Chapter 325: Maze Rules (2/2)

”If you attack another competitor, one of your talismans on the back will burn away. If you lose all 3 talismans, you will be disqualified.”

Everyone got a little anxious. If a competitor was disqualified based on the talismans lost, then… one could simply steal away other's talismans.

”You are not allowed to touch the talismans of other people. Each talisman you touch will result in the same number of talismans burning on your back.”

A lot of people sighed in relief when they heard this.

”However, that is where the red talisman comes in. Any talisman that you touch with the red talisman will fall from the other person's back. At that moment, you can take it. After that, the red talisman will not work for a minute,” Fu Zhen said.

”Each talisman you have at the end of the match will result in a 10 second reduction in the final time. There are other random talismans inside the maze that will have up to 1 minutes result time reduced.”

Everyone was agitated. If stealing talismans were just to screw with the other person's run they wouldn't worry about it except for a few people that didn't want others to have fun. However, now that it was revealed that stealing would actually help you, everyone was going to do that.

Thus, everyone was your enemy now.

” A few more rules. Flying above 1 meter off of the surface is not allowed. If you don't move for over a minute, you are disqualified.”

”Touching another person is allowed only if they've given you permission.”

”Also, you can choose one of these Common Mortal grade weapons and armors. Choose wisely,” Fu Zhen said.

'Weapon? But we're not allowed to attack others… So why?' Alex wondered.

Everyone else chose something that they liked; Alex chose a sword.

”Alright, now that you are done with this, please come and choose a number from this box. It will help choose the order you will enter in,” Fu Zhen said.

Everyone walked up and grabbed a paper. Alex looked at his and saw the number 124; there were around 170 people in this competition.

”Number 1 through 10, please come forward and stand at the marked locations,” Fu Zhen said, gathering the 10 people ahead of the opaque barrier.

”Ladies and gentlemen, we will now hold the Maze run. However, before that, please lay your eyes on the magnificent Maze we've created,” Fu Zhen shouted as he pointed towards the stage.

Suddenly, the barrier slowly got undone and what was inside was finally visible.

Tall green grass walls were staring directly at Alex and the rest. The walls were nearly 10 meters tall and about half a meter thick.

There were 10 paths of entry on the green wall, each for a single participant to enter.

Fu Zhen looked at them and shouted, ”Go.”