The fourth round was a one on one match between the participants.To Ulmer’s luck, his opponent was Mobel, the knight he first met after coming to this city.“Aren’t I lucky?” Ulmer said.Mobel did not look that confident, but he said, “For Lord Dracarius, I will defeat you.”“Because of Dracarius, I will also beat the shit out of you,” Ulmer told him. “I’ve heard a lot of bad things that he does, you see. I have no respect for such a crooked man. Since you work for him, I am not going to go easy on you.”“Don’t get cocky just because you won against Alveron by fluke!” Mobel charged him and swung his sword, creating a whirlwind.Ulmer waved his hand and not only dispelled the whirlwind but also caught Mobel’s blade at the tip. With a twist of his wrist, he broke the sword and then grabbed Mobel by the face and crushed him to the ground.Mobel’s eyes whitened immediately as he coughed blood.With a kick, he sent Mobel flying off the big stage.Ulmer then glanced toward a few people in
The fifth round was a tag-team fight.Ulmer was paired up with a weaker teammate to balance things out between different teams. His teammate was Nelson, a knight leveled 49.Nelson was very friendly, humble, and said, “I will do my best to not come in your way.”“I will also do my best to get us both into the next round,” Ulmer told him.Their opponents turned out to be two nobles.One was Jessica, a level 53 woman in her late thirties, whereas the other one was a Matthew Belford who was at level 71. Both of them were husband and wife.“I will manage myself against that woman,” Nelson told Ulmer. “You deal with that man, Brother.”“Your wish,” Umer was quick to rush toward Matthew the moment the game started.“Don’t get cocky, brat,” Matthew immediately used his tech gloves to send a burst of lightning at Ulmer.Ulmer didn’t even dodge it and went right through it. “That tickles…” he tried to grab Matthew, but Matthew jumped and surfed through the sky with his skysurfers.Matthew came
Attacking an opponent from behind was a disgrace for a knight. But attacking a teammate from behind? This was utterly blemishing.The crowd was utterly stunned by what they saw. Mirianne’s expression froze.Even Ayana and others who were watching from their house through Ulmer’s eyes felt horrified by watching a sword come out through his chest.Brianna, however, was smiling. After all, she was the one who secretly arranged it so that Nelson would be Ulmer’s partner. “No one can survive a deep wound to the heart. This is your end, Knight Beater. Your story will be told as such… that you were pathetically beaten by a knight named Nelson in the fifth round of the Noble Games. Yes, that will be the truth because I will make it so. You will soon be forgotten.”Just then, Ulmer’s body melted into mud.Nelson was utterly confused. “W-What’s this? He turned into a pile of mud?““I-It’s a clone!” a random knight in the crowd said.“He has a cloning system?” Nelson and everyone who heard that
As Ulmer was leaving with the Foster family to have a nice refreshing drink during the short time before the final round would start, Dracarius came to meet Ulmer.“It’s so nice to see again, Knight Beater,” Dracarius said. “Would you like to come to my tent for a minute? Because I have something very important to discuss with you.”“So you’re Dracarius. I will come to you after the tournament finishes,” Ulmer said. “And don’t let me see your knight. Whatever his name was. Because if I see him, I will definitely beat him to a pulp.”Dracarius forced out a smile even though those words were humiliating. “What has my knight Nirvan done wrong?”“He would have ruined me and my family if I wasn’t strong when he first met me,” Ulmer said. “So, isn’t it fair to warn you to keep him away from my sight? No matter who it is, if someone threatens me and my family, I will not let that slide. Since he bared his fangs at me, I assume you’re behind that, too?”“O-Of course, not. I would never have s
Emperor Dylan, Oscar Willson, and many other important personnel of the country personally visited the grand colosseum where the final round was held.A total of 38 people reached the final round. Out of them, 13 people were nobles, 14 people were knights, 8 people were from SAC, two from royals, and the other person was the Knight Beater who was still wearing his cracked dove mask that completely covered his face.“As expected of SAC, eight of them reached the final round,” Neodus said.“Haha, they just got a little lucky, that’s all,” Oscar said while stroking his beard.With Emperor Dylan sitting at the top row in the back, the other important personnel were sitting in the second top row, and it included the likes of Nedous, Oscar and a dozen others.The Final Round was a Battle Royale. There were no rules, and people were allowed to fight each other to their heart’s content and even kill each other. However, the unwritten rule was that the nobles shouldn’t be killed.Anybody could
All the fourteen knights surrounded Ulmer in every direction and stopped him from going toward Brianna. Their average level was exactly seventy two.None of them appeared to be an easy meal because Ulmer could feel some uniqueness in their strengths.“Fourteen on one… and you call yourselves knights?” Ulmer uttered. “Why don’t you call yourselves wolves instead?”His words were very insulting because he compared the honorable knights with cunning, ravenous wolves which would cause destruction wherever they would go.“What? Did my words touch a chord of your ego?” Ulmer added. “You do work for the nobles who don’t mind shitting on common people for no reason. So why do you expect me to respect you when I don’t have any respect for most of the nobles in this country?”What Ulmer was saying right now was outrageous, but at the same time, Ulmer was also very careful with his words. He didn’t say all nobles were bad.“I wish more nobles were like Edward Foster or Branwen Something,” Ulmer
