Overpowered Character, Mysterious Place

Even though one was not allowed to kill an opponent from a different battle, there weren't any rules stating one couldn't kill one's opponent.

Taking full advantage of this, Saber attacked Devland with his fist, obliterating his belly, and creating a wound that was impossible to survive...

The arena entered a state of silence as the only noise that could be heard, was from the battles that took place far away from Saber's location.

OOOOOHHHHH!!

Screams resounded throughout the stadium after seeing such a fight.

Even though it ended quickly...

Even though there weren't any fancy moves shown...

Even though the spectators didn't see much because of the speed of Saber...

What Saber showed them was an overpowered competitor, and let's be honest, who doesn't like an overpowered character...?!

Hearing their screams, and seeing their wildness, Saber suddenly gave them a devilishly handsome smile that caused the screams to become louder.

Saber's card located on his chest then glowed brightly as a bright light enshrouded his figure...!

Momentarily after, he disappeared completely from the arena, but not before smirking at the contestants who still gazed in his direction with mixed emotions visible in their eyes...

...

Appearing inside a massive room that was extremely similar to a modern-day restaurant but simply many times more massive, Saber's eyes darted around the room with an expression of confusion on his face.

"Don't look so worried Mr. Blade, between rounds the contestants are to come here and have a meal or two.

Of course, if you don't want to eat and want to go back to your room where you previously stayed, then you'll be teleported there."

Suddenly, a voice entered Saber's ears as at the end of the room where the counter to make orders was located, a female with long red hair and blue eyes stated with a calm voice.

Pleasantly surprised by her beauty, Saber nodded his head while saying.

"Ok, then I'll like to have two bowls of noodles & meat!"

While trying to control the saliva that threatened to escape his lips from the mere thought of the food he had previously eaten, Saber approached a random table and took a seat while closing his eyes, peacefully awaiting his meal.

While the resplendent aroma of the meal being cooked assaulted his nose, Saber's battle-honed senses slowly began to dull...!

Eventually, while resting his face on his hand, without realizing it, for the first time in his existence, Saber fell asleep.

It wasn't due to exhaustion, it was from the continuous sight of seeing his master lazily drift through space while asleep, Saber promised himself to someday do the same, and it seemed that right now was that promised date.

...

"Huh?!"

It was a dark walkway that was similar to the walkway for Primordial Chaos!

Yet, even though it was similar, it was also very, very, different since the walkway which had no definite end had detached heads decorating its path...!

But, what caused Saber to shout in alarm and apprehension was the appearance of these detached heads...

Shockingly, after a closer inspection, one can make out the shocking fact that these heads all had the same appearance as Saber!...

Feeling uncomfortable with the setting, Saber didn't feel like heading deeper into this path, but his curiosity did get him to approach one of the detached heads as he bent over and picked it up!

Gazing at it closely, the shut eyes of this head that seemed to be a replica of himself suddenly shot open! Along with this event, broken words came out of it...

"Why...Second...why...kill...me...?"

THUMP!

Saber's heartbeat quickened as he felt for the first time, the feeling of being jump-scared. Along with that, he threw the head as far away from him as possible, but, right after, something eerie happened.

"WHY...SECOND...WHY...KILL...US...?"

Surrounding Saber were the detached heads that once decorated the walkway painted in black! No matter where he looked, Saber found himself staring into the eyes of the body-less lookalikes of himself.

From up and from both of his sides, Saber was swarmed with the questioning voices threatening to drive him crazy!!

"M...B...a...e..."

While being surrounded and constantly questioned, a muffled voice entered his mind.

Even though he was unable to understand anything being said, he focused all his attention on those words.

"M...r...B...a...d...e..."

The words once more resounded in his mind slightly more audible.

...

"Mr. Blade?"

The voice of the red-haired waitress who previously eased Saber's worries could be heard as she tried to awake a sleeping Saber...

"Huh?!"

Almost comically, one can see Saber suddenly jumping from his seat as he uttered in confusion...

Gazing around and assessing his situation, Saber realized he was once more back in the restaurant as next to him was the female beauty who seemed to work as a waitress...!

Another important thing was the fact that there were a lot more figures who sat on the chairs either in groups or alone while they gazed in his direction.

Most dared not laugh at his antics after seeing his performance, while some seemed to not care whatsoever...

"Oh, ahh, thank you...!"

After assessing his surroundings and picking up on the fact that the female with red hair had two bowls of noodles and meat in her hand, Saber quickly thanked her while taking the bowls from her hand.

Before leaving to attend to other contestants, she pointed to the piece of paper on the table resting peacefully underneath a glass vase of flowers that released a kind of pleasant smell.

Understanding her gesture, Saber took the paper and opened it as he intended to read the contents before chomping down on his meal.

During his observation of his surroundings, this paper was present at every table, so he knew it held information regarding the tournament...

Opening the paper from its folded state, Saber read all the contents and summarized it in his mind.

'So, they took up all this space writing on a paper to simply explain the regulations and the rules of the second round...

They said to try to not end the life of one's opponent.

But, the way it's written, the more intelligent and intellectually sharp individuals would realize that they truly don't care if one kills his opponent or not.

Instead of giving an obvious rule stating there is to be no killing, they instead write that one should try to not kill their opponent.'

Saber assessed the contents of the paper in his mind as he slowly forgot about his previous nightmare of sorts.

Soon after, his focus then shifted to the steaming food in front of him as he eagerly began fulling his belly...

...

OOOOOOHHH!

The screams resounded throughout the battle arena as the mortals expressed their excitement while eagerly awaiting the commencement of the second round.

In the battle arena, the scene of all the contestants clustered close to each other could be seen.

Barely discernable in this sea of contestants was the figure of Saber.

On his chest, was the card that held a photo of himself, along with his name and also something else that wasn't previously present.

"High Level, Level 1 Earth Immortal"

Those words were written in bold letters on his identification card.

It was the words that represented the realm of power that he had previously shown when battling Devland.

Surrounding Saber, one can see the figures of many humans who gazed at him with caution in their eyes...!