Chapter 420 - End of First Round
Chapter 420: End of First Round
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Harold, you idiot. Didn’t we agree to go up in the last ten minutes? Why are you going up there now? What if you get eliminated?”
Below the stage, Douglas, one of the three members from the Winter Nation, complained unhappily when Harold went up the stage. Douglas and the Princess did not follow suit. They just stood near Harold and watched.
“Douglas, you don’t have to be so nervous. What’s the big deal? Anyway, if you come in early, more people will be eliminated. Besides, didn’t you say that it’s better to go up early than later? Because you can show your strength and intimidate the contestants from the beginning. That will make them feel like we are invincible and attack the remaining contestants. On the contrary, it’s unlikely that they will touch us. We’re going up later to keep our strength hidden.”
Harold’s explanation made Douglas palm his forehead subconsciously. “Harold, you really surprised me.. Why did you explain our strategy in front of the enemy? Calling you an idiot is too good for you.”
“I’m sorry, Douglas. Anyway, those are all unimportant. I think it’s okay to tell them. Furthermore, judging from their intention, it’s obviously the same as us. It doesn’t matter whether we tell them not! Right now, the most important thing for me is to end the battle. Other things aren’t worth mentioning at all. Do you guys want to come up one by one or together?”
After a few perfunctory explanations, the light in Harold’s eyes grew more assertive. He beckoned at Watson and the others.
“Who are you? How can you be so arrogant? You even want us to go up together. Do you have the skills? I don’t need anyone else. I can settle you by myself.”
Casey and Lana arrived late, so they did not see the battle between Christina and Harold. Therefore, Casey did not think that the man in front of him was powerful. He held the Water Dragon Sky Sword and swaggered forward.
“Platinum-tier sword technique, Sky-connecting Waterspout!”
The water tornado that had just dissipated condensed once more after Casey’s words, and it sped up its approach toward Harold. Under the dark clouds, a few bursts of lightning could be seen. Those who came into contact with the water droplets from the water tornado had holes in their bodies, and everyone else fled in all directions.
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However, Harold, who was at the center of the attack, appeared to be very calm. He did not escape from the oncoming waterspout, and he extended his right hand that expanded like an inflatable balloon amidst a series of cracking sounds. Soon, its size increased by several times. At the same time, a layer of solid ice appeared on its enlarged arm.
Harold stuck his arm into the waterspout, which then was spinning rapidly before it stopped. A layer of solid ice condensed along with the water molecules. Soon, the waterspout stopped spinning and turned into a huge rotating icicle. Then, Harold pulled his thick arm out of the rotating icicle.
Boom!
The icicle that connected the sky and the earth turned into ice shards and snowflakes.
“What…is that?” Casey, who was holding his platinum-tier weapon high up in the air, was ready to welcome the victory. When he saw that scene, he opened his mouth and fell into a daze. The snowflakes that fell on his body made him subconsciously alert.
It froze his platinum-tier attack. That power was too terrifying.
“Are you stunned? You people are so short-sighted. The Winter Nation has powerful magical beasts and even more ancient existences, such as the snow giants! As the descendants of the once-extinct frost giants, the snow giants are not as powerful as the frost giants, but they also have extraordinary strength. And I am a snow giant with ice blood flowing in my veins. Furthermore, the purity of the giant bloodline in my blood is not weaker than that of an ordinary frost giant. The specific manifestation is that I was born with platinum-tier strength.”
“Born with platinum-tier strength? Is there such a genius in the world?”
Even Watson was shocked.
He had trained for a long time to become platinum-tier. He did not expect that Harold would be born with such strength. Humans were incomparable, indeed. The Winter Nation had sent a monster to them.
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“Young Master Watson, that guy is from the snow giant’s bloodline. With your help, he might be able to awaken the bloodline of the real frost giant! After the elemental giant is extinct, even their remains will be worth a lot. That guy is a good specimen. Do you want me to capture him and bring him back to the Severed Fingers Gang?” Amon lowered his voice and whispered into Watson’s ear.
