My Space-Time System

Chapter 426: Threat to nobles.

Blake was in a foreign land that had a social structure worse than that of Calton city. So even if he were assassinated it could be easily brushed off and regional competition would continue like nothing ever happened.

“It’s not that I am undermining the security of the capital, but I don’t want to take chances.” Blake said to Luciano.

The hotel was the only place Blake could feel safe because the royal family owned it. So starting a fight here was no different from suicide.

“I understand.” Luciano said.

“Help me hold this just in case an attack happens here.” Blake said as he handed Luciano a void dagger.

‘Let’s just hope I will be able to explore the city after the competition.’ Blake let out a helpless sigh as he returned to his meditation.

Unknown to Blake, his paranoia was right and he had dodged a lot of bullets and foiled a lot of plans that night.

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The next day.

The reason the competition of the previous day had been hosted at night was it was an infiltration, but that of today was Survival.

Just like the previous day, all of the students were warped to the arena’s lobby, before the platforms raised them to the center of the arena.

The atmosphere of the arena was electrified as the hundreds of thousands that came to watch the top students and future leaders of the empire compete for supremacy cheered.

“Today’s competition would be survival.” The event announcer said.

The survival competition was a battle royal match between all 15 contestants. There were no team members in the battle royal and the battle was to go on until 8 out of 15 students were left.

The battlefield was unique not because of it being 50 meters long and wide battleground that comprised of 5-meter long and wide hexagons, but because the top was 30 meters high up.

The hexagonal pillars formed a leveled battleground, but once the match begin they would randomly begin falling and rising.

When a pillar falls a very powerful force would pull anyone directly above it down to the bottom.

The force was strong enough to shatter mana barriers and prevent anyone from flying away.

So once the contestant touches the ground they would be eliminated and teleported out of the battlefield.

Another way of elimination was the regular way of dealing enough damage to kill the opponent.

For the point system, eliminating any student including those from the same school granted 1 point to their school’s overall points.

‘Why the hell would they put everyone against each other, but their points are still connected to each other?’ Blake was flabbergasted by the rule and felt it was stupid.

[I feel it is a rule that gives people the opportunity to betray each other.] The system said, causing Blake to unconsciously turn to Serhan.

With the rules explained to both the contestants and the spectators, Blake and the other students were placed randomly on the battlefield.

“Begin!” The 2nd day for the 2nd day of the regional competition was announced, and the hexagons began randomly dropping.

‘I can sense when the hexagons are a second away from falling, but that is that. Getting distracted for a second can lead to elimination.’ Blake along with every other student thought as they studied the battleground.

Once they were all sure of how the pillars worked, the contestants raised their heads to look at their opponents.

‘This just shows that the nobles are actually trying to get rid of me on a national level.’ Blake thought as he saw 10 students from the capital and south looking at him.

Seeing that all noble students were going against him It was now glaring that the nobles saw him as a threat that needed to be eliminated.

Blake had expected something like this to happen, so he had created a contingency plan, but that was when Luciano, Damon, Castiel, and Serhan intercepted the enemies coming at him.

‘That’s so kind of them.’ Blake couldn’t help but smile, but it soon returned to normal when the closest student who was from the south tried to stab him in the back.

The student had lightning reinforcement active, but Blake didn’t need to match his speed because he had been keeping an eye on him from the start of the match.

Void shift!

Without turning back, Blake opened a spatial tear behind him, allowing the shortsword to pass through and exit behind the attacker.

“AH!”

The southern student screamed in pain as the lightning-infused shortsword went through his armor’s shield and into his back.

[Move.] The system alerted Blake who immediately jumped to another hexagon.

Thanks to the improved vitality of being a Hero, the student wasn’t eliminated instantly, but it was at that moment that the hexagon dropped.

‘It’s funny that the backstabbers are the ones that let their guard down.’ Blake thought as the injured student fell to the bottom.

“I finally get to show you your place.” Lucas who was engulfed in golden flames said with a frown on his face as he and the rank 5 of the capital approached Blake.

“I guess you guys would have to wait a little bit longer.” Blake said as he jumped into a spatial tear behind him and appeared beside Luciano who was currently in combat with the rank 4 of the capital.

“Sorry to bother you guys.”

Both Luciano and the rank 4 of the capital magic school were startled when they heard a voice come out of nowhere but that was more than enough time for Blake’s hand to come out from the spatial tear and grab onto the head of the enemy.

Zzzzg! Zzzzg!

Large voltages of electricity were released into the head of the rank 4, but the golden barrier hadn’t appeared. That was when Luciano connected an explosive punch aimed at his heart.

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