Child of Destiny

Playoffs Match Number 1:

Empyrean Talons (Home) versus Earners Mercenary Group (Away)

Match Mode: All-out Team Competition (7-versus7) – Winner-Takes-It-All!

Team Representatives:

-Empyrean Talons:

Commander:

Gentle Goddess Arielle (Godlike Player)

Members:

Battle God Sickarius (Godlike Player)

War God Simba (Godlike Player)

Elemental Goddess Charlotte (Godlike Player)

Shadow Dancer Diablo (Maverick God)

Sanguine King Alucard (Maverick God)

Dark Knight Owen (Apex Titled Ranker, rivaling Gods)

-Earners Mercenary Group

Captain:

Magic Freak Flouree (Maverick God)

Members:

Exiled God Sylas (Godlike Player)

Healing Saint Matilda (Maverick God)

King Slayer Yamamoto (Maverick God)

Human Artillery Crimson (Maverick God)

Titanic Fortress Wang Zhou (Maverick God)

Thousand Daggers Sakura (Maverick God)

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The lineup of the Empyrean Talons was still as stunning as ever. Having six godly players on their roster alongside a powerful Titled Ranker, who could rival gods, was more than enough to intimidate any team from the competition.

This even excluded Siegfried, the Dragon God, who was still absent up until now. Adding him to the lineup was more than enough to murder any teams that they would encounter.

But this did not mean that their team was unrivaled in the entire competition.

The other teams in the top eight were equally stunning if it were just about the lineup. Every team that managed to reach this stage of the tournament was a force to be reckoned with.

Just like their current opponent, for example.

The Earners Mercenary Group was not planning to play around this time, sending an equally powerful lineup.

If it was just about reputation, the players that they had sent on the field were people who could stand proudly before the top Godlike Players, especially when these individuals were a living legend of their own.

A few of their members were from the current generation of Godlike Players, such as Flouree, who was known to be unrivaled in the field of magic research and said to be the current ‘Wizard King’ of this generation.

Her talent was said to be on the same level as Wizard King Julius during the absolute peak of his career.

If it was about the older generation, then these people were said to be the Monster Class Players of the famous game «True Era» Online.

Some of them were on the generation as the top gods of the game, just like God Slayer Lawless, Death God Faker, Frost Goddess Snow White, or Khing, who was known to be the God of Virtual Games.

Then the rest of the team were from an even older generation, who were already known before these ‘newly’ emerged gods of the game made their names.

The people watching the match could not imagine how intense the upcoming battle would be just by looking at the respective lineups of these two teams.

Thinking about this, everyone could not help but become even more excited for the match.

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System: Chosen Battlefield – Starlight Valley

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Seeing the map that the Empyrean Talons had chosen, everyone could not help but feel even more shocked.

The Starlight Valley, despite its name, was one of the easiest and simplest maps within the entire competition.

It was composed of a single path that resembled a wide bridge that was connecting a pair of meteors in space. Then, around this ‘bridge’ was the boundless galaxy filled with a stunning sight.

The bridge was wide enough to put three football fields adjacent to one another, which was neither too big nor too small to be a battlefield between powerful experts.

As for its length, it seemed to be an endless path that extended all the way to the edge of the observable universe.

Despite the simple design of this battlefield, there was a special rule applied to the competition once it was chosen. Whoever got knocked off the edges of the bridge would be swept away by the powerful Cosmic Stream, sending them into the boundless universe.

This was equivalent to being killed on the spot.

That was unless they were fast enough to return to the bridge before the Cosmic Storm hit them and disappear from everyone’s sight.

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Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Not long after, the two teams were sent in the middle of the Starlight Valley, standing a couple of miles away from each other.

Neither team did not even waited for the system to signal them about the start of the battle as they quickly made their moves.

They instantly went to adjust their respective battle formations while advancing through the Starlight Bridge and heading straight to each other.

When there was only under two-hundred-meter distance between them, the agility-type members of each team swiftly accelerated their speed and suddenly disappeared from everyone.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Shin and Diablo entered stealth as they advanced toward the other party, seemingly intending to meet the incoming representatives of the opposing side.

Sakura and Yamamoto, who were the Executioner (Tier 3 Assassin) and Blade Demon (Tier 3 Dual Blader) of the opposing group, swiftly executed their respective techniques during their advance.

