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Chapter 32: The Chaotic Running Trail Part 2.

Although done simultaneously.

Apparently the Trail Running route is divided into 3 parts. Students can choose the route they want to go.

First is the Northern Route. That is the route that will take the students around the Elbrand forest mountains. Although the road is quite easy to go through, this route no one chooses because students have to circle the mountains of course the road must be very long and tiring to get to the finish line.

The second is the Southern Route. As the name implies, this route surrounds the Elbrand forest from the south. Although the road is difficult to pass, but this is a short route to the finish line. Another disadvantage is the very small path.

The third and final route is the Middle Route. This route goes directly through the dense forest to the finish line as well as the shortest road.

However, the obstacle is that the students who take this route will likely meet and be attacked by some ferocious beasts even magic beasts in the forest. Or worse is entering their nest.

Gaining this fact, Dylan thought hard to take which route. As Captain he tried not to burden his comrades.

Especially Lafia and Claudia who seem not quite familiar with the sport. However, on the one hand, Dylan felt that this was not just an ordinary "Trail Running. And finally he started to realize something.

(That's it..... The purpose of the Running Trail is not just to see the "level of solidarity" or just get "values and stars...... Even this activity, as a form of supervision of students.... To what extent, students can overcome the situation of immediate danger with high risk before them).

Later, Dylan saw many groups of students who chose to take the southern route. Dylan was well aware of that, as most noble students wanted to be "suddenly on purpose without any hindrance".

After thinking hard enough. Dylan decided to cut the forest off from the Northern route.

Dylan immediately relayed to his peers which route he took for his class. Hearing that, all of them showed no objection at all and even Lafia and Claudia were very enthusiastic.

Based on this, Class 1-S including Lafia and Claudia became the only group of students taking the extremely long Northern route.

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1 Hour has passed since the Trail Running.

Right now, Dylan and the others were resting near the stream. Not because of fatigue. Rather, because of seeing Lafia and Claudia who showed tremendous fatigue.

Given they are not part of the 1-S class who received hard training from Frey-sensei and a half-day run for Alex-sensei for 2 weeks.

Dylan decided to rest for a while until the two were able to continue their run.

"Ha.... Ha.... Ha..... Sorry yeah...... Ha....... If we were both of these....... Ha...... It's a burden to you".

"Ha.... Ha....Ha.... Hesit.... Ha.... Our.... You're.... Ha.... So hampered".

"Just calm down, we understand your condition very well".

"Running for 1 hour, must be hard for you".

"It's only natural that you're so exhausted.... Here drink".

Lafia and Claudia immediately apologized, feeling that they were both obstacles.

But. Sylvia, Emilia, Olivia say that it's okay. For them, this was a natural thing and even told the two to take a break while drinking the water given by Olivia.

Enjoy a drink and take a break. Claudia's gaze was diverted towards Dylan and Ritzia who were currently doing Sparing Battle with their bare hands.

Several times, the Ritzia tried to throw punches and kicks at Dylan. However, all of that was successfully resisted and avoided. Dylan did the same.

The look of a happy face emitted by the Ritzia, was evident with her smiling widely and Dylan also smiling thinly in response to the actions of the Ritzia.

Unlike the others including Filaret who used to see this scene. Lafia and Claudia instead looked at the two with puzzled gazes.

"You two should not be confused..... This is a normal thing to happen in our class".

"Air?".

"It's like this?".

Despite Ornest's reply, Lafia and Claudia were still confused. And inevitably he had to explain it.

"Frey-sensei, always say "benefit every spare moment you practice".... So, we agreed to use the break time to do sparring battles and analyze each other's abilities".

Hearing Ornest's brief explanation made Claudia and Lafia understand. And just at the same time Dylan managed to dodge the Ritzia attack and use the gap to directly turn it around and hold the left hand back.

"This is my victory, Ritzia".

"Yes, yeah, I know..... Can be separated ngak... My hands hurt to know".

Dylan who received a victory recognition from the Ritzia immediately released the lockdown. Feeling free, Ritzia immediately sat down and began to release her painful shoulder.

"Yes my.... You son of a bitch, Dylan..... Even against me whose incident is the King's daughter.... You really don't hold back at all".

"If I hold back.... Then this sparring will definitely be useless".

"Yes you're right, too".

Seeing how Ritzia and Dylan were chatting made Filaret constantly stare with a sinister gaze.

Leaving the Ritzia still sitting on the rock. Dylan looked at Lafia and Claudia.

"Who are your conditions?..... Are your tiredness gone?".

"Yes".

"We've had enough rest".

Hearing the short answer from Claudia and Lafia. Dylan smiled faintly for a moment and spoke again.

"If you feel tired.... Do not hesitate to tell us...... Yosh, I think we've had enough rest.... Now, let's just----"

Not finished with his instructions, Dylan suddenly turned his gaze toward the grove of trees around them.

"Dylan-san's.... You why?.... Is something wrong?".

"No.... There's no coke, Sylvia".

"Oh so, yeah".

Seeing Dylan's sudden demeanor turn into a very alert, making the worried Sylvia immediately ask a question that was instantly answered by Dylan.

"Then let's continue".

"READY CAPTAIN!!!!".

With instructions from Dylan, everyone immediately stood up and resumed their Trail Running activities. However, Dylan still continued to stare straight at a tree with a suspicious look. He felt that there was someone behind the tree watching and watching their every move.

"Dylan".

"Yes, I know".

"My advice, we'll pretend we don't know".

"OKs...... Let's go, Awin".

It was not just Dylan who felt. Awin also felt the same. But, both of them decided to ignore it and continue their activities.

And Dylan and Awin's conjecture is correct.

Because they were gone for a while, a male figure with a hood appeared behind the tree that had been stared at by Dylan and Awin.

