Campers vs Campers: Capture the Flag, Part 3: Final Clash
Luke looked at the gathered demigods, Matthew right beside him. Billy stays behind, acting as the reserve with Leslie and Stephan. At the back with the archers was Jessica, who already channelling some of her more powerful attacks.
"I don't like us going on the offensive," Matt said, his dislikes of the idea clearly shown. Luke agreed with him. Unfortunately, the crux of their strategies required the distraction of a full-frontal assault for them to succeed.
"Let just ready ourselves. Besides, aside from some of the more powerful members, we only using the familiars we get from the biomes. We can throw them at our opponents to slow them down." The son of Athena merely grunted at the statement.
Luke sighed but refrained himself from arguing. They need to maintain a united front if they wished to win the game. He's hopping that the other team have other problems to deal with.
"We should try to be on the defensive now," surprisingly, James was the one who said that. The others nodded, clearly showing their support of the ideas.
"The only thing is will they attack us?" Thalia asked. She agreed with the idea, but the prospect that the other team doing the same thing as they did will make their efforts useless.
"There is a chance they won't attack but, it's a gamble we have to take. Besides, I think they will try to use their advantage in number to make the final push," the son of Ares explained. The others looked at each other before nodding, even Thalia.
"Here's hoping they will actually attack," Kerry said.
The white team was busy preparing their defence, or more accurate, moving the traps and fortification to the front when the black team launched their assault.
The attack consisted mainly of familiars with few contingents of demigods to put the pressure. While the black team has the number superiority, the white team forces are comprised of demigods, each one can hold their own against two of Percy's familiars. Nevertheless, the battle is neck to neck.
Blades clashed against blades, spears piercing the bodies of familiars, reducing them to mere rubbles, arrows wheezed around the sky of the battlefield, picking on fallen and unexpecting demigods and familiars. It is chaos on the battlefield.
"Everyone made the push!" James shouted, the counsellor of Ares Cabin leading the charge against the main force of the black team, CE surrounding him as he swings his blade, destroying another familiar while pushing back the demigods leading the charge.
He suddenly stopped moving, suddenly swinging his blade at seemingly nothing, when another blade appear and blocked his strike. The person who appeared out of nowhere smiled at James before jumping backwards, avoiding an earth-shattering strike with ease.
"Come on, James. Is that how you treat a friend?" Billy, counsellor of Hermes Cabin asked childishly. Without uttering another word, James charged at his fellow counsellor, who vanished once again.
The son of Ares scowled. While a part of him wanted to fight Billy, the rational part knew he needed to lead his team members if they to maintain their hold on his front. Unfortunately, doing such thing also meant that the son of Hermes can ambush anyone he wanted.
In the end, he remained in one spot, using CE sense to detect Billy, occasionally striking with Slash to deter the son of Hermes from moving. In the end, his front is a stalemate, both elites keeping each other in check while the main force doing their best to beat the other sides.
James wondered, how the other fronts are doing?
Matthew slashed at a vine trying to creep on him. Behind him, Jessica peppered their opponents with arrows, to be blocked by Shield. The son of Athena couldn't help but cursed. They make great progress, only to be stopped on their tracks by Caleb and Kerry.
'Tough opponent indeed,' he thought to himself. Kerry's plants are a danger to his side, the silently creeping vines taking out some of his team members before he even realizes it. Not to mention when the daughter of Demeter team up with Caleb.
The son of Hephaestus is strong but he lacked the speed and agility to utilise it efficiently. Before their teacher that is. Now, he can use CE to enhance his speed, taking out some of the familiars with quick but powerful strikes. But the greatest improvement is his defence.
Using CE in a way only he currently can (their teacher can probably do it but he didn't count because of how OP he is) he can create shields, barriers and walls made of CE, one that can remain for a long time, even longer than what the trio can do.
He's not sure how the counsellor did it but it might be his relation with Hephaestus. Either way, the only thing he can do right now is to keep the others in check, something he is sure the other side would want. Unfortunately, he has to do that as trying to attack his own would leave him and Jessica vulnerable.
The only thing they can do is hold the enemies. He hoped that Luke can make the push.
Luke gritted his teeth. He currently facing down Thalia, arguably the most powerful demigod in the camp, with the exception of Percy, because he is way to OP. Nevertheless, he cannot waver as he lead the greatest concentration of their forces.
