Chapter 699. The End Of The Individual Matches
David was revived. He glanced at Ronald who was looking back at him with a grin. David's expression was flat, but the glint in his eyes belied his calm expression.
"See you on the battlefield," David said.
"Can't wait," Ronald replied.
The two then left the arena.
When David sat back beside Jeanny, Jeanny offered her condolence. Before David could reply, he heard soone sitting on his other side. He turned and found Jack beside him.
"That's really too bad, mate. Sigh… Truly wish you could have won," Jack said.
David was bewildered, why was this guy acting so friendly? Jack was cheering for him so passionately before and was now lanting his loss. He didn't rember to have built any good relationship with this guy to warrant such support. Little did he know that what Jack lanted was the World Maker getting what they had co for.
"By the way, I can't help but notice. It seed you know that cowboy guy?" Jack asked.
"I've never t him before, but his reputation precedes him. Several of my comrades had the misfortune of encountering him during so operations," David answered.
"He is a soldier as well?" Jack asked, he knew David used to be one.
"A rcenary, who had no qualm of doing questionable acts for the highest bidder. He was known better by his title, the phantom gunslinger of the battlefield."
"Wow. That is so title," Jack remarked.
"He didn't give the title himself. His victims did. Every unit that encountered him was mostly wiped out. However, he always left one victim alive, albeit wounded. He did it intentionally so this surviving one could bring his tale back to the base. He always acted alone, ca abruptly on the battlefield, finished his massacre in a short ti before disappearing, and his weapons were always revolvers. That's how he earned his nickna."
"Hm… I can see why Master looked for the service of such a person," Jack said.
"Master?"
"It's the boss of the guild he is in. You used inspect on him, right? The World Maker. Our guild is an enemy of his."
"I see…"
"Which makes us allies. We should work together to beat them!"
David rolled his eyes at Jack. "Are you trying to swindle
into giving you a discount on a mission against that guild? Don't try it. We are also rcenaries now. You still have to pay the fee in full if you want our service."
'Uh… I was expecting you to do it for free, not just a discount,' Jack thought within.
David sighed, "If only my boss know this phantom gunslinger is here, he will be the one that cos here instead of . He lost a dear partner to that man. He had been searching for this phantom for a long ti."
"Your boss? The leader of Dogs of War?" Jack asked.
David nodded.
"Why didn't he?" Jack asked again.
"He has no interest in such a competition. He lived on the battlefield. Unless it is a mission that involved real conflict, he won't join. If he had co, I believe he should have been able to be the champion instead."
"Snake Boss is that good?" Jeanny asked.
"He thought
everything I know," David replied.
"Snake Boss?" Jack asked.
"That's the alias of my leader," David answered.
"If he calls himself Snake Boss, why did he not na his guild Snakes of War instead? He should be a Dog Boss if so," Jack said.
"It's his right to give his guild whatever na he likes. What does it have to do with you?" Jeanny uttered.
'Uh… did Jeanny just reprimand
and defend David?' Jack thought within.
While they talked, Pallas had called out the next combatant. It was the last of the individual matches.
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Mage Section Final Match
Selena, level 46 Elentalist (human) Vs Blackhole, level 46 Elentalist (ethereal)
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Jack couldn't help but be amused. Aside from the first Knight section, all the other sections of the final matches were fought by players of the sa classes. Weapon masters, Battle Monks, Gunners, and this last one was Elentalist against Elentalist. If he didn't know any better, he would think the whole thing was staged.
The two elentalists stood opposite one another with their long staffs ready. Selena was holding a long tal staff with a large ruby adorning its tip, while Blackhole's long staff was of wooden material. The head of Blackhole's staff was a sculpture of so kind of bird with six wings. Its wings wrapped around a scarlet-color rock.
The two didn't utter anything to each other. Once Pallas yelled begin, both took action by forming spell formation. Selena had seen how focused Blackhole's concentration was, it would be a waste of ti firing basic spells at him. This match was seemingly back to the first mage match where both sides compete on completing spells right from the start.
The two's speed was almost equal, runes ford one after another. As more runes appeared, Selena seed to be the faster spellcaster. However, Selena noticed sothing troubling. The spell that Blackhole was casting had runes that Selena was unfamiliar with, aning it was a non-standard spell. The runes were also more complicated, which could explain why Blackhole took a longer ti to cast compared to her.
There was no point to wonder, she was already casting, all she could do was complete her spell as fast as possible and hoped that it disrupted his opponent's casting.
Her spell formation with four runes was completed and the spell cast. Ice Field hit Blackhole with him at the center. Blackhole completely ignored it. He suffered ice damage and was slowed, but his spell casting was not hindered.
Selena felt somber. If only her opponent was frozen…
She was not given the ti to think too much. Blackhole's spell formation already had four runes and was now in the middle of forming its fifth rune. Selena imdiately cast a one-rune spell for protection, Barrier.
When her Barrier ford, Blackhole also completed his spell. Four lightning rods fell from the sky and landed around her. These lightning rods then created electric fences, trapping Selena within.
"It's Lightning Cage spell," Peniel inford Jack.
This Lightning Cage was not large, Selena could not move much inside. After limiting Selena's movent, Blackhole cast another spell. The spell was again containing runes that Selena was not familiar with.
Selena decided to not hold back anymore. She was also casting her non-standard spell as well. She regretted not having done it from the start. This was already the final, there was no point in keeping trump cards hidden anymore. Her opponent was more decisive in this regard.
The two were of similar speed this ti, both completed five-runes spells at the sa ti.
Uncountable fire dust appeared around Blackhole. This dust caused a small explosion when they touched Blackhole's body. Explosions after explosions occurred, draining Blackhole's HP.
On Selena's side. So cloud appeared in the sky which was supposed to be void, this cloud crackled and thunder was heard. A runic symbol appeared on the ground under Selena's feet. She knew she was supposed to flee the area covered by this symbol. The symbol was not large, even with her slow movent speed, she could escape the area. However, around her was the lightning cage.
Abruptly, a thick column of lightning ca down, striking the area marked by the symbol. Selena's figure was completely engulfed by this lightning column.
Jack recognized this spell. It was similar to the one Garland had used when fighting the High Lich, albeit Garland's lightning strike was much thicker.
When the lightning strike ended, Selena's barrier was no more. Her HP was also already critical. If she didn't have the barrier, she would have been one-shot by this Lightning Strike spell.
Blackhole, in the anti, was already casting another spell once he cast the Lightning Strike. The fla dust around him kept on detonating and reducing his HP. His HP was less than half already, but he acted as if none of the hits bothered him. His casting was as fast as normal.
He completed his spell and a fireball was shot. Selena was still trapped by the lightning cage. It was also too late for her to cast a fireball to counteract Blackhole's one. She had been paralyzed after the lightning strike. When she ca out of the paralyzation, Blackhole's Fireball spell was already almost completed. All she could do was putting a magic shield in from of her.
Yet, this basic spell was not enough to protect her completely from the Fireball spell. Her magic shield shattered and the splash damage hit her, consuming her remaining HP.
Blackhole won the match.
Pallas announced the outco of the match with Blackhole as the champion for the mage section. Now, all individual matches had their champions.
Selena was revived. She was gloomy. She felt it was such a pity. She couldn't help herself to say it out loud. "You are very lucky to not get frozen from the Ice Field spell," she said to Blackhole.
Blackhole turned to her with a cold expression. He then lifted his amulet and said, "luck has nothing to do with it. This amulet protects
from frozen and paralyzation status."
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