Chapter 18 - 18: 2nd Place

Van could not help but bite his lip as several thoughts raced in his mind. The revelation of Gerald being Harvey's brother was too much for him to take. Was it really this complicated to have friends?

"You don't have to worry!"

Harvey, hearing that Van doesn't like strangers too much, could not help but slightly chuckle, "My brother is a good man!"

Van's eyes instantly twitched from Harvey's statement. Gerald, a good man? Does he not know what his brother really was like?

"We should let him rest, Harvey", noticing Van's distressed face, Beatrice grabbed Harvey's hand and dragged him away.

"O...ouch!", Harvey flinched at Beatrice's grip, "Are you sure you are not an Enhancer-type!?", he jokingly said as he winked at Van, wagging his fingers as he was proud of his banter.

"Rest well for the next game, Van", Beatrice nodded her head as she tightened the grip on Harvey's arm, "I won't lose next time"

"Ack ack ack!", Harvey hopped in one leg as he was dragged away by Beatrice.

Van chuckled awkwardly as he watched the two leave, but as soon as they were far away, he let out a sigh as his head turned to the ground.

"How are you feeling, boy?", the healer could finally ask as they were left alone.

"...A bit dizzy", Van muttered as he remained staring at the ground.

"Hm…", Healer Agnes could not help but squint her eyes, "Can you check how much SP you have left?"

"SP?", Van slightly turned his head towards Healer Agnes.

"Yes, in your System's window"

"O...okay", Van stuttered as he nodded his head,

'Open System's window'

Van's expression instantly turned complicated as he stared at the window of words that popped up in front of him.

'W...which is it', he thought as he tried to find this SP. Those were just two letters, but he was still having a hard time trying to find them. The system tells him what the skills do, but when it comes to his Status window, it was all a blur.

And so, after a few seconds, he gave up. "What… what does it look like?", he said as his eyes slightly looked dejected.

"What do you mean?", Healer Agnes tilted her head in confusion, "… it's the number that is decreasing when you use your Active Skills"

Van once again looked at his Status Window. 'Ah!', he howled in his mind.

"Is it this one that looks like a snake and an ear?", he blurted out. Of course, it was the only thing that looked like it changed the last time he checked his System.

"...Yes?", Healer Agnes squinted her eyes. '...Does he not know how to read?', she quickly concluded.

"Hm…", Van placed his hand on his chin as he looked at his SP.

[ SP: 17/28 ]

"Uhmm, it's one… one… sef. It's more than half", Van stuttered as he shamefully looked to the side. He now had a new priority, learning how to read.

"I see", Healer Agnes raised her eyebrow. He still had more than Agnes expected. When she detected the sudden drop of Van's SP, and when she saw his face that was full of sweat, she thought that it almost reached the minimum.

'This boy… is an enigma', she thought.

"Gather up!"

As the two continued to talk, their voices were drowned by Mr. Jacobs' robust voice. He started explaining the rules of the next game, Javelin Throw.

Unlike the previous game, in which all of them participated at the same time, this one they needed to do one by one.

The student who got first place from the previous game would be the first to throw. But seeing as the winner was currently being healed at the side…

"You!", Mr. Jacobs pointed at Beatrice, "2nd place! You will be the first one to throw!"

Hearing the adviser calling her 2nd place, Beatrice could not help but grit her teeth as she looked to the ground. But after a few seconds, she let out a quick breath.

She quickly picked up a javelin from the rack and moved inside the painted box, her eyes filled with nothing but resolution.

'I practiced my skills even before enrolling in the academy!'

'I even trained in physical combat…'

Several thoughts raced in her mind as blades of grass suddenly danced around her body.

"Now, the game is simple, fish", Mr. Jacobs clapped his hand, "Just t--"

But before he could finish giving his instructions, a gust of wind erupted from Beatrice throwing the javelin.

The wind howled as the javelin left her hand, the blades of grass that were dancing around her body also streamed, following the javelin as it flew through the air.

It flew, only stopping as the life of the wind that surrounded it died.

210 meters.

"Oho!", Mr. Jacobs could not help but nod his head in satisfaction, he then looked gloatingly towards Mr. Lang and released a burst of laughter,

"It seems I have the best students this year, little Lang!"

***

So, let us talk about Van's top speed for now at Level 1.If my calculations are wrong, then… I will use the fiction card. Lol.

At Van's first run aka Resurrection Run. He ran from the Academy to the Relic Graveyard(Slums) in under 30 minutes or so. Somewhere at the start, it is mentioned that he left his home 2 days before arriving in the academy.

The average walking speed of a human is 4.8 to 6.4 km/h, so taking into account that he might have rest twice in two days for four hours each, making a total of 8 hours of rest-- That would make a total of 40 hours of walking.

So, let's just say with the average walking speed times the travel time would make for a distance of around 248km.

So, he reached 248km in about 30 minutes. That would put his current top speed as a level 1 at 496km/h. As Bellick mentioned 2 chapters back, there are still Holders faster than Van.

The field size is more than double the size of a football field, 200 by 260 meters. So, more or less, it would take 2 seconds for him to travel 260 meters. Not taking into account preparation and acceleration, of course—ain't nobody got time for that.

Of course, I didn't take into account many things like his small frame, his state, and whatnot when he first ran from the academy to his home. But ack, let's just enjoy it for what it is lol. Please don't destroy me for my fiction math. Lol