The Fate Of The World Is In My Hands, But All I Want To Do Is Eat! - Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Archers, draw your bow
The competition between the archers was simple yet complex. They were shooting targets that were in a fixed position, but the distance was long, and they would have to shoot through the shells in front of the target before reaching it.

And they also had to make sure their arrows didn’t break before they hit the target.

So, the archers would need both accuracy as well as strength. To make up for all that, they needed to channel enough mana to coat their arrow to make it strong and penetrable, and they needed to reinforce the speed, too.

This was not something they were aware of when they were being picked to represent their school. But if they had thought about it more intensively, they might’ve guessed it would be something like this.

For Clarissa, she knew they were being trained in the ways of awakeneds, so that they could be able to handle anything that came their way.

So, she expected obstacles that were as thick as monsters hide before reaching the target as it would represent the monsters they would have to face as archers.

Monsters that could fly, run fast, or even leap… They’d have to be able to catch them with their arrows and kill them before they got to where the main squad was.

But this was even better. The obstacles weren’t moving and were in one position, ahead of the target.

She could take care of this in her sleep.

Though, she didn’t know how hard they were, she would just have to use a little more of her mana.

‘If I don’t get this right, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to face Alice,’ she thought.

“Archers, draw your bow,”

Clarissa exhaled and then drew her already set arrow and started infusion mana into it, but not too much so as to avoid it exploding when it came into contact with the first obstacle.

Her eyes, as sharp as an Eagles, stared at the targets in front of her, and then the corner of her lips curled.

This was a piece of cake.

“Strike.”

Clarissa released her arrow with the others but it was quite a fortune that her arrow got to the target first.

The others didn’t do too badly, either. However, there were one or two from the other schools whose arrows exploded when they came in contact with the first obstacle.

“Calculating the scores,”

Everyone was impressed by what they saw. Clarissa’s calm and cold strike passed through the obstacles and hit the targets in a swift motion.

It was incredible that she was just a student who hadn’t undergone any formal training.

“Wow, she really is talented,” Noah exclaimed and looked around to find the people from other guilds taking notes.

Having an archer in a raid team, and a skilled one at that was a very good catch. So, after today, Clarissa would definitely get a lot of scouting cards.

“Clarissa takes the lead with 150 points, and next is Gavon with 80 points, and next is…”

The power difference had already been set with Clarissa’s clean and flawless strike and perfect score.

The others could only writ and grit their teeth in dissatisfaction while glaring at her but she simply flipped her hair back and grinned.

“You’re not yet at the level where you should be competing with me,” she exclaimed to the hearing of those who were in the arena with her. “Give up while you still can, lest you face a humiliating defeat.”

She sounded bold and proud but she was right. Her level was higher even as an A-class Awakened. She could feel her blood boiling and her strength doubling. It was as if she was nearing a breakthrough but she couldn’t be sure.

It was just her mana that increased, so she didn’t know if her level, as well as her class, was affected by her mana level.

“And now, for the next round.”

So, there were three rounds in total. Because the events were quite a lot and they wished to conclude it all in one day, the order was to be as swift as possible.

“Go, Clarissa,” Miss Stella yelled from the crowd, holding her pom-poms and wigging them in the air as she cheered for the star of the first event. “I knew you could do it.”

Clarissa got a little embarrassed at the cheer but it wasn’t like she didn’t like it. But then her friends joined in the cheering and she just had to walk away to the next match.

Gavon gritted his teeth, his eyebrows furrowing as he watched Clarissa. How could this be? He wondered.

He was the best in their school and even the teachers praised him for his talent. So, how was it that this girl was suddenly getting ahead of him? And by a lot too.

The only way that was possible was if she was one of those talented people who had awakened as an S-class.

“You,” he called and Clarissa turned to him. “Are you an S-class?”

“Do you wish I were an S-class?” Clarissa asked her gaze firm but cold. “Would that make you feel better about your defeat?”

“What?”

“You can’t believe that someone sharing the same level as you can get ahead of you so much, right? Then, just go ahead and believe what you think. Believe that I’m an S-class and that’s why you can’t get to my level.” She turned away from him. “But even that is just an excuse to make up for your failure. If you really want to live behind the shadows of someone powerful then be my guest,” she picked up her arrow and looked at it. “But I plan to walk alongside someone powerful,” she raised her gaze and glared at him. “And not any step behind.”

Gavon and the others were stunned by what she said but then they wondered if she was crazy. Just how did she intend to match her strength with an S-class? And she was currently just a kid who was yet to meet her full potential.

“Hmph, it’s all just big talk,” Gavon exclaimed and turned away.

Clarissa eyed them and then looked away. They wouldn’t understand because they had yet to see the might of someone their age… Who wielded enough power to control the world.

‘I hope she’s watching.’ Clarissa thought, her face flushing lightly.

But unfortunately, Alice was asleep. She had seen Clarissa’s first strike and decided to close her eyes till it was her turn. She was proud.