Chapter 317: Survival Test. (1/2)

”Anyway... Since I am here, I now announce the start of this... uh...whatever... Survival Test!”

Survival Test? All the participants felt a little sense of trepidation, but they braced themselves as it was evident that they had no other choice.

”For all of those still unaware, although I doubt it, today all you have to do is to survive.”

Every time Old Gu spoke, his voice brought chills to the participants.

”Depending on my mood, I can and believe me I will shrink the size of this dome! You can hide! You can form teams! You can kill others! But your main goal is only to survive!”

His voice slowly turned sharper, bringing quite a few to hold their breath in fear.

The meaning behind his words instantly settled in everyone's mind. All of them immediately readied themselves for all possibilities, proving that they were all capable enough with their quick reactions.

Just then, Old Gu's voice turned a little sinister, ”As for how long you have to survive? Ghahaha! Survive until I am satisfied! Survive until enough of you are dead!”

Even the most indifferent of those present inside and outside the Neutral Lands were a little surprised except for Ozul and the Rank-10 Mages.

Ozul already had a guess that this old man was ruthless and wouldn't bat an eye even if the entire continent was put on fire and turned into ashes. Meanwhile, the Rank-10 Mages had personally experienced his vicious side centuries ago!

”I think no more words are needed. You can begin!”

With that, Old Gu's voice disappeared with a dissipating echo of another round of laughter.

The spectating experts all rose higher in the air in order to have a clear view if any large battle took place; as of now, most of them only had a general idea of their participants' directions.

Meanwhile inside the massive dome, most of the people were all miles apart so there was danger for them now. Despite that, a few of them were worried sick.

Old Gu's announcement clearly meant that everything was allowed in here!

People could either just hide away until enough of the people were dead or start killing others to end it quickly.

Obviously, the smarter choice would have been to hide and preserve their strength, not everyone chose this path...

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”You d*ckhead! Come back here! The test only started a few seconds ago and you already want to fight!? Do you even know how many people there are!?” An orange-haired girl screamed from the top of a giant boulder.

The girl was trembling in rage as her shaky finger pointed towards the red-haired youth walking away from her.

The man had short red hair. He wore a rough grey shirt with torn sleeves, tightened with a black belt on his waist. The muscles on his arms were packed and just from a glance one could tell that they packed quite a punch.

From his appearances alone, no one would think that he was a Mage. Instead, everyone's first impression was that he was a Fighter at almost Rank-10!

But they were only half right with their guesses.

”It's kill or to be killed, Maura! You want me, the crown prince of the Leonhard Dynasty, to wait here until someone has the audacity to try to kill me?!” the red-haired man shouted back in reply and continued walking, ”Follow me or stay here, you can't stop me from leaving.”

A fire burned inside the red-haired man's eyes as he continued forward, determined to eliminate any human being that he came across from now on.

”Mou! You know I don't mean it like that, Berk. I know you are strong enough to kill anyone, but in this way we will completely  exhaust ourselves! What if someone comes to target us then?” Maura complained but she still followed behind Berk nonetheless.

She was the personal retainer of the crown prince of Leonhard Dynasty and a talented individual in her own right. Since she was just a child, she had been together with Berk Leonhard. So she didn't mind his harsh words.

”It doesn't matter who comes to target us, the result will always be the same,” replied Berk without batting an eye.

”Really now Berk. Don't be so overconfident. You were there when the Tournament of Egon was happening. His Majesty didn't let us participate but we were both there to watch the battle.”

Maura vividly remembered the fight from that day, ”That Ice guy and that girl with Darkness Element were stronger than any of the opponents you have ever defeated.”

”Tch! Just you wait! That twat would always give his best while fighting me but it looked as if he didn't even try back then. I will show those two what a real lion from the Leonhard Dynasty is!”

Berk clenched his fists as he aimlessly walked towards the center. He actually hoped to stumble upon that duo in hopes of exchanging blows.