Chapter 65 (1/2)

Chapter 65

Tournament 1st Day (2)

While Chu Shen sat down, 2 rows behind him a human figure lookec at him. Human, except for the gray scales and cat like eyes.

“Ssso. What do you thinksss.” The gray scaled figure leaned over and whispered to the blackish-purple scaled figure next to him. A forked tongue flicked out as he talked.

“Hisss robot isss ssstrong in clossse quartersss. Defenssse isss ssstrong a.s.ss well. Hisss long range fire isss weak if not given time to charge.”

“Agreed. Ssso, keep at long range and dodge hisss burssstsss of firepower?” The gray scaled figure questioned.

“Yesss. Take to the ssskiesss, it will accomplisssh both. I sssaw no hint of flight capability but be careful.”

“For the glory of the empire!” The gray scaled figure saluted the other with one clawed hand on his left shoulder.

“For the glory of the empire!” The blackish-purple figure saluted back.

Unknown to Chu Shen, these scaled figures that were discussing strategies to beat him were the lizard folk from the Nugitraaiil empire. It was not just idle wondering. The Robo Games had released a bracket for betting and Chu Shen would be contestant number 3, the gray scaled Nugitraaiil’s, opponent if he won his next fight.

His number was called shortly after Chu Shen had sat down. The gray Nugitraaiil smiled, exposing razor sharp teeth.

Fighting was what they lived for after all.

Chu Shen sat back and observed the other 15 fights. All of them were interesting and definitely unique. 11 of the 32 contestants chose to use humanoid robots including him. Other strange robots like a drone swarm were used as well.

What he did notice was that of the 32 contestants, 27 had flight capabilities. The other fights took a little over three and a half hours. It might seem like a long time until you consider the fact that there was 15 fights and each took about 14 minutes.

Finally it was time for the second round. They would first determine the top 8, then the top 4. After that the losing 16 contestants would also fight for the top 8, then top 4 of the losing bracket. The next day the specific ranks would be fought out between each group of four. Finally the challenges would commence. With that, the Robo Games would end.

Chu Shen was called up. “Alright, let’s go ahead and get the next stage of the games going! In the first arena is numbers 28 and 3. In the second arena is numbers 31 and 2. Take your positions.”

Soon the robots were on the stadiums floor. This time was different though. The arena was cut in half with a solid wall cutting the arena in two. To save on time, after the original fights, there would now be two fights at the same time.

Chu Shen faced his opponent, a large rectangular robot. It had no limbs or protruding parts, it looked just like a box. He remembered it from it’s fight earlier. It had used nanites to form various weapons all over it’s cha.s.sis.

The opponent had never breached it’s s.h.i.+elds, which were very strong. The robot, called Drethgaalos, was fast and could hover about five meters off the ground.

The announcers introduced the robot’s names in both arenas before they counted down with the crowd.

““Three!””