The crowd in the gym was as loud as ever, they continued to chant "Monster, Monster." They couldn't believe what they were seeing, something that they had only seen from videos online was happening right in front of them. A single person was manging to fend off three people at once.
The students didn't care right now if their team had lost because they were all proud to have someone as strong as Ashley on their team.
The video was focusing on Ashley as she continuously fended off strikes from three people.
Although Ashley was doing well, she was still struggling. Ashley was finding it hard to deal with the three members from Hershel. This was because each member was using a shield. The three shields made it easy for them to block Ashley's attacks. There wasn't much skill required on Hershal's end.
All they needed to do was cover themselves with their large shields and eventually, Ashley would tire herself out. They knew this and Ashley knew this as well. All she could do was hope Novis finished off Frank quickly.
Meanwhile back in the top lane. Novis's body was still boiling with Rage. He had even forgotten that he was in the game. Without thinking about it Novis switched to his longsword and charged in at Frank head-on.
"Come at me!" Frank said.
Although Frank was only a sliver player, he was the best solo player out of his team members. His true skill was that of a high tier gold player but had stayed in the sliver ranks because he only played games with his team.
Although Frank thought Novis was stronger than his actual rank, there was no way he thought he could lose.
Novis immediately gave a hard swing with his long sword and at the same time, Frank used his charge skill. The charge skill rushed him forward with his shield in front. Frank was planning to knock Novis back and then attack him with his blade.
But when Novis's sword made an impact against the shield, Frank was the one that was sent a few steps back.
"How is this possible?"
Novis then continued to attack at Frank's shield with the longsword. Each strike caused Frank to move back further and further.
Out of Panic, Frank went to attack back with his sword swinging randomly. The attack didn't even give Novis any trouble as he simply dodged the sword by stepping to the side. Novis then kicked Frank's wrist causing him to drop the sword.
Frank now only had his shield as a weapon. Novis switched to his spear weapon and continually attacked at Frank's feet.
Frank had no choice but to continue to move back. If he placed his shield down then Novis would attack him from the side. Novis continued poking at Frank's feet and then suddenly Frank felt something up against his back. He could no longer move.
He didn't have time to turn and look at what it was, as Novis was already striking at him. Frank ducked down and dropped the shield causing Novis's spear to hit the tree. Frank then crawled out of there and immediately Ran away from Novis.
But Novis wasn't going to let Frank get away. Novis then switched to his duel blades and chased Frank down eventually catching up to him. When Novis was in striking distance, instead of striking Frank with his blade, Novis decided to pull Frank using the back of his suit of armour and threw him to the ground.
Novis then stood directly above Frank and stared into his eyes. Frank felt like he was looking at an insane person. What had he done to make someone stare at him like that, Frank thought?
George and Arthur had carefully been watching Novis and were analysing him. The Novis they were seeing right now was a completely different person compared to when they were practising. His strikes were a lot more powerful; his speed was faster and even his decision making was accurate.
"Arthur, you don't think he's a Berserker, do you?"
"I think that would be the only way to explain it," Arthur replied.
A Berserker was a type of warrior who got stronger using two different methods. Either from the rage inside their bodies or from the damage they had taken. Right now, Novis had displayed the characteristics of a true Berserker known in Arthur and George's world.
"Don't ever try to hurt my friends again," Novis said as he slowly dug his sword into Frank's stomach. Finally, Frank had burst into blue flames but at the same time Novis too had received a notification.
<Your tower has been destroyed.>
The outside screen was focused on Ashley as Ashley was facing the three members at the exact time Frank and Novis was battling.
Ashley had used up every little bit of energy she had left. Even with proper breathing control, she would still tire out eventually and she knew she was coming to her end. As a last-ditch effort instead of defending Ashley decided to go on the attack.
She ignored two of the Hershel members and went straight for one of them, manging to strike just before the player could defend with his shield. As the Hershel member burst into blue particles, Ashley too had been stabbed twice from behind by the other two members.
At the same time, Ashley had died, Frank had died.
The Montem students watching from outside had no clue what was happening at top since they were too focused on Ashley's battle. Once they had seen Ashley die, they thought it was all over.
The two Hershel members then quickly destroyed the second tower and ran towards the castle as they were confident in their victory.
Suddenly a notification screen appeared in front of them and on the outside video display. The video was Showing Scarlett holding up the blue flag in her hand and the display read.
<Red team wins>
The crowd couldn't believe it. They didn't have a clue what had just happened, only a few seconds ago they all thought they had lost and now they were seeing Scarlett hold up the enemy flag.
The silence only lasted a few moments as everyone burst into loud cheers.