"It's incredible.... So he's the boy Dylan van Arcadia that Charles told me about.... A really dangerous kid..... Even though I have lost my existence with magic.... But, he was able to realize my existence very easily..... And, the burgundy brat who was next to him had the same reaction..... I have to be careful with both..... Because maybe both will be a threat to me".

After seeing the figure of Dylan at once accidentally saw Awin. At that time, Reiz considered Dylan including Awin as a "threat" to him.

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Not like the first time they ran together. Dylan dashed forward leaving Awin and the others behind.

However, what made all the confusion was the attitude of the two that changed. Where Dylan continued to show a tense expression and sometimes looked the other way. As if looking for something.

"Hey, Fira...... Your brother why the hell?..... His face looked tense..... Like thinking of something".

"No idea.... I'm just as good as you guys".

Olivia, curious about Dylan's change of attitude, asks Filaret in the hope that she knows something. However, it turned out that Filaret was also as confused as the others saw the change in attitude of his brother.

At a time when everything was confused with his changed attitude. Dylan suddenly stopped his steps, seeing that of course they also stopped.

"Dylan why stop?".

"Are you feeling tired?".

Ornest and Garcia became representatives and asked why Dylan had stopped running. There was no immediate answer from him, a few moments later Dylan started talking but he asked back.

"Isn't this too noisy?".

Hearing that, everything was immediately confused as to what Dylan's words meant just now.

"If what Nii-san means is that we are too noisy.... I'm sorry, we'll focus-----".

"Not you..... But, forests".

"Eh?".

Filaret and the others were shocked after hearing the meaning of Dylan's words just now. Immediately they immediately paid attention to the surrounding environment with a vigilant look.

Meanwhile, Lafia and Claudia do not understand what Dylan means and the actions of Awin, Arnold, Ornest, Garcia, Ritzia, Filaret, Olivia, Emilia and Sylvia who instantly took a cautious stance while continuing to pay attention to the surroundings.

Then----.

BOOM!!!.

"explosions".

"Where is that from?".

Suddenly there was the sound of a terrible explosion. In the midst of the explosion, the blast of flames soared high in the sky. And of course, the explosion left Dylan and the others shocked instead of playing.

Unable to tell where the blast point was just now, Arnold suddenly took out a kind of paper roll from inside his item box and opened it on the ground.

"Guy.... Comeoverhere".

Without a second thought they immediately gathered around Arnold. And they were shocked for a moment, because the scroll Arnold brought was a map of Elbrand forest.

"Hey, Al.... How did you get this map?".

The astonished Sylvia immediately asked from where Arnold could get this map that not even the other disciples had.

"I stole it from the teacher's room.... Just in case we don't get lost".

"Huh?".

Sylvia could only stare silently at Arnold's reply.

"No matter where this map comes from...... Al, do you think you know where the explosion point came from?".

"Ethto.... Waita minute".

Arnold asked Dylan to wait a bit and check through the map and compass he was carrying.

"We are at the North latitude coordinate point: 7. 57897.... And the point of explosion is likely to be at the east longitude coordinate point: 7. 582637..... Which means.... The point of explosion came from the middle route where the Monster nest was".

"WHAT DIDYOU SAY?".

Hearing a question from Arnold instantly they were all shocked instead of playing. How not, because the source of the explosion just now came from the nest of monsters.

Amidst the confusion, Dylan asked Arnold again because he felt something was up.

"Al, is there some kind of settlement around here or a village?".

"Ethto...... Ah, it's at the coordinates 7. 579097, which is about 450 meters from the explosion point".

"Damn it, we won't have time to ask for help".

"Dylan what do you mean?".

Ritzia who saw Dylan squeak her tongue asked the cause of the aggravation she was coming from. Without waiting any longer, Dylan immediately gave an answer that astonished everyone.

"Look.... The explosion came from the middle route that was the nest of the monsters..... It is natural for animals to escape when they feel danger..... The problem now is the route the animals use to escape".

Ritzia took a good look at what Dylan was trying to say.

"And here's the problem.... If the explosion occurs south of the nest.... So the only route for them to escape was through the Northern route..... And unfortunately, the route was directly paved with a village.... Which means.....".

"The beasts will attack the village they pass through".

"Fast right".

Ritzia and the others immediately bowed limply at Dylan's conclusion.

"What do we do now, Dylan?..... We didn't bring Protas for help?..... Even if we go back to ask for help..... We are very far away from the starting point and it won't be possible either".

Dylan pondered for a moment and did not answer Awin's question. Right now, Dylan knew that he was racing against time.

"Al's.... How far are we from that village".

"400 meters".

"Yosh, okay".

Dylan immediately retrieved the two katana swords from his item box and hung them around his waist. Look at Dylan's actions

Awin also started to pull out a weapon similar to the combination of sword blades with nunchaku which he named Misery Cleaver. Ornest with Blade-tonfa, Garcia with Matilda-blade, Arnold with Siden's sword and the iron Armor of his left arm, Filaret with his Sickness, Ritzia with Knuckle Blade, Ritzia with Knuckle Blade, Emilia with Halberd Spear Sylvia with Musketeer Sword and Olivia with Twin Kusarigama.

"Wait first?".

"Where are you going?".

Lafia and Claudia who were confused with Dylan and the others suddenly pulled out a weapon, immediately asking.

"Isn't it clear..... Instead of waiting for reinforcements...... We're going to go help the villagers in that village".

Claudia and Lafia were immediately shocked to hear what Dylan said. That he was going to go rescue the villagers who got the beast attack from the explosion earlier.

"Yosh, then....... C'mon, everyone!!".

With a cue from Dylan they all immediately ran as hard as they could towards the village. Claudia and Lafia were also with them even though they could not fight, but at least they could provide a little help.