Chapter 141 - Yggdrasil Climb (1/2)
The day of the match finally arrived, and they were currently in the Thor stadium in the Norse territory, meaning Vidar's team technically had the home field advantage. Alex walked onto the field with his team, Bina, Bova, Vasco, Irina, Lint, Crom Cruach Elmenhilde, and finally the new member Roygun. As Bova took less pawn pieces than Crom, Alex switched the two so his rooks were Vasco and Crom, while his pawns were Elmenhilde, Bova, and Roygun. He had even brought Miss Sapphire along and fully intended to have her participate. They walked out onto the field to the thunderous roar of the crowds, but what they got was nothing when Vidar walked out with the Valkyries, as they were from here.
On the other team was Typhon as the king, Apollon as Queen, Vidar was their rook, Artemis was the bishop, the knight was the chief of the Valkyries Bryhindlr, and the four pawns that arrived were part of the Valkyrie squad. Alex looked at the group and focused on Typhon, the blue skinned giant had a snakelike lower body and giant wings. The pressure he was giving out was on another level, confirming his status as one of the top ten most powerful beings in the world. As they all arrived the announcer shouted out,
”WELCOME ALL TO A VERY ANTICIPATED GAME, TODAY WE HAVE THE KING OF MONSTERS VS THE RED DRAGON EMPEROR!”
The audience erupted in cheers at his words, as the screen displayed the random drawing for the game rules. As the letters flashed Alex thought about the rules in the novel, Yggdrasil climb, where they had to climb a replica of the giant tree Yggdrasil. As if it read his mind, the screen displayed the very letters for the game.
”AND ITS YGGDRASIL CLIMB LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE RULES ARE SIMPLE, BOTH TEAMS NEED TO CLIMB THE GIANT REPLICA OF YGGDRASIL, AND THE ONE TO HAVE A MEMBER REACH THE TOP FIRST WINS! HOWEVER IF A KING FROM EITHER TEAM RETIRES, THEN LIKE NORMAL RULES ITS A GAME OVER! ARE YOU READY?!”
As he ended the explanation of the rules the audience erupted into cheers once more. Once each team was handed a rule sheet, they were transported to the arena. As soon as they arrived, Alex looked up at the tree in front of him and marveled at it. Typhon's team was obviously on the other side of it, as he couldn't see any of them. As Alex already had an idea of this event coming up, he already formed a plan for it, and pulled his team in to discuss it.
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Vidar was running up the stairs with Artemis and Bryhindlr, while Typhon and the rest flew around them. Due to them all being such exceptional beings it was usually hard to cooperate, but it was agreed that they shouldn't separate during this match. As he ran Vidar suddenly felt a sense of danger and jumped, only to watch as the stairs he was running on blew up a second later. Artemis and Bryhindlr flew alongside him, and the whole group started looking for the source of the attack. Then they heard above them,
”Time for this twinkling magical girl to take the stage!????” They looked up to see the second of the hooded figures floating above them, waving a decorated wand before she started glowing. Suddenly their entire team was encased in ice while the figure was revealed to be a certain twin tailed magical girl.
”I CANT BELIEVE THIS, THE MYSTERIOUS MISS SAPPHIRE IS NONE OTHER THAN THE MAOU SERAFALL LEVIATHAN!”
The announcer shouted out, as the audience was in an uproar. For Vidar, Apollon, Artemis, and Typhon it was child's play to break the ice encasing them. But before their other teammates could do so, the masked member of Alex's team, Bina, rushed in and delivered devastating magical attacks against the still frozen Valkyries.