Chapter 40 : The Guild Tournament (CLOSE COMBAT) 10.

"Hello there, dear thieving brother. I came for my precious loot." Jin said to his brother Nicholas that was standing in front of him. He had a devil-like smile, while Nicholas wasn't as cheerful as his brother.

"Fine, take a look yourself." Nicholas took out all of his loot. To Jin this loot was awful. There wasn't anything good for him to use, but he did spot a needle. It didn't seem normal at all, it had weird signs all over it. So he picked it up and examined it.

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[Item - Demonic Poisonous Needle.

Item rank : Epic.

Item type : Accessory.

Durability : ∞/∞.

Cooldown : Can be used once a month.

Description : The Demonic Poisonous Needle was created by the evil intentions of a dwarf craftsman. To be used, it needs to be injected into the inner cheeks of the beholder, once the beholder opens his mouth widely a deadly poisonous gas that can dissolve flesh will be released.

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"I'll take this, thank you very much." Jin replied happily as he grabbed the needle. But just as he was about to leave Nicholas grabbed him by his shoulder.

"Brother wait. Why didn't you accept my Guild request?" Nicholas asked his brother griping his shoulder. Only to freeze up a bit as a murderous killing intent came from Jin.

"Wait, I don't wish to fight you brother. I'm just curious. Have you joined a Guild yet?" Nicholas asked his brother once again, this time he was frightened by his brother's killing intent. He thought he was stronger, had he done something stupid. He would have died.

"Oh aren't you curious a bit too much? Yes, I did join a guild. The biggest Guild "Conquerors", I bet that you are envious." Jin made a cheeky remark to his brother, but Nicholas was not jealous, he was surprised to see that his brother made it to the big leagues. He wasn't envious of him. He understood from his killing intent that the big Guilds are far away from smaller Guilds in terms of everything.

"I should probably stop talking to this moron and prepare for the Guild Tournament. This is an insane opportunity for me." Jin thought to himself as he started to walk away from his younger brother. He needed to prepare, who knows what kind of monsters are hiding in his Guild.

-BACK AT THE CURRENT TIME IN THE ARENA-

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THE WINNER OF THE FIRST FIGHT IS JIN. HE WILL PROCEED IN THE NEXT MATCH!" The bald black announced the victor, to his announcement everyone remained silent. They were not as excited and entertained as in the previous battles. They still clapped, but not joyfully.

"Would you look at that Layla, you were right. The kid got guts at last." Leo remarked his opinion to Layla and the people beside him. It seems he underestimated the little assassin. Perhaps he would play a big role in targeting kills Leo plans to do in the future.

"Of course Master, I will train him if you would allow it." Layla replied to her Master. She was happy he approved of her talent-spotting ability.

"I will think about it Layla," Leo replied to Layla with a soft smile. He seemed to be enjoying his tournament.

"The little assassin used a special item. I can't believe such a evil item is still not destroyed..." Emilia was worried about the state of the player's world. They were far too connected to the dark side than the light side. This might become a huge problem in the future, but she hoped it won't.

"Ah what a disappointment. I had expected far more from a Monarch's knight, yet this child was so stupid that a pig would do way better. "Amelia appeared to be annoyed and unsatisfied with the battle results. Who can blame her? She after all was expecting a lot but instead got disappointed.

Leo nodded his head. Agreeing with his guests. But suddenly he felt that time moved slower. The time became slower and slower, he felt like he was watching a video in slow mode. But then the time started to stop. He was confused as to why the time would stop out of nowhere. He then summoned his spear "Rose" holding her tightly he stand up on guard. Observing his environment. As he felt a sudden attack coming from his back. Turning around he managed to block it, but when he saw the person who planned to kill him he was shocked.

"An Angel?! What the actual fuck?" Leo swore in shock. He couldn't grasp as to why would he be targeted by an angel. It was confusing to him. But he took his chance and used Medusa's ring.

"What-" The male Angel was dumbfounded as to why he couldn't move. He felt terror as his body was unable to move, seeing Leo's spear "Rose" coming closer to his neck. The Angel hoped his Goddess would stop this.

And just like that, she did. A yellow light protected the neck of the Angel from being decapitated. The Angel let out a sigh, collapsing on the floor. When Leo went in to attack him again.

"Wait! My Goddess told me to do so. She wanted to test your skills. Please lower your spear." the frightened angel explained in fear. Trying to reason with Leo. As the light came to surround them. Lifting them and teleporting them to a different realm.

"What is this? Explain yourself before I cut you in half." Leo yelled at the frighted angel. He knew his life was not at risk, he is a son of Odin. Who would dare to go against one of the top three powerful Gods. Only a fool would do such a thing.

When the angel started to explain why he attacked him, Leo began to realize something. This was his second time seeing time gradually becoming slower and then stopping altogether. He is going to speak with the Deity that gave him a second try at life. And maybe this time he will find out more about her.