"This year's tournant seems to be quite the catch…"
"Yeah, three recruitees managed to climb up to the top ten and one of them is in the top fifteen, back then it would be quite good if one evn entered the top twenty…"
"It's not that strange though, two of the ones who managed to reach the top ten seems to be both sword wielders and dual elent holders, they seem to have the sa elents as well…"
"I know right, that's quite shocking! It's even more so when you realize they didn't co together…"
"The earth elent master also seems to be quite strong for a pure elental practitioner, these three should be able to get quite a high ranking even within the top ten!"
"Let's wait and see first, there is also that sect mber from the 'Elental Blade Sect' who seems to be quite dangerous in his own way…"
"Ah, that's right, I almost forgot about him…"
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Without much suspense, the last round we were in turned out to be indeed a ranking segnter…
Those who managed to win all three fights like and that water halberd sect guy were put automatically into the ranks of top 5 segnt, those who lost one match like that earth practitioner and the dual elent swordswoman were put in the top 6~10 segnt, with those who lost two matches like the fire fist guy being in the top 11~15 segnt and so on…
This was obviously explained by the organizer…
"This brings us to the last stage, which you already know as the 'Ranking' stage! This stage will be naturally unlike all previous rounds, though it's a bit similar to the 3 battles system, with the difference being that you will battle everyone in your ranking tier, aning that everyone will participate in four matches…"
'A round robin…?'
Through the organizer's broken explanation, it wasn't hard to see that the last stage will be all made out of round robins which finally added so sense to this chaotic luck dependant tournant, otherwise, it would feel like the organizers and the overseeing sects are total idiots.
'At least they used common sense when it ca to the positions that would receive the prizes or the appreciation and praise…'
"Once this stage is done, you will receive the rewards according to your ranks, so make sure you give it your all, after all, this will decide whether you would receive more attention, support, recognition, and most importantly resources!"
The organizer left quietly after, without any of his usual farewells, probably because this stage isn't supposed to take long if the matches were only supposed to take the sa ti they did during the whole tournant.
A few minutes after the organizer left, one of the referees ca to us as he announced…
"Every tier round will take place in an individual ring, those of the first tier please co with …"
'Hmmm…?'
"Yes, those in the first tier are those who have won all battles in the last round…"
'Mhm…'
As the first five of us left the platform, we noticed that there was a small like of chairs close to every ring…
"You will wait here and watch the ongoing matches and be ready for when it's your turn…"
'I guess they can also change the decoration without relying on those earth practitioners…'
"Please hand over your tags so they can be directly modified for this current round."
'2?'
As I received my tag back and looked at the number that was assigned, it made it look as if they were trying to continue the trend of having a number that can be divided by 2 like 666 and 222, this number was just 2, but it seed like their reason for giving such number was sothing else…
'They believe that I'm likely to only get the second rank probably…'
It was as if they were giving us numbers according to the rank that we were likely to get, as if they were holding so sort of a gambling competition instead of a recruitnt tournant. This also explained why they would ask us to hand our tags for direct modification instead of a random one like they always did…
"First battle, No.2 Vs No.5!"
'Whatever…'
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"No.2 wins!"
'That wasn't bad…'
After going through three of my four battles, I could finally feel that I have gone through a good warm up as the three I fought were actually at least at the standard of that dual elent swordswon…
They weren't actually dual elent holders but they were all dual practitioner who practiced both elental and weapon arts to a strong degree.
Of course that didn't an that I was forced to do much either, it only was a bit troubleso to dispatch them using only one strike, but two or three were rely enough to the job…
The matches as a whole were ordered in a way so that one won't have to fight two matches without rest in between, so far only three matches were left, with the one against the No.1 water halberd sect guy being their last…
Oddly enough though, it seed like the match before it also had No.1 participating in it, so they should be planning on giving him a rest before the last match, maybe to the point of using it as an excuse to build up suspense.
On the other hand, the recruitees on the other rings seed to be doing quite well too, as the dual elent swordswoman and the earth practitioner seed to be vying for the top in the tier 2 ring, and the fire fist guy sohow seed to be dominating the tier 3 ring…
'At least the last battle should be quite worth it…'
As I was watching the battle of No.1 against No.4, I wasn't bored anymore seeing how No.1 fought as his practice seed to have reached quite the high stage, in fact, the participants have been acting true to their numbers so far, as the ranking was likely to be as they predicted, but that was only if…
'I guess I can act as a darkhorse for once…'
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