Christopher Martin
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After our match finishes, we’re sent to a private booth to watch the rest of the first round. And I immediately begin frowning as I hear people chanting the words ‘Apex Predator’ for some reason. Who’s that? I look out over the audience from this private booth – one where no one can see inside – before eventually shrugging. If it’s important then I’ll find out soon enough. If not? Then I don’t really care. The chanting begins to die down after not too long as everyone starts to focus…-
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“And it looks like the Scarlet Wolf is finally going to take things seriously, folks!!!” Ethan Foster – often called by the people as the Aquatic Ace and a very popular commentator despite his day job as a Class IV Guardian – shouts, raising the hype for the girl in question as he watches the bracket he was assigned to commentate. All while the other three commentators, including the MC, focus on their own brackets with their voices inaudible to him unless he wishes to hear them. On the screen,…
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I can’t help but stare at the beautiful prize money. A grand total of a hundred thousand credits and a single point for everyone on the first place team for this tournament. And it takes all I have in me not to let my awe and desire at it show. To keep my face perfectly neutral. Tar just sighs and doesn’t say a word about my current thoughts. Good on him. My attention is brought back to reality though when the brackets stop alternating above us, showing the team matchups. And after some brief…
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6 credits are enough for 1 meal in a Tier 3 city. 2 credits are enough for 1 loaf of bread in a Tier 3 city. 50 credits are enough for a night's stay at a crappy hotel in a Tier 3 city. 70 credits are enough for a night's stay at a decent hotel in a Tier 3 city. 100 credits are enough to night's stay at a fancy hotel in a Tier 3 city. 60 credits are enough for a night's stay at a crappy hotel in a Tier 2 city. 100 credits are enough for a night's stay at a decent hotel in a Tier 2 city. 200 credits…
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Allen can’t help but feel conflicted as he looks out of his and his wife’s private booth at his daughter’s team standing on the pitch black stone field in the center of the North-East stadium representing Hunter’s Peak. His daughter is wearing the magi-tech armor Cynthia had ordered for her, which is quite similar to her own and also made by his father, and Scarlet can be seen staring forward with a neutral expression on her face. One not expressing how she’s feeling right now. “Are you still…
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“For those of you who weren’t here during the first part of this tournament, look up at the sky for a list of the rules,” the MC of the current tournament shouts as I sit in the bleachers with the rest of my team, quite pointedly ignoring the gazes I’m gathering from other spectators around us. “But now let’s commence the second half of the annual starting secondary tournament, Demon Hunt!” I glance up at the sky as the crowd starts going wild, taking a look at the rules. Oh. Right. This…
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The man looks into my eyes and glances at my ears for a few seconds before looking into my eyes again as he applies pressure on my throat. And it quickly begins to hurt like hell. As if he’s actually trying to take my head off. Right before it can get to that point though, I see a strange white light shine from underneath his hand, and the pressure vanishes in an instant. Blue looks up and to the right as he finally speaks, “So you are protecting her after all, sister.” My eyes widen at that,…
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“You’re heading out?” Michael asks, and I nod my head as I begin leaving the group to go up the stairs of the building, planning on heading directly towards the core of the Fracture. “Be careful.” “Don’t worry,” I call back as I jump straight up each flight of stairs, not bothering to take them one or two at a time. There isn’t much I have to worry about anymore. Not in a Class I Fracture. And not when I’m already at level 99. It won’t be long before I reach level 101, and…
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A massive screen appears above the one showing the Chairman and Black with the rules clearly depicted on it. A very, “Just like always, I’ll only go over the most important things,” the Chairman adds, making the people in the audience calm down a bit. “To start off, all of the primaries will be held in this very stadium, and there will not be any other tournaments going on during them. Each primary will last for three days, with two days of secondary tournaments in between them. There will be a…
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Time passes by with the other two chatting and me playing a game on my terminal until the officials hosting the tournament finally corral us and give us instructions as to what we’re supposed to do. Which basically comes down to line up in a massive grid throughout the room where we will then march onto the field, with the students all situated based either at random or on whether or not they are participating in the primaries. And after that hassle is done with, we march straight out onto a massive…
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