"That's it?"
Everyone was stunned.
What kind of explanation was this? After explaining the rules, it was basically the same as not explaining anything at all.
You didn't even say what the first round was or how to play it. That's it?
"Charge!"
However, before those players could even finish questioning it, beastfolk such as the Pigmen and Minotaurs had already ignored everything else and charged toward the outside of the square.
Moreover, they would occasionally swing the huge weapons in their hands, casually sending several humans or other races who happened to be blocking the way flying.
"Get lost!"
"Don't block the way!"
"Anyone blocking the way, go die! Every death means one less competitor and one less point of competition. Two deaths means two fewer competitors!"
"Kill!"
The beastfolk roared wildly, and those humans, mages, and others who had participated in the previous Magic Tree Climbing Race seemed to have anticipated this situation long ago. They had already moved away from the middle of this meat grinder.
Some mages even used their special skills to fly directly into the air.
Some people even directly put on demon wings.
Only the lords from Region Three, Four, and Nine remained, foolishly standing back-to-back and trying to stop those lunatic players who were charging at them.
At this moment, Blake from Region 3 also used a great deal of effort to set up a ring of fire, directly surrounding several people in the middle, seemingly to prevent those crazies from approaching.
The effect was pretty good, but it consumed too much mana!
Thud!
Thud! Thud!
Just then.
A huge woolly mammoth passed by them. Lord Orin of Region 4 looked up, only to discover that there was actually a person sitting on the mammoth.
"Th-That's... isn't that the lord of Region 2, David?"
"Looks like him!"
Lord Duma of Region 9 also quickly recognized the person on the mammoth and said, "He posted a video before. I recognize him!"
"How did this guy get onto the mammoth's back? Fuck, isn't this freaking cheating?"
Blake of Region 3 was already nearly exhausted just from maintaining the ring of fire. Seeing someone who was clearly on the same level as them, and was even participating in this competition for the first time, yet could leisurely enjoy himself like this, made him so angry he nearly spat blood.
"Should we go up too?"
Orin of Region 4 suggested.
But before the other area lords could agree to Orin's suggestion, an elephantman with a large elephant head appeared on the mammoth's back, revealing an unfriendly smile.
Then the mammoth cleanly used its trunk to pick up a human in front of them and directly sent him into its mouth, eating him.
"Uh..."
"I think we'd better stay farther away. This elephant especially eats meat!"
"Just how did that guy get up there?"
Lord David of Region 2 naturally also noticed the several opponents at the mammoth's feet. From above, he waved at the lords below and said, "Hi! Hello! I didn't expect you guys to come participate in this game too. Everyone, you really have to take good care of yourselves!"
"Just how did you get up there?", Duma of Region 9 instantly cast Level 2 Forget-Dust Technique, Confusion on David of Region 2 and said, "Can you teach us too?"
"There's not much to it. It's just that the big brother from the Elephantmen liked the look of me."
The eyes of David of Region 2 instantly became somewhat hazy as well.
But the answer he gave was basically the same as not answering at all, which left only two words in Lord Duma of Region 9's heart, 'Fuck me.'
"MOO!"
The mammoth suddenly let out an elephant's trumpet.
And Lord David of Region 2 was instantly startled awake as well, "Fuck! What just happened to me?"
Duma of Region 9 naturally did not dare to mess around again. He could only sigh inwardly that this guy's luck was really a little too good. He had just used a large amount of mental power to cast that spell, and before he had even managed to get anything useful out of him, the guy had already been startled awake.
Seeing that the mammoth was about to leave, the alliance of Region Three, Four, and Nine hurriedly followed behind it.
After all, they didn't know what they were supposed to do now either, so they could only foolishly follow along.
However, the next second.
[Congratulations to Player Ⅲ-A7-008 for becoming the first player to pass the first round!]
[He will receive the first-place reward: one Substitute Death Card!]
"..."
Orin of Region 4 was stunned when he heard the announcement.
What was going on?
They hadn't even figured out the correct way to start the first round, yet someone had already cleared it?
"I didn't hear that wrong, did I?", Blake of Region 3 also had a look of disbelief on his face, "Ethan has already passed the first round? How did he do it?"
"I'm really starting to wonder now whether the three of us joining forces can actually take him down?"
———
Outside a dense primeval forest, Ethan relied on his demonic armor to pass the first stage of the Magic Tree Climbing Race, which was a narrow single-plank bridge filled with metal elements, where the metal plates on the bridge would also randomly fall.
When countless players rushed onto the single-plank bridge, frantically fighting and frantically shoving each other off.
Ethan directly transformed his wings and flew across the single-plank bridge, becoming first place.
As for the second round, it looked like it should be related to the Wood Element, the forest. It was just that he didn't know what would be unusual about the forest.
"Heh! Heh!"
A treant stood outside the primeval forest and looked down at Ethan with disdain, "You're that guy who came first in the first round? But your good luck ends here."
"Because from here on, this is the paradise of our Treant race!"
"We are destined to become the winners of this round!"
"Don't even think about it, humans!"
"Oh, is that so?", Ethan looked at these treants with a grin. Their arms and legs were long, and they could even use the advantage of their vines to swing across the metal bridge from beneath it, relying on the freely growing vines.
He sneered, "But have you ever thought about this? Actually, getting through the forest doesn't necessarily mean there is only one way, which is walking through the forest itself, right?"
"Human, do you think you're very clever?", The treant sneered, "There is no sky above this forest. In other words, no matter how high you fly, there will always be trees taller than you above the forest! And there will also be countless birds in the sky. If you want to die, go ahead!"
[T/N: New Novel guys. It's an original. Super good kinda. Here's the synopsis:
Title: Transmigrated Into an Eldritch World, I Am the Strongest?
Synopsis:
Transmigrated into another world where Eldritch run rampant, Lynn finds he's become a knockoff pseudo-god whose divine power has run dry and who's about to fade away.
Outside the church, indescribable horrors are pounding on the door, and the despairing countdown begins.
To save himself, Lynn grits his teeth and fabricates a full-dive VR online game called [Old Gods Awaken