Female Novel
Chapter 66
"Tournament!" shouted the Guild Master of Water, and the others groaned.
“Really? A tournament? That's going to take forever with over 200 people," groaned the Guild Master of Wind."Do you have a better idea?" Asked the Guild Master of Water back.
No one answered.
"Tournament, it is," sighed the Guild Master of Lightning. "This is going to be a pain in the ass." He looked around at the 50participants who had gathered. The other 200 were not here right now. It was understandable since many people would preferfleeing to getting closer to such an apocalyptic scene.
“Let's first call them back," said the Guild Master of Light as he created another ball of light. The other Guild Masters followedsuit and also created a ball of their elements. Then, they all shot them into the sky, and the balls exploded one after another.
Everyone in the Basin of Nature should be able to see this and realize that they should gather. If someone was so stupid as notto realize that this was a gathering sign, they might as well not join the guilds.novelbin
The Guild Masters waited for several hours, as one participant after another gathered here. After around six hours, no moreparticipants arrived. The Guild Masters did a quick count and saw that 217 People had gathered. The others were either alreadydead or too stupid to realize that they should gather.
“Alright, everyone!" shouted the Guild Master of Earth. "Follow us back to the arena!"
The participants groaned again, realizing that another hard marathon awaited them. Everyone ran after the Guild Masters withtheir full power. This time, it was even harder to keep up since not everyone was in their peak condition.
Gravis seemed to be only walking a little faster, yet every step shot him forward for multiple meters. With his new musclestrength, keeping up with the Guild Masters was even easier, even though he was still injured.
When they finally arrived back at the arena, all the participants fell on their knees in exhaustion. The same scene from backwhen they had arrived at the Basin of Nature repeated itself.
The Guild Masters gathered in the middle of the arena and discussed the details. They had to make this tournament as fair aspossible. What if the second strongest fought against the third strongest in the first round? Would they throw away such a talent?
Even though the previous entrance exam also tested luck, it was held in the wilderness, with only a little bit of human elementmixing into the results. The Guild Masters didn't want to risk it here. Who knew how luck would work in a tournament?
In the end, they decided to make five drawings of opponents and five rounds for everyone. Anyone who won three or morerounds would pass. Yet, they groaned again as they realized how long this would take.
"What about rewards?" asked the Guild Master of Darkness, and everyone shot him a look of anger. Everyone had that thoughtin the back of their minds, but they didn't want to voice it. Like that, it would take even longer. Yet, the Guild Master of Darknesshad shamelessly exposed this fact. So, they couldn't ignore it anymore.
So it was decided that every participant that won five rounds would then fight in a traditional tournament. The top ten wouldreceive rewards, while the others got nothing. The Guild Masters felt bitter about all the lost treasures in the Basin of Nature.
They could ignore the cheap rewards that ferocious beasts carried. The lost treasures that the low-grade demonic beasts carriedhad hurt them.
Yet, the biggest problem was the loss of the seven treasures that the middle-grade demonic beasts carried. Those treasuresdidn't originally belong to their guilds, but their parent guilds. Their parent guilds had granted them those treasures so they couldbe awarded to extraordinary new recruits.
Explaining the loss of all those treasures would be a pain in the ass. They couldn't even ask Gravis for any of his collectedtreasures, since most of them got lost in the battle in the ravine. How was he supposed to protect the treasures, when he wasn'teven able to safely preserve his life?
The Guild Masters scratched together any remaining treasure they could find and would award them in the tournament. Aftereverything had been planned out, they called the participants to gather, yet they grew angry when they saw something.
"What are you doing there? Do you want even more treasures? Get out!" shouted the Guild Master of Water as she spottedGravis standing among the participants.
Gravis lifted an eyebrow in confusion. "Does that mean that | don't have to participate in the tournament?" he asked.
"No!" shouted the Guild Master of Water back. Testing that madman in a tournament? There was no logic in that. Gravis wouldjust win and get another valuable treasure. He had already gotten his saber, so he should shut up and go to the side.
Gravis shrugged and walked to the corner of the arena and sat down. The reactions of the other participants were mixed. Those50 who had seen what Gravis had done, sighed in relief while the others looked at him in anger. Why did they have to fight whilehe could just sit this one out? This wasn't fair!
