With only 60 yers remaining, the voice announced a new rule which changed it all.
yers from all around the ind listened carefully to the announcement.
"Hidden rule: Last man standing"
Followed up by those words came an earthquake, or so it seemed.
"What''s going on?!" Asked Serena as the ground started to shake.
Everything around them was vibrating. Then before John had even realized it, particles of lights covered Eleanor and she disappeared.
"Wha-"
Before John could finish, the three of them started glowing in the same way, and they all disappeared.
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"The true games begin now." Muttered the advisor.
''True games...? I suppose this is the first time they''ve done this, but what exactly am I looking at...?'' Thought Kurt to himself as he looked at the screen.
"Would you look at that! The ind is changing shape! The yers were all teleported somewhere! What could have caused this turn of events?!" Shouted thementator.
"What''s going on?"
"Must be a change in rules..."
"But why...?"
The crowd muttered amongst themselves as they watched.
The ind shrunk down to half of its original size and seemed to turn over. No one had expected for this to happen.
After the ind turned over it shocked the whole crowd, the trees were all gone, and all they could see was a giant white cube in empty ins.
The cube was so big that it could cover around 90% of the shrunken ind.
"What is that...?"
"Were our kids teleported into that cube?"
"So it''s not gonna be on an ind anymore?"
Not only the crowd but the people who watched from all across the city were confused, but their confuser was shortly cleared by thementator''s followingment.
"I''ve just been informed, there''s been a change of rules, it will continue to be a battle royale, but instead of taking ce on an ind, it will take ce inside of the cube."
"O-oh, I see..."
"I was worried for nothing..."
Said the people as they openly shared their thoughts.
"Well then, It''s time for the second part of the battle royale!"
"Y-YEAAAH!!"
The crowd started to cheer
''Honestly, why make the exams soplicated this year, what is that old hag thinking…'' thought Kurt as he shook his head.
"Eleanor... be careful..." Muttered Kurt to himself.
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One second they were in the middle of a forest, then after a single blink, John ended up there.
"Where am I..." John muttered as he looked around.
A white space with cubical lines all around the floor and walls.
"A giant white room...? This shape..."
''A cube? Why a cube? How big is this? It can fit all of these people.'' John observed.
He continued looking around and noticed that most people were confused.
"What''s going on?"
"What happened to the exam?"
"She said something about a new rule"
"Are we supposed to start fighting it out?"
"Silence." Said the announcer.
After she said that, everything became quiet, no one said a word, or more precisely, they couldn''t.
John could not open his mouth either.
"New rule: Last man standing. You will all fight it out. When there are 30 yers remaining, new rule will be announced."
''Oi…'' John internally muttered.
"Furthermore, from now on, underneath the badge number there is a count of how many badges you''ve taken, if yer 1 is eliminated by yer 2, yer 1''s badge count will be added to yer 2 along with yer 1''s badge."
''… Oi…'' He repeated internally.
"Do not worry about killing the opponent, they will be instantly teleported the moment they are knocked out, surrender or their health reaches a low point. We have doctors on standby, do not worry, and let it all out. That is all, you may now speak... Let the 2nd round,mence."
''Are you kidding?'' John questioned the situation.
"I-I can talk..."
"Are we supposed to start fighting...?"
"What? Right no-"
Before the man could finish, he hit was by a fireball from point-nk by the guy next to him. Since his guard was lowered, it knocked him out in one blow.
Everyone watched as the fireball guy picked up the guy''s badge.
"What? It''s already started."
Shortly after, he said that it turned into a real battle royale.
*boom!* *boom* *boom*
Magic attacks were being sent from all directions, explosions happening from left and right. Everyone was at war.
"Who thought it was a good idea, to put a bunch of walking bombs in a room with each other..." John muttered to himself.
"Deprehendre" He muttered.
John looked around and found the 3 lights belonging to them. They were all together.
