The Monster Monarch System-Chapter 43: Evaluation Test (Part 4)

The field was cleared quickly as Mika stood in the center – her body giving off the epitome of confidence, Cynthia bent onto her knees after making some distance from her.

Rem watched from the stands – the mayor had long since left and now he was with Krista and Cole who were nervously looking down at the field.

"You know something?" Rem asked while he turned to Cole.

Cole pursed his lips, unable to answer Rem’s question but Rem wasn’t forcing it. Mika’s confident sacrifice would give him all the information he needed...

The marble burst to life in a blue soul energy and Cynthia threw it to Mika who dodged it easily without effort, the marble passed by her and she smiled.

"A simple marble won’t be enough –"

The projectile was coming fast from behind, bouncing off the wall and heading right back to her... Mika leaned to the left and dodged it, watching it bounce against the ground and onto the ceiling before coming back to her. She was prepared though – dashing away from her spot and dodging the strike.

She glanced at Cynthia who was not even paying her any attention and was instead working with a timer... she instantly understood what the test was about – it was about testing the amount of time she could last against this marble. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

As absurd as it sounded, Mika knew that this was not a regular marble... there was no way it could be bouncing around like that by itself... Mika tilted her body backward and dodged the marble yet again, it bounced off the ground and sailed toward her face. It was already getting annoying and Mika raised her fist up in an attempt to smack the ball away but as the marble made contact, she felt her soul energy rapidly being sucked into the marble.

’No...’ Mika thought in alarm as she pulled Her arm back and evaded the marble again – just a single touch from the marble and she had lost a great deal of soul energy, a pinkish aura burst to life around the marble as it’s speed intensified... it bounced off the wall and was upon her again at a speed even Mika couldn’t fathom, her instincts screamed at her to twist to the right and she did – just in time as the orb smashed into the ground below her, sending ripples across the arena.

It bounced into the air again, going from wall to wall in an absurdly fast manner and with each movement... it threatened to smash into Mika’s body, Cynthia watched Mika as the girl actually lived past her expectations yet her movements were getting sluggish, signaling a chance that exhaustion was taking it’s grasp over her.

’I can’t stop...’ Mika thought as the ball grazed against her face, a fraction of her soul energy being pumped away by a mere glancing hit – she spared a glance at Cynthia who was giving a confident smirk and the tattoo flashed a bit, soul energy pulsating through her entire figure only for it to be cut off as the marble shot through the air, crashing against her back against all odds... it seems that the little soul energy had given it more of a boost than ever and Mika was quickly rendered unconscious.

"It seems like the girl couldn’t live up to her boastful words," Cynthia spoke while opening her waiting palm and sucking the marble toward her, "Who wants to go up next?"

Cynthia was staring Cole in the eyes, a dreadful smile threatening to creep up her face – he could still remember what happened the last time he came here vividly, it was as clear as day... this girl had disgraced him.

"What do you say, Soulless?" Cynthia asked.

Cole clenched his fists only for a comforting warm palm to land on his shoulder, he turned to the hand and faced Krista who gave him an assuring smile.

"I’ll go next," Krista said while springing off the platform, Cynthia walked over to Mika and kicked her body to the side... the blue haired girl’s body flung through the air and smashed against the wall but it still got the job done, she had been moved.

"You’re really confident, I was calling on Soulless not you," Cynthia said as Krista landed on the ground, clenching her fists.

"Why do you keep calling him Soulless? He has a name," Krista said, her ears turning pointed as her annoyance for this girl... was slowly reaching its limit.

"And do you think I care? If you had seen what happened last year – you wouldn’t be defending him," Cynthia said but Krista stood unfaltering, sparks flying in the eyes of the girls as Krista leapt backward, assuming a combat stance.

Rem stood atop the stands a little bit bored, although the winner of this battle was not yet decided... Krista had far more agility than Mika and that was what was needed for this test – agility and evasiveness which Krista dominated in for being a Beastkin but it seemed Cynthia thought the same way as she pulled out another marble.

"Since you’re a beastkin, you’ll experience double," Cynthia said as she flung both marbles into action, boosted with soul energy – of course one was faster than the other, due to the fact that it had already been enforced by Mika’s soul energy earlier... Krista dodged it quickly, not forgetting to note that each marble gathered momentum with each platform they bounced off of.

They still didn’t know the objective but Krista believed it was to last as long as the timer in Cynthia’s hand was and Krista didn’t know how long it was set for – she was in for a long ride.

"Let’s begin," Cynthia said as the marbles bounced off their first wall and headed right back for Krista, the girl twisted her body around and dodged the marbles easily but they bounced off surfaces again and again, the ceiling – the roof – all of them, and each time they did, they grew faster and even harder to read.

Krista was now faced with a crisis, but her senses were able to warn and alert her so she was able to keep up until...

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Author’s Note:

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