Five minutes after all the participants had woken up from the illusion, finally, there was a response from the officials of the ceremony.
Just as everybody in the pavilion was waiting for something to happen, suddenly, the lights in the pavilion dimmed a little and a holographic virtual projection appeared in the air above the participants.
In this projection, the figure of councilman homer could be seen. He was standing on a small raised platform overlooking the purple storm clouds above and behind him in the backdrop. One could vaguely see a few other figures that were hidden in the dark.
Councilman Homer had a smile on his face as he looked at all the remaining participants on the other side of the projection and there was a gratified and proud look in his eyes.
Smiling slightly, Councilman Homer started addressing every participant in the pavilion.
"Good day to you, fine ladies and gentlemen, and congratulations on making it this far. It gladde
Stepping out of the light, the first thing that came to Arran's senses was the loud sounds of cheers and applause.The cacophony of various sounds that assaulted Arran's senses was like a mishmash of different dials on the tv turning on and off and switching from one channel to another in his head. For a moment there, Arran could not adjust to the sudden stimulation to his senses and he felt himself feeling dizzy.It was only after a few seconds of taking deep breaths that Arran was finally able to adjust. That was when he noticed that Brianna had been shaking his hands gently and was looking at him with concern.Not only her, Renee, and Daphne were also looking at him weirdly and they seemed to be asking if he was okay with their eyes.Knowing that he had made them worry about him, Arran quickly said to them, "It's okay girls, I'm fine. Just felt a little dizzy.""Are you sure you're fine?" Brianna asked."Yes, I'm really fine..." Arran rea
Just as Arran and Renee were discussing, once more, another holographic projection of Councilman Homer appeared over the stage.This time, apart from showing only Councilman Homer, there was also a holographic board with all the one hundred and seventeen names of the participants present written on it. It was right there beside the projection of Councilman Homer hovering above the heads of the participants on the stage.Speaking of the stage, currently, it was floating in the air above a small floating island of no more than 30000 sq meters. It was from this small island that Arran and the rest of the participants came out from underground.It had to be said that compared to all the giant floating islands that Arran had seen since coming to the aeth mother planet, this was the smallest he had ever seen.Right now, above this island, apart from the stage where Arran and the rest of the participants were standing, there were also numerous viewing stages flo
One by one, the rest of the participants went up to the crystalline box. Putting their hands inside it, they each drew their own lots and came out with a number before going back to stand at their original location.Arran also followed suit.Putting his hand inside the box, Arran felt something with his hand that felt like a tile that was used to play scrabble. Knowing that there was no point trying to select a specific number, Arran just picked one of the tiles randomly.Bringing his hand out of the box, Arran then felt that tile melt in his hand before a number was imprinted on his plan with black ink.Arran took a look at the number he had gotten and he found out that he had gotten the number seven."Hmm... not bad," Arran commented.Seven was a lucky number, at least it was to Arran, so he felt that he had drawn a good number.Walking back to his original position, Arran waited until the girls were done before coming back. At the
"Hmm... the two of them have already met? When was this?""Actually, forget it. That's not important. What really matters right now is what happened between them. Tell us exactly and do not leave anything out." The figure commanded."Yes, your grace." Councilman Homer replied, and then he immediately went ahead to explain what had happened when Arran and Carrum had met each other the first time during the second elimination round. There was even a recording of that time and the seven figures slowly watched it as they listened to councilman homer speak.When Councilman Homer was finally done explaining everything that had happened, he finally went silent and waited for further orders on what to do regarding Arran and Carrum.He wanted to know if they should move the plan forward and bring Carrum in or promptly remove Arran from the ceremony for his own protection.After all, Arran was still an important person of interest that the council was monito
Everybody was done drawing their lot and each person already had a number tattooed on their palm. It was with this number that the participants would know the order in which they would fight.After everything was done, the image of Councilman Homer once again showed up above the stage and he quickly addressed everybody."Now, all of you have already picked a number. It is now time for you all to know who you will be fighting.""If you look at the screen, the numbers representing you will be shuffled together and according to what you see, that will e who you will be fighting. The order of the fight will also be determined randomly, so good luck everybody. As soon as this is done, we will immediately begin. Those whose turn it is not yet to fight, you should move to the resting stage behind you to await your turn."Once Councilman Homer finished speaking, his image once again vanished and another image showing a board appeared.On this image, the bo
Renee stood on the stage and across from her was her opponent.Her opponent was a very slim and very tall man who stood at a height of about 190cm. He had a mess of brown blown-out hair and brown eyes and he resembled your typical everyday chum you could see walking down the street.This man and Arran shared a few similarities in their build, like having almost the same height and body shape, but as far as similarities go, that was as far as he got with Arran.This man, apart from being usually tall and slim, was not remarkable in any way.He had one of those faces that always looked familiar to you and at the same time, it was easy to forget him once you took your eyes off him. He was just like an average everyday joe you meet in life. But don't underestimate him because of his looks. Anybody that is able to make it up to this stage was not a simple person at all.To be able to make it to this stage, one had to step on the bodies of others figurat
There was a slight uproar among those that knew about Renee.In limited circles, Renee was known as The One-Inch Killer Queen. This name came about due to her rasp of the popular space divine skill, Inch traversal.Of all the people that had ever studied this skill, Renee was one of the few that had grasped it to a limited degree. Using her limited achievement in practicing this skill, Renee had integrated it fully into her fighting style to the point that it has become a signature move of hers.Anybody that knew Renee knew that when it comes to fighting her, the first thing you should do was to put as much distance as possible between yourself and her becomes when it came to Renee. The distance was irrelevant.She could cross distances to get to her opponent as if she were merely one inch away from them.This was a very terrifying ability, coupled with her excellent assassination abilities. Renee was a force to be reckoned with in battle.S
The One-Inch Killer Queen was injured and bleeding...This sudden turn of events left people shocked and dumbfounded. They couldn't understand how the once invincible assassin in their hearts had gotten into such a sorry state.Just as the participants were looking at Renee, whose right sleeve was torn and from which bright red blood was leaking and dropping onto the stage, they finally turned to the person who had made this possible.That person was Chad...In the hearts of some of the participants who had not thought much of this battle, they started to look at the match and even Chad himself with different eyes.It was like suddenly; they were seeing things differently and they finally had hope in their hearts that the once invincible legend of the assassin One-Inch Killer Queen would be broken on this stage.Anticipation was building up outside the stage as people were looking for a miracle to occur, but on stage, things were going a who