The Explorers of the Universe
Asteria vs Neil
The field where the Archery Tournament took place was filled with enthusiastic residents who wanted to watch the annual and largest event in the country with this royal system.
The participants who yesterday had already followed Stage 2 were already lined up on the field. Private Eri entered the field and immediately announced the results of the Phase 2 match yesterday.
The result, determined 29 teams that managed to qualify entered stage 3. The Asteria team was one of the teams that got away.
After judging, Neil's arrow was declared valid regarding his opponent's wooden statue, while the opponent's arrow was declared invalid for archery of his own team's statue.
In Stage 3, the rules are different from the previous stage. Each team that was previously paired must be separated, because stage 3 is done individually.
They will play on the field one on one. The person who had previously been a teammate, was now an opponent who had to be defeated to enter the next stage.
This time the tournament was conducted inside the labyrinth arena. Each participant must archery the statue with warrior clothes that have been prepared in every corner of the labyrinth. One statue that was successfully harvested was worth 10 points. And if all the statues of soldiers have been harvested, then the statue of the king in the center of the labyrinth can be harvested. The statue of the king is worth 50 points.
Who gets the most points, he will win this game. The arrows used are unlimited.
Another rule, participants can take a cloth on the arm of the participant's lawyer, who previously the cloth became a marker that he was a teammate. And they can make physical contact as long as they do not use sharp weapons. For participants whose cloth was taken by the opponent, then he could not continue archery the statue.
The explanation of Private Er was already finished. He returned to the palace.
Asteria takes a breath. He convinces himself that he can defeat Neil, even if necessary he will take a yellow cloth on Neil's arm to stop his steps.
Asteria's match against Neil was eighth. He sat in the spectator seat while watching the first to seventh match.
The first pair to compete was Litto against Delda. The opening match of Stage 3 is quite exciting and tense. Both sides can reach the score following. Litto has got 70 points, Delda 80 points. Litto followed to 110 points, Delna 130 points. The peak was won by Litto after archery of the king's statue. The Litto score reached 160 points, while the Delda 130 points.
After the first match was over, the two opponents in the second match prepared at their respective labyrinth doors. As they stood, the walls of the labyrinth shifted with the machine already designed at its base. Create a new labyrinth pattern according to the design.
Zanza's second match against Kiar. Supporters of Kiar were infuriated at Zanza.
The first fifteen minutes of the match were balanced. Zanza with 40 points and Kiar 40 points. But the fight is getting heated up when Zanza passes the statues and instead focus on chasing Kiar. Zanza is after Kiar's cloth to stop Kiar's move.
Zanza infiltrated through alley by labyrinth alley. Targeting the movements of Kiar who did not realize it. Spectators on the stands who see it should not give clues, shouts or gestures to inform players.
In the 40th minute, Zanza managed to block Kiar. Wild who do not want to fight physically try to avoid it. But Zanza doesn't care. He used wild that did not want to fight physically by capturing his body, then took the cloth.
Kiar can't continue the match. Zanza casually shot the remaining statues unopposed, until the last arrow at the statue of the king. Zanza 230 and Kiar 60.
Max's third match against Dori was won by Dori. The fourth match was won by Tera, the fifth was won by Enk, the sixth was won by Fraza, and the seventh was won by Dega.
Asteria's next fight is against Neil. This is a difficult moment as well as a challenge for Asteria. Neil had previously been a teammate. In the last seconds of the stage 2 match yesterday, Asteria felt Neil was so tough and clever. If not for her ingenuity yesterday, right now maybe Asteria has failed.
Some of the weaknesses of Asteria are also well known to Neil. But Asteria has to keep trying. He again convinced himself that he could pass the challenge this time.
Asteria enters the field. The labyrinth that was originally used in the Dega match against the Volta changed the order.
Asteria stood in front of the labyrinth door. On the opposite side of the labyrinth, Neil was also standing facing the labyrinth door.
As the trumpet rings, Asteriaa and Neil run into the labyrinth. Trying to find the right way, avoiding dead ends, while finding statues of soldiers. The height of this labyrinth is almost 2 times that of Asteria.
Asteria found a fork. He chose the left.
Shit, it turns out it's a dead end. But not entirely unlucky, in the corner of the dead-end labyrinth there is a statue of a soldier. Asteria shot him right, 10 scores for Asteria.
Asteria returned to the previous path, she decided to take a direction to the south. Asteria found her dead end back. He's looking for another way.
Asteria managed to find the statue 3 times along the search path. He has scored 40 points.
The scoreboard already showed Neil getting 50 points, 10 points higher than Asteria.
Asteria again found the statue in a dead end path. He shot the statue with great focus. And the arrow he released stuck right in the faceless statue's head. The scoreboard attached to the corner of the field becomes the number 50 for the Asteria column. Now their scores are the same.
Asteria didn't think she could match Neil.
Asteria kept running, had occasionally found a dead end. He shot every statue he met. His total score was 60, while Neil was 50. Asteria superior.
He found another statue of the soldier. And gallantly managed to shoot it. The score was 70.
Asteria began to fatigue, but she did not want to be discouraged. He doesn't want to lose. On the other hand, Neil repeatedly found a deadlock. He's pissed off.
Neil got a score of 90. Faster than I thought.
Thirty minutes of his sobbing was passed by with great suspense. Asteria managed to follow up to 110 points. Neil got 120 points.
The last warrior statue was found by Asteria. He shot it before Neil came. Their scores are now equal.120 and 120 points.
Asteria immediately searched for the statue of the king.
The Goddess of Fortune seemed to be siding with Asteria. He didn't expect it to be so easy to get through this. He managed to find a space in the northeast corner of the labyrinth. There is a statue of the king.
Asteria takes a breath. Then take the arrow that happened to be left 1. Chests puffing. His hands were straight towards the king. The arrow bow was grasped tightly.
His eyes are sharp and focused. He was standing in the middle of the red circle. This is his last chance to win the game. If the arrow misses, then there is no repetition to archery the king. One arrow for one arrow.
“All this is over,” whispered Asteria. Sharp eyes.
And, tling! The strings on Asteria's bow were broken. “OH, NO!”
Asteria surprised. His heart beats for a moment. Eyes rounded. His hand that was grasping the bow trembled slightly. How'this?
From behind the walls of the labyrinth, there was the sound of a step so fast that someone seemed to be running between the walls of the labyrinth. Find a path to the center of the labyrinth. That must be Neil!
Asteria glanced at the scoreboards, 120 and 120.
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