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THE TOURNAMENT

“H-how… did this happen?!

What did she do?? HAHA! Very interesting! …princess!!”

Fil is very confused because this is the first time that this have ever happen to him.

This happens in the semi-finals of the tournament where fil got the chance to face the princess of the glacier kingdom, Princess Fionna Liz Glacier.

But before that, let us turn back the clock to further explain the situation.

*Kookoldoodledoo!!!*

With the loud voice of this worlds chicken which is known as a kookoo, an F-tier magic beasts.

Force Fil to get out of bed along with MINFI.

*Yawn*

[Such a loud creature, isn’t that right young master?]

“Yeah… *yawn* no wonder almost all the people here woke up early”

*Knock-knock*

While preparing their selves, someone came knocking on their door. Fil open it and it was Tren and the party who’s already suit up and ready to depart.

“A pleasant morning to you sir Fil!! Come on, dress up already! We need to get there now!”

Fil is still half asleep so he can’t get a good hold at the situation. While yawning he asks,

“Huh?? Why?? What’s the occasion??”

Tren and the gang was confused as well towards Fil response, so Tren explain the event that will happen today.

“Oh, come on sir Fil, don’t joke around hehe… today is the day of the tournament which we sign on a few days ago remember??”

With that, Fil finally remembered. So without further ado he closes the door and pull out some clothe on his ⸢STORAGE⸥ and notify the gang that they should just wait outside for he will take a few minutes to get ready and they responded with a “Okay, see you in a few minutes”.

“Hmmm… MINFI which do you think should I wear??”

[Really young master?? you’re asking me now?? Didn’t you always wear that pair of white T-shirt with that wide bandanna wrap around your chest down to your thighs?]

“Come on, this is my first fight in a long time remember?? I want to make it remarkable and present myself as intimidating as possible!”

But MINFI didn’t focus on that, but instead she focuses on the time that Fil got in a fight.

[Has really been that long since you got on a fight?? I believe it was just a month ago since then…

I remember your opponent was Neel’s Father, the Volcanic Monarch]

Hearing that made Fil remember those events so responded with,

“Really? I thought that it was a year ago… man that Neel’s old man sure can put up a fight hehe… at first he wouldn’t let me take Neel but after the fight he almost look like a tame dog HAHA!”

[Of course, anyone would act like that after picking a fight with you and you even threatened him that you will destroy his world, anyone will get scared of that]

While deciding on what to wear, Fil just laugh while hearing MINFI’s words. Then after five minutes he stumbled upon a black suit that looks like an Americano. This is the first time that he saw the clothes so he asks MINFI for she handles all the gifts and treasure that lands on Fil’s ⸢STORAGE⸥.

“MINFI look at this one, do you know where I got this?? It seems like it was from a science-fiction-based system world for me but up until now, we haven’t been to one of those”

After looking carefully at the suit, MINFI came into one conclusion.

[Young master, isn’t this one of the lord supremacy’s parting gift to you??]

“Ah… I see… I thought all the clothes he gave me are all just Romanian clothes or God’s clothes but he seems to know my taste hmm! Thanks, old man!”

 With that, a lightning strikes Fil even though they are inside the inn. The strike made him look like a burnt fish.

“I’m sorry… I meant “Grandpa” not old man hehe…”

Seeing Fil inn such a state made MINFI laugh hard while claiming that she hasn’t seen that scene in ages since they descended three years ago.

After changing, Fil finally went down and meet with Tren and the others. They were astonished with what Fil’s wearing, raising questions like “What are those clothes sir Fil??? This is the first time that I’ve saw one!!”

Fil just responded on them with a,

“It’s one of my family’s heirloom, it has an anti-magic spell cast on it so I figured that it will be beneficial for me to wear it when I go to the tournament *grin*”

It is neither cool nor lame for Tren and the others, the term that they can only think of is weird for those clothes is very foreign to them. But when Fil said that it is a family heirloom they didn’t pry anymore because they thought that it would be an act of rudeness.

With that, they went into the arena where almost all the citizen of the capital is gathering. They went to their separated ways; Fil and MINFI went to the participants line while Tren and his party went to the audience line. After a while they all entered the arena. Tren and the others got a reservation at the tenth row of the seats. A pretty decent seat where you can clearly see the battle that will soon commence.

Upon entering, Fil saw a protective barrier encircling the inside of the arena. This barrier is for the protection of the audience for when an unexpected scenario happens like magic spells being altered, going out of control or flying debris that can hurt the innocent, and majority of them are just normal citizen.

Furthermore, on the uppermost part of the arena, he saw seven special seats which he deems to be for the royal family and high-ranking officials of the kingdom. He then gives MINFI his command.