Most of the troops behind him is familiar, but the demigods under him still number around 20. He needed to be careful, while the familiars are expendable, the demigods aren't, so a delicate combination of cautious and daring is needed. Unfortunately –
"Lightning Barrage!" there are one very troublesome obstacle in that route. One that casually blasted lightning after lightning to his forces, which either run away in fear, not that he can blame them, or destroyed to smithereens.
"Messenger's Sprint," he called out, moving so quickly that an afterimage where left out of his wake. Unfortunately, it isn't that easy to caught the daughter of Zeus by surprise.
"Lightning Claw," she said, creating a claw of lightning that forced the son of Hermes to change direction, less he be electrocuted.
He panted, he started to tire considering that he need to move quickly to avoid lightning coming for his ass. Still, even when he is out of breath, even for a moment, he still can quip like there is no tomorrow.
"Really, Thals. Is that all you can do right now?" Thalia merely looked at Luke with annoyance on her face, before deciding to fought fire with fire, or to be precise, words with words.
"At least I don't run away, especially not that fast," she could have sworn she heard sizzling noises but looked at Luke, who trying to ignore the 'Oooooohhhh' from the white team, and even his own teammates.
"Maybe if you moved quick enough, you can protect Annie," as he said that, Luke couldn't help but gulp in horror. He wanted to make her sloppy from anger but he might as well sign his death sentence with that retort. He didn't even mean what he said!
Thalia just looked at him with an unreadable face, a look completely devoid of emotion, one that terrified him even more. Thalia is a rather expressive person, always telling what inside her head. Even if she didn't outright tell, he can still pick up the little sign she shown.
The daughter of Zeus currently channelling a bunch of lightning around her, electricity bouncing of her skin, so potent that even her teammates started retreating. He silently ordered his teammates to do the same thing. Unfortunately, Thalia would likely not let them do that, judging by the ferocious glare she gave them.
"Storm Princess Fury!" she yelled out, a barrage of lightning, each stronger than what she dishes out before, headed at his direction.
"Great Barricade!" Luke and the remaining elites cried out, using the CE they have prepared for earlier. While they knew they needed to use a lot of CE, they just never thought it will be for blocking Thalia's powerful attacks.
Luke narrowed his eyes. The longer the fight went on, the more deadly will things be for him. And his team. That too. Still, they needed to hold the very powerful daughter of Zeus from leaving. Something easier than they thought. Then again, with how angry she is, any common sense might be gone or ignored.
His little musing was stopped lightning coming after him. Thank goodness that Hermes is known for his speed, less he turned into cooked Luke. Behind him, Stephan and Leslie stayed behind him, covering the others retreat. Number wouldn't make a difference here, with Thalia can knock a group of demigods with ease.
Right now, the best option would be to stall her, until the hidden card they place will make his move.
In a middle of a wreckage of familiars, a silhouettes can be seen, moving from the broken construct. He watched carefully, hiding his presence so not to be detected. When he confirmed the coast is clear, he moved quickly to his target.
Passing through the enemy's camp with ease, he spotted his prize, a flag, sitting on top of an earth mound, clearly created by the opponent. It is likely to be used as both a bait and to make sure any possible attempt on the flag can be seen.
However, with no one else around, it make it easier for him to steal it. He leap up, victory already can be seen in his eyes.
Luke let out a shaky breath. The fight have been intense. Only him and Leslie remained. Most of the familiars they brought, all of them Percy's, were destroyed by the lightning goddess in front of them. Out of the demigods, 5 on the ground, unconscious, including Stephan who tried and failed to block an attack from the daughter of Zeus.
He cannot back down though. Making sure Thalia's attention on him is the priority. The infiltrator they placed would clinch victory for them. Though it will be for nought if he get spotted early. And that's why, Luke decided to sacrifice his health and well-being.
"Thalia, I thought better of you. Is this all you can do?" Luke asked in a mocking tone before yelping in surprise due to an unexpected Lightning Blade.
"Really Luke, you need better insult to rile me up." Thalia replied. Her next word send shivers down to the son of Hermes spine. "Besides, you think we didn't suspect that you will put someone to steal the flag,"
Unbeknownst to the son of Hermes, another person is watching him, observing his movement. When he moved toward the flag, the person followed stealthily, unnoticed by their prey.
The son of Hermes is so focused on the flag, he didn't noticed the person sprinted at him, pouncing on his defenceless back.
The ground rustled, the only indicator that any fight happened so close to the white team's flag, if that could even called a fight.
