
The morning arrived quickly, bringing an air of peace for the Region and cheer for its citizens. Last night, Rigel and Asoka went hunting in the forest behind the Region, a place that had not yet been visited.
There were only weak monsters they encountered, there were certainly strong ones, but not enough to scratch their skin. With just a little hunting at night, Asoka seemed a little better, but for now she still needed a break. At least until the slave traders all over the country flocked to sell slaves to the Region.
Tirith, Natalia, Misa and Merial are there to help Asoka take care of the work, while Ozaru is taking a walk to various places that have not been lived, maybe he intends to get rid of the danger. For Rigel, he returned to the Dark Market, Darkness, checking the situation there that remained smooth.
The slaves she freed did a good job, especially Theresa who had fully recovered made a major contribution in Rigel's plan. Leo has met Garfiel and Theresia. He was moved and exchanged stories, of course without letting the true identity of the masked person with him. Until finally 4 days passed unknowingly and the day of battle arrived.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! The day has come, the beloved Fight To End is in sight!"
The man with the mask covering half the face and the two elephant tusks on the edge appeared to be the host of the event in this elimination round.
The cheers of the audience broke out, whether it was applause or shouting, mixed into a single entity. The spirit is burning, without patience to watch the fight that will be carried out.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey! As always, I will be your beloved host! I will mention that this time the event is special because the main prize is presented directly by the landlord!"
The spirit of the audience is not reduced in the slightest, it is getting heated up.
The main prize in question was the ancient artifact of the knowledge book, the god-made magic sword, the God Sword, as well as the Dwarf slave, who was famous for his expert forging abilities. Rumors and legends were widespread, regarding the Dwarves as a race that became disciples of Hephaestus the forging god as the time of the gods descended into the world.
"Hey, hey, hey! Not only that, which made this different from the others, there was a Demon Pillar that had made a contract not to kill fighters! What a rare opportunity to witness his fight!"
"Whoaah!"
Generally, no one can come back alive after meeting the demon pillar. Even Heroes were no exception, they themselves could lose their lives when faced with the Demon Pillar.
No one knew exactly how crazy the power of the demon pillars became the enemies of humans. They have watched through a magic projector, about how insane the power of Hero Creator, Amatsumi Rigel. Defeat the Hydra alone, fly the Tortoise, then lead the Phoenix conquest meticulously. Especially on the part of the weapons and strange items coming from it. Due to the absurdity of things, people began to belittle the demons even more, assuming that they had nothing in front of Rigel. Of course the result is positive but can turn around at any time and the bad thing that is born is dependence on Heroes.
"Calm, relax. I know you can't wait for the fight. The fighters will be given 30 minutes to finish off the other participants for the sake of seats, then there is no need to linger anymore, we just start the elimination round!"
"Whoaah!"
Shouts again broke, as soon as the fighters entered the arena one by one, without exception Rigel with two people in the form of Leo and Garfiel who use the name Tiger.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes yes... For the record, the Demon Pillar will not compete in the elimination round so please wait patiently for the Fight To End!"
The fighters had gathered, many of them were in one place of their alliance. The existing alliances vary from 5 teams to probably the largest 15 teams. Certainly not a small number, considering one group of 5 people. Even so, there were quite a number of people who did not form an alliance, Rigel was one of them. There are also solo fighters, such as Odin and Alexander.
"Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah! The rules in this round are only one, it is forbidden to kill because murder is only allowed in the main event, well without a lot of bacots again, the fighter prepares, "He gives a moment's pause, he gives a moment, waiting for the fighters to prepare and set a target, "Fight.... IT'S STARTING!"
The fighters attacked each other and knocked down every team that looked weak.
"Well, whoa... It's so boisterous, we do it like a plan. Maru we drop people from the great alliance one by one."
"Yeah! With Matsu's help, we don't have to worry about our backs. Let's do it, Garfiel, show me what you have."
"Heh, don't stop me, Leo."
They smiled at each other, lunging into the group that approached them. Their plan was to let Rigel fight behind them as support. While Leo and Garfiel lunged directly from the front.
Surely, with his abundant strength and Skills, Rigel could fight on any line, including the back. Perhaps the only weakness one has is not having a weakness. Well, it certainly doesn't mean he's invincible. No matter how strong he was, he was still an ordinary human being who was only a little special.
"Remember, keep fighting around me, don't get too far from me or you unwittingly get into the lion's den."
"Yes!" x2.
Leo took the left side, while Garfiel the other side and Rigel stood guard behind their middle. In that place, he could keep an eye on Leo and Garfiel's movements without missing a single one.
Three men approached Leo, two swordsmen and one witch behind. The combination is good, but Leo can certainly overcome without difficulty.
"God! Looks like they're the new boys, let's show you how hard this arena is!"
"This place isn't for snot boys. You better go home and cry to mom!"
Despite the unpleasant provocation, Leo is not at all trapped in it. It was necessary for him to keep his composure and cool-headed. Just like Rigel taught him.
The two sword users stepped forward, besieging Leo from two sides and attacking the secsra together. Leo skillfully stepped back, turned the sword and used the sword hilt to immobilize the man on the right side.
The man spewed out the entrails due to the stab of the sword hilt in the stomach, while the other man sent out three quick attacks, but unfortunately Leo dodged with one very smooth move.