“MINFI when the people walk out of that passage at the top and seated on those fancy chairs, I want you to conduct an analysis on all of them. The key might be one of them”

[Okay, as you wish young master, you will just be compensated this with a lot of treats later]

“Sigh! You know I already told you this a countless times but you really will get fa-“

*Menacing*

“Alright, alright geez! Don’t blame me when that happens okay?”

[Hmph!]

The entire inside of the arena is very wide, there are a total of four round rings in it. This gave Fil the idea that the elimination round will be a battle royale.

“It will be a less pain in the ass if that is really it HAHA! I just need to keep a low profile while eliminating the others”

At the center of the arena surrounded by the four rings lies a podium and while the audience is busy finding their seats and while the participants is busy warming up. A man approaches the podium.

Victor G. Vermundo.

He is widely known as the youngest captain of the knights. At the age of eighteen, he gains the approval of sire Gilbert Glacier himself to appoint him as the captain of the first division of the royal knights. Even though it has only been a few months since his promotion, he already gains an ample of achievements and recognitions as a captain not mentioning he is already quite famous before he became a captain. He is also an S-rank adventurer with the title of “Dual Blade” and is very famous in completing many difficult quests since he was at the young age of sixteen.

Now, he gains the approval of her majesty the queen, to be the announcer of the tournament. But due to this, he lost the ability to participate and display his skills towards the audiences and the most regrettable thing he heard right now is that the news from sire Gilbert that the princess herself will participate, although the information is not yet publicly announced yet.

“It’s not liked every day I get the chance to challenge the princess… sigh! This was my chance to prove to her that I’m the worthiest man to marry her and yet I was blinded by this opportunity… sigh! Well, might as well give my best as an announcer!

Without further ado, he began his announcement.

“Ehem!”

Using a magic device that amplified the voice with how much magic you pour on it sends the attention of all the people in the arena towards Victor.

“To everyone here today! A very pleasant morning to you all, my name is Victor G. Laban and I

will be you announcer throughout the tournament!”

Hearing those words made the audience to put up a lot of comments such as:

“Hey! Isn’t that the youngest captain in history?? Who was just promoted a few months ago and yet he almost achieves many feats comparable to years of achievements of the other captains??”

“Yeah, that’s him, his also known as “Dual blade Victor” and he was also an S-rank adventurer before he became a knight a few years ago”

“Kyahh! It’s victor-sama!!! Marry me please!!!!”

“Victor-sama you’re as handsome as always kyaaaahhh!!!!”

Hearing those words made Fil somewhat uncomfortable.

“Egh… I’m pretty sure the one who said the handsome part is a dude……???”

Victor continue his announcement of the rules of the tournament.

“I know that many of you is wandering why there are four rings prepared today… well this is because of the elimination round!

The elimination round will be a battle royale and the participants will be divided into four groups which are groups A, B, C, and D!

The participant’s number will decide which group he or she will fall in to. There a total of four hundred participants today and with that the first one hundred will be the group A and the next hundred will be the group B and so on and so forth! Am I clear??

The participants responded by making a loud war cry.

The battle royal will have a time limit of one hora and the remaining eight participants will be the ones to proceed into the main tournament!”

*Whoooooaaah!!!*

The audience’s combine voices overwhelmed the whole arena. This means that they are all looking forward to the outcome of the battle royale.

Before officially starting the tournament, Victor added something.

“As you all know, this tournament is directly supported by her majesty the queen and her subordinates! and today she will bless us with her presence!”

*Whooooaaaahh!!!*

The crowd went wild again while saying things such as:

“I-I-I-I-I can’t believe it!!! Her majesty herself will watch the tournament!! This is such a lucky opportunity!!”

“I only got a glimpse of her majesty a decade ago when her husband sire Albert’s funeral was held and I was not given the opportunity up until now!”

“Kyaaah!! I heard that seeing her majesty’s majestic beauty is enough to cleanse your soul!!”

“Ahhh!!! Her majesty!!! This is truly a gift from Luminous-sama herself!”

After hearing those comments and remarks made Fil to realize that the meat vendor named Laurence that he met back at Crysty village is not the only die-hard fan of the royal family but in fact, almost all the people of the kingdom is.

With that, a group of people walks out the upper most passage of the arena and seated on the fancy chairs in front of it. They all seated from both ends of the arrangement and leave the center towards the woman in dazzling dress that is slowly approaching it.

Victoria Elizabeth Glacier IV.

