Book 5: Chapter 58: Puzzle House

Book 5: Chapter 58: Puzzle House

Scarlet

Welcome back everyone, to the third day of the competition! King Oberon declares, his voice echoing throughout the stadium as the contractors within it cheer. And from what I heard when I left the universe last night, the sapient demons and humans all across Tartarus and Earth are no different. In fact, they tend to be even louder since theyre all regular humans and demons.

Although there arent very many demons that arent contracted. If any.

In fact, the only demons I see outside of this little universe are the non-sapient ones who have no reason to watch.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the first round of the competition! King Oberon continues, surprisingly a little. We will be having the sixth, seventh, and eighth competitions today, and the ninth and tenth tomorrow. Then the fae and partner teamwork competitions will begin three days after that!

At least were being given a break between them. Not that it would matter as much considering that the second round of the tournament isnt directly combat related.

I glance at Tar who is on my shoulder as I briefly wonder what the third round would entail.

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Tar shakes his head without saying anything.

Darn.

Now lets get to the competition! King Oberon shouts with excitement clear in his voice right as the rules for the next competition appear at the center of the stadium.

Race to the Finish

Description: All Competitors will be placed in a puzzle house filled with monsters and puzzles where they must split off into teams of two. They will then be required to complete the puzzle in each room to move on to the next room. Meanwhile other teams may spend points to send monsters to the other competitors rooms or increase the difficulty of their puzzles.

Rules: Directly killing other competitors is not possible. Anti-death clause is allowed. Bonus Points will be granted on a speedrun basis, giving those who finish each room faster more points. Bonus Points are granted for killing monsters.

Goal: Reach the end of the puzzle house first.

The king seems to be waiting a bit for people to decide on teams, and after a few minutes have passed, he spreads his wings and exclaims, Now that everyone has decided on their teams, let this competitioooooon Im teleported into some sort of training hall looking room, begin!

I raise my head, feeling slightly surprised that I heard his voice even after entering the arena. But I dont hear anything else from him or the audience, so it was probably just a one-time thing.

Anyways, I turn to find Aria fidgeting, clearly wanting to hug me but not daring to considering my Red Plague clothing. Which has made things a little awkward.

Thankfully she is a very smart child and knew not to hug or touch my clothes after I started wearing Red Plague clothes.

Even if she doesnt like it.

I dismiss the clothing on my right sleeve and pat her on the head, making her smile brightly at me.

This is where you shine, little one, I tell her with a smile on my face. But to my surprise, she just shakes her head and grins rather maniacally.

As if she has something sneaky in mind.

I raise a brow in amusement.

This ought to be good.

Then again, despite how adorable she is, Aria really does have a devious mind. I know that just from how she fights in the Fractures Ive followed her in just to make sure she knew how to fight. Since she kind of begged me, and the demons wouldnt dare do anything too bad with me being there.

Even if it meant she didnt get any EXP from it. Just the experience of fighting.

I wasnt gonna let a child fight against demons on her own though, so it was a compromise.

She was very devious in how she handled it though.

What do you have in mind? I ask, a grin splitting my own face as well.