Ace vs Lilly ( 2 )

Ace had already resumed his pursuit of Lilly. But because of his injuries, he couldn't run as fast as previously.

He had also drained his Mana and only 1000 mana was left.

7 minutes have passed but the distance between Acea and Lilly didn't decrease.

" Dammit, What should I do? Do you have any idea? " Ace anxiously asked the system.

< I don't have any ideas, She's more powerful than you in everything. >

' Fuvk...if I knew that I would have to play Tag, Then I would've added all 30 of my state points into Agility. ' Ace thought frustratingly because he used 11 points in Str, 10 points in Const, and 9 points in Agi before the competition of Rock, Paper, Scissor.

<Stats>

Strength: 20

Constitution: 20

Agility: 17

Mind: 9 (+20) ( Bonus mind power from Psychic Energy Life Soul )

stat points: 0

Meanwhile, that girl Lilly keeps taunting Ace everyone now and Then.

" Hehe Big brother, you're so slow, you can't even catch a girl like me. " Lilly and her giggles annoyed Ace to no end.

10 minutes passed and Ace helplessly lost this round. Now the only way to keep things balanced is to not get caught by Lilly in the next round.

< Host Ace failed to touch host Lilly thus He has lost this round >

After that, The scenery didn't change but Lilly disappeared and from Lilly's perspective, Ace disappeared. Both were in the jungle but couldn't see each other.

< The Next round will start in 1 minute>

Ace sighed a relief seeing a 1-minute break. Even tho 1 minute is short, it's better than 5 or 10 seconds.

Ace hurriedly started to recover his Lost Mana and as for Unique Energy, It automatically replenishes itself over time but he doesn't know much time it takes to replenish it fully.

As time was tickling, Ace felt something and summoned Ruddium and he was instantly astonished seeing Ruddiam's current form because the small cute rock with big eyes now looked way bigger than before.

Previously it was only the size of his palm but now it's head reaches Ace's waist.

Ace then looked at its status.

<Ruddiam> (youngling)

-Specialty: Absolute Defense

-Stats:

15 - Strength

30 - Constitution

7 - Agility

7 - Mind

-Form: Shield

Ace was surprised that he could see its attributes now. He then sent thought and Ruddiam turned into a Shield.

The Shield was not a round shield but a heater-shaped shield which was used in the middle ages of Europe, Ace feels like he can also use this Shield to attack because it's lower point seems very sharp, he might be able to surprise the opponent when using it in melee combat with The Stick of Punisher.

After looking through everything fast, He was prepared to use Ruddiam in this round to block Lilly's attack, Hopefully Ruddiam in the shield form can block them.

Soon The time was up and Both Lilly and Ace could see each other again and the distance between them was exactly 100 meters.

< If Host Lilly catches Host Ace then she will be victorious in this competition, The round will start in 3 seconds. >

<3>

<2>

<1>

<GO>

Ace started running right after hearing "Go" and summoned Ruddiam directly in shield form before putting it on his back.

" Hehe Big Brother you can't run from me " Lilly spoke with a giggle as she chased after Ace.

Ace felt that he only had like 5 minutes left before his Overdraft mode is over so he only focused on running.

In these 5 minutes, Lilly didn't use her Superpowers and just chased after Ace. But she noticed Ace's speed decreasing after 5 minutes.

Ace was suddenly hit by exhaustion both in mind and body.

' Damn it... ' Ace cursed because he knew that his Overdraft skill duration was over and he would be getting weaker from now on.

He looked back and the distance between them was around 250 meters, After letting Lilly catch up to him for a while, He abruptly turned back and Fired Two Sub Zero ice beam towards Lilly, but this time he only used 500 Mana on ice beams.

Ace's Sub Zero Ice beams were fast unlike those Two Spheres used by Lilly in the previous round.

But Lilly still dodged both of them.

