Author Note: I would like to inform my readers that despite the fact I use the names from the light novel. My ff has nothing to do with the light novel. As the story continues expect to see reference from different sources. With that said don’t expect to see weed or something like that. The royal road I write in here is nothing like the original in certain expects so expect to see things that would never happen in the original.
Thank you for taking the time to read this small note :D
-Cynthia POV-
It was Sunday morning as Cynthia promptly got up at 8:00 am after which she finished up her normal daily routine on any other Sunday. The only difference was by 10:00 am instead of studying like she usually would she decided to log in into R.R because of the tournament she being one of the judge caused her to break her iron-clad rule of no games on Sunday. She told herself she would make up for lost time later on in the week.
She decided to check the forum for any news on the tournament before logging in. Apparently the time, date and venue of the tournament preliminary round has been announced. It hasn’t started yet but according to the forum it has been announced that during the duration of the prelim the judges who are to judge the participant will be at the venue. She checked the time it was to start and after some quick calculation she found that she had another 3 hours before it starts. She decided to log in one hour before it was to begin and use the other 2 hours to study.
-Drake POV-
Drake dragged himself out of bed at 9:00 am. After he finished up his daily routine it was 9:30 am. He checked the forum and like Cynthia found the post about the tournament, unlike Cynthia however he didn’t bother to calculate the amount of time he had left and just logged in.
-Cynthia POV-
At 12:00 pm sharp Cynthia stopped studying and logged in to R.R. She appeared t the place she had logged off at a deserted alley since she didn’t want to be seen logging in or out. She left to go to the venue the post in the forum said.
At the entrance to the colosseum like building the guards stationed there let her past after she stated what her name was.
“Another colosseum hope it won’t be like the other one I went to in the demon world.” Cynthia secretly thought to herself.
In the building Cynthia saw 5 other people who she assume is the other examiners. She went up to them and politely greeted them.
“Such a cute little girl beat you” one of the guy said as he tried to hold back his laughter.
The sentence seemed to be directed towards the guy who Cynthia easily defeated when the lord wanted to test her skill.
“She is truly the strongest person I have ever fought feel free to try to fight her if you think you could fare any better against her then I could.” He replied obviously slightly annoyed.
“No thanks wouldn’t want to get hurt on such a important day.” He replied.
After introducing herself to the other examiners and talking for a while a soldier walked towards the group telling them to get ready since the preliminary is about to start. He handed Cynthia and the other examiners the provided armor and our weapon of choice and a place to change into it. Being the only girl Cynthia changed last after the guys were done and the changing room was vacant.
The colosseum was divided into 6 sections each section for one examiner. Cynthia was told that participants who picked her as their examiners will take turns and come in to the testing ground. Its her call whether she should pass them or disqualify them. She was also told to not hurt the participants and that she should just test their how strong and skilled they are. She was also informed that people are allowed to enter the colosseum to view the prelims. They would of course be sitting in the sits above them so she should try to make it interesting if possible.
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The cheerful atmosphere that was present earlier turned serious as each examiner are faced with their first player that they had to test and the colsseum got flooded by players who came to see the match since officials went to town to announce that the match was gonna start about 10 min before it started.
“Why are people so interested in the prelimanaries….” Cynthia thought to herself as the colosseum got filled with excited players making her feel a little nervous.
-Drake POV-
Half an hour before contestant entered the venue the place was already packed with players some to watch the event others who want to try their luck in the contest. After the 30 min passed players started flooding into the colosseum.
-Cynthia POV-
“The heck it’s a little girl even I think I can take her on” someone from the crowd said.
“Don’t underestimate NPC the game creator could have made her like that so people like you lose early”
“Impossible I bet she is the weakest out of the 6 examiners”
“Yeah I think I should have joined.”
“Too bad she is wearing that mask. She looks cute from what I can see”
“Dude she is a computer program”
The crowd continued talking among themselves. Cynthia could hear what the crowd was saying as she prepared herself for battle or more like defending herself without potentially harming the candidate. She felt somewhat offended but she held it in since she didn’t want to kill the opponent in front of her.
“Please go easy on me” the guy said as he winked at her.
“I will judge you fairly based on your abilities. Just attack me as if you are trying to kill me. Cynthia replied with her poker face assisted by the mask hiding majority of her face.
“If you say so” he replied confidently, as if he was sure he would pass.
The first round started as 6 contestants started their fight.
Cynthia opponent was a warrior class but he used 2 swords instead of one. He started off by shooting out two energy waves out of his sword which Cynthia easily blocked by two simple punches breaking one wave per punch. He looked a little startled as he rushed in looking more serious and perform a really long combo with his weapon in hand. Cynthia casually dodged every single one of his attacks. To Cynthia what appeared to be a flurry of attacks to the spectator was nothing more than really slow motion swings. After 10 minutes the other 5 contestants has either passed or failed whereas Cynthia has yet to say her result.
“Isn’t that guy one of the strongest players as of now.” A person from the crowd said as he stared mouth wide open unable to comprehend what was happening.
“Yeah he is a high ranking player he is quite well known. He contributed a lot in the demon hunt. Another guy said.
Cynthia overheard their conversation and decided to let him qualify.
“You pass” she said to her opponent who didn’t look that happy in fact he looked like he just took a huge blow on his pride.
The rest of the day was pretty much Cynthia had to rely on conversations from the crowd to know whether a person was good enough to qualify or not since they were all much much weaker than her.
The last match of the day was about to start Cynthia got ready to face her last opponent of the day. She wasn’t tired at all in fact she felt bored fighting people who didn’t even provide the least bit of a challenge. When her next opponent stood on the ring opposite of her she felt faint.
“You got to be kidding me” she thought to herself still calmly maintaining a poker face.
Out of all people it had to be the one she didn’t want to see ever again. It was the guy who had won the dragon contract. She somehow maintained her composure as she said.
“We may begin anytime you are ready.”