parentshiftbook Chapter 890: The Gauntlet
Chapter 890: The Gauntlet
chapter 890: the gauntlet
'we have finally gotten to this point...'
rey and lucielle stared at each other as they waited in the hallway dedicated to their squad. despite having only four people present, the space felt suffocating, to say the least. however, unlike how lucielle was breathing slightly unevenly, rey was completely calm.
he had no choice but to be calm.
'we just have to do well and make sure to defeat the enemies, else these two won't let it slide...' he glanced at shai'ya and kat'erin. 'plus, since it'll let me copy more skills up close, it's just better we keep winning... so i can advance.'
of course, even though the strategy was pretty simple, rey was not without his worries.
'the dragon emperor is present, isn't he?'
didn't that mean there was a chance that he would be found out? unlike lucielle, who permanently turned herself into a dragon for the mission, he was using a skill to achieve the same result.
granted, it was skill that had been elevated to the ss-tier, but he wasn't sure if that would be enough to fool the dragon emperor.
'this is why i needed ater to be here... and yet...'
ater would have either stood in for him, or maybe come up with a method to work around the problem. however, without such a solution, rey had to simply cross his fingers and trust in his skills.
he hoped he was just being paranoid.
'all the other squads have their hall... and the competition-while being a little unbalanced- is pretty straightforward.'
the current strongest squad will have to face every other squad one after the other to defend their title. if the challenging squad lost, the next squad would fight the defending champion, and this would continue until all the squads were cycled through.
of course, if the current champions lost to a squad, that squad would take the place of defending champion, and they would have to face the remaining squads one after the other.
'i can already think of a few problems with this arrangement...' rey sighed.
for one, it was unfair as hell.
the frost dragon squad was currently the strongest in the empire, and its leader was o'jog. rey knew how strong their squad was famed to be, and after meeting them in person during the briefing, he could say for sure that they were unmatched when it came to the rest of the squads in the empire.
'this gauntlet system makes it so that a lucky squad might end up fighting the defending champions who could be exhausted at that point.'
for any normal tournament, that would be inequitable.
at least, not yet.
instead, five dragon generals—each of considerably great power-stepped out of their assigned hallway, walking directly towards the three frost dragon squad members that were
already on stage.
each of these squads certainly had more members than the representatives that were on stage, but per the exhibition rules, a maximum of five people and a minimum of two people were required to participate in a fight.
'which is why i still wonder why frey'ja didn't just add adonis to our team and make us a complete set of five.' rey nearly sighed.
it seemed the storm dragon squad had enough sense to go with the maximum standard in order to stand the greatest chance against their adversary. since they were the strongest squad-right next to the frost dragon squad-it was clear they were more than willing to do whatever it took to win.
'i see a few familiar faces.' rey looked at three of the five storm squad members and instantly recognized them. 'i thought i killed them back on the elf continent, but i guess those were clones? interesting... so adrien actually turned them into undead and donated them to the
storm dragon lord.'
it was no wonder the dragon lord treated adrien with such an exception.
"representatives... get ready!" the host's voice roared out loud, and the squad members instantly took to their respective positions.
any moment now, and...
"begin!"
... the match entered full swing.
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[a/n]
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all the pieces are gathering, and the conclusion is slowly being built up. i wonder if any of you
can guess it...