The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 40
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 8 | Day 16
“The Holder of the Crown final trial will commence in one week, and it will be in the Tower Stadium located deep underneath the Magic Tower,” Crimson declares. “The goal of the trial will be a simple one. Wear the golden crown on your head for the longest period of time. Whoever succeeds in that will be declared the winner and will become the next Tower Master.”
I narrow my eyes a little at his words.
This doesn’t seem-
“Magic will not be usable on the crown itself as it is made purely of anti-magic mana in solid form,” Crimson continues, making my brows rise in surprise.
-that hard.
“The only wait to claim the crown from someone else’s head is to either take it off their head yourself with your bare hands, or kill the crown’s current wearer,” Crimson says as numerous rules appear on a screen above him. “Killing is entirely permissible in this trial, but not a requirement. The time a crown is worn will be tracked through a point system, with every second the crown is worn by a trial goer giving a single point that will be shown on a wide screen alongside the trial goer’s name. And the winner will be determined by whoever has the most points in the end, or whoever is left standing if the other trial goers are slain or surrender.”
Alongside the rule’s screen, another screen appears. One showing an enormous stadium located underground.
Holy shit, that’s big…
The stadium’s arena itself is practically an entire mountain range in size. Spanning thousands of kilometers from one side to the other.
It’s so large that the bleachers for the stadium have a special one-way glass lining the arena that seems to be able to show whatever the specific viewer wishes to see. Letting them focus on specific trial goers in the arena.
I’m honestly not sure how they managed to make something like this.
Unfortunately, just like with my past trials, Incendia can’t participate.
Not that I was expecting her to be able to.
That said, the arena itself is just a flat metal ground. Which kind of looks rather boring.
“I’m sure a lot of you are thinking that this arena is boring, but…” Crimson says, practically reading my mind as he snaps his fingers. Instantly making the arena change to form a large mountain range. “This arena can change in an instant, altering its entire field in the process. And we will be having it change fields once every hour on the dot. Furthermore, the trial itself will last for twelve entire hours.”
Okay, that doesn’t sound quite as easy, but it’s more interesting at least.
I do feel it might be a little unfair though.
For the other trial goers.
Because part of this trial is very obviously stamina and mana preservation. Making sure you don’t run out of mana right away.
Especially when Crimson adds one more rule, stating, “Mana regeneration within the arena will be cut in half as well. So make sure to avoid using any Tier X spells.”
And the way he says it with a sharp grin on his face makes his intentions clear for all to see.
While it could easily be said that this trial is well designed, it’s also heavily advantageous for me. Since this trial is a mixture of combat and pacing.
But I don’t have to care whatsoever about pacing myself.
My strongest aspect in this trial isn’t my magic.
It’s my own body.
My physical strength and infinite stamina.
The other Class S magicians can’t use their overwhelming Class S magic on me without wasting all of their mana. Because if they do waste all of their mana, and they find that they can’t hold me in place for the entire twelve hours…
Then I’ll just slaughter the other three or force them to surrender after I’m free.
That said, they definitely still have a chance. It’s just that this trial was designed to give me a good shot as well.
After all, the three Class S magicians each have around nine thousand to nine thousand five hundred mana arcs.
Meanwhile I have six hundred.
They have at least fifteen times my maximum mana capacity.
“Of course, if the Class S magician isn’t immediately killed in battle and is deemed by the judge to be completely defeated with no chance to come back, the judge, myself of course, can declare them as having lost,” Crimson continues speaking, drawing our gazes back to him from the screen showing the arena. “This is to minimize the number of deaths amongst you. After all, each one of you is a powerhouse for your countries, and it would be a shame for any of you to die.”
I can’t help but raise a brow at that. Mostly due to the fact that there were already several Class S magician deaths in the Toxic Frosts trial.
Including the sound magician I saw get pulverized by that dragon I turned in as prey.
I guess he only cares about the ones that make it this far?
Either that or he just doesn’t want to deal with sore losers in the case of a winner who doesn’t wish to kill.
On another note, the curse magician is probably going to be a massive pain in the ass to deal with. Depending on how curses affect me.
After all, that curse mark she left on me worked for a while before I got rid of it. It wasn’t automatically erased.
Probably because it was just a mark placed on my clothes and didn’t affect my body.
But that’s the problem.
She can target my clothes and gear, and it will affect me too.
As for the other two?
The anti-matter magician probably isn’t a problem. He’s entirely offensive in his magic.
Lastly, the reflect magician.
She’s a mystery. All I know is that she generally fights like an assassin. Which is good for me as she’s not likely to have many attacks that can lock me in place.
But at the same time, I don’t know what magical affinity she will have reflected for the trial.
And that’s going to be annoying.
Regardless, this trial is going to be more difficult than the last four trials.
There’s no doubt about that.
