The Legacy System

Once the situation was decided and no one dared to belittle Eric's skills anymore, the announcer took the stage once again, as he started speaking,

"Ladies and Gentlemen, after the great pre-start to the Final tonight, with the great surprise from our side, it's finally time for the real battle to start.

I can promise you that whatever comes next will be in now less than what we just witnessed! In fact, there will be another surprise waiting for you in the upcoming Final, which I assure you, you will love it.

For now, though, we will first proceed with the drawing of lots! In the box in the middle of the cage, there are 10 balls, separated into 5 by different colors.

The participants that chose similar colored balls will enter the cage to fight each other, I wish everyone success and win!"

With that said, Eric and the other 9 finalists of the Arena competition all entered the cage and started picking their balls from the lot, to find their next opponent.

All other 9 finalists were looking toward Eric just like he was a hot chick in an only-boys dormitory, and they all had the opportunity to have her that night.

No matter whether they believed or not in God, that night for sure those guys had prayed more than a few times so that they get matched with Eric.

After all, despite his weird skills, as long as they were cautious of his poisons, they had more than 60% chance of winning, which was definitely more than other opponents.

Thinking like that, they didn't waste any more time and all started picking the balls one by one, and Eric did the same at the end, getting an orange ball and looking for his opponent.

The guy with the same color ball looked at him with a devilish grin on his face, as if he had already won the battle even before it started.

Eric just looked at the guy with a scrutinizing eye, because even though he had been handed an easy fight on paper, this guy seemed just too happy.

This clearly showed that whoever was trying to play him behind the scenes was doing his best to do so until the end, until he was dead.

Not that it mattered much to Eric anymore, as he had already decided right from the start that he was going to kill whoever that guy was.

He would better clean his neck and wait because the moment he was free from the competition he would make sure that the guy didn't even pee straight any longer.

With these thoughts in mind, Eric just pretended to be extremely tired as he learned that he wouldn't be the first to fight.

Everything would happen according to the colors of the balls and their shades, starting from the yellow color up to the blood-red one.

Eric was third in line for the fight, and he didn't have any problem with that. In fact, this arrangement just helped him prepare better for his next acting scene.

Still, he had to admit that these guys of the final 10 experts that remained were certainly different from all the idiots he had fought until now.

Each and every one of these 10 guys had the bloody aura of a murderer, not an expert used to killing, but a thorough murderer.

Not only that, but they were much bigger psychos than he had tried to appear earlier, as they seemed to take pleasure in their victims' pain and torture.

They were indeed difficult to deal with, extremely difficult.

Just as the first fight started Eric could see that both opponents were looking at each other like they were watching at their death in live.

They wanted to kill and destroy the person in front of them, as soon as they could, and they would use whatever means necessary to do that.

That included even trickery, cheating, or poison. As long as their target ended up either badly injured or dead it was their win.

Just as Eric was thinking like that, one of the guys in the ring, suddenly pretended to slip from the excessive blood on the ground, only to take out a handful of metallic powder and throw it on the opponent's face.

The opponent who was attacking was caught by surprise and was forced to close his eyes immediately to protect them from the metallic powder but doing that he lost his sight.

The guy on the ground then pulled out a hidden weapon from his right arm sleeve and attacked the guy's throat.

Due to their distance, and his closed eyes, the attacking opponent had no way of dodging the attack, as the poisoned needles from the hidden weapon pierced his throat and caused him death.

The crowd jumped in cheering and laughing in excitement as everything had been just too good. This was exactly the amount of shamelessness and ordeal that they wanted to witness.

Just like that, the first match had ended and it was time for the second, and this time it was one of Eric's acquaintances, it was Master Heartless.

This old man was just too cocky, as even without entering the ring, he looked at his opponent with a chilly gaze, as he said,

"Retreat, you are not my opponent and will only send yourself to death!"

The crowd was certainly surprised and startled, and so was the announcer who seemed like he wanted to say something but didn't dare to.

The opponent seemed extremely displeased with the way that Master Heartless treated him, but at the same time, he was pondering deeply about the situation.

It was his bad luck to have encountered this ancient demon right in his first match of the finals, and while he was displeased with this, he wasn't sure he had a chance.

For that reason, in but a few seconds he seemed to have come to a decision, as he accepted surrender and defeat.

"I Surrender!"

'Boooooooooo…, Booooooooooo…'

Those two words rang through the stadium and echoed throughout, as the crowd started screaming and booing at him for being a coward, and a useless fighter.

He might have survived the night, but he was surely not going to break through ever again in his path, as this had become a heavy heart demon for him.

The announcer couldn't help but exclaim in a loud voice trying to cover the crowds booing,

"Master Heartless's fame and reputation precede him, as his opponents are afraid of even challenging him! Master Heartless's win is more than deserved!

Without wasting our time let us continue to the next match, the unpredictable jewel, against one of the contenders for the Crowd, Bloody Viper!

It will be interesting to watch to poison users fight against one another! Let us all witness who the true poison Master is!"

It was only now that Eric learned a bit about his opponent, who not only was a through and through Realm 4 evolver, but also a poison Master.

This battle was certainly going to be a difficult one to handle, but he wasn't worried about his win, as the poisons in the Legacy System's store were much more potent than whatever that guy might have made.

Still, he worried about his pockets, as this damn competition was wasting more points than he was winning, and he was losing out on his reserves.

Well, he couldn't afford to be stingy at the moment, as he had to make sure he survived and won first.

With these thoughts in mind, he didn't hesitate to jump into the cage, and wait for his opponent, who clearly stimulated by Master Heartless's conduct, said in an arrogant voice,

"Brat if you know what's good for you, then you should jump out of the cage of your free will! Don't waste my time!"

"Just what gives you old bones that aren't good for anything the guts to say such words!? Just who do you think you are!?

You already have a foot on the grave, and a little push will send you right to the bottom of it!"

Just as the crowd was expecting for Eric to think about his options, his words brought them a nice and pleasant startle, as they all started laughing out loud and cheering.

All of a sudden Eric looked even more attractive to their eyes, and opinions! This kid was a true daredevil, not being afraid of anyone or anything.

At the same time, they couldn't help but think, if he were like this at this age, then what would happen once he grew and matured enough.

Earth was bound to experience the birth of a new powerhouse if he was allowed to grow properly, but that would make a lot of people uncomfortable.

The pie was already small as it was, and was already cut into many pieces, none of those getting a share could afford to have someone else take a bit from their piece.

For that reason, there were few chances of Eric surviving to see those days. But that didn't matter right now, as he already was in a pinch.

His words had managed to enrage and infuriate the Bloody Viper who felt like he had been slapped to the face, and it wasn't only him, Master Heartless was the same.

Eric had clearly pointed out at him during his words, and that made him extremely displeased. If by some strange surprise Eric managed to survive this round and came across him, he would make sure he regrated his words.

But Eric had to first survive this round…

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