Chapter 54. NET {13}:- Coliseum 2.

Chapter 54. NET {13}:- Coliseum 2.

"I knew you would definitely be among the top ten in the ranking, but I wasn't expecting you to reach the top so soon on the first day. At this rate, you might actually win the tournament." Adrian said with a deep respect in his words.

"Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. However, we won't know until we get to the last day of the tournament. Wait, don't tell me you're beginning to doubt your chances of winning against a ten-year-old?"

Adrian chuckled before making a serious expression. "I'm definitely going to win this tournament."

Orion smiled back. "That's the spirit."

The room became silent for a while but after a few minutes, Adrian spoke up.

There was something that had been bothering him since last night, and Adrian thought it would be better to hear Orion's opinion about it rather than remain silent.

"Um, I've been thinking."

"About what?" Orion asked.

"Well, since our battle in the arena will require everyone to go against each other, do you think everyone here in the room will want to fight against you?" Adrian asked and the room became dead silent.

Although they didn't want to, everyone couldn't help but listen to the conversation Adrian was having with the prince.

Most of them had doubts about fighting the prince of the kingdom, and they didn't want to anger a member of the royal family, especially a royal member who was currently the heir to the throne.

A few whispers emerged behind Orion and Adrian, and Orion could hear them all.

He knew a lot of them wouldn't feel eager to fight against him if they discovered that he was their opponent.

Some had even made up their minds to forfeit the match if their opponent was the prince.

"I don't think anyone would want to go against you." Adrian continued. R/ê/Ad lateSt ch/a/pters at novelhall.com Only

"Is it because I'm the prince?"

"Hmm," Orion sighed a bit before replying. "I understand that during a match, some opponents might hesitate to engage me fully because they don't want to offend a member of the royal family," Orion said, subtly adding mana to his words so that everyone within the room would be able to hear what he was saying.

"Well, yeah. Many contestants will hesitate to fight the prince of the kingdom, but what will you do if your opponent suddenly drops out from the match because you're the prince and they do not want you to lose?" Adrian inquired, eager to see how Orion would react to his words.

"Hmm," Orion sighed a bit before replying. "I understand that during a match, some opponents might hesitate to engage me fully because they don't want to offend a member of the royal family," Orion said, subtly adding mana to his words so that everyone within the room would be able to hear what he was saying.

He continued. "But, the truth is that I find no honor in winning by default. I entered this tournament to test my skills, to push myself to the limit, and to earn the respect of everyone including the contestants in the tournament, and I believe this is why most of us participated in the tournament." He paused, allowing his words to sink into everyone listening to him.

"If anyone forfeits without a fight, I'll be disappointed, because I want to earn my victory; I want to be challenged, to be forced to grow stronger, and if anyone is afraid to face a ten-year-old because of his status, then I'll never respect them as a warrior."

"Yeah!!!" The crowds roared in unison.

"For action?!!"

"Yeah!!!"

"For entertainment?!!"

"Yeah!!!"

"Then sit back and relax as we bring to you, a tournament like never before. A Livestream battle broadcasted throughout the kingdom. So, without further ado, I bring to you, the contestants of today's junior noble elf tournament!!"

"Yeah!!!"

Everyone cheered and watched as the huge scoreboard displayed the list of the contestants taking part in today's battle.

"As you can see, we have a total of one hundred and twenty contestants in the Junior Noble Elf tournament. Each of these lucky contestants will be taking part in the knockout battles. Their goal is to make sure their names are included in the final twenty contestants who will be qualified to continue the tournament tomorrow.

The rules are simple. Contestants must stay within the designated fighting arena at all times. A match ends when a contestant yields, is knocked out, or their training dummy is destroyed," Ganesha explained, but a murmur erupted within the coliseum because no one was familiar with the concept of having a training dummy in the arena.

"I understand that some of you might be confused as to why I mentioned a training dummy just now, but this is one of the few modifications we've made to the rules for the Junior section of the tournament.

A drop of each contestant's blood will be placed on a training dummy. During a fight, any damage a contestant sustains will be immediately transferred to the dummy. It helps to indicate when a contestant is close to defeat and it will also reflect a contestant's physical condition, like injuries. Please, contestants should keep in mind that while any injury and pain you feel during a battle will be transferred to a dummy you will still feel the pain inflicted on you.

Our goal is to provide a tournament where contestants will be allowed to push themselves without risking their death, while they are still experiencing the intensity of the battle."

In other words, this meant that contestants could get slashed by a sword, but they wouldn't see the slash on their bodies.

It would be sent to the training dummy instead.

However, they would still feel the pain in their body, almost as though the slash remained on their skin.

When the crowd finally understood what Ganesha was explaining to them, everyone cheered excitedly with even more energy.

This was the Junior section of the tournament, so everyone understood why the tournament officials would adopt this approach.

With this new method introduced into the tournament, young nobles could fight safely without worrying about their death.

They might get injured, but the injury wouldn't appear on their skin. Instead, it would be reflected on the dummy.

However, they would still be able to feel the pain inflicted on their body, and if the pain became unbearable, they were allowed to surrender.

Also, if any of the contestants were knocked out, their opponent would automatically win the match.