After the parrot has done explaining everything, all the team leaders take turns to select their spawning point, once they had selected their spawning point, they will be sent to the selected point along with their team members.
The first team that gets to choose their spawning point is no doubt Blair's team, which is named as 'We Are Not Butler And Maid Cafe'. Blair chose one of the four corners of the maze, which has the biggest area of shelter and covering walls that perfectly keep their team in cover while enabling them to launch attacks to the other teams effectively through the opening point that is in just the right shape. Followed by K's team - From Alliance and the 'Royal Guard' team. They chose the two other corners as well.
"Heh? It's not? But it really gives a vibe of maid cafe." said Chris.
"I know right?" said Sky.
Yes, they are still not paying attention to the tournament structure.
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After a while. It's finally Sky's team turn to choose their spawning point. Actually, it's not like they have any choice or what since they are the thirty-second team, which is the last team, all the preferable spawning points had been taken, they were left with the worst spawning point that can be easily attacked by any other teams. To make the situation worse, due to the bad reputation caused by the fake rumors along with that flashy and provoking team name, Sky's team get booed as soon as they set feet on the field, however, all the boos stopped as soon as they saw that cold and evil glare of Chris.
"Wow! Chris, it seems like the power of your evil glare had increased greatly." said Sky, rather teasing, and obviously, Chris ignored it.
"But seriously, now we are on the field and are at the worst location, what is your plan actually? Will it get affected by this position?" Sky asked.
"Nope, this position is just perfect." said Chris with a suspicious smile...
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"Dong! Dong! Dong!"
The bell for the first elimination round finally rang. As soon as the bell rang, Chris immediately created a really strong barrier around him and all the team members while other teams start assaulting each other.
"Ah... Chris, don't tell me you are trying to..." said Sky, a bit hard to believe what Chris is planning to do.
"Well, since this is a survival match, which means if we are one of the sixteen survived teams, we will pass this round, right?" said Chris, in a casual tone.
"True, but you can't be planning to hide in this barrier for the rest of this match, don't you?" Sky asked again.
"Well, it's not like there is any problem with doing this. It's not a big deal for me to hold onto this barrier until the end of this round after all, moreover, everyone seems to agree with my plan." said Chris.
And yes, just as Chris said, all the other six people don't seem to any problems with this absurd strategy of Chris, Maria and Junior had even started playing tic-tac-toe on the ground.
"Ah... I guess it is not that bad after all." And Sky is easily convinced by this nonsense.
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As the survival match continues, lots of contestants tried to break Chris's barrier as they thought it would be an easy target. But obviously, all of them failed, the barrier remained strong and undamaged even with some really hard attacks from the top ten teams, including Blair who tried it out of curiosity and got a funny face from the three stupid Immortals after he failed.
"Hmm... Is it just my imagination or what? I thought all the contestants should have the same magic level, the magic limiter had been lifted?" Chris asked.
"Well, they somewhat adjusted the rules since the defense test, the magic limiters are partially lifted, they said it's to adapt to the form of tournament, but obviously, I don't take that." said Sky.
"Partially lifted? How does that even work? I mean, you know the magic gap is quite big, even with the partial magic limiters, right?" said Chris.
"I had briefly read their short notice announcements after the defense test, they said they will adjust and adapt to the ability gap of the contestants, which is a bit confusing. But from what happened in the defense test, I very doubt about it." said Sky.
"I see..." said Chris as he starts scratching his right arm a bit unnaturally.
"Chris? What's wrong?" Sky asked, a bit concerned.
"Probably just some allergy to the dust in the air." said Chris.
"I see, we will get some ointment from Ben later." said Sky, without thinking too much about it.
Then, he proceeds to observe other contestant's performances through the big screen that floats above the maze. From the screen, he saw Blair and K easily eliminate a big number of contestants through some wide-ranged offensive magics that send the contestants flying but give minimum damages.
"Actually, what's the standard for the elimination? Incapability to continue the match? Or getting thrown out from the field? Or both?" Sky mumbled.
Then he saw two familiar figures in among of those contestants who had been sent flying by Blair and K.
"Ah... Those two, I feel like I had seen them before, but where? The quest center I guess?" he mumbled again.
And yes, those two are actually that pair of couple who make fun of Sky and Chris when they first came to Kapis and took the Level X Quest, but end up getting a nice face slapping.
Suddenly...
"Chris-chan! What are you doing? Stop it! Your arm is bleeding." Maria exclaimed.
Sky quickly switched his eyes to Chris who scratched his right arm so violently that it starts bleeding.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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