Chapter 823: Core Members Tournament 1

Chapter 823: Core Members Tournament 1While the organization for the grand Vita Tournament was going on in the background, the core members absolved their hands of such lowly matters. It was left to some trusted basic members to handle, as they had their own things to handle.          

Namely, the core member tournament.      

It was unavoidable, as they needed to establish the pecking order between them now that their numbers had practically doubled.      

As they had previously agreed, they had first waited for everyone to reach Rank 4 in their respective classes before beginning.      

Following the format, the now 44 core members were split up into two groups of 16.      

Group A consisted of Cold Summer, Essence Stalker, Elle Leone, Hades, Nightwalker, Uno, Boyd, Deployed Soldier, Dreary Traveler, Intellectual Monkey, Noble Soul, Joker, Killer Queen (Keira), Brother Is Best (Bella), Misery and AP_Berzerker.      

Group B consisted of Ghostprotokill, Shadowheart, Kiran, Cobra, Slim Fatty, The Showman, Kronalord, Loving Aunt, Rambunctious Buttlover, Pedro Sousa, Great Caster (Hera), Happy Scholar, Tunder Power, Silent Walker, Gentle Flower and Shani.      

Those like Money Lover, Akainu, Noble Writer, Happy Saint and Sanji decided not to partake despite having Control due to their focus on Tradeskills rather than combat. They felt like this wasn't their focus of development, so they voluntarily abstained from participating.      

Then there were Yui, Lucia, Warm Spring and Sublime Notion who were exempted due to being too angelic/cute/kindhearted/vindictive for the others to feel good about beating them up. This left the four ladies speechless, but they decided to take it as a compliment.      

Then… there was Fitter Cleric who was beaten to the side when he dared to try and enter the competition at the hands of everyone. If it weren't for Slim Fatty, he might have been left in a ditch to rot.      

With the lots drawn, it was time to fight!      

(Author's Note: This is inescapable my brothers and sisters. I know you hated the inter-player stuff because it dragged on, but this one is a homebased tournament to show the prowess of all the new guys as well as the old guys.)      

Group A!      

1st Match: Elle Leone vs Deployed Soldier      

2nd Match: Killer Queen vs Hades      

3rd Match: Essence Stalker vs Dreary Traveler      

4th Match: Noble Soul vs AP_Berzerker      

5th Match: Uno vs Intellectual Monkey      

6th Match: Bella vs Nightwalker      

7th Match: Cold Summer vs Misery      

8th Match: Boyd vs Joker      

Group B!      

1st Match: Loving Aunt vs Ghostprotokill      

2nd Match: Great Caster vs Tunder Power      

3rd Match: Cobra vs Happy Scholar      

4th Match: Gentle Flower vs Shadowheart          

5th Match: Rambunctious Buttlover vs Silent Walker      

6th Match: The Showman vs Pedro Sousa      

7th Match: Kronalord vs Shani      

8th Match: Kiran vs Slim Fatty      

And with that, the first match begins!      

1st Battle: Elle Leone vs Deployed Soldier!      

First, of course, their newly updated Rank 4 classes.      

｢Chaos God - Divine Class (Rank 4)      

Rank 1: Chaos Domain (Passive), Chaos Control (Passive), Random Warp (Active), Targeted Warp (Active)      

Rank 2: Chaos Bomb (Active), Chaos Wave (Active)      

Rank 3: Chaotic Charisma (Passive), Chaotic Immunity (Passive)      

Rank 4: Chaos Blast (Active), Chaos Spear (Active)      

Exp gain rate: 0.5%      

Rank up difficulty: 50%      

Class weapons: Any.      

Class skills: Chaos.｣      

｢Chaos Bomb – Active skill      

Effect: Condense a bomb of Chaos Energy and plant it on any target within 1 kilometer. You may detonate the bomb at any time, form any distance. This bomb deals no damage, but fundamentally warps anything within 300 meters of its explosion radius.      

