What exactly is the Battle Festival? As the name suggests—just fight! A large area outside the city is designated as the battlefield, and all participants are randomly placed inside.
Then, fight! Fight! Fight! You can fight whoever you want, however you want! The last few standing will be invited to the stage, basking in the cheers of the audience, to perform the most intense and exhilarating battle!
“Wow, what a delightful scent of blood!”
“Fight! Kill them!”
“Yay! I want to see rivers of blood!”
“Seeing a battle of the strong is worth the ticket price, even if I die ❤️”
The bloodthirsty audience from the underground fighting arena of the giant dome couldn’t hold back any longer.
With a command from Morai, the participants rushed into the battlefield! They were randomly teleported to different areas of the battlefield, but no matter which area—there were numerous flagpoles erected, each displaying a large full-body photo of Torina! Behind the photo was the Deville family crest, making it clear: if you win, beauty and power are yours!
“Kill!!!!”
As the dizziness from the teleportation subsided, the participants immediately let out a fierce battle cry and charged at the nearest person, engaging in intense combat! Originally, since most of the participants were noble offspring, they would usually hold back and not completely fall out with each other.
But this time, they were really going all out.
“Take this! Flower · Tree World Advent!!!”
“Let everything turn to ashes!!!!”
“Damn it, level twelve power, super invincible, I love you!!”
“Take my wet little sickle and ring cancel, yeah!!!!”
In less than half a minute, the first batch of eliminations appeared: one person used plant magic to create a barrier, the second used a fire AOE to burn all the trees, the third used a mysterious martial art to bury the first two into the ground, and the fourth used a sneaky technique to backstab the third.
“Haha! I’m the king of PVP!”
The guy proudly waved his little sickle and ring—before he could finish celebrating, a long spear descended from the sky, almost pinning him to the ground!
“Who goes there? Don’t ruin my—ahhhhh!?”
A handsome guy with fiery golden-red curls descended from the sky, grabbed the spear, and unleashed magic while sweeping with the spear! His attacks were fast and fierce, easily eliminating the first opponent!
“Not bad, feels good!”
Anna-veil, competing under the alias “Wilt,” was even more motivated than the others.
[Be careful, making too much noise at the start will easily attract a lot of attention.]
The system reminded her.
“Doesn’t matter! Bring it on! Today, I will win!!!”
She declared.
If she wins, she can represent her family to marry Torina, preventing her from falling into someone else’s hands.
But if that happens, they will both be trapped in this troublesome marriage, making it hard to escape later.
Torina will have to be controlled by the family, and she will definitely blame her…
No matter, it’s come to this, there’s no other choice! Deal with the future later, for now, just win!
“System! Scan the surrounding environment for me! Mark everyone!”
[Since you’re so motivated… Alright, I’ve projected the enemy positions onto your retina and planned the best enemy elimination order and route for you, just follow my instructions.]
“Got it!!”
What Anna-veil needed most now was efficiency.
As long as she could win quickly, anything would do, so she would completely follow the system’s plan this time.
Then, Anna-veil became a whirlwind on the battlefield.
As a magic spear knight, her explosive power and endurance were strong, excelling in fast-paced attacks and long-distance charges on the battlefield.
With the system’s guidance, she could always approach the enemy first, catching them off guard, and with a wave of suppression, she would eliminate them.
This tactic worked every time, and any attempted ambushes were detected by the system in advance, keeping her untouchable.
In just fifteen minutes from the start, Anna-veil had the most impressive record on the field, and she hadn’t even used her star rune yet.
Meanwhile—
Milora faced her first battle.
Her first opponent was one of the fiancé candidates Morai had introduced, Todd Howard from the Bessemer Guild!
“You’re Milora Sistema, right? The woman by Torina’s side!”
Todd blocked Milora’s path, wearing a confident smile.
“I admire your feelings for her, but unfortunately, you’ve already become a target.
Everyone wants to take you out first! Come out, Wind Blade, Cold Split!”
A knife and a sword appeared in his hands, clearly powerful weapons! He crossed them and swung both the knife and sword, the fierce wind and frost slashes grazing Milora’s hair, slicing the rock wall behind her into four pieces!
“This is just a warning, I don’t want to hurt a woman, if you have any sense—hmm?”
Milora swiftly closed the distance with incredible footwork, her rune short sword stabbing at his chest! However, Todd didn’t dodge, letting it strike his chest!
“!?”
Milora’s hand shook as she discovered that beneath Todd’s clothes were hard scales, almost making her drop her sword.
“Oh, I forgot to tell you, our family has the blood of half-dragons… In other words, we’re dragonborn.”
Todd boasted proudly.
Milora tilted her head in confusion.
“…Dragonborn?”
“Uh, no, not Dragonborn, it’s dragonborn.”
“…Dragonborn?”
“I said it’s not Dragonborn! Faas ru maar!!!”
Todd suddenly let out a strange, deafening shout, sending Milora flying, making her feel a surge of blood and energy!
“What, what is this…”
“Dragon Shout!”
“How did you do that??”
“It just works!!”
Todd unleashed another Dragon Shout, forcing Milora to dodge hastily—he seized the moment, overlapping his knife and sword, and unleashed a bone-chilling cold wind slash that Milora’s small sword couldn’t possibly block!
Boom!!!!
However, Milora pulled out the King Mushroom Greatsword from her backpack, using the iron-like blade as a shield to block the attack!
“Another weapon? Ha, just bluffing! With your weak arms and meager magic, how could you wield such a big chunk of iron!”
Todd lunged with his sword, and Milora immediately blocked with the greatsword.
At the moment their weapons collided—
Todd’s weapon suddenly became heavy.
“Huh?”
In his hands, it felt like he was holding not light swords but two sacks of potatoes, the sudden weight breaking his stance.
At the same time, Milora planted her short sword into the ground, spreading a gravity field, causing Todd, who was about to retreat, to feel heavy and slow—
“Opportunity!”
Milora lightened the greatsword’s gravity, and under Todd’s shocked gaze, she single-handedly swung the greatsword, smacking it hard against his head!
With a comical thud, he collapsed to the ground like a squashed frog.
“Yay, first victory!”
