Evil Scheme

James opened his eyes as he tried to stand up. His vision was all clouded as he looked around. His vision gradually became clear as he looked around. He realized that he was sitting in a VR machine. The moment he saw the VR machine, memories began to flood his mind.

He remembered being asked to enter a VR machine where they were going to take the test. He entered the machine and entered a world where he went through several trails only to be killed by Lance his own family member.

Remembering how he died James began to gnash his teeth in anger. If someone could see the look on his face right now, they would be deeply shocked. Dense killing intent began to linger around him. He was truly angry.

He knew Lance was ruthless but he never expected him to be this ruthless. He eliminated his relative just so he could win. This was too much even for someone like James.

"Woah, someone is out!"

"Oh my God, who was it? Who was the first person to be eliminated from the last trial."

"That person must be strong to be eliminated in the last trial."

"True, true..."

"Is he a 'normal person or he is a mage?"

Suddenly an outburst of cheers and noise bombarded James' ears. James turned his head in the direction of the voice only to see a massive crowd of people looking at him and conversing. As for what they were talking about, it was naturally about him.

At this moment James realised something. He was currently sitting in a VR machine which was located in a stadium. It was the same stadium where they entered the portals.

"James, how are you doing?" James suddenly heard a familiar voice call out to him.

Turning his head in the direction of the voice. James noticed a familiar figure walking toward him. The familiar figure was a man. He had green, curly hair which slightly covered his long, gloomy face. His sparkling grey eyes, set handsomely within their sockets, made him look dangerous, but the aura he was releasing said the direct opposite. He had a very amiable smile on his face as he continued to walk toward James with slow but confident steps.

Finally, the middle-aged man got to James. James knew who this man was since he was one of the most famous teachers in his Frozen Lake. His name was Jack Hart. He wasn't only James' teacher but he was also a member of the Hart family. He dotted on James very much.

"How are you feeling?", Mr Jack asked James.

"Well, I am fine, but what is going on here?" James asked looking around him. He could see about fifty VR machines. Also, almost all of them were open, and only fourteen remained closed.

"I think you should ask them.", Mr Jack said as he pointed at the far end of the stadium. James then turned his head to where Mr Jack was pointing.

At the far end of the stadium stood around thirty-plus people. They were all James' classmates that had entered the VR with him. However, they were also the people who were disqualified from the trials.

Seeing those people, James suddenly came to a realisation. So he turned back to Mr Jack and asked,

" Are they the people who failed to pass the test?"

"Why don't you ask them yourself? After all, it would be better for them to explain that to you.", Mr Jack replied with a slight smile, pointing towards the far end of the stadium.

"Em, okay..." James said as he got up and exited the VR machine. He then continued to the far end of the stadium where his peers were. However, before he got to the edge of the stadium, he heard his name being announced by Mr James declaring that he was the first person to be eliminated.

Hearing that, dense killing intent appeared in James' eyes. After all, he was eliminated by his own family member, how could he not be furious? His reaction was only normal.

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"Swish..."

Travis didn't know what James nor Lance were thinking. That was because, at this moment, He could be said to be travelling at his fastest speed.

After he teased James, he tried his best to escape from Lance's coverage area. He expected Lance to at least check out his previous position to see if what James said was true. But he never expected Lance to be this block-headed.

Not only did he not chase after him, but he also didn't even bother checking out if what James said was true.

Even with that said, Travis knew he was not in the position to judge Lance's dumbness since he was far stronger than him. At this moment, there was only one destination in his head the centre of the death ravine.

Soon, Travis got to the centre of the Death ravine. He could see the tall fourteen feet flag firmly rooted on the ground. It was just as he had anticipated.

The flag is made up of five horizontal stripes in dark pink and light yellow. Their emblem consists of animal teeth with an important herb on either side, the emblem is part of the standard flag and thus shown all the time. Travis had seen the flag before. It was their school flag. The emblem stands for their strength, their boldness and their bravery. However, no one could be seen showing bravery. This because, Travis didn't see anyone in sight.

Travis's mouth raised to a slight smile as he saw that no one had approached the flag yet. The reason why Travis smiled was simply because he could clearly sense other people here. However, they were hiding in the buildings surrounding the park. No one had even made a move yet.

"Brother, please can wait a while and not pick the flag up? We just sensed your arrival. Else if you try to pick it up, we will attack you together. I know you have also sensed our power. We are currently setting a trap for Bryan. We will have to work together or else he will be the sole winner of this whole challenge"

A voice suddenly entered Travis' ears. Hearing what the voice said, Travis suddenly understood the situation. The weak ones were planning to gang up and attack Bryan. They would then fight themselves to determine the strongest person. Travis couldn't help but smile at their simple plan.

Travis had thought of this before. However, from what Duane told him, he realised that numbers weren't enough to defeat someone like Bryan. The more they grouped together, the easier it was for Bryan to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Moreover, Travis also noticed two huge flaws in their plan. That was with the fact that even he could sense their auras. Didn't this mean that they would be immediately discovered by Bryan the moment he steps foot into this place?

Moreover, what about Lance? From what Duane told him. Lance was also very strong. Much stronger than Duane himself. Reportedly, Lance could also wipe everyone in class out if they were sent on the field to fight.

However, the distance between Lance and Bryan in terms of strength could be said to be extremely wide. Bryan was, after all, someone who was capable of fighting someone in the older generation whilst almost no one in the class was capable of that.

With all this in mind, Travis then asked the person who spoke to him using the .... ,

"Em, I have a question. Won't Bryan sense us when he enters? After all, even I was able to sense you all, do you mean that Bryan can also sense us? I don't think he is that weak right? Moreover, what about Lance? He is also very strong. We all know that he can eliminate us easily. What are you planning to do about him?"

After Travis asked this question, the voice paused for a few moments before a shout of surprise rang through Tarvis' ears.

"Hey Bro, you can really communicate using voice transmissions? Which technique are you using? How did you learn it? Who even gave you such a precious technique? In fact, who are you?...."

After the shout of surprise, questions began to flood Travis' ears nonstop.