He quickly darted to his back and slammed the sword hilt into his neck, rendering him unconscious. He was about to attack the one remaining sword user, yet a ball of fire came towards him. He could barely react, but with Rigel activating the magic shield towards the rate of the fireball, Leo was saved.
"Look around, your enemy is not just in front of you."
"Yes!"
Rigel nodded, admitting that Leo had been greatly improved since he left Britannia to train Altucray and Tirith. Surely not a mere coincidence, clearly Leo had a natural talent as a sword user. Especially on the part of mimicking one's attacks and movements with just one glance, making it even more special.
From the circumstances, Leo seems to be able to cope with the remaining two people. Rigel turns to Garfiel and is captivated by what he sees. In his path, Garfiel had taken down eight people in an instant. He did not use any weapons, only used his fists to take down the opponent. Rigel remembered that the demi-human Garfiel who bore a resemblance to the White Tiger, surely he had claws or some sort of body transformation.
"Well, there doesn't seem to be time for me to shut up and observe."
In front of Rigel, there was a team that surrounded him from all directions. He could certainly call Leo or Garfiel over it, but that only applied if he wanted to hide and was considered a supporting magician only. Unfortunately not so.
"Hehe, don't you intend to call your partner, Nii-chan?" A vanguard started provoking, followed by his other friend.
"Maybe he's so scared, he can't scream."
"Hahaha, we better end him as soon as possible before Tiger and the boy realize it."
"Why am I afraid of hogs like you? I've already killed you myself."
"Heh, you're just bluffing!"
Rigel stretched out his right hand, the ground where his footing began to blacken with black smoke as he said, "Let's see if it's a mere bluff, Rise up..."
Eight Minatour death warriors crawled up from within the hell's land— and made those who saw him shudder in horror.
" Necromancers?!!" Moris who watched from the stands could not help his shock. Of course he knows Matsu's true identity is Rigel, the Hero of Creator. He knows Rigel's power existence is beyond common sense, but anyone wouldn't expect that the Hero controls a corpse.
Not only Moris, but the entire audience seemed very surprised, as well as fighters. Leo and Garfiel shuddered in horror at the ability, but they resumed the fight.
"Don't joke... Only Licht can control a corpse... Don't-don't—!"
"I'm certainly a human being, just to see it is clear. Now, let's see how great you guys are... My men, beat up these fools, but don't kill them."
The Minatour Warrior nodded and approached the enemy that was in his vision. The team that had surrounded Rigel earlier stepped back in fear. The people who were about to target Rigel abandoned their intentions after learning that Rigel could control the corpse.
One by one, Minatour used her axe to subvert the men until they turned to a grand alliance that still seemed intact.
Leo and Garfiel had also finished their part and prepared to attack with Minatour, Alexander and Odin apparently knowing his intentions and helping to conquer the large group.
"Oii, oy! Are they trying to beat us?"
"Yes... It was very clear that they intended to defeat a large group to take a safe position."
"Don't be daunted! We have far more than them!"
Indeed, their numbers are far more than people who want to destroy them, but of course their cooperation is much worse because they do not know each other, other than their own team. Rigel also realizes that among them are some capable witches who may have a sacred element.
Surely the sacred element was the main weakness of the undead army. Of course if the Minatour disappeared there are still many replacements.
"Well, it looks like I have to press them a little more... How about this..."
Rigel summoned one more undead, this time not a lowly monster like Minatour, but the strongest monster other than calamity.
"Yes Gods... That's right..." The fighter who noticed the figure crawling up behind Rigel began to tremble, dropping the weapon as if admitting defeat.
A monster that everyone knows well, the Dragon. The black dragon formed with shadows and rotten but odorless flesh. The alliance formation that was about to be conquered began to collapse due to the fear of the Dragon summoning creature that belonged to Rigel.
"I thought it was hard, it was paper." Rigel taunted the alliance leader who was taking out a yellow liquid from his pants.
Leo and Garfiel did not miss the opportunity and took down those who had messed up one by one mercilessly, until the time given by the host runs out and the elimination ends with the number of teams that fit the remaining seats.
"Hey hey, hey, hey, hey! What an amazing show, especially a newcomer named Matsu who is a Necromancer! Now, let's see who's going up against who in the upcoming game."
Magic projections are displayed, showing five different match zones A through E with 10 teams each in each zone. If you look back, it seems that there will be different arenas or different schedules for each zone.
The team has been divided and Rigel's team is in zone E and he is looking for the name of the Marionette Demon Pillar which is in fact in zone A.
This fight has been decided. We won't meet anytime soon apparently. Inner Rigel.
They will only meet in the final later and certainly not in the near future. At least there is time until the plan that has been prepared is completed. Because of course the fight that will happen may not not leave a big impact. The biggest concern is the collapse of the land and burying everything alive.
Surely fighting underground like this was much riskier, as it required countermeasures and anticipation against him.
"Our first opponent will be Odin... I've never fought directly with him, but he's obviously very strong because he won Fight To End alone."
"How do we fight?"
Garfiel turned, "Sort of... I've seen him use a sword, but his martial arts can't be underestimated. He still had a lot of cards in his arm. Then one more thing, he's more brutal than the outside look that looks calm."
The further one heard about him, the more interested Rigel was in fighting him. Whether luck or not, but in this way Rigel can avenge Moris against his son who died at the hands of Odin.
"If so, we better prepare a battle strategy to deal with it."