The Novel's Extra (0-100)

Chapter 56 - Bet (2)

"You have three lives. Whoever can hit a target farther away wins."

In truth, this archery duel followed the general archery competition rules. I had seen Heroes have archery battles on TV a couple of times, though, of course, Heroes' archery battles had all sorts of additional effects like earthquakes or whatnot.

"Am I going first?"

Chae Nayun asked.

"Yeah."

"Alright. 100 meters is too easy, so let's start at 200 meters."

Chae Nayun knocked an arrow and pulled on the bowstring. Her sharp eyes stared at the 200-meter mark from which the target would shoot up.

"Shot!"

With her short shout, the target shot up from the right side. Chae Nayun turned her bow 60 degrees to the right and fired, hitting the target 200 meters away with ease.

"Hey, it's your turn now."

Chae Nayun crossed her arms with a smile and examined me with an arrogant look.

I clumsily copied the same posture Chae Nayun took. With my feet spread apart appropriately, I placed my center of gravity between my legs. Knocking my arrow, I tightly grabbed the bow and bowstring on each of my hands.

Now, was it voice recognition?

"Shot?"

I muttered, and a target shot up. Startled, I let go of the bowstring. Naturally, the arrow was way off target.

"Pfft. Puhaha."

Chae Nayun laughed, but she didn't just laugh, she grabbed her belly with one hand and pointed at me with the other.

"Did you really not practice? Do you want to start over from the 100-meter mark?"

I shook my head.

"It's a handicap."

Although I failed once, I got a feeling for how to position myself.

Chae Nayun had a textbook posture, but I didn't need to do the same. In the first place, textbook postures were made to be applied in practical use. You couldn't become an expert just by perfecting textbook material. It was only the minimum requirement to become an expert.

And my Gift made me an inborn master.

"I have to go again, right?"

"Yeah, yeah. You only have two lives now, so you're out if you miss twice."

I nodded and stood tall. I didn't need to take aim. The target moved anyways, so there was no reason to take aim beforehand.

"Shot."

The target shot up. I predicted its trajectory and fired so that it would miss the target by a bit. Then, the arrow grazed by the target.

"...Is this a joke?"

I was putting on a show, but Chae Nayun seemed to have lost interest. The same could be said for the spectators, who were starting to call me a big-mouthed fool that was desperate for attention. It seemed missing twice in a row was too much.

"I got the feeling for it now."

"Yeah right."

"I'm going again."

I muttered quickly.

"Shot."

This time, I fired the moment the target shot up to about 2 meters. My arrow flew through the sky and pierced the target perfectly.