Vincent stepped forward. He still remembered Neodus’ words: Win the games, and then claim the prize as well as the princessVincent took these words to heart.Of course, becoming the crown prince was something he had always wanted ever since he knew the value of being the emperor. However, there was something else that he wanted more than anything else. It was to make Minerva his own.Minerva Brianna Craig was in his heart since they had flown on top of a kite together. He would never forget that journey through heaven, filled with her laughter which was the most pleasant thing he had ever heard. She wasn’t just his first love but his only love.He had expressed his feelings to her one way or another, but she didn’t give him a clear reply yet. He didn’t get to meet her directly in many years, but he always made sure to send her messages either through written form or verbal form so that she wouldn’t forget him.Brianna sent him replies every now and then, so Vincent believed that she
Spring Blossom Slash was an attack that only hurt the target that the user wanted. This was why the previous attack did not destroy the colosseum’s wall.But the second attack did not even create an illusion of flowers blooming. It was just a pink-colored crescent-shaped attack that flew up toward Ulmer in the blink of an eye.Ulmer cross-blocked the incoming slash.“What a fool!” some nobles commented quickly. “To be blocking such an attack with bare arms is like asking to get sliced apart.”However, though the attack struck Ulmer, all it did was leave a little bit of mark on Ulmer’s skin. And that mark also got healed soon.Ulmer landed back on the ground.“H-He’s fine after taking that attack?” many nobles looked astonished.“Of course, he’d be fine,” Rever commented. “That guy is a monster beyond imagination. You people haven’t seen anything of what he’s truly capable of.”Rever said these words not just because he lost to Ulmer but because even his dad was not sure if he could wi
THANK YOU::The novel may have come to a climax, but the curtain for Ulmer's grown-up journey has just risen!The last arc made me pretty emotional at times, and it was difficult to write. I hope you enjoyed the novel till the last page. Thank you, to one and all, for reading Ulmer’s story and traveling on his journey of ups and downs in love and life.Thanks to the readers Corazon, Princesamdanking, Wongani Kanyenda, Tommy Wangeline and Gephysun for your votes and support.A special thanks to Mickey Ritch for your singular support, Brother. Do you want me to create a character with your name as a protagonist or as a villain in one of my novels? Please do comment about it.CHARACTERS::I hope you can take away some memorable characters from this novel. If I had to pick a favorite character, it would be Ulmer for me. The poor guy has just been through so much in his life, and the spirit system really changed his life for the better, and you know how. I also like Ayana and would love to
A few months later.Ben and Amelie not only started their business together but also got married, and Ivy as usual caused a lot of noise during the marriage, asking Ross Richard to give her son this and that.Ross had to give in to her demands because of his daughter Amelie.Ivy’s brother took some gold from her and started a restaurant business because Ulmer had commanded him to stop his finance business as he was sucking people’s blood with it. His wife didn’t like it and went back to her home, but she would eventually return to his side a few years later, after her mother would die.Rick Orsini’s right-hand man, Lexor, was sitting alone on the rooftop of a big hotel, reading the online news on his tablet.“Someone called Urban God joined the Underworld Kings competition?” Lexor raised his eyebrows. “If he’s the real deal, no one will be able to stop him.”Underworld Kings was a world-wide martial arts competition where people with all kinds of superpowers competed, with loose rule
“Your wife?!”“That girl who looks younger than Ruth is your wife?” Ivy quickly said. “Are you out of your mind, Ulmer?”“She’s 19,” Ulmer coldly glanced at her. “So, what’s the problem?”“T-That’s…” Ivy found her throat shaking. His gaze felt intimidating. “I-Isn’t there too much age gap between you two?”“What bullshit are you saying, Ivy?” Mollie snorted. “My grandson is not even thirty, and you say there’s an age gap? Can’t you see that they both look nice next to one another? Also, it’s actually nice if there's a five to six year gap between the husband and wife.”Mollie gently held Ayana’s cheeks and lifted up her head.“Where did you hide such a pretty girl all this time from us, Ulmer?” Mollie said. “You will get punished for this later.”“Ulmer always talks greatly about you, Grandmother,” Ayana said. “So, please forgive him this once.”“Hahaha,” Mollie laughed heartily. “Your wife is already defending you so much, Ulmer. She’s not just beautiful but also smart. I think it’s
