet, the two arrows split the air as they quickly made their way towards the two individuals.

-Clank! -Clank!

Staring at the incoming arrows, standing in front of the individual holding onto the blade, the spear user, using the body of the spear, quickly rotated the spear in his hand and a whistle arose.

Thereafter, the loud sound of metal clashing reverberated across the surroundings.

"khhh..."

Taking a couple of steps back, the spear user couldn't help but grunt as he felt the impact of the arrows clashing against his spear.

Staring at Amanda in the distance, the spear user, John Redgrave couldn't help but say.

"Damn, you're just as strong as the rumors say"

Softly landing on the ground, Amanda coldly glanced at the two individuals before her.

...skilled.

That's the first thought that came into Amanda's mind as she stared at the two of them.

Although the clash had only lasted for a brief moment, from the way they coordinated and how they managed to quickly react to her arrows, the duo was definitely not simple.

Unbothered by Amanda's unresponsiveness, staring at the youth next to him that wore small-framed glasses and had short blonde hair, John moved forward as he once again thrust his spear towards Amanda.

"Dante cover me"

Thereafter, synchronizing with John, the other youth called Dante leaped forward like a leopard and quickly arrived beside Amanda.

-Kacha!

Dante

as the flow of

flexibility and agility, from time to time, she would use the frame of her bow to defend against some of the incoming

-Clank! -Clank!

resounded

how long

increased the intensity of

longer they fought, the more she found herself

could only grit her teeth and try her best to dodge and counterattack whenever she

-Swhooosh! -Swhooosh!

fighting in close quarters, her real advantage was taken away

her opponents knew

-Swooosh!

left side, Amanda quickly glanced towards Arnold and Donald in the distance. She wanted to see how their situation

heart sink. Both Arnold and Donald were currently in a similar situation

it seemed like Arnold wanted to help her, his opponent seemed to be constantly harassing him from the

the opponent Arnold was currently facing was a bow user just like

enemy

as skilled as Amanda, because Arnold didn't

arrows coming in his way, because he was constantly being kited, he was unable to come to help her. Seeing this, glancing to her right

than Arnold's, however, it still wasn't good as it seemed

not be

-Kacha!

spear toward Amanda,

are you looking around for when your opponents are

right as a blade slashed in the direction of

-Clank! -Clank!

at Arnold and Donald below, a triumphant smirk appeared

going just as planned, your teammates won't be able to help you anytime soon. Moreover, with Jin and your reinforcements being too far from your location, the only option

he fought, the greater the excitement

finally going

beat the arrogant Jin Horton

accomplish a feat that no one thought he could've ever achieved before. The more he thought about it,

staring at John,

"you talk too much"

-Bam!

that the current situation couldn't go on, stomping her feet on the ground as fine miniature crevices appeared on the ground beneath her foot, Amanda distanced herself from the duo. Thereafter pulling the string of her

-Vuam!

around her body intensified at an alarming rate. She

in the distance, opening his eyes wide, John

a skill, stop

looking at the duo,

"Too late"

-Swoooosh!

Amanda's arrow shot down like a comet hurtling towards the duo as the arrow's velocity reached its limits. Even though Amanda's rank was suppressed to

[[E] Apollo's descent]

in the atmosphere towards the tip of her arrow releasing along an

"Crap"

the arrow hurtling towards them like a fallen star, John couldn't help but curse out loud. Thereafter, seeing that he couldn't do anything

know what

he

over, you better buy me dinner at the restaurant of my

arrow, a massive yellow hue revolved around his body creating some form of shield around him. Shortly after, before he could finish speaking, John suddenly saw Dante's body

-Boooom!