Book 5: Chapter 52: Rise of the King

Book 5: Chapter 52: Rise of the King

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After a lovely nights rest, sleeping off the leveling sickness, I return full of energy for the next competition. Which turns out to be a tower defense competition. One where we have to defend our towers and the core inside of our towers from a wave of monsters.

A competition that ends up being really easy when I make a large bubble of Red Plague surrounding my tower, giving me more time to catch up on my sleep.

Then the next competition after that one is, to my surprise, a simple brute force test. One where we simply punch a wall and it determines how much force we put into the punch, and the winner is whoever punches it the hardest.

A complicated competition for sure.

I nod my head at that thought as Tar snorts.

All of the other competitors go first, punching the wall and not making even a single crack in it. Not even making it show any sort of reaction at all. Meanwhile most of the competitors get a number somewhere between three hundred and five hundred, which also represents how many points theyll be getting via dividing the number by three.The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.

Until Leonidas goes and the entire wall shakes with a couple of cracks emerging, making a number slightly above a thousand show on the wall. Followed by the rest of the Demon Lords and Amelia.

Although, while Amelia is the only Knight almost on par with the Knights in level, she still focuses on magic. Not physical strength.

So her physical capabilities are all lower than her mental and magical.

Which lead to her only getting eight hundred and fifty three points.

Unfortunately for me, this competition bans the use of magic. So I cant use the Red Plague for this to enhance my strength.

A pity, but Im already really far ahead on points as things are anyways.

Once my turn comes around, I step up to the wall, pull my fist back, and punch straight at the center of the wall. And my punch ends up being just like the other Demon Lords, except Leonidas. Which makes sense since my level is about the same as Vorgrim and Xyvandra at this point.

So Im going to be left using my normal skills and actually fighting for the first time in this tournament.

A faint grin stretches across my face at that thought.

Although when I do get the crown I can always just laze around in a bubble of Red Plague.

That wouldnt work, Tar points out. Your mother can just erase the Red Plague and pass through if she wanted to.

True. Not sure if she cares enough about this tournament to do that, but she certainly could if she wanted to.

Of course, I could always make the bubble large enough that she cant do that. But whered the fun in that be?

I think fighting the Demon Lords and Knights of Humanity might be fun.

Just be careful that you dont lose control of your blood and infect them, Tar reminds me. Or the blood making up your clothes.

Yep. That would be bad.

The fae king continues talking for a little bit before he spreads both of his wings out and a vast arena appears beneath us. One with the appearance of a large volcano.

My eyes narrow slightly at the chosen battlefield. One that favors Vorgrim and Red.

Now lets begin! King Oberon shouts, following which I find myself teleported into the arena in a random location.

Then a bright golden light shines up into the sky like a pillar, showing where the crown is.

A crown thats located on the other side of the map from me.

Well thats annoying.