Chapter 790 - Competition
GDK 790: Competition
In the past competitions, never had such an all-encompassing monitoring device been used. Wallace ought to have acquired the space divine device only recently.
Everything displayed on the sand table was real and happening live. They were just shrunk by hundreds of times in order to fit on the sand table. As miniature as the figures appeared, it was the right size for the crowd to observe everything happening in the arena without missing too many details.
The Seven Companies marched into seven different parts of the battle arena. Upon stepping into the arena, each Company would spread into one long row and begin combing through the terrain. They were like seven straight line that travels perpendicularly.
The patriarchs of the large family clans, the Divine Guard Chiefs, and some distinguished characters of the City of Shadows watched the sand table attentively. Chief Ralph of the Second Corps had his brows very slightly bunched. Like Han Shuo to Barnard, he too had given a special order to Kiffan. He also did not know that Wallace would come up with such a device. If Kiffan tried to kill Fifth Corps divine guards with premeditation, Wallace and the others will surely notice it.
When Ralph thought so, he too felt rather uneasy. He couldn’t help but turned to look at Han Shuo. It just so happened that Han Shuo who shared the same feeling met his gaze. Ralph immediately put on a cold face and lightly groaned while Han Shuo put on a faint smile and acted composedly.
“We have cast spells on the divine essences. Once they were removed from where they were hidden, it will constantly emanate energy pulses to a wide area. Those nearby could easily detect the energy pulses… “ explained Wallace to the crowd.
“They have just entered the arena and no one has discovered any divine essences yet. Hehe, the competition this year is much more interesting than the past’. We could even watch as the competition progresses,” remarked Rugersey the Chief of Sixth Corps smilingly. He was the first of many in the crowd to give his opinion following Wallace’s explanation.
Time flew by hurriedly. It had been half a day since the Seven Companies entered the arena. In the thick jungles of rugged terrains, the Seven Companies gradually grew further and further apart. They searched and sensed their surroundings carefully for any divine essences.
The Company from the Fifth Corps nominally led by Barnard was traveling unhurried in a direction. Bollands would later split the Company into nine squads. Sanguis and Gilbert would each lead their own squads. The nine squads traveled in a formation that kept them relatively close together. They would always be close enough to help each other of any sudden troubles.
The remainder of the day had passed. The Seven Companies found some more divine essences. Camilla’s Fourth Corps was having a long lucky streak by obtaining five additional pieces of divine essences. The Second Corps obtained two more pieces while the Fifth Corps only found one more piece. Bolland’s Company had the lowest count of divine essences.
Camilla was very happy that her Fourth Corps was leading by a good margin. She said to Rugersey smilingly, “See that? This is what having good luck actually looks like. It just keeps on coming!”
Rugersey forced a smile and replied, “You yourself have said that luck isn’t the most important factor.”
Gradually, even more time had passed. The Seven Corps no longer discovered any more divine essences as though they had found all the divine essences that were hidden.
“That’s more or less it. Around ninety percent of the divine essences have been found,” said Andre. He said to the crowd who were watching the sand table attentively, “Now comes the most exciting part of the competition!”
The Seven Companies had obtained at least some divine essences. With most of the divine essences having been unearthed, the Companies with lesser divine essences must now plunder from their opponents in order to win the competition. Thus, the Companies will start fighting each other. In those battles, Wallace and the party will be able to see which Company was the mightiest.
Knowing it has almost come to the most interesting part of the competition, the patriarchs and Divine Guard Chiefs watched the sand table even more intently. They wondered which two Companies will be the first to engage.
Normally speaking, at moments like this, it would be the Second Corps, who had the strongest team combat strength that makes the first strike. Sure enough, the Company of the Second Corps led by Kiffan was heading towards the region with the strongest energy pulses – towards the Company of the Fourth Corps!
The Second Corps was renowned for their mighty strength, so much so that those from the Sixth and Seventh Corps completely ignored Kiffan’s Company who walked past them. It was clear that those from the Sixth and Seventh Corps wanted to avoid fighting them. Kiffan’s strategy was similar to Bollands’. He planned on plundering the team with the most divine essences and add to theirs so that his team would lead with a substantial margin before going to attack Han Shuo’s Fifth Corps.
When Camilla saw that those from the Second Corps was charging towards her Fourth Corps, her face turned somewhat anxious. Those divine guards of the Second Corps trained by Ralph were famous for their terrifying strength. Her Fourth Corps had never been able to defeat the Second Corps in previous competitions. Camilla knew that her divine guards would most likely lose to those of the Second Corps again.
However, it turned out that the first two teams to engage were not the Second and Fourth Corps but the Seventh and Fifth Corps whose Chiefs were Batúk and Han Shuo. The Seventh Corps assumed that those from the Fifth Corps was the weakest. After watching those of the Second Corps walk past them, they went to attack those from the Fifth Corps.
The two Companies came into contact and started engaging. Batúk of the House of Buller secretly took a glance at Han Shuo and in his mind, he praised his subordinate for being wise. He thought, <i>Although the Fifth Corps did not found many divine essences, they are the easiest to plunder from. Having more divine essences is always better. My Captain sure is smart.</i>