Chapter 333: Events for the 1st tournament

Chapter 333: Events for the 1st tournament

"So, as I said, I recommend buying a Detachment token and using it to remove your skill's upgrade. At least for your main skill." I say.

"That shit costs a thousand shards. I’m not paying that to weaken my skill," Maya says, looking up from the smartphone I bought, just to complain.

Then, having said what she wanted to say, she switches to the next song, and from the speaker of the phone, a cheery Japanese pop song starts playing, "Damn, I wish so much I could download something else."

Tess takes the phone from Maya's hand and increases the volume with a lively expression on her face, "I love it!"

When Maya tries to take the phone back, a red and white spark of lightning hits Maya's hand.

That gives me an idea, "Do you think you could charge electronics with your lightning?" I ask Tess.

"Nat... it's Primordial lightning, and I don't think that's how electronics work."

"Not with that attitude."

Aaron jumps into our conversation, "How much did it all cost you?"

"Twenty rare items, I think? Give or take," I answer.

"Damn, how many shards do you have?"

"A bit over 60 thousand."

"Oh, 6 thousand, not bad at all..."

"60 thousand."

"6 thousand?"

"Sixty."

"Sixty?"

"Sixty."

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"Sixty fucking thousand shards?"

"Sixty-four fucking thousand shards," I say.

The expressions of everyone around are extremely amusing to watch, and I feel my energy refilling. Vega would call me an asshole, but I'm sure she would be proud of her rich master.

"Won't you be able to buy an arcane item soon?" Min-Jae moves closer, looking at me while, as always, a dozen balls float around him as he practices.

"Nope, I'm saving for a passive."

"If you have so many, you should just give me that damaged ax..." Maya tries.

"No."

"Fuck," she deflates.

I still have to study it. Later, I might even try to fix it. I'm curious what a low arcane item is capable of at its full power.

(Food?)

"If you really want it, I can give it to you, Biscuit," I answer honestly.

At that, he burrows his head into my chest, and I continue to pet him. Such a good snuggly boy. The best doggo of the sixth... no, the best doggo of the tournament floor!

(Food.)

"Thank you, I’ll hold onto it. If you decide you want it, just ask."

The others ignore our conversation, seemingly used to it already.

“Really?”

“Yes!” she confirms, acting all smart. “It’s still not perfect, but very very slowly, you’re starting to feel like a hero.”

That amuses me even more, and she seems to notice that even without her skill.

“It’s not funny! I saw it on the internet. Some old guy said that Heroes are not born; they are made, and to me, you’re starting to look like a hero! You saved Soph and helped us so many times.” She explains.

Such a silly girl. One day I really want to see her interact with Vega.

Instead of responding to something so outrageous, I caress her head, almost trying to pull her non-existing horns, something I got used to doing.

“How was Seneca?” I ask her.

A mistake, as I realize quickly, as Izzy spends the next two hours telling me about her adventures on the 5th floor and the time she spent with Seneca, her disciple.

It would be fine if she shared interesting information, but Izzy doesn’t know about the Veil, the Ignition Stations, the Champions, and natives. She mostly talks about her adventures and fights, about teaching her disciple, and other silly things. But being in a surprisingly good mood, I decide to let her talk for tonight while I sit back and listen.

At some point, the boys join as well, and Izzy gets Dennis to talk about his disciple who died.

Such cruelty surprises me, yet Izzy keeps asking with her childish honesty, seeming to have some hidden plan in mind. Aaron tries to stop her a few times, but she manages to talk over him with a fast stream of words each time, and slowly Dennis opens up.

He talks about his time on the 5th floor. How he was scared, how he was annoyed with his disciple, and how, as he slowly opened up, they started building a relationship.

He talks about their adventures and all the silly things. In detail, he talks about the time they found a hill with a beautiful view. He talks about getting scared by a tiny animal in the middle of the night.

Then he gets to the point when his disciple dies, and even though it feels cruel, Izzy keeps asking. And Dennis talks. When he cries, and the little girl moves closer, taking his bigger hands into her smaller ones.

Isabella asks again, she makes him talk more and share it all. She doesn’t even use her skill to share his emotions with us, but it’s all out in the open for us to see.

No one talks over him, no one minds his tears; instead, people offer their support and listen to the quiet words he has to say.

That’s how we learn about his disciple, a young human girl called Draya with whom he spent such a short, yet impactful time.

By the time the night comes, Dennis seems as if a weight has fallen from his shoulders, and he hugs Isabella for a long time, whispering quiet words of thanks.

During the night, the two of us keep watch while the others sleep. And one of those keeping watch happens to be me.

The place we’ve chosen to stay is a bit higher than the plane where the buildings and people are, and I watch the lights down there with abject fascination.

Every single person there is a real person from Earth, not a native of the floor. It’s still a weird feeling.

I listen as some cheer, celebrating late into the night, and making contact with others. Over two thousand people, are all in the same situation. They share information, they trade.

Of course, there are some fights, flames light up the sky, projectiles fly, and mana blazes up, but never anything too serious, they’re just small conflicts aiming to establish a pecking order.

Even then, a small group of stronger mana signatures moves to the conflict, stopping it and building up recognition early. People devoted to taking on that role even after returning to Earth.

I wonder if they are truly selfless or if it's just a cold calculating move with the hope of saving work and time later.

When morning comes, half a day remains until the 1st event, but we finally get a notification from the system with the schedule.

Events for the 1st tournament of the 5th round of the Earth tutorial have been decided. They are as follows:

1st event - The Survival Domain

2nd event - The Siege of Aether Keep

3rd event - Avatar Confrontation

4th event - The Arena

5th event - Chronicle of the Past

The first event will start in 12 hours. More information will be shared soon.