Of the following matches that took place after Hilda's... the most notable ones that drew the attention of all the audience were naturally those involving, Arran, Renee, Daphne, and others like Theodore 'End' Snatch, his friend sable, and the rest who were on the seeded participant list.
Whenever either of these people was called on stage to fight, the crowd would be whipped into a frenzy as they let off cheers and wild calls of support and excitement. Judging from all this, it was adequately clear just how popular these participants were.
In the same vein, the opponents of these popular participants were faced with a lot of pressure. Having to face an opponent whose strength was known widely and acknowledged without any support from the audience. It was as if they had already suffered defeat before even stepping on the stage.
In this match, although things were not as interesting or as intense as the first round of the tournament had been, the audience had stil
Nobody had expected Joyner Wellington to lose and in such a terrible fashion, too. Not only was Joyner's defeat at the hands of Carrum completely unexpected, but the manner in which he had lost... the way Carrum had defeated him completely baffled the audience.As a popular figure among the Aeth younger generation, Joyner's more iconic abilities were known to almost everybody. Of all of Joyner's abilities that were publicly recognized, there was one particular ability of his that was the most popular.This particular ability was like a symbol of Joyner Wellington.This ability was not only a symbol of Joyner's identity but it was also a signature move of his that made up his entire combat method, much like how Renee's signature ability was the Inch Transversal divine skill.This ability was known as Obscure Shadow and it was a veritably powerful ability that could grant Joyner a brief period of invincibility, where he was able to ignore all attacks by let
The match between Carrum and Joyner Wellington had been short but full of exciting moments. With overwhelming power, Carrum completely suppressed Joyner to the extent that he was not able to retaliate at all. Still, even though Joyner could not find the chance to attack Carrum, Carrum was still a long way from being a total threat to Joyner.With the powerful evasive capabilities granted by the Obscure Shadow ability, Joyner was still able to remain unscathed, even after facing Carrum's powerful destructive attacks for a few minutes.Right now, it was not clear who had the upper hand between Joyner and Carrum, as both of them were following their own pace. Everybody knew that the Obscure Shadow ability was very powerful and could let Joyner ignore any attacks aimed at him. But what nobody knew was what kind of costs were associated with this ability.It was not clear how long Joyner could keep on ignoring Carrum's attacks. For all the audience knew, Joyner may e
Nobody had expected Joyner Wellington to lose, nor was it expected that he would lose in such an absolute and miserable fashion.When Joyner had been defeated, he had not even known how it had happened. Joyner did not even have the time to react before it was all over.With Joyner collapsed on the stage, the match had effectively ended and everybody was stunned.There was no movement from the audience at all as the venue of the final round fell into silence.But just when it seemed like this was how things were going to end, suddenly, something even more unexpected and outrageous happened.Carrum, who had just defeated Joyner, had been standing solemnly on the stage a hundred meters away from Joyner and he had not made any other moves after that. But suddenly, as if Carrum had been overcome by a wave of madness, eerie dark green flames as black as night suddenly erupted from all over his body.Like a person who had been possessed by the devi
On the floating platform where the rulers, as well as the council members, were seated.Everybody present here looked at Carrum's retreating figure as he made his way back to the participants' viewing stage. As they all looked at him, there was an unexplainable look in each of their eyes, and everybody had their own thoughts about Carrum.There was silence on the platform for a brief moment, but eventually, the first person to speak was the Enlightened Old Immortal."Sigh!""It's a shame that such a promising young man had succumbed to the temptation of the shades. Right now, his future is lost and there is no hope of saving him anymore.""Indeed, it is such a pity..." Councilman Taylor agreed."This is as much a failure on our part for not protecting our people well as it is his for giving in to temptation," he said.Councilwoman Alyss, who had been quiet for the most part throughout the entire ceremony, suddenly scoffed as she said.
On the stage...Arran and Brianna stood across from each other. They both stared at the other with different feelings in their hearts.Right now, both Arran and Brianna were overwhelmed with feelings. Of the two of them, Brianna was the one who was feeling the most pressure.A sense of trepidation overcame Brianna as she registered the kind of situation she was in.Looking at Arran, who was standing on the stage calmly like he always did, the pressure that Brianna felt in her heart seemed to increase even more.Feeling her body tremble lightly, Brianna did not know what she should do.As Brianna was standing motionless on the stage, she suddenly heard Arran speak.Arran asked her, "How are you feeling... nervous?"Brianna was surprised when Arran suddenly talked to her like that.Thinking about his question, Brianna had to admit that she was really nervous at the moment. It was pretty obvious from the fact that it seemed
Brianna took out her Ice Crystal Dagger and held it tightly in her hand as she got ready to fight. Looking at Arran, who was standing opposite her, Brianna took in a deep breath to calm down.In the next moment, Brianna shot towards Arran like a rocket.Knowing that she was weaker than Arran, Brianna wanted to get the upper hand by attacking first. This way, she wouldn't be in a passive position in this fight.The two of them had not been standing far away from each other. Brianna was able to close the distance between them in a single heartbeat.Clang!There was the sound of metal clashing against each other as Arran and Brianna clashed. immediately, the battle between the both of them became heated.Brianna was boldly waving her Ice Crystal Dagger around as she attacked Arran.Sticking close to Arran, Brianna displayed excellent skills with her dagger. With every stab of Brianna's dagger, she aimed for Arran's blind spots. Her metho
Arran was frozen solid into a large block of ice. This was a very shocking development! the audience could not believe that this was the outcome of the clash between Arran and Brianna.It should be known that ever since Arran participated in this tournament, this was actually the first time that anybody had seen him suffer any damage.In all of Arran's previous fights, he had always seemed so relaxed and laid back and his battles had been done with ease. No matter what sort of abilities of skill Arran's previous opponents had used, he had always seemed to take it all in stride... never being forced to a corner or go all out.Even in the previous elimination rounds of the chosen ceremony, Arran had not really suffered much damage before.The closest Arran had come to use his full power was when he had been facing the undead skeleton during the third elimination round. That time was the only time that Arran had ever been made to go all out and even then, Ar
Shooting towards Arran. Brianna's heart was apprehensive. When Brianna had first seen Arran extending his wings in the sky, she had thought he was going to take off and avoid battling head-on with her. This was the one situation that Brianna wanted to see in the least.Still, it wouldn't have mattered all that much.At the end of the day, Brianna would still have been able to engage Arran, only it would have been much more troublesome to do so. Also, with the little time she had to use her transformation, Brianna wouldn't have been able to deal substantial damage to Arran at all.In the first place, Brianna was not expecting to win this battle with Arran. Her only aim was that she should be able to cause enough trouble for him... you know, get a few good hits in so that it wouldn't look like she had done anything at all.Some might consider Brianna's actions to be extremely foolish. If she already knew that she was no match for Arran, why then did she ins