Chapter 334 – End of the tournament.
"AND THAT IS IT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" – shouted commentator W.W as the match has ended.
"There were many unexpected twists and turns."
"Some fights showed some individuals strength."
"While some others were clash between the monsters."
"But in the end there was one winner!"
"An epic clash between the two remaining teams wasn't won with the strength, but instead with wits!"
"Let us clap our hands in congratulations!" – said W.W as the players as two last player teams were teleported to the lobby map.
"The winners of the first tournament!"
"Blue Diamond team!"
"…"
"Holy shit, you actually did it?!" – asked confused and shocked Barge as she rushed at the Diamond from behind.
"Honestly, we were expecting it was over as soon as your leg was grabbed." – said Kai.
"Yea, the "cutting off the leg" part had catched us all off guard." – said Bai.
"…."
"Tch…. AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" – Mara grabbed her in anonymous.
"What the hell happened!?"
"…"
"I have no excuse." – said Arthur.
"Same here." – said Doctor.
"That guy just pretty much outsmarted us all."
"He put his own base flag extremely close to the opponent border map…. Mother… Yeb. We really got played."
(Did he came up with his plan on the spot? Or maybe did he had this plan from the start?) – though Phantasia.
(…Either way, he fucked us and we had lost….. Ahhhhhh…. I really wanted to get that first place though.)
(…. But what about the Arthur?)
(HE was the one desperate to get the fist place.) – though Phantasia as he looked at the Arthur who hid his face behind his helmet, but Phantasia could clearly tell that he was down.
(From what I understood after fighting alongside Arthur, he wasn't after the glory…. His goal was the reward money.)
(But WHY? He even made an contract with me where he has to pay later for the equipment I had made him, and the stuff I made for him WAS extremely pricy.)
"…"
(Oh well, not my problem.)
And like that, the tournament had ended.
The winners.
Blue Diamond team/guild.
1st place – Blue Diamond.
2st place – Helmet.
3st place – Scorpion Snake.
4st place – Fast Food.
5st place – Wanderer.
Each place received an money reward based on their rankings.
Even though we didn't received an grand prize, we did however managed to received quiet bit amount of money that was split among us 10.
There was a lot of highlights among the finals…. Specifically, the fight between me, Arthur and Magnus…. And there was also the fight between Magnus and Wanderers….. I didn't knew that he straight up soloed them all on his own!
Jezus, this guy is way bigger monster that we had originally though.
There was also the Scorpion Snake guild/team…. And wow, they were pathetic.
They got only 1 lucky kill and then they were just held hostage as Diamond just took their flag and went back to his base…. Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact that the Diamond wanted the buff from the flag, they would had definitely placed last and be the first ones to get eliminated.
This was quiet an humiliating for them, even though they placed 3rd in the end. They became quiet laughing stock.
As for our team? We did managed to obtain a lot of attention.
Pretty much, we became hot topic online.
People are saying something like:
"If it wasn't for the flag rule they would had placed first."
…
Emm….. I don't know.
I mean, Magnus FUCKING ripped us apart. Both me and Arthur when we were not holding back at all.
True, I didn't had ANY of my monsters with me, but holy shit, he was straight up fucking with us and he was on the equal grounds with us.
Even after he was forced to turn back to his humanoid form, he was still able to beat us up.
Maybe we could have won if I had brough my army or if we had went 10 vs 1 his ass…. But in the end we won only because of the fact that we stole his flag.
We honestly didn't knew he would be THAT scary! I mean, we saw him being scary in the videos, but once he started going all out?! Once he freaking turned into an dragon?
Oh boy…. What the hell was that? An raid battle?
Yea… I think he is the current player that stands on top of the "food chain" if he is THAT strong.
There was also that [Puppeteer] class that the Diamond had…. Bastard, he never told me about this class… I guess he was really keeping quiet about it… He got me.
Oh well.
I can't really complain with the current situation; I wouldn't do it either.
…
Honestly I had fun…. And I got bit better of an understanding of the "top dogs" out there.
Some of them were able to "hurt" me or even possible kill me.
Like that Banana Hunter guy.
He straight up blew part of my head off. I did not expected that.
….
Well, I guess I have something FUN to do!
If I want to really aim and become the final boss of this god dammit game and the biggest villain, I need to get stronger.
Strong enough to easily deal with that Magnus bastard all on my own.
There is also Arthur…. I don't know…. But I feel like I will fight against in the future.
Ah…. This will be annoying…. But also, will be fun!
[Few days later: Game – Doctor base.]
"…."
"…"
"So…Are you just going to just sit there, sulking?" – asked Phantasia as he approached sulking Thanatos sitting on the table right next to the Bell who stole Thanatos cake.
"Oh common! You can't say you aren't mad yourself!" – said Thanatos.
"I mean, we were THIS close to winning this thing!"
"Why aren't YOU mad about this?! Honestly, he slipped right past you and stuff!"
"Meh. Stuff happened." – said Phantasia.
