Chapter 426: Threat to nobles.


    ke was in a foreignnd that had a social structure worse than that of Calton city. So even if he were assassinated it could be easily brushed off and regionalpetition would continue like nothing ever happened.


    “It’s not that I am undermining the security of the capital, but I don’t want to take chances.” ke said to Luciano.


    The hotel was the only ce ke could feel safe because the royal family owned it. So starting a fight here was no different from suicide.


    “I understand.” Luciano said.


    “Help me hold this just in case an attack happens here.” ke said as he handed Luciano a void dagger.


    ‘Let’s just hope I will be able to explore the city after thepetition.’ ke let out a helpless sigh as he returned to his meditation.


    Unknown to ke, his paranoia was right and he had dodged a lot of bullets and foiled a lot of ns that night.


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    The next day.


    The reason thepetition of the previous day had been hosted at night was it was an infiltration, but that of today was Survival.


    Just like the previous day, all of the students were warped to the arena’s lobby, before the tforms raised them to the center of the arena.


    The atmosphere of the arena was electrified as the hundreds of thousands that came to watch the top students and future leaders of the empirepete for supremacy cheered.


    “Today’spetition would be survival.” The event announcer said.


    The survivalpetition was a battle royal match between all 15 contestants. There were no team members in the battle royal and the battle was to go on until 8 out of 15 students were left.


    The battlefield was unique not because of it being 50 meters long and wide battleground thatprised of 5-meter long and wide hexagons, but because the top was 30 meters high up.


    The hexagonal pirs formed a leveled battleground, but once the match begin they would randomly begin falling and rising.


    When a pir falls a very powerful force would pull anyone directly above it down to the bottom.


    The force was strong enough to shatter mana barriers and prevent anyone from flying away.


    So once the contestant touches the ground they would be eliminated and teleported out of the battlefield.


    Another way of elimination was the regr way of dealing enough damage to kill the opponent.


    For the point system, eliminating any student including those from the same school granted 1 point to their school’s overall points.


    ‘Why the hell would they put everyone against each other, but their points are still connected to each other?’ ke was bbergasted by the rule and felt it was stupid.


    [I feel it is a rule that gives people the opportunity to betray each other.] The system said, causing ke to unconsciously turn to Serhan.


    With the rules exined to both the contestants and the spectators, ke and the other students were ced randomly on the battlefield.


    “Begin!” The 2nd day for the 2nd day of the regionalpetition was announced, and the hexagons began randomly dropping.


    ‘I can sense when the hexagons are a second away from falling, but that is that. Getting distracted for a second can lead to elimination.’ ke along with every other student thought as they studied the battleground.


    Once they were all sure of how the pirs worked, the contestants raised their heads to look at their opponents.


    ‘This just shows that the nobles are actually trying to get rid of me on a national level.’ ke thought as he saw 10 students from the capital and south looking at him.


    Seeing that all noble students were going against him It was now ring that the nobles saw him as a threat that needed to be eliminated.


    ke had expected something like this to happen, so he had created a contingency n, but that was when Luciano, Damon, Castiel, and Serhan intercepted the enemiesing at him.


    ‘That’s so kind of them.’ ke couldn’t help but smile, but it soon returned to normal when the closest student who was from the south tried to stab him in the back.


    The student had lightning reinforcement active, but ke didn’t need to match his speed because he had been keeping an eye on him from the start of the match.


    Void shift!


    Without turning back, ke opened a spatial tear behind him, allowing the shortsword to pass through and exit behind the attacker.


    “AH!”


    The southern student screamed in pain as the lightning-infused shortsword went through his armor’s shield and into his back.


    [Move.] The system alerted ke who immediately jumped to another hexagon.


    Thanks to the improved vitality of being a Hero, the student wasn’t eliminated instantly, but it was at that moment that the hexagon dropped.


    ‘It’s funny that the backstabbers are the ones that let their guard down.’ ke thought as the injured student fell to the bottom.


    “I finally get to show you your ce.” Lucas who was engulfed in golden mes said with a frown on his face as he and the rank 5 of the capital approached ke.


    “I guess you guys would have to wait a little bit longer.” ke said as he jumped into a spatial tear behind him and appeared beside Luciano who was currently inbat with the rank 4 of the capital.


    “Sorry to bother you guys.”


    Both Luciano and the rank 4 of the capital magic school were startled when they heard a voicee out of nowhere but that was more than enough time for ke’s hand toe out from the spatial tear and grab onto the head of the enemy.


    Zzzzg! Zzzzg!


    Large voltages of electricity were released into the head of the rank 4, but the golden barrier hadn’t appeared. That was when Luciano connected an explosive punch aimed at his heart.


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