Chapter 496: Chapter 496 – Second Tournament – Finals.

"AND THAT IS FINISH!" – shouted W.W.

"The final players from each map had been finally qualified!"

"And with it! It is done!"

"The third round! The semifinals!"

"They are officially over!"

"All the players that had been on both maps had already been teleported to the lobby!"

"However, let us make this simple!" – said W.W as she snapped her fingers and in the next moment, countless number of portraits appered around the woman as well as in front of each of the players, both to the players that were eliminated as well as players that qualified.

"What you see in front of you is the list of the players that had qualified to the finals!"

"A 50 players that had qualified to the finals!"

"And this is the final line up for the finals!"

"These 50 players will compete in the finals!"

"The final battle royal!"

"Rules!?"

"JUST FIGHT UNTIL YOU ARE LAST!"

"No gimmick or anything!"

"No time limit!"

"Just hunt!"

"The map you all will be fighting at?"

"The five-region map!"

"The five-region map is pretty much 5 maps combined together into one!"

"A region in the middle and four regions in each direction."

"As the game would go by, one by one those regions would completely disappear and people who were caught inside of fallen region will be instantly eliminated."

"However, this time there will be much bigger difference compare to the first phase."

"The regions won’t be disappearing for a long amount of time and the time it needed for the region to be delated will by any means fast."

"In other worlds, this phase will give a players a LOT of time to not panic and what not."

"The official rules and details will be posted online alongside the names of each players that had qualified to the finals!"

"And with that said, GOOD LUCK!"

"AND SEE AT THE FINALS!" – shouted W.W as she exploded into confetti, making her exit.

"..."

"Tch."

(Arthur qualified.) – thought Phantasia as he stared at the picture of Arthur.

(...Beside him.... There is also Thanatos and Maparapara.... Good. Both of them got to the finals.)

(...There is also few names I recognize amongst the finalists.... And there is also that guy.)

[Apple]

(So, his name is Apple?)

(...Still... Who the fuck are they?)

(....Definitely unregistered ranker.... But are they important?)

"!"

(Fuck me.)

[Diamond]

(He also got to the finals?!)

(I know I didn’t wanted to sabotage him, but still, I did wished for him to fail.)

*Sigh*

(These finals will be a giant fucking mess, won’t it?)

<<And yes, they fucking will be.>>

<<After the semi-finals had ended, I quickly turned on my computer and checked what the hell happened on the other maps.... And.... The hell?>>

<<I thought that only my map was a chaotic mess.... But the hell was that?>>

<<Heck! I checked comments online and they were also saying the same stuff like me!>>

<<Christ.... I guess there are more power house out there than I thought.... But still, from what I saw, some of these players shouldn’t be problem for me.>>

<<Still.... There are few people that I need to deal with no matter what.>>

<<Powin.>>

<<She escaped me during the fucking semi-finals.>>

<<But I NEED to hunt her during finals.>>

<<Right now I need to stand out as much as possible.>>

<<By doing so, I will push forward with my own plan.>>

<<However.... Arthur and Diamond.>>

<<Yeah.... I fucking need them both gone.>>

<<I know what THEIR goal is.>>

<<They also want to stand out, but not just for fame.>>

<<They want {faith}.>>

<<And I will be freaking damned before I let them have any.>>

<<Still... Diamond I may let go.... But Arthur.... No.>>

<<THAT bastard needs to be out of the picture as soon as possible.>>

<<I will need to make sure he is exterminated.>>

<<He takes the highest priority.>>

<<....Then again... It maybe not that simple.>>

<<And I’m not talking about Arthur or Diamond here.>>

<<There maybe other players with elder god’s divinity out there.>>

<<And the problem is that I don’t have any ways of finding how.>>

<<"Kid" was somehow able to tell by spending some time with Arthur and I was able to deduce the possible of Diamond having one based on the information available.>>

<<But who knows who out there has also obtained the divinity in secret?>>

<<...>>

<<There is good chance that they had figured out the best way to obtain "attention", just like we did.>>

<<*Sigh*>>

<<Yeb.... One chaotic mess.... Speaking of chaotic mess.>>

<<The fuck was going on with tournament.>>

<<I mean, I’ve already said stuff and shit, but seriously.... Aren’t people just running around and killing each other?>>

