The day of the tournament arrived and many new delegates of great power had arrived.There were more experts, more warriors of fame, and even scholars who had arrived.The massive arena had gotten fewer as the prices to watch had increased by a fold. But all that nobles vied for good seats as the event had now drawn the attention of many powerful families that stayed in Galantcross.All the nobles brought their most handsome and beautiful members for a chance to be noticed in this grand event. A marriage and alliance were being sought forNo sign of the Galantcross prince was found on that day. Everyone could only speculate where they went and what they were doing.All Dukes were housed in different seats and only Asteria was seated in the hovering building above the skies.“Let the tournament begin!” Asteria finally declared.The crowd went wild as they heard the announcement and the names of all contestants were being named.“Report.” Asteria turned to her experts.Mage Experts Patr
The Heavenly City of the Westerfort naturally had walls as monsters of all sorts lived in the forest above the mountaintop.While there were hunts and powerful cultivators ensuring that the beasts in the Westerforts would not grow too many, it was only natural that they still created walls and forts fearing attacks and raids. Long ago, there was no wall as the people believed there would be no war. It wasn’t until the monster raid of a Brute Ape army that led to the deaths of thousands that forced the Westerfort finally built a wall. This was one of the reasons why Kanter became the next Duke of Westerfort as he was the only one who insisted on building it. Over the wall, few guards were in place as most were set to guard the inner parts of the kingdom to prevent any possible assassination attempts.But around the city were members of several Baron and Viscount's groups that Duke Kanter had directly ordered to guard and monitor the situation fearing the worst.A patrol of Southerfort
The teams from the Southerfort and the Easterfort were strong and had managed to complicate the march of the monsters.Decalan watched the hilltop where the Southerfort forces were able to hold and kill a lot. The flares that all lit up completely drew attention.“The assassination attempt should have made everyone guarded! The Duchess even rearranged the entire city to protect her!” Decalan had observed the orders and arrangement of the forces and his two sons who had infiltrated the area knew of the orders. But all of a sudden, nearly an hour prior to the tournament, Asteria and Duke Ferann’s orders were announced. A reshuffling occurred and was strictly implemented. This was made under the guise that Asteria wanted to make sure no assassination attempts would be made.Yet, the formation was not accurate.“These men were not here when I moved into the forest! This should have been sent just now! What happened?! Why were three platoons sent out?!” Decalan cursed.From the floating ma
The monster horde broke through the forest and quickly charged through the open fields before the walls of the heavenly forts.The entire fort was now manned and heavily guarded and several Expert Mages were already in position.“The numbers will be our main problem. But since no monster above the Adept level exists, then we are safe. Let’s keep our death to a minimum! Mages! Use your magic attacks in timed moments.” Reyna ordered. She then sneered as she saw the Southerfort and the Easterfort teams arrive.“Just like the Duchess ordered… Very good…” Reyna laughed.Dorado and Vallaris were geared in their armor and ready for war.But to Reyna’s surprise, the two appeared to be just as surprised at what they saw.“Do they know of this horde? They seemed surprised...” Reyna frowned but her plans were already set.Flay had given Reyna a unique and simple spell. It was an alchemy weapon of different sorts. It was similar to the Message Talisman but used a different form of energy. As long
The extreme explosion was so large and strong that the entire charging horde had to pause and reorganize themselves. It was a bomb that had such scope and power that killed over a thousand beasts in an instant.Several beasts could be seen moving at the outer ring of the blast. Only those whose powers were at the very peak of Adept could move. But all of them were critically injured and would die.Reyna was shocked at what she saw. She never expected that such a potent and destructive blast would be revealed.The epicenter of the explosion could kill an expert at his best defense. The concentrated blast would be so strong that only those at the peak of Mid-Experts would survive.“What are you all doing?! Attack!” Reyna was the first to react. She was so amazed that she even paused. But she had to pretend like the attack was within her expectation.The crowds saw it and all cheered.“Hail Duchess Asteria!” A loud cry was heard and many began to follow.The entire area was cleared and t
Arvenaught landed safely on the ground even as the entire floor was blown down.The traps that the team made was similar to the one that Elvenar faced. But nothing struck Arevenaught.He landed and laughed at the exciting thought.“You guys have made quite a trap! I’m starting to worry about what you did. But if your outsider master has prepared for this, I will tell you, our actions exceeded the plans you made. The moment that my father decided to call Lord Charon, we have already won!” Arvenaught laughed.Nearby, his opponents appeared.“You’re right… He is fast! Richard?” Arthen appeared and Ruby was next to him.Richard and his two shield warriors were at the side.“Faster than me… And that leap was very instantaneous. He has senses that surpass scouts. The speed of that guy was so fast that he managed to leap off the explosions. He didn’t know about the trap until it was triggered. And yet, he wasn’t hit. His reaction speed exceeded what Adept could do. Only Expert Assassins or o
The message was being passed on.The rest got the message and Ligz was automatically nominated as the leader.“Ligz! What do we do?!” Clint shouted as he retreated.“Wait!” Ligz shouted back.At that moment, Arvenaught was planning on charging out of the smoke and fog from the bombs that attacked him but he then stopped.He recalled the combo that he had received and he was wounded. The attacks landed so cleanly and arranged in such a precise order that by the time he activated his ability again, he was caught on the attack.“Those damned brats… I guess I’ll have to use my other magic to get out.” Arvenaught began to use his magic to dive into the ground below. His entire skin began to shake as if he could move and somehow ‘swim’ underground.But unknown to him, Ligz didn’t tell everyone to ‘wait for his command’ and attack the enemy, he shouted wait because he had questions.Ligz was rushing towards Arthen’s location.“Arthen! What did you find out?” Ligz asked as he was confused whe
Asteria, Kanter, and Xandra didn’t underestimate the enemy. They thought of the extreme. But since the Great Experts of Galantcross had not Had an attack or army launch itself, those that would assassinate the Darkwood Monk and Julius would dwindle depending on the threat level.And the threat level of the monster horde forced all the stronger members of both armies to be placed in the battle. In fact, the Southerfort and Easterfort champions were all deployed to the front lines except the suspected possessed characters.But, since the enemy that they would face threatened Flay Eusler, no one weak enough that couldn’t hurt or harm an Expert alone was allowed to fight.Everyone that was called to fight the two was those who have proven to be strong and who the two dukedoms could afford.Tianne, Harley, and the A****n Princess Eviise were asked by Duchess Asteria to aid the Diasons and the Tamers on a secret mission.But as the battle progressed, she realized that what everyone was telli