Book 5: Chapter 73: The Battle of Mini Void and Kraken

Book 5: Chapter 73: The Battle of Mini Void and Kraken

Scarlet

As soon as the Fae King finishes speaking, bright flashy lights begin to shine from the screen with the lights in the universe going dark. Which sound weird, but is exactly what happened. Almost like he just straight up turned off the sun or something.

An act that makes me realize just how much control he has over this universe.

Certainly a humbling thought on how powerful he is.

The Fae King has moderation privileges over the System as a whole, which comes with a lot of bonuses, Tar says, one of which is the teleportation ability were trying to get.

Interesting.

And only moderation? Not ownership or admin rights?

The only one with ownership of the System was its creator, my grandmother, Tar says, his voice getting quieter as we both watch the blank slots for the two first combatants flicker with equally bright lights as those around them. And since she passed away, no one has control over the System, other than some minor moderation privileges that the Fae King has.

That doesnt sound very safe for those in the System. To just have the System going on its own, doing what it wants.

Grandmother put in plenty of safety measures to make sure it wouldnt go berserk, so it should be fine, Tar concludes, sounding confident.

Or rather, as confident as someone saying should can be.

As if the lights werent enough, some music begins playing across the universe that has me raising a brow.

Then it all stops at once the moment the two silhouettes turn into pictures of two competitors.

My eyes narrow when I find Aria as one of the two. Meanwhile the other is actually Anthony. Which makes me wonder if it is pairing people up based on equal power for a more balanced tournament. Seeing as those are two of the weakest competitors in the tournament.

From my understanding of the void creatures that Ive fought, along with the ones during that tower defense competition, void magic is all about devouring. Whereas null magic erases something from existence, void magic devours it, empowering itself. But it takes more mana to devour something than to erase it, and when it is devoured it can also lead to issues with the one devouring it. Like if theyre not strong enough to keep it, it could burst out of them. Like a popped water balloon.

I watch as the black light spreads out to form several black figures around Anthony, some of them humanoid, others not. Some arent even animalistic. Some are just plain giant mouths or even large masses of mouths.

Which is just plain creepy.

And without hesitation, both sides send their little forces at each other, making the squids or I guess Ill just call them krakens clash with the void things.

The crowd goes absolutely wild, especially when its shown that Aria isnt actually overwhelmed by Anthony despite their level difference.

Etched skills really are powerful.

Both Aria and Anthony look like theyre having fun too, so I guess I wont have to beat Anthony up after all.

Lucky him, Tar comments rather dryly.

I ignore his tone and nod my head.

Yes, he should feel lucky.

Tar snorts.

I ignore him again as I continue watching the battle.

To be honest, Im rather curious about if Aria has a chance of winning this.

That would be cool.