Christopher Martin
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Unlike with when I first met the man, Anthony currently has a few flickers of black scales on his right cheek, the back of his neck, and on his shoulders and knees. Meanwhile a couple of his strands of hair have the appearance of black tentacles instead. But only if you look very closely. So close that you’re practically almost seeing the DNA level. Something most people can’t see with their naked eye. The competitors here aren’t most people though. Other than those changes, his eyes are also…-
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One competitor goes after another, and each one does about the same as the first, give or take. Some last for four minutes, others for six minutes. I’m pretty sure some of them even pretty much do just the bare minimum in defenses so that they can take with them the extra points from this competition, apparently deciding they’re going to lose before even trying. Which isn’t a bad idea for them. After about six competitors go, Aria’s turn arrives, and I find myself smiling when I see her…
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I can’t help but feel quite a few gazes focused on me at that offhanded statement. Not to mention a slightly vindictive look on the Fae King’s face. Rude. Not my fault these competitions weren’t designed with the Red Plague in mind. Well, putting that aside for now, I feel I should hopefully be able to reach the cap of Class V within the next several years. Probably. Depends on if I win this competition and get the ability to teleport across the universe. Anyways, I turn my attention back to…
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My eyes narrow slightly as I look through the much smaller list than we had for monster defenders. 0.1 Points The weakest and most common void creature in the void. They are completely unintelligent and chase after the strongest source of life force they can sense nearby. Their most common method of attacking is through swarming with sheer numbers. They are no stronger than a wild animal with the power of a Class 0 being and have appearances that vary from one voidling to another. However, they all…
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To start things off, I ignore the menu for now and take a walk around the tower. Since before I set up my defenses, I need to know what the tower itself is like. A process that takes several minutes to do. Less than I would’ve expected, more than I would’ve preferred. Considering the countdown on the corner of my vision though, it should be fine. It does list fifty-two minutes remaining, so… Putting the time limit aside for now, since I highly doubt it’ll take me that long to set things up, I…
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Is he looking at me? All I did was use my Red Plague. It’s not my fault if the one who made these competitions didn’t anticipate my blood being a factor. Tar snorts at that. In our minds, of course. Not out loud. The Fae King continues looking at me – or rather, past me, because there’s no way he’d be upset with me for simply competing – for several seconds before moving his gaze again while raising a single claw and continuing, This really is just a tower defense game. And since personal…
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Before she even says anything though, he notices that the audience is going wild for something that isn’t his words. So he turns to look through the large cube that makes up the arena. King Oberon briefly glances at her to find suppressed amusement on her face that has his eyes narrowing. Then he finally focuses on the one competitor who could change the rules. And when he sees her, all of the excitement deflates from his body, his jaw dropping open as he stares without saying a word. Meanwhile the…
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Although there aren’t very many demons that aren’t contracted. If any. In fact, the only demons I see outside of this little universe are the non-sapient ones who have no reason to watch. At least we’re being given a break between them. Not that it would matter as much considering that the second round of the tournament isn’t directly combat related. I glance at Tar who is on my shoulder as I briefly wonder what the third round would entail. The king mentioned that you fae already know what…
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Silence fills the arena as the others approach. And it continues even after they reach me without any of them saying a word. We all just kinda stare for several seconds. Amelia finally breaks the silence by saying, “Well, that was fun to watch. I’ll just go find a corner to sit in for the rest of this.” Then she walks away under the surprised gazes of me and the others. Huh. A faint grin begins to grow on my face as a realization comes to mind. And so, with absolute dignity and no shame…
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“Let’s finish this, shall we?” I state with a grin on my face as the crimson lightning running across my body grows thicker and thicker as I burn all of the life energy being fed to me by the other competitors. Leonidas grins back at me and answers, “If that’s what you want, then we shall.” Then my eyes widen slightly as red lightning suddenly strikes once, twice, and a third time. All around Leonidas. And under everyone’s gazes, red energy mixed with red lightning and blood all begin to go…
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