Magnus Academy: The Cursed Blood

Chapter Eighteen

Second Round

Lahat natahimik, ang kaninang naghihiyawan ay ngayon natahimik. Lahat kami ay nakatuon lang ang mga mata namin sa isang parte ng screen kong saan walang awang binabali at pinapahirapan ni Andrea ang isang lalake. Yes, nakakainis nga yung sinabi nung lalake sa kaniya about him comparing her to her mother, lahat naman siguro magagalit. Obviously, Andrea's angry.

The moment she broke his arm and leg, I gulped. She's amazing. Ang lakas ng ability niya. Paano nalang kaya if she can use that ability without the need of touching? Naaawa ako sa kalaban niya. Iyana na kanina prang gustong matulog ay ngayon nakatingin lang sa malaking screen. Mr. Grim can't even say anything anymore dahil nakatuon din siya sa mga nangyayari.

"Surrender." Andrea said touching her opponent's head na ikinagulat ng lahat. Most of the emotions I felt around me is fear, some excitement. Pero sobra na ting ginagawa ni Andrea. Alam ko naman na tintakot niya lang ang lakake oara mag surrender, but what if he won't? She'll really break his head, or brain.

"Ne—" pero hindi siya pinatapos ni Andrea.

"Then in three....two...."

"I....I give up!" Sigaw ng lalake.

Napangiti si Andrea and stood up habang nawawala ang lalake. He then was back at the arena below. Ang mga medical staff tumakbo at kinuha agad ang lalake at dinala sa infirmary. It may be a virtual world, but the pain is real. Kailan ba naging ilusyon ang sakit?

May nahulog na flag kung saan nakaupo ang lalake kanina. Andrea grabbed the flag and put it on her pocket. Since ang liit lang naman ng flag. Then she continued inside the forest. Safe na siya dahil may flag na siya, she just needs to protect the flag. Sayang yung lalake, if he had the flag he should have had waited for the timw to run out. But instead, he overestimated himself.

Yana din ang problema kay Andrea. I noticed something about her. That is, she can't control her anger, she can't control her emotions unlike me. That's why it's dangerous kung galit siya at lumalaban. Kailangan niyang kontrolin ang galit niya or else she'd regret it later on.

After an hour, natapos narin sa wakas ang first round. Andrea made it through as expected. Pero marami din ang tinakot niya. A total of ten people got hurt because of her. Lahat bali ang kamay at paa. That's because they all desperately tried to steal the flag from her on the last minute. I shook my head. Only ten people got the flag kahit na may twenty flags na tinago jan sa loob ng virtual world na iyon.

Lunch na kaya lahat muna kumain. 1 pm pa mag sta-start ang second round. Kaya nandito kaming tatlo ngayon sa may garden kumakain dahil walang tao dito. We all discussed our next plan. Ayon kasi kay Mr. Grim, the second round is a race, tinatawag itong Death Race. All the students will race to the end, mahirap ito dahil madilim ang paligid. Wala kang makikita kaya medyo mahirap ang race nato.

Unfortunately, there are only six keys at the finishing line, yan kung mahahanap mo ang finishing line. Whoever gets the keys will be able to open the door outside, at makakalabas ka na.

"But in the darkness? Makakaya ba yun ni Iyana?" Tanong ko sabay kagat sa melon bread na hawak ko. They both looked at me with the looks saying, 'isn't it obvious?'.

"That's why we'll change the plan. Keila will handle the second round. With her ability to sense others' emotions, she can do it. Probably." Si Iyana na ang nagsalita.

"But only within the range of five meters. If only you could attend the class called Ability Enhancement." Andrea complained.

"You have no idea what the hell you're talking about." Five meters is okay. I can pull it off.