Child of Destiny

Chapter 121: Battle for Top 1 (Part 2): A Great Set Up.

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The audience stand of the ʼBattle Royale Arena no.423ʼ is starting to get packed. More and more scouts from different Guilds are starting to enter the stand when they heard the news that there are 3 Potential Titled Rankers in this Arena.

But that was not the only real reason why they came here, it is also to have a look at the player that have the same battle standards as some Titled Rankers.

This player have created a couple of sensations in the game already. And just recently, he beat a High Ranker before coming on this place, which is also another reason why these scouts from the powerful guilds are here to keep an eye at him.

And now, he is currently dealing with a group of three Potential Titled Rankers together with his clones. And whatʼs more amazing on this battle is this certain player is manually controlling his clone while simultaneously controlling his own body in the battle.

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At the same time, some curious players are also joining the stand to see why is this certain room gain a lot of viewers. Moment later, these players become shocked at what they saw.

There are a lot of famous guild scouts watching the battle happening on this Battle Royale Arena. And when they saw the names on the leaderboard, these players started contacting their friends to come and watch the battle.

And it didnʼt take long for the entire audience stand to become full because of the sudden burst of the spectators. Some of the players that didnʼt make the cut but want to watch the match choose the special spectator mode, so that they can watch the battle even if it is just in a virtual screen.

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ʼWandering Nomadʼ Exheart.

ʼSaber Demonʼ Bryan.

And ʼHand of the Deadʼ HellBan.

These three Titled Names are pretty much famous at the game called «Sword and Magic» online. They are even able the contend at the Titled Rankers that are as strong as some Godlike Players of that game.

And now, these three famous players are currently being dealt by a single player that is pretty much unknown before the launch of this game called «Destinyʼs Fate» online.

Bryan and Exheart are teaming up with each other to go against the clones of their opponent, while HellBan is busy dealing with the real body.

”Tsk! What a persistent b*st*rd! We are fighting him for quite some time already, yet he still hasnʼt get slipped on his concentration? Is this guy really a player? How can he have that kind of willpower to hold this long.” Bryanʼs mouth is as busy as his right arm, as he swing his saber left and right.

”Maybe the developers are just messing with us and created this kind of player-like NPC with high AI?” joked by Exheart as he thrust his spear forward to cover Bryanʼs mistake.

Clang!

Then he added in a joking tone after throwing that spear thrust. ”But he must be some kind of humanoid monster in the Real World, if he really is a player.”

Then the Eclipse Clone and Phantom Clone suddenly change the tempo of the battle. The former suddenly move backwards while the later move forward to contend with Bryan.

Bryan want to chase after the Eclipse Clone but the Phantom Clone is already in front of him and throwing a three consecutive slashes with both of its sword.

ʼSelf-Created Skill: Triple Slashʼ

”Tsk!” Bryan clicked his tongue when he saw that, he immediately stop himself from moving forward before throwing a two consecutive chop followed by a horizontal cut in the end.

ʼExtra Skill: Double Chopʼ

Cling! Cling!

ʼExtra Skill: Cutter Slashʼ

Clang!

After throwing that skill combo, Bryan immediately lean his body to the left as he let the thrusting spear of Exheart to brushed pass him.

ʼExtra Skill: Thrusting Talonʼ

The Phantom Cloneʼs body suddenly flickers as it let the spear to pierce through its chest.

Puff!

Then that body suddenly explode with a bunch of smoke, while the Phantom Clone itself is nowhere to be found.

ʼPhantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Assassinationʼ

And the moment the the Phantom Clone disappeared from their sights, both Bryan and Exheart simultaneously look at the figure in front of them as human instincts.

ʼF*ck!ʼ

Then the two of them curse in they hearts when they saw what the Eclipse Clone is doing.

The Eclipse Clone cross both of its arms on its front while showing the bracers attached on those arms to the two who are looking at it.

Then the eye-like symbol engraved on the bracers suddenly release a brilliant light, and try to turn both Bryan and Exheart into stone sculptures.

