Game World's Awakening
Chapter 108: Colluded

Chapter 108: Colluded

His move was bold, considering that Elliot was in front of him.

But it was enough to throw him off balance.

Elliot miscalculated because he thought the two tanks were going to charge at Jenna.

But that wasn’t the case.

The swordsman fighting Jenna took advantage of his opponent’s moment of confusion to set his sword ablaze.

"Fire Sword!" His roar echoed throughout the arena, and he launched it toward Andy and Philip, who were trapped by various abilities, including those of a control mage and a Master Rank tank.

Jenna was shocked and tried to attack quickly to get him out of the fight. But her primary weapon was firmly held by another weapon that had appeared in his hand.

Just then, she felt something strange hitting her cheek. It felt like a peculiar itch.

’Poison?’ She frowned as she noticed a strange, paralyzing poison spreading from her cheek to her head, neck, and...

He finally smiled. "You don’t stand a chance," he whispered, using his new sword to attack her fiercely with a deadly horizontal strike.

His attack was swift.

CLANK*

The sound of the impact sent shockwaves through his face, and he looked down to see that Jenna had moved fast enough to counterattack.

’Impossible.’ His mind buzzed, but it wasn’t the only thing. Soon, his right shoulder was struck fiercely with a thrust that activated the stunning magical attributes of Jenna’s sword.

A look of intense rage revealed itself in her eyes.

"Bastards, so your way of winning was by using forbidden attacks! Do you think they’ll avoid the gaze of the leaders?!" She roared, her sword shining fiercely over her rival’s blood.

He couldn’t understand what had happened, but the pain wasn’t enough to stop him from looking around.

"Why didn’t the poison work?"

Even though he knew they had to use a small amount of poison so that suspicions wouldn’t go beyond a possibility, that is, so as not to make it obvious, the reason for attacking the head is to paralyze the brain, thus preventing it from sending orders to the rest of the body.

But the woman in front of him had just received that poison on her cheek, and she could still move without any problems!

While the reduction in mobility wasn’t too much, it should have taken away several points in agility!

Her movement speed would naturally decrease dramatically since she doesn’t focus on agility.

But it didn’t decrease!

On the contrary, it seemed to increase!

What the hell was happening?

Naturally, he didn’t expect Jenna to be immune to many poisons.

However, he was slightly suspicious when he saw what was happening around him.

Andy and Philip, two who had been victims of paralyzing attacks, couldn’t even move and could only watch helplessly as death crossed their eyes.

Despite being more peculiar than any of the awakened present, Elliot was in a similar situation. Even Andrew, with his good resistance, was enduring this with ferocity.

The attacks had hit their mark.

Elliot, in the middle, had no choice but to watch his agility drastically reduced as up to three needles hit him.

’Forbidden tactics... Should we wait for the judges?’ He glanced sideways at the seats where they had sat.

But there was no movement.

They hadn’t noticed.

Or maybe...

They were ignoring it.

Steward stood up abruptly from his seat.

Even though he was in his VIP room, he could see this.

Therefore, he looked up at the judges’ room.

"Sirs, this fight is meaningless now," he said.

"Oh?" One of the judges looked at him. "Master Steward, do you wish to withdraw?" he asked strangely.

Master Roy, who was also nearby, looked at him as well. "Giving up would be boring, Little Steward. You wouldn’t let your little ones enjoy the fight we have prepared for them."

Steward sneered. "Give up? I wouldn’t give up to idiots who break the rules," he said, looking at Master Roy, showing him no respect. Then he looked at the judges.

"I say this fight is pointless because we’ve already won. The Elemental Academy Guild is using tactics against the System’s rules. They’re using paralyzing poison through external means to win," he said.

The judges looked surprised.

"Do you have proof?"

Steward frowned.

"The proof is on the arena, sirs of the jury. My team members can testify if you go down there right now. You’ve seen it too. Somehow, the agility of several members of my team has suddenly decreased dramatically. What does that smell like to you?"

They shook their heads.

"You don’t have any proof?"

"Do I need proof to file a complaint about what I’m seeing, members of the jury?" he asked, clenching his fists.

