Chapter 779 Home sweet home

Chapter 779 Home sweet home

In a way, being back on the Special Program campus was a relief for Klaus. He had only been away for a week, between traveling, the tournament and the war in Rise Online, but that was enough to make him miss the place.

Although for some people it might have seemed like a boarding school, because you needed permission to leave the campus, which wasn't normal even at a high school, for Klaus it was like a sanctuary. He had everything he needed in this place and there was nothing to complain about. What's more, the campus area was so vast that even though Klaus had been there for two months, he had never seen it all.

That way, Klaus and the others had no problem with crowds as they made their way to the Archery Department.

When they finally arrived at the department building, a large hangar on the edge of the large campus lake, and entered, they saw that two other colleagues were already practicing. They were Carrie S. Puma and Lara Cavalcanti.

Carrie was a short girl with short brown hair. Her white skin was like quartz and she always wore only light make-up, with a little deliano in the corners of her eyes. She wasn't very close to Klaus, but she wasn't an enemy or adversary either.

For her part, Lara Cavalcanti, the Department Captain, had a good relationship with Klaus. She taught him some of the archery techniques that helped him the most in the Special Program Tournament. With her dark skin, yellow eyes and white hair, she looks like a character straight out of a game, but she just has a slightly more alternative look.

As soon as the boys entered the hangar, the door made a slight noise as it closed, which made the girls aware of their presence.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

The light filtering through the stained glass windows in the ceiling cast a golden aura over the several rows of bows and arrows lined up. Lara Cavalcanti looked up from the bow she was adjusting and smiled warmly at the sight of the newcomers.

Lara, with her outgoing and expressive personality, immediately stopped her training when she saw her colleagues coming. Her yellow eyes sparkled with excitement as she approached, greeting each one enthusiastically.

"Friends!" exclaimed Lara, opening her arms as they approached. "How was your short vacation?"

Klaus smiled and said:

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Captain. Well, I had a hectic break, but nothing beats the excitement of the Special Program. And you, anything new as Captain?"

Lara nodded proudly, "A few changes here and there, but on the whole, everything's going well. What about you guys?" She looked at Andrew, Nathan and David. "How are things going? I heard you'd arrived early, I've been waiting for you to come here."

Nathan, always the most talkative of the group, replied with a confident smile. "I went to California and..."

Lara laughed, appreciating the group's confidence. "All right, all right. I already know what's coming, Mr. Richie."

The way she stopped Nathan from bragging made everyone laugh out loud, especially as his expression of frustration was hilarious.

While Lara continued her animated conversation with the boys, Carrie S. Puma stood silently just behind her, observing the interaction with a neutral expression. Her brown eyes analyzed every movement, but her countenance remained serene.

Nathan, seeing that he had hit the first target and Klaus hadn't, exclaimed at the same moment:

"OHH!!! It looks like something complicated has happened there!"

Klaus' mistake and Nathan's comment were accompanied by spontaneous laughter from his colleagues. It wasn't normal for Klaus to miss his first shot and his friends wouldn't pass up the opportunity to joke around a bit.

"Klaus, I think we need to calibrate that bow, don't you? Maybe it's conspiring against you!" Andrew said.

lightsnοvεl The others laughed, and even Carrie, who usually kept a serious attitude during training, couldn't help but smile. Klaus, on the other hand, accepted the joke and laughed too, but his eyes revealed a determined fire. He quickly raised his bow with an arrow already in place and turned to the target.

"Well, you know that the first shot is just a warm-up, right?" Klaus said, smiling back. "Let's see what I can do now."

His colleagues continued to laugh as Klaus prepared his second arrow. He concentrated, adjusting his stance and aim. This time, he visualized the arrow's perfect path, imagining it cutting through the air with precision and hitting the center of the target. After all, the first step is always mentalization.

Klaus took a deep breath, letting the familiar sensation of the string's tension envelop him. His muscles responded with the same synchrony as before. And then, with a smooth, controlled movement, he released the string. The arrow flew towards the target, drawing a perfect arc in the air, and hit precisely in the middle of the holographic target, destroying it.

This time, the impact was exactly what Klaus had expected and everyone laughed again, but this time at Nathan's dropped jaw, surprised to see Klaus' perfect shot.

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