Book 5: Chapter 41: Commencement of a Lifetime


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    Amelia continues going over some basic details of the tournament all the way till it begins. But there isnt much else that she says. Nothing all that important at least.


    Just some things about the way for others to spectate, the fact that the tournament will be disyed on massive screens in the sky on both Earth and Tartarus, and mentioning how much the news on Earth is hyping up the tournament. To the point that they made a ranking for who they thought would win.


    The Demon Lords and White being at the top of the rankings.


    Aside from that, she does mention one thing that is useful to know. Apparently, if you try to go easy on someone else or give up without trying, youre automatically disqualified for the tournament.


    Which I find odd, but it doesnt really matter. At least it means the demons wont go easy on me just because Im their princess.


    Soon after she finishes, a loud voice echoes throughout the world. One belonging to the Fae King.


    <strong>All forty-threepetitors in the tournament will now be called to the tournament universe. Prepare for transition urring in ten seconds.</strong>


    I nce at Tar, who is getting off of myp before I focus on Amelia again to find her nodding.


    Good luck, Scarlet, she says, making me give her a nod of my own.


    Then we wait for ten seconds to pass, following which a vivid red and blue light shines over us. And within moments I find myself entering some sort of pitch ck location that I can only assume is the In-Between.


    <strong>Your assumption is correct, </strong>Tar says as he floats alongside me through the In-Between.<strong> Were still far away from the void creatures though.</strong>


    Thats good.


    Why isnt Amelia with us?


    <strong>The In-Between isnt on a one-to-one scale with the mortal universe, </strong>Tar answers. <strong>So a couple of meters in distance on Earth might be a couple kilometers in the In-Between.</strong>


    Oh. So shes just somewhere nearby then.


    <strong>Yeah, </strong>he says while we continue moving through the In-Between, being pulled along by Oberons power.


    While we fly, I cant help but look around at our surroundings. At the asional strange barriers I find us passing by.


    <strong>Those are the natural barriers that seal away the void creatures, </strong>Tar exins without me asking. <strong>Theyre running rampant now after holes began appearing in them.</strong>


    Hmm.


    We continue flying through the In-Between, otherwise known as the Void, for quite a while before finally arriving at some sort of strange wormhole-looking thing. And were not the only ones here as I quickly find other people, many of whom I recognize, arriving right when we pass through.


    My attention quickly turns to my surroundings after entering the wormhole and finding myself appearing in the middle of some sort of za. Specifically the sky, since the sky is weird.


    Instead of a sun and stars, all I find are strange lights growing brighter and dimmer all over.


    After several seconds of staring at the stars, I lower my gaze back down to my immediate surroundings.


    We seem to have been ced in a ratherrge and wide open area, with more than a few grand-looking decorations scattered everywhere. There are five different stadiums, each standing at a height that must be over a thousand meters tall, and each a different color.


    The center stadium is a red and blue color, simr to the one that shone when we were teleported, meanwhile the other stadiums are ck, gray, green, and purple. And there is a path moving through various gardens heading to the entrances of each stadium.


    Please follow me, Your Highnesses, I hear a voice, bringing my attention directly in front of me, where I find some sort of see-through wisp of light in front of me.


    I blink in confusion before tilting my head slightly.


    <strong>Follow them, </strong>Tar says, snapping me out of my confusion. <strong>Thats a fae without a contracted partner thats outside of the Farshore. Its what we look like outside of the Farshore without an artificial body.</strong>


    Oh. Interesting.


    I look around for a moment, finding the other Guardians and contracted demons that are appearing all being confronted with a simr creature. So I turn around to face the fae again and immediately follow after the floating wisp.


    We move through the path for a while until the fae leads us all into the stadium. And after we enter, the fae turns back to us  I think, since its hard to tell with a wisp  and says, His Majesty wishes for you to remain here.


    Do we need to form up into any specific order? I hear one of the ss V Guardians from Earth ask, bringing my gaze to the man. One I dont have much experience interacting with.


    No, his own fae answers, following which all of the fae that were leading us begin to head out of the stadium.


    Then some more people begin to trickle into the stadium along with us. And at least half of them I recognize.


    Theres Leonidas, Amelia, the other Knights, Xyvandra, Satan, Damien, Vorgrim, and a bunch of ss V demons and humans. And the demons immediately turn their gazes towards me, with most of them bowing when they enter the stadium.


    The humans on the other hand just give me a respectful nod, which seems to irritate the demons.


    Leonidas walks up to me during this and ces his hand on my shoulder with a smile on his face. Then he moves to join Amelia, taking her hand as a powerful life source appears in the air above us. One belonging to someone everyone here knows on instinct, even if many of the ss V Guardians have never met him in person.


    Before I look up, I notice a couple of the Knights actually trembling in fear.


    Oh, right. Gramps almost killed them with ease when they went to Tartarus a while back.


    I raise my gaze to the sky where I find Gramps and King Oberon both floating in the sky.


    <strong>Hence forth, the Tournament to decide the next Fae King is officially opening! </strong>Following Oberons words, shes of light begin shining rapidly across the entire universe were on and quite possibly across Earth and Tartarus as well.<strong> Wee those fae and contractors here and beyond, for you will see a once in a lifetime event!</strong>