--- [Lucas’s perspective]

The pillar falls, and the match begins…

We’ve already laid the plan; we’ll split our team into two groups.

An offensive group, and a defensive group.

Me and one other guy are on the offensive group; our job is to infiltrate the enemy base.

Meanwhile, the defensive team will stay behind and protect our own flag.

Having three people in the base will make it extremely hard for the enemy to steal our flag.

Even if they have some super strong people on their team, they should at least be slowed down enough for us to get back with theirs first.

None of us have a specialty that allows us to sneak in and take the flag without them knowing, so we intend to just bulldoze in and take it with force instead.

To do that, we assigned the two strongest people on our team to the offensive team.

That ended up being me and this guy called Issac.

His specialty is…

A little strange.

I’m not sure I fully grasp it.

He can ‘sacrifice things’, or something…?

Maybe he just explained it badly, but I don’t really get it.

In the end though, it doesn’t really matter.

He should be strong, that’s all I need to know.

“Wait.” – Isaac

He blocks my path with his arm.

“I hear someone… I think they’re close.” – Isaac

“Alright. Let’s stick to the plan. We take them out before we go for the flag. Let’s not get greedy.” – Lucas

We slowly make our way closer to the enemy base; trying not to make a sound.

Ah, there they are!

They’re all standing around their flag, guarding it closely.

One, two, three, four…

There are four of them.

Interesting…

Beating four of them won’t be easy when there are only two of us, but at the same time, that means the last guy has to fight three people at once to take our flag.

I like those odds.

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There’s no time to waste.

I look at him, and he looks at me.

We don’t say a word, but we both know what the other is thinking.

He nods, then both of us take off at full speed.

“Guys! Someone’s coming!” – Man

“Okay! Let’s get into position! Tiffany and Samantha, you two will be our first line of defense. Jacob, stay behind and make sure they don’t grab the flag if they somehow manage to get past us.” – Woman

“What about you, June?!” – Jacob

“I’ll be right behind Tiffany and Samantha, supporting them at range.” – June

“Alright!” – Jacob

June reaches her arms out, and a green light shoots out from her palms.

The rays hit the two women in the front, and they start glowing in the same shade of green.

What is she doing to them?

She mentioned she’d be supporting them at range…

I guess her specialty must be some kind of support ability then.

Is it healing?

We’ll see…

While still a few meters away from them, Samantha throws a punch.

Her arm stretches towards me, but I slip away from it before it can hit me.

I try to grab her arm, but it quickly snaps back.

She clicks her tongue in frustration.

“You’re slippery. How annoying…” – Samantha

“That I am.” – Lucas

Before we get to close the distance, she throws yet another attack.

She stretches her arm out and swings it in a wide cone.

Her attack is at waist level, making it hard to duck under, and hard to jump over.

For me however, that’s not a problem.

I lean to the side, balancing myself on the ground with my arm.

Her whip-like arm just barely misses, it even grazes my shirt.

Isaac, however, couldn’t dodge it.

Instead, he decided to block it.

It slams right into him, but he holds steady.

He’s pushed back, but in the end, he’s okay.

Just like me, he tries to grab her arm, but it quickly snaps back before he’s able to.

Before she can attack us again, we dash at them as fast as we can, finally closing the distance.

Close quarter combat is where we both shine.

I swing my fist at the stretchy girl, but the other one quickly steps in and blocks my attack.

The instant my fist touched her skin, I started feeling dizzy.

Is this her specialty?

Ugh…

My head is spinning.

All that from just a touch.

She tries to grab my hand, but I swiftly pull it back before she touches me.

“Watch out for her, Issac. Touching her makes you dizzy.” – Lucas

“Got it.” – Isaac

Not long after, the dizziness fades away.

“I’m good now. It doesn’t seem to last very long.” – Lucas

“I see…” – Isaac

The situation might not look good from an outsider’s perspective, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

We already know exactly what two of their specialties are, and we know the third is some kind of supportive ability.

The only one we don’t know anything about is that guy in the back.

Meanwhile, they still don’t have a clue what ours are.

We can take advantage of that.

Additionally, they might start thinking my perfect muscle control is my specialty.

My real specialty will take them off guard even more when it activates if that’s the case.

“Lucas, look. That girl, Tiffany… Her forearms are heavily bruised after blocking your attack. I bet she won’t do that anymore! My guess is that she thought she’d be able to grab you, but due to your dodging specialty, you got away.” – Isaac

!!

Good one, Isaac!

He thought the exact same thing I did, and is playing right into it!

He knows what my specialty really is; I told him before the game started.

So he’s trying to trick them into thinking my specialty is related to dodging!

I haven’t known him for long, but I can already tell he’s a reliable teammate.

I hope I get to work with him in the future.

We both attack at the same time.

They try to get away, but we don’t let them.

My kick drills into Samantha’s stomach, and his punch dislocates Tiffany’s shoulder.

“Gah!” – Samantha

“Fuck!” – Tiffany

“June! Some more power would be nice!” – Samantha

“Yeah, these guys are strong as hell!” – Tiffany

“I only have so much power to give, okay?! I’m already giving you guys as much as I can while staying stable. If I increase my output too much, I’ll end up losing control. You know what happens then? You don’t get any power!” – June

“Well, I don’t think we can beat them like this.” – Samantha

“And we don’t even know what that guy’s specialty is!” – Tiffany

“You’ll have to risk it, it’s the only way!” – Samantha

“Fine!” – June

With an annoyed look on her face, she increases the output of her ability.

The green light gets more and more intense; you can tell their power is increasing just from looking at them…

Oh boy.