Chapter 570 - 516: Hachara (1/2)
”Fancy seeing you here!”
'X' waved his hand to Arthur, who landed on the pillar to his. The parasite returned to his original appearance and gazed at the man whose face cannot be seen, neither reciprocating the greeting or reacting.
”Don't tell me you still bear a grudge? It's not like I tried to kill you.”
”You've used me and that's enough of a reason to treat you like an enemy.”
'X' scoffed at Arthur words and retorted:
”Oh please! Don't pretend to be righteous in front of me, it really doesn't suit you. I tricked you and you fell for it, moreover, I still granted you a second life… just like I promised. You should be thankful rather than behave with hostility.”
Arthur harrumphed but spoke no more, his eyes glancing around, seemingly in search of someone. Noticing this, 'X' chuckled and added:
”You're looking for your wife? I don't think she entered the Red Tower.”
Although he said that, Arthur kept ignoring him, pretending not to hear him.
”It's true. Eleven people didn't show up and I'm sure I saw all of the rest… not one of them was her.”
”See, the more you insist she's not here, the surer I am that she joined the competition.”
After saying his bit, Arthur took off, leaving a sighing 'X' alone.
”Now I understand why they said he's stubborn. Oh well, I tried my best.”
'X' shrugged his shoulders, took out a chair and sat on it while humming, uncaring about the people who leapt at him. Everyone who got close to his pillar would be teleported hundreds of meters away and have their five senses temporarily disoriented. 'X' didn't even budge and wasn't interested in gaining points either, though he was fortunate enough that no Exalted God was in the area.
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Six hours after all the contestants entered the 2nd floor, the Red Tower announced the completion of the task, which wasn't stated at the beginning. To proceed to the 3rd floor, one hundred people must be eliminated one way or another. As only a minority were God Monarchs, it took more time than one might expect from such a thing to happen.
”All contestants will be teleported to the 3rd floor in one minute.”
”I will announce the players with the highest points:
Ranked 1st: Arthur MoonStar: 27 points.
Ranked 2nd: Maxine Bull : 25 Points.
Ranked 3rd : Hach'ara : 19 points.”
”I will announce the players with the highest elimination combo
BSD: 10 points in 9.8 seconds.*
Exactly one minute later, all 879 participants were teleported to the third floor, this time randomly separated into another vast world. Unlike the two first floors, Arthur was surprised to see himself inches away from another person, a woman, to be specific.
She had a grey hair despite looking in her twenties, her eyes seemed lifeless and her expression stiff.
*Celes Ardberg(Race: Human): Realm: Exalted God (Link Stage)
Age: 299 years old