"…"
"That it? Your answer?" – asked annoyed Thanatos.
"Yeb." – replied Phantasia.
"…"
"Tch."
"Anyway, why the hell did you called me for here anyway?"
"Oh, that is."
"Master Phantasia." – said Eve as she walked into the room.
"You have an guest."
"Oh, she is here. Let her in." – said Phantasia.
"As you wish." – said Eve before then walking away.
"?"
"Who did you called?" – asked Thanatos.
"Oh…. An somebody interesting." – replied Phantasia with an smile.
"An somebody you have met once."
"Oh, by the way, put on your armor and stuff."
"???"
Thanatos stared bit confused and worried after hearing the Phantasia question…. But she waited non the less as few moments later Eve returned back, while being accompanied by the person in the full body armor.
"Huh…. So, you are REALLY Phantasia?" – said the heavy armored player.
"I also see the Hunter here with you."
"!"
"Wait, aren't you- "
"Yeb, it's me!" – said the heavy armored player as the player in the heavy armor changed their get up, taking less "stuffed" armor that revealed the person made out of slime.
"Maparapara, if you don't remember."
"…"
"Why did you called her?" – asked Hunter.
"Oh, simple, recruitment offer." – said Phantasia.
"…"
"Eh?"
"Wait, recruitment?" – said confused Hunter.
"But wait, aren't you with the Magnus?"
"Hm? Oh, no, no. I'm not with him." – replied Maparapara.
"Our team was an complete rectangle of the players, we were not in the guild or anything, if anything, I hated Magnus guts."
"The only reason why any of us worked together was because we had an proper change at winning if we combine our strength…. But in the end we ended up in the third place… Pretty humiliating if you ask me…."
"…"
"Anyway, after the alliance we had broken and the team split apart after we received each our own share of money, this guy here approached me and asked me bunch of questions."
"He was weird, but his questions were also somewhat interesting, so I fallowed along….. And then he throwed this question."
"Are you interested in working for me?"
"Honestly, I was located quiet nearby, so I took the boat he even paid for…. All in order to have an proper talk."
"So, what is this about?"
"…"
"Well…." – Phantasia began explaining in the details what his "recruitment" was about.
"…"
"So, if I get this straight." – said the slime girl.
"You want me, to work for you and the organization, but you want me to place you on the top, working for you first than organization."
"In exchange for that, you will provide me with special items, an offers, get me to the organization and even make sure I would grow much stronger?"
"…"
"Hm…."
"The deal sounds good…. But also, extremely shady."
"What are the hooks?"
"…"
"Welp…. In the nutshell, CHAOS." – said Phantasia.
"I'm quiet fucked up bastard in the head, you see."
"And I really want to show some real ass chaos to this world while having fun."
"…"
"Eh? Chaos?" – asked confused slime girl.
"He isn't kidding, if you are wondering." – said Hunter.
"This guy is really screwed up in his head."
"And let me tell you something, he is far way more dangerous that you know." – said Hunter, alarming the slime girl.
"…"
"…."
"Hm….."
"…"
"So…. What are you planning on doing anyway?" – asked Maparapara.
"I mean, I'm not talking about the chaos, but us."
"Are you thinking about forming an guild or something? Did you gave offers to other peoples or something?"
"…"
"Hm… That is the good question." – said Phantasia.
"And the answer is this."
"I don't know if I will try and form an guild."
"You need at least 5 founding members to create the guild in the first place."
"And right now, I've only made this proposition for you from all the people that took part in the tournament."
"…"
"I see…." – said slime girl.
"Then next question."
"Why me?"
"Is there any specific reason why you wanted me?"
"Hm…. Well, let just say I found you interesting." – said Phantasia.
"And I have also some means of making you stronger as well as possible rich."
"But here is now the real trial and question."
"How fucked up are you?"
"How fucked up stuff can you do? And can you bear the title of the "evil"?"
"I can guarantee that you will become far more stronger and richer if you fallow me."
"But you will become "Evil bastard" and maybe somebody hated among the people."
"So? What do you say?"
"Will you walk away and forget the entire conversation?"
"Or will you take my hand and work for me?"
"But remember."
"Once you take my hand, there maybe no going back anymore."
"…"
"Hehe. What are you?" – asked slime girl while laughing.
"Some sort of devil wanabe?"
"Dunno." – replied Phantasia with an smile.
"Maybe I'm pretending to be the devil."
"Or maybe I'm really some devil playing tricks on you."
"…"
"But the question is the same and what I said is true."
"So, do you wish to take that "devil hand" and become something different?"
"…"
"…"
"Hm…."
"…"
"Okay fuck it." – said the slime girl with an smile as she reached out with her hand towards Phantasia.
"I WILL TAKE THAT "DEVIL HAND" AND SHAKE HANDS WITH IT."
"I don't really care about my reputation at all, as long as I can enjoy myself."
"…"
"Heh."
"Well said." – said Phantasia as he took and shake smile girl hand.
"Welcome to the team."
"And lets hope you won't regret this little deal."