Chapter 4
"The second round will start in 15 minutes please for all participants who have passed the previous round to get ready immediately" That's the announcement from the tournament committee. "Hoi what about your body? Have you been able to enter the next round? Ask Noah. "yes it seems pretty good, if I keep working hard maybe I can still finish this second round" replied Xander. "By the way, where have you been? I only saw you at the last moment. If you're that strong you should have caught the attention of a lot of people" asked Xander to Noah. Noah, who heard Xander's question, could only remain silent for a moment and replied "I pretend to be in a weak fight to save my energy". "ooh you had a pretty good strategy in the first half," said Xander, who was impressed with Noah's strategy. "If I had been in your strategy I probably wouldn't have been hurt like this," Xander said. "i think your actions are understandable because at the beginning the arena was very riot and everyone is very confident with their abilities that they forget there is still another round they will have to do again," said Noah clearly. "Okay all participants please enter the main lobby". "ah announcement from the committee, let's get there soon" Ask Noah. "yes let's quickly finish this tournament" replied Xander.
"The number of participants decreased quite a lot than we thought. Yes, this is getting more and more interesting." Said Echo to all the participants. "Okay, now I will explain the second half," said the committee. "No, I'll do it," said Rohan to the committee. "In the first round you used your strength. In this second round, you will use your brain to finish this round. The second half is that you have to get out of the maze in this building within 30 minutes, that's all, "explained Rohan. "Without maps or directions?" asked a man. "Of course" Rohan replied with a smile on his face. "He's so strong, I felt a huge mana wave from that guy." Rohan thought. "THREE...TWO... ONE THE SECOND ROUND BEGINS" said the committee clearly.
"How about you? Do you think you can finish the round this time? Xander asked. "Of course, I'm pretty confident in both the physical and the intellectual side," Noah replied confidently. "But if it's like this there might be bad things inside this labyrinth like a trap or something."
"Xander, stay with me. You were badly injured so without me you might not be able to make it," said Noah. "Thank you, you are a really good person. By the way, what is your goal in participating in this tournament? " asked Xander. "This tournament is being organized by one of the most influential people in this city. So I followed him to gain connections so I could enter a fairly good guild. " answered Noah "How about you Xander? What are your goals for entering the tournament? " "Yes, just like you, I need to enter a strong guild to become even stronger." Xander replied.
"we have neither directions nor maps. This maze has no rules so it's very easy for me to think of Men carefully. "Because this has no rules so the easiest way is to climb up the wall of the maze." Thought it was the guy who jumped on top of the maze wall. "Cih this level is still where lizards can also get through this round easily" Thought the man. Within 10 minutes the man easily reached the finish line.
"One participant has completed the second half within 10 minutes" said the committee who gave the announcement to the participants. " tch I thought I was quite in front but there are 1 people who were faster than me" thought the woman who had two colored hair. The woman immediately summon a tree large enough to block the path for the participants behind her.
"Damn why there is a tree here. Is this the wrong way? " said a participant."Fool, if there is a tree just crush it" said the man with a large body. The man hit the tree hard however, the punch did not have much effect on the tree. "This tree is very hard" said the man, holding his red hand. Suddenly there was a knife stuck in the shoulder of the big muscular man. The man was taken aback by the sudden attack.
someone appeared before the man and several other participants. The man is wearing a hood that covers his head and part of his face. "You have a strong body. However, having a strong body was also useless if you could be attacked with mana. Hoi stupid, step aside y'all."said the man with the hood covering the man's head. In an instant the man cut the tree with a knife. Some of the participants were surprised that the man could cut the huge tree with only a knife."here's an example of mana user" said the man with the hood proudly
"Because the tree is gone. Come on, let's go again. " Said a participant. "Yep, let's walk again" said the hooded man who immediately killed two people at once. "But only I will go forward. You all die here. " Said the hooded man. "Why did you kill them? The battle royal has ended in the first round, "asked the big muscular man angrily. "So what? If you don't want to die then fight. " The hooded man replied.
"That's right, if you don't want to die we have to fight." Said the man who wielded the katana who immediately killed 4 people at once. "Only if you can channel a little mana into the weapon.You become so arrogant." Said the man who held the katana who immediately walked again to finish this second round.
"There is a trace of a fight huh" said Xander "no, this is not a fight this is just a murder" said Noah. "How do you know?" asked Xander. "There's no sign of this corpse putting up any resistance so this is definitely just murder." Noah said clearly. "why did he have to kill in this round?" Xander asked again. "To reduce the number of participants who made it to the next round. Because the fewer participants the faster we win. Remember? The committee once said that it only needed 20 winners here. so he killed to reach the total number of 20 people remaining. " Noah answered.
"There are already 6 people who have successfully completed the second half. The remaining time is 10 minutes, "said the committee. "it seems,We are on time" said Noah. "I want to ask but it feel like I'm like a burden who just likes to ask you," said Xander. "Take it easy" said Noah. "The easiest way is just to trace the footsteps of people who have successfully completed this second round." Said Noah. "You are a very different person from most of the participants here, Noah.how do you look for traces of people who have finish this round?" Asked Xander."the person who is most likely to win in my opinion is the one who asked the Rohan jury earlier. He has confidence so I just put a detector that is connected to this bracelet "Noah replied casually.
"Yep we've come to the end point of this maze," said Noah. "We have 7 minutes left," said Xander who looked at the clock. "Get some rest, Xander. You have to recover your body for the next round. " Said Noah "Yes, thank you Noah". "There are 7 minutes left and 11 people have finished, including me," thought Noah. "Hoi you're the one who holding katana" called Noah. "Why are you calling me so rude bastard?" Said the man who was annoyed with Noah's attitude. "So, how many did you kill in this second round?" Noah asked "Why? Is your friend there? Are you pissed off kid?" Asked the man who held the katana. "No, I just want to know how interesting the guy who killed in this second half. And it turned out that my thoughts were wrong, you are a boring man, old man, "Noah replied, which exerted pressure on the man who was holding the katana.