Chapter 179: Team Battles [1]


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    Amon woke up next day, feeling refreshed.


    He couldn''t remember what happened after the conversation with Katherinest night. Last he could remember was that he passed out from exhaustion.


    And looking at the ce where he woke up on, the sofa, it certainly seemed to be the case. Looking around, he saw that Katherine and Lily had already left the apartment.


    Smiling, he took a shower and dressed himself in a magenta zer, white turtleneck and ck jeans to go along with it.


    Moving to the kitchen counter, he made himself breakfast before going outside.


    He was in a good mood today.


    It was because of the conversationst night with Katherine.


    Even though the reasons he gave her were a little questionable, she didn''t ask him further, respecting his privacy.


    He truly couldn''t have found a better sister than her.


    As he walked out of his apartment after eating, his watch vibrated with a ping.


    Knowing what it might be, he opened it up.


    Instantly, the first thing he saw was the hundreds of messages both in the group chat and individually.


    Expecting them to ask about their elements as well, he opened the chat.


    But what he saw made his eyes widen.


    Even though they had asked about their elements in one or two messages at the end.


    The rest of the messages...


    Were all about them asking if he and Michael were okay.


    All of them.


    It brought an unfamiliar kind of warmth in his body.


    Something he had never felt before, even in his past life.


    After his parent''s death, only he and his sister were left off to fend for themselves.


    Except for the old man who took them in, nobody cared about the two siblings.


    It was just the two caring for each other.


    They had no friends.


    So seeing this type of care and warmth from people other than his family was something he had long forgotten.


    Amon smiled subtly.


    He once again thanked himself for having these types of friends.


    Initially, he had thought to just meet and answer them in person before opening the chat.


    But now...


    He brought his hand to the screen.


    [Amon: Yeah, me and Michael are both fine guys. I appreciate you asking about it.]


    He was about to send the message before he suddenly stopped.


    After a second, his finger moved again, tapping on a button.


    And then he sent the message.


    It was a happy emoji. Something he never used.


    Little did he know that this would create an even bigger situation with them.


    ***


    Arriving in the virtual simtion building, Amon settled down on a bench.


    The building he was currently in was 2xrger than the one they used for the first time.


    Yes, the team battles were to be held in the virtual simtion.


    It would be a 4 VS 4 match.


    Opening his watch, he checked the schedule once more.


    FULLDIVE TEAM BATTLES MATCHUPS:


    Amon: Alya: Adam VS Nadia: Klein: Miller (AA)


    Rihanna : Charlotte: Nathan (AA) VS Desmond (AA): Cleenah (AA): Sarah (AA)


    Ren: Liliana: Beatrice (AA) VS Mortimer (AA): Luxos (AA): Neo


    Iris: Cyrus: Aaron (AA) VS Alexander (AA): Maya (AA): Lithrus (AA)


    Yeah.


    Most students didn''t participate in the team battles, which was why it used to be a dry event


    in the mid-terms.


    This was because of many reasons.


    But the biggest ones were mainly three.


    One, they were already tired from the individual battles.


    Which was why most who took part in individual battles didn''t took part in team battles.


    And most people tended to participate in individual anyways, because of how high point rewards in them.


    Which was also the second reason.


    It was because even if you just sat there in a team battle while your team did all the work, you would be awarded the points.


    It was a little unfair so the academy just made the reward points lesser than the individual


    ones.


    Where a person battles on their own.


    Andstly, it was coordination and matchups.


    The matchups were random.


    In certain cases, you could end up with a person who did not like or hated.


    In those cases, it would be really hard to win the battles against the opposing team and your


    points would drop.


    Because of this reason, you couldn''t withdraw mostly as well.


    If even one person entered the battle while the other two werete or forfeited, the loss


    would affect your points as well.


    People with low rankings often used this to bring top rankers down with as well.


    After all, it wasn''t umon to find a noble andmon faction that hated each other to the


    core in an academy.


    Which was why most people refrained from participating in this event.


    Of course, some still did so despite being a top ranker.


    For example Charlotte and Alya.


    For Charlotte, it was of course her willingness to take part in everything and improve.


    And for Alya, it was also vital for her since she had to constantly maintain her ranking in the


    academy.


    The people she met here would be the people under her reign in the future, so of course she needed to take part in everything.


    For some reason, Michael had sat this event out, another change from the novel.


    But Amon knew the reason.


    Their battle.


    The subtly humiliating defeat would make him train even harder to beat him.


    After all, there was no secret that both of them saw each other as rivals.


    So Amon knew he was sitting this event out to give his best in the Battle Royal or Labyrinth


    Dive.


    As for Elizabeth, Amon had expected it, considering she did the same in the novel.


    After winning the single battles, she probably thought of the team battles as useless.


    And just like Michael, would prepare better for the uing events.


    As he sat there waiting for his friends to arrive, he saw Alya finallye through the door


    with Charlotte and the others.


    Amon raised his hand to wave at them and they also saw him.


    He stood up to greet them but still saw them standing there, gazing at him with horror-struck


    faces.


    ''Huh?''


    As he reached them, he saw Charlotte quicklye near him putting her hand to his temple.


    "D-do you have a fever Amon? Are you okay after that battle?" she asked.


    Ren nodded.


    "Yeah bro, you high or somethin''?"


    "We can take you to the doctor you know. You can tell us Amon." Alya said.


    Amon stared at them incredulously with a gaze that seemed to say ''What the fuck?''


    "Didn''t I just tell you guys that I''m fine? What''s up with y''all?"


    ''Are these people on their periods or something?''


    But he saw all of them shake their heads.


    "No, you are certainly not fine." Alya said and Charlotte nodded.


    "Fuck you mean not fine?"


    Ren opened the messaging app on his watch, showing it to Amon.


    "Bro. You. Used. A. Fucking. Emoji." He showed the smiling emoji to him.


    Oh.


    "Nah guys, this fucker is a skinwalker or something, man isn''t even surprised." Ren shook his


    head.


    Amon felt like facepalming himself at that moment.


    ''Maybe I shouldn''t have added an emoji.''n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    It would have been certainly better that way.