Cooldown: 5 minutes.｣      

｢Chaos Scythe  – Active skill      

Effect: Concentrate Chaos Energy into the form of a reaper's scythe, which deals the same damage as an Epic weapon of the same type. Every attack comes with an added bonus of random elemental damage and 30% Chaos Degradation.      

Note: Once Chaos Degradation reaches 300%, the target will undergo a random warp.      

Duration: 3 minutes      

Cooldown: 10 minutes.｣      

｢Chaotic Charisma – Passive skill          

Effect: The Chaos God radiates an air of attractiveness to all beings of Chaos, including mortal beings and especially humankind and to a lesser degree, monsters. All events and situations regarding Charisma checks with these species are automatically passed as long as they are not outrageous.｣      

｢Chaotic Immunity – Passive skill      

Effect: The Chaos God is a being of pure Chaos and Chaotic power. You are granted full and total immunity to the effects of Chaos energy and its usage, as well as to all reality bending powers, including the power of Order.｣      

｢Chaos Blast – Active skill      

Effect: Charge Chaos Energy into a condensed form and send it out as a concentrated blast of energy that deals 1,500% chaos damage and 250% Chaos Degradation.      

Cooldown: 30 minutes.｣      

｢Chaos Spear – Active skill      

Effect: Create a powerful lance of Chaos Energy and hurtle it towards a target at abhorrent speeds. This deals 300%chaos damage and 120% chaos degradation to the target.      

Cooldown: 15 minutes.｣      

｢Great Commander - Legendary Class (Rank 4)      

Skills: On Glory's Wings (Active), Bloodlust (Active).      

Exp gain rate: 120%      

Rank up difficulty: 130%      

Class weapons: Any non-magical      

Class skills: Any non-magical｣      

｢On Glory's Wings – Active skill      

Effect: Lead your calvary in a heroic charge against the enemy. Any fortification or defensive establishment in the way is automatically destroyed if it's below the Legendary Rank, and all living organisms take 300% damage per second when trapped in the charge.      

Duration: 10 minutes      

Cooldown: 1 day.｣      

｢Bloodlust  – Active skill      

Effect: The Great Commander instills his troops with the notion that their lives are but means to bring down the enemy, granting his men 300% increased stats, damage, defense and speed with a 90% reduction to intelligence.      

Duration: 5 minutes      

Cooldown: 12 hours.｣      

Looking at this, it seemed as if the wise choice for Deployed Soldier would be to directly lie down and present his belly while begging for forgiveness. A Legendary Class could not beat a Divine one, just as an Epic class could not beat a Legendary one.      

However, this was Umbra!          

No one here would refuse to face another equal despite disadvantages. Except maybe if it was the Guildmaster or the Lady Boss, then they would naturally flee with all they had. However, it was a pipe dream to expect them to flee from each other!      

Elle smiled as she faced Deployed Soldier on the stage, who wore a severe expression. The moment the match was called to begin, Deployed instantly activated his key skill, Muster.      

Immediately, a portal manifested behind him which spat out all the current Rank 5 troops of Vita Kingdom, numbering almost 5 million currently. While everyone else had been farting about with their own business, Deployed had greatly expanded the army using the Rank 7 Barracks' benefits and now led a power so great even he did not know its limits.      

Elle's eyes narrowed. Dealing with so many enemies at such powerful levels would be a herculean task, but then it would be boring if she could simply curbstomp everyone with her class and her bloodline.      

As such, Elle first summoned the Chaos Scythe and twirled it easily. With a stomp, she jumped into the air and fired out all of her active skills at the army.      

Chaos Spear!      

Chaos Blast!      

Random Warp!      

Targeted Warp!      

She specifically placed a Chaos Bomb of Deployed Soldier before channeling her bloodline and spreading out a wave of Chaos Energy that cost her 75% of her total energy.      

