Book 5: Chapter 44: The First Competition

Book 5: Chapter 44: The First Competition

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The Fae King continues going through each and every one of the competitors, introducing them one by one with each one getting less attention than the last. Simply because they arent as well known by the audience.

And to finish things off, right after he introduces Anthony, that void creature hybrid guy, the Fae King ends with the last competitor, the lowest level one of the bunch, And last but certainly not least, Aria Knight! The daughter of the Blue Knight of Humanity, cousin of the Warden, and niece of the White Knight of Humanity! And her partner, Forty-Eighth Princess, Rowena! The former partner of The Reaper!

Oh, right. I forgot about that last part.

The audience seems to grow confused at Arias age. Which makes sense to me.

Aria is only twelve years old now. Shes not even a teenager and shes a Guardian and is competing in the biggest competition in our lifetime.N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

Makes sense that people would be confused.

The people who already know about her though arent confused. They cheer instead.

Mostly humans, since the demons only know that shes my cousin. And they seem to feel conflicted about that.

After Aria is lowered back down to our level, All of us competitors are illuminated in crimson light and the Fae King shouts, Now let this tournament begin!

A massive screen appears beneath the first. One that looks like it changes orientation depending on the angle that you look at it, with the orientation being specific to you. So everyone can look at it and itll be based on their orientation for them. And on the screen itself, the title and set of rules for a competition shows itself to us all.

Maze Escape

He gets excited during things like this, Tar answers, sounding more than a little embarrassed.

Uh huh, right.

Anyways, I couldnt see anything useful while I was up there. And for some reason, what I did see feels blurry in my memories.

Father probably put an enchantment over the maze so that the competitors cant memorize anything about it before entering the maze, Tar explains as I look around at the moss-covered stone walls around me. The audience can see us fine though.

Yeah, they wouldnt have a reason to be here if they couldnt. But that aside, theres something I kind of want to try.

Tar appears in front of me with a confused look on his face. Until he reads my mind and understands what Im going to do.

And to my surprise, he looks excited for it instead of the judgmental look I was expecting.

Ah, looks like youre finally beginning to understand me.

He snorts.

Guess Ive spent too long around you, he says, making me smirk in response.

Then I turn to face the wall and raise my fist closer to my face while transforming it into that of a beast and coating it with Red Plague.

Lets see if this works

I pull my fist back and slam it straight into the wall.