His goal was to help Watson find suitable talents and win them over to fight against the King. Since the person in front of him was from the Winter Nation and was naturally hostile toward the Holy Dragon Kingdom, he was a good target.
“There’s no need for that. He attacked Tina. Now he’s my enemy and needs to be dealt with.” Watson shook his head.
While Watson was talking to Amon, Douglas pushed up his monocle and said, “Harold, can you stop telling your enemies about your abilities? Now that your enemies know about your abilities, how are you going to ambush them?”
Douglas despised swine-like teammates who were constantly bragging to their foes about their special abilities. He would have gone up onto the stage and dragged Harold Down if the Princess had not yet given the order.
“Douglas, you’re too nosy. Even if I tell those people about my ability, they can’t do anything to me! My snow giant’s ability far surpasses that of a human; what can they do to me? They can only watch as I defeat them.” Harold spoke in a muffled voice.
Every part of his body suddenly swelled. The black hair on his body grew and turned from black to white in a short period. He had transformed from a human into a giant more than ten meters tall and covered in long white hair.
“The people from the Winter Nation have giant blood in them? Run, quickly!” When one of the contestants caught a glimpse of Harold as a giant, the giant’s shadow fell on him. In shock, he let out a shrill scream and dashed back to safety.
“How do I defeat such a monster? I give up.”
Harold’s terrifying appearance terrified most of the people there. They were tempted to surrender by spreading their arms wide. To their surprise, Harold had already spread out his massive feet, which measured several meters in circumference, before they could even raise their hands. He stomped on the contestants who were ready to surrender. A few that could not get away in time were squashed into a pool of blood, even though the attack did not use any combat aura or combat skills to do so.
Roar!
After completing all of that, Harold stooped to his knees and grabbed the arena floor with both of his hands. Since there were many battles between those geniuses, the arena was reinforced to withstand attacks, at least at the platinum tier. However, Harold had lifted the rocks out of the ground. He hurled two massive boulders, each measuring several meters in height, with the force of a mountain.
As a result, those in the path of the two massive rocks were broken apart and sent flying out of the arena. The weaker ones were trampled, and their bodies littered the ground. The entire arena was reduced to two long, empty halls as a result of the operation. Except for the bits of meat and the spilled blood, the voids were empty.
That scene was too shocking; the other contestants even stopped fighting. The entire arena was silent.
“From now on, this arena will belong to me. If you don’t want to die, then get lost. Only those who can fight me can stay here.” Harold’s snow giant spoke in a low and muffled voice. His voice was like thunder. When the other contestants heard that, many of them revealed indignant expressions, but they had no way to refute him. They were like weaklings who were not worth mentioning.
“Harold, that’s enough. Don’t attack the other contestants. I’ll be your opponent.”
Christina could not stand Harold’s arrogance. She stood up and stretched her right hand into a battle stance.
“You finally can’t stand it anymore? I’ll finish you off first and then crush those small fries around me.”
Harold opened his fanged-mouth that and let out an ear-piercing laugh. He ran toward Christina on four limbs. The strength of his running was enough to shake the earth. Furthermore, Harold’s finger was thicker than Christina’s—two were enough to pinch an ordinary human.
Everyone thought Christina had a small chance of winning.
“Watson, aren’t you going to help? Would it be dangerous to let Miss Christina fight against such a monster alone? After all, there’s a difference even if they’re both platinum-tier. A platinum-tier giant is obviously much stronger than an ordinary human,” Charlotte asked hesitantly. However, Watson remained calm; he did not move.
“There’s no need. We’ll just wait here. Tina is skilled enough to get rid of that big fool! Instead of worrying, you should rest and prepare for the upcoming competition. With me here, you don’t have to worry. If you’re tired, you can just lie here and sleep.”
“Lie here and sleep?”
Charlotte repeated with a strange expression on her face. The people nearby also showed disapproval after hearing Watson’s words. No matter how strong Watson was, he would not be able to protect all of them, right? After all, sleeping in a place like that was equivalent to courting death.
