I found myself in a large gladiator style arena.
I was surrounded by a forcefield, and the screens I was familiar with appeared.
[Greetings all players!]
As you can see, you are in a gladiator arena!
You will fight to the death, death means elimination, but you will not truly die, so don't worry!
The Gods and Demons are watching, so for those interested in earning sponsorships, show your best effort!
The forcefield was released and I looked from side to side.
The players on both my sides seemed nervous.
Similar sights were found all around the arena.
Even if it wasn't death, nobody really wanted to fight each other.
It was one thing killing an ugly monster like a goblin, but other humans were different.
Another notification appeared.
[As time passes, the arena will grow smaller and smaller! Note that if someone does not die within the next 5 minutes, you will begin dying, for real this time!]
Ah right, there was such a thing that occurred.
This knowledge ignited some peoples fighting spirits.
Now, people were looking around for easy opponents.
"Hey, you! You're mine!"
A man who was opposite to me suddenly gained the courage to attack.
My only question was if he was mentally challenged, as I was wearing a full set of armor, and he had some random scraps of armor pieces.
Anyone familiar with RPG games should be able to tell the difference?
'Whatever.'
"Dragon Crush."
I dropped into a low stance and dashed through the man.
Compared to Koron, the result was very different.
The man was split in half and his torso flew across the arena. His legs fell to the ground with a light thud.
[First Blood!]
Everyone was looking at me, with fear in their eyes.
"H-hey, guys! Let's get him first!"
A young light skinned man wearing glasses shouted that and suddenly the fear in many peoples eyes had turned into determination.
It seemed that they had designated me as the biggest threat and someone who had to be taken out immediately.
"Y-yeah! He can't possibly use an attack like that again, let's get him!"
An Asian girl shouted from my right.
A few dozen people were rushing at me.
"Fun."
[Several higher entities are watching over you with interest.]
I wasn't planning to contract to any of them...
But it wouldn't hurt to give them a show either.
Just then, a spear flew towards me.
Whoosh!
I grabbed it and spun around in a 360.
I threw it back at another person.
By this point, there was several people in front of me.
A swordsman tried to slash at me, and I did not defend.
His meager slash was not enough to cut my skin.
As he was frozen in fear, I clapped his head.
Splat!
His head burst like a tomato.
Eliminated.
Once again, I was covered in blood.
The people surrounding me seemed horrified, but they had no time to scream, as I would kill them first.
A spearman realized I was approaching, raising his spear at me.
I punched the spear, shattering it apart, and with my other fist, punched his head clean off.
Crackle!
A mage had thrown a fireball at me, directly hitting my face.
I felt pain as my flesh burnt, albeit not much considering my tough skin.
I simply smiled.
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What the fuck?!
What the fuck!!
What the fuck!!!!!!!!!!
Who the hell is this guy?!
One man was mowing through dozens like some sort of bloodthirsty demon.
He burst through people with ease and tore them apart like candy.
Every strike he took regenerated, and half the attacks did no damage to him.
"Monster..."
I looked towards my friends.
Somehow, I got lucky, and the teammates I had in the second phase were summoned to the same third phase arena as me.
We thought that if we cooperated we could easily claim the top spots.
'Yeah, as if!'
That monstrous bastard would clearly take first place.
"L-look, if me and John attack him whilst Rin and Anthony support maybe we ca-"
The leader of our group was cut off.
"You think you can take me out?"
"P-plea-"
"Dragon Crush"
My body was torn through.
[Eliminated by Dragon]
The pain faded away and I found myself in a room of seemingly thousands.
Many of them were looking at something, I followed their gaze to see a screen.
"Holy shit, this Dragon guy is crazy!"
"How is he this strong!"
It seemed after elimination, we would wait around till the rest of the arenas finished.
But everyone was only paying attention to my arena.
Because of that guy...
His name is Dragon?
I would call it cringey.. but he lived up to it.
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"You're done now!"
[Player Eliminated]
"I understood how you fight by watching, I'll predict every move!"
Splatter!
[Player Eliminated]
"H-hey, I'll give you mone-"
Crunch!
[Player Eliminated]
[2 Players Remaining]
"Oh hey, it's you!"
It was the healer girl from the previous phase.
I think her name was Amelia.
"P-please, don't hurt me, I'm sorry, please, please, please!"
She was crying whilst begging me to not do anything.
I felt a little bad for her.
"You won't die, since you healed me, I'll eliminate you quickly, sorry about this."
I punched her head clean off in a single move.
[Hundreds of higher beings are watching in shock.]
[Many wish to contract you as an apostle]
[Pantheon: Olympus wishes to speak with you!]
[Pantheon: Yggdrasil wishes to speak with you!]
[Society: Heaven wishes to speak with you!]
[Pantheon: Jade Palace wishes to speak with you!]
[Society: Beast wishes to speak with you!]
[Society: Ars Goetia wishes to speak with you!]
[Society: Hell wishes to speak with you!]
Several panels appeared, and I ignored them all.
Ignoring them would definitely piss a few gods off, but the great barrier between the 79th and 80th floor would prevent them from doing much other than sending their goons.
Regardless, if I were to sign a contract, I could build up more achievements and feats and receive a better one later down the line.
[Phase 3 Completed!]
Leaderboard:
1. Dragon - 99 Kills
100 (Tied). Amelia - 0 kills
100 (Tied). john - 0 kils
100.....
....
...
I couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
Everyone came tied last place because of me.
[For your accomplishments, your name has been engraved into the history of the tower.]
[Calculating Score...]
[Your total score was 99. Your tutorial rank is first place in the history of the tower.]
I didn't care much for the notification and pushed it away.
[Unique Reward Generated!]
[Blood Stone - Legendary]
Massacre everyone in phase 3 of the tutorial.
Unknown Effect
I raised my eye at this.
I looked at the ominous red stone in my hand.
It looked special, but I had no idea what its use was.
'I'll figure it out later...'
Right now, I was simply happy.
The tutorial was over.
I could move onto the second floor.