The Start of the Tournament
After two full weeks of solo raiding, the day of the inter-player tournament finally came. Solem and I went to City Hall to register for the tournament. We got a spot right away, but we were in different groups. I was in group K while Solem was in group I.
"Heeh... that means we can meet in the third round..." said Solem.
"If I win in the first round."
"Take it easy, you'll win for sure."
"Don't talk so easily. By the way, what's the mechanism for the first round?"
"Eh? Didn't they tell you in the announcement?"
"You know I don't like reading that, right?"
"That's true too. Um, for the first round, all groups will be moved to their own territories that are about 5000km by 5000km by 5000km. Whoever manages to defeat all the other players in that space will advance to the second round. From the second round to the finals, there will be one-on-one battles that will be broadcast to all players."
"Uwah... defeating all the players in such a place must be troublesome..."
"Right... well, all players must have large area skills and acceleration and flight skills now so that size is standard."
"Eh? I don't have flying skills or acceleration skills yet..."
I followed the hunting portion Solem gave me, so I didn't look for other skills. If I really needed that skill...
"All you have to do is summon your dragon and fly, and you're done."
"Ah..."
"Many of your summoned monsters are multi-purpose, so you should think carefully about what you can use in battle. Remember that your MP is very limited."
"Thanks for the advice."
Well, I already knew about that. Even with all the MP-boosting skills and equipment, I can still only summon one of the dragon general or dragon king. The rest of the MP would be used for protection and poke damage.
For the last time, I checked my status and skills.
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Name: DragWizard
Race: Elf
Class: Caster
Subclass: Summoner
Level: 200
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
SP: 100%
STR: 100
VIT: 100
INT: 660
MTL: 200
AGI: 300
DEX: 200
Gold: 4764839
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Equipments
- Head [Cursed Witch Hat]
- Body [Black Cursed Magic Robe]
- Weapon [Dragon Orb Staff]
- Accessories [Magicite Ring], [Manthi Core Ring]
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Skill Point: 40
Personal Skills :
- Contract (Rank A) LV.10
- Summon Wyvernkid(Rank D) LV.1
- Summon Wyvern(Rank B) LV.1
- Summon Nidhogg(Rank C) LV.1
- Earth Dragon General Summon(Rank EX) LV.10
- Earth Dragon King Summon(Rank EX) LV.10
More...
Class Skills:
- Magic Power(Rank A) LV.10
- Magic Affinity(Rank A) LV.10
- Magic Capacity(Rank A) LV.10
- Earth Dragon General's Blessing(Rank A+) LV.10
- Earth Dragon General's Curses(Rank D) LV.1
- Earth Dragon King Authorities (Rank EX) LV.10
- Earth Dragon King Magic (Rank A) LV.10
More...
[Learn Skills]
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It will be my first pvp in this game. Don't blame me if I'm nervous!
After waiting for a while in the first square, participants continued to gather.
In addition, a giant screen appeared in the sky. With it, they could display interesting players. It would be watched by players who did not participate in this tournament or players who had already lost.
[WELL THEN, THE FIRST EVER TOURNAMENT, FIRST STAGE BATTLE ROYALE, WILL BE STARTED! ]
From here, the sound of players shouting welcomed their first event. Solem was no exception, he shouted very loudly next to me. I joined in with a little embarrassment.
[WELL THEN, THE RULES WILL BE EXPLAINED ONCE MORE! THE TIME LIMIT IS 3 HOURS. EACH GROUP WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO EACH GROUP EVENT MAP AND EVERY WINNER FROM EACH GROUP WILL BE PARTICIPATED IN NEXT STAGE TOMMOROW! ]
"Luckily, he explained the rules again." Solem said with a grin.
"Yeah, yeah..." I replied while looking away.
After that, a countdown text appeared on the screen right in front of the face of the player inside the event start region. The countdown, which started from 10, stopped when it reached 0 and at that moment, all the players' bodies were enveloped in a bright light and disappeared, including me and Solem.
"This..."
The moment the light disappeared; I was already in another place. The place looked like a grassland that was several hundred meters wide. Well, since my range of vision was limited to that point, I couldn't really tell how big the field was for this initial battle.
If I'm not mistaken the field given was the size of a small planet right... we were all told to fight in a place this big? I don't know if I can accept it.
"Then... Summon: Earth Dragon General!"
I summoned Edji and boarded him to travel. Since the event's reach is one planet, I'm sure this first round will last a long time. Since they deliberately put this round on a Saturday, so I guess they expected it to last for a day or so.
