Chapter 54: Clash Battles

Neil’s vision blurred and his body floated inside the core room.

The clash realm is a sort of virtual realm where everything is like reality, but dying there doesn’t mean true death.

Neither are the injuries real.

He found himself in a black space first as Neil regained consciousness.

“Are we there?” he looked around but couldn’t see anything.

“No, do you want to add any sort of accessories? Like a mask and all?” Nemo asked.

“Yeah, give me some random mask.” He said, and in the next moment his face was covered by a black mask.

“As for clothes, let’s go with light armor. Just something simple and easy to move around in.” He added.

He could also alter his appearance as he wished but decided not to. The mask wouldn’t come off anyway.

After it was done, he looked into the mirror and was sure no one would be able to recognize him.

“That’s good, let’s go then.”

His figure blurred and again darkness consumed his vision.

…

As Neil opened his eyes, he found himself standing in the middle of a street, with lots of people walking back and forth.

“Master, this is the clash realm.” Nemo said.

Neil looked around. It actually looked like a normal market street with quite a few shops.

“These are kind of trading centres, you can exchange things from here too.”

Neil walked closer to the shops and found food, weapons, armors, and many other things.

’I wonder if anyone would be selling domain cores.’ Neil thought, but knew no one would be stupid enough to give them away.

After looking around, he noticed the crowd hurrying over in two different directions.

“What’s going on? Is this normal here?” he asked, seeing thousands of lords.

“No master, there are clash battle trials taking place here. Many talented new lords would even be selected by powerful lords.” Nemo explained.

“Ah I see, to upgrade my armor I just need to participate in any clash battle, whether single or domain.” Neil thought, and the choice was simple.

Going into domain battles would end up wasting too much time.

“Alright, for that we need to head forward.”

Neil walked along with the crowd and soon arrived in front of a large arena. The door was glowing, anyone who stepped inside just disappeared.

He too stepped forward as the bright light engulfed him, pulling him inside.

[Are you here to watch or participate?]

Suddenly a robotic voice rang in his mind.

“Participate.” Neil replied.

[Scanning Rank… Rank Detected: 1st Origin Classless!]

“…”

[You will be participating in the Classless section!]

Instantly, Neil was teleported into the battle area with two short swords in his hands and armor around his body.

’Thankfully I didn’t fill the bronze gene points completely, I just need to defeat 1,000 of them.’ Neil thought as he waited.

“No master, if you can defeat 100 of your opponents at the same rank, then you will be shifted to the next class.” Nemo spoke, taking some of his joy away.

’Wait, doesn’t that mean I would even have to fight 2nd Legion ones?’

Just then, a scrawny man appeared in front of Neil holding a spear.

Neil pulled out the bow. Since these were things he possessed in reality, he could use them freely in class battles.

[The Battle Starts Now!]

Neil couldn’t see it, but thousands of people were there to watch the battles. They focused on the lords at the top of the rank.

So for now, no one was observing him.

There were ten figures with their identities hidden who sat at the top of the arena building and observed all the battles.

These were powerful lords at the 4th or 5th Origin and had come here to recruit.

“I wonder if there would be anyone talented this time.” A man muttered, eating an apple.

“I need to find some talented individuals asap. Sigh, many talented individuals died earlier.”

They were from different races, but with their identities hidden, not even the ten knew each other’s identities.

There were a few reasons behind it, but it was mainly so that even if a new lord was from an enemy race, they could still get him.

This way they could even have spies in other races, but everyone did this and there was no way to prevent it.

“That girl is quite talented, I think it wouldn’t be bad to recruit her. She must be a diamond class lord and her light ability is very unique.”

While watching a few specific battles, they spoke.

Cinthia, who had just evolved to the 5th Origin, had also come this time.

…

Neil shot out an air arrow and it pierced through the opponent’s head instantly, without giving even a chance.

This was just too easy for him.

[You have gained 10 points!]

[Do you wish to rest before the beginning of the next battle?]

“No, keep sending opponents without wasting any time!” Neil said, getting ready.

Instantly another lord appeared before him. This time it was from some strange race.

His body was kind of slimy.

So Neil changed the arrow to a fire arrow and won as soon as the battle started.

[You have gained 10 points!]

[The next battle starts now…]

[You have gained 10 points!]

…

Each time the battle started, Neil would kill his opponent. With his elemental bow, he could target the weaknesses of all his opponents exactly.

And his accuracy was 100%.

In a bit over an hour…

[Total Points: 1,000]

[You have cleared the classless zone!]

[Would you like to move to the Bronze Class?]

“Yes.”

[Your opponents will now be at the Bronze Class!]

Instantly a tall figure with limbs over two metres long appeared before him. The lord himself was twice Neil’s size, but was quite thin.

A few of the lords observing the battles noticed his name moving up quite quickly.

“Hey, just now I saw that Dead Man Walking at the lowest. How is he already at the top of the classless battle?” someone spoke in astonishment.

“Haa, it must be one of those who keep their classes low and fill other cores first.”

Someone added, not really impressed, as they shifted their attention to other powerful lords.

[The Battle Begins…]

Before the other person even had time to take a step, his head exploded.

Neil didn’t even have to try hard to kill them. It was quite easy.

[You have gained 20 points!]

There was absolutely no difference. Neil killed even the bronze class lords like they were classless.

One arrow was enough to kill anyone.

BANG

The water arrow struck the body of a lord who was made of stone, turning his insides into a mess.

He died instantly.

[You have gained 20 points!]

With his great efficiency, Neil had defeated 100 lords in just over an hour.

[Total Points: 3,000]

[You have cleared the Bronze zone!]

[Would you like to move to the Silver Class?]

“Yes.”

[Your opponents will now be at the Silver Class!]

Instantly another opponent appeared before him.

“Look, look, he has already cleared the Bronze class too. He is now at the Silver Class!!” the guy observing him spoke in surprise.

“It is no big deal. Like I said, he must have filled other cores.” The other guy shook his head, not really paying attention.

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