<h4>Chapter 268 - Ascending The Tower.</h4>


    Rudra entered the first floor of the beat-the-clock challenge, where level 5 rabbits were spawned. It was as a easy as it came.


    Even then Rudra did not rush to kill them all , taking his time to kill one at a time , without using any skills or wasting any stamina. 5 minutes were awarded to clear this level , and even though Rudra strolled leisurely , he hadpleted the level in 30 seconds.


    Even then , he did not rush to climb , waiting for about 20 seconds before he ascended to the next floor.


    Rudra was slow in his climbing approach , which was a stark contrast to the majority of the contenders in thepetition , who were already at floor five or higher.


    Rudra had absolutely no troubles killing the rudimentary monsters at floor 1-10 , as it was as easy as taking a walk , he had not even warmed up properly yet. However, on the ranking lists , he was deadst , most hadpleted level 15 or more while Parax and Neatwit were on level 21.


    The feed alternated between all the participants one by one , but naturally the leaders got the most screentime. The rankings were also disyed in real time , as what yers were on what floors was clearly disyed there.


    Currently over 4 Billion people were watching the VR Olympics live , and this being the first event ever, had unmatched hype and fan following.


    The stream was being recorded by all nations , as the events were a chance to analyze the yers and theirbat prowess , forter events and future refferance. The skills they had and the hidden cards they held , would all be disyed in the live stream.


    Currently on the livestream, Parax was being shown with him easily wiping level 27 with his superior skills.


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    ( Commentators POV )


    Derek Ray : Oh my god Lee , what a brutal sh by Parax , that was a level 35 bull with high defense that lost its head clean . What power and precision, no wonder he is the leader in rankings and the leader in climbing the tower , Absolutely unmatched.


    Lee Dixon: You are right Derek , the strong will always forge ahead from the masses , up untill now , I haven''t seen the guy break a sweat . Are we looking at a gold for Irnd?


    Derek Ray : Well, Lee the Irish would definitely be hoping that is the case. However the Japanese yer Neatwit of the True Elites is not much behind either , at level 26 , he is hot on Parax''s tail.


    Lee Dixon : Well , the Bulgarian brute Hammerhead and the South African yer Rabada are at 25 , closely followed by Takuma and Kazuma at 24.


    Derek Ray : The one climbing the slowest is shockingly Shakuni , the leader of the True Elites , and the Japanese gbearer,?being at only level 14.


    The feed cut to Rudra '' s pov who was leisurely killing monsters at a steady pace , he did not seem to be rushing it at all , and did not seem to be facing any troubles either.


    Lee Dixon : Well Derek , the man is clearly powerfull enough to maul through the monsters should he wish , I think he is just adopting a different strategy. Trying to take his time before he can climb.


    Derek Ray : Is there really a need to do useless things like that though Lee? It''s level 15 not 55 !


    Lee Dixon : Well Derek , there won''t be time to rest at level 55 now will there, the tower difficulty would get tougher , once one starts to climb higher.


    Derek Ray : You do have a point there , Lee , let''s wait and see if his strategy is holding any merit. Currently parax is at level 30 , the twice of where Rudra is.


    Lee dixon : Time will tell Derek , but things are sure to get interesting once level 31 starts , monster levels would then be between level 40-50 , the average tier two yers would need 2-3 hits to kill them.


    Derek Ray : Yes however , Parax is no average tier two yer Lee , he is manhandling this stage as easily as he manhandled floor one. The guy is a force of nature!


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    Meanwhile in Japan


    Ethan Grey sat in a conference room with the top officials of the country. Some analysts were jotting notes about the ystyle and pattern of other teams yers , while some were intently watching the stream.


    The overall atmosphere was heavy , as noone expected Rudra to be deadst in thepetition. Neatwit was doing well , however the hopes of everyone , Rudra was actually the one who was the furthest behind.


    A general clicked his tongue " What the hell is that kid doing , why is he soo slow?".


    Ethan chuckled as he could not control hisughter.


    The general felt annoyed as he asked him " Hey , is there something funny about what I said ? ".


    Ethan did not even spare the man a nce as he said " You are stupid ".


    The general immediately lost his temper as he said " Why... You? ".


    However president Shinzo Abe stopped him , as he said " Thepetition is not about going the fastest , it''s about goint the farthest. We know Rudra is our best yer , let''s show some faith in his judgement and skills. Thepetition has only started and he has not been eliminated yet ".


    Ethan nodded , The president was indeed the leader of a nation for a reason. He was indeed smart.


    Ethan then looked At the general , a cold smile on his face " If you feel uneasy , let me y a game with you , I will give you one hundred billion dors if Rudra does not get a gold in this event , however if he wins , you run a cross country marathon in only your underwear ..... Say do you have the balls to ept?".


    Audible gasps could be heard in the room , everyone was shocked , 100 billion dors was not a small amount , how confident did Ethan have to be in Rudra to make such a ridiculous bet? They all looked at the general in anticipation.


    The general stuttered , he did not know what to say , but after a moment of silence he said " We are on the same side , this is unnecessary".


    Many people clicked their tongues including Ethan Grey , who muttered under his breath , inaudible to others " scaredy cat".


    As he returned his focus back to the livestream.