Once I opened my eyes I couldn't move.
My arms and legs were fixed in place all I could move was my head. I looked around and saw that I was inside a large white room, it looked a lot like a padded cell only a lot bigger.
It was around 100 meters squared all in all, a light was emitted from the ceiling but I couldn't see any bulb.
I looked across from me and saw a man stood about 80 meters from me. He was a large man he had a pair of Lizardman Boots on and a noob chest plate. He hung a large axe on his back and had a look of pure malice on his face.
A timer popped up in between us and counted down from ten. I got ready to fight the man,
As soon as the timer hit zero I activated Blink my new equipment skill. I teleported behind the man and instantly stabbed my hidden blade into the back of his neck, activating Vital Points Targeting and killing him instantly.
Well that was easy I thought to myself, these equipment abilities were pretty awesome. I mean yeah it cost me 20,000 for the Blink skill but I think it was worth it considering I could use it once on every enemy.
A flash of light enveloped my vision and I was teleported to another room, identical to the last one. There was no one else there yet so I just stood and waited.
After a few minutes there was a flash of light 80 meters away and what appeared startled me for a minute.
A large black bear was stood on its hind legs snarling at me.
I didn't know what to think of it at first and then I remembered back to the first day and what was said. The Creator said that "every living thing" that calls the planet home will be changed, so I guess that means the animals as well.
So the animals are a threat as well? Did this mean that they could understand me? Could they get stronger as well?
A flood of questions entered my mind. Suddenly the timer appeared and I pushed those questions aside.
I pulled the same maneuver on the bear as I did on the man, killing him instantly. It made me feel super strong being able to kill a bear with one shot.
The next few matches went well, I fought with 6 melee fighters, 4 mages, three big cats, 3 wolves/dogs and another bear. I won every battle the same way, until the final battle.
Once I was teleported into the final room I waited for a few minutes before my opponent was revealed. Stood before me was a mage dressed in a long black robe, holding a tall sceptre with a purple glow. His firey red hair standing out and signifying his speciality.
Cole smiled awkwardly as the timer began to count down. Once it hit zero neither one of us made a move, we both just stood there awkwardly before Cole said something, "I was hoping this wouldn't happen to me bro, but I know you will win anyway so I concede."
I walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder before smiling and saying, "Hope it doesn't hurt much." and then I stabbed him in the back of the neck just like I did with every other opponent before him.
Once he died I was teleported back to the little grey room and a large screen popped up.
[Congratulations! You beat 20 consecutive opponents. You have been awarded with a pass into the final round, 10000 Vis, 3000 EXP and 1x level 20 item box]
I smiled happily at the screen before accepting the rewards and levelling up. I didn't get any expirience from killing people before and I couldn't absorb their souls either so I guess they really didn't die.
I waited in the room for another 15 minutes before I was teleported out.
Once I arrived I found myself in the middle of a field. There was a large forest to my left and a giant wall stretching to the heavens on my right.
I scanned the surroundings for any signs of life and found only one person, facing the opposite direction around 200 meters away.
Once the timer hit zero the person ran into the forest. I activated Stealth and Stealthy Steps then went in after them.
Once I entered the forest I scanned my surroundings again only to find that I couldn't see the person I was chasing. However I could see a large tiger prowling around, I snuck up behind the large tiger and stabbed it in the neck, killing it dead.
The tiger must have killed the man who came in before as he was nowhere to be seen. I decided that it would be a lot quicker to just send out my shadow soldiers and have them kill everyone so I summoned them all and sent them hunting.
I was wondering around the forest for around 30 minutes and then I noticed Lucy and Oscar hiding in the brush. I went over and patted them on the shoulder, we had a talk and decided to stick together until everyone was dead and then we would kill each other off.
Of course I would win as I was the strongest but until then we just sat on the ground and chatted. My Orc Lord was patrolling around us so that we wouldn't get surprised.
Around an hour passed and the shadow soldiers came back and entered my shadow one after the other. Lucy and Oscar played rock paper scissors and Lucy won so I stabbed Oscar in the throat. It took two hits to kill him meaning he really did have a high vitality.
I gave Lucy a kiss before activating Triple Burst and killing her instantly. I waited for the notification that I had won or maybe I would get teleported back to the room first, but a different notification rang out instead.
[You will now face the last opponent, a marker will now appear. You have 20 minutes to defeat your opponent before you both die. Good luck]