Chapter 255: Aftermath

Chapter 255: Aftermath

Long messy blonde hair, loosely tied into a ponytail at the back of his head. His cheeks sunken in, with dark circles under his eyes. Despite his clearly exhausted state, frustration was the emotion shown by the wrinkles on the side of his face and the frown on his lips as Iouen sat up out of his Simbox to a dimly lit, small room.

A single, older model Simbox sat up against the wall of the room, barely fitting. Aside from it, the room had nothing but plain white walls and a window with dark blue blinds closed, blocking out the daytime sun. He swung his legs over the side of the Simbox and touched his feet on the hardwood floor for a brief moment, staring down at them. Eventually, though, he got up and walked to the door to swing it open and step out into the hallway of his small apartment.

He was immediately met with the sounds of broadcasters speaking, from within his living room. Turning down the hall, he could see a report on display that was covering the brawl match that hed just participated in.



Watch this movement, right here. He manages to project two shields and deflect multiple attacks within the span of three seconds One broadcaster spoke in an amazed voice.

This level of spell control, from a non-spellcaster class - its simply incredible to witness. Not a single movement was wasted The broadcasters were sitting in a studio simulation, with clips on floating screens behind them from Aegis livestream showing gameplay from the brawl. The network broadcasting it was not VGN, but one of the larger foreign networks.



Iouen half heartedly turned to take a glimpse at what was on display, but instead was met by the eyes of a young girl as she rolled a wheelchair around the bend of the hallway to get a view of her older brother.

Check it out, She pointed over her shoulder at the screen. You made a highlight reel. Too bad it was someone elses. She spoke sarcastically. In this moment of her speaking, he could see the IVs linked up to her body and the simple gown she was wearing. She looked paler and more sickly than he did, though without the bags under her eyes.

Sorry, Daisy. Iouen said as he turned to look back at his feet.

For what? Daisy asked curiously.

Failed the contract. If Id stopped him, we mightve had enough money for one of those nano-bot trials.

Oh cmon Daisy replied in a cheerful voice as she reared her wheelchair around to face the screen. What is that thing you always say when I lose a game? She began fidgeting with her wrist implant to change the screen. Iouen didnt reply, but instead looked curiously at what she was doing. The broadcast switched over to his mercenary website where his services were advertised. On it, his listing was being bombarded with hiring requests of all sorts.

As Daisy had pulled it up, he had 23 requests, but in the brief few seconds that the pair looked at it together, the requests shot up to 31 and were climbing. He briefly glimpsed at the headlines of the requests, things such as Lead our Guilds Army, Help Defend this Village - all high paying jobs.Read latest chapters at nov(e)lbin.com Only

Just because you lost, doesnt mean youre a loser, right? Daisy smiled hopefully. Get your ass back in there! She added cheerfully as a smile crept over Iouens face.

Can I atleast have a snack first? He chuckled in response.

Sorry, Makaroth. With the amount of attention brought to the brawl, we cant afford to avoid covering it. Wed lose too many viewership numbers. Instead, management is planning to show his participation in the upcoming tournament and play it up. The VGN employee spoke timidly from within the meeting hall of the Sages of Destiny. Aegis livestream was still on display on the livestream viewer floating above the table in the center of the room.

Synopse, Makaroth, and all of the others were staring silently at it. Most eyes were on Makaroth, but Makaroths were on Aegis as he stood alone in the arena, panting heavily and not speaking a word. Makaroth had both his fists on the table, clenched tightly in anger as his eyes strained, but suddenly they let up, and he released his fists into open hands that he gently placed on the table.

Right. Of course. Thatd be the smart thing to do from here.

One other thing The employee spoke up, drawing Makaroths eyes onto himself which the VGN employee was not happy to have. The other networks are creating a narrative already around the fact that those 14 mercenaries were all hired to stop Aegis. Theyre theorizing that either you, Seraxus, or Feng put them up to it. Whatever the answer, it isnt a good lo-

Pin it on the pirates. The ones he stiffed earlier. Makaroth replied quickly.

Makaroth Synopse spoke up, but was once again ignored.

Not bad. Sapphire smiled while chewing pieces of a carrot shed recently bit off.

You did it! Lina rushed forward and hugged Aegis as well, pushing Darkshot off. He squeezed Lina tight while looking over her head to see a big proud grin on Rakkans face as he nodded back at him approvingly. Pyri, too, was smiling at him with glowing red cheeks, tears swelling up in her eyes.

My lil boys gone and became a big ol PvPer. She squeaked, causing Aegis to finally break his stoic expression and chuckle.

Dont forget why you did all that, though. Herilon reminded him as he released his grip on Aegis shoulder.

Right. Aegis nodded back, turning to the old man behind the desk. Wed like to register for this month's gladiator tournament. Us, a party of five. Aegis pointed out his companions.

Very well. The 5 members of your party that you have selected have all earned enough gladiator points to qualify for the preliminary rounds of the monthly Gladiator Tournament. Are you sure youd wish to register with this party? Once registered, your party cannot be changed. The old man spoke in a robotic fashion.

Im sure.

Very well. You have been registered. He replied, and as he did, Aegis and the others had a notification appear in front of their faces.

You have been registered for the Monthly Gladiator Tournament alongside the following participants: [Lina], [Pyri], [Rakkan], [Darkshot]. The preliminary matches will begin in 2 days, 20 hours. Check in for the preliminary matches will occur one hour prior at any Gladiator Registration NPC. [More Information]

Aegis waved away the message and turned to the rest to see them doing the same thing, and each of them began exchanging looks with grins on their faces.

Hell yeah. Finally! Darkshot pumped his fist into the air, to which Darkwing cooed excitedly from his shoulder.

How do the preliminaries work, exactly? Aegis asked curiously, turning to Sapphire and Herilon - though after asking his question he got the sense that Lina and Rakkan also had the answer to this question as they eagerly leaned in to respond. Sapphire beat them to it, however,

Youll randomly be matched up against other teams for 5, 5v5 matches in an arena similar to the one you just fought in. Typically, to qualify for the top 16, youll need to win 4 out of 5 of those matches. You might need to hit 5 out of 5 though this time around, given how many players want to participate. Its being hyped up by every broadcasting network at the moment, due to the amount of top streamers participating.

I dont think there are any streamers from the top 50 who arent trying to qualify. Except for a few social streamers like Yumily, of course. Herilon added.

We could get matched up with anyone, though. From a group of level 30 players who are your biggest fans, to Lina spoke excitedly but was interrupted.

Seraxus. Rakkan jumped in, bearing his teeth and clenching his fists.

A showdown in the preliminaries. Darkshot added as the room went silent for a moment.

Thatd make things easy. Aegis replied sarcastically. Doubt well get lucky though His mind wandered as he looked towards the door leading out of the registration hall. With almost three days left, and our training feeling all but complete why dont we get an upper hand on the competition in another way?

What do you have in mind? Pyri asked him curiously.

Were all advanced class players now. No need to sit at level 150. Lets do some grinding. Aegis replied with determination.