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
"So that's how it is, eh! This Chad guy has such an interesting ability. No wonder Renee was injured as soon as she flashed straight towards his side. Knowing that Renee was able to close a lot of distance in an instant, he must have set up a lot of those invisible blades around him in a tight net as a trap for her to walk into. It's surprising how Renee was only able to come out of that situation with only a small cut on her arm.""Still, there is a problem... something I don't understand. How is it that Chad is able to create such perfectly concealed hidden weapons in the air without any of us noticing at all?""I mean, if it's just creating invisible blades in the air, how is it that it doesn't create any fluctuations in the air as it moves. At the very least, something solid enough to cut should leave some traces as it moves and cuts through the air, right? The airflow from that alone, no matter how slight, should not be able to escape the senses of so many partici
The progress of the battle suddenly changed, and Renee fell into a desperate situation.Right now, Renee was caught in the midst of a massive storm, and everywhere around her was covered with giant wind blades of varying sizes. At the center of this storm was chad who was using it as a cover to stop Renee's advance towards him.Chad's ability was the ability to perfectly control wind and air. He was able to shape the wind and air into different forms based on his needs and, depending on the situation, he could imbue the wind and air with special characteristics.One of these characteristics was the ability to hide any and all traces of the wind, making it undetectable to others.The principle behind Chad's invisible wind blades was that he could condense the wind or air into solid form, giving it a transparency that was hard to distinguish from the surroundings. At the same time, he was able to erase any signs of its movement through the air. This was how
The battle ended just like that, and the winner was decided...Just as everybody had expected, at the end of the battle, Renee was declared as the victor. There was no suspense there, although the process leading up to Renee's victory was not as most people had expected it to go.Although it could be said that this result was inevitable, Chad, Renee's opponent, still put up a very good struggle. Nobody would be able to fault his performance in this battle at all.It could be said that all his strategies which were targeted at Renee... all his battle maneuvers, as well as the very nature of his abilities itself, put some pressure on Renee he likes of which no one had ever expected.Among all of Renee's opponents, there might not be anyone who would be able to push Renee to this extent, as Chad had done.Nay... even if there was, they might not be able to make it as entertaining as this fight had been. The only thing that was dissatisfying about the
The first match of the final round of the chosen ceremony had finally come to an end.Renee became the winner and she would move on to the next round of the tournament while her opponent, Chad, was eliminated. His journey in this ceremony ends here.After the match had ended, Renee made her way back towards where Arran, Brianna, and Daphne were standing. There was a confident and laid-back smile on Renee's face as she made her way back.When Renee finally reached Arran and the girls, she immediately asked, "So... how did you see my battle? It was good, right?"Arran nodded his head slowly as he replied to Renee in a slow drawl."Sure, you did well. I had no doubt you would win. Still, it wasn't what I had expected as well. I had thought you would end the battle in an instant. Instead, you let it drag on for longer than was needed. I don't know if you were playing with your opponent or something, but if this is how you're going to perform for the re
"The thing that makes Hillary Quinn very terrifying is her ability..."Renee had a dark look on her face as she said this as if she was remembering a painful memory. It had to be said that whatever ability that Hillary had, the memory of it was enough to put Renee in a solemn mood.It had to be one hell of an ability...Renee continued, "Hillary has the ability to induce certain conditions akin to poison on the body of her opponents.""Her body is able to secrete certain special enzymes into the air in a gaseous state, which will spread rapidly through the air. In normal cases, this ability can be very harmless and with the physique of warriors it would have most make them dizzy or weak a little, but Hillary's ability went through a certain mutation during birth. Now her ability can directly induce different ailments on her opponents.""The effects of the ability can greatly differ depending on how the body reacts to Hillary's ability, but one thin