Yet, they didn't show their annoyance openly. They still were not part of the Elemental Guilds, and if they stood out negatively,they might lose their qualification. Everyone remained silent and did not comment.
The tournament took multiple days. The participants always gathered at noon and scattered in the late evening. Since the arenawas big enough, there were always seven fights happening simultaneously, with one Guild Master looking over one match.
After five days, they had finally finished the first part of the tournament. Only around 60 participants had gotten three or morewins. With several participants gathering four and five wins, the number of overall winners was reduced more than necessary.
Gravis had not appeared for those five days. The Guild Masters had just told him that he could come back on the sixth day. So,Gravis was spending his remaining days looking through some more Martial Arts and also continued training the compression ofhis Will-Aura.
Gravis had also sold some treasures he still had on his person. Most of his gathered treasures were lost in the ravine, but someremained. In the end, he made another 80 gold. He was sure that gold would also be useful in the Elemental Guilds. If it wereuseless to the guilds, the Guild Master of Lightning wouldn't have looked so heartbroken when he heard that he had to buyseven Bone-Pills for Gravis.
When Gravis came back on the sixth day, he saw that only around 60 participants remained. The contrast between 5,000 initialparticipants and 60 was massive. The arena had been nearly packed back then, and now, it looked desolate.
Gravis sat down in his usual corner and concentrated on his Will-Aura. He had no interest in the tournament since it was merelysome sparring. Sparring was useless to him now. One could even say that it was actually damaging to him. Too much sparringwould dull his killing-intent and his feeling of danger.
The participants looked at him and judged Gravis’ dismissal of the tournament as arrogance. Only 12 of the 60 participants hadseen what happened that day. The majority had no idea what had happened, and they also wouldn't believe the wildexaggeration of the participants who had told them.
In the evening, the tournament ended, and a stalwart young man had won the first place. He had silver hair and was fighting witha spear. He had used several Martial Arts, and he also had tempered bones and skin. His defense was solid, and together withthe precise counter attacks of his spear, he had received the respect of every other participant.
"Congratulations on winning the tournament, Brother Sigur," complimented one of the other participants. Sigur had alreadycollected a loyal following of participants. He was the strongest!
Sigur looked in ecstasy at his reward, an Organ-Pill. With this, he would be able to temper his organs. Organ-Pills wereextremely pricy. Supply never met demand, and they were only sold in auctions. One pill would often go for over 500 gold!
“Alright. Everyone has received their reward, and we know the winners," said the Guild Master of Water.“Excuse me for interrupting, Guild Master," said Sigur politely.The Guild Master of Water narrowed her eyes in annoyance but nodded for him to say whatever he wanted to say.
"| think | represent every participant when | say that | do not accept the special treatment that he has received!" Sigur pointed atGravis. "He should also be subject to the rules!"
Sigur was motivated by his new following and his public place as the strongest. He wanted to make a showing of his newfoundstrength and gain more respect form the others.
Many others also nodded but didn'tstep forward. The Guild Masters sawthat and were not syrehowthey |strowld pisadlderh2y couldn'tpossibly give Gravis another treasure.He had already gotten the mostvaluable treasure, by far. The contentis on NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"Which guild do you intend to join?" asked the Guild Master of Water neutrally.Sigur was not sure why she asked, but he straightened his back. "I intend to join the Fire Guild!" he announced in confidence."Wait-"
"Sure, then you can fight him, but if you lose, you need to trade your treasure with the second place!" Before the Guild Master ofFire could stop Sigur or the Guild Master of Water, she had already agreed to the fight.
The second-place winner was agentle girl who used softness toovercome Ore.
ubt thatehe aay join the WaterGuild. So, by telling Sigur that he hadto trade his reward with her, the GuildMaster of Water had found a way tostrengthen her guild. The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
The Guild Master of Fire wanted toobject, but trading the treasure withthe second place was reall themfairest spettiod. Gratis wou dn't getaolher treasure, and the first placewould still receive a substantialreward. It might not be as good asthe first place reward, but it was stillsolid. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
"| agree!" said Sigur with power, and the Guild Master of Fire clenched his fist and teeth while the Guild Master of Water justsmirked at him in arrogance and victory.