Chapter 44: Arena



[DING]

[Rest mode activated]

[The user can access rest mode functions]

"Arena!" - Shun shouted inside his head.

[DING]

[Entering the Arena]

Shun felt his consciousness being transported to another place. He opened his eyes and found himself inside an empty stadium, the same stadium he had seen on the first night he received the system.

[DING]

[Select the Arena function the user wants to use]

Shun was surprised by the system's notification. He looked forward and saw three transparent screens in front of him.

[Arena Missions]

[Training Center (locked)]

[Arena Tournaments]

"Arena Missions." - Shun remembered that he would have to complete a legendary arena mission within a year, so he chose to go to the missions function first.

Shun felt his consciousness shift again. He opened his eyes and found himself in a large hall, the hall was dimly lit by torches on the walls and had nothing but four pillars in the center.

Each pillar had a colored flame on top, the flame of the left pillar was bronze, the second pillar's flame was silver, the third pillar's flame was gold, and the last pillar had a bright orange flame. Shun quickly associated the colors with the quality of the missions and went straight to the pillar representing the legendary missions, the last pillar with the bright orange flame on top.

But a year seems like a long time, I don't need to worry too much about it, I should focus on choosing the area I most need to improve in and that will help me in the games." - Shun thought a lot about which type of mission to choose. He had been with the system long enough to know that he shouldn't make hasty decisions.

"Batter Mission!" - Shun spoke decisively as he selected the bronze image of someone batting.

[DING]

[Evaluating user's skills... Evaluating user's physical condition... Evaluating user's play style... Searching for the best mission option for the user...]

[Batter Mission defined!]

Shun heard the system's voice in his head, confused. He didn't expect the system to make an evaluation to choose his mission. He then noticed that the four bronze images began to change again, all of them merging into a large flame before taking the form of the batter once more, but this time the image was much larger and stood alone at the top of the pillar.

[The user can now see the details of the bronze mission *Contact Hitter* on the bronze pillar of the arena]

Shun heard the system's voice again, excited. He quickly reached out towards the pillar again.

[Contact Hitter (Bronze)

Get 10 hits in arena games (0/10)

Rewards: 100 coins, 1 silver arena pass, and a random grade B elixir.]

"Ohhh this isn't too difficult, and the rewards are good too, don't tell me the system actually got nice?" - Shun couldn't help but think that his theory that the system had become nicer was true. He really liked this system without the old man.

Shun decided to go check out the other available arena function, the Arena Tournaments, as the boy still didn't know what the arena passes were for, and he still needed to win a game today. With a simple thought, Shun felt his consciousness shift again. He opened his eyes and saw the familiar empty stadium, he didn't waste time and looked at the three screens in front of him.

[Arena Missions]

[Training Center (locked)]

[Arena Tournaments]

"Arena Tournaments!" - Shun said without wasting any time.