“If you guys don’t want to rest, then I’ll rest on my own.”
Watson had no intention of defending himself after seeing that Charlotte and the others did not believe him. He did not do anything but sit cross-legged on the ground, his face blank. His attention was drawn to the nearby conflict between Christina and Harold. They had already collided at that point. Christina did not have a longsword, but she was dripping with energy with every move she made. Harold had a great deal of power as well. Every move he made had the potential to shake the ground beneath his feet. In addition, Harold’s body was constantly enveloped in a layer of ice-cold air as he attacked.
Christina’s frequent exchanges with him had left the ground and her armor wholly covered in ice. As a result, her movements became increasingly challenging.
“The Sword Saint’s platinum-tier daughter! You have let me down so badly. Is this the extent of your abilities?” Every time he punched the ground, one could see the imprint there. The shattered ground froze in midair before they turned to stones and were blasted away.
“You are powerful. I have to admit that I can’t do anything to you in a short period. It seems that I can only use this move.”
Christina backed ten meters away while she said that. Harold’s attack and defense were comparable to diamond-tier, which caused her to understand that Harold’s strength was probably at peak platinum-tier. Even if Christina could use her diamond-tier sword technique to subdue Harold, it would have been difficult to inflict physical harm on him.
“Oh? Are you still hiding some kind of powerful move? Hurry up and use it, or you won’t have a chance.”
“As you wish.”
Christina was unmoved by Harold’s words. She just closed her eyes, raised her hands above her head, and took a step backward with her right calf. Her entire body seemed to have turned into a sharp sword.
Before she could move, a sharp sword aura had already shot straight into the sky. The thick dark clouds that had appeared earlier because of Casey’s platinum-tier fighting technique, the Sky-connecting Waterspout, had been pierced through them. A warm ray of sunlight sprinkled on the ground. It shone on Christina’s body, causing her armor to emit a psychedelic luster. Following that, an illusory kingdom appeared. With Christina as the core, Harold was trapped within it.
Harold’s expression drastically changed when he realized what was going on around Christina. When Christina confronted him before the competition, he knew exactly what move she intended to use. Douglas’ interruption prevented Christina from unleashing it fully, and as a result, Harold was under the impression that the pressure on him had increased when that move was actually used.
‘I can’t let her unleash that move, or else I’ll lose.’
With that thought in his heart, Harold’s thick arms clenched into fists and fell toward the ground. “Peak platinum-tier fighting technique, Avalanche of a Thousand Mountains!”
Numerous snow mountains appeared in front of Harold. Each one was taller than the other. The snow swirled in all directions, along with the strong wind. The endless snowflakes seemed to fill up the entire arena and covered the snow mountains. Countless participants flew out of the arena and were covered by the snowflakes. There were even more people submerged under the snow.
After that move appeared, the noblemen in the surrounding stands held their breaths.
King Landhar III, Antonio, Reid, and the two envoys from the Winter Nation sat in the luxurious spectator box.
“I did not expect such powerful talent from the Winter Nation. They seemed to be already at peak platinum-tier at such young ages. Their future achievements should be limitless!”
King Landhar III looked down at the battle through the huge window. He was swirling a glass of scarlet wine brewed from the sun fruit.
Upon hearing his words, the two envoys from the Kingdom of Winter could not help but look pleased. “Your Majesty, you flatter us. Among these three talents, Harold is not the strongest. The other two geniuses, Princess Ash and Douglas, are stronger than Harold when they want to be! It’s just that we did not expect that your kingdom’s Lady Swordmistress would be able to fight Harold to a draw.”
As soon as the two envoys finished speaking, a cold snort came from the side. The person who made the sound was Reid. Naturally, Reid did not feel good when someone belittled his daughter. “What do you mean by fighting Harold to a draw? Can’t you see that Tina is about to win?”
“I’m sorry, Master Sword Saint. We do not see it at all.”
The two envoys were intimidated by Reid’s powerful aura, and their breathing stopped. Then, they realized that they had lost their composure, so they took the opportunity to look outside.