The news of so many Thorns dying did not get leaked in the underworld, much less to the common public.However, some of the topdogs in the underworld eventually heard of the heart-shaking news that more than half of the thorns died in the hands of someone called the Urban God.And the title Urban God started to be feared by those who have heard about it.Also, a new bounty appeared on the Urban God, whose name and face were kept hidden by the thorns on purpose.His current bounty was a quadrillion dollars, twice as much as the current world’s known wealth.The amount was so ridiculous and crazy that many bounty hunters thought it was just a fake bounty. A scam. A joke.But then there were those who believed that it could be real and started to investigate the name Urban God. However, most of them would give up on their search the more they learned about the recent history of the Urban God.A few weeks after Crimia was buried from the hidden face of the earth.Minerva had woken up, but
At around two in the night, the vibrations stopped, and the people finally were able to breathe freely.Many of them went back into their homes and slept. Some still stayed outside, afraid of the quake happening again.Around three in the night, Dark Monarch arrived at the Bronich city, but he was surprised to find out that the entire Crimia had been buried by mud. All the entrances were sealed off by mud.“What the hell just happened here in the time I was gone? Was he responsible for this?”Just then, he looked up into the sky.Miles high in the sky, Abbie was flying away with her mother’s body in her arms, her expression dark and desolate under moonlight.“Isn’t that…”Suddenly, immense pressure was put on his body.“Gravity Cage…” Ulmer appeared next to him.Dark Monarch’s body was crushed from every angle by pressure he had never experienced before. He screamed at the top of his lungs.“You should have never returned,” Ulmer did not spare even an inkling of mercy on him. “Gravity
“She’s going to live,” the royal healer, Irvi, an old lady with poisonous pimples all over her face, said. She was 120 years old but was still able to stand straight. However, her voice was not steady. She was observing Minerva’s pulse.Minerva was lying on the bed in the medical chambers not far from the royal palace.“However, her system has integrated with her body, so we can’t take it out,” Irvi said. “If we do it right now, she will die.”“Is it not possible to separate the system without killing her?” Ulmer asked.“It is, but that’s only possible when she overcomes the system?” Irvi responded. “The chances of that ever happening are slim.”Ulmer frowned but then said, “Do what you can to heal her.”“I will. That’s my job, after all,” Irvi said. “No matter how wicked a person may be, if they come to my doorstep, I will not turn my back toward them.”Ulmer slightly bowed his head to her and walked out onto the balcony of that building, where Minerva’s dad, Neodus was present.“I t
The vines suddenly dashed at Ulmer from behind.Ulmer didn’t even move an inch and stood unmoving.The vines rushed past him at a terrific speed and pierced Minerva’s body everywhere. She coughed out a lot of blood.“I didn’t want my blood on your hands,” she tried to smile despite the pain coursing through her body. “I’m… really sorry… for everything.”She was collapsing forward.Ulmer let go of the sword and held her shoulders, stopping her from falling to the ground.Minerva’s eyes began to turn completely dark. The vines that pierced her body began to turn direction and then pierced through Ulmer’s body from behind.Blood rushed to Ulmer’s mouth, but kept his mouth shut. Still, blood slowly leaked from a corner of his mouth.He sent a mental message to her. “It’s okay…”He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.Minerva’s eyes shed more tears, and the blackness in her eyes began to disperse slowly but surely.In a few moments, Minerva’s eyes closed.He could still feel her spi
Minerva thought she could kidnap Ulmer’s family but now realized that she was the one who was tricked by him.He was already well prepared for her.And he wasn’t going to let her harm his family twice.However, now that Ulmer was looking up at her, both sadness and anger filled his eyes.What has become of his ex-girlfriend? Someone with whom he had gone shopping with? Someone who seemed so innocent and lovely when he first met her?Remembering the times when they both went to a jewelry shop, and she studded herself with all kinds of gold and acted like a royal made Ulmer laugh heartily back then.He thought he fell in love with the best girl there was.But look, what has become of her now?She was reduced to someone who would hypnotize a little girl in order to lure Ulmer’s relatives out of the house.Even though Ulmer was just standing, he felt his heart strings playing hard to the point they were hurting because he knew that the time was near.“U-Ulmer…” Minerva could feel his emot
The Drunken Disaster Dionysus, the Wild King Enkidu, the Snake-haired Perseus, the Moon Goddess Artemis, the Sun God Apollo, the War Goddess Ishtar, and the one standing in front of them all and more was the mighty, monstrous King of Heroes Gilgamesh who stood nearly six meters tall.Not one of them could be called anything less than a monster.They were all absolute powerhouses, who made a name for themselves around the world in their times.Some of their powers transcended common sense and logic.“How dare a mere artificial system holder stand in our path? Know your place, vermin!” Ishtar, the war goddess, who looked extremely seductive as well as scary, squinted her eyes, releasing a powerful wave of energy that was supposed to suppress her opponent.Ulmer felt goosebumps all over. “Whooo… that tingles.” He smiled with excitement. (She saw through my system with a glance. I don’t know who she is, but she’s very dangerous. It’s not just her….) His gaze fell on others. (They are all