[GROUP A IS OVER: LARONIA ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND]
(GROUP B IS OVER: LAINDARD ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
(GROUP C IS FINISHED: SCHLAIN ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
"Eh, that's a lie, right?"
There are already three groups finished before I even find an opponent?! What are they doing!? Isn't this too cheating?!?!
(GROUP E IS FINISHED: ARTEMUS ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
(GROUP H IS FINISHED: KAEDE ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
(GROUP J IS FINISHED: ONE ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
(GROUP M IS FINISHED: HASSAN ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
(GROUP N IS FINISHED: DEATHCROWN ADVANCES TO THE FINAL ROUND)
Eh, that's a lie, right? That's how many have finished! What exactly has happened?
DUAAAARRRRRRRR
While thinking about what happened, a huge explosion sounded from various directions.
"Magic Eye: Clairvoyance."
I used remote viewing magic to see what had happened. That's when I saw tens if not hundreds because I stopped counting at sixty, huge black golems beating the players to the point of causing explosions due to their high STR power.
"Black golems? They're up to a hundred meters tall... Edji might be able to deal with them but if it were me... what's the stat like? Magic Eye: Appraisal!"
I used my skill to analyze the giant black golem monster's stats and was surprised by the numbers I got.
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Name: -
Race: Synthesis Magic Golem
Class: -
Subclass: -
Level: 250
HP: 100%
MP: -
SP: -
STR: 1000
VIT: 1000
INT: 0
MTL: 1000
AGI: 250
DEX: 250
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"What the hell!?!" I unconsciously shouted.
Her STR, VIT, and MTL are too high! I'm not sure any of my magic can deal damage to it with a monster defense spec this high. But...
"...no matter how strong they are, they should be the synthesized monsters of the players participating in this round. If I can defeat that player, then this will be my victory. Magic Eye: Clairvoyance!"
I again deployed remote viewing to track down the person controlling the golems.
"Found it!"
It only took me a few minutes to find the player enjoying the view while sitting on a black golem. That person was holding a staff which, if I'm not mistaken, was called the Galaxis Staff... its effect was to reduce MP usage, increase the MP recovery speed and increase the speed of chanting magic. It must be because of that staff why he was able to synthesize this much golem magic so quickly.
"From this distance, my skill that I can use is..."
I extended my hand towards the player and started chanting.
"Maximize Magic: Magic Lance! Triplet Magic: Magic Boost! Earth Dragon King Magic!"
I activated the Magic Lance by amplifying it three times with Magic Boost and Earth Dragon King Magic. By being reinforced three times with magic boost, the magic lance's power became almost double its normal damage. Then with the boost from Earth Dragon King Magic, this skill got both earth and dragon attributes.
"Fire!"
I fired the magic lance and the attack skill instantly shot towards the player controlling the golem. That player noticed the arrival of my magic lance after it reached a hundred meters away from him, but with a speed of nearly two hundred meters per second he wouldn't have time to avoid it!
DUARRRR!!!!
My attack hit him, right on! Or so I thought.
As the explosion faded away, I could see that the player was still intact with a transparent shield protecting him from the damage of the attack. Magic Shield, one of the powerful defensive magic, negates as much damage as MP. In other words, ...
'Her MP is so much that he can withstand my full power attack huh...'
Even with the MP I had, I found it impossible to withstand the damage of my full attack but this guy could do it.
'Ahahaha... this is a monster...'
As I was thinking about my next move, the player suddenly shot several magic arrows at me. No, it wasn't a few levels anymore! He shot hundreds or even thousands of magic arrows at me.
"Yikes. Summon: Magic Wyvern!! Magic Wyvern, Magic Guard!!!"
I summoned the magic wyvern and made it activate its skill. Magic Wyvern's Magic Guard increased its magic defense. Since the beginning the magic wyvern had the highest magic defense among my other summoned monsters. It should be able to withstand the magic arrow launched by the golem summoner.
Then as I expected, the magic wyvern took no damage at all from the magic arrow attack it launched. But, the magic arrow attack didn't stop at all. The attack continued until I couldn't even count how many arrows had been launched.
'That guy, does he have infinite MP?!' I thought.
To withstand his magic arrow, I need a magic wyvern. Meanwhile, to attack him, I need to find a skill that deals more damage than my strongest skill combination. The only skill that can deal that much damage... is Dragon King. But to do that, I need to Unsummon Edji and recover my MP. While the enemy already knows my position, can I do that? Probably not huh...