Edgy Rival: "I don't remember that much but do I know him?"
Bonus Character: "Well he does have weird clothes"
Obvious Hero: "He call himself the actual hero. He was summoned by the king of this kingdom to defeat the king of darkness"
Timid Heroine: "What??"
Bonus Character: "That's absurd! We already have a hero like you why would they need another one!"
Edgy Rival: "Ha! They just don't trust the hero of this world anymore! I feel bad for you, Norean!"
Timid Heroine: "You're right... but more importantly, I want to know what is the second stage all about"
Bonus Character: "Oh! Some of the participants were passing the finish line!"
Obvious Hero: "Only four...? but there were hundreds left out there what happened to them?"
Edgy Rival: "Maybe the obstacles are too hard for them"
*A sudden explosion occurs on the race*
[WHAT HAPPENED? OUT OF NOWHERE AN EXPLOSIVE SPELL WAS CASTED BY A MYSTERIOUS PERSON ELIMINATING HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANT ON THE THIRD OBSTACLE AREA!!]
*While waiting on the waiting room, Noreand and Kaiden's team and some other participants were alarmed by that information*
Obvious Hero: "Guys? Did you hear that?"
Bonus Character: "What on earth is happening?"
Kaiden: "Hmmm..."
Seione: "It's a good thing we finished the race first. We might get severely injured by that explosion"
*After a few minutes, There's only a small group of participants had successfully reach the finish line. They all rest for a while in the waiting room*
[A SMALL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS CROSSED THE FINISH LINE IS THIS ALL OF THEM? IS THIS THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE?]
Bonus Character: "That mysterious guy must be one of the four participants who entered the waiting room earlier after us and Kaiden's team"
Edgy Rival: "Those guys? Why do you think so?"
Timid Heroine: "Because that's the only possible reason for that sudden explosion"
Bonus Character: "That's right, In order to avoid a massive damage caused by his explosion he needs to get far away from majority of the participants"
Obvious Hero: "I see... That person can't find the chance to surpass everyone else at the start of the race because we did it first. Then that must be the reason why he waited for the participants to reach the 3rd obstacle to the trigger his explosion spell"
Timid Heroine: "The question is... Who is that mysterious person among them?"
Edgy Rival: "It means that guy can plant a spell somewhere or anywhere and trigger it anytime he wants."
Obvious Hero: "Hey, Among those five... what about that bald muscular guy with red snake tattoos on his back. He looks dangerous"
Timid Heroine: "It could be him but I think the guy with a mask that covers half of his face who wields a sharp long sword on his back might the mysterious person"
Bonus Character: "Nope! I don't think so! It should be that woman with purple long hair, a menacing look on her eyes and a body physique made for fighting!"
Edgy Rival: "Oh come on, Guys! Isn't it obvious? The mysterious person is definitely that weak-looking guy who doesn't even eat vegetables! Wait a minute, how did he even managed to finish the race?"
Obvous Hero: "Uhh... whatever we should save up our energy for the second stage"
Seione: "Is that true Kaiden? About the mysterious person among the four participants earlier"
Kaiden: "You're using your extraordinary hearing spell again?"
Seione: "Why not? Its useful to gather a lot of crucial information about our enemies"
Leione: "Isn't that like cheating? Again"
Seione: "No, it's not! This is for our absolute victory!"
Jerrick: "Don't waste your mana too much"
Kaiden: "Hmph! Looks like we have another threat other than the obvious hero team"
[IT'S OFFICIALY OVER!! THE FIRST STAGE- RACE! IS FINALLY OVER!! THERE'S NO PARTICIPANT LEFT ON THE RACE FIELD THAT CAN KEEP RUNNING!!
[IT MEANS THAT IT'S TIME FOR US TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND STAGE!! HOWEVER, WE'LL HAVE A SHORT 20 MINUTE BREAK FOR THE STADIUM TO BE PREPARED!! SEE YOU CAPITAL KINGDOM CITIZENS!!]
Timid Heroine: "It's done, but what about the injured participants what will happen to them? Are they going to leave them like that?"
Obvios Hero: "I'm not sure but we can ask the "noble" person about that"
*The noble persom soon shows up to congratulates everyone and explain the second stage*
The noble claps at them, "Congratulations, Winner of the first stage! I applaud each of one of you. As you can see there's only a handful numbers of contestants that passed the finish line. This is a lot lesser than I thought it would be."
"How many are there again?"
Registrator: "26!"
Noble: "26 participants, Interesting! This is the first ever in history of the fetsival kingdom that the number of participants is only...
"how many percent is that?"
Bonus Character: "Uhh... 10 percent? I'm not sure"
Noble: "10! percent that will move on to the second stage of the Random Tournament. Don't worry about the injured contestants as our proffesional healing sorcerers will make them recover as soon as possible"
Timod Heroine: "I'm glad to hear that"
Noble: "As you heard we will have to take a 20 minute break for the second stage to start. With that in mind, I will explain the next challenge to achieve the portal gem!"
Noble: "The second challenge is.... Free For All!
*The other participants mumurs about it*
"What?"
"Free for all? What's that?"
"I think I've heard that before"
Noble: "This is a battle game were everyone can attack anyone! There is no other rule but to survive on you own or remain standing until the time limit is up!"
Obvious Hero: "I see.. Our teamwork might be perfect for this we just need to fight together and defend ourselves"
Noble: "However!! If the time limits is still going on the number of the last human standing must be eight! In order for the participants will move on the third stage!"
Edgy Rival: "Eight? If the third stage is a one on one matcth that would be a great number!"
Noble: "In this 26 participants! We only need the strongest 8!"