1154 The Final Round
Whoosh!
After Scho'doxa transported the last batch of people to where Valyr and the others were, he faintly nodded in satisfaction as he appeared before everyone, hovering high up in the air as he opened his mouth.
"If you were to ask me which round was the harshest in terms of the number of people disqualified, as long as I exclude the first round, the fourth round would be considered the harshest."
"After all, before the fourth round even began, the number of people on the field was a figure halfway to reaching 3 million," said Scho'doxa as he swept his gaze over everyone. "Yet, in just three batches, that value dropped to a tenth of a percent of what it originally was, with only over a couple thousand of you remaining." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"Specifically, 2,564 of you remain on the field after going through the first four rounds of the tournament, with everyone else having already returned to your home planet." As these words left his mouth, almost everyone on the field turned solemn.
Although everyone knew that they'd fought against 99 people on a platform for a chance to pass the fourth round and reach the final round of the tournament, it was only now did the gravity of that situation sink into the minds of many people.
Of course, there were also those who already understood that would be the case the very moment Scho'doxa explained the mechanics of the fourth round, allowing their expressions to remain the same.
However, that did not stop them from letting out sighs sometime later, finding the entire situation somewhat bittersweet.
Fortunately, just like what happened at the end of the second and third round, the people on the field did not take that long to move on from that matter.
In fact, it took far less time than usual, considering that most of the remaining people on the field had reached their current level of strength by carving out a path of blood in the process.
With that, Scho'doxa faintly nodded in satisfaction as he shifted everyone's attention to the rewards one would get for clearing the fourth round.
Swoosh!
After giving everyone a brief heads-up that it was now time for him to reward everyone for their valiant efforts, the man immediately swung his arms outward, swiftly sending out bottles that looked more or less similar to what everyone got during the second and third round.
"Guess we'll only find out after the few hours of rest are up." Donning a bitter smile as Scho'doxa disappeared in front of them all of a sudden, Riekan turned around to look at Valyr.
"That may be the case." Valyr nodded as he slightly shrugged. "But honestly, I think I have a rough idea of what the fifth round would be, especially with how the past four rounds turned out."
Raising his eyebrow in curiosity, it went without saying that the man asked Valyr after that, prompting the latter to briefly explain the possibilities he came up with after taking the entire tournament so far into consideration.
Coincidentally, Mystia took notice of Valyr's presence just as he was in the midst of explaining his train of thought to Riekan.
Making his way to where he was, the woman was left at a slight loss for words when she realized that Valyr was casually talking to none other than the main head of the well-renowned Caemelio clan.
At the same time, Riekan's eyes widened in disbelief once he realized that the Imperial Alchemist of the Meltierre Heavenly Court came up to greet Valyr, causing him to do a double take as he looked at the young man once more.
Unsurprisingly, the young man was oblivious to the thoughts that were in both minds, continuing to explain the speculations and thoughts he had regarding the final round of the tournament with Riekan and Mystia.
After Valyr laid out almost every possible way they could look at the tournament's final round to the two, the three proceeded to spend the remainder of their rest time talking about various topics.
Though, with how Riekan and Mystia both occupied positions of high power and authority, it was no surprise that the topic of their conversation eventually shifted towards the ongoing war against the orcs.
Fortunately, the two did not delve into the topic for that long as Scho'doxa appeared in front of everyone a minute or so later after time was up.
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