The crowd was still silent as Jack and Four Winds stood in the arena. Even Makadi who was in the arena as well didnât say anything. Everyone had been expecting the natives to mow down the players.
The sound of clapping broke the silence. Everyone turned and saw it to be Samuhn Spiritcrier who was clapping.
âAmazing, outworlders! Amazing!â Samuhn praised. The others started clapping as well after hearing the shaman king.
Players who had just realized that their fellow players had won started yelling their cheers. Some even threw insults at the native spectators next to them who had mocked the players before the match started.
The native spectators were of course unhappy about that. Quarrels ensued and the guards had to interfere and threw those troublemakers out.
âCongratulations on winning the first match,â Makadi finally said something. âPlease, go wait for your next round on the waiting bench. Donât worry about your skillsâ cooldown. All skills are reset before the match began.â
Makadi then called the next participants. Guild Liberty Fighters against Slavebinder Tribe.
Jack and Four Winds walked out of the arena as the four next participants walked in.
âGood luck!â Jack said to Vivian and Ursa as he walked past them.
The two looked at him uncertainly before nodding.
âWhy are you wishing them luck? Even if they win, they will be our next opponents,â Four Winds said.
âItâs common courtesy, man. We are all contestants who are trying to do our best,â Jack replied. He then thrust his hand out, palm facing up.
âWhat?â Four Winds asked.
âDonât act forgetful. Give me my mana cores!â Jack uttered.
âI didnât forget. Let me sit down first, will you?â Four Winds said. They sat on the prepared bench before Four Winds fished out the mana cores from his inventory. As he gave them to Jack, he asked, âWhat do you need so many mana cores for, anyway?â
Although mana cores are important since they could be used to supplement the guildâs mana, other guildsâ need was not as urgent as Everlasting Heavenly Legends. Jeanny needed them for her Book of Creation, while Jack needed them for his Amulet of Summoning.
Jack had reaped a large number of mana cores when he was slaughtering those Volatile Firefly Ants. Now he got another 1,000 more. Even so, he was still short around 40,000 mana cores to summon the archdemon.
âGuild secret,â Jack answered Four Windsâ question.
âHmph,â Four Winds grunted. He didnât push further. Every guild had its secrets.
They gave their attention to the fighters in the arena. The four were taking their positions. Vivian and Ursa were both level 61, while their opponents outleveled them by quite steeply. Utum Slavebinder was a level 70 rare elite while Kumata Slavebinder was a level 69 special elite.
âWhat do you think of their chances?â Jack asked, indicating the players.
âThey are both good martial artists and gamers. Their cooperation is also very good,â Four Winds answered. âBut unless they are extremely lucky, I say the natives bag this match.â
âWhat about their special classes? Do you know about them?â Jack asked.
âNo. I think they had just gotten them recently,â Four Winds answered.
Makadi announced the beginning of the fight. Utum came forward, brandishing a large axe, while Kumata stayed back. Kumata was holding a staff and started casting a spell.đđđ±đđđ”đźxt.đ đđȘ
Vivian came forward to meet Utum with her sword and shield. She was not intimidated by her opponentâs much higher level. She activated Paladinâs skills, Sacred Flame and Divine Armor.
Behind her, Ursa similarly prepared his assassinâs skills, Combat Clone and Poison Mastery. Then, he added another buff. A layer of dark mist swirled around him. His entire body became slightly darker.
âThatâs Shadow Form,â Peniel informed. âShadow Warriorâs first skill. Aside from increasing his movement speed, it also reduced all damage he received by 30% and every attack on him had a small chance to simply phase through him.â
Vivian and Ursaâs combat clone engaged Utum in a frontal clash while Ursa sneaked to Utumâs flank.
Vivianâs sword which was covered with white flame clanged with Utumâs large axe. Who was stronger was clear from that single clash. Vivian was thrown back a few meters.
After forcing Vivian back, Utum slashed to the side. His axe struck Ursaâs combat clone with Power Strike, damaging him as well as throwing it away. His body then dashed forward using the Charge skill.
Vivian braced herself by putting her shield in front of her while activating Heavenâs shield. A large shield image appeared before her as Utum arrived.
Utum swung his axe which was now coated with ice. Swirls of icy wind accompanied his swing. When it struck the large shield image, the shield was frozen instantly before shattering into pieces. His axe continued forward and slammed into Vivianâs real shield.
The powerful force caused her to lower her shield. At the same time, vines erupted underneath her. It was Kumataâs spell. The vines wrapped around Vivianâs body, holding her down.
Unable to move, she could just take it as Utumâs axe slashed her. Utum used a skill that conjured multiple ice axes that barraged Vivianâs body.
Vivian was not a native. Although her class provided high defense, she didnât have as much HP pool as a native. Getting struck repeatedly like that, her HP was soon depleted.
âHey, I thought you said they are good at cooperation? Why didnât her partner do anything to save her?â Jack asked.
Ursa had completely disappeared. He had used Vanish when Vivian was bound. Jack expected him to backstab Utum to save his partner, but even after Vivianâs HP reach zero, Ursa didnât appear.
âWait⊠Probably he wants toâŠ,â Peniel was still speaking when Ursa finally appeared.
He came out behind Utum and immediately landed a backstab using his dagger. As he did. An unexpected thing happened. Within less than a second, Utumâs HP dropped to zero.
Next to Ursa now lay both Vivianâs and Utumâs fallen bodies.
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