[Name-Where did you go?]
[Uses-1]
[Description-Allows the user to teleport to a maximum distance of 25km from their current location.]
[Price-20 points]
Without a moment's hesitation, Natasha brought the ring using all her saved-up points.
Suddenly a yellow ring appeared in front of her, floating.
Concentrating for a bit she made the colour change from yellow to white, matching the ring on her right hand.
When the information about this realm was being processed through her mind, she understood she could buy anything from this place as long as she had enough points.
Amongst immortality, eternal youth, resurrection, and other offers, only one thing grabbed her attention at that moment.
[Name-The Vanishing Act]
[Description-Allows the wielder of this ring to teleport anywhere they want at any time.]
[Price-975,000 points]
It was a teleportation tool.
Seeing the price, she gasped in shock, wondering why it was even more expensive than resurrecting someone from the dead. The absurd cost of that godly item led her to settle down for this lesser version.
From what she understood, the difficulty of the scenario always remained proportional to the users' strength. If the user got stronger so will the difficulty of all the scenario.
Therefore, she found it pointless to acquire more strength.
Some would say that she was a fool to waste her hard-earned points on this item, instead of acquiring strength.
Trying to jump into a scenario with unfamiliar strength seemed not logical in her point of view.
She knew first-hand the deadly price of making a mistake during a scenario.
Mistakes will only increase if one entered a scenario, without getting used to or familiarised with their sudden increase in strength.
Besides, she had no need for a sudden increase in strength.
In fact, if there is a sudden development in her strength it will put her in the spotlight even more. Hence her decision to buy this item.
This item will not alert anyone keeping tabs on her, along with being her life-saving card if everything went south.
Grabbing the ring from the air, she examined it.
Strangely there was not even a single trace of magi particle in this ring, even with its insane ability.
She knew if the information about this ring was to come out, then she was done for.
A ring that is able to teleport its user was powerful as it is, even if it came with limitation, not to mention not a trace of magi particles on the item.
All the magis will scramble to fight over the ring to study it, including the Magi association.
She slid the ring into her left middle finger while feeling the cool sensation of the metal. It strangely fitted her perfectly.
With a thought, the screen went back to the main screen followed by the same enquiry by the whispers.
"Would you like to carry on or leave?"
This time she chose to leave.
She had lost track of how long she was inside of the game realm.
If the information were right about the timeless nature inside the scenario then she would have gladly spent more time in here, after resting in the white room.
However, the white room had a natural flow of time as the normal world.
She had wasted enough time after each scenario inside the white room.
She had to wake up lest, she wakes up to find she missed out the exam, by spending too much time here.
"Very well. But remember you shall only get as much as you give. Hahaha." The whisper started to make their crazed sound of laughter/crying.
Suddenly the view in front of Natasha, started to distort as it would do for a mission.
Feeling dizzy, Natasha closed her eyes.
After a while she opened her eyes, to find she was sat in the same position she was in when before she started hearing the whispers.
Lifting her head, she looked around the room, as she slowly made her way out.
Before she left the room, she removed the fancy white ring on her right hand and pocketed it. Now only one white ring remained on her left hand that looked similar to the one that she took off.
She had entered this room without any hope.
However, she is now leaving this room not only with hope but with a way.
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A boy with badge number 2234, stood opposite his unconscious opponent, drenched in blood.
"Arena 4, participant number 2234 winner!" An exclamation came out amidst the gloomy hall.
10 matches were running at the same in the 10 arenas, in order to quickly get to the semi-finals.
As the boy walked out he saw his teammates sat in a corner.
"Did you guys make it?" The boy asked after he sat down.
"I did but Anna didn't." The leader of the group responded as she shook her head towards the girl who sat with closed eyes.
"That means one of us has to get to the finals, at least to get his attention." The boy sighed as he leaned back and closed his eyes.
"Dan I think you should proceed with the finals. I am going to drop out. I and Anna are going to search for the chosen one in another direction." The leader of the group addressed the boy with badge number 2234.
The boy contemplated the decision for a while before nodding.
As they silently sat there, another announcement came through.
"Now for the first battle of the top 50. Would badge number 2234 and 2172 please come up to arena 9?" Dan opened his eyes in shock as he looked at the badge on their leader's chest.
"Well, that was lucky." Dan smiled as he followed his leader to the arena.
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"How is it?" A voice appeared inside a certain charming girls head as she kicked the girl opposite her off the arena.