ʼEquipment Skill: Medusaʼs Gazeʼ

Then the two immediately use their anti-CC skills.

Bryanʼs head gear suddenly release a berserk energy and counter the opposing energy that is trying to turn him into a stone statue.

ʼEquipment Skill: Beast King Protectionʼ

Roar!

Exheart on the other hand hold the spear in front of him with both of his hands while releasing a berserk bloody aura from his body.

ʼBlood Spearman Skill: Blood Immunityʼ

Both Bryan and Exheart survive that predicament and avoid being a pair of stone statues, but they didnʼt get relax yet. Because the Phantom Clone just finished accumulating a bunch of Dusk Energy on its right hand sword.

Then it immediately swing that sword rightwards and send a crescent sword wave toward the back of the two players on its front.

ʼWeapon Skill: Dusk Cutterʼ

Exheart ignored that sword wave and charge at the Eclipse Clone while thrusting it spear forward.

ʼBlood Spearman Skill: Soul Chargeʼ

At the same time Bryan channels a berserk aura on his saber, before turning his body around as he powerfully swing his blazing saber upwards.

ʼBerserker Skill: Rising Flame Slashʼ

Bang!

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Bryan slice the sword wave sent by the Phantom Clone, but he still receive some damage. But it is still manageable compared to the damage that he will get if he was directly hit by that sword wave.

And the moment Bryan slice the sword wave, the Eclipse Clone suddenly appeared on his left side while swinging its sword powerfully in a downward motion.

ʼPhantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Stepsʼ

ʼExtra Skill: Destructive Slashʼ

The place where the Eclipse Clone teleported into is a tricky spot, since it is quite hard for Bryan to counter in his current awkward position.

But he didnʼt panic. Because as if expecting that move, Exheart immediately cancel his ʼSoul Chargeʼ skill and quickly turn his body around before throwing his spear at the Eclipse Clone.

ʼBlood Spearman Skill: Javelin Throwʼ

But before that flying spear reached its target, the Phantom Clone suddenly appeared at the path of the spear while powerfully swinging its sword at it.

ʼPhantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Stepsʼ

ʼExtra Skill: Destructive Slashʼ

Clang!

Bang!

Pssk!

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The spear thrust on the ground on the same time when the sword of the Eclipse Clone landed on Bryanʼs body.

And to prevent being targeted by a continuous CC-skill, Bryan is force to use a ʼBerserkʼ skill. Then a berserk aura suddenly exploded from his body as he become immune in all kind of CC-skill while all of his stats suddenly become doubled.

ʼMaster Berseker Skill (Tier 2): Battle Tranceʼ

At the same time, both the Eclipse Clone and Phantom Clone teleported away from Bryan and appeared few meters away from the Master Berserker, but they are standing on opposite sides of their opponent.

ʼElemental Skill (Void): Void Stepsʼ

ʼElemental Skill (Void): Void Stepsʼ

And during that time, Exheart immediately move forward to take his spear back. But the moment he stand beside Bryan, a very dangerous feeling swept through his body as his instincts are telling him to get away from that place as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, it is already too late for that. Both of the swords of the Eclipse and Phantom Clones are already glowing with a bloody crimson aura as they simultaneously swing their swords on their front, sending a bunch of crescent sword waves towards the two who are standing in the middle.

ʼElemental Skill (Blood): Blood Rampageʼ

ʼElemental Skill (Blood): Blood Rampageʼ

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

”F*ck Sh*t!” cursed by Exheart before activating his own ʼberserk skillʼ. A bunch of black tattoo appeared on the surface of his body. Those tattoos are similar to the symbols tattooed at the bodies of some ethnic group people.

When those tattoos appeared on the body of Exheart, his stats suddenly become doubled while his movement speed and attack speed also received some boost.

ʼWar Elf Skill (Tier 2): Blood Seal: Enchantʼ

After that, both Exheart and Bryan take each side to cover as the crimson sword wave are coming towards them. Then they simultaneously throw some attacks with their weapons to block the incoming waves.

