LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 1114: The Third Round Begins!
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BAAM! BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
Arthur's entire body was punched by Titan, who had rapidly transformed into his powerful metallic form, resembling a black metallic giant, his fists burned with flames, powerful enough to crush through bones and calcinate flesh with ease.
CRAAASH!
Arthur's entire body fell into the ground and shattered it, yet he remained alive somehow, gasping, one of his Skills had activated, named [Hero's Last Stand] which helped him survive fatal damage once every 1 minute, probably the only reason why he was able to handle so many blows from Planta.
"Ugh…! Ahhh…" he groaned, burning. "T-These flames- Ugh! Fuck!"
He started frantically drinking elixirs as Mark rapidly approached him, resembling a sentinel of flames that came straight out of hell to punish him.
"You're not getting out of here unscathed after you said that to her, you piece of shit."
"W-what?! Are you her fucking bodyguard or what?!"
"I'm her boyfriend."
"Eh?!"
Mark's Aura exuded the power of the Beast Spirits within him, and something more as well, something greater surging from the very depths of his being, phoenix wings surged from his back, spreading out, made of black metal.
"It's a good thing you don't die easily, I'm going to enjoy this."
"S-Stop!"
Arthur tried to counterattack with his magic, but everything exploded into particles of light once they hit Mark's body, his fists crushed his bones constantly, making an utter mess of him.
Everyone glanced at the scene until Arthur died for the second time… This time, Mark also forgave him, and he revived again, only to be killed a third time.
At the fourth time he died, he couldn't receive more penalties but was revived yet again, only to be carried away by the soldiers.
At that moment, Arthur wasn't even speaking anymore, too traumatized to say anything, some even wondered why he even stayed logged in through the whole beating.
The only reason was because he was too stubborn…
"I got some out of it, here," Mark said with a smile, giving Planta all the spoils.
"Oh, no, please, keep it," Planta laughed. "You earned it I guess… What a bully you are! I kind of liked that, it was pretty cool~!"
Planta hugged him, kissing his lips.
"Thank you for doing that for me, even though I could have done it myself…"
"Yeah, I couldn't let that pervert fight with you anymore. I let him be revived another time just so he could be brought to the kingdom's prison, they seal all skills and magic there through the system's assistance, so he'll be there for a while."
"Oh well, that's done for now." Planta felt relieved.
The rulers quickly announced everything that had happened and apologized for the delay of the third round of the competition.
Your journey continues with empire
"My apologies for the third round's delay," the Queen said. "As all of you saw, there were a lot of things delaying things for a little while. Don't worry, citizens, that person has now been imprisoned within our prison's highest security chambers and will be unable to disturb everyone's peace for a long while."
Something that not many Players knew was that if they went too far, they could actually get imprisoned by a Kingdom's law and be unable to play the game other than as a prisoner inside the prison for months, or sometimes even years.
"Now that the problem has been dealt and reparations have been paid, the round three shall begin!" said the King.
The announcer then stepped forward to announce what the third round was all about, he seemed rather excited too, looking forward to it.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the third round of this tournament shall begin!" said the announcer. "In the first two rounds we've seen the great talents of these craftsmen with all our eyes, yet is this all they can do? The third round shall now move on from normal equipment, armor and weapons is what every crafter can do, but what about more complex, delicate works?
For this round, the participants will be given the task of crafting a ring, a necklace, and a bracelet!"
"Wait, what? Isn't that too complicated? And only one hour for that…" muttered Goldanaba. "This is a bit too much dude…"
"I think it's manageable," said Erdragon. "Isn't it, Horshen?"
"Yeah," Horshen said. "Any decent craftsman would always master accessories, that's what usually sells the most. I'm surprised you haven't, seeing how you craft everything into golden and shiny things."
"W-Well, I know how to do it but I usually put much more effort and time into it…" muttered Goldanaba.
The assistants walked into the arena and gave all participants the necessary materials, this time they were given more expensive-looking ingots, although only three, and also magic spirit stones and monster crystals.
"I-Is there a specific theme to what we should craft these items for?" wondered Erika.
"A theme? Not that I've heard," the announcer said. "I believe the rulers want you to come out with your own ideas and the utilize of each item! Healing, protection, spell, attack, or just basic stat boosting accessories, it's all up to you."
"I see, so that's how it is," Planta nodded. "Ambil, Mark, are we ready?"
"Yeah, for sure," said Ambil. "Let's start right away."
"Okay, who does what?" wondered Mark.
"I'll do the bracelet, I'm rather good with them," said Planta. "What about you two?"
"I'll do the ring if Titan doesn't mind," said Ambil.
"Sure, I'll do the necklace then," Titan nodded. "It's the easier for a newbie like me, so it suits me."
And they began, the smithies flared with flames and the metals started melting and being placed into their specific molds, delicately and precisely, all participants began cutting and polishing the ingredients, especially the jewels and spirit stones.
These stones would be the ones to give these accessories all their magical abilities, so they had to make sure they would not screw things over with it!
As everyone worked, at the same time, Teressa once more contacted Melisa.
"Melisa… Don't you dare fail me now," she said. "We're getting the first place no matter what, did you hear me? If Planta's too hard for now, go for the others…"
"But…!"
"No buts! JUST DO WHAT I SAY!"
"Y-Yes…"
Melisa looked at her hands, taking out her black gloves, revealing how her hands truly looked like.
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