Chapter 104: The Battle Royale

[Viltania City]

The whole arena was bustling with crowds from different area of the kingdom, gathered into one just for this event

The number and size was unimaginable at hand that even the king Hendrick himself, including the six principal's of different academy to be taken aback by its sheer number

Nonetheless the finals will continue as planned

This with great ease and pride King Hendrick the raised his hand up into the air to halt the noises that has been flooding the arena

Upon that movement, the crowd then became silent as they waited to hear what the king would have to say

"Ladies and gentlemen, people of my country whether young or old, rich or poor, ordinary or officials... Welcome!"

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"I, King Hendrick, ruler of this kingdom proud to announce the start of the finals after three consecutive matches, just as I was introduced in such formal and grand way, I would like to introduce our participants who did everything they can to raise their ranks..."

"Remember the rankings doesn't define the strength of an institution but rather it's coordination skills, all participants in this occasion are really powerful so climbing ranks is nearly hard enough to achieve"

"With that as we recall, the first round of this tournament, we saw the skills of every individual as they show off their skillset one by one, trying to outdone the other"

"The second round we saw the perseverance of many contestants as they struggled to eagerly win a point for the day together with their paired up partner, and using coordination"

"Third round we saw the use of teamwork on each other, in this round we saw just how each contestants gave their all as the continues draw that happened in this matches"

"Now we will proceed to the fourth round and we will see just how each teams will utilise all they had at this point, but before I explain what the fourth round is all about let's one by one introduce the teams that are participating once more... Supporters shout as loud as you can on who are your expected team to win"

At this moment the crowd became restless as the king mentioned this

"Horoscious Academy!"

At this mention roars and cheers were raised as some visitors from such academy begun supporting the school despite it's results

Seeing this sight even the principal of such academy felt proud no matter the result will show in this upcoming finals

"Elludkal Academy!"

As the principal of such academy stood up, it's representatives waved their hands in the air, as various support came from all over the arena

"Ballad Academy!"

At this moment when the principal of such academy raised from his seat, and the representatives of such academy waved their hands, the crowd went wild with their cheers as they witnessed such academy raising their ranks steadily from the bottom up to third place

In fact ballad academy has also a high rating of winning based on its sudden raise in rankings

"Orbium Academy!"

When the principal of such academy raised from his seat and the representatives waved their hands, various loud cheers once more erupted as some crowd begun to chant their cheers just like what you see and hear in various matches in sports

Due to academy's performance, it gained the recognition from the crowd as even various students from other academies cheered for them

"Gritonnia Academy!"

At this mention the crowd went wild with cheers the moment the principal rose and the representatives waved their hands

With such enthusiastic crowd, which in fact was louder than the past cheers, the whole arena seemed to shook from this loud cries

In fact even outside the arena, people were cheering loudly as if the whole city was in celebration of its liberty

Not only in Viltania City but rather every place such as capital, city's, towns, village, rural area, market area, and etc. People were cheering loudly as if the whole world was excited

In fact since Gritonnia's performance not keeping second place and closing the gap between the first place, such academy has a high chance of winning based on the analysis of the people or watchers

Unknown to the principal such an unexpected expectations were being burdened by the representatives as he bathe in glory

With a smug face he glanced at the other principal's like a spoiled kid despite his old age

Seeing this the principals almost became rowdy, thus making it awkward for the long himself

"Ascalon Academy!"

At this moment the principal of such academy raised from it's seat and stood straight, following him the Ascalon representatives stood straight and waved their hands in such an orderly manner while showing their gratitude towards their supporters

Seeing this the whole arena erupted with cheers and loudness equivalent to a roaring volcano

Just as the academy with the highest rating of winning, some fanclub's of such academy representatives even ranked their likeness towards the crowd

As the two women of the team were hot and alluring to the male supporters and viewer, the male of the team were quite a catcher for the female viewers, as each of them were a perfect picture of such gentlemanly, elegant, and beautiful people

But despite this trope they were all powerful individual thus causing them to keep their position as the top of all academies

At this moment all academies representatives are aiming to take down Ascalon Academy and aim for a higher rankings in this finals

Even Shun who was constantly growing in strength as he trains and leveled up, was somehow unsure whether he would win, especially Akito himself as both of them eyed the ace of such said academy "Lorius Ejinto"

At this battle both Shun and Akito were determined to show their very all into this match

Since the opponent was powerful, both of them intended not to show everything wince it would just leave them open in the previous matches, after all with just a sight of such Trump card one could easily turn such dire situation around

As the various academy was then introduced towards the crowd, the ruler, King Hendrick then continued his speech towards this tournament as he explains the fourth round and the final round

Raising his hand, he then quietened the bustling crowd

"For the Fourth round or the final round whichever you want to call it, we are going to have a battle royale for this six academy representatives"

"With such a large scale battle, of course it won't be shown in this arena for it is too small to hold enough area for our contestants, thus with my recommendation and order... We have created a mythical realm just for this match which consist of four types of terrain"

"The biting frost Tundra area, The spitting hot Mountainous area, The refreshing atmosphere Forest Area, and The tensed spot for battle Desolate area"

"In tundra area things such as ice and snow is apparent in this atmosphere and other various tundra elements, In mountainous area rocks could be seen in this slopes as such mountains even spit hot molting lava, in Forest Area not only does the shades of trees existed but even the peculiarity of a forest is also present here, and lastly desolate area wherein only boulders which is widespread around the area could be seen, noted that the desolate area is the biggest area among the four"

"All of these terrain can be seen in this mythical realm, the reason why each four seasons and elements are in one place is of course because of magic"

"The representatives will be teleported in this various area wherein it will be randomized with each equal distance to each other, the animals here are all edible as no dangerous monsters are inside, also this match has no time limit"

"This will showcase not only the teams coordination and teamwork but also it's survivability, in here we would witness the life of the people around here through day and night..."

"Now i know some of you would ask that wouldn't that lead you guys to wait for a long time? Well the answer is no, with the time application magic, we have controlled the time in this area to be 3x faster than ordinary, which in turn would put the minds of the representatives into a illusional state that it's night time or day time"

"But if I have to guess then this match wouldn't even pass 7 days inside the realm, which will be equivalent to one whole day for us... Now without further ado! Let the finals begin!!!"

With this as his last announcement, the crowd once again went wild as representatives begin to feel the pressure that were being burdened by them

After all expectations are really a heavy burden

With the lead of the head mage, multiple mages begun to chant at the same time causing a huge magic circle to erupt beneath thief feet and instantly shined them

But before it could truly engulfed them both shun and Akito smiled at the challenge for this round

Especially for Shun's side since this experience was similar enough to his simulation

Of course to cope with the different environments the mages gave them an matching magic clothing that will matches their clothes to the environment before the announcement starts

I'm a flash all the representatives in the arena vanished as it was replaced by a huge screen in all sides, capital, cities, towns, and villages (must be noted that even Shun's old companions in Ruric town is watching this)

Without further ado the final round was commenced under the cheering cheers from the crowd

Soon various teams showed up in different part of the realm

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Ascalon Academy- Center of the realm and all four area

Gritonnia Academy- Near west edge of tundra area

Orbium Academy- East of mountainous area

Ballad Academy- South of Desolate area

Elludkal Academy- North of Forest area

Horoscious Academy- Far Northeast of Tundra area

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With this anticipation and tenses showed up as every people in every part of the kingdom watches carefully at the their own screens

At this moment the Ruric townspeople saw Shun and recognized him in one of the Gritonnia Academy's representatives, with this the whole town erupted in cheers as they chanted his so called title in this area

"Gamer! Gamer! Gamer!"

Luckily Shun wasn't in that place to hear the cringed cheers but he did feel chills running down his spine at the moment which is different from the chill of tundra area

With a click of their magic clothing, all four of them had their clothes change right before their eyes, from Academy uniforms to thick fur coats and wears

Leading this group Rosalyn blew off the coldness in her hands and said to the four of them

"We need to move up to a favorable area and find shelter for the day, night at tundra isn't very favorable to us as it is bitting frost cold during the night" said Rosalyn with her cheeks turning red due to the coldness of the weather

"I agree, I really hated the cold" said Goran

"I second that claim" agreed Sonia as she begun to shiver

As they said that, they suddenly saw Shun being idle as he stood behind the group and kept quiet

"What about you Shun?" Asked Rosalyn

"Huh?"

For Shun however such environment wants new to him since there was a time where he simulated a battle agaisnt a champion inside the freezing territory of Frejlord in his simulation and spending the whole week inside it

This such environment wants new to him and causing his senses around this area to become full as his heat was kept intact inside with the help of mastering heating up from Shyvana

With this the tundra wasn't a cold place to him

"If so then I suggest we go to the nearest next area, after all based on the thickness of the snow, I conclude that we are near next to another area" said Shun

Hearing that Rosalyn was impressed by his judgement thus followed Shun's lead as the latter led them towards the forest area

For a thought Rosalyn said

"This finals... it seems not only to test teamwork, coordination, and survivability, but it also tested the mentality of an individual"

In reply to that Shun then shrugged

"Of course, having a healthy mentality is needed when surviving in the wild"

With that they continued on to their oath as they nearly got out of the tundra area