"Uoooh!" The people cheered for the participants more than the people from the first competition. They knew that this competition would be the most interesting because the first competition was for budding sprouts, while the third competition was for late bloomers.
The second competition was for people at their peak. Obviously, they had proven their strength and they would show what they could become in the future.
That was why people actually paid more attention to this competition.
Obviously, the participants were also staring at each other. The fact that they had ’proven’ their power meant they were quite famous.
On one side, Erwin was actually standing in front of a woman with light blue hair.
"Hmph. You are one step ahead of me, Aileen. However, don’t think you are superior to me yet." Erwin snorted.
"It doesn’t really matter. I’ve defeated you multiple times, one more time is not a problem."
"Say that after you win against me. Just look at you… it seems that your evolution has caused more mutations… your black hair has turned light blue." Erwin snorted. "Besides, you are not my only target in this competition."
"…" Aileen furrowed her eyebrows. She couldn’t help but glance to the side. Her gaze focused on two people.
The first one was a man with a white uniform, the Stellar City’s scion, Tier 4 Rafael. The second person is a woman with a red martial uniform, the Martial Master, Tier 4 Rika.
Aileen thought that these two were the people in his mouth. However, she was surprised when Erwin suddenly walked away, heading for a rather young man.
"!!!" Aileen couldn’t help but furrow her eyebrows, thinking, ’A young man? Is he the one Erwin mentioned? Is he… still under 20 years old? No, I don’t think he’s even 18. But his strength is already Tier 2. Still, Erwin might look dumb, but his eyes for talent are exceptional.
Does that mean this young man is actually stronger than he seems and is participating in this competition with the intention to win? Is he serious?’
Erwin walked toward Clovis while smiling. "You’ve truly come for the competition. I’ll be looking forward to our duel in the main competition."
"…" Clovis was speechless. It was precisely because of this man that he had to change his strategy a little bit. Clovis could feel several gazes on them, not only curiosity but also hatred.
Most of the teams here definitely thought they were weak and would become a perfect target.
Clovis said, "If we happen to meet in the competition, I’m sure going to beat you up so hard."
"Hahahaha!" Erwin laughed. "You’re really interesting. In that case, I’m looking forward to it, if that’s even possible."
The others were staring at Erwin. There were a total of five seeded groups that would most likely compete for the title. Erwin’s group was number four. So he got a fair bit of attention.
As he expected, all the seeded groups were staring at him. However, only one person took more caution against him. It was the person who knew Erwin the most in this competition, Aileen.
Aileen glanced at her teammate, saying, "Lana."
"Yes?"
"Investigate him and his group."
"Him? But isn’t he only a Tier 2—" The girl abruptly stopped when Aileen looked at her coldly while asking, "Are you questioning my decision?"
"I’m sorry. I’ll give you the investigation report tonight."
The participants had gotten enough time to talk among themselves. It was time for them to go to their destination.
In that instant, they heard multiple helicopters hovering above the stadium.
"Look! Helicopters?!"
"Such an extravagant competition."
Clovis looked up while listening to Kanaria.
"They are truly going all out. They even use the helicopters that are usually used to bring supplies, and a lot of people… the tandem-rotor helicopter." Kanaria smirked. "It seems that the competition will be more exciting than I originally thought."
As Kanaria said, they were actually more insane than they imagined.
When they boarded the aircraft, there was a staff member from the military asking them to put on a blindfold.
After that, they took off to the sky, heading to their battlefield.
Apparently, each team had its own spot, and the helicopters would drop off one group after another.
To avoid other groups from finding them, they were blindfolded until it was their time to board off.
This way, all groups were able to be dispersed within a short period of time without knowing each other’s location to ensure the fairness of the competition.
Clovis’s group was taken into a small plain within the forest. There was nothing remarkable, so they could simply go around once the competition started.
It only took them thirty minutes to drop all the participants.
"A battle royale, huh?" Melody smirked. "I play this kind of game a lot. We have the zone and the timing. It seems that we’ll be fighting here for two hours or until there are only 16 groups left. The zone will remain the same, so the sixteen groups with the highest points will advance to the next round."
"Do you have any plans for this, Melody?" Kanaria asked.
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"Camping." Jay surprisingly gave the answer. "Conserve our strength and let them take out each other first along with the beasts. After they are tired, we’ll hunt them down."
"Yep." Melody pointed at Jay, implying that he took those words out of her mouth.
"Will you do it, Jay?" Clovis smirked.
"Not really. This is a perfect time to test my new strength. However, it’s not like we can show off all our strength, right? In that case, how about letting me take care of them? Let them focus on me."
"I think that’s good too. If necessary, Melody will take part." Clovis nodded. "I and Kanaria will focus on taking down the demons and Ragna will become the buffer between us."
"I think we’ve got a plan." Jay pumped his fists, getting excited.
After a moment, they finally got the signal, symbolizing the start of the competition.