"If you don’t have any proof, there’s no way to end the match. It wouldn’t be fair to either side, because the match has already started."

His teeth clenched in anger.

"Members of the jury, may I ask you a question, then?"

He realized something from his words and the mocking expression on Master Roy’s face.

That’s why he wanted to ask a small question.

"Go ahead."

"Well..." He stared at them intently. "All of you are Master Rank, correct? One of you also holds the title of the strongest Master in the city."

They frowned but nodded.

"What does that have to do with anything?" asked the Secretary of Government, the strongest Master in the city.

Steward smiled mockingly.

"Nothing." He shook his head. "I just wanted to confirm if the holder of the title of strongest was worthy." He looked at them once more, one by one.

"It seems I was mistaken. I have been respecting useless people who play at being powerful." He mocked.

"From now on, I hope you, Secretary of Government, will forget about the investment my guild made in your favor back then. I miscalculated; Ilsen was always better and more worthy of the title." With those words, Steward sat down.

"How dare you!" The rebuke was immediate, with the Secretary of Government pointing at him.

Steward stared at him.

"I’ll just say one thing, Secretary of Government, jury members. If even one of them dies today... I hope you like the smell of gunpowder, blood, and iron. I also hope you are worthy of enduring the wrath of a Saint. Good luck in battle." With that, he turned a deaf ear to what the men behind him were saying.

Joferth approached him.

"What did you see, sir?" he asked, concerned.

"They’re using miniature needles to attack them with paralyzing poison. It’s very little poison, but it’s enough to reduce their mobility in several points."

"Are the judges colluding? If the members of the upper branches of the Association found out about this, they would be publicly executed. Could it be a mistake?"

"No." Steward shook his head. "There’s no mistake. They all saw it, but they’re working together." He glanced sideways at those bastards.

’It takes more than money to bring members of the Association to your side...’ He sighs.

"What do we do then, sir? If we let them keep fighting..." Joferth was interrupted before he could finish.

"Go back to the Guild and call the Master. Ask him to send an emissary in secret, someone strong enough to kill influential Masters without batting an eyelid and who can teach."

"Master... that..."

"Do it. Tell him we found two unprecedented talents and they’re in mortal danger. He’ll accept."

Joferth couldn’t say anything else. He nodded and left.

The other guild master approached and sat down next to Steward.

"It doesn’t look good," he said.

"Do you think someone will die?"

"Yes."

"Who?"

"..."

Steward felt angry, but he took a deep breath to calm himself.

The other master, seeing him there, patted him on the shoulder.

"I still think that boy will find a way to win. So don’t worry so much," he said, trying to cheer him up.

But then, on the arena...

Things took a dark turn.

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On the combat arena.

Elliot was forced to face the Mage of Control with his movement reduced. His sword strikes were fearsome, but it didn’t take many seconds before he realized that getting into a fight at this point was a grave mistake.

"AGHH!" The scream of someone behind him made him turn around.

At the same time, a lightning spell fell on him, but it was only a remnant, so it wasn’t that powerful.

The problem was...

Andy and Philip.

When he turned around, that flaming sword crossed at high speed, hitting one of them in the chest, piercing him.

He didn’t die, but he was completely knocked out.

He didn’t need any more, but he still got more.

The tank and the resistance mage finally arrived in front of the two. The main tank immediately widened over them, delivering a tremendous blow to the sword stuck in his chest.

The sword pierced through to the other side, destroying the bones in his front and his heart in an instant.

Andy was dead.

His death also took Elliot’s tank with him. Despite being at its most potent, it received the remaining power of two Masters with tremendous strength.

It couldn’t resist.

At the same time, the Master attacked Philip’s head from the front.

Although Philip tried to defend himself, the Resistance Mage came from behind and, in a combined attack, his head exploded.

In an instant, everything changed in the arena.

Those supporting Angelic Wave couldn’t understand how they had lost their advantage, but some immediately complained to the judges.

Only by cheating could this be possible. And they wanted justice! There was a lot at stake here!

But they turned a blind eye.

Elliot watched in shock as two of his comrades died...

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