Chapter 794
It was a team of seven guys, all men. They were looking for a supply point in Area D when they suddenly heard a broadcast announcing that one had been taken, so they decided to come over and see what was going on.
They needed to figure out which teams had claimed the supply points in each area, so they’d know who to fight for supplies later. They hadn’t expected it to be just two people from Cathy’s team.
If it had been earlier, Liz would definitely have been scared to see them, but now that Aria was by her side, she wasn’t worried at all.
Feeling confident, Liz straightened her back and said, “You saw it, didn’t you? No need to ask-this supply point is ours. Go find another one.”
Brandon glanced around and asked, “Where are your other members?”
Liz replied, “That’s none of your business.”
Brandon and his six teammates watched Aria and Liz warily.
One of Brandon’s team members asked, “Brandon, is this an ambush? They look like they are trying to provoke us on purpose.”
The intelligence officer in Brandon’s team adjusted his glasses and whispered, “We rushed over as soon as we heard the broadcast-we got here in under three minutes. They didn’t even have time to set up an ambush.”
The scout crouched down to check the ground. He then said, “Except for that one messy spot, there aren’t more than three people’s footprints anywhere else. Looks like this supply point is meant to test fighters.
“Their team must have split up-Cathy and the other three aren’t here.”
It was pretty rare for teams to split up during the competition-going off on one’s own was basically asking to get picked off by other teams.
Brandon’s team hadn’t expected they would run into two stragglers like this.
Brandon narrowed his eyes and asked, “Did you two really take this place all by yourselves?”
Liz tucked the flag she’d just grabbed into her belt and lifted her chin proudly. She shot back, “So what if we did? Got a problem with that?”
One fighter in Brandon’s team, Peter, sneered, “Liz’s tail is practically wagging to the sky. Looks like that Aria girl can actually fight.
“The supply points meant to test fighters are guarded by instructors. They just happened to run into one.”
The intelligence officer said, “There are only three supply points left now. We definitely can’t take the one guarded by Mr. Lewis, so that just leaves two.
“Brandon, it’ll take time to get to the other areas, and those supply points will probably be snatched up by other teams soon. There are only two of them-no way we can let a chance like this slip by.”
Brandon was thinking the same thing. He turned to Aria and Liz and asked, “So, are you going to hand it over nicely, or do we have to take you out ourselves?”
The crowd outside was getting all fired up again.
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Brandon and his team had no clue that this supply point was guarded by Sean, let alone that Aria had taken him down and claimed it for herself. That was why they didn’t take Aria seriously at all.
“Aria just took the supply point, and now someone’s already trying to snatch it from her? Talk about drama,” someone in the
crowd shouted.
“Beat them. Let them see how harsh the real world can be,” another person yelled.
Since Aria had already taken down Sean, everyone thought that dealing with Brandon’s team would be a walk in the park for
her.
Someone said, “Aria’s the only real fighter here, and Liz’s not much help in a fight. Two against seven? Their odds are way too low-they could get eliminated just like that.
“Aria might as well give up this supply point and go back to guard Cathy’s side.”
Cathy had heard everything and spoke up right away, “Brandon’s team is rated B+ overall. They’re not the top dogs, but they’re no pushovers. Aria, you two should fall back and regroup with us.”
Liz was just about to repeat Cathy’s words to Aria.
But Aria had stepped forward, her combat boots crunching on the dry twigs scattered on the ground. She asked, “Are you guys coming at me all at once, or one by one?”
Her voice wasn’t loud, but it made everyone go quiet all of a sudden.