Exheart enfold his body and spear with a bloody aura before throwing a barrage of stabs on his front as he hit each of the incoming sword waves.

ʼBlood Spearman Skill: Spearmanʼs Assaultʼ

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Explosion of powers are being created every time Exheart hit a crimson sword wave with his spear. And those sword waves failed to deal any kind of damage to him.

At the same time, on the other side of this battlefield, Bryanʼs body is emitting a berserk aura. And every time a sword wave is about to reach him, his right arm is swinging the saber as it emits a blazing glow.

ʼBerserker Skill: Berserker Barrageʼ

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The clash of that blazing saber and crimson sword wave also creates a mini-explosion in front of Bryan. But the same as Exheart those explosions failed to deal any kind of damage to him.

And after the duration of the ʼBlood Rampageʼ ends, both Exheart and Bryan immediately dash towards the respective Clones that are standing few meters away from them.

And since both of them activated their respective berserk skills, it is natural for their movement speeds to become fast. And in just blink of an eye, both of them are already halfway of the distance towards their respective opponents.

When the Eclipse Clone and Phantom Clone saw their opponents charging at them with a great momentum, both of them activated the ʼberserk skillsʼ attached on their equipments.

ʼEquipment Skill: Dawnbreakerʼ

ʼEquipment Skill: Dawnbreakerʼ

The stats of the clones suddenly become doubled as their movement speed received a 150% boost. After that, both of the clones sprinted towards their respective opponents.

When Exheart reach his ideal range to attack, he immediately throw a barrage of stabs towards the Eclipse Clone. The speed of his stabs are too fast to catch by the naked-eye.

In the Eclipse Cloneʼs point of view, the tip of Exheartʼs spear suddenly split into two, and two become four, then four become eight, all the way until the Eclipse Clone failed to count the number of spear tips that are directed at it.

ʼEpic Combat Technique: Endless Spearʼ

Good thing that Shin is not an average John Doe either. Even if his ʼUltra Instincts Mythical Personal Traitʼ canʼt see through any kind of illusionary trick of these kind of attacks, his body can still automatically respond at any kinds of threat that are directed at him.

So when the Eclipse Clone saw the barrage of spear stabs, its body instinctively move on its own. The clone swing both of its swords at the incoming stabs as a bunch of grid-like lines appeared around the cloneʼs body as those lines intervene with each other.

ʼEpic Combat Technique: Infinity Edgeʼ

Then the spearhead and sword-blades starting to clash with each other, which creates a bunch of ear-piecing metallic sounds.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Cling! Cling! Cling!

The standoff between the ʼSpearbearerʼ and the ʼDual-Bladerʼ remain in the deadlock for few more moments, before Exheart felt some pressure from the Eclipse Clones attacks.

At first, he thought that there are some problem with his concentration because he is continuously using an ʼEpic Combat Techniqueʼ, but after few more exchange of blows, he realized that it was not the case.

Each of the sword strikes of the Eclipse Clone are really getting stronger and stronger as he continue exchanging blows with the clone.

ʼWhat kind of Sword Combat Technique is this? It is quite similar to that guyʼs Spear Combat Technique! The one that Iʼm trying to learn.ʼ thought by Exheart as he continue to persevere on exchanging blows.

Bang!

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Then suddenly, he was sent flying backwards by a powerful sword strike that he failed to defend.

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At the same time of few moments before Exheart was sent flying, Bryan just arrived in front of his opponent.

Then he immediately swing his saber at the Phantom Clone. But during the swing, Bryanʼs right arm suddenly turned into a blur, making the saber to multiply. After that, those sabers suddenly and simultaneously accelerated forward as it plans to chop its target into pieces.

ʼEpic Combat Technique: Demonʼs Bladeʼ

The Phantom Clone donʼt know which one of the sabers are real, but it didnʼt give a d*mn! If it donʼt know which one is real, then just smash all of them at once to see it.

