As the roulette started to spin showing the match-ups, an announcer with beast features looking like a hyena enters the cave-like place where all the players are gathered, he then raised his hands and dozens of magic arrays form in each player on the field. One by one the players vanish and teleported to a place where blue skies and white clouds can be seen, in the middle of this floating rock a platform can be seen where the deathmatch will be held. the announcer then walked to the middle of the platform.
"Welcome, Everyone! I'm Viz the referee for the day, today you all are gathered to see who is the strongest of you all, Every match will be a deathmatch, where the winner will advance onto the next stage while the other will be teleported back to his or her world. But there is a catch! as you can see! God's Realms Annihilation game is different so... All who die will be reverted to level 1.
Viz face begone to change, it wears an evil smile overlooking every player.
"So Goodluck to all of you, after 5 minutes the match will start!, every player who doesn't want to participate can quit now before it gets too late" Viz added.
Suddenly dozens of players begone to vanish, quitting the game midway because of the penalty.
"R..Reverted back to 1, that is an insane penalty" Red Jade said.
"What? you want to quit without trying?"
"Hmmm. we need to think this thru, reverting to level 1 means that you'll lose everything that you have." Shadow Fox mumbled
"No Pain, No Gain" Endless said.
"What? how old are you to know that? Even grandparents don't spout that nonsense anymore" Red Jade said.
"Dude, seriously? how old are you?" Shadow Fox said.
"Maybe not knowing that motto is the problem of your generation now" Endless said.
"Dude, you talk like an old man"
"The First Battle will start now!!"
Two players were teleported inside the arena. A tall blonde girl with physic of an Elf wearing the Sky Serpent Set for Archers while the other one is a thin man with a mohawk hair resembling an undead with skeletons for an arm and one leg, he is wearing the Sky Serpent Set for assassins
"Do you know those two?" Endless asked Red Jade.
"The Blonde Girls is Lightning Empress, but I don't know the other one", Red Jade said.
"Lightning Empress ranks 957 in Gaming Gods ranking she's from the Phoenix Realm, while the other one is Pink Punk, a new player from Dragons Realm," Xeno said.
"Wow, I must say, I'm impressed on the White Tigers Guilds intel, you even know players in every realm?" Endless said.
"We scouts players who have talents," Xeno said.
Start!!!!
Pink Punk used his speed to gain advantage, but before closing in, Lightning Empress jumped backward and launched [Triple Strike] unleashing 3 arrows toward Pink Punk, Pink Punk then used [Sudden Dash] to avoid the upcoming arrow, Lightning Empress used [Wind Hymn] to buff herself with speed while Pink Punk used skill [Poison Gas] throwing powder towards Lightning Empress, before the smoke comes near on Lightning Empress's location she used [Wind Vortex] twisting his body to form a layer of winds rising, shielding her from the effect of the [Poison Gas].
"This is the power of a Gaming God!, Not like someone who just ran his mouth thinking his one of them," Drinlan said he then smiled over Endless.
Pink Punk then used [Hide], But Lightning Empress countered it with [Hawk Eye] She then used [Arrow Shower] and buffed herself with [Hymn of the Forest] increasing her agility, she dashed forward, so as Pink Punk but before he can attack the volley of arrows hit him and stun him for a second, giving Lightning Empress a chance to release [Summersault] launching him upward.
"The fight is finished", Xeno muttered.
"He still has a chance if he can think of something", Endless said.
"How?" Xeno asked.
"If he can maneuver himself and combine it with the right timing...his [Shadow Dash] is ready to be used again.
"You can't use [Shadow Dash] in mid-air," Xeno said.
"That's why I said if he can think of something... like sacrificing a dagger to be your platform" Endless said.
"Is it even possible?" Xeno asked.
"You can't do it in other games...but here... I think It can be done," Endless said.
Lightning Empress then used [Vital Shot] hitting Pink Punk in the chest lowering his health to 20%, she then charged up and used [Vortex Shot] Charging time is 2 seconds. but before she can release it Pink Punk threw his blade and stepped on it, he then used [Sudden Dash].
"Good, but..." Endless muttered.
Before Pink Punk can attack, Lightning Empress twisted her body so fast and managed to kick off the ground launching herself upward, she then released [Vortex Shot] killing Pink Punk.
"The winner!! Lightning Empress" Viz announced the winner of the first round.
"You know that will happen?" Xeno asked Endless.
"As I said. timing... if he waited for a second after Lightning Empress releases [Vortex Shot] he could've won, the duration of the [Wind Hymn] buffs was finished and she can't avoid any attack on that position. He has talent, he just doesn't know how to use it properly". Endless explained.
*He managed to deduce and see things thru just by seeing the progression of the fight?, How many steps did he see?* Xeno was surprised.
"You must know how to read someone before fighting them, it's the first rule of a fight, and by the way, I already know 9 possibilities of the match after the two of them started attacking, 8 of them is for Lightning Empress and only 1 for the kid, so if you want to know how many steps did I see, you can count them for yourself".
Xeno was shocked, first he thinks that Endless can read his mind but that will be impossible, he just stared on Endless back admiring a man that he knows he will never reach.