When they walked to the hospital portal, they saw many players coming out of the portal. They were the players Anton beat up one after another, when they saw Anton they all shivered and looked away from Anton.
"Ok Anton we need to get to hospital room number 3141"
"Ok let's go"
They went through the portal and landed in a white space with many portals, soon an employee came and asked them which hospital room they would like to visit. Ben said number 3141 and the employee brought them to the portal.
"Ok then of you go"
With the remark of the employee, Anton and Ben went through the portal and came out in a typical human hospital room.
As soon as they entered they went over to Luca who was still sleeping on the hospital bed and it wasn't just him Eddie and Lena took a quick nap.
"Hah, I can't believe they fall asleep that easily, do you, Ben?"
"Oh no, that is pretty normal for them, you know when we were in the abandoned lands they fell asleep the quickest and took naps every few hours"
"Ah, for real?"
"Yep"
So Anton and Ben decided to wake them up and let them go home, it was now their time to keep an eye on Luca. They sat at Luca's bed for 2 hours before Ben became worried.
"Hey, don't you think something is wrong with him Anton?"
"Normally, a recovery of mythic powers doesn't take this long, even if you made learned a new skill. But the skill that Luca learned seems to be at least a legendary grade so it will take longer to recover, by the way, all skills are normally common or rare, the skill that you used was a legendary grade."
"What you mean my angel transformation is a legendary skill? Isn't that way too overpowered?"
"No, I guess about 50 000 players have already acquired legendary skills, but I say only about 100 players have acquired a heavenly skill, and Luca's skill seems to be of that level"
Ben was astonished by Anton's knowledge and asked him how he knew all that and Anton said he learned it from the Goblin King. Ben then asked Anton an interesting question.
"So is Luca now stronger than us, since he has such a powerful skill?"
"No, he can't even use it properly because his mythic power reserves are too low"
"Oh, then what about me and my legendary skill?"
"It will be hard for you to use it once since your skill immediately activates and uses about 80% of your mythic powers. But I could be wrong about that then in the end only you know how much power you have and I can only guess it."
Ben listened to Anton and swore himself to train the method Anton showed them, the one where you cultivate your mythic powers. After another hour Luca finally woke up and was in superb shape, so they went outside and just as they did a message popped up.
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Tournament Day2
Status: Over
Participants left: 800,000
Info: There wasn't much time left so we made an even number of participants.
Important Info: Since we are now in the tournament's final stages, it will now be explained how we will crown a winner. First off you have five days left in the tournament and you can come to the Colosseum when you want and just fight the competitor already in the arena. The player who has the most wins at the end of the week will be the winner, the one who has the 2nd most wins will be second and so on.
Player status: You player Anton are still in the Tournament and qualified.
Good luck to everyone
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"Couldn't they just have done this from the beginning?"
"No Anton I think back then, there were too many players and they needed to make a fun show, you know!"
"Huh, what do you mean Luca, a fun show?"
"He means like the gladiators back in old Rome Ben"
"So we were used?"
"Yep, we and the people here are used by the system, for whatever reason I guess"
Even though Anton said he didn't know the reason, for him the reason was pretty clear. The system wants to make a good show for its watchers, but Anton didn't know who these watchers were, they couldn't be their sponsors because they were taking part in it. So who were they, the watchers? It was the first time Anton became cautious of them something that should have never happened.
Ah by the way it was midnight when they came out of the Colosseum and the three of them went to sleep, but Anton couldn't sleep well he had a dream about watching something disturbing, like a nightmare but more realistic and as he opened his eyes he was tied to his bed and a woman with long brown hair was standing beside the bed.
"Oh you finally woke up Anton, I have to ask you a few questions you know?!"
It was Anna who was standing there holding a sword engulfed in ice, Anton was confused not shocked not scared just confused.
"Huh, Anna what are you doing in my room and why did you tie me up?"
Many scenarios were flashing through Anton's brain and his face got tomato red.
"Just as I said I want to ask you a few questions, I saw what you became, I watched it from my room and my sponsor ordered me to kill you immediately, it was like she was scared of you, no to be precise I think she was scared of your sponsor"
"So will you kill me? You wanted to do that once before you know"
"I don't know, that will depend on your answers"
"Ok, I give you four questions, no more no less deal?"
Anna thought about that for quite a while actually and Anton became the impression that she was talking to her sponsor. Anton tried to call his sponsor but there was no response from him.
"Ok I will accept the deal, the first question is, do you know the real name of your sponsor?"
