Child of Destiny

The first match of the United Cup’s Grand Finals had concluded in the same way as Shin and the others had predicted – Akailu was defeated in the end.

However, it was not an easy win even for Cetus, as Akailu was constantly improving during the battle, particularly in the final moments of the battle.

The latter had shown everyone that he would not lose without putting up a good fight. He refused to fall even after learning that he was on the losing end during the battle.

This forced Cetus to use another Tier 4 Skill from his arsenal, which was slightly different from the previous one.

If the earlier Tier 4 Spell, the ‘Spear of Destruction’, was meant for destruction, then this particular Tier 4 Skill was only used for elimination.

It was another Tier 4 card under the Battle Mage Class. However, it was not a spell meant for magical uses, but a skill executed with the physical prowess of the user.

During this final exchange, Akailu fused a four-way fusion with his beast pets, reaching his absolute limit at the current stage.

He gave his all, yet still lost due to the overwhelming power of his opponent.

Regardless, the battle was still quite good, reaching the intensity that not only satisfied everyone but also made it very entertaining to watch.

Swoosh!

When Akailu returned to the lounge, he acted as if it was not a big deal to lose. But everyone could tell that he was just acting tough on the surface, but was quite disappointed inside.

Walking over, Leonard patted his shoulders and said. “Not bad. You at least now know where you are headed.”

Hearing those words, Akailu could not help but suddenly raise his head and look at Leonard with a surprised expression. These words might be simple, but they greatly relieved the negative thoughts filling his head, and he became enlightened once again.

“I guess you are right!” he nodded before silently repeating the words inside his head. “I at least now know the path that I must take.”

This would not only help him improve as a player but would also be a great help for his martial journey in the real world.

He felt like the door to the new world was suddenly opened before him and leading him to a better future.

Seeing that Akailu understood his intention, Leonard nodded before returning to his seat.

Seeing this, Shin and Arthur could not help but tease him a little.

“This is unlike you. Did you eat something wrong earlier?”

“Tsk! Tsk! You are acting like an old dude just now. Don’t tell us that you’re going senile early too!?”

Hearing those words, Leonard could not help but glare at the two before giving them a middle finger.

In the meantime, Cloe turned to the next player, who would be representing them for the next match.

“You don’t have to be too nervous. Just take it as another sparring match. At worst, your opponent will not be as scary as those monstrous guys,” she said while pointing to the Monster Trio.

Chaotic Luck, who was feeling very nervous previously, suddenly regained himself and nodded. “That’s right! The opponent should not be as scary as those guys!”

During the intense training sessions that the team had undergone during the entire week, Chaotic Luck was among those who suffered quite a lot.

These guys did not give him any mercy at all and gave their all to bully (train) him. He was not sure if the trio had some hidden complaints about him or even some grudges, but they truly liked to focus on him whenever they were doing a team competition or battled him one-on-one whenever they were bored.

To make it even worse, there was also the sudden addition of Faker and Lawless, who also enjoyed bullying him. Those two guys were having fun ‘training’ him for some reason and always chose to spar with him during their free time.

He had suffered very badly during those training sessions.

But in return, he had also found it quite worth it since he was among the members who had improved the most.

Maybe it was true that the more you suffer, the greater the returns you would get after.

At least, it was proven with his torturous experience.

Unlike the previous matches in the tournament, there was at least five to seven minutes of a break before the next battle started.

It was to give everyone time to digest, recover, and prepare themselves for the next match. After all, this was the Grand Finals, so the matches would be very intense.

Moreover, it was also to give the next representatives time to readjust their mindsets and get ready for another intense battle.

During this window, Shin neither gave any suggestions to Chaotic Luck nor gave the latter any special instructions.

In his opinion, there was no need to tell this guy anything else, as they had already been preparing for this for more than a week.

Any more would be more damaging for someone like Chaotic Luck, as he would only fill the latter with useless thoughts and unnecessary worries during the match.

Chaotic Luck understood this very well, so he went into a corner and meditated a little to clear his mind.

*Ding*

Not long after, the system sound finally rang in everyone’s ears, informing them about the next match.

“Good luck!”

“That guy never needed luck! He is the ‘Mistress’ of the Goddess of Luck.”

“Tsk! I guess you are right.”

“Just do whatever you can!”

Hearing the ‘encouragements’ of his teammates, Chaotic Luck could only smile bitterly before saying. “I’ll be heading out.”

Swoosh!

Right after saying that, he swiftly accepted the button before him, letting the system teleport him onto the battlefield.

Whoosh!

*Ding*

System: First Round (Single Matches 2) – Empyrean Talons (Home) versus God’s Paradise (Away)

System: ‘Herald of Chaos’ Chaotic Luck (Rookie Player/Maverick Ranker) versus ‘Undead Preacher’ Mandos (Maverick God).

…

After seeing the name of the opponent, Arthur, Leonard, and Cloe could not help but furrow their brows and say, respectively.

“Eh!? Is that guy?”

“This is trouble.”

“Looks like this is going to be quite difficult even for Chaos.”

Hearing their words and seeing their reactions, Shin could not help but ask. “What is it? Is there something wrong with that guy?”

Arthur paused for a moment before replying. “It is not that there is something wrong with that guy. But I must admit that this match-up is going to be a little tricky even for Chaotic Luck.”

“That guy is one of he strongest necromancers of the virtual world. He used to be one of the main rivals of Immortal. They even fought a quite intense battle for the title of the Lich God,” nodded Cloe with a solemn expression.

“He is that powerful!?” Shin could not help but raise his brows when he heard that, thinking that this was indeed a difficult matchup.

Fortunately, they had tortured-… or rather trained Chaotic Luck quite well during the entire preparation week.

“Well, it shouldn’t be that much of a risk since Chaotic Luck has already some experience fighting a fellow necromancer. He has even fought Immortal in the Frozen Kingdom before,” said Shin, feeling that this would be a much more interesting and entertaining match to watch.

Recalling their Empire Quest, the group could not help but nod their heads, recalling the time that Chaotic Luck had held his ground against Immortal during that time.

However, the latter was not showing all his cards at that time, as he was also plotting against Silent Night.

But at the same time, he was also feeling quite conflicted because he did not know whether the opposing side was lucky or not for matching their second fighter.

Putting Chaotic Luck against a fellow necromancer? Such a matchup would be terrible for the opposing side unless they had a special undead army like Immortal’s Undying Army.

The Legion of the Chaotic Sun was not as simple as everyone thought.

…

In the meantime, the people could not help but wear weird expressions after seeing the map that Chaotic Luck had chosen for this match.

It was a cemetery, which was quite a common choice for Necromancers.

Unfortunately, this would not only benefit him, since his opponent was one of the most famous and most powerful Necromancers of the game.

He might be giving himself a boost for this map, but it was also directly giving his opponent a similar advantage.

The people then could not help but think that God’s Paradise had read the Empyrean Talons like a book for this round, especially after seeing such a matchup.

In their eyes, this match would most likely be a one-sided battle in favor of Mandos.

They could not help but sigh a little, thinking that this round would most likely not be as intense as the previous one.

…

In the meantime, Chaotic Luck quickly tried to observe his opponent right after being summoned to the field.

Realizing that his opponent was also from the Necromancer Class, he could not help but wear a weird look on his face, unable to describe what he was feeling.

He did not know whether to laugh or cry after seeing the matchup.

“I guess I am truly that ‘lucky’,” he could not help but smile bitterly, seemingly extremely close to accepting the teasing words of his teammates. “Am I really the ‘Mistress’?”

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