OBS Chapter 262: Unnamed
Chapter 262: Unnamed
Chapter 262: Unnamed
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"Ayaaah.... this dumbass, what the hell is he doing?!"
Morgiana voiced out as she and Ragnar face-palmed in unison.
Only Emir showed a smile at Elijah's actions.
"Bro, you should've taught him better than to lose control like that."
Flabbergasted, Emir eyed his brother with a frown.
"Ha? I've done all I could... And besides, I was swamped, you know."
Then, all of a sudden, the commentators cut into their conversation as was usual for the past few minutes:
"It seems as if an unnamed player joined the fray! How do you think she'll fare with this group?"
Their loud voices boomed through the private watch room...
"Well, she survived long enough unlike the rest, so we can definitely-"
And Emir instantly grew interested as his gaze returned to the holoscreen.
"Yeah, yeah, let's see how she'll perform against the elite!"
'Unnamed, huh...'
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"LET ME GO, YOU BASTARDS!"
Held back by Sofia and Aria, Max kept struggling to set himself free as his hands flailed around, hitting both of the girls repeatedly.
"I'll kill you; I swear I'll kill you..."
Blood loss made Max slightly dizzy, yet his threats never stopped.
'Damn, this guy is seething.'
Elijah remained standing just out of the hound dog's reach, almost teasing him.
"You shouldn't have done that, you know..."
Ava commented as she stepped closer.
Sofia nodded and tightened her grip around Max's shoulders, holding him down to the ground.
"We're stuck, and now we've got baggage."
Truuumpet!
The ground shook once again as mammoths from the east kept getting closer to them.
But as Elijah looked down from the beast, he noticed a woman's silhouette approaching. 'Another one?'
After a few more steps, her figure appeared more clearly.
She was a girl with a pale skin complexion, her hair, a rich black cascaded in smooth strands, styled in a short, practical bob.
Her black eyes held an intense gaze, framed by subtly arched eyebrows.
"What are you guys doing? Run away already!"
Elijah silently eyed her for a moment, then looked back at Ava.
"He's calmed down now, so can you heal him already?"
"Humph!"
She begrudgingly followed his command and stepped closer to Max while oozing annoyance.
He clicked his tongue at that sight, absolutely despising how bratty they were, and stepped closer to the new girl, not caring how they'd deal with Max.
"Name?"
"Q-Quinn... Mercer."
Elijah flinched, his blue eyes holding subtle killing intent-something that Quinn didn't fail to pick up on.
'Mercer... she's that bastard's daughter, huh.'
"Don't worry, I don't care for your father."
Quinn's face showed relief as she stuttered.
"T-Thank you."
"Anyways you in SS?"
"Yeah, I'll be in your class."
"I see..."
Elijah nodded his head and gestured for her to follow him, accepting her into the group.
He truly didn't care for her dad; his life only improved because of him, so he was actually thankful instead.
The reason he allowed her in wasn't because of that, however.
Each one of the seven held a certain emotion.
The forest that once felt like a prison was now rendered trivial.
And at that moment, everything felt...
Hopeless.
They all shared that one feeling.
The mammoths, their size and power unmatched, stood tall, treating the towering trees like
mere blades of grass as they mowed them down with their tusks, putting out the fire.
The resulting rain of debris had them franticly run around, hiding beneath other trees for the big 'rains' and sidestepping the small ones as they charged into safety. Elijah's mind continued to race with thoughts of escape, but the sheer scale of the mammoths
and the impenetrable wall they had formed seemed insurmountable. Like ants surrounded by humans with Myrmecophobia, they've managed to find a small clearing to hide from their fearful wrath and huddled together to take a breather, their eyes
fixed on those that loomed.
During that short minute of reprieve, Sofia calmly said:
"How about everyone introduce their class?"
Max's head snapped towards her.
"Now?"
"Yes, now."
Elijah quickly agreed and then confidently added:
"Elijah, Ex-MoonScribe, Reaper, 3rd ability." Sofia nodded.
"Sofia, Stellar Corp., Ranger, 3rd ability."
"Aria, Gold Leaf, Spell Weaver, ninth class."
"Ava Nguyen, Hyperion Arms, Zenith Warden, 2nd ability."
"Max, Blackwood, Brawler, 3rd ability."
"Quinn, I haven't chosen my path yet, but I can use Aetheric Blades."
Arthur was the last to speak, as he remained the most quiet, even rivaling Sofia:
"A-Arthur... Arcanist, 12th class."
'Ha?'
Elijah immediately caught on to his lie, or rather, it appeared not as a lie but as Arthur's
'truth.'
He truly believed that he wasn't eleventh-class.
'He's dumber than I expected...'
"Alright everyone-"
Truuumpet!
They ignored the mammoth's interrupting rumble and focused on Elijah's words.
"After listening to everyone's abilities, I can say with certainty that..."
Truuumpet!
"We're fucked."
Truuumpet!
"We've got no chance to escape, none."
Max, uncharacteristically, didn't fan the flames but instead asked a simple question:
"And what do you think, Sophie?"
"...I've got an idea, but you wouldn't like it."
Her response was quiet, and her voice was somehow still calm despite the chaos surrounding
them.
"Just say it!"
Aria demanded while Ava nodded her head repeatedly.
Sofia complied, and her right hand extended forward, then slowly...
It was raised high until it pointed at the heavens.
As if by instinct, they all looked up at the mammoth nearest to them, which was now almost
towering directly above them.
Then it clicked.
With its immense size, it offered a possible escape route.
And as if to confirm their thoughts, Sofia finally stated:
"We climb..."