Chapter 132: Winner


    After only nine participants out of the thirty-eight remained for the next round, Aakesh waved his hands, and the participants who failed to survive the sword swing appeared sitting on their chairs.


    Since nine participants remained, Aakesh had to make theirpetition table.


    The next moment, the names on the virtual projection changed, and only the nine names of the remaining participants remained.


    Aakesh then looked at the group and announced, "Since there are nine of you, we can''t make groups for the battles. You all would fight one battle with each participant, so that means each of you would fight eight battles."


    "For every win in the battle, you would get 1 point. After all the battles had happened, the top two point owners would face in the final battle, and whoever wins it would win the sword."


    Aakesh concluded and gestured the participants to enter the virtual portals. Each participant appeared in the same battle arena for this round.


    A projection then appeared in the battle arena. There were two sections in it. One division contained the information of who would fight, and the other included a table with each of their names and would change with points.


    In the store, the fifteen divisions on the ck screen disappeared, and instead, a whole ck screen appeared that showed the scene happening in the virtual arena.


    The projection in the battle arena suddenly had changes, and the names of those who would fight the battle appeared.


    It was the battle between Bent, a Prince, and rk, amoner who had the cultivation level of Soul Formation. Since the cultivation level didn''t matter, rk had a chance to defeat Bent using the practice in swords he had.


    The next moment, both Bent and rk appeared in the battle arena. They had the same sword with which they survived the sword swing.


    "Ding!"


    The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Bent decided to make a move first, so he directly rushed toward rk. rk calmly faced the sh that came at him.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, the sh of the sword rang in the battle arena, and it was only the start as rk calmly faced every sword sh that came at him.


    Time flew by, and an ugly expression appeared on Bent''s face as he wasn''t able to defeat amoner when they had the same level of skillset, while rk had a wet face due to the sweat.


    Suddenly, rk made a mistake as his sword started slipping due to the sweat he had in his palms. Since it was a basic sword, it didn''t have a word-ss grip that could stay still even when the palm was wet.


    The ugly expression Bent had disappeared, and instead, a smile appeared on his face as he didn''t let go of the chance and created two shes at the same time. rk was able to face off the first strike, but the second strike crossed his barrier and created arge cut in his chest.


    With a groan, rk fell down on the ground. Bent put his sword on his head and asked whether he wanted to give up or not. Since rk didn''t want to feel the sensation of losing his head, he gave up the battle.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed both Bent and rk. After the light faded, all the exhaustion Bent and rk had been feeling disappeared, and the cut on rk''s chest also healed.


    "Do you want to be my guard?" Bent suddenly asked rk as the calmposure rk had throughout the battle impressed him.


    rk looked at Bent with surprise in his eyes, but when he noticed that he wasn''t joking, rk stood up and then knelt down. "It would be my fortune, prince!" rk shouted.


    All the prince''s faces turned ugly seeing this scene as the addition of someone like rk in Bent''s guards would only make him stronger.


    The next moment, the leaderboard had some changes as Bent appeared on the top of it with one point.


    Time flew by. The second battle was between George and Pento. George won the fight with ease since he had been one of the most talented beings of the Pocoso Empire.


    After around twenty minutes, all the battles ended. As expected, George came at the top of the leaderboard with winning all eight fights, but the second position was a surprise for everybody.


    It wasn''t Punta but the princess that had passed the first round. Her name was Brinda, and she was the third child of Pinto. Even Punta was surprised by seeing the skillset of his granddaughter.


    Brinda had qualified to the finals by winning seven of the eight battles, only losing to George.


    The next moment, on the projection, appeared the name of George and Brinda for the final battle.


    After their name came, they both appeared in the battle arena. The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Brinda made the first move as she had made the mistake of going defensive in the previous battle against George.


    Brinda appeared in front of George the next moment, but he was already prepared for the strike. He easily flicked her swing by the back of his sword and made a move against her.


    Brinda had already prepared for something like this, so she backed straight away, but how could George let her go, so he rushed at her.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The next moment, continuous metallic shes rang in the battle arena.


    George suddenly grabbed her sword by his hands, as the direct sh wasn''t taking him anywhere. It almost split his hands into two, but before it could happen, his sword was at her neck.


    "Give up!" George expressionlessly said.


    Rather than give up, Brinda increased the power of her sword swing, and George''s fingers flew through the air. But Brinda didn''t see the scene as George had cut her head right away.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed both of them, and their injuries healed. Brinda came back to life.


    After George won the round, all the participants disappeared from the battle arena and appeared on the tform. A projection of a golden crown appeared on George''s head since he had won the first event.