“It seems like the weather in the Winter Nation is not too good, which has caused the two envoys’ eyes to be less than perfect. After the competition is over, I will definitely treat the two of you with the best healers in our kingdom.”
“Master Reid, there is no point in trying to convince us. A win is a win, and a loss is a loss! Besides, Harold is 14 years old this year, and Lady Swordmistress is already 20 years old. Even if Harold loses, it is expected. If Harold is the same age as Lady Swordmistress, then Lady Swordmistress will definitely lose.”
“What did you say?”
King Landhar III, sensing tensions rising between Reid and the two envoys, put down his wine cup and said, “Alright, do not quarrel! Instead of arguing about it, how about we make a bet on who will win that battle, and I will be the judge?”
“Since His Majesty has said so, it seems inappropriate for us not to participate. We bet that Harold would win, and we bet a thousand gold coins.” The two envoys looked at each other.
“Only a thousand gold coins? You people from the Winter Nation are so stingy. Or do you have no confidence in your own elites?” Reid sneered. Then, the two envoys asked, “Master Sword Saint, so you are prepared to bet more? I wonder how much you are betting?”
“I shall bet a million gold coins that Tina will win.”
What?
The two envoys were shocked. They did not expect Reid to bet so much. They did not know if Reid was really that confident or rich and generous and did not care about such a small amount of money.
“Since Reid has offered one million gold coins, then I must do something as well. I also bet that Christina will win. And I also bet one million gold coins.” Antonio, who had not spoken since the beginning, suddenly interrupted with a smile on his face. “I can even bet on the final winner. You will never think of this person. And I can bet 100 million gold coins on that.”
“Antonio, the first round is not over yet. It’s too early to tell. You can only bet between Christina and Harold for this round.”
“Alright, Your Majesty. I’ve spoken too much.”
Antonio smiled and did not say anything after being reprimanded by King Landhar III. He understood that the King did not want him to leak too much information, but he did not care. He had decided that the winner of that competition would be Watson. There was no one more monstrous than that youth.
When Christina and Harold were fighting, Watson sat cross-legged on the spot and began to doze off, making Antonio feel angry and amused. The only one who could show such laziness in the battle was Watson, and the two envoys from the Winter Nation would never have thought that such a youth would be the favorite to win.
King Landhar III turned to look at the two envoys. “Gentlemen, each of us has bet a million gold coins, but you only bid 1,000 gold coins. Isn’t that a little inappropriate? ”
“Your Majesty, we only have a few thousand gold coins on us. We can’t even make a bigger bet.”
“It doesn’t matter. We can lend the money to you. As long as you win, you can return it to me. Anyway, it’s only one million gold coins. It should not be a big amount for you or the Winter Nation, right?”
‘How was that not a significant amount?’
The two envoys complained in their hearts. A million gold coins could do a lot of things in the Winter Nation. A large family’s annual liquidity was only around ten million gold coins. It might not be enough. That was the disadvantage of living in a cold environment. Due to the lack of resources and the exhaustion they had to endure to get through the cold every year, the residents did not get to enjoy any special entertainment programs. Their purchasing power was also inferior. Their economy was far less developed than that of the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
However, since King Landhar III had said so, the two envoys could not lower their rank. It seemed like the Winter Nation was not as good as the Holy Dragon Kingdom. They immediately nodded. “In that case, we thank you, Your Majesty. One million gold coins bet then. That money is just a drop in the ocean for the Winter Nation. We’ll accept that bet.”
In any case, as long as they won the bet, they would not have to pay it. On the contrary, they could earn quite a lot. So, why not?
In a happy mood, the two envoys looked through the huge window. At that moment, the battle between Harold and Christina was almost at the end.
“Platinum-tier fighting technique, Avalanche of a Thousand Mountains!”
As they watched the massive snow mountains appear and spread outward, engulfing the competitors one by one, both envoys could not help but smile. They knew Harold’s strengths and weaknesses; he was the weakest link in the trio. The other two elites were much stronger. Harold was more powerful in terms of strength and maneuverability.
