Chapter 392: Speed is King.
Seeing the dome of mana, Damon already knew it was an earth dome, and one of his targets was in it.
Using lightning reinforcement, Damon immediately covered the gap and began firing lightning spells at the dome.
Night mist cut off all senses of the target, So they would be unable to see, hear, feel or even sense their spells.
That was why even as Lightning spells were breaking through the layers of the earth dome, Brian had no clue of what was happening as he continued to fire spells through the hole he had made.
“Did we get him?” Brian asked as his vision cleared up, but that was when he saw himself outside the battleground enveloped by the golden barrier.
“What the fuck?!” Brian was shocked when realized that he had been eliminated. He quickly turned his sight to the battleground and saw Damon moving from his previous location.
[At this rate he would win the match but his teammates would have all been eliminated.] The system said as they watched Damon search for his next target.
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Although the darkness artifact allowed him to see mana flow while in Night mist, its range of vision was very limited. So with Michelle’s team being spread all around the Mother Trees, it was surely going to take some time before he got all of them.
“I have to confess Michelle’s plan is brilliant. She is well aware that she can’t win against Damon so she resulted in a battle of attrition.”
“Worst case scenario she would go down but with all of Damon’s teammates. Best case scenario takes down all of his teammates and still survives the 5 minutes duration.” Blake said in an impressed tone.
Just like the system had predicted, when Damon had reached Castiel who was the 2nd to the last man standing, his entire team had been wiped out.
Nonetheless, Damon quickly dispatched off Castiel, thus disabling his night mist and giving him back his senses.
“Seems I was too late.” Damon gave out a helpless sigh before turning to the last target, Michelle.
With his night mist still activate and that of Castiel deactivated, Damon was able to see Michelle, but not the other way round.
Michelle was in an earth dome at the top of a 4-meter-tall thick spiked earth pillar, and surrounding it was a pool of constantly erupting molten lava.
To make sure no one sneaked up on her, Michelle constantly released bursts of fire explosions as she kept on firing in the direction of the Mother Trees.
“This would be tough.” Damon couldn’t help but admit it.
To transverse the pool of lava, Damon could conjure mana steps, but the main problem was the constant explosions.
He could fire lightning spells at her, but with her constantly regenerating her earth dome he would just be wasting mana.
So the best option was to go closer, but unlike Blake and Luciano who had the fire element to propel themselves, Damon was handicapped when it came to aerial combat.
“Let’s see how it goes.” Damon said as he began running up mana stairs, but on getting to the range of explosion, that was when he heard Instructor Zirrack’s voice.
“The 5 minutes countdown is over!” Zirrack announced.
With the round officially over, Damon and Michelle deactivated all their spells. When they turned to Luciano’s battleground, they only saw him standing.
All of his team members had been eliminated thanks to Beyoni’s illusions, but he had ended up eliminating 5 of his opponents.
“Shit!” Michelle couldn’t help but curse on seeing this.
The 4 of them were the only ones left, meaning the next round would have her grouped with one of these monsters, but that meant 2 would be on the opposite team.
Her best option was being paired with Blake since he was the strongest, but even at that, her safety or victory wasn’t guaranteed especially with Damon’s nigh mist.
The only reason she had survived was that Damon lacked firepower, but that would be where Luciano came.
She didn’t bother thinking about other combinations because as long as Blake was on the opposing team, it was a guaranteed loss.
[Do you think you can take Damon and Castiel?] The system couldn’t help but ask Blake as they were preparing for the worst-case scenario.
‘Without Ebony and Ivory and you, no.’ Blake answered.
The main problem Blake had was Damon’s darkness, he needed the system’s help to see him.
As for the lightning element, it was an issue because, when combined with the speed boost granted by the darkness element, Damon would have a fighting chance in terms of speed.
That was where Ebony and Ivory came in. With the help of the legendary sword, Blake would be able to make any of his mistakes his last.
[What of the girl, any plans for her being on your team?] The system asked.
‘Nope. She would instantly get destroyed by them, so there is no need to waste time and resources saving her.’ Blake said.
Once again, the competitors were given half an hour to rest and regenerate mana. So Blake decided to catch up with his friends.
“During the fight why did you guys remain on the Mother Tree when you could have jumped down?” Brian couldn’t help but ask Tessie.
“The problem was Castiel’s night mist. It somehow disconnected us from the Mother Tree. We lost control of them so if we were to go down the roots would see us as enemies and attack.”
“Also, your attacks were aimed everywhere. So it would make no difference.” Tessie explained.
After 30 minutes, Professor Gibson returned to the center of the battleground.
“The final round would be a free for all match between the 4 contestants. This time any elimination would add 2000k points to each person, while the eliminator would receive an extra 500 points.” Professor Gibson announced. .𝒐𝙧𝒈
“What the fuck?!” Damon and Michelle couldn’t help but curse as the change in the type of match had shattered all their plans.
Michelle had been praying to get paired with Blake, but now she was not getting paired with anyone at all, meaning she would definitely be the 1st to get eliminated.
As for Damon, he had always been worried about who he got paired with, but the announcement had just tripled it. This was because Blake and Luciano were very close friends, so they were most likely going to team up to get rid of him.
“It is what it is.” Damon let out a helpless sigh as he made his way to the battlefield.
Once they were all ready, Instructor Zirrack gave the signal.
“Begin!”
Once the match had officially started, Blake, Luciano, and Damon instantly turned to Michelle.
“I surrender!” Michelle said as the gaze of the 3 monsters sent chills down her spine.
“Shall we begin?” Blake said as he activated lightning reinforcement, but that was when Luciano showed Damon his necklace artifact.
“I surrender.” Damon announced shocking everyone.
This was the artifact that Luciano used against him the last time both of their teams clashed. Once used, not only would it reveal his location, but it would set his entire body on fire.
‘Not again.’ Damon shuddered as he remembered the golden flames that burnt his body till he fell unconscious.
So with his main element rendered useless, there was no need for him to get into an unwinnable fight.
[That takes care of your problems.] The system said.
“Shall we finally start?” Blake asked.
“Not really, I am also surrendering.” Luciano announced, turning the entire battleground rowdy marketplace.
“But why?’ Blake couldn’t help but ask.
“There is no need to fight when you would win.” Luciano said. “Speed is King in 1v1 battle, and your speed has increased a whole lot since the last time we fought each other.”
“So since there is no point to this battle, why don’t we end it quickly.’ Luciano said as he began walking back to the seating area.
‘That was underwhelming…’ Blake thought as he walked back to his friends.
Although this wasn’t close to what he expected to be a final battle, Professor Gibson still had to announce the scores of the final contestants.
Blake came in 1st place with 27k points, Luciano in 2nd with 25.5k points, Damon in 3rd with 22.5k points, and Michelle with 19k points.
(AN: For those that want to check out the math. Instilling fear that causes the opponent to surrender counts as eliminating them.)
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