Luke's eyes widened when he saw a girl carrying his half brother that he told to steal the flag. The motionless body was dropped to the ground as a smug Thalia flew to its side, clearly expecting such thing to happen.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Luke looked at Leslie, both having a quick discussion with their eyes, and both come to the same conclusion.
Leslie took out a horn, before blowing it as loudly as possible, the sound infused with CE. The unexpected sound caused everyone near them to plug their ears. After the momentary disturbance, the two quickly escaped, fleeing as fast as they can. After all, the horn is meant to signal one thing.
Plan failed. Retreat to headquarter immediately.
Billy frowned. He could clearly hear the horn. Meaning that their plan had failed, which meant if they stay any longer, they would likely be targeted by Thalia. With no one to hold her, she could come to their position and beat them to the realm of Hypnos. Or Hades in the case of Jessica.
Deciding that staying any longer would mean that Thalia could come for them, he signalled for his forces to retreat quickly. Unfortunately, his opponent is James, son of Ares, and he could smell weakness like a bloodhound.
"Attack!" he yelled, the white team near him quickly charging at the retreating form. Billy cursed in Ancient Greek. The worst part of the charge is that he cannot disengage from the son of Ares or his forces will be ripped by the counsellor. So, he needs to fight him and find a point to retreat.
Billy leaped to James, swinging his sword and forcing the son of Ares to block the attack. Before he could counterattack, the son of Hermes jumped back using Messenger's Sprint to avoid the enraged strike.
"Are you really going to run away?!" James shouted, which he replied immediately.
"Yupp!" with that, he ran away as quickly as possible, pretending to be deaf to the angry shouting behind him.
Matthew and Jessica have a much better time in avoiding their adversaries. Jessica gathered CE to her arrow, turning it into an arrow of sunlight before firing it upward, essentially turning it into a very blinding flashbang.
Disoriented by the light, the white team stumble, some even tripping on each other. The opportunity is not missed by the duo, with Jessica using a special arrow she prepared earlier and cocking her bow, aiming for Kerry.
"Sunlight Blast!," she shouted, a blast of light struck the blinded daughter of Demeter. She soon fell to the ground, unconscious from the powerful blast.
"Hurry, any longer and they will catch up with us. Or worse, Thalia get here!" that statement made the daughter of Apollo to move faster.
Soon, the duo leave the white team behind, moving to their base with plans forming in the kind of son of Athena.
Luke weaved through the forest with ease, avoiding trees easily. Behind him, Leslie did the same, though with less agility and speed. The reason for their fleeing is also behind him, electricity flickering from her legs, making her faster though they still ahead of her, only because of the confusion they cause.
Still, it only a matter of time before Thalia caught to them. He will not leave his teammate to the daughter of Zeus nor he could made her go faster. The only thing he could do is either stall, or bait Thalia.
Apparently, children of Aphrodite are good reader of expression and can know what other thinking by just looking at their faces and body movement because Leslie seemed to know what he was thinking.
She slowed down before making a complete-180 turn, but not before yelling at the son of Hermes, "Luke! Get to the base and prepare the defences! I hold her off!"
Luke couldn't help but yelling "Leslie, no!!" before stopping himself from trying to save her. With a heavy heart, he ran toward his base, though he still here a part of the fight.
"Serenade of Beauty!"
"Lightning Grip!"
When he heard the lightning crackling, he speed up. The defences needed to be prepared in the face of their enemies.
Thalia looked at the gathered demigods. They managed to repel the black team, though they suffer some losses, with the worst being the state of Kerry, the daughter of Demeter being tended to by her siblings and Apollo's healer.
Still, it is somewhat a victory for them, with the greatest win coming from her front, taking down 2 elites is a major help for them, increasing their chances of winning. They cannot become complacent though. If not for placing a daughter of Hermes to defend their flag, then it would be over before she could turn the tide.
However, they already sent the black team packing, which mean that it will be their time to attack the enemy's base. The best action is to launch an attack as quickly as possible but it meant that they would leave the camp undefended as they need every single force, they have to defeat the black team. Which means they need to clear their base first which somewhat gives the black team time to prepare but it's better than being taken by surprise.
"Spread across the battlefield and search and destroy every single familiar. Even if it's already broken to god know how many pieces, I want it to be broken even more! Then carry the remain and throw it into one huge pile. Now go, go, GO!"
