Having gotten away with only some minimal damage to his shields, Avery headed to the fringes of the battle where Liesel was and watched the other six competitors fighting amongst each other.
Naturally, they understood what Avery had just done, but since everyone was technically an enemy during this event, even those that wanted to go after him could not.
Turning their attention away and getting focused by everyone else for creating an opening was a near surefire way to lose.
"That was pretty crafty of you. I wasn't sure that it would work and thought that everyone might start targeting you for being a nuisance." Liesel said over the communication line she still had open with Avery.
"Yeah, I got a bit lucky. Everything really hinged on how Cerise would react. Fortunately, she decided that playing into things would give her a better shot than continuing to be hounded by three people at once."
