1155 Stating the Obvious
"Alright." Seeing that everyone was more than eager to hear the continuation of his explanation from earlier, Scho'doxa faintly smiled as he opened his mouth. "I'm sure everyone here's curious as to what I ant by my earlier words."
Receiving a plethora of nods from almost everyone in response, the man nodded back as he let out a slight chuckle. "You might be wondering… why did I deliberately act mysterious in regards to how the fifth round would work?"
"Well, recall what you're participating in," said the man, causing so to ponder over his words for a bit.
Of course, Scho'doxa ant the question rhetorically. "If you've forgotten after being here for quite so ti, I don't bla you. It has been a week and a half since the Rise to Prominence tournant began, after all."
At the man's ntion of the tournant's na, it was as if a switch had flicked on in so of the people's minds, causing their eyes to widen as they had a rough idea of what was going on.
As for Valyr, who talked about his speculations on what the final round would be with Mystia and Riekan, he instead had a faint smile on his face after listening to Scho'doxa's words.
'It seems like my thoughts were correct.'
Just like what Valyr explained to the two while they were resting up for the fifth round, Scho'doxa went ahead and told everyone that the fifth and final round of the tournant was nothing more than an actual tournant.
Unsurprisingly, many people reacted to that reveal, with a considerable number of them voicing out the fact that there were still over 2,000 people remaining on the field.
With a such massive number of people participating in one tournant, it wouldn't be surprising if the amount of ti it took was far longer than it took for the first round of the tournant to finish.
And that was considering the fact that all they had to do at the ti was stand and get verified.
Naturally, Scho'doxa thought about the fifth round from that perspective as well, even going so far as to tell everyone outright that it would take them over a week to complete the tournant if it all 2,000 plus people would participate.
However… what if the tournant was split up into smaller tournants?
"For the sake of efficiency and equality, I've eventually co to the decision to split the fifth round into three smaller tournants," said Scho'doxa, his words prompting everyone to listen to him.
"Aside from that, I'll be splitting up the small tournants into three even smaller tournants, with each tournant for each class rank focusing on a certain level of strength."
"To sum things up, there will be nine tournants in total, with the first tournant being made for those at the early levels of Rank 4," said the man to everyone. "Then, the next tournant would go up by a stage, allowing the last tournant to be among those at the peak of Rank 6 and above."
"I suppose we're all clear on that?" As these words left Scho'doxa's mouth, a great majority of the people on the field nodded in response, working under the notion that the tournants would be more or less the tournants they were familiar with.
Then again, there were also those who asked the man for more clarification on how the tournants would work, whether it be to err on the side of caution, or because they hadn't participated in an actual tournant yet.
Surprisingly, Scho'doxa did not hesitate to answer the questions those people had, causing so people to recall about how the man would punish them for asking him questions before he'd given them the opportunity to ask.
In response to those gazes, the man slightly shrugged his shoulders before telling everyone that with what everyone on the field had gone through so far, they've more than earned the right to freely ask him questions in regards to the tournant.
Because of that, almost everyone on the field felt more confident and proud of themselves as the man began to set up the venue where the final round of the tournant would be held.
Swoosh!
Swinging his arms to and fro, Scho'doxa infused both of his arms with energy before beginning to move them in a way that resembled his movents in the previous round.
However, rather than turn one massive arena into a thousand floating platforms, the man's movents instead began to rge the platforms together, transforming them into nine massive platforms with such ease that many were left at a loss for words.
Though, just as everyone thought Scho'doxa would start the fifth round the mont the nine platforms were made, he took his manipulation of the ground one step further, curving the edges of the platforms upward to create walls that resembled that of an arena.
And thus, by the ti Scho'doxa was done, nine massive arenas began to hover from afar, prompting almost everyone on the field to stare at it with their mouths agape.
Whoosh!
Feeling a bit of exhaustion from manipulating a ton of mass for quite so ti, Scho'doxa took a bit of ti to catch his breath before announcing that the fifth round had officially begun.
Waving one of his arms after that, he then teleported everyone on the field to their respective tournants before summoning eight more copies of himself that would preside over the other arenas.
Swoosh!
Having prepared himself to fight the mont he was teleported into his arena, Valyr imdiately stopped gathering montum the mont he noticed that he wasn't at the center of the arena.
Instead, he and the other people that were at the sa rank were instead teleported into a waiting area that led to the center of the arena.
"Starting the first round of the Peak Rank 4 tournant." Just as everyone within the tournant looked around their surroundings to understand what was going on, Scho'doxa's voice soon began to echo throughout the space.
Fwoosh! Fwoosh!
Then, without much delay, two of the people within the waiting area were teleported to the center of the arena, causing a hint of surprise to appear on the faces of those who weren't chosen to do the first fight.
At the sa ti, everyone now fully understood how the entire tournant would play out, prompting everyone to prepare their bodies and minds as much as possible in the off chance they'd beco the next ones to appear at the center of the arena.
And with that, the fifth round began in full swing.
Bang!
Whoosh!
Crash!
Knowing that one false move was more than enough to decide whether one would reach the end of the fifth round or not, it went without saying that almost everyone in the nine arenas gave it their all when they fought against their opponents.
Of course, almost everyone within the arenas ca to a tacit agreent that there would be no killings happening, considering that it was their circumstances that forced them to fight people they didn't know in the first place.
Unfortunately, just like the fourth round, there were still those who had no qualms in killing other people, whether it be from the other races or from the sa race as them.
With those kinds of people, almost everyone within the arenas also ca to a tacit agreent that should they fight against them and have more than enough strength to subdue them…
Then it was only right for those people to receive their just deserts.
Swoosh!
Unsurprisingly, as soone whose level of strength far exceeded the peak of Rank 4, it was no surprise that Valyr easily cleared through all of the fights that he had go through, with most of them being settled within a few moves.
Then again, there were also those who put up a longer fight against them due to the fact that their strengths also more or less transcended the peak of Rank 4.
However, compared to Valyr, whose strength allowed him to deal even with beings at the peak of Rank 6, their greater strength only seed like a slightly bigger resistance to the obvious conclusion of their tournant.
Which was the fact that he beca the final victor of the Peak Rank 4 tournant.
"Say…" Just as Scho'doxa announced to everyone within his arena that he was the grand winner of the Peak Rank 4 tournant, the man leaned a bit closer to the young man as he asked him in a whisper, "Are you up for a bigger challenge?"
At those words, Valyr raised his eyebrow in curiosity. "Is this optional again?"
"Of course it is." Scho'doxa nodded. "However, unlike the last ti, I've also given this opportunity to the victors of the other tournants."
"Is that so?" Hearing that, the gears in the young man's mind began to turn, prompting him to co up with a couple of ideas on what Scho'doxa was about to offer him.
Fortunately, his ideas more or less lined up with what the man had to say. "So, how about it? Wanna try your hand at fighting against the victor of the Early Rank 5 tournant?"
"In exchange, I'll improve the reward you get from this round, similar to what I gave you to the third round."
"Sure." Valyr imdiately nodded without hesitation, more than confident that his strength would be able to bridge that gap. "Though, what would happen next if I were to defeat the person?"
"Either you forfeit and I give you the reward," replied Scho'doxa. "Or you decide to continue on fighting the victor of Mid Rank 5 tournant and I increase the reward even further."
"I see." Hearing those words, the young man briefly let out a chuckle as he began to grin.
"Now that's interesting."
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