Thankfully, James already thought about it and already barking orders to the others. While she can lead and pretty good leader considering how inexperienced she is in that front, she still didn't know how to rally others, something that James good at.
"I'm going to scout our border, checking for any strays and if lucky, take down more elites," she told James, who nodded at her.
Thalia took off, seeking any familiars and enemy demigods before blasting them with absolute prejudice. No demigods from her sides walk toward her direction, probably thinking that she had it handled. Which is absolutely true.
She absentmindedly blows up every familiar, broken or not then used the wind to push the pieces into one huge pile. She could see why James wanted it to be done. Even if any person could hide under the pile, they still need to dig their way out, allowing them to notice such an excursion.
She decided to speed up, any longer and they would allow Luke and his team to prepare even more traps.
James looked at the demigods in front of him. This might be a game, but he took it very seriously. He believed that their teacher would use this as an assessment, to test of their abilities to react and act in real-life combat.
(This fact is absolutely true. Percy had watched every single action, every decision and while he wouldn't go as far as grading them, he will, after all of this is over, criticise and advise them. After all, it is his job as their teacher.)
He heard a 'thud' before speaking, "Thalia," The daughter of Zeus merely hummed before walking to his side, looking at the rest of the demigods.
"Are everyone ready for the final push?" she asked, something that the son of Ares is eager to answer.
"Everyone that didn't get badly injured is ready to go. We have about 23 people, including you and the elites. The injured that forced to stay in the base numbered around 10 while the got captured. The enemies we got locked here are 22 people and we didn't know how is still injured. Worse-case scenario, the rest is up and ready to rumble. And we didn't have any concrete number of their familiars, though ours is around 35 Percy's and 70 of ours"
Thalia had a grave look on her face before it disappeared in an instant. While they are outnumbered while being on the offensive, they have one huge advantage, her. Though, she can hold her own against the elites but they may, no, they definitely have some methods prepared to take her down.
She has to survive this, and if she doesn't, she need to make the black team suffer heavy losses before that happens. She then shifted her gazes to the enemy's territories before giving the order, "White team, move out!"
At her command, the white team walked towards their opponent's base, ready for the final battle. However, undiscovered by the white team is a familiar placed hidden in the foliage, covered by CE and Mist, making anyone that walked there thought they already did what their leaders told them.
If any of the elites or Thalia spotted the occurrence, they might able to do something as they were strong enough to block the effect. Since they didn't come to the area though, it meant that no one from the white team moved the familiar and it remained there.
The familiar suddenly moved, a smile form on its face.
Luke squinted his eyes, trying to focus on the oncoming white team. By his sides are the remaining elites, waiting for the inevitable battle. They already set up as many traps, fortifications and hiding places for ambushes. Now, they just have to wait.
And not a moment too soon. They spot several familiars, likely used as cannon fodder to heed the charge, followed by other familiars and some demigods. They also spotted the elites, waiting at the back.
Suddenly, the elites and Luke sense something before in impressive teamwork combined their CE to form a powerful barrier. "Great Dome Barrier," they shouted as a dome appeared and blocked a Lightning Blast, Thalia looked from the sky, an annoyed expression on her face.
"Everyone, retreat and provide cover fire, I hold her!" Luke shouted before unleashing Slash at the daughter of Zeus who avoided it with ease.
Luke seemed to expect this as he snapped his finger, several lights appeared above the daughter of Zeus and pushing her down. She tried to fly but stopped when the son of Hermes blocked her movement.
Realising that Luke had planned for this she decided to forgo aerial assault and instead fight him on the ground. With their strongest opponent aground, the elites quickly leap to action, besieging Thalia and blocking her escape.
With their strongest card in danger, James ordered his team to charge quicker instead of the slow pace they set so they can neutralise the traps. He cannot afford time as more time not helping Thalia would mean that more time for the black team to take her down.
Soon, the black team's territories devolve into madness call battlefield chaos. Familiars against familiars, demigods against demigods. In one section of the battlefield a single demigod stands his ground against multiple familiars, while in other, a demigod duel with one another.
The elites of the white however, didn't tried to get themselves involve. Their priority is to assist Thalia. While several black team members tried to stop them, it's akin to a child trying to stop a wave, pointless in all aspects as they were sent flying by the elites.
James was the first one to arrive, blocking Matt's strike and forcing the son of Athena to fight him. Caleb then joins in the engagement, blocking the speedster Billy from making any splashes between the two tactical nukes.
