Chapter-79: knocked Robert and pushed the blame to Jake
This is not a good thing for her. The number of people present in this floor should be double the previous number of people. But the number of people present is only a quarter of the number it is around 32 people.
Ratika was not worried this is actually expected. There is another entrance or safe room with another part of the people. No new people are added at this moment. Only the dead people are counted as reduced numbers.
Today it is to find path to the center of the labyrinth to find the stairs. The boss room is at the center with two entrances for two groups of people from different safe rooms to enter. Ratika took to lead to move.
Robert's group could not just separate. So under the constant urging from others they are at the back. Ratika did not like this. This group standing at the back is dangerous. Ratika thought of something and said to Martina.
"That group might cause trouble if they fear that there is a danger. They might push us to buy them time. So it is better to let them stand at the front." With her words others also accepted his thoughts.
So the Robert's group was pushed to walk at the front to explore the path. Ratika took out her compass from time to time to check the situation of hidden treasures. If there is a hidden treasure Ratika would divert the attention of others directly.
This would solve many problems. Since they are at the front the group of Robert has to get into the range of the beasts first. Protagonist is not someone that would lie down and listen. But that did not mean that others would let him play the arrogant man's role.
Ratika did not take part in any of that. Instead her target is to not to let the protagonist leave her sight. So she would intervene at the right moment to cool the situation and let the group move to the central room. In the central room there is a sleeping tiger.
Once again it is a good thing for others to run away. Right in front of the tiger is the bronze treasure chest. Right behind the tiger is the stairs leading to the next floor. There is no movement from the other side of the boss room.
That is the group on the other side is still struggling to come over here. Ratika doesn't care and still suggested the previous idea. That is she would cover their path while they should leave silently.
Tiger can listen to their movements and might quickly attack them. So they have to be careful. So Ratika told them to move in single line person with the Robert's group being the last to leave. Robert did not accept this.
He even wanted to cause trouble to wake up the tiger by shouting or throwing a stone on it. Ratika silently came behind Robert at some point and knocked him out silently. This made others take a deep breath.
Ratika looked indifferent. At this moment she did not have any thoughts of harming Robert instead she wanted to let him rest. Since the thoughts are like this, Robert was knocked out by Ratika easily.
After Robert knocked out Ratika told them to leave quickly and she would send Robert at the last. Ratika already thought on what to tell Robert about who knocked him out. The blame can be pushed to Jake.
With her thoughts she waited with the bow and arrows ready for the right time to attack the tiger if needed. The group moved slowly towards the stairs without making much sound. The ears of the tiger trembled slightly from time to time.
But it did not make a move. In just few minutes the group has left through the stairs. On the other hand Ratika woke up Robert using some water. When Robert woke up he looked furious he wanted to pounce on Ratika to question her.
But Ratika is strong compared to Robert. So she directly caught the fist of Robert and said calmly. "I am not the one that knocked you out. You should think about the green hat on your head. You can leave and I will cover for you."
After saying this Ratika did not continue to speak. Robert could not do anything to Ratika so he has a bad idea in his mind. Right before leaving this place he wanted to throw a stone at the tiger to wake it up and trouble Ratika.
Unfortunately for him, his thoughts were clearly heard by Ratika. Ratika smiled meaningfully and decided to give Robert a taste of his own medicine. The distance between this place and the place tiger is present is not long.
With her current strength, bow quality, arrow capabilities combined Ratika can make an accurate shot of around 150 meters from her location even if that target is moving which is nearly twice as that of the world record.
This is possible because of her rapid improvement overall. If not she could not even reach the world record that was mentioned. But that was before her improvement overall. Now she is strong.
The tiger is nearly 100 meters away from her which is quite a distance. But Ratika was not worried. She looked calm and took out the bow and arrows to shot at the tiger when Robert is just went close to its location.
Ratika did not have any intentions. She looked at Robert without any thoughts of malice. Ratika is purely hunting the tiger monster here. As for the situation of the protagonist, he was purely caught in the situation.
After losing his initiative in the early stages he lost most of his luck. His luck is desperately trying to bring him back on track. To be precise the current actions are in line with the benefits that his luck gives him.
.....
You can read the advanced chapters of all my novels at patreon for only 3$/ month at ultimate patreon tier
https://www.patreon.com/c/Vidhifate
...