“It seems like you will have to spend a lot of money, Your Majesty.”
Unable to hold it in, the envoy displayed the posture of a victor. With such a powerful move like the Avalanche of a Thousand Mountains, not many people in the Winter Nation could withstand it, let alone Christina, who had already been swallowed by the snowflakes. It seemed like she had already suffered a crushing defeat.
“It’s too early to make a conclusion. Let’s continue watching.” King Landhar III shook his head. His indifferent reaction made the two envoys somewhat puzzled. How would Christina turn the tables?
Just as they were feeling puzzled, suddenly, a dazzling seven-colored greatsword pierced through layers of snow fog and the icebergs that filled the sky. It transformed into the Kingdom of the Sword that shot straight into the clouds and emitted a brilliant light.
The Kingdom of the Sword was illusory and seemed to be unstable. However, the power it contained was supreme. Just by looking at it, one could feel the radiance of divinity. Many participants could not help but kneel on the ground with trembling legs in front of it. In an instant, a large number of people knelt on the stage. Even a few elites who were unmoved, such as Nia, who had occupied the eastern corner from the start, could not help but look at the greatsword with a solemn expression.
Slash!
Accompanied by a soft shout, the Kingdom of the Sword slashed downward. It was as if a divine kingdom had fallen. The hundreds of icebergs that Harold had summoned instantly shattered. Without even releasing ice shards, they were vaporized into mist, revealing the entire stage.
Crack!
The arena, with Harold as the center, split into two halves. The middle of the arena was blocked by a crack that was several meters wide. Harold stared at his chest in a daze. His skin was dyed red with blood—a large wound ran across his chest.
“What’s that move called?”
“That is a starlight-tier sword technique, and its name is the Kingdom of the Sword.”
“A starlight-tier sword technique?”
Harold’s eyes widened, and then he smiled bitterly in relief. “I see, I did not lose unjustly.”
As soon as his voice fell, his huge body collapsed. The long white fur on his body gradually turned black, and his huge body began to shrink. Before he fell into the crack, a black shadow flashed under it—it was Douglas. He held Harold in his arms.
“Harold, that’s why I told you not to leak any information to the enemy so easily. Otherwise, you would not be so miserable!”
“Princess Ash, what should we do now? We’ve disrupted the plan. Should we avenge Harold?”
Douglas turned his head and asked Ash, who had also followed him to the stage. Even though he saw Christina perform the shocking starlight-tier sword technique, he did not feel afraid. On the contrary, the eyes hidden behind the lenses were filled with killing intent.
“Do it… No, forget it. Let’s find a place to treat Harold for the time being. ”
When Ash saw the big bloody hole in Harold’s chest, a hint of anger flashed in her eyes. She wanted to make a move, but at that moment, Watson, who was behind Christina, suddenly woke up. He stretched his body and said, “It’s over so quickly. It’s faster than I thought.” Then, he met Ash’s eyes.
The moment she met Watson’s eyes, Ash’s body trembled violently. She swallowed the words forcefully and stomped her foot. Standing on the collapsed arena floor, Ash and Douglas, who was still carrying Harold, looked around coldly.
That scene stopped the contestants who were prepared to ambush Harold. Everyone on the stage was at least platinum-tier. Other than Christina, who had just broken the arena with her sword, the rest could not do anything similar. Only Ash could shatter the arena with a single move. A person with that kind of strength was not something they could afford to provoke.
However, Ash’s actions reminded them that they could destroy the stage; he only required them to be still standing at the end of the competition. He did not say they had to be on the same stage.
“Princess Ashe, you clearly wanted me to make a move just now. Why did you immediately change your words? Furthermore, you made us stay so far away from the main stage. We can’t avenge Harold or kill any of the geniuses from the Holy Dragon Kingdom.”
Douglas stood in the small arena with a radius of one meter. He frowned as he looked at the crowd that was still fighting hundreds of meters away.
