Kapitel 29: Chapter 29 Who killed the hidden boss?

Chapter 29 Who killed the hidden boss?

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"...Huh?"

'What? Am I seeing things?'

I couldn't believe my eyes and kept rubbing them. But no matter what I did, the text that appeared was the same.

"Hey, you're 4th place. That's amazing. How did you get that many points?"

Liz elbowed me with a surprised and slightly mischievous expression.

"...I was just lucky enough to find a few flags before I encountered the boss..." The corners of my mouth twitched continuously.

Well, it's not like I was wrong, I did get those points from the flags before I encountered the boss. It's just that I didn't rely entirely on "luck".

"Ehhh, your luck must be really high huh? Those flags are really hard to find! I was only able to find two flags, no matter how hard I tried."

She's overestimating my luck. I only found three flags because I relied on my past life memories and the original novel. Meanwhile, she easily found two while she was busy looking for me. She's so lucky! Liz is truly one of the main characters. No doubt about it.

"Haha..." I laughed it off.

While I was chatting with Liz, the people around me started making a fuss when they recognized the strange name occupying the 4th place.

Well, that's normal reaction tho, if someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere to occupy the 4th place instead of those outstanding people, who wouldn't be curious. If it was me, I would react the same way.

The chatter grew louder and a few gazes were on me, most of them were from class 1-A. They were the ones who recognized me and knew my ranking in the entrance exam, so their eyes were filled with disbelief.

An average-ranked person like me was placed 4th? No one would believe it.

"Since the class ended early, you all can leave now. As for the contribution points of the top 10 students, I have deposited them into your student accounts. You can use them at any time. But remember to use them properly, don't waste them because they're not something that can be easily earned." Mr. Britton's voice echoed.

"Alright, you can leave. Have a nice afternoon and see you next class." He smiled and walked out of the virtual reality room.

As soon as Mr. Britton left, I quickly slipped out of this place. I don't want to attract attention anymore.

"Hey, wait for me Danny!" Liz immediately followed me as soon as she saw me leave the classroom.

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In the virtual reality room, a bunch of students were whispering about the student who got 4th place just now. There were many compliments for him, but most of the students didn't believe in his score, especially the students from class 1-A.

They knew very well that he only got an average rank in the entrance exam and he didn't stand out in any subject. Perhaps what impressed them was his choice of weapon. Everyone in the class often made fun of him as a weirdo because he chose a Rapier as his main weapon. And his swordsmanship was really bad.

"That Danz Grayson guy is in your class, right? Is he usually that good?" A student from class 1-B asked his friend from class 1-A.

"What's so great about him, he's just average. In fact, his rank is even lower than mine." The student immediately replied to his friend.

"He was probably just lucky." A girl from class A immediately interrupted their conversation.

"Heh... maybe he's hiding his true strength?" The classmate from class B said in disbelief.

"Sure, and pigs can fly. His swordsmanship is absolutely terrible. It's like he's holding a sword for the first time." The student denied his friend's opinion with a firm expression.

"Um, uh, he's really bad. Even when he stabs straight, he misses the target all the time. The more I look at him, the more uncomfortable I get." The girl nodded and added a few more sentences.

"...I'm telling you. What are you two doing that's sticking so close together? Do you like each other?" The friend from class B couldn't help but feel a little curious when he saw the two of them talking to each other, sticking close together.

"We're not!!!!". The two immediately shouted in denial.

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Many conversations with similar content were taking place in the room. But absolutely no one thought that Danz was the one who killed the hidden boss.

At this moment, Karen, Briar, Kai and Ellie were standing in a group.

"Who do you think killed the hidden boss?". Ellie asked.

"Livy". Zheng Kai answered curtly with a cold, uninterested expression.

Among the students in the two classes, the number of people who could defeat the hidden boss that he knew was only a few. Livy was one of them. With the score Livy had achieved, he could completely assume that she was the one who defeated the hidden boss.

"But what about Danz? His score is also very high?". Briar asked.

What about Danz? Zheng Kai completely ignored him. Someone who couldn't even use a sword skillfully wanted to defeat the hidden boss? That was just ridiculous. He didn't believe it.

"It's not him." Zheng Kai said firmly.

"Okay..." Briar was dejected when her opinion was immediately denied.

"Is he that bad?" Ellie saw Zheng Kai's confident attitude and was a bit curious.

Zheng Kai nodded in response to Ellie's question.

