Reborn Apocalypse Ready War Goddess by My Side (Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 558

Chapter 558 Second Round

“Let’s skip the ceremony and move straight into round two, the top ten ranking matches!

“Everyone who landed in the top twenty, step up and draw your lots!

“The first round eliminates ten competitors outright. Anyone eliminated gets one shot at a revival challenge, where they can pick any opponent they believe they can defeat.

“Win that challenge, and you take their spot. Lose it, and there’s no second chance.

“After that, it’s ten fighters narrowed down to five. Anyone eliminated there still gets one reviva challenge against the remaining five. Lose that fight, and you’re out for good.

“Five narrows to three. We draw lots again, one competitor gets a bye, and the loser gets one final revival challenge. The pattern continues from there.

“Finally, the top three will face off in a set of head to head matches to decide the ultimate winner.

“Remember the rules. No lethal force. No origin energy equipment of any kind. Personal weapons are permitted regardless of tier.”

The moment Robby’s words settled over the arena, the whole crowd stirred with restless energy, especially the twenty competitors who’d made it into the top rankings.

The battle that would decide everything had finally arrived.

This first match alone would carve out the top ten, and losing meant walking away with absolutely nothing. That was the brutal truth of it.

This round was about to drive every last competitor half out of their mind.

Simply cracking the top ten came with real rewards.

And beyond that, the winner would earn clearance to use S-rank weapons, a prize worth fighting for with everything they had.

Robby swept his hand through the air.

“Begin the drawing!”

All twenty competitors lined up in order, drawing their lots one by one.

The moment everyone had been waiting for had finally arrived.

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Finish

Steven made sure Bianca and Fiona drew their lots ahead of him, giving himself full control over which numbers were left by the time his own turn came.

As the line worked its way through the draw, Steven caught a glimpse of both Bianca’s and Fiona’s slips right away.

Neither of them had drawn a truly dangerous opponent, which put his mind at ease.

Then it was finally Steven’s turn.

Every competitor still waiting in line felt their nerves tighten all at once.

Nobody wanted the rotten luck of drawing that lunatic as their opponent.

One man had racked up more than twenty thousand points on his own, more than the entire combined score of Orroux Academy’s whole roster.

Nobody in their right mind wanted to stand across from him.

Every last one of them held their breath, tense as drawn bowstrings.

Steven glanced around the group, the corner of his mouth curling upward.

Too bad none of the Gordons had made it onto the stage. So who would he go after instead?

Griffin wasn’t worth the effort right now. Beating him meant nothing, since he’d walk right bac through the revival challenge without breaking a sweat.

The no kill rule made that a dead end anyway. Even if Steven beat him half to death, Orroux Academy’s top healers would patch him right back up in no time.

And Griffin wasn’t foolish enough to throw everything into a fight he couldn’t win. He’d hold back and conserve his strength regardless.

So Griffin was off the table entirely.

That left the Houston family as the natural target. That was the price Jacques would pay for what he’d done.

Not every major family had a representative standing among these twenty competitors. Tristan had already been eliminated.

The Kingston family wasn’t on Steven’s radar at all.

He barely knew anyone from the Fraser family.

And the Greenwood family didn’t even register as a consideration.

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Finished

That left only the Houston family as his target.

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