The current reigning queen of Glacier kingdom. She seated the throne two decades ago and with that, Glacier’s golden era began, with the rise of many opportunities made the citizens to acquire jobs and the number of jobless dramatically decrease over the years, she also purges almost all the corrupt nobles and officials and abolishes the s*****y system over the whole continent and punish all those who commits discrimination over the other races. Since then, Glacier has been known as a eutopia by all the other races and not just humans, which makes it very popular and attracted millions of tourists every year. These numbers are more than enough to attract many merchants to establish their business within the kingdom. Thus, making the whole kingdom bloom even more. This is one of the reasons why all the people love the queen.

This is also one the reason why Fil is not showing any hostility of destroying Berg not only because one of the keys is in here. The negative energy in this kingdom is very thin and do not pose a threat of becoming a balance breaker.

Anyway, upon reaching her seat, the queen raises her right hand demanding silent which was quickly given by the audience.

“My dear citizen, I am here today to express to you my outmost gratitude towards the trust that you gave me over the years, I am truly thankful. I hosted this tournament today upon the request of my daughter, princess Fionna Liz Glacier! And she just told me that she herself will participate in this tournament”

*Swoosh!*

“Baaam!*

-My goodness! This daughter of mine… sigh! Wonder where did she gets that attitude of hers… is it from me?? or is it from her father??-

A person jumps from the queen’s position into one of the rings where group A is assigned.

It was the princess! She is wearing a jet-black full body armor which cover her entire appearance. She is wielding a jet-black thin sword that looks like a big needle.

“Look! It’s the princess!!! Whaaaaaah!!!!!”

“Princess FIONNA!!!!!”

A series of shouts and screams cover the whole place as the princess approaches Victor to grab his voice amplifier because she wants to say something.

“P-princess!! …I can’t believe you just jumps from that height!”

With her sweet voice she replied.

“Victor huh?? No need to worry, as long as I am wearing “Black tortoise” (the name of the armor), a shock from that height is nothing… now, can you hand over that thing you’re holding, I want to make an announcement”

“I see… here you go princess”

-I can’t believe she’s wearing the black tortoise! The last time she wears this that is when we repel the Invincible Basilisk…! This can only mean one thing! Something comparable to that of a calamity beast is threating the kingdom and this tournament is her way to gather strong companions… tsk! I really regret not being able to join now! Well, she will surely ask me to join her at the end because from what I can see, only a very few in these participants can rival me in strength-

Having thought so, Victor washes away his regret and just wait for the princess’ announcement.

“Everyone, thank you for coming here today, as my mother previously said, I myself will participate in this tournament! Because I want to know if there is someone in this kingdom that can give me a decent fight”

From those bold words, one can say that the princess is very confident in here abilities which is already proven to the whole continent over the years.

[She sure is confident, isn’t she young master??]

“Y-yeah… well at least her confidence has some basis… her mana is denser than anyone on this arena

By the way MINFI, did you already start already the analysis on those who are seated above??”

[Yes, young master… there are a total of seven people on that location, with them, there are four men and three women including the queen… I am currently scanning the fat one on the further left and… well I can say that his blood is not very healthy, does he have a diabetes or something??]

“Scratch that, just focus on what I’ve told you, and if I were to face this princess in the future, I will personally check if she is the key or not *smirk*”

[Yes, young master… good luck with that]

“You should stand back now and find Tren and the others while continuing your analysis”

With that, MINFI went invisible and find Jessica and the others… after a few moments, she located them and undo her invisibility and jumps on Jessica’s lap.

“Ow! MINFI-chan! What are you doing here???”

[The young master said that I should be on your side for the moment because I might get hurt when the tournament starts]

“Is that so?? Then let us cheer for him together”

[Fumu…]

Before the princess pass on the voice amplifier to Victor, she said something to spice things up. 

“The ones who will be able to get into the semi-finals will receive a handsome reward! so I want everyone to give your all as if your life depends on it!”

Fil was not triggered by it because the only reason he entered the tournament is to get close to the royal family.

And so, the tournament officially started. Fil was put on group B, and since the princess is considered as the 401st participant, she was put on group D.

Everyone on block D is tense towards the presence of the princess not to mention that the armor she is wearing is widely known throughout the kingdom as the unbreakable armor. Even the claws of one the calamity beasts cannot destroy its defense but can only scratch it. The black armor is made up of otherworldly metal which is known to be the embodiment of sturdy… well at least to Berg.

“The battle royale will commence after the third bell! Now everyone, be ready!”

*Gong!*

*Gong…!*

*Gong……!*

“Battle starrrrttt!!!!”

-Good luck princess… well not that you need it hehe..-

At first, the battle that is seen from the four rings looks like a riot because of the numbers of participants. But as time pass by, the fights became clearer for the audience.

In the VIP seats, sire Gilbert is seated at the right side of the queen, while her son, prince Jake is in her right. There sire Gilbert raise a question.