"He still hasn't made a public appearance; therefore, I found no chance to get close to him. How are you taking care of the magi association?" The girl mentally replied while smiling charmingly toward the drooling mass of lustful teenagers eyeing her from far.
"I am taking care of Merlin. Don't worry. Also did you manage to enter into his special ranking?" Albert inquired.
"Yeah, wasn't too hard, but trying to keep a low profile while doing his challenge in front of his cameras was annoying. Oh, also I think I just pissed off a nobles punk. You should be seeing who it is from the screen soon.
Tell them to keep their daughter in check or don't blame me if a certain noble family goes mad someday when their mindless daughter is found in a brothel." The girl warned as she ignored glare from her defeated opponent.
Hearing Albert's sigh she smiled playfully as she made her way out of the arena.
'There are about roughly 10 puppets left inside here, how many should I bring in to the finals with me...' The girl calculated while another announcement invited one of her puppets inside another arena.
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Ellis looked at the girl opposite him without a change in his expression.
"Ruby" The girl folded her glasses and placed them outside the ring.
"Ellis" He to did a short introduction as he watched one of the 7 stars gathering the magi in her hand.
"I have to admit your plan to restrain Law and Natasha was brilliant." Ruby praised Ellis, who in turn observed Ruby silently.
"But in doing so you destroyed our friendship. So, don't think I am going to go easy on you, no matter your reason for doing what you did." The quiet and timid Ruby adorned a serious face.
Suddenly Ruby threw a fireball at Ellis while running towards him.
Seeing the incoming fireball, Ellis conjured an ice bolt and threw it in the same direction.
The result being an explosion between a hot and cold substance which created a heavy cloud of steam in the arena they were in.
Without panicking, Ellis quickly turned around with another conjured ice spike parrying the icicle aiming for his heart, followed by the kick aiming for Ruby's chest, enhanced with a rank 1 strength boost.
*Bang*
Ruby crashed against the wall and slid off it, with blood between her lips.
"Ahhhh..." Ruby screamed in pain, as the agony of broken ribs pressing against her flesh must be unbearable.
Ellis sighed as he looked at the struggling Ruby. If it wasn't for his experience in the game realm he would have fallen for her tactic and would have most likely been stabbed right through his heart.
From seeing him use an ice bolt during his initiation as a predator and his attack against Phil, she probably expected Ellis to be proficient with his ice spells.
She knew if she threw an attack that was so quick to react then he would use his most proficient spell to react or counter it.
So, she decided to take advantage of the reaction between the hot and cold element to backstab him.
Although she was right about his proficiency in the ice element, she was wrong about his proficiency for his other elements.
Ellis' mastery for his other is similar to his ice element, it's just that he prefers to use ice element because of how stable, solid and sharp it is which can be replaced for his sword occasionally, which the other elements easily can't.
He saw through her plans as soon she disappeared in the steam created by the clash of both their elements.
His combat skills and intuition at fighting was much higher than what a student his age should have, due to the bloody fights he has to survive through every month.
Combining all this it wasn't hard for him to counter and take her out of the fight.
An announcement came declaring his victory and placement into the top 10, while a healer came next to screaming Ruby to heal her, while her friends kept watching his every step as he made his way out of the arena.
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This exam had changed her life upside down.
From now on she was going to play with fire.
Before that she had to cut all her ties with her friends. Otherwise if one day she disappeared and a headhunt for her was issued, then her friends will be implicated.
She came in with friends, but what she was about to do will leave her without friends.
She stood opposite Law.
This was one of the last few matches before the semi-finals.
So far other than Rondell, the others had failed to get in the top 10.
From what she saw there were few people she recognised in the top 10.
Rondell, Ellis, the girl who kept her eyes fixated on Law all the time.
The other people she had no idea.
As soon as Law gathered the magi particles, she raised her arm. "I surrender."
Surprising everyone watching the battle.
Following that, she turned towards her friends "This is my repayment for the friendship you all have given me.
From this day on, we have no relations. I am the imperial princess Natasha Aeruseius and you shall address me with the given honorifics of my position, failing to do so will result in appropriate punishments for those that go against the imperial family, without any consideration of our past."
"That includes you, Mr Fowler." Natasha said as she turned towards Law.
And in doing so she walked out of the arena to the shock of everyone.
"We will proceed to the semi-finals tomorrow. Those not in top 10 please make your way out." Shortly after the announcement came in at 10 pm concluding all the matches for the day.
The semi-finals and finals being held tomorrow.