Anna vs Anton
That was a battle both of them didn't expect to happen but at this moment the two of them are fighting not for themselves but their sponsors. Even though they don't know the origin of the hate and anger between the two sponsors, they are still fighting for it.
Anton's now black flame sword was clashing against Anna's white ice sword, which was better than the one Anton saw in the Goblin forest, but it was still weaker than Anton's new black flame sword. While they were fighting Anton's evil body part was growing weaker and more of his original skin appeared, and the fight intensified.
Marks were now left on the floor and explosion clouds could be seen, that was because of their two different elements clashing together and the high speed at which the battle was taking place. Both of them use wind jumps and attack the other but they both only manage to wound the other person slightly. Anton thought to himself that this would become a long battle, but Anna thought the opposite, she thought that this would end faster, much faster, because she still had a superb card hidden up her sleeve.
On the side Anna was fighting ice could be seen to form and on Anton's side the stones started to glow a little bit because of the heat, it was a spectacle you wouldn't want to miss. Anna was now jumping at Anton and swinging her sword in an elegant, but deathly way at Anton's head but the latter could block it and start a counter-attack at the former's neck, the former could closely evade the deadly sword strike and jumped back, to gain some distance but Anton followed her closely. He wasn't going to let her shoot ice spears again, and hurt his leg.
But when Anton was in striking distance, he could see Anna's sad face and Anna murmured something but he couldn't understand and only read her lips.
'I am sorry Anton, but this is the only way'
Suddenly Anna's body emitted light and an explosion happened, it was exactly like Anton's explosion. Anton got blown away to the end of the arena, and as he was looking down at his body he noticed that half of his body wasn't there, it was the exact part from before. As he looked up again a woman covered in icy clothes was standing before him, while emitting an ice aura that froze the surroundings.
Even Anton's body started to freeze up, Anton now knew what Anna meant by that and quickly called his sponsor but he wasn't there anymore, he couldn't sense him. It was at that moment that Anton knew why he couldn't contact his sponsor all this time. Other sponsors must have injured him badly, and his sponsor's only chance to stay alive was to be a part of his body. But that part was blown away a few seconds ago so does this mean his sponsor is dead?
Anton wanted to think about that but he didn't have the time for that his body was now half frozen up, and if that goes on any longer he will die so he has to concentrate now. What could he do now? That was clear for Anton he had to go berserk. Anton slightly laughed and muttered something to Anna standing before him.
"haha, you will regret this"
Boom
An explosion happened and Anton escaped the ice and dashed 10 meters away from Anna. Anna's face was shocked as she saw Anton, or to be precise it was her sponsor that was shocked. Anton stood there and his missing part was now hot reddish flames, it was like the one before but with his flames and not the ones of his sponsor and without a second to spare Anton started to attack.
Anna who now had regained control of her body was astonished by Anton, her sponsor told him that after the attack Anton immediately needed to go to the hospital. But that didn't happen instead Anton was now fighting her just like before, and even on the same level, no he was even stronger than before.
While Anton was hunting Anna, who was running away because she had used nearly all of her mythic powers, he put flames on the ground everywhere he was running and soon Anna had no way of running and needed to fight Anton. Anna realized this and quickly pulled out her sword but that didn't work because Anton's Fire fist destroyed it the second they hit it, and hit Anna who fell to the ground. Anton stopped and the system declared him the winner.
Up in the room, his companions were astonished by Anton and angry at Anna. Ben was the first to speak up with an angry voice.
"UAH! I don't care if her sponsor is an angel I will kill her, she tried to kill Anon don'T you understand Luca?"
"No Ben I understand you, I am also angry just like everyone else, but you missed two things the first is Anton is still alive and the second is he won"
"That is just because he is strong, he would have died if he was any weaker or didn't get the support of his sponsor"
Eddie too screamed at Luca, who by the way did nothing wrong and was feeling angry too.
"But he didn't get the support of his sponsor, did he?"
At Lena's smart remark the three of them began thinking and quickly concluded. Lena was right Anton used his flames after the attack on Anna not the ones from his sponsor, so what did this mean?
"She killed my sponsor"
A voice suddenly spoke up, it was Anton he wasn't in the arena fighting and instead was just standing there. Luca suddenly yelled at him.
"Why aren't you in the hospital, you need to be healed, Anton. Come on we will go there right now"
"They can't heal it, my flames are the only thing which can keep me alive"
There was silence in the room after that, even Ben who always said something was now having his mouth closed. But Anton didn't care, instead, he took all the mythic power stones and drinks that were stored in the room and wanted to go out of the room, but a message wrapped around him and placed him on the sofa.
