Book 5: Chapter 52: Rise of the King


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    After a lovely nights rest, sleeping off the leveling sickness, I return full of energy for the nextpetition. Which turns out to be a tower defensepetition. One where we have to defend our towers and the core inside of our towers from a wave of monsters.


    Apetition that ends up being really easy when I make arge bubble of Red gue surrounding my tower, giving me more time to catch up on my sleep.


    Then the nextpetition after that one is, to my surprise, a simple brute force test. One where we simply punch a wall and it determines how much force we put into the punch, and the winner is whoever punches it the hardest.


    Aplicatedpetition for sure.


    I nod my head at that thought as Tar snorts.


    All of the otherpetitors go first, punching the wall and not making even a single crack in it. Not even making it show any sort of reaction at all. Meanwhile most of thepetitors get a number somewhere between three hundred and five hundred, which also represents how many points theyll be getting via dividing the number by three.


    Until Leonidas goes and the entire wall shakes with a couple of cracks emerging, making a number slightly above a thousand show on the wall. Followed by the rest of the Demon Lords and Amelia.


    Although, while Amelia is the only Knight almost on par with the Knights in level, she still focuses on magic. Not physical strength.


    So her physical capabilities are all lower than her mental and magical.


    Which lead to her only getting eight hundred and fifty three points.


    Unfortunately for me, thispetition bans the use of magic. So I cant use the Red gue for this to enhance my strength.


    A pity, but Im already really far ahead on points as things are anyways.


    Once my turnes around, I step up to the wall, pull my fist back, and punch straight at the center of the wall. And my punch ends up being just like the other Demon Lords, except Leonidas. Which makes sense since my level is about the same as Vorgrim and Xyvandra at this point.


    I step away under a wave of apuse and cheering before standing back with my arms crossed as the rest of thepetitors take their turns.


    The rest of thepetition doesntst for much longer, and soon enough the fourthpetition of the tournamentes to a close. Then King Oberon goes over his usual spiel again congratting people for changing in rankings and pointing out that Im still at the top.


    This tournament is beginning to feel rather boring.


    <strong>Dont tell Father that, </strong>Tar says, almost making me snort in amusement. <strong>Hed be rather upset.</strong>


    Yeah, yeah.


    At least things should get more interesting when I cant just brute force my way through everything with the Red gue anymore.


    Tar nods his head from my shoulder as the king finishes up his spiel. Then the nextpetitions rules and description appear high in the air.


    <strong><em>Rise of the King</em></strong>


    <strong><em>Description:</em></strong><em> All Competitors will be ced in a randomly generated map where a single golden crown will be ced somewhere across the map. Holding the crown will grant the owner game points that do not affect the overall point score of the tournament every second the crown is held, along with a regr point for every ten seconds the crown is held. Thepetition willst for three hours, and various non-lethal traps and loot boxes will be ced throughout the map.</em>


    <strong><em>Rules:</em></strong><em> Killing otherpetitors is allowed. Anti-death use is allowed. Common boxes grant one point, umon grants three points, rare grants five points, epic grants ten points, and legendary grants twenty-five points.</em>


    <strong><em>Goal:</em></strong><em> Keep the crown for as long as you can. The one who holds it for the longest will win.</em>


    <strong><em>Rewards:</em></strong><em> First ce gets one hundred points. Second ce gets seventy-five points. Third ce gets fifty points. And allpetitors may keep the points they rued throughout thepetition.</em>


    <strong>And the nextpetition of the tournament is our very firstpetitor versuspetitor tournament! Competitors willpete for the crown, killing each other or just making the others forfeit the crown themselves, trying to hold it for as long as they possibly can! </strong>King Oberon deres, making the audience grow excited in anticipation of thepetition. <strong>This will be the <emst </empetition of the night! So make sure you stay to see it!</strong>


    Hmm. Basically capture the crown.


    This one could prove more challenging for me. I wont be able to use the Red gue to capture the crown from someone else. Not if I dont want to permanently eat their reality.


    So Im going to be left using my normal skills and actually fighting for the first time in this tournament.


    A faint grin stretches across my face at that thought.


    Although when I do get the crown I can always justze around in a bubble of Red gue.


    <strong>That wouldnt work, </strong>Tar points out. <strong>Your mother can just erase the Red gue and pass through if she wanted to.</strong>


    True. Not sure if she cares enough about this tournament to do that, but she certainly could if she wanted to.


    Of course, I could always make the bubblerge enough that she cant do that. But whered the fun in that be?


    I think fighting the Demon Lords and Knights of Humanity might be fun.


    <strong>Just be careful that you dont lose control of your blood and infect them, </strong>Tar reminds me. <strong>Or the blood making up your clothes.</strong>


    Yep. That would be bad.


    The fae king continues talking for a little bit before he spreads both of his wings out and a vast arena appears beneath us. One with the appearance of arge volcano.


    My eyes narrow slightly at the chosen battlefield. One that favors Vorgrim and Red.


    <strong>Now lets begin! </strong>King Oberon shouts, following which I find myself teleported into the arena in a random location.


    Then a bright golden light shines up into the sky like a pir, showing where the crown is.


    A crown thats located on the other side of the map from me.


    Well thats annoying.