Chapter 384: First

Chapter 384: First



Vayu cursed in his heart as he commanded his team to move faster. This time, Sylas had really screwed him over, and the worst part was that Sylas shouldn't have even known. How Sylas managed to deduce it was beyond Vayu.

Sylas' token read 'III' while Vayu's read 'IV'. This might seem meaningless, but in the coming clash of team, 'I' would pair with 'II' and 'III' would pair with 'IV'. This essentially meant that the first opponent that Vayu would come across other than these wolf spirits would be Sylas himself.

This seemed not to be a big deal. After all, this should be a good thing. Sylas was just one person. He should be ecstatic that he basically got a free ride to the final round.

Unfortunately, Sylas had seen through him.

This wasn't a simple tournament where there would be two elimination rounds to crown a winner. Instead, depending on how things went, there could end up being multiple rounds where each team would do their best to accumulate points.

Once this staircase event was through, there would be a clash, and then there would be four doors. These four doors would likewise be numbered from 'I' to 'IV'.

The first to win would receive priority in choosing your next round's opponent. Meaning, if Vayu was matched up against Sylas in the first round and cleared an easy victory, then he would be able to pick Sylas again in the next round and secure an advantage all the way up.

If he killed Sylas, it would be even easier, because that would mean that he would have free reign all the way up to the final rounds where the largest and truest rewards would be.

However, because Sylas exposed him, things would be different.

Because a loss didn't necessarily mean elimination, Aerwyna and Brisa might choose to collude, allowing one or the other to gain victory so that they could be the ones to challenge Sylas first.

This wouldn't be ideal for them, but it would even out the playing field. That was because whoever "lost" would then proceed to collude with Vayu, and then they'd switch over. So on and so forth.

But if Vayu got there first, then it would be meaningless.

Now, Sylas' competitors were burning through the stamina and reserves in ways they usually wouldn't... while he was leisurely keeping up pace without expending nearly the same amount of energy.

...

The second step and the third step were practically the same. The Level of the wolves didn't change. Instead, the number of them, and the speed with which they spawned and recovered was greater. In addition, the second step spawned two wolves from the very beginning, while the third step spawned three, making it a bit trickier to handle.

However, now that Sylas knew what he was aiming for, he didn't hesitate or pause. In fact, he only got better at dispersing and disrupting the Runes.

He fused his Rune Soul control with his telekinesis, applying the same concepts he had learned during his battle with the snail in order to make his disruption sharper and more violent.

His telekinesis seemed to give his Rune Soul control more substance, and it was then that Sylas realized that Rune Soul was actually an application of his Charisma and probably scaled with the stat as well.

When he realized this, his comprehension seemed to deepen and the fourth step was somehow even easier than the first despite the fact it now had Level 6 wolves.

Sylas charged

all the way up until he cleared the ninth step.

The world swirled around him and he found himself locked in a transparent barrier he wasn't

allowed to leave.

But there was no one else around him.

He had gotten here first.