Due to these new techniques, the group realized that their plans might differ after they understood a bit of them.
Jay learned a better way of utilizing the muscles on his arms, which improved his swing’s strength significantly. He never thought that the Minotaur’s Swing would be that effective.
The same applied to Ragna. He had been training with Jay, getting used to blocking a very powerful attack like what Jay used. The Dwarven’s shielding technique increased his blocking strength drastically. He could become bolder in his role with this kind of technique.
Kanaria and Melody were the same. As their pathmaker, Melody should understand the way they conducted the battle. That was why the leadership book was very important. It was similar to a strategy game for her, but it also took a lot of trial and error to understand the battlefield, which caused Kanaria to get the Eagle Vision.
Yes, Kanaria had learned a bit from the sniping position and technique. It even taught her about movement techniques she could use as a sniper. Kanaria had more leisure time because the book resonated with her more than she imagined.
She was the fastest to comprehend the technique assigned to her. And she took that opportunity to learn about the Eagle Vision, which changed her perspective on how she viewed the battlefield. And it even gave her the correct way to increase the sharpness of her vision.
Meanwhile, the slowest one was Clovis. After all, he’d picked up three techniques at the same time.
The basic swordsmanship was extremely beneficial for him. This whole time, his grandfather never taught him swordsmanship. He just kept sparring with Clovis, allowing him to refine his movement bit by bit. It was a technique that focused on survival.
However, with this book as the foundation, Clovis’s swordsmanship became even more refined. His footwork received a similar result.
Unfortunately, he only had five days to prepare. Hence, Clovis focused on something that he could learn in a short period of time. It was the Demon Dog’s technique.
Clovis felt like he was flying. The speed of his swing increased as the flow between each swing became connected and actually acted as the foundation for the next swing.
Clovis’s swing speed, which was already deadly to beasts or humans, became even more terrifying.
After seeing the improvement in himself and his teammates, he realized that the plan had to change. Now that their individual strengths had been upgraded, they could execute an even higher level of strategy.
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Time passed by so quickly. Without them realizing it, the competition had finally come.
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In the stadium, the first competition was over.
Ivan was standing on the second-place platform. Considering this was a competition with multiple cities fighting against each other, the fact that he managed to reach second place was already enough to show his talent.
It could be said that he was the number one person under Tier 2.
Sadly, Ivan was not happy with the result. It wasn’t because he was satisfied. He simply wanted to beat Clovis, but his group simply chose to participate in the second competition.
If Clovis got a good result as well, it would be over for him.
Even the Drake Group couldn’t really be happy after learning of Clovis’s participation. They were anxious and wanted to see Clovis’s group fail.
On the other hand, the mayor was happy with this result and celebrated every single win like a fan. He wondered if the second competition would give him another surprise or not. After all, he heard that there would be multiple Tier 4 people competing.
Now that the first competition was over, it was time for the second competition to start.
Everyone was staring at the arena, looking at the participants that were appearing on the stage one after another.
A female commentator appeared in the form of a hologram.
"Hello, everyone! We are about to start the second competition, the Shining Star Competition! I will be with you for this tournament. Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Shion." The commentator was a woman in her late twenties. She had long brown hair and a cheerful personality that made her look younger than her actual age.
The people cheered for her like an idol. "I’m a Tier 3 explorer, so I’ll make sure to cover everything with my experience. Please take care of me.
"Allow me to explain the rules for this Shining Star Competition. There are a total of 46 teams that will be participating in this competition. During the preliminary stage, this number will be cut to only 16 groups.
"These 16 groups will be competing in the main stage, which I will explain tomorrow. For the preliminary stage, the groups will be sent to the Little Star Forest to hunt beasts.
"A Tier 0 beast will give the team 1 point, a Tier 1 beast will give them 5 points, a Tier 2 beast will give them 20 points, and a Tier 3 beast will give them 100 points. This Little Star Forest is only a Tier 3 area, so there won’t be any Tier 4 beasts.
"Of course, the team can steal points from other teams as well. However, killing or intentionally delivering permanent damage is forbidden. If they are caught, they will be disqualified and punished severely according to city law. We are here to compete, not kill each other after all.
"The 16 teams with the highest points will advance to the main competition. Let’s wish all the competitors the best as well as the fairness of the competition!
"We have more than a thousand drones spread around the area so that we will be able to monitor them. We have an advanced team that is helping with advanced AI to maintain the fairness of this round.
"Once again, welcome, all competitors, to the Shining Star Competition!"
"Uoohh!" The spectators cheered, supporting their own teams.
Mayor Revan was clapping his hands while staring at the four teams that represented his city.
At the same time, the competitors on the ground were already facing off against each other, meeting their respective rivals.
Clovis was the same as he was standing in front of the blond-haired man he met yesterday, Erwin.