Child of Destiny

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While watching the ongoing battle, Arthur and Leonard could not help but raise their brows, finding that the skills and abilities of all sides were quite interesting in their own right.

Naturally, their initial focus was still the ongoing battle between Ryoto and his opponent. After all, they were still in the team, so they had to analyze the abilities of the opposing sides for the latter stages of the trials.

They were already somewhat familiar with the skills and abilities that Ryoto had in his arsenal since they had been fighting alongside each other during the entire dungeon run earlier.

“No matter how many times I see these abilities from Senior Ryoto, I can’t help but think that he has mini domain skills whenever he fights,” commented Leonard after seeing the constant flood of water coming out from Ryoto’s weapon and body.

“This Victor Mare Class is unique and somewhat broken at the same time,” chuckled Arthur while nodding his head. “He seems to have a portable pool that he can bring anywhere and use in battle whenever he needs it.”

After a hearty laugh, Arthur continued. “On the other hand, his opponent possessed a unique ability as well.”

“And quite troublesome on top of that,” added Leonard while casting his gaze toward the opposing side.

Seeing the sonic attacks that the opposing side was constantly releasing whenever they attacked, Arthur and the rest of the team could not help but raise their brows in the process.

They knew how problematic such an opponent could be, especially when sonic attacks were something that they could not see and only perceive.

Adding the current situation where they could not clearly see the appearance of their opponent due to the shadow veil shrouding their appearances, reading the actions of the opposing side became even more challenging.

With no signs of his opponent using such abilities, responding to them would become extremely hard, much less doing some sort of preparation or a counter.

Fortunately, Ryoto’s intuition was not that bad, letting him sense the dangerous signs before the opposing side could even throw their sonic attacks.

At the same time, the flood of water that he was releasing was constantly producing powerful waves that acted as a natural barrier that could block or weaken these sonic attacks that were heading toward his wave.

Even at point-blank range, the roaring waves helped him nullify most of the sonic attacks of his opponent, limiting their advantage.

However, this person before him was quite tricky to deal with due to their strong combat abilities, particularly in close combat quarters. This made it harder for Ryoto to find a solid advantage throughout the battle.

Despite having a strong footing over his opponent due to his lesser domain-type ability, he was still unable to fully suppress the opposing side.

Squinting his eyes, Leonard could not help but look at the Transcendent Being List, trying to find the class and race of the opposing side. “This guy-… according to the list that we have, he is most likely someone from the Transcendent Beings of the Beastman Race, the Sky Vesper Race.”

“Based on the information that I have, they are among the Bat Tribe under the Divine Wings Beastmen, which is supposed to be the strongest form of the Winged Tribe,” he added.

Siegfried: Oh!? Is it the Bloodline of Garuda? Archimedes’ Class Ancestor? That Divine Wings Tribe?

Arthur sent a private message to Leonard, wanting to hide this crucial information from Laurent and Riko.

As for the information that Leonard had already spilled, he did not care about it since it was something that they could get from the library within the game or any lore displayed on the official website of the game and the online forums.

He was not worried about it, especially when the other two were Transcendent Beings themselves, who also possessed a Transcendent List in them.

At the same time, he could not help but feel that Archimedes was one of the luckiest among the team, especially when his class and race had such huge potential.

Simba: Yes. It is that dude.

Leonard replied positively, causing Arthur to further raise his brows.

At the same time, they continued to discuss their earlier topic.

“Among all the Transcendent Beastmen Races, the Sky Vesper Race is the only one that is capable of sonic wave attacks,” said Leonard before furrowing his brows. “Unless there are other races that specialized in such attacks as well.”

At the same time, Riko immediately raised an issue. “If that guy is truly from the Sky Vesper Race, which is from the Winged Race, then does it mean Ryoto is in trouble? That guy is still not summoning his wings.”

Hearing this, the other three immediately realized the issue as well, making them turn toward the ongoing with a much more serious expression.

“I first thought that this round was in the bag, but I do not expect that we will be having a mismatch right from the start,” said Laurent, lamenting about their current situation.

“The situation is not that bad, actually,” said Riko before continuing. “Ryoto must have already accumulated enough water energy after fighting for such a long time. Even if his opponent suddenly reveals their wings and flies in the air, he will have a powerful tide that is tall enough to catch his opponent.”

After watching this matchup for a while, Arthur and Leonard turned their attention toward the other battlefield, where the other two rivals that they had were fighting.

However, just like Ryoto’s opponent, they could only see the silhouettes of the other two combatants on the battle arena and were unable to distinguish their respective appearances.

The same for the skills and abilities that they were using, which were restricted to melee combat.

Unlike Ryoto and his opponent, these two chose the more conservative approach for this round, not willing to reveal their cards early and hiding as much strength as they could.

However, the battle on this side was much more intense compared to the other side due to the extreme melee battle that they were having.

In addition to showcasing their skills and abilities, the two were using their respective combat techniques in the battle alongside the skillful display of their martial might.

Aside from amplifying each of their attacks with their unique mana manipulation techniques, the two had never used any form of skills or advanced offensive methods to overwhelm their opposition.

With such an intense melee, the two could not help but reveal their respective martial arts when fighting one another.

Arthur and the group were able to realize that these two were also Martial Artists in the real world, somewhat exposing themselves to other parties watching them. Moreover, they seemed to be quite familiar with one another, given how familiar they were with each other.

“These two seem to be from rival organizations that have been fighting each other for a very long time. I wonder which organizations they are from,” mumbled Arthur before turning to Laurent. “Senior, you said that your side has been contesting with the other organizations when buying time for us, right? Will you mind sharing your findings with us?”

Laurent thought for a moment before shrugging his shoulders. “It is not such a big deal, so I can just tell you.”

“One of them is the Hydra Guild, the so-called number 1 guild of the game, while the other is the Black Market, who is gaining quite a lot of power recently,” he added while pursing his lips.

“Based on this information, we can just guess these guys,” said Arthur while tilting his head to the side. “Let’s set aside our side and that mysterious individual occupying a platform by themselves; we will have three choices at hand.”

Pointing at the virtual screens projecting the battle, Arthur added. “If we assume that two of these teams are from the Hydra Guild and Black Market, then the other side is either the Dragon Pavilion, the archenemy of the former, or an unknown rival of the latter.”

“However, based on the clues at hand, I will be leaning toward the former case since those two fit the styles of the Hydra Guild and Dragon Pavilion,” he added while pointing at the intense fight in the other battle arena. “Then it will leave us with the Black Market being the ones we are facing first.”

Laurent thought for a moment before nodding his head. “If we follow this setting, then we can indeed guess the identities of these guys while also gauging their strength at the same time.”

“Unfortunately, none of these guys were from the list of people that we have about these organizations.”

“This can only mean two things. It is either these guys are too good at hiding themselves, or they belong to the hidden forces of those guilds and organizations that we are unaware of,” he added, earning the solemn expression from Arthur and the others.

They also knew what the latter part of his words implied, which would most likely affect their overall assessments of these forces.

“Of course, we also can’t overlook the idea of them having commissioned a few people just like us. But it was truly what I have said, then these guys have truly hidden themselves quite well,” he added before turning his gaze toward the platform of those parties.

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