"The three of them should be fine if they''re together... There''s no need to go help them. For now, I guess I''ll farm badge-"
Before John could finish, he leaped to back and watched as the area he was standing on was hit by an abundant amount of mes.
"Hoh... You managed to dodge... Not bad," said the girl that was in front of John.
One thing John noticed then was that the floor was magic resistant, it didn''t burn nor heat up, and he guessed that the walls were simr too.
"That''s a lot of mes," John said as he looked over at the girl.
She had long red hair which was tied up in pigtails and red eyes, and she used mes. John wondered if she had dyed her hair or if it was in gics.
''what a coincidence. Or maybe it''s just part of the bloodline…'' John thought.
"Of course, anyst words?" She asked as she started chanting.
mes started to form in a ring shape around her.
"Yeah, look to your right." John replied as he pointed next to her.
"I won''t fall for tha-"
She was interrupted by a giant water sphere which fell on top of her.
"Oh my bad, I thought you needed to cool down." said another girl as she approached them.
Aqua blue hair tied up in a ponytail and blue eyes,
''Let me guess, she uses water.'' John guessed.
"..." the red girl stayed silent as she looked down.
She lifted up her face as she said, "You..."
''Wow, I didn''t know she could make such a scary face... What a temper.'' John thought.
"Oh? Perhaps you''d like another round? Our fight was interruptedst time, but you won''t get away this time." Said the blue-haired girl before she started chanting.
"Bring it on..." replied the red-haired girl before she started chanting.
''I guess I''ll just leave. For some reason I don''t feel like getting involved with this.'' John decided.
He turned around and walked around with his guard up, looking for badges to steal. Explosions were still going off everywhere, everyone was fighting.
"I haven''t used my daggers much since the exams started, huh..." John muttered to himself.
''Hmm, should I kill steal?'' John pondered.
He wondered if it''ll work. If he got thest hit on a yer before they get knocked out, he should be able to get the badge. But he also thought that it was a jerk move.
''Hmm, whatever, if I join in halfway, it should be fine.'' John reckoned.
"Velox" A smile was formed on his face as he muttered the words velox after fake chanting.
In mid-air John pulled out his daggers and charged right into where there were the most yers and explosions.
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"Would you look at that! Everyone''s giving it their all! Explosions being released left and right! The number of participants dropping like rain! Who will survive!"
The crowd cheered as they watched live what was happening on the magic screen.
"Oh, currently, the yer with the most eliminations is a ck-haired young boy! He seems to have 11 badges after taking out 5 yers inside of the cube! What a very unique way of fighting!"
''ck haired kid? John? No, their hairstyle is different, and this kid uses dark magic, John is an elemental wizard'' Thought Kurt as he watched the screen.
"Why does this kid look so familiar... He looks like he''s within my daughter''s age group too..." Muttered Kurt.
"Amazing! This is our first footage of him being disyed fighting and it''s barelysted 10 seconds! He''s taking out his opponents one after the other before they even realized!"
''Wait this unique way of fighting... Dark magic... So he''s their son…''
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"Surround him! He has 11 badges!" Shouted one of the guys.
After he said that, they hastily surrounded the guy.
"It''s 4 on 1, give up."
The boy started chanting after he heard those words.
"Damn it! Don''t let him chant!"
His chant was short, and he finished it before they could stop him.
"Intermediate dark magic: Umbra Regnum" muttered the boy before entering his shadow Trantion: Shadow realm.
"Where did he go?!" Shouted the guy.
"Advanced dark magic: Resurgens umbra Spika" muttered the boy once he got out of their field of view Trantion: Rising Shadow spikes.
The boy''s shadow stretched out and, without them noticing, reached under each of their legs.
Spikes rose from the shadows underneath them and pierced them each in their vital points.
"GAAAH!" they all shouted in pain before light particles engulfed their bodies and teleported them.
The number being disyed under the boy''s badge changed from 11 to 15.
"Too easy...." He muttered as he rose out from his shadow.