<<Like, they are just hutting anybody they can find...Yeah... I don’t think the developers thought this even through....>>

<<Welp, their problem not mine.>>

<<...>>

<<Okay. Maybe it is.>>

<<I mean.... Maybe there is a chance that something weird and out of control will happened during the finals.... Yeah.... I maybe should have my guard up in that area just in case.>>

<<Quick info about the map.>>

<<5 parts.>>

<<Castle.>>

<<Forest.>>

<<Swamp.>>

<<Temple.>>

<<Mountains.>> 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

<<These are five zones, five parts of the map that the players will be put in.>>

<<We are only given a limited point of view from the screen shots, for very obvious reasons... But still, this is somewhat good enough to give some people strategies....>>

<<...And now.... Strategy that we will be using,>>

<<Welp... Hunt is good and everything.... But we need to also keep it as simple as possible.>>

<<Just play normal.>>

<<Win no matter what.>>

<<That is the simple plan we came up with.>>

<<I get hunting down the "attention seekers" is one of the things we must do.... But above everything else, we need to WIN!>>

<<Just one of us needs to be at the first place!>>

<<I need it if I want my goal to succeed.>>

<<...>>

<<And so, days went by.>>

<<Players prepared themselves.>>

<<Gathered information about their foes, just like we did.... And then it finally came.>>

<<The day of the finals.>>

[Sever open.]

[Welcome: Phantasia]

"..."

(Huh.... A lot of gazes from a get go?) – thought Phantasia as he and other players found themselves in the city square... Where good number of players were already gazing at Phantasia the moment he made his appearance.

However, he wasn’t the only one getting gazed at.

Several other people were surrounded by eyes of players who did not hid their hostility one bit.

The first rank.

The second rank.

And the third rank.

All of them were being gazed at by the players.

"..."

(Welp.... I can probably guess what they are thinking about.... I guess this will be a freaking repeat once again.) – thought bored Phantasia.

"HELLO EVERYBODY!" – shouted energetic W.W who instantly appeared as soon as all players qualified to the finals already made their appearance.

"I hope all of you had good rest, since this time there will be a chaos in such unimaginable amount that you had never dreamed off!"

"Are you scared?!"

"Are you excited?!"

"WHO CARES!"

"ALL OF YOU ARE HERE FOR ONE REASON!"

"VICTORY!"

"PRIDE!"

"GLORY!"

"FAME!"

"AND RESPECT!"

"50!"

"There are 50 players in total here gathered!"

"You know the rules!"

"Fight until you are last!"

"Cheat. Alliance. Betrayal and what not!"

"Who cares as long as you win!? Am I right!?"

"ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS VICTORY!"

"AND SO CLAIM IT!"

"THE MAP WAS MADE EXTREMLY LARGE FOR ALL OF YOU GO ALL OUT!"

"SO YOU DON’T NEED TO CARE ANYMORE ABOUT DESTRUCTION!"

"..."

"Well, not like you cared like before, since you all pretty much wrecked each map you were in."

"BUT THAT IS FOR ANOTHER MATTER!"

"AS OF RIGHT NOW!"

"LET THE FINALS BEGIN!" – shouted W.W as she snapped her fingers.

[WARNING]

[You are being teleported to the combat map.]

[Prepare for the combat.]

All players were teleported into the map.... And W.W wasn’t kidding one bit.

This time the map was extremely massive.

TOO massive for over 50 players.

...

However, in reality it was perfect.

Each map has been devasted by the battle between players, to the point each map became partially wastelands.

(But this time it may not be the case.) – thought Arthur as he was staring at the map, checking his position, while also looking around and finding himself in what appears to be a massive temple ruins.

(Jezus... No wonder she said we will be given a lot of time to leave the area, traversing this amount of distance to leave this place will take time.)

(But that will is matter for another time.)

"..."

(I’m alone.)

(I’m the only one who managed to get to the finals.)

(Dammit!)

"..."

(No...There is no use crying over spilled milk now.)

[The match will be starting soon.]

(As long as I get the first place, I will win.)

"..."

(But.... At the same time, I need to play it smart.)

(Especially with THEM around.)

"..."

(Yeah... They maybe sharing the same goal as me.)

(If that is the case, then I really have no choice.)

(I will have to hunt down the other elder god divinity users before they gain fame.)