“Your majesty… when will you tell them that matter of the white lion??”

Queen Victoria looks at the four rings and replied with,

“Patience my brother, I am still grasping the abilities of these participants. Although Fionna is there to personally check, I still want to gauge them with my own perception”

With a moment of silent, sire Gilbert return his gaze toward the four rings and replied.

“I see…”

Meanwhile, Jake is feeling slight tightness in his chest for the last three days. The tightness is occurring more recently.

-After I went back from the market, my chest hurt!

Did I eat something weird?? No, I didn’t even get a chance to eat during that day and the only thing that I can consider weird on that day is that gluttonous woman, MINFI hehe… but being with her was fun! –

The queen notices that jake is gripping his chest a lot lately so she asks him.

“Jake dear, are you alright??”

With a smile jake replied.

“Hehe… I’m fine mother, it’s just the usual symptoms I feel everyday”

“Is that so? Well then, if you feel something unusual just tell me, okay?”

“Yes, I promise… mother”

In front, the queen just pretends to not notice it but the truth is, Fionna already filled her the details of what is going on Jake’s body.

-Fionna told me the fruit of her investigation throughout the years and she found out that Vesta is not healing Jake, but instead, he put something in him! We cannot act until we confirm what it is because it might cost us my son’s life. One thing’s for sure, Vesta is an enemy and the fact that he is not here today might be connected to the sudden disturbance towards the white lion.

A week ago, I can sense that his reason for not attending the emergency meeting is all made up stories and now that I think about it, that is also the day that the white lion was disturb… was he the one who did it??

That might be impossible, he might be well verse in magic but he can only put it on healing and his physical strength is only comparable to that of an A-rank adventurer or a vice-captain of the royal knights!

Whatever his planning will soon be reveal after all this-

While the queen is thinking about the Vesta matter. Half of the time limit has already pass and the number of warriors within each ring is only one fourth since the tournament started.

At group B where Fill is, only has fifteen remaining warriors. Although his group has the least remaining participants, he did not contribute in eliminating the rest, he just hides the whole time and avoided a fight with anyone. The reason? He is having a hard time sensing Regulus’s presence.

-Reg’s presence in the past few days is getting dimmer and dimmer, and just now it is on the verge of vanishing… did he get beaten?? If yes, then this will become more interesting…!

Anyway, I will continue to observe Reg’s situation and since his not dead yet, I guess that he is still fighting and besides, there are only fifteen of us left here. Avoiding a fight will be impossible now.

Oh well, might as well warm myself up-

Having thought so, Fil started his move. There are ten men Fil included and five women in total at group B, and Fil is quite the feminist so he first targeted the guy nearest to him. And within an instant, that guy has fallen unconscious. No one at the group B notice what happen and within the arena, only the royal family seems to feel Fil’s aura.

“Your majesty, there seem to be one interesting guy at group B”

 Sire Gilbert told the queen and the queen agreed with his claim.

“Yeah, I felt that too, it was feint but I’m sure it came from there,

Isn’t that right Jake my dear? You’ve felt it too, right??”

With a confused look, Jake only responded with a nod and a simple “mmm”

-Wh-what’s was that?? The moment I’ve felt that presence, the tightness on my chest seems to have vanish for a moment-

That thought filled Jakes mind as he focuses on the nearing results of the battle royale.

Meanwhile, back at the group D, the princess seems to notice also what Fil just did, and unlike the queen and the others, she has seen Fil, did it.

-That guy, in the blink of an eye, he taps that big guy’s neck that render him unconscious… *grin*

Now there is someone to look forward to hahahaha…-

The time remaining is fifteen minutes and all the groups has met the required number of participants.

At group A, the ones left are three men and five women. At group B, there are an equal number of men and women. At group C, all were men, and at group D, only the princess is the woman.

After determining the names of the ones that won the battle royale, Victor suggested them to wait at the participants corner to rest and recover their strength as soon as possible. He told them that a bracket will be shown where all their names is listed at the bottom, and the names that connect to the same branch are the ones that will face each other.

After an hour of rest, the names have finally been shown towards the masses. Fil was hoping to face the princess at the beginning but sadly, it didn’t happen. The one facing Fil is a very large man name, Bryan Bear while the opponent of the princess it the sole woman of group C, her name is Cecil Brook.

The first battle is between survivors of group A while Fil’s battle is at the third round while the princess is at the fourth round. There are a total of sixteen battles, given that a total of thirty-two participants remains. Each battle also has a time limit of ten minutes.

Tren and the others is so happy that Fil manage to get on to the main tournament. While MINFI is at the middle of analyzing the queen.

[CHAPTER END.]