“Just now, I happened to catch a glimpse of someone. It was because of them that I came to such a conclusion! Concentrate your efforts on healing Harold. The Holy Dragon Kingdom has such a powerful person? That’s something I didn’t expect to find here, Douglas. It looks like we made a blunder with our calculations. My mother’s mission, which she assigned to me, is unlikely to be completed.”
Ash looked worried. Her full name was Ash Winter Gustav, the third daughter of the Winter Nation’s empress. The fact that she appeared on that mission symbolized the importance of the Holy Dragon Kingdom. It also meant that she possessed a special ability.
The eye of the frozen mirror.
She was born with a special pupil. It was made of pure ice elements rather than flesh and blood. Anyone who possessed that pupil could see through the essence of all the powers in the world. However, it also meant that the person would be color blind—everything was a mass of energy.
For example, Ash would see Harold as an ice-elemental energy mass with the outline of a giant. Even if Harold did not cast his giant transformation, it was still the same. When she looked at Christina’s outline, it was a giant sword that shot straight up into the sky. It was very similar to the Kingdom of the Sword that she had seen. Those were not much. The key was that she had accidentally caught a glimpse of Watson’s energy outline.
Ash shivered as she remembered that.
“Princess Ash, what exactly did you see? If you are afraid because of that woman, I really don’t think it’s necessary. Even though she can use the divine kingdom, the Empress gave us that artifact before she left. With that artifact, we can easily use the divine kingdom’s power. We won’t be inferior to her.”
“Who said I was talking about the swordswoman? I’m talking about the youth behind her.”
Ash reached out and pointed in Watson’s direction. The young man was sitting cross-legged on the ground and yawning as if he had just woken up from a dream. Douglas’ expression became strange. “You’re afraid of that youth, Princess Ash? Really?”
He understood Ash’s ability to see things that ordinary people could not. That was also her primary purpose for going there—some geniuses would hide their strength to influence other people’s judgment. However, with Ash around, they would not make a mistake in their judgment.
“Douglas, the young man you are referring to, defeated the Frozen Sky Ice Bow before the competition! I looked at him then, but although it was powerful, it was barely diamond-tier. However, his aura changed when I was about to order you to attack him.”
Ash’s pupils turned pure white, reflecting the outline of the energy emitted from Watson’s body. The outline was difficult to describe. It did not have a human form, but instead, it was a fountain emitting unknown energy. Two divine kingdoms with entirely different styles, and there were also numerous glorious rules. Human figures were between them. They were not Watson, but they were a part of him. His outline did not have any obvious boundaries; it seemed to occupy everything within sight.
Ash had seen through many people since she was young. Among them, there were many powerful magical beasts and elites. However, none of them had an energy outline like Watson’s.
“Princess Ash, I don’t understand what you’re saying. You said that Harold’s energy profile was a snow giant that was more than ten meters tall, just like what he looked like after he transformed! Tell me, how many Harolds are there in Watson’s energy profile. Then, I’ll be able to gauge his strength.”
“One thousand, no, maybe 10,000 Harolds.”
“Ten thousand Harolds? Are you seeing things?” Douglas swallowed his saliva. He had never doubted the princess, but at that moment, he could not help but waver. Harold was as strong as a diamond-tier elite, but Watson was equivalent to 10,000 of Harolds. How strong was Watson
“I’m sure. We should change our plans for the upcoming battle. With that young man, if we go too far, we might end up worse than Harold! As for how strong that young man is, we’ll have to wait for the next battle to find out.”
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When Ash and Douglas analyzed Watson’s strength, Watson stood up, slapping his hand over his mouth. He glanced at Ash and Douglas in the distance. ‘They even thought of such a method to split up the arena. How clever! It’s a pity they didn’t give up even after watching their man lose. They were prepared to capture everyone in one fell swoop.’
After Christina defeated Harold, Ash cast a glance at Watson. He felt a trace of that girl’s gaze. It was as if she had been seen through his body, and all his secrets had been exposed. That made him a little nervous. He believed that the girl was not ordinary since she could affect him that much. He wanted to finish her off before she entered the finals. However, he did not expect her to stop attacking after she saw him. Instead, she took the initiative to pull away. That made it difficult for him to make a move.
