Chapter 284- Festival 15- Class One Treasure Hunting Begins

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Back at the Academy, things were a lot more livelier. Why wouldn't it be? When the long-awaited Academy Events were beginning for the day. The skies seemed to cascade a brilliant colour of red and yellow across the clouds, exuding a touch of tranquillity and excitement upon the people in the Academy. The cheers brought life to the Academy's buildings while the Visitors rushed to get a good seat at the start of the event. While this occurred, the notice board stood in front of the Hall Of Remembrance in all its glory, revealing the events of the day. On top was a well-designed written "Event", and below that were the two main events for the day. Treasure Hunting featuring Class Three, Two and One. Class One had their event in the morning, Two in the mid-morning and afternoon, and Three had theirs in the afternoon. After that was the Mages Ball featuring Class Five and Four. Both occurred in the afternoon with Class Four occurring first before Class Five towards closing period. Class One Treasure Hunting was naturally coordinated on their field where the visitors and some of the staff members came together for the speculation. Of course, some students came as well, after all, it was the first Festival Academy Event for the day. It wasn't the only event occurring, as Class Events were still ongoing, and some visitors and students were walking about and checking them out. But the majority had gathered here for this exciting lineup. The visitors, staff members and students gathered on the fields in a circular form, revealing a satisfactory space in the middle. In the middle were the contestants for the Treasure Hunting in Class One. Tension and excitement were palpable in the air as the long-awaited events were getting into the preparatory phase. The Spectators present were divided so that the visitors and students stood apart from each other while the staff members were intertwined in the middle. Other than the Festival event occurring, there were other matters of concern and so, security had been uptight since the start of the day. Standing amongst the students were the members of Class One Gold, Silver and Bronze, their attention fixed on their representatives who were currently in the centre of the group of people. Raph was amongst these people, his arms folded and his gaze narrowed. He had been lost in thoughts for a while until a thug snapped him from his thoughts. "Hey Hubby". The familiar voice of Elsie reached his brain like a sugar rush as he turned around to get a glimpse of her beside him. "Aren't you supposed to be....securing?" he asked as he perked her on her cheek. She shook her head. "We aren't on duty right now so I decided to stop by....we haven't really gotten the chance to talk today". Just then, a Lecturer walked up the field to the centre of the group. Where the three teams of Class One students were gathered, their bodies boiling in anticipation. "Well, it couldn't be helped. Festival is one of the busiest times when you have a responsibility". Raph replied with a sigh. "True..." she muttered as she glanced at the participants of the Event. Her classmates especially. "I heard you started a fight with Jane and Ciara". "Started?" Raph repeated as he scoffed. "We reached a conflict and they wouldn't listen...." He replied. Raph whispered as a soft chuckle escaped his lips. "Oh? You know it?" Elsie asked as her gaze flickered between the screen and him. "it looks like an interesting subspace....would have been nice if they had given us for Monster Hunting instead". Raph laughed out loud, catching the people gathered around him by surprise. Elsie raised a brow in confusion as she poked at him. "Why are you laughing?" "Ha...well, Elsie. The themed subspace doesn't just apply to the environment....it dies so to the creatures you find in it....treasures as well". Elsie arched her brow in confusion, but it didn't take long for her to understand what he meant. "Oh, so we would have faced Giant creatures if we were given the Giant RainForest as a subspace in Monster Hunting?" "Yes.." Raph replied, their attention drawn to the screen as a timer began to count down on it. "It's about to start....good luck....Team Gold". He whispered to himself, a soft smile escaping his lips as they waited for the inevitable to begin. And so...the Spectators joined in with the countdown, and the once palpable tension had now descended. "5...." "4...." "3...." "2...." "1...." "HUNT!" ***** AT THE SAME TIME. In the Giant RainForest Subspace, seven members of Group Gold stood under the shade of the tall trees. The site ahead of them and around them was green, and suffused in the air was the smell of nature. Thick in all its glory. Jane, Alicia, Rana, Jonny, Sonia, Zara and Ban were currently under the shade of a tall, green leaf, water dripping down on the mushy forest floor. The loud sounds of birds chirping and flies humming an uncomfortable buzz were evident in the air as they inspected their environment. Jane, standing in front of the whole group, was adorned in a cleric costume, white and golden with a symbol on its back revealing the crest of the Lucia household. A yellow sun with seven rays and a harp in the middle. His gaze was fixed on the sky, a damp weather hanging across the vast forest. But his attention wasn't on the weather but the timer instead. After the countdown had disappeared, the timer was set there, revealing the set of time they had to find the list of items on their Treasure map. "Who has the map?" Jane asked as he turned around to face his teammates. Time was ticking and so was their path to victory. 02:58:59

Chapter 284- Festival 15- Class One Treasure Hunting Begins

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