Death… And Me

2944  Letʼs play

Back on Roanʼs platform, two minutes and a half had passed since the start of the game. *Zush!*

Suddenly, Roanʼs opponent was teleported outside of the platform. He hadnʼt lost all his units yet, but the formation in the platform knew it was simply impossible for him to win anymore. Any more than that would be a waste of time.

Roan glanced outside and noticed that the experts around his platform all had similar Red and Black attires. They were the Lincae Sect disciples. Lincae Sect is another one of the powers controlling one of the fourteen regions of Rusbav Country, the Lincae Region. He glanced at other platforms and saw how the other powers began taking protective formations to stop anyone from outside. That way, only their people would be able to challenge the person inside the platform they were protecting. The Gondel Clan was one of such, having blocked the platform where the alchemy guy was standing. *Zush!*

Soon, another guy from Lincae entered Roanʼs platform. The Battlefield Board immediately changed into a completely new map before the guy spread his units. ”That strategy from earlier was truly unorthodox. Using your main force as bait and change their bait objective midway to take the opponent by surprise... However, it will not be of much use against me.”

Roan was the first one to make his move this time since he was second before. He immediately moved his units and passed his turn, completely ignoring the guy.

”Hmph!” Seeing Roanʼs lack of interest in himself, the guy moved his units as well, taking a few defensive positions and preparing to take the first stronghold before passing his turn.

Roan instantly moved his soldiers, using only a single second from the ten seconds he had available. He passed his turn once again. Somehow, Roan seemed more interested in what was happening on the various other platforms than his own.

Each side took their turns, and two minutes later...

*Zush!*

Roanʼs opponent was teleported out, his army completely destroyed. Roan finished the guy even faster than he did the previous one. ”Boring...”

Roanʼs remark immediately made the blood of the Lincae Sectʼs members boil. They selected Roanʼs platform exactly because of their sectʼs specialty. They were very good at group combat and commanding armies. Their experts werenʼt exactly strong individually. If anything, they were at the bottom of the fourteen powers of Rusbav Country in individual power. However, when together, they definitely ranked in the top five. ”Iʼm going in this time. Make sure the others donʼt get past our defense,” one of the Lincae experts spoke. ”Yes!” Everyone agreed, and Roanʼs next opponent entered his platform.

One minute and fifty-two seconds later...

*Zush!*

The guy was teleported. He lost even faster than the last one.

*Yawnnnnnn...*

Roan yawned with his eyes half closed. If his ʼboringʼ comment earlier made the Lincae Sect experts angry, his yawn absolutely enraged them.

”Iʼm going next! Pay attention to his strategy. If I lose, make sure to make him regret showing his cards!”

Two minutes and twenty-six seconds later...

*Zush!*

Another guy was sent out of the formation. He lasted more than the last one, though. However, it wasnʼt that he was better, but because Roan once again changed his strategy. He used a completely different approach from the first three games he had won, so how could the Lincae Experts use it against him?

”We have over ten thousand of us here! I refuse to believe none of us can win him in a game os strategy! Iʼm going in next!”

Five minutes later...

*Zush!*

And another guy lost to Roan. To add insult to injury, Roan completely copied his opponentʼs strategy. However, he made some minimal changes here and there, causing his opponentʼs armies to crumble in no time and conquer all the available strongholds. One might think that the lasting five minutes was impressive, but the truth was that Roanʼs opponent always used almost all of his ten seconds to make a move. Otherwise, it would have ended way earlier.

The next came in,

*Zush!*

And left a few minutes later.

The next entered...

*Zush!*

Just to be sent out a little more than a minute later...

*Zush, zush, zush...*

Using countless different strategies and never settling with a single type of formation. It was simply impossible to tell what kind of commander Roan was. 11:20

Attack? He excelled at it...

Defense? He excelled at it...

Deception? He excelled at it...

Attrition? He excelled at it...

All together? He was even more terrifying!

Little did the Lincae Sect people know, but most of Roanʼs concentration was on Reanʼs memories while Rean fought against other Sword Intent users. What would Lincae Sect think if they knew Roan wasnʼt even looking at them? Perhaps they would commit suicide right there and then...

Back on Reanʼs platform...

*Clang!*

Reanʼs wooden sword finally snapped in two, giving his opponent confidence to win that battle. Rean had already taken more than twenty opponents and won all of them with his wooden sword. No one would believe a wooden sword could be that incredible. Too bad that Reanlet go of his wooden sword as it broke. No, to be more specific, Rean knew that the poor wooden sword wouldnʼt resist and used the last strike to force his opponent where he wanted. His hand moved like a snake and struck the bottom of his opponentʼs sword. The sword flew off the guyʼs hand against his will, falling into Reanʼs own hand instead.

*Swin!*

Rean then stopped his opponentʼs sword near his neck before stopping. A little bit of blood came out, but that was all. ”Seems like a single wooden sword isnʼt enough to hold you guys down.”

*Zush!*

Finally, the platform formation teleported the guy out, judging that he had lost. Rean then walked back to the hack and left his opponentʼs sword there. Following that, he took another wooden sword before speaking to the experts outside. ”Do you guys think I donʼt know what you are doing? You are sending the weaklings first while the strong ones keep just watching. However, if you canʼt even force me to take a normal sword, do you think you can learn anything about my real strength?”

*Zunnnnn...*

Suddenly, Reanʼs Sword Intent activated for the first time. Not only did it activate, but it was the Second Stage of Sword Intent, Stable Ethereality! ”Come on, send the good ones for me to play with!”