Rise of the Crusader

156 Final Tournament I

After a week, it was finally time for the final round of the tournament.

The domain was very crowded as other students in the academy came to watch.

Whether it was the second, third, or even fourth, they were all hanging around in one corner of the domain.

As the competitors arrived and the directors were also in their seats, the third round started very quickly.

The previous round had been conducted by one referee, but for the final, seven referees were on the stage. They were all standing in front of the selection boxes and after a few second ones of them spoke.

“The selection for the final round will be called out shortly, kindly get ready.”

With that said, and one of the referees took out two papers from the selection boxes.

He opened the paper, “Aiden from the elite division vs Roy from the tech division.”

A second after the referee spoke, the other referee beside him took out a paper from the selection boxes.

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“Jeremy from the murderer division Vs Alphonso from the bandit’s division.”

“Levi from the elite division Vs Teresa from the murderer division.”

“Nevaeh from the norms division Vs Orson from the research and support division.”

“Aurora from the tech division Vs Azarov from the bandit’s division.”

“Elisa from the elite division Vs Victor from the bandit division.”

“Dwayne from the elite division Vs Talia from the norms division.”

“Hilario from the bandit division Vs Bane from the elite division.”

“Raphael Queen from the elite division Vs Camille from the division.”

As the names of the competitors for the final round were called out one after the other, everyone in the surrounding listened attentively.

Bane was in shock from the person he was going up against, and so was Aiden.

Hilario was a monster, and even in the bandit division, she was rated very highly. And as for Aiden’s opponent, Roy.

If Aurora was the number one student in the tech division, then Roy was the number two. He was blessed abundantly and treated with high regard by the academy.

“And Raphael is up against Camille,” Bane muttered as he stared at Raphael and Camille behind him.

“This is going to be...”

Before Aiden could finish his words, Bane’s voice rang out.

“Freaking awesome.”

Once the names of the contestants were called out, the referees waited for a few minutes before saying.

“Nevaeh and Orson, please step forward.”

Without delay, Nevaeh and Orson marched forward.

Both of them had very grim looks on their faces, as they stared at one another.

“Fighters ready? Start!”

In less than a second after the referee’s voice rang out, Nevaeh sent multiple microscopic rods at Orson.

And even though Orson was unable to see the rods that were thrown at him, he had heard as well as seen Nevaeh in combat before.

Orson quickly a generated concentrated amount of heat from his eyes and spread the beam of heat around him.

Against the microscopic rods, Orson just kept using the beam of heat. He had no idea where they were coming from exactly, so he just shot beams of light over the place.

A few seconds passed and as there was no hit, Orson smirked. He withdrew the beams of heat coming out of his eyes and then turned towards Nevaeh.

“Bitch!” He blurted.

“Now, die!!!”

A more powerful and concentrated beam emerged from Orson’s eyes.

But, this time around, it wasn’t used to block the rods instead it was targeted at the woman in front.

In response to the beam of heat, Nevaeh didn’t move from where she was. However, just as the beam of heat was to make contact with her, she flicked her finger.

“Pffffffttt!!”

As Nevaeh flicked her finger, five huge rods expanded from Orson’s body.

They penetrated deep into their body, appearing on the other side of his body, and as the rods dug a huge hole in Orson’s body, he vomited a mouthful amount of blood.

Orson was unable to keep the heat going, and as the rays of heat vanished, he seized his body from head to toe.

Staggering several steps backward with fear evident in his eyes, Orson’s mouth opened slightly.

“Thrash!”

Nevaeh had only just spoken and Orson was about to raise his head when he was greeted by a full-force hit from the rod that was on Nevaeh’s hand.

He flew meters away with blood moving out of his mouth in an arc manner.

Thud!

Orson landed on the floor with his body battered severely.

Killing intent soon flashed within Nevaeh’s eyes, and she was about to go to finish the job when the referee’s voice rang out.

“The winner is Nevaeh from the norms division.”

Nevaeh and a couple of other students were dissatisfied with the referee interference, and lack of bloodshed in the battle, however, they soon moved past it.

After all, they were going to many more chances to witness a bloodbath.

“Dwayne from the elite division vs Talia from the norms division.”

From the moment the selection was made, Talia had a grim look on her face. As being paired with one of the top students in the first year wasn’t what she expected.

At least not at the beginning of the tournament.

“Fighters ready? Start!”

Talia possessed the power to emit highly enhanced screams of high amplitude, and the moment she heard the referee, she opened her mouth and let out a scream.

“Ahh-”

However, a second after she opened her mouth, an arrow was shot into her mouth.

“Cu... Curgh!”

The words which were coming from Talia were gibberish, but while she was unable to speak actual words, she kept shaking her head.

Meanwhile, a neutral look was on Dwayne’s face.

He lowered his bow and arrow, and said, “Sayonara!”

Talia’s eyes twitched, she had just grabbed the arrow and was about to pull it out when she felt something swelling within her body.

Boom!

And in the eyes of everyone, Talia exploded into different pieces.

Her head was flung to the front of the director, while her remaining body part was scattered all around the stage.

“Hmm, hmm”

“The winner is Dwayne from the elite division.”

There was rage on the faces of the students of the norms division, the instructors, as well as their directors.

Those who could get into the third round were viewed highly in the academy. And the norms division was delighted about the potential that Talia’s potential.

The goal was to educate her privately and make her one of the powerhouses in the division. However, none of their plans were going to happen, as Talia was dead.

“Fighters ready? Start.”

Once Talia’s body was cleared, the next competitors moved onto the stage.

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An- I hope you don’t feel like these are just fillers or something. Because it isn’t

The characters I’m mentioning in the tournament will play a big role in the future.

Which is why I’m choosing to demonstrate what they are capable of.

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