The Phantom Cloneʼs arms suddenly turned into a blur while swinging its swords at the incoming saber.

ʼEpic Combat Technique: Infinity Edgeʼ

Clang!

A metallic sound was created when the Phantom Clone managed to hit the real saber. But Bryan expected that much, so he immediately retract his saber before throwing a diagonal slash at his opponent.

ʼExtra Skill: Saber Chopʼ

The sword on the right hand of the Phantom Clone suddenly become ablaze as it swing the sword on its front horizontally.

ʼSlayer Skill: Solar Cutʼ

Clang!

Then Bryan immediately throw a horizontal slash at the Phantom Clone after the collision of their weapons.

ʼExtra Skill: Horizontal Slashʼ

The timing and trajectory of this horizontal slash is quite tricky, so the Phantom Clone canʼt counter it properly. But that doesnʼt mean it canʼt dodge.

The Phantom Clone suddenly disappeared at Bryanʼs sight and reappeared behind the Master Berserker while swinging its sword downwards.

ʼPhantom Swordsman Skill: Phantom Stepsʼ

”Got You!” said Bryan smirkingly as he use the momentum of the horizontal slash to take a hundred and eighty degree turn while swinging his saber towards the clone behind his back.

At the same time, that saber is emitting a berserk aura that is currently forming a wolfʼs head.

ʼMaster Berserker Skill (WolfKin–Tier 2): Predatorʼs Huntʼ

Swoosh!

Unfortunately, Bryan hit nothing but air, and the wolf-like Energy flew straight to the sky.

”What the f*ck!?” curse Bryan as he wants to turn his body around. But it is already too late, since the Phantom Clone is already teleported behind him once again while swinging both of its swords at Bryanʼs back.

ʼElemental Skill (Void): Void Stepsʼ

ʼGrim Reaper Skill (Tier 2): Purgatory Slash: Penta Slashʼ

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Bryan continue taking some steps away from the Phantom Clone while trying block sword slashes, but obviously he failed to do so.

And after the fifth slash, the Phantom Clone pause for a moment, giving Bryan a small window to move backwards to distance himself from the former.

But when he take a couple of more steps backwards, a figure was sent flying towards his direction. And that almost make him to stumble forward when he collided on the figure.

”F*ck! What the hell are you doing, Exheart!? Canʼt you see...” Bryan didnʼt managed to finish what he wants to say, because he saw the Phantom Clone swinging its sword forward to send a crescent sword wave towards their way. ”That was also part of the set up?”

ʼGrim Reaper Skill (Tier 2): Purgatory Slash: Energy Waveʼ

Swoosh!

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At the same time when the Phantom Clone sent the Energy Wave, the Eclipse Clone leaped in the air before swinging its right hand sword downwards in a powerful manner. Then a powerful energy wave falls from the sky, and threatens to annihilate everything.

ʼGrim Reaper Skill (Tier 2): Ragna Bladeʼ

Swoosh!

Exheart is about to use a powerful protective skill to block the falling Energy Wave, but the activation failed because his concentration was immediately disrupted by a sudden explosion on his waist.

ʼElemental Skill (Void): Mark of the Voidʼ

Bang!

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And that sealed off their fates! Bryan donʼt even have the time use a ʼBerserker Healʼ to restore his health because he was too shocked at the sudden flow of events.

Each of Shinʼs moves are meticulously prepared just for this one and final strike.

Just how did he do that? Just how much concentration did he need? Just how accurate is his judgment and calculation to predict the ʼwhatʼs nextʼ? And how flexible is he to be able to respond on each turn of events to lead everything to his desired outcome, and make all of his plans to happen?

Those are the questions that are keep running on the heads of Exheart and Bryan as they wholeheartedly accept their defeat.

BOOM!

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If Arthur was here, then he will respond on their questions like this.

”He donʼt like making plans because of his ʼBattle Geniusʼ nature, but this is what happens when he does.”

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