390 An extended difficulty, an extended mission (1/2)

It was only until later that the defenders realized that the group of uninvited guest had exceptional prowess; having a huge pool of Growth-Hunters, at least some were reserve-duty Growth-hunter that had awakened their boundary! Yet were the valkyrie defenders weaklings? There were at least a small portion of them that were reserve-duty Growth-hunters, what more their superiority in numbers! However, once a full scale war breaks out, even if the aggressors were annihilated, the amount of casualties on both sides would be incomprehensible.

As for the 13 contestants, they were actually dispatched here by Hell’s Gate. They managed to acquire a hidden mission; entailing a special mission description of a crashed valkyrie at coordinates xxxx xxxx. The core engine of the valkyrie was immensely valuable, and they were tasked to take a look; retrieving it if the engine wasn’t destroyed. Of course, this mission duration was only 6 hours, and not to be exceeded. All in all, both parties reaching a perfect resolution and compromise wasn’t possible.

When the two forces sunk into a deadlock, the infiltrating group of Growth-Hunters probably felt that victory would be tough, and brute force wasn’t wise. Hence, they proclaimed for a duel under fair conditions, if the 13 of them could be defeated, they would immediately turn and leave. It could be 1 versus 1, or any versus any; ultimately, the maximum was 13 versus 13. As long as one sank into near death state, then the duel would conclude and no casualties would surface.

As for the duel, it followed the preceding contracted regulations:

‘King of Fighters’ format (A challenger will continue fighting until he is defeated)

When the duel begins, a starting gap of 50 metres would be enforced by the realm.

Duel period of 10 minutes.

If nobody sinks into near death state, then the victor would be decided by HP (Percentage) left.

After a match, there will be 30 seconds of rest.

Conceding is permitted.

Upon conceding, temporary battle immunity will be granted (To prevent deceitful conceding)

Medicines are prohibited during a duel.

Of course, to prevent vicious underhanded behavior of dealing a finishing blow to a near death state contestant, these regulations were all officiated by a realm contract.

Of course, if when the defenders disagreed, the 13 individuals simply announced to place every individual on their black list, even if they couldn’t reap any benefits from this world. Simply speaking, they were referring to unscrupulous and malicious acts done in the darkness – infiltrating the valkyrie secretly to commit serial homicides on individuals. Once this cunning words made light, it naturally latched onto the defender’s achilles heels. Besides, the defending contestants were ultimately like disjointed loose sand, that moles could easily take advantage of!

Hence due to such circumstances, both parties naturally begun dueling…….

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After discerning clearly the sequence of events, Sheyan exhaled deeply.

“This battle side mission’s difficulty…...is indeed above my expectations! We managed to interrupt the beast horde’s skirmish and lowered the mission’s risk, yet such a sudden intensive hidden mission emerged almost immediately!! Only by defeating these 13 Growth-Hunters/ reserve-duty Growth-hunters, can we obtain final victory!”

Observing the incomparably unresigned Demondream, Huckle of the Illume-union exclaimed with shock beside Sheyan.

“Even Demondream was defeated!”

Mogensha chewed on his chewing gum, heartlessly rapping out.

“That’s normal, that woman isn’t worth much.”

Huckle’s expression turned ugly, but giving face to Sheyan, he didn’t fall out with Mogensha. Instead, he replied with sarcastic mockery.

“Then try dueling for yourself. By the way let me inform you, seven others have already fallen to that Growth-hunter Zeiss.Carl’s katana!”

Mogensha didn’t seem to care as he replied.

“Then how many have they lost.”

Huckle’s facial muscles twitched and answered.

“That person was the first challenger, he hasn’t lost yet.”

Sheyan’s expression immediately turned solemn. Contestants that could survive in a beast horde, would they be ordinary individuals? Instead, this katana wielder had already claimed victory in 7 matches. He then recalled Lille and the rest he faced earlier on, it was easy to imagine the might of this fella. “Is it really when compared to ordinary contestants, a Growth-hunter would really hold such overwhelming supremacy?”