Karen on the side saw the conversation between the three people and couldn't help but frown. But that frown was very light and disappeared very quickly, no one could see it.

She knew clearly that Danz's strength could not defeat the hidden boss, unless he had the help of others. She had a hunch that he was the one who defeated the boss, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the number of points he held.

Just by finding the flag and defeating a few small monsters, it would be difficult to reach 250 points. Her group had to continuously search and fight to achieve their score.

Just as she was lost in her thoughts, Britton's voice rang out, signaling the end of class. She saw Britton leave the classroom. And not long after, a skinny figure quickly followed behind.

A petite girl with orange hair rushed over and grabbed the skinny student's sleeve, the two of them seemed to be talking about something.

The eyes of all four members of Karen's group simultaneously fell on the girl.

While the other three were curious about how Livy killed the boss, Karen just stared at Livy. A thought flashed through her mind.

'Could it be...'

She looked at Livy's interaction with Danz and recalled her previous hypothesis. At this moment, she was certain that Danz was the one who defeated the boss with Livy's help.

After clarifying her thoughts, Karen walked out of the classroom. Seeing this, Briar said goodbye to her two new friends and chased after Karen.

Briar still felt a little uneasy about the boss's death. He still had a feeling that it was Danz and not Livy, but he didn't know how Danz did it. He wanted to ask Karen's opinion, after all, she had a great ability to observe things. Maybe she had noticed something that he didn't know.

After leaving the classroom, Briar immediately asked Karen.

"Do you think Livy was the one who killed the boss?"

Karen's footsteps stopped, she turned around and looked straight at Briar. Her gaze made Briar a little uncomfortable, he felt like there was no secret that could escape Karen's eyes.

After a while, Karen opened her mouth to reply.

"No. It was Danz. Livy was the one who helped him kill the boss."

Briar couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Karen's answer. But when he thought about it, it made sense, Danz didn't have the ability to kill the boss alone, but what if he had someone to help?

"Why do you think Livy helped Danz kill the boss?" Briar didn't understand why Karen came to that conclusion.

"Livy followed Danz out of class and they looked very close." Karen replied.

Karen's answer reminded Briar of something. He recalled his encounter with Livy in the virtual world. She said she had a plan to form a team with someone else so she couldn't form a team with him. Could it be that "someone else" was Danz? It was a possibility, though.

Seeing Briar lost in thought, Karen turned around and left.

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going."

"Huh? Oh, be careful." Briar was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard Karen's words. He awkwardly replied and waved goodbye.

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I returned to my dorm room and immediately jumped into bed. I needed to organize my thoughts about my upcoming plans.

'I'm growing too slowly'. After thinking for a while, I came to a conclusion.

After going through this afternoon's class, I realized how weak I was. If it weren't for Livy's help, I would have been eliminated, let alone ranked 4th.

I'm both weak and have a mental wound. If I don't train and heal this wound soon, my growth rate will slow down. I need to grow faster, but this week I've been stagnant.

"Let me see my contribution points"

I turned on my BracePhone and logged into my student account provided by the school. Going to the contribution points section, I saw that my current balance was 50 points. Even though I expected it, I still couldn't help but gasp.

Elma is the current currency of this planet, and 1 contribution point is equivalent to 10,000 Elma. Just a reward for a lesson, but 50 points, it's like the academy just gave the students 500,000 Elma. This must be an investment for future seeds.

Students can exchange contribution points for money, but money cannot be exchanged for contribution points. Besides, no one is stupid enough to exchange contribution points for money. Hollis' contribution points are really useful.

With the current points, I can exchange for 5 medium-level recovery potions to use. To be honest, this price is too good, in the market, a medium-level recovery potion is worth 150,000 Elma, equivalent to 15 contribution points. In Hollis, you only need 10 points to exchange for one potion.

'Not enough'

Those 50 points are still not enough, I need to earn more points and use them to exchange for recovery potions. I will use those potions to speed up my comprehension of Convergence. At the current pace, I really don't know when I will be able to reach Mastery II of the Andrea Sword Technique.

"Looks like I have to enter the Dungeon sooner than expected." I pinched my eyebrows and said with a frown.

I need to enter the Dungeon and hunt monsters, from there exchange for contribution points and then recovery potions. This is the best way I can think of right now. It will not only help me gain experience fighting monsters but also help me gain a certain amount of contribution points.

"Okay, I'm going to the Dungeon this weekend"

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