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Atlas World, Saint Heaven Kingdom
While Arthur was too 'busy' with the things on his side, Shin continued to battle on the tournant. And just like most of the audience were thinking about the outco of the match, he smoothly defeated his opponents. And it was the sa for his new opponents that ca from the losers' bracket didn't even stand a chance.
With all of those wins, Shin finally reached the top eight and was now waiting for the quarter-finals to start.
Actually, he was also waiting for the drawing lots for the said quarter-finals. And it was going to be a live one and would be broadcasted on different platforms, which was sothing that he really didn't want to do. But since it was a 'protocol' for any tournant, he didn't have much choice but to attend the said event. Though, he actually knew that they were only doing that, for the ratings of the show.
But aside from this, Shin was actually looking forward to fighting his next opponent. Especially the other participants who were pretty much like him; a rising star of a kingdom.
One of them was a familiar face as he already fought that guy in the opening round of the tournant; the 'Dark Knight: Owen'. Their first encounter was a quite satisfying fight, so he was really looking forward to having a rematch against him to decide who was the stronger rising star.
The other contenders were just like most of the noticeable players participating in the Shadow Ranking Cup; they were previously Rankers from their respective gas.
Two from these guys were the pair of rivals who were 'Innocent Nightmare: Gairen' and 'Midnight Devil: Raptor'. These two both had a thief-related class; one was a Twilight Dark Elf while the other was a Wolfkin Hunter. And even if the tournant organizers pulled an underhanded trick to make this battle co true, the audience would not mind it since most of them were anticipating this matchup.
Aside from this matchup that would decide the better thief, there was another battle that the audience were anticipating. And that was the battle between Kings of the previous ga called «Nesis Online». This ga was a famous ga that only focused on guns and swords. And these two contenders were crowned as the kings of the swords and guns.
One of them was nad 'Sairen' who possessed the title of the 'Silent Blade'. He was a great swordsman who was known for having a strange style of swordsmanship. And just like his title implied he had a silent sword; each swing of his sword was silent which made his attacks hard to predict.
Martial-Artists and ntalists were known for having a great advantage in battle even inside the ga since they had sharp senses, especially their hearing. But if the incoming attack was sothing they couldn't hear, then they were going to have a hard ti dodging or blocking it. This was one of the major reasons why 'Sairen' beca the king of swords in the said ga.
On the other hand, his major rival was not a weak one either. 'Unrivalled Sniper: Roger' was soone who was known for having a godly aiming ability. As long as he had the right gun for the current situation, he could hit his opponent no matter how far or near they were.
At the sa ti, Roger was also good at using the unusual way of fighting called the Gun-Fu. It was a special battle style based on the real world's Military Arts. With this style, he could battle any player with a lee class in a close-quarters combat.
Being known as the kings of their respective styles on «Nesis Online», these two were ant to et sooner or later. It was just a pity that they didn't get a chance to face each other before since the ga started to lose its popularity when the other virtual gas were released during its peak.
Naturally, the tournant organizers of the virtual world would choose the most trending gas to feature for their tournants. And due to that, the most anticipated fight between these two legendary players had never occurred.
Good thing, that this current Shadow Ranking Cup might make this dream match co true. And if this matchup really happened, then it was without a doubt that this battle would beco one of the most highlighted battles of the tournant.
The next top contender was the sole player who had a magic-related class that entered the quarter-finals. At the sa ti, she was also the only female contestant that entered the top eight. And her na was 'Xena'.
Unlike the other participants, she was the only one that didn't have a title of her own. Due to that, she was the most underwhelming contestant among these top contenders.
But despite that being the case, now one dared to underestimate her. Because she was just like Shin; most of the opponents that she defeated were quite famous individuals. It was just her battles were not as flashy as our boy which made the audience not notice her battles much.
Even if she was not as popular as the other contestants, her skills were still sothing that Shin and the others needed to take note of. With this, she beca the darkest horse of the tournant.
Whichever of them would be Shin's next opponent, he was sure that they were going to give him a very satisfying battle since all of them were strong on their own good.
But if Shin was going to choose, then he would rather fight the last contestant who was receiving the least amount of attention.
If there was soone who was acting low-key on this tournant, then this guy would be the one that would fit the bill.
This guy has a very unnoticeable presence that made him very hard to notice. And even if he managed to reach the quarter-finals, most of his fights were a hard fought one. His overall performance so far was too underwhelming.
'Xena' beat her opponents with a great margin during her previous battles which made her at least barely noticeable for the others. But this guy didn't show any kind of amazing feat since the start of the tournant; he didn't even achieve anything that was worth ntioning.
Even if he could be considered as a dark horse of the tournant, most of the people ignored his presence and didn't consider him as the main contender for the Championship. At least, he was not as 'dark' as Xena.
But it was completely different from Shin's point of view. If he was going to choose among them who was the most dangerous one that he would face, then he would choose this guy without having a slightest bit of doubt. This guy's low presence alone was a lot of threat from Shin's perspective.
Shin just felt a huge pity that this guy was not using a thief-related class. Given that this guy's presence was pretty much unnoticeable, then he would surely be a very deadly assassin if he happened to have a class under that thief category.
No one really knew what class this guy had since none of his opponents managed to see his basic details even with the help of their observation skills. Most of them suspected him to have a special item that could hide his identity just like the 'Naless Swordsman'; and it was most likely the jade Japanese demon mask that he was wearing.
Aside from him wielding a spear and his na registered as 'Demon', there was actually nothing to know about him. And from the audiences' perspective, he was only using the most basic way to use the spear.
Thrust, stab, swing, slash and cut; those were the only things that he was showing in all of his previous fights and nothing else. And if he ever used a skill, then it was most likely based or imbued with those said basic moves.
But unlike everyone, Shin was still thinking that this 'Demon' guy was the strongest opponent that he might be going to face. And another reason for it was his battle style itself.
Despite having the most basic and dull movents, Shin could see so traces of 'One with the Spear' state of enlightennt in this guy's moves.
Arthur was already in this state when he was wielding a spear; and since Shin fought Arthur for a lot of ti already, he could imdiately tell that soone achieved the sa stage of weapon enlightennt with just a single look.
And if this guy really had achieved the state of being 'One with the Spear', then he would surely be a very tough opponent to take.
Aside from this, there was another reason why Shin thought this guy was his most dangerous opponent. And it was the 'feeling of familiarity' that he was getting from this guy.
It was not the 'familiarity' of 'might knowing' soone, but a feeling that reminded Shin of a certain place; a place that he almost wanted to forget forever.
Given this, Shin couldn't help but squinted his eyes while looking at the battle videos of this 'Demon' guy. "Are you really soone that ca from that place?"
He then paused for a mont as he stared coldly at the virtual screen in front of him. At the sa ti, a very cold aura was starting to seep out from his body. "If that was the case, then I can't wait to et you in the battle arena."
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