Realising the danger she was in, Jessica retreated to a safer spot before bombarding the white team with countless arrows, stopping James and Caleb from having any upper hand in their personal combat.
Soon, the elites' fight devolved into stalemate, the more powerful James and Caleb unable to defeat their opponent due to the counsellor of Apollo Cabin's interference. The fight between aces also looks to be a draw, though, for the elites who spare as many quick glances as they could, the fight slowly shifted to the daughter of Zeus's favour.
Slowly Luke was pushed back more and more. The only reason that Thalia can't defeat him yet is because she is wary of the trap their laid, one where Thalia couldn't fly. It's called Burden of Sky, a technique that forced any flyers to feel a great weight on them, like being pushed from the sky back to the ground. Great in immobilizing Thalia, not so great on beating her.
Besides, even if he stopped Thalia from heading toward his flag, it didn't stop the ravenette from helping his teammate. He could see Thalia summoning a thunderbolt to destroy several familiars while at the same time fighting him.
He decided to be more aggressive, pouring CE to his feet and speeding up, moving fast enough that Thalia have to focus on him less he could deal a killing blow. Realising that Luke decided to be more aggressive, Thalia repaid in kind, using Aegis to block him while attacking him with Thunderstruck.
He avoided the spear, blocking a shield bash using his hand before slamming the pommel of his sword to the shield, pushing Thalia back to get a moment of respite. One that didn't last for long as he was forced to engage her again as the girl took the opportunity to strike several demigods down with Electro Wave.
Smirking as the son of Hermes took the bait, she blocked Slash from the blonde before moving quicker, striking a barrage of stabs to the boy, who was forced to create Shield to protect himself from the deadly onslaught.
Taking a step back, Thalia gathered both CE and electricity, seemingly planning to blast Luke to kingdom. Realising the danger and unsure if the black haired girl would either use a quick powerful blast or longer and extremely powerful blast, he decided to play it safe.
He gathered CE to him before creating several layers of Barricade, Shield and Wall to protect himself as well as layering his entire body with CE. He looked at the electric blue orbs with a determined glare. Then, Thalia gave the blonde a smirk.
"Lightning Spear Burst!" she yelled, a spear of lightning in her hand before she threw it at Jessica!? The daughter of Apollo could barely react as the lightning spear hit the ground in front of her and blasted her with high voltage, causing her to both blow away and spasm at the same time.
"Jessica!" Luke yelled before being forced on the defensive as Thalia pounded at him, forcing him to use every single one of his skills to not be turned to either Luke-kebab or Fried Luke. He couldn't help but consider how smart Thalia is. She baited him, making him think that he is the target while her real prize is Jessica. He couldn't help but praised him, in his heart.
With Jessica out of the way, both James and Caleb quickly pushed back, forcing their opponent to lose ground. Realising that they might just lose the fight, Luke quickly gathered CE for one final stand.
He looked at Thalia in the eyes. The daughter of Zeus did the same to him too. They both shift their stances, readying themselves for the final duel between them for the day.
Then, they charged at each other, Luke swinging his Celestial bronze blade, his CE blade on another, while Thalia readying herself to block with Aegis, while Thunderstruck is prepared to strike the blonde.
Suddenly, water condensed and turned into the form of a familiar boy, who stopped the attack with his bare hand. Before the 2 aces could recover, he announced, "The game is over, the winner is the black team."
Surprisingly, it was Luke who asked, "How did we win?" Thalia looked at him with the same question on her mind, no doubt.
Percy snapped his finger, a screen appeared before a scene shown in it. There, Layla, with the white team flag in her hand, stood proudly beside her team's flag.
The familiar moved quietly, before it shake off it disguises, turning into Layla. She looked at her surroundings. Even if they had moved toward her team's base, she still need to wait for sometimes so she wouldn't get spotted or sensed by the enemies.
But she also couldn't afford to wait for too long. Who knows how long Luke and the others can hold them. The quicker she gets there, the better. That means moving as fast as possible, without getting anyone's attention at best.
She sneaked around, thanking Percy for the extra training and Luke for teaching her how to move without being seen. For some time, she moved around the white team's camp, always hiding between tents, crates and other obstacles. Until she found her target.
She focused on her CE sense, finding traps and alarms placed around the flag. There are some that had been removed, likely from the previous infiltrator. They probably thought no one else would do the same thing on the basis it had already proven unsuccessful.
