He knew the type of person that Elena was, she was a talented figure that believed everything revolved around them. He had seen a lot of them on Earth during his time doing some odd jobs.
And he had learned one crucial thing, staying away from them was the only way to survive them. If he got close to her or allowed her to get close to him in any way, he would be causing himself a lot of unwanted trouble.
Elena frowned when she heard Aren say that, she looked at him with a perplexed gaze, "what do you mean you know me?" she asked, folding her arms and leaning back slightly.
Aren looked her right in the eye for a few solid seconds and then smiled, "you really thought I would answer you?" he asked, then his eyes turned cold, he tilted his head slightly to the side and then spoke, "sadly, I don’t deal with self centered hypocrites.
My own life is already a lot to handle on my own, I don’t want someone trying to use me as their pawn in their own game." he said.
She froze for a moment, her expression betrayed her, she was stunned by what he said, never did she expect for him to see through her that easily, but she was a smart person, she wasn’t just going to allow him think he was right.
"If this is about what happened before the trial began, I’m sorry, can we put that in the past?" she asked, her voice sounding genuine, even drawing the attention of some of the others, seeing the S tier prodigy beg for forgiveness.
’Haha, this is it, let’s see what you’ll do now. Everyone is watching, and you’ll be more pressured to accept my apology, after all, refusing would give you a bad look, everyone will see you as pompous and proud, it will make everything harder for you.’ she thought to herself, her genius pleased her so much that she couldn’t hide the smirk that slipped out.
’What’s she smirking about? Did she really think an apology about that shit would make me work with her? She is really deluded in her own world, poor thing.’ Aren thought before giving a response.
He sat on the floor cross legged and looked up at her. "Uhm, no, I don’t have the time for whatever it is you want to do, go bother someone else." Aren said.
"Ack" her mouth widened, she looked at him in pure unfiltered shock, she grabbed onto her arm tighter as she looked at him.
But at least one thing went in her favor, and that was the fact that everyone that watched the scene was on her side. There was already bad blood against Aren from most of the awakened, and now seeing his proud attitude, it was the final nail in the coffin.
Their looks turned from normal dislike to pure disdain, and in the hearts of a few, they would kill him if they got a chance, the moment those thoughts crossed their minds, Elton appeared, she came like an angel of death, bringing the worst possible atmosphere to the scene, but with a wide smile on her face like she had heard something funny.
Everyone’s attention turned to her the moment she arrived, their skins crawled and their hairs stood on edge, they had a feeling that whatever was going to happen next was not going to be nice in any way.
"It seems a good number of you have died, I guess that was expected. I’ll let you all into a little secret, this trial this time is unlike anything that has happened before, and that’s shown by the mortality rate, as for the reason why these trials are like this?
That’s not for you, but just know that this is the highest kill number I have ever recorded in a first trial." she said, and then let out a small giggle while covering her mouth with her fingers, her glowing eyes shined devilishly.
"Some of you might have the belief that the stronger what you awakened, the more you’ll survive, but that’s a bit wrong, as grit, stubbornness and fast thinking help. Amongst the two hundred of you, the majority of you are still C and B ranked awakened, showing that even the weaker can stand and rise as long as you push.
But that’s enough advice for now, it’s onto the next stage. All of you have faced wave two of the ten waves, and you can already see how terrifying wave two was.
Well, wave three is definitely going to be twice as hard, and that keeps climbing all the way to ten." she said, and her words hit like a hammer, they had barely survived the fight against the wolves, and now she was saying that the difficulty would increase? They would be lucky to make it past the third wave.
Elton watched as the horror formed across their faces, her smile widened, she spoke. "There is another way out. If you all decide to attack all ten waves, you might have one or two people at the end, but I’m also willing to pass a hundred of you, only a hundred, that’s all you need to know.
You have thirty minutes in this trial to do whatever needs to be done, if by the time I return there is even one person more than a hundred, you will face all the waves, but less than a hundred and you’ll all move onto the next stage of the first trial, also gaining special rewards.
Lastly, the white squares will keep increasing as well, meaning less black squares as the thirty minutes count down, so also be careful to not touch the whites." she said, gave one last smile and was about to vanish, but then her eyes locked with Aren again, and this time he was certain, he stared at Elton for a few seconds and she stared back with her lips curled into a slight frown.
She vanished after that and left all of them there, over two hundred awakened now, only a hundred could march forward.