"Even without morphing into a half-bat, you were able to win". Princess Elanor frowned to express how she felt but she soon made up with Rex.
"Nice battle too, you're really strong". She sincerely commended him.
All her life, Princess Elanor being the only Elf of her generation to inherit the bloodline gift of Legendary Archer enjoyed the status of being the most talented.
She basked in this status and enjoyed it during her teenage years, but as she grew older, she slowly started growing bored of not meeting a match in battle.
For the first time, she met a mystic warrior that was even more talented than her in Rex. Having listened to Aragorn's account about Rex, she already knew about the ridiculous amount of talent that this Vampire had.
What amazed her more was how Rex was able to translate this talent into real combat strength so easily. Not just his skills, Rex's sword basics were super solid.
Overall, Princess Elanor finally met her match and this ignited her competitive spirit. She was ready to work harder than ever now to surpass him.
"When is the 2nd phase of the contest beginning?" She asked impatiently, making Aragorn smile awkwardly.
Aragorn replied. "You guys won't start now".
"After such an intense battle, though I know you're not tired yet, it's important to rest to be at your peak state for the next phase of the contest".
Aragorn smiled. "You know of the mystic calculus, right? That's basically what it entails, knowing when to fight and knowing when to take a step back".
"I know!" Princess Elanor snapped once she started getting similar vibes to when her father was lecturing her back home.
Rex smiled at the two's antics as he also went closer before sitting close to them to rest. This short battle allowed him to loosen up a lot after literally locking himself in to train for the past few weeks.
The rest was short, they had no intentions of staying in the Great Ape Forest longer than expected, and the forest was no place for a vacation.
30 minutes later, Aragorn led the 2 contestants to a location of the forest that was filled with Apes ranging from the basic mystic level to advanced level.
Aragorn started speaking. "For this phase of the contest, you 2 will contest under a timeframe of 1 hour".
"You are required to kill as many apes as you can during this period. The one who kills the greatest number of apes wins".
"A basic mystic Ape kill awards 2 points, an Intermediate mystic Ape kill awards 10 points, and an Advanced mystic Ape kill awards 50 points".
"I already scouted the region, there are no Super Mystic Beasts so you don't have to worry about that".
Rex and Princess Elanor were about to start but Aragorn stopped them. "One last reminder though, don't die".
"You can start in 3…, now!"
Whoosh!
Like usual, Princess Elanor was the first to attack as her bow literally started spamming dozens of golden metal arrows in the direction of the unsuspecting apes.
More than 5 Apes died instantly to the barrage of arrows, angering the others as the powerful Apes rose and started beating their chests while making loud challenge noises at the human intruder.
Princess Elanor ignored them and continued her attack.
Rex ignored his opponent's progress and went at his own pace. With Berserker in his hand, he focused on the angered Apes that were now glaring at him after seeing their brothers dying to the female human.
Unlike Princess Elanor, Rex was not a pure ranged attacker and before he could close the distance, the Apes finally attacked with their specialty.
The massive Apes broke tree branches, turning them into makeshift spears in an instant as they hauled them at the human sprinting towards them.
Once they made their moves, Rex also made his as his eyes glowed golden the next moment. By channeling his domain mystic energy, the golden energy soon covered Berserker as he swung his sword a few times.
Each sword swing was followed by extremely sharp sword energy as for the first time in a while, Rex fought again like a pure mystic swordsman.
Bam! Bam!
Each collision tore the thrown tree branches apart before ravaging through the Apes. Rex's sword energy tore through the Apes like a hot knife through tofu.
"1, 2, 3, 4…" Rex counted his number of kills as he progressed deeper.
In no time, he encountered his first Advanced Mystic Ape and he reacted accordingly. Rex first activated his Zone skill, rapidly mapping his surroundings to detect any other danger before activating his Self-Combustion skill.
Before the Ape could react, the human turned into a fiery burning torch which soon flew towards it. The Blackfire scorched its thick skin, and before it could roar in pain, Rex already stabbed Berserker through its skin.
After 3 minutes of battle, he finished the massive Ape with a Nirvana Slash.
30 minutes into the contest, Rex's mystic energy was still at a high while Princess Elanor's was already dwindling. This was an advantage granted by his system since every beast killed refunded him with mystic energy points.
Due to this advantage, he finally started closing the distance to Princess Elanor since his intuition told him that she was leading this round since.
15 minutes before the hour mark though, Rex felt rustling sounds in the forest. He instantly knew that this was no Ape, this was something else.
He took a defensive stance as the next moment, what seemed like a damaged space shuttle rushed out of the thick cluster of grasses and trees.
Behind this strange shuttle was a massive Ape. This was an Advanced mystic Ape, but this guy was bigger, older, and much more badass than every other thing that Rex had encountered in this forest.
The Ape jumped and slammed down on the shuttle with its 2 massive arms that looked like bulldozers ready to level a mountain.
Boom!
Rex was spooked by the impact as it felt like an earthquake took place.
This last hit thoroughly crushed the shuttle, as the next moment 2 humans in silver vests were ejected out of it before it exploded.
As soon as the 2 humans were ejected, they saw the warrior swordsman. "Help us! Please help us! We'll pay handsomely, please help us!"
Rex raised his eyebrows as a system mission appeared the next moment.
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[You have triggered system mission: The Distressed Great Shelter Dwellers!]
[Mission Details: A group from the Great Silver Shelter in mid-earth came on a tour to mid-earth, they were betrayed by their bodyguards and ended up escaping all the way to the Great Ape Forest. They are still in danger.]
[Main Mission: Help them or kill them!]
[Mission Rewards: ???]
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Rex was surprised. "A 2-faced mission?"
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