Deployed naturally wouldn't sit there and let a powerhouse like Elle release all her abilities fee of charge. Immediately, he pulled the reins of his horse and used one of his opening skills, Unstoppable Charge!      

As they began to roar and rush forward, a golden barrier enveloped the army that granted them invulnerability for the duration of the charge. However, a Legendary Class skill could not mitigate a Divine class skill fully.      

The barrier was met with the chaotic attacks and 30% of the attacks broke through and dealt damage to the army while 70% of it was blocked perfectly. This damage didn't mange to kill any of the warriors despite Elle great power at Rank 4 with a Divine Class because of Deployed Soldier's passive skill, Commander's Aura!      

This passive skill which gave full immunity to all status effects was a bane for the kind of essence the Chaos Energy possessed. Chaos Energy was all about status effects after the damage, so a significant portion of Elle's power was mitigated by this.      

As such, the Chaos Degradation and chaotic effects were greatly reduced due to the Rank gap. Instead of turning into chickens and cows, the troops only had one arm or leg transform into a claw or into a vine. It was not enough to cripple them, though it severely reduced their overall battle power.      

However, this was before Elle released the wave from her bloodline, containing 75% energy. This one directly shattered the shield and broke the army's charge, sending them all flying. Many directly turned into random things like toys, weapons, or even trees on the spot.      

Deployed Soldier felt a crisis and used his Divine Rank weapon, the Purita Sword, to block in front of himself. This prevented him from being damaged or affected by the chaos, but he could feel that the divine weapon had been temporarily weakened.      

Deployed hurriedly activated the second active of the sword, Speed, and began to zip across the battlefield like a comet. He had used a Legendary Reset Scroll sold in the Rank 7 shop to reset all his stats and had allocated most of his points to Dexterity in order to make full use of this skill.      

Elle swung her scythe to meet Deployed charge and the two began trading blows head on. Elle was quickly suppressed despite having higher overall stats because she had less combat experience than Deployed.      

Still, she had kept some Bloodline Energy at hand for this and she began to maximize her advantages by instilling chaos energy into her attacks. Deployed fought back valiantly, and was able to somewhat block the chaotic damage with the divine blade, buts its presence weakened and weakened further.      

As for Control, both parties were using it in such a close conflict, but Elle soon gained the advantage as hers was at Tier 4 while Deployed's was at Tier 3. Not to mention that his weapon was becoming weaker and Elle was quickly absorbing the combat experience from this high intensity battle rather quickly.      

Deployed knew things were getting hot, so he decisively activated his first active skill of the Purita Sword, Condense. He condensed Draco's 360 swords skills into one and thrust his blade towards Elle.      

Elle felt a trace of danger from this attack, and so created a Chaos Barrier using her bloodline energy. When Deployed attack struck, her face paled as 55% of her bloodline energy was drained all at once.      

(Author's Note: Don't forget, Bloodline Energy recovers super fucking fast the higher your purity and more than a few seconds have passed in this fight.)      

However, Deployed's last ditch attack had been blocked and the rest of the battle was set. If he still had his troops, he could do more, but the few who were still available already had - at best - 3/4's of their bodies turned into something freaky.          

Elle timed her attack right and detonated the Chaos Bomb she had planted on Deployed at the very start, which was enough to distract him long enough for her to land the killing blow. Deployed could only go down with an expression of respect and acceptance, acknowledging the fact that he had been beaten fairly and squarely.      

With a deep breath, Elle relaxed. She then jumped and turned to Shadowheart in the crowd who was on his feet and clapping for her with joy in her eyes.      

1st Battle: Elle wins!      

2nd Battle: Killer Queen vs Hades, begin!      

Keira jumped on stage and dented the ground as she punched her gauntlets onto each other with a grin. Hades also jumped on stage and caused a similar dent in the arena while he kept his hands on his hoodie's pockets.      

The two powerhouses who had abnormal physical strength gauged each other with provocative smiles and charged to strike each other as fast as they could.