"Is that really necessary?" Alex asked, pointing at the arrow aid at him. If he wanted to eliminate her, he could have done that the mont she showed up. With the arrow's path in view, it was a simple task of evading it and closing the distance.
"I'll be the judge of that," Abigail said, not lowering her guard one bit. While Alex and Etha duked it out, destroying everything around them, she was busy amassing so eliminations. No one knew the exact number the second hour would require, and she did not want to be too far behind the likes of Ethan and Alex.
'He's already at 1897 eliminations and I'm only at a 1089. The gap in our skills is no joke.' Abigail thought, glancing at the badge on Alex's chest. It was almost too easy for soone like him to amass such numbers. As an archer and not much of a lee fighter, she was sohow disadvantaged.
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If she gained too much distance, her arrow could be spotted before it hit its mark, increasing the chances of it being dodged. If she fired too close to her opponents, whoever was close by could pinpoint her location and send an attack that could take her out. Also, as more students were eliminated, the exceptional ones were becoming more visible and difficult to eliminate.
No one who made it this far was weak. 'Well, when compared to him, we're all the sa.' As she observed Alex, she noticed his bleeding left palm. Noticing her gaze, Alex glanced at it and looked back at her.
"It's nothing serious… I'll be fine in a couple of hours." Alex gave an answer even though he could have remained silent. He raised his left arm to show the bleeding was close to stopping.
"I still don't know your na." Alex inquired, lowering his arm. Although the arrow was still pointed at him, he felt no threat at all. Besides, he could easily evade it if necessary. 'I don't think it would co to that…'
"Shouldn't you introduce yourself first before asking for mine?" She countered and while true, in this case, not sure much. Who didn't know who he was? He was probably the most famous first year in the academy and ever since his image made its way into the network, not a single person interested in the events around Alex didn't know him.
Alex simply smiled at her question. "Co on, we both know you already know that" The second hour was almost over and even though they did not know the number needed for the next round of elimination, Alex and Abigail were confident their numbers were enough.
"…"
Abigail was silent for a mont before replying, "Abigail Reed."
"Mm. Well, Abigail Reed, it's a pleasure to make your acquittance. And I can assure you, my words from earlier were true. Your actions woke up from my growing arrogance and I just wanted to say thanks. That is why I have no intention of eliminating you. In fact, I wanted to ask if we could move together.
"I can help you increase your eliminations," Alex said and gave his proposal. He had no reason to do what he was doing, but he just felt like it, nothing more, nothing less. Of course, a certain soone watching this was not happy with his actions, sothing he would learn about once he was out.
"…"
Abigail beca silent for a while. The proposal was good, and she was the one who would benefit the most. Even with the arrow pointed at Alex, she was not naïve to think she had another shot at taking him out. Also, his reasoning for proposing this was shallow, 'But what reason would he want to do this if he could easily eliminate ?'
Once she had the answer to that, her response was set in stone, but she needed to ask sothing else, "Aren't you afraid that I would eliminate you once I get the chance?"
Her question was a sensible one. This entire battle was set up for students to fight amongst themselves. And while there were groups fighting together, those were usually students who had no confidence in their combat skills or going far in the battle royale.
Alex shrugged and replied, "True. But let's be honest. How far can you get before you get yourself eliminated?
"Your archery skills are impressive, but I believe you've already noticed. The class of students remaining after every elimination are not going to go down easily. I can also tell you're not much of a lee fighter. So, while you could take out, the points you'd be carrying after is going to make you a hot care once found."
Alex gave his reasoning as to why she would not stab him in the back. Of course, he was being optimistic, and he knew that. Another thing he didn't say however was that as the battle progressed, he was going to be having a harder ti. He had noticed sothing that was not ntioned, but he felt that it would happen.
The continent was too large and as more students were eliminated, the students would be too spread out. 'Chances are the continent would be shrunk as more ti passes.' He thought in silence waiting for Abigail's reply.
Indeed, as more students were eliminated, the students would beco spread out and this would reduce the chances of students running into each other. However, if the continent was reduced in size, the students would be forced into a smaller space. The sieving stage wasn't called Battle Royale for no reason.
The conclusion would be a proper battle royale. Alex knew he would be in a really tight spot once that happened and he needed soone to watch his back, even if it was from a distance. And the best way to do that was to gather as many points for said person.
"Fine," Abigail said after thinking things over. She lowered her bow but still kept the arrow nocked. They were still in a warzone after all. Alex ca out of his thoughts and nodded, "Good choice."
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