Chapter 76: Summer cup second day round two (Part 1)
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The story takes place while Kaede’s team is having a break and waiting for the semi-finals to come. The competitors and spectators are still hyped up to the action happening. The first day ended and five guilds advance to the next stage. Battle in round five and the creative use of skills made the other players improve better in their fights.
“Hello everyone! I’m your announcer! The ever-cute and the creator of this game Alice Harusaki… Many things already happened the but the action continues. Six battles are already passed including yesterday. Unfortunately for the other six losers. They won’t compete anymore. But no need to be sad. From the grace of our sponsors and me. They will get a consolation prize money and in-game rewards.”
Everyone cheered up at Alice's announcement. Some players just cheered up seeing Alice smiling at them like a pop sensation. Because of her face reveal, she started to have many followers and became popular overnight.
No one ever the creator of Fantasy world online was a cute girl. Everyone just thinks that the creator was an old man deadbeat developer who has their age coming on him.
“Alice so cute!”
“Let me kiss your foot!”
“Alice! Alice! Alice!”
Alice fans' voices rise from the side of the square park. Alice who heard this got a feeling of uneasiness for some reason. She pretend that she didn’t hear the inappropriate part.
“It’s getting lively out here… But let's not go further ado. The second day round two will start!”
The players competing for the second day second round was teleported to the white room with the giant cat figure for the toss coin. On the right side of the white cat. Groud of an unknown player called RedNight Guild. Their leader was a man wearing black shades. On his hand was a long sword taller than him. There is not much expression shown on his face. On the left side of the white cat was the guild who commander 100 players from the last battle island event Player Kobato and her maid assistant played the role of all-rounder mage Sena.
“Since you we’re child… I’m giving you the right to choose the battlefield.”
“Are you belittling me? I’m the champion of the wild card event. I demand a fair and square fight. No need for hesitation.”
Kobato replied.
“Hesitation is not in our dictionary. No need to worry about that. No matter what battlefield you choose. Victory is ours.”
The man with a long sword said with his confident tone. It was like he knows that his telling nothing but fact.
Kobato hearing his voice further irritated her.
“My lady please don’t lose composure… His using a mind tactic.”
“I know that… This man’s tone just rubs me in the wrong way… I wasn’t the player I was before… Fine, I’m picking the most simple battlefield available. I’m picking the Wetlands.”
[Battle stadium: Wetlands.]
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Witchcraft Guild:
1. Kobato level 85
2. Sena level 89
3. Tenjou level 80
4. Bloodray level 84
5. Midlock level 81
RedNight Guild:
1. Licht level 124
2. Guildarts level 130
3. Natsu level 100
4. Danica level 103
5. Tempest level 145
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“Wait their level have a huge gap… Is this a m******e? Also, the Witchcraft has all girls on it. Another team is on over hundreds of levels.”
“Well, Kobato is a strong mage said rumors.”
“Wait, she is the one who hires hundreds of players to join her guild in the battle event. She’s only strong because she has lots of people with her. Bad luck hits her when she stumbles upon Kaede. Kaede defeats hundreds of players on her own.”
“Kaede sure is amazing… But it's odd now. Kobato doesn’t have 100 players with her anymore. Does that mean she got stronger?”
“Who knows?”
“The battle event just happened last month. Getting stronger with just three weeks is near impossible.”
“We can’t say that for sure… Witchcraft guild is the champion in the wild card tournament held to join the summer cup. That was a statement of her strength.”
“We really can’t belittle some players. Kaede has a cute face, but she is the Sword demon. I still remember when I lost to her in the battle royal event six months ago. Kaede was still a novice. But powerful enough to take down everyone.”
“Same here, I’ve killed my Kaede’s one-hit sword.”
Bad memories flashback to their minds.
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Each team was transported to the battlefield. The wetlands are the simple battlefield. A horizon nothing but flat surface and wet tall grass reaching Kobato’s belly.
On this battlefield. There is nothing to hide. Everyone was exposed to each other.
“That kid wasn’t joking around… She said she picked the simplest map… But in reality, this map is the map where their team is in the most advantage.”
Licht muttered.
“Ultimate skill: Earth seal!” Chanted Midlock.
Rednight guilds are all trapped inside a rock wall that suddenly appeared in all directions. The rock wall towers at a height of 50 meters tall. The skill setup was too fast. They didn’t make it out.
Witchcraft followed their attack with another skill.
“Ultimate skill: Meteor fall!” Cast Bloodray.
Above the sky, a giant blazing rock was falling in extreme velocity. Witchcraft Guild is not playing around. They will strike their opponent with all that they got without hesitation.
“Ultimate skill: Earth divider!”
A huge blade sliced the meteor in half. It was then destroyed and disappeared in thin air. The one who destroy the giant meteor was the man with black shades and a long sword named Licht. Followed by it, he then destroyed the rock walls surrounding them.
“Cheap tricks won’t have any effect on us.”
Licht said to Kobato, but Kobato smirks as she has planned is her first plan didn’t succeed.
Moving on a flash, Player Tenjou appeared behind Licht. Licht realized this and immediately blocked the Sword attack going on his head.
“?!”
“...”
Tenjou pulled another blade from her waist. While her right hand occupied. She used her left hand to strike Lich toward his eyes. It was stopped with Licht grabbing her feet.
“...”
Tenjou opened her mouth and inside revealing a small knife. She split out to Licht’s. It small knife penetrated Licht’s right eye.
“Arrrgggghh!” Licht cries in pain.
“Get away from Licht!”
A young sword player strikes Tenjou away from Licht. The name was named Natsu. After taking out Tenjou away. He faced Tenjou and attacked her with his blazing sword.
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People spectating the happening were speechless in how fast Tenjou managed to take out the sense of vision of their opponent. Tenjou remained silent and did not talk after her marvelous act. Her face remains emotionless and her eye is hollowed.
“What kind of player puts knife on her mouth?”
“She is very unusual.”
“Still, she’s pretty cute right?”
“I guess, you have hots for weird girls.”
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“His too confident… Tenjou is a perfect killing machine. In this world and the real world. Her sense of emotion is already taken out on her. She Just goes living with her master's orders… I think Tenjou a s poor pitiful girl.”
Sena said.
“That’s why I saved her from grandfather. Grandfather always have enemies and people he wanted to be killed. He has a personal assassin trained for him. Tenjou is one of them. She is from a family of killers. From the very young age of two, she learns to hold a killing knife. At the age of four, she gets her first kill. She was trained to become a perfect killing machine to protect me in the future. In her mind, nothing is more important than me… But that inhumane act must be stopped. I want Tenjou to become a normal kid like me and experience any kind of fun stuff. But her killing talent will be wasted. I’ll put it to use here in this game.”
Kobato said as she observe Tenjou from afar.
“Sorry my lady, but I think my lady is not a normal kid at all.”
Sena commented and put her hand on her mouth. Teasing Kobato.
“Grrr…”
Kobato was upset because it was true.
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