Chapter 301 - Before the Competition
It was already noon when Rhode arrived at the Sacred Arena. After the glorious opening ceremony, the bustling festival quietened. Just like waves, there were peaks and lows. Got to say, Lydia had good control over this. After a whole morning of splendid celebrations, everyone was fatigued. Comfortable music and the sound of bells could be heard all over Golden City for everyone to calm their nerves and get ready for the next highlight.
At this moment, Rhode and the rest were led to the entrance of the Sacred Arena by the Battle Angels.
At this moment, all of them finally got to see how huge and tall this whole arena was.
As the most reputable building in the Munn Kingdom, the Sacred Arena was eye catching. This arena covered 23,000 square meters, had 150m tall high walls, and a huge arched door. When Rhode’s group stood before the arched door, they sensed a stress as though this sky-piercing construction would suddenly collapse and devour them.
The newbies like Joey and Randolf couldn’t help but swallow their saliva. Of course, they couldn’t admire this magnificent construction with pure appreciation and exclaim like Lapis and Christie because they needed to withstand the pressure from the competition later on. Furthermore, over 100k people in the audience would be watching their fights, which left Joey and Randolf shivering at the thought…
Rhode remained as calm as ever. After gaining the likes of the Munn Kingdom to the ‘Worship’ level, Rhode once challenged for the title of ‘Sacred Guardian’ and won. Back then, he fought under the gazes of 100k people, which wasn’t any different from this.
Of course, Rhode did notice the psychological changes in his men. Gillian was acting normally as she followed closely. As an Elemental Lord, she wasn’t mindful with matters of such standards. On the other hand, Lapis was free from pressure as she knew that she wasn’t going to participate. As for Lize… She had been calm on their trip here. But now, she held her hands placed on her chest with a pale expression.
Whereas for Anne, she carried her heavy shield and hopped around energetically. No one knew if she wasn’t nervous at all or purposely putting an act to conceal her senses. According to Rhode’s understanding, the former was more probable…
“Let’s go.”
“Could it be that all of you wish to return and hear their sarcastic sneers like ‘Ha, since you’re still defeated in the first round, does it make a difference if we attended or you attended’?”
Joey and Randolf twitched their brows and clenched their fists. Anne, on the other hand, jumped.
“That’s impossible, Leader. Anne will not lose. Anne guarantees that the whatever Sky Sword Guild can’t defeat me!”
“That’s right.”
Rhode nodded with satisfaction. He turned to Marlene and Lize and continued.
“Our goal is to win. Not only this round, but also the next few rounds… No matter who our opponents are.”
Rhode paused for a moment.
“Now, I will arrange the sequence… Joey, you’re up first. Next is Marlene, Gillian, Anne, then myself.”
Rhode finished his sentence and turned to Joey who was dumbstruck. Joey thought that he wouldn’t be the first to fight in such an important competition, but it seemed that things were out of his expectations, which forced him to stand up nervously.
“Sir, I-I…”
“Joey, I assign the most important mission to you…”
Rhode raised his hand to interrupt Joey’s words. Then, he said something which left everyone stunned.
“This match, you need to lose.”