‘If I make a move now, I can only use a large-scale attack. If that were to happen, I would eliminate most of the people here. I’d better wait for an opportunity to meet her after entering the finals to think of a way to deal with her.”
Watson made up his mind and waved at Christina. “Tina, you came back just in time. I’ll have to trouble you to cut off the area that we’re in to separate us from the main stage.”
“You’re telling me to do things the moment I come back? Watson, I didn’t see you helping me when I was fighting a strong enemy just now.” Christina panted as she rolled her eyes at Watson. It was obvious that the battle had exhausted her.
“I believed that you could defeat the opponent, Tina, so I did not interfere.” Watson shrugged. Christina rolled her eyes again. Although she was unhappy with Watson’s words, she still did as he requested. She stretched her hand outward and separated the west side of the arena. Then, she used her sword aura to push them away from the main stage.
When the other elites saw that, they also followed suit. Nia used an ice blade to split the arena that she was in and then used an ice pillar to lift it into the air.
Augustus also occupied a spot and released platinum-tier flames to fuse the surrounding stages. The fire separated his area from the main stage, making it difficult for others to get close.
Aside from them, a few elites had separated the stage from the battle. Faced with such a powerful existence that surpassed platinum-tier, the other participants did not dare fight for it. They could only engage in an even more crowded battle in the arena, which had shrunk by nearly a third.
An hour quickly passed. The number of participants remaining in the arena had decreased from 30,000 to less than 1,000 people.
In the spectator box in the sky.
Reid and Antonio held an IOU in their hands, respectively. Their faces were filled with joy, while the Winter Nation’s two envoys sat opposite them. They looked as if they had lost their loved ones; they were discouraged.
“Harold had lost? How did that swordswoman control the divine kingdom?” They knew that only starlight-tier elites could use the divine kingdom’s power. Some diamond-tier geniuses might be able to use it too. However, that girl looked like she was only platinum-tier. So, how could she use the divine kingdom? It was impossible for her to do that. Did she use a weapon? It did not look like she carried one.
“Impossible? As my daughter, is it strange for her to control the divine kingdom at such a young age?” Reid exhaled with a smug look on his face. He had earned a million gold coins, an act that smacked the envoys’ faces. He was really proud of himself. It was too exhilarating.
Reid knew that it was an ability that Watson had given Christina, so he did not doubt it. After all, he had seen with his own eyes that after believing in Watson, even a gold-tier disciple could display strength comparable to a diamond-tier elite, let alone a platinum-tier Christina.
He might not believe in his daughter, but he would always believe in Watson.
However, there was one thing that Reid did not quite understand. He believed that there was a reason for Christina to win. Why did King Landhar III look as if he was certain that Christina would win? Did he know about Watson’s various abilities? Did Watson tell the King that?
Puzzled, Reid glanced at King Landhar III and found that he was playing with the wine glass in his hand. The corners of his mouth held an unfathomable smile.
Reid did not know what was going through King Landhar III’s mind at that moment. ‘What a pity. Initially, I thought that Christina was not a match for the Winter Nation’s youth. But if Watson were to make a move, the other youth would definitely lose. I didn’t expect Christina to defeat him on her own! That was really beyond my expectations. I knew that Christina had advanced to platinum-tier, but when did she manage to master the Kingdom of the Sword? Did she have some sort of epiphany? No matter what, that is too exaggerated.’
From platinum-tier epiphany to obtaining starlight-tier abilities, was that something that a human could do?
‘Antonio and Reid bet so confidently on Christina’s victory. It seems like they have grasped some things that I don’t know, but they aren’t willing to tell me about that. They wanted me to also bet on a million gold coins. Those two old b*stards.’
King Landhar III cursed Reid and Antonio for being unreasonable, but he did not say it aloud. Since it was almost time, he stood up, and his voice was transmitted to the entire Royal Academy with magic.
“Time’s up. I declare that the first round of the competition has officially ended. Let me see how many people are left after this.”