"No, I don't"
Anna scoffed at that answer and asked the second question.
"What is the alias your sponsor uses?"
"It is 'I roll down the hill'"
Anna looked a little flustered by Anton's answer, she didn't think anyone would have such a pathetic name.
"Ok third question, who was the one that fought after you became the devil"
"Ok first I didn't become the devil and second it was me I was in full control"
Anna's eyes twitched a bit at Anton's answer, Anton noticed that and began thinking about something. The first two questions were about his sponsor, and the third was about him so could it mean that it this time was Anna's question and not her sponsor? He thought that before asking her again.
"What was the question again?"
"Hey you better listen Anton or I have to cut something of"
Anna didn't say that in a nice tone and Anton became aware that Anna had the upper hand, just for now.
"Ok then I will ask you again, did you receive a percentage of power from your sponsor?"
"Yes I did"
"And how much was it?"
"That is your fifth question Anna"
Right as he finished his sentence a sword came flying at him and he quickly burned the ties, which were holding him onto the bed and defended the sword attack with his Fire Fists, but it wasn't his normal Fire Fists, they consisted of dark red and black flames. Anton quickly looked at his status window and there it was, his skill had evolved.
"Anna, why are you attacking me I answered all of your questions?"
Anna didn't answer and was just standing there now, she stood at the door and looked at him, from that look Anton knew that she wasn't Anna inside, it was her sponsor.
"Why? It's easy to explain because you are an apostle (representative) of the evilest evil, and all you will bring is destruction to us"
Anna was now smirking she must have thought that she had convinced Anton because he seemed like a nice and sweet boy, but Anton's answer was different.
"Oh, so I will bring destruction to you mythic beings? That seems like a wonderful future, I begin to like my sponsor even more now."
Anton said that with an evil smile on his face, and shivers were rolling down Anna's back, and neck of Anna, her sponsor was shocked and just left Anton's room. But she wasn't the only sponsor who was shocked, Anton's sponsor too was shocked at her appearance, Anton could feel that and he even could feel a little trace of fear in the emotions of his sponsor.
"Your old rival?"
Anton asked his sponsor, but he didn't answer so Anton just went to bed again, when he woke up the sun was already standing at the top of the sky and someone was knocking on his door.
"Yes come in"
It was Ben.
"Hey Anton it's 2 pm, you need to fight now. Your girlfriend has already a hundred wins"
His girlfriend? Wasn't Ben confusing him with Luca?
"What do you mean with the girlfriend?"
"Huh, you don't want to tell me? But someone saw this girl Anna leaving your room in the middle of the night and her hair was all tousled, so it is obvious"
Anton looked at Ben and it seemed he wasn't kidding, but the girlfriend matter was set aside after Anton thoroughly punched Ben and said that it was all a misunderstanding. Then he and ben went to the colosseum together and entered their room. The whole group was already sitting there and watching the fights and when they entered everyone looked at Anton and the woman fighting on the screen, and back to Anton.
"So you see guys it was all just a big misunderstanding"
"Mhm, I will believe you for the time being Anton"
It wasn't just Lena, it seemed like everyone was mocking Anton about that and he became a little angry and frustrated over this. So he sat himself down away from them and as it got boring sitting on the ground he started doing pushups, ten twenty thirty fourth fifty and finally
" 56…57…58…59…60 "
"Ah you finished Anton, so will you fight now?"
Anton looked baffled at his friends, he just did sixty pushups but they didn't even seem to care and why were they so focused on him fighting? Was it because Anna was fighting right now? As he was thinking about that a great idea came to his mind and he teleported away.
"Huh, hey Anton where are you going"
Ben screamed after him, but he didn't get an answer instead he just had to look at the TV to see where Anton went.
"Hey Eddie did you see that he gave here potions, isn't that just lovely"
But Eddie didn't have the same opinion as Lena, Anton didn't give her the potions out of sincerity or love, he just wanted to fight on an equal footing.
"No I think we won't see a fight between lovers, it will more be like a fight between enemies "
The other guys looked at him and to Eddie's surprise, they had the same opinion as him.
"Why did you give me the potions Anton, you will lose the fight now"
"No I won't and I gave you the potions out of sincerity, for our time together and because of how this fight will end"
Anna looked at Anton's face, it wasn't the face she knew from when they were travelling and fighting together, this was a face filled with hatred and revenge.
"I understand"
After saying that the smile on Anna's face disappeared too and both of them activated their skills and came flying at each other and a sound of sword fighting could be heard.
Clang