If Ace could touch Lilly in the previous round then he could Mark Lilly with his Death Mark of Ice because he had created one Mark before the start of the 1st competition and use his Eternal Ice Crystals to occasionally hinder Lilly and maintain distance between them, But Ace couldn't Mark Lilly in the previous round so that plan can't work now.

Ace resumed his running but he could feel that Lilly was coming closer to him. The one thing that confused him was why Lilly didn't use any of her Skills.

Maybe because she was confident to catch Ace without using any skills or because she sensed that the shield behind Ace could block her attack, But still Ace would receive some shock damage and his speed would decrease even if Ruddiam could negate the most of the damage from her skills.

' No time to think about these things, I just need to hold out for 4 minutes and the result of this competition will be a draw. ' thought Ace while running.

" Hehe Big Brother, Be careful " Lilly spoke with a giggle as something shot out from her both hands towards Ace.

Ace looked back and was frightened by the speed of the two green spheres coming towards him. The speed of these two green spheres was the same as his Ice beams.

' WTF!! Why their speed is so freaking fast....their speed was far slower in the previous round. ' Ace thought frustratedly.

Seeing those sphere's speed, He directly used Absolute Defense and a barrier formed around him.

The two green balls collided with the barrier and exploded which threw Ace off-balanced.

*Giggle*

" Baka Big Brother, These two spheres are not the same as the previous round and they can't lock on to you, You could dodge but choose not to do, hehe stupid " Lilly smiled and mocked Ace.

" You..." Ace turned his angry gaze to Lilly but couldn't form any words on his tongue.

Seeing this Lilly giggled again which further annoyed Ace and then he spoke to Lilly angrily, " You little witch, Just wait for me to get stronger, I will pay back to you for this. "

Saying this he increased his speed to the utmost even while feeling exhausted.

' I CAN STILL GO FASTER, This exhaustion is nothing like what I felt while climbing the mountain ' He increased his speed while encouraging himself.

3 minutes. He needs to hold on for three minutes and not get caught by Lilly during these 3 minutes.

After running for a minute He looked back and saw that the distance between them was at around 100 meters.

Another one minutes passed and Ace could feel that something was wrong as he looked back again.

The distance between them remained at around 100 meters.

' Whatever, I just need to hold on for one more minute, you can do it Ace. ' he further pushed himself and increased his speed despite being exhausted and encouraged himself.

Time was passing and Ace increasingly felt that something was amiss.

The distance between them remained the same.

" Ayaya Big Brother, Looks like I won't be able to catch you. " Lilly whined disappointedly.

Ace increasingly felt that something was wrong hearing her tone, But still focused on running.

only 10 seconds were left. Ace turned his head back to take a look and the distance between them was still around 100 meters which made Ace excited a bit.

Still, he pushed himself even more and increased his speed. He doesn't want any mishaps to occur at the last moment.

5

4

" Sigh, Looks like we will have a draw in this competition " Lilly sighed with regret.

3

2

at the last second, Ace turned his head to look back, but he was surprised to see no one.

1

At this moment, Ace's face is filled with bewilderment.

Because he felt a touch.

A touch on his cheek.

< Host Lilly has successfully caught Host Ace within the time limit, Thus Host Lilly is victorious in this Competition >

Lilly was standing behind Ace while her index finger was poked at Ace's right cheek.

" Hehe Looks like I won big brother. " Lilly giggled and spoke as she lifted her index finger from Ace's cheek.

Ace snapped out of his state and he asked with a darkened face, " Were you playing with me throughout this round? You could easily catch me, right? "

" pim pom, You are right, Lilly was just playing with big brother hehe " Lilly spoke with giggles as her childish face formed a sweet smile on her face.

BUT Ace was feeling extremely furious inside, That sweet smile appeared like a devil's smile in his eyes.

' This bloody witch ' Ace was feeling as if he was being toyed around. He tried to calm down and vowed, ' i will definitely pay you back for this, Just wait. '

Without strength, He can do nothing. He now knows the disparity between himself and Lilly.