Sakura’s figure suddenly disappeared as she turned into thousands of flower petals. The powerful gust of wind swept these pink petals toward the Empyrean Talons, resembling a violent yet beautiful storm.

‘Thousand Sakura Method: Blooming of the Spring’

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Seeing the incoming storm, Diablo suddenly revealed himself, donning his robe made of shadow energies.

‘Shadow Dancer Skill (Tier 3): Shadow Equip – Divine War Robe’

He had fused this skill with his Elemental Spirit Fusion, further enhancing its abilities to control the shadows and his overall stats.

He held the dagger and stiletto with each of his hands before accelerating his speed.

Swoosh!

Along with his actions, the shadow filling the bridge seemed to have moved under his command, expanding and contracting at the same time before turning into a ‘tidal wave’ that swept through the incoming ‘Sakura Storm’.

Boom!

The collision between the two powers created a strong shockwave that spread in every direction, which also made the pink blossoms scatter in the air along with the residual energies of the shadow tide earlier.

At the same time, Shin suddenly appeared in the middle of this storm, leaping into the air and assuming his signature sword-drawing stance.

He waited for a couple of moments while accumulating a large amount of lightning energy toward his sheathed sword and initiating the dual possession with Whitie and Blackie.

‘Dual Elemental Spirit Possession (Light and Darkness): Chaos Slasher’

He then pulled the sword out of its sheath and slashed it forward, releasing all the accumulated energies.

Roar!

This powerful energy then turned into a huge lightning tiger of black-and-white color, pouncing into the space before Shin.

Sakura, who was forced out of her earlier form, was suddenly placed in a difficult position. She was still trying to regain her balance in the air when the huge tiger pounced at her.

Fortunately, Yamamoto suddenly appeared before her, facing that incoming lightning together with his dual blades.

He crossed his blades before him before throwing a series of slashes in the air, sending a group of wind blades that cut through the body of the lightning tiger.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

‘Dance of the Mountain: Storm Wind’

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Whoosh!

Amid the violent smoke created by the series of explosions, Shin’s figure suddenly broke through it while carrying a greatsword in his left hand and slashing it down with all his might.

‘Four Symbol Scripture: Yellow Divine Dragon – Mountain Crusher’

Boom!

Sensing the strong pressure locked in their figures, Yamamoto and Sakura felt like they were unable to move their bodies. It was as if a strong gravitational force was pressing down on them and forcing them to kneel on the ground.

This advanced application of the sword principle was the combination of multiple principles, with the Heavy Sword acting as the center.

The two were about to be crushed by the strong force when a towering figure suddenly appeared before them and blocked the incoming attack.

Boom!

Wang Zhou, also known as Titanic Fortress, arrived in time and raised his shield to block the powerful strike from Shin.

Due to the sturdy defense of the other party and the repulsive force behind that shield, Shin was sent flying in the opposite direction.

His attack was greatly reflected, making him fly like a broken kite, especially with the double force that bounced from that shield.

Wang Zhou was about to fix his footing and adjust his posture when the corner of his eyes caught a glimpse of a person flying in the air and came crushing at his position like an unstoppable meteor.

‘Warlord Skill (Tier 3): Planetary Destruction’

Swoosh!

Leonard, who was under the ‘Crimson Sovereign Possession’, immediately used a powerful skill as an opening move.

Without a choice, Wang Zhou quickly raised his shield and activated one of his strongest defensive skills.

‘Knight Lord Skill (Tier 3): Lord’s Protection’

Boom!

A massive explosion immediately erupted as the war axes and the huge shield clashed against one another.

It blocked everyone’s view, including those watching from the live stand and the online broadcast.

But before the people could even catch their breath, the action continued!

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Five Elemental Dragons broke through the cloud of smoke, carrying five different elements while advancing.

This was the signature technique of the Elemental Goddess, the Elemental Dragon Dance!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But before these dragons could even advance, an intense rain of spells suddenly bombarded them, destroying their respective forms.

Flouree had also made her move with her version of signature techniques.

‘Symphony of Magic: Grand Solo’

The match had just started, yet the greetings that both sides had sent to one another were already reaching their peak!

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