{You can't go outside with the mythic power stones and drinks, this is your first warning}
Anton groaned at the message and started to drink the mythic power drink, while he was doing that questions came flowing at him.
"What do you mean your sponsor died how could that happen?"
"What will happen to you now?"
"Will your body be able to regenerate?"
"Hey guys one question at a time please"
Even though Anton said that he answered every single question they asked.
"Ok Luca so I don't know how, but I think sponsors and apostles are connected and through this link, you can kill the sponsor."
"Now to your question Lena, if I can manage to hold the fire alive I will stay alive too"
"And lastly you two, I will of course regenerate if I can make my fire the foundation for my body and mutate my body, but this will take a while so you all have to go on without me for a while"
The group members couldn't believe what Anton just said, go on without him. They are a group so how could they do that? But they saw in what a condition Anton was and understood where he was coming from, but still, they wouldn't just do as he said.
"Hey Anton don't think that we will listen to that shit"
"Yes Ben's right Anton, this is unreasonable"
"Yes Anton you are our leader so how can we accept this?"
"You just said it is because I am your leader, ah by the way Eddie will be my stand-in for the time being"
Eddie was confused about Anton's decision and Ben was enraged and wanted to fight Anton but he stopped for obvious reason, they discussed it over and over with Anton, even as the days were passing, but Anton wouldn't let go of his idea. They were in the watching room every day and watched the fights and the more they watched the more they understood Anton, Anton, like he was now, wouldn't be able to fight someone else, the only reason Anton lived was that he could cultivate with the mythic power stones supply of the watching room.
And like that, the week was over and so was the tournament, it was an interesting Tournament which showed that there was a ridiculous skill gap between the first 800,000 and the rest. The skill gap grew even larger in that group of players. But even after seeing that the fantastic five didn't lose hope like other players instead, they were motivated, but there was one thing that happened to them it was that they now were only four players not five. Anton disappeared overnight and as much as they searched they couldn't find him. There was only a letter lying on his bed when they came to wake him up.
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Don't search for me we will see each other again, and if you want me that I stay with you, then you better be stronger than me.
Your Anton
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Ben and Luca directly knew that it was Anton who wrote the letter, even though Lena and Eddie said otherwise.
"He surely would have come to us to say goodbye"
"Yes Luca and Ben listen to Eddie, and Anton couldn't even survive without the stones in the watching room so how will he survive now?"
"Hey you two we searched everywhere and asked many players and people but nobody has seen him, and when Anton makes a plan it is a good plan, so let's just trust him for now"
Eddie and Lena wanted to say something to Luca, but they didn't because they saw his face it was a face of hope that what he said was true, Ben had the same face. So both of them nodded and they continued to walk home when a message appeared.
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status: completed
reward: access to the other levels, and to be able to visit this city at the given portals.
Info: Congratulations to everyone who made it this far, I would like to give you an explanation now that I didn't give you before. The tower in which you are right now is the tower of the abyss, and it has 100 levels, the player from any given planet in the universe who finishes the 100 levels first can make a demand that even the system has to follow. Like I said before there are other species and players after the first level, and the construction of the levels has changed, you can stay here forever or advance right now or at any later given time. You can return too.
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After they finished reading another window popped up.
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Will you accept or decline?
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Every player was a little shocked by that message and Ben brought the reason for that to the point.
"Hey, Luca does that mean that there are aliens? That is so cool"
"Ahh Ben I think you are the only one who finds that cool, the rest is worried about that, and I am one of them"
"Hey boy, you don't need to be worried, even if Anton isn't here we four are still strong and if we train with Anton's method we surely will become just as strong as the one in the first place."
At Eddie's words, Ben calmed down a little bit and the other players seemed to have calmed down too because one started to disappear after another. Luca toughened up and said.
"Ok guys let's go"
"Yess"
After most players left the city a man was seen standing on top of the Cathedrale, it was Anton.
"Ok they left that is good"
"Is it good though?"
A ma was suddenly standing behind him, Anton didn't even notice him until he said something and asked him in a threatening voice.
"I just asked you a question, Anton?"
"Yes It is good because they would only hinder me on my path"
"Ahh so you already have chosen a path, I see now"
"Will you hinder me?"
"Why should I do that? I am your big brother or did you forget that?"
"No I didn't forget, can you please keep an eye on them brother"
"Why do I hear so much hate out of your voice? But I guess I could do that for you"
Then the man disappeared and Anton was standing alone on top of the Cathedrale.