Book 5: Chapter 41: Commencement of a Lifetime

Book 5: Chapter 41: Commencement of a Lifetime

Scarlet

Amelia continues going over some basic details of the tournament all the way till it begins. But there isnt much else that she says. Nothing all that important at least.

Just some things about the way for others to spectate, the fact that the tournament will be displayed on massive screens in the sky on both Earth and Tartarus, and mentioning how much the news on Earth is hyping up the tournament. To the point that they made a ranking for who they thought would win.

The Demon Lords and White being at the top of the rankings.

Aside from that, she does mention one thing that is useful to know. Apparently, if you try to go easy on someone else or give up without trying, youre automatically disqualified for the tournament.

Which I find odd, but it doesnt really matter. At least it means the demons wont go easy on me just because Im their princess.

Soon after she finishes, a loud voice echoes throughout the world. One belonging to the Fae King.

All forty-three competitors in the tournament will now be called to the tournament universe. Prepare for transition occurring in ten seconds.

I glance at Tar, who is getting off of my lap before I focus on Amelia again to find her nodding.

Good luck, Scarlet, she says, making me give her a nod of my own.

Then we wait for ten seconds to pass, following which a vivid red and blue light shines over us. And within moments I find myself entering some sort of pitch black location that I can only assume is the In-Between.

Your assumption is correct, Tar says as he floats alongside me through the In-Between. Were still far away from the void creatures though.

Thats good.

Why isnt Amelia with us?

Follow them, Tar says, snapping me out of my confusion. Thats a fae without a contracted partner thats outside of the Farshore. Its what we look like outside of the Farshore without an artificial body.

Oh. Interesting.

I look around for a moment, finding the other Guardians and contracted demons that are appearing all being confronted with a similar creature. So I turn around to face the fae again and immediately follow after the floating wisp.

We move through the path for a while until the fae leads us all into the stadium. And after we enter, the fae turns back to us I think, since its hard to tell with a wisp and says, His Majesty wishes for you to remain here.

Do we need to form up into any specific order? I hear one of the Class V Guardians from Earth ask, bringing my gaze to the man. One I dont have much experience interacting with.

No, his own fae answers, following which all of the fae that were leading us begin to head out of the stadium.

Then some more people begin to trickle into the stadium along with us. And at least half of them I recognize.

Theres Leonidas, Amelia, the other Knights, Xyvandra, Satan, Damien, Vorgrim, and a bunch of Class V demons and humans. And the demons immediately turn their gazes towards me, with most of them bowing when they enter the stadium.

The humans on the other hand just give me a respectful nod, which seems to irritate the demons.

Leonidas walks up to me during this and places his hand on my shoulder with a smile on his face. Then he moves to join Amelia, taking her hand as a powerful life source appears in the air above us. One belonging to someone everyone here knows on instinct, even if many of the Class V Guardians have never met him in person.

Before I look up, I notice a couple of the Knights actually trembling in fear.

Oh, right. Gramps almost killed them with ease when they went to Tartarus a while back.

I raise my gaze to the sky where I find Gramps and King Oberon both floating in the sky.

Hence forth, the Tournament to decide the next Fae King is officially opening! Following Oberons words, flashes of light begin shining rapidly across the entire universe were on and quite possibly across Earth and Tartarus as well. Welcome those fae and contractors here and beyond, for you will see a once in a lifetime event!