Survival Test, Third Day,
In the curious gathering of the Managers who keenly observed the live stream with their fingers crossed. Some of the Managers delightedly gave themselves a pat on the back after seeing that their Disciples had survived until the Third Day.
The steady tapping of heels could be heard coming from Magnus as he anxiously watched the Managers. Right now, he couldn't do anything since he had manipulated the survival test to the point where the other Managers wouldn't forgive him if he were to alter something else.
On the last hour of the second day, he suddenly challenged the Disciples to a 'happy hour' where he quadrupled the number of second-day entities coming their way. It was nothing short of cruel, but the remaining ten Disciples managed to hold on even with such an unfavorable situation handed to them.
Ultimately, it was all thanks to Satoshi almost going all out, summoning more than five of his familiars just to hold down their fort. The others supported him to no end as well, continuously healing each other and defending Satoshi's blind spots and openings.
At this point, the Disciples worked so fluidly together that they couldn't have gone this far without each other's help. While the other Managers believed that it was all thanks to Satoshi's greatest contributions that they survived this far, the others perfectly assisted Satoshi and their contributions couldn't be brushed off either.
"Hey, you did say that none of your Disciples could make it through the third day, right?" Bucky Barnes smirked. Once again, he sat down beside Magnus Carter, slowly putting his hand on his shoulder before patting it in a condescending manner.
With a troubled expression written across his face, Magnus nodded his head. Everyone in the room already knew what Bucky Barnes was about to say, and they could also tell that the next words that would come out of Bucky Barnes's mouth would sting Magnus's pride.
"Go all out, I don't mind." Bucky Barnes shook his hands as if he was drying it out. "You can go quadruple or quintuple the number of entities on the third day. Honestly, I'm curious about my Disciple's limit as well."
The other Managers were about to retort to Bucky Barnes's absurd request. However, Dumble Dore raised his staff and released a little bit of pressure to calm everyone down. It wasn't surprising that Dumble Dore supported Bucky's provocation.
"Are you sure about this? If I really go all out, no one would be able to survive." Magnus's lips parted into a grin. "Also, your Disciple seemed to be having a hard time right now."
"Oh please, he hasn't even used eleven percent of his power." Bucky Barnes shrugged, fully confident that Satoshi was actually more powerful than he realized. The only reason why Satoshi couldn't break through his limit was because there wasn't enough challenge for him.
Even on Earth, there were only a handful of people who could go head-to-head with him— but if Satoshi were to fight seriously, no one would top him in his world. That's how Bucky Barnes viewed him as, and that image won't disappear in his mind since Satoshi's potential was limitless.
"Is everyone in agreement? I promise that I'll shield the Disciples if a fatal blow was dealt by my entities." Magnus offered.
Now that it had come to this. The other Managers also wondered if what Bucky Barnes said was true. Whether Satoshi was barely using eleven percent of his power or not, would be up to the Managers to decide.
At the bottom line of things, the Managers wanted to see just how far Satoshi could go. He seemed to be breezing through the third day right now with the others. It was clear that he really wasn't going all out.
With those thoughts in mind, the other Managers nodded in agreement.
Smiling, Bucky Barnes extended his hand at Magnus. "Go ahead, give 'em hell or something."
"My pleasure... don't go backing down on your word, Bucky Barnes," Magnus responded.
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Three hours left before the third day ends.
Since this was already the third day, all the entities that spawned were as large as Smol, Satoshi's familiar. Compared to the last hour of the second day, it was somewhat manageable.
However, their collective firepower was considerably superior compared to the second-day entities. Not only were they agile on their own, but they were also adept in elemental magic.
Their regeneration skill was also nothing to laugh at. Every time one of them decapitates an entity, it would just regrow its head or appendages. Furthermore, the number of entities that spawned was already overwhelming them.
Satoshi and his group were already on the verge of losing consciousness. It was only about time before they completely exhaust themselves. Everyone was doing their best, but it was clear that Satoshi was hard carrying everyone else.
Most of them wanted to give up, but Satoshi was doing his best to defend everyone else. That's why they pushed themselves way beyond their limits just to keep up with Satoshi.
"Just a little more..." Gritting his teeth, Satoshi slashed at the huge entity in front of him. Spinning around like an intense whirlwind, Satoshi let the momentum carry him as his chainsaws dug through the skin of the entity at his front.
After putting a stop to its movements, he commanded Orb Oboros to use his dimensional space to push back the entities. He wasn't sure if transporting the entities would disqualify him from the test so he didn't risk it.
Besides, even if he were to teleport one of them, a couple more would just spawn so he'd just be wasting Orb Oboros's entity by doing something so unnecessary.
Satoshi barely had enough time to check up on everyone. He didn't need to confirm since all of them were at full power. Bruce was screaming his lungs out while he pushed back one of the entities with his innate physical ability. Magic shot out from all his sides as well, giving him enough firepower to defend his position while protecting the support units with his life.
As for the three support units, they were glowing a bright shade of gold as they buffed everyone up. Even though Satoshi explicitly told them not to give him any buffs, they still included him. After all, he was their last line of defense should one of them fall down.
Lucy was furiously commanding her Representative, Golden Pen, rewriting as much as she could while maintaining the minimum backlash so she could survive the next three hours. Himuro and Nanako were a duo when it came to defending. With the two of them working together while receiving the buffs from Sera and the three support units, they were a formidable wall in front of the relentless entities.
The huge entities continuously attempted to break through their defenses without reprieve but they just couldn't find an opening. This ten-man team was close to invincible— or so that's the only thought that came into Magnus's head as the administrator of this survival test.
However, the test was just getting started. Thanks to the blatant challenge made by Bucky Barnes himself, Magnus got the green light to spawn as many entities as he could.
Currently, the spawn rate of the huge entities was the same on the second day. The only difference was the size and the power level of the entities. But now, all of that was going to change in a snap of a finger.
On Magnus's signal, the spawn rate of the entities increased by five times. Then when Magnus saw that it worked, he increased the spawn rate by another five times.
Just like what Bucky Barnes advised him to, he pulled out all stops, unleashing his full summoning power onto the Disciples who were left.
Forecasting the absolute pandemonium that was about to ensue, Magnus couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. He hoped that Bucky Barnes wouldn't regret what he said just now.
And he didn't, he just casually sat there, drinking a colorful drink he got from the snack bar. Magnus could've sworn that he saw Bucky Barnes smile but it must've only been his imagination.
In any case, what was once a nice forest was now trampled on by the crazy numbers of entities. A moment ago, there were still sizeable gaps where the entities didn't spawn. But now, they spawn on every inch of the forest.
"Well, that escalated quickly." The peerless Disciple muttered to himself as he stole a glance at Satoshi.
Meanwhile, Satoshi seemed to be preoccupied with something.
"SATOSHI!" Bruce exclaimed at the top of his lungs, calling out to him as he pointed towards the horizon.
The number of entities that spawned was ten times faster, and they marched toward the epicenter of the group.
"It's the Rumbling," Himuro muttered to himself as he nervously gulped his own saliva.
"Don't say that, we might get copyright issues." Nanako hissed at him. But then again, Himuro couldn't have described it more accurately.
Clicking his tongue, Satoshi clutched the bag which was slung on his shoulder. This bag was actually Orb Oboros in the flesh, and Satoshi finally decided to bring out all his familiars and unleash one hundred percent of his power.
"Brace yourselves everyone! We're going to get through this!" Satoshi growled.
It was time to really pull out all stops. Go beyond, plus—
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