After some manoeuvring to get the flag without triggering alarms, she finally reached it, grasping it and yanking it away. She was about to walk away when she sensed a thread moving its way toward her. Performing an acrobatic move that she likely couldn't do a few days ago, she barely avoided the thread.
She looked at the source of CE and was surprised by what she saw. Lo and behold, Annabeth Chase in her full glory, with a bandage on her head. Deciding fighting Annabeth is a folly, she quickly escaped, bypassing threads before making a detour, a big one, from one daughter of Athena's position.
Annabeth yelled loudly, "Intruder! We have an intruder!" Her yelling caused the other white team member that remained to head toward her direction, causing Layla to panic. While she could avoid them, they would still slow her down and might force her to face off in combat and she didn't have any weapon. Or did she?
"Aaaaahhhh!" one white team member screamed as she was sent flying, courtesy of a flag wielding daughter of Aphrodite.
Soon, the entirety of the remnant of the defence force learned the esoteric art of flying, 'generously' taught by Layla herself. Seeing that they didn't make any headways, she leap to the older girl, swinging her knife. Layla blocked it using the flag pole but realising the precarious state she is in decided she cannot prolong her stay.
"Realm of Aphrodite: Desired Love," she yelled, causing the area to glow pinkish colour, enveloping everyone nearby.
As the pink glow receded, Annabeth yelled, "Get her!" before blushing for some reason. Around her, her teammates did the same thing.
Layla let out a giggle. Desired Love will make them see the person they desire the most, whether family members, friends or the one they love, as long their heart desire it, they will see it, buying much-needed time for her.
She took the long route, circumnavigating the border of the forest to reach her team's flag. She has no desire to get entangled in a fight while holding the black team's flag. In the worst-case scenario, Thalia will chase her. So, it's understandable she took the long way.
Although she took the long way, she still arrived at her team base quickly, not needing to fight the other team, which help her immensely. As she ran past the tents and to the flag, she hastens her pace, crossing the distance quicker as she sensed the fighting coming too close to the base.
She leapt to the sky, landing near her team's flag before impaling the black team's flag into the ground, signifying that her team won the game. She watched as a familiar fly to ward her before stopping, maintaining a steady altitude. She decided to smile and tighten her hold on the flag, knowing that likely the familiar is to show how her team won.
The demigods gathered at the centre of the forest, while most of them wished to sleep, their teacher ordered them to gather there so they decided to follow for their own sake. Of course, there are some changes to the terrain. After all, they should notice a big rock shaped like a stage if it existed before.
"I like to congratulate everyone on the great game. You have shown improvement and abilities to adapt, even during the short time after I teach you," Percy spoke, pride can be heard in his voice. The demigods couldn't help but blush, a praise from their very powerful teacher is better compared to praise from the gods, as he is actually genuine with it.
"I'm not going to go speak all flowery though so let me say that while everyone shows great improvements, I wanted to gift the one who showed the best improvement. First of all, I like to gift the elites with this," he moved a bunch of rocks toward the elites, each the height, length and width of James, the tallest person in the camp.
"The rocks have been enchanted by myself. In a way, they can be considered similar to Celestial Bronze, though they are not as good as Celestial Bronze. You can use it to make your familiar and it will be stronger than the familiar you make before,"
Percy continued on, "For the aces, I will give you these," he willed for the water to lower a bunch of metal, everyone eyes widened as they recognized it as Celestial Bronze.
"Yes, this is Celestial Bronze. You can ask the children of Hephaestus to make you armours or weapons, though you should wait until you stop growing. I will teach you later on how to make your metals to show your godly trait, as I called it." The duo nodded, excitement shown in their eyes.
"Finally, for the one that showed the greatest improvement, winning the entire thing for her team, I present Layla with these," this time, everyone eyes and mouth open wide, including the recipient herself. How couldn't she, when her teacher present to her an enchanted boulder that bigger than what the elites get and Celestial Bronze in amount greater than the aces get.
"Don't be too surprised. You come up with a strategy that allow you to bypass your opponent team, trap an elite with your ability and singlehandedly achieved victory for your team. If you didn't take such risk, your team would have loss. So, you more than earn it." Layla can only nod, the surprising amounts of gifts made her speechless.
"With that, I announce the game of Capture the Flag over, if you wanted to sleep go ahead, if you wanted to celebrate, I wouldn't stop you. For tonight there is no curfew," his final announcement was met with loud cheers.