Chapter 92: Xerion Brothers and the Friendly Battles - Part 1

"The first official day is always for the club activity and communicate with strangers. Since that is the case, let's have a friendly fight with each other.

First, let's have a draw on who are going to face each other!" He yells very passionately.

"Yeah!" The students in front of the capsules cry. There are quite a lot of spectators, there are also teachers who are going to watch.

The box filled with numbered papers is being handed to me by Paul. I took one piece of paper and saw the number 13.

It seems like that guy with black hair. He looks strong but he can't win against me...

I handed the box to Blake and took a paper. He got 9, a woman who looks very dignified.

***

"Now that everybody got the number of their enemies, please announce the numbers you got! Starting from one!" He ordered as he pointed his fingers at the guy with piercings on his ears.

18, 11, 21, 20, 15, 19, 16, 10, 12, 2, 8, 17, 3, 4, 14, 7, 1, 5, 23, 6, 22, 9 and 13. That is the order of the drawed numbers.

It seems like my enemies are both 13 and 19. 19 is a cold person and 13 is somehow looking very proficient in martial arts.

'This is going to be a very interesting match...' I excitedly chuckled as I opened my phone on how to open the arena function of the game.

'Heh, it seems like once you entered the game, you will appear on a homepage-like part and just pick the arena mode, huh?' I scratched my chin as I saw Paul randomize the numbers.

"Okay, for the first round! Let's have the battle of number 10 and number 8!" He announces but it doesn't make us interested in that battle so we just opened our phone to looks at the forum of the Olympus.

...

The first 7 battles are finished in a blink of an eye and it seems like the first seven are weak. On those first seven, our targets haven't fought yet.

"Battle 8! Number 22 and number 21!" He announced excitedly. Everyone around us started to chatter.

Blake stood up and immediately walked towards his capsule. He opened the lid and immediately entered the game.

In the large monitor on the stage, the battle is being spectated live.

His rank is Platinum EX and his skills and equipment are still there. The [Joker's Card] is also in effect. I won't have to worry about exposing the real form of my equipment.

Their battlefield is random and it seems like it stopped at the forest background.

It also happened that his opponent is an assassin. It seems like the number 21 is also powerful. His rank is Platinum III.

It seems like the scenery or arena is in favor of the enemy.

[The battle will start in... 3]

[The battle will start in... 2]

[The battle will start in... 1]

[Friendly Battle... Start!]

When the game started, the opponent immediately used his [Stealth]

I can see the color black energy surrounding him. It seems like he has the same class as our [Ghost Assassin]. The [Phantom Lord]

It is an assassin-type class where they use daggers and swords for attacking and evading. Their weakness is their health but its damage is insane. [Phantom Lord] class also have the affinity for light, demon, and dark element.

In terms of skills and attributes, Blake will lose.

But in terms of real-life skill and experience, he will win. Plus, even though the enemy uses [Stealth], it won't work against him after all.

I gave him my knowledge about the skill [Artificial Sense], after all. He can sense everything within a 50-kilometer radius.

The enemy is invisible for both the in-game and real-life naked eyes.

Blake hasn't made a move.

It seems like he is using the skill and looking for a chance.

When Blake felt his presence is coming, he stance and muttered, "[Dragon Emperor's Sweeping Tide]"

A smooth and soft slash hits the opponent. Making him beheaded.

As far as I know, it is a quiet skill where one must become at peace and use the momentum of the enemy and slash it. It is a simple skill of the [Dragon Emperor], the basic skill out of all of his [Dragon Emperor Skill Tree]

In my case, the most basic skill that I have at the [Universal Dragon God King] is the [Doomsday Ray]... Well, it is probably strong if you judge it by its name.

Everyone is dumbfounded, the assassin's head just cut off at the time he reached Blake's range.

We are kind of lucky that the name is private. If they knew that he is Floriau who fought against the [Sanctuary Guild], this might cause some theory that I am the [Ice Prince]

[WINNER: PLAYER 2]

The capsule opened and he stood up--just like nothing happens.

I can hear the cheers from the spectators in the back.

'This guy is really talented. He is still using the assassin's first rule: Be patient. The opponent from earlier is trash in front of a real assassin.' I chuckled as he sat down next to me.

"That was a fast fight..." I said while looking at the enemies.

"Well, I only wanted to finish the enemy. His class is [Phantom Lord], it is kind of hard to deal with them if you get hit by their weapon. They also use minor curse, after all..." I smiled as I chuckled inwardly.

"That is true, if I am in your place, I will either wait for him to move or find him immediately to end the battle faster..." He nods in agreement.

"Now! Let's have the ninth fight! Player 19 versus Player 23!" I smiled when I heard my number, I stood up and walked towards my capsule.

When the time I opened it, I noticed that there is still elemental orbs floating inside the capsule. Since it is harmless, I didn't mind it and jumped in.

The cold man did the same thing too.

[Immersed Diving Start!]

[Executing...]

[Executed]

[Welcome back to Olympus. You have been offline for 89 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes, and 21 seconds.]

I opened my eyes in the vast space and saw two modes in front of me. I am floating on this vast past celestial space. There is also the amount of health and mana I have.

Ding!

[There is a comeback gift. Claim? Y/N]

[N]

I immediately rejected to claim the gift. It is probably somehow connected to the new function in the game.

'I can still claim it in the mailbox...'

I tapped the [Arena Mode] and the next thing I saw is three choices: [PRACTICE], [FRIENDLY BATTLE], AND [RANK].

I haven't tapped anything but a notification appeared in front of me.

[A stranger asked you in a [Friendly Battle], accept?]

[Accept]

[Enemy: Gold II; You: Alexandrite EX]

[Show your rank? Y/N]

[No]

'Hmm. The highest rank, huh?'

***

By the time I finished tapping all of the notifications, I am not in the space that you can see at night. I am now in a white space.

[Randomly Generating the Arena...]

It is like a slot machine that can generate the scenery in a random fashion.

It is becoming slower and slower and I can see all options.

And it stopped.

[Arena: Endless Sky]

[Generating...]

The white space immediately changed from white into a sky blue color. I can also see clouds but I can't see the ground.

The feeling on this model is still the same as the [Adventure Mode].

I can feel the wind.

I can feel the heat from the sun.

I can feel the wetness of the cloud,

I can sense everything.

It is really similar to the [Adventure Mode], I thought that it is going to be different but it seems like my judgment is wrong.

As I feel these things, we are falling from the sky.

I noticed an angel's feather floating around me.

'[Angel's Wings?]' I smiled and chuckled inwardly.

"You will lose here on this battlefield..." The cold voice of the guy is getting in my nerves,

"Really? But it is unfortunate--" I opened my [Dragon Wings], showing my evolved wings with the color of silver and black. It became more majestic.

"To think that you also have some wings..." He said with a low voice,

"... Then fight me properly!" He said in a colder voice. It is not intimidating me but my guts are telling me that the audience in the real world is getting scared by his aura.

"Hoh? Not bad!" I smiled when I said that but it immediately changed to a colder gaze.

I gave him back a more intimidating cold expression.

"Wha-what?!" He panics as he retreated a few meters back.

"Don't use the intimidation on the fair battles, it can decrease the fighting spirit of the opponent if you did that, you know?" I smiled innocently as I stared at him normally.

[The battle will start in... 3]

[The battle will start in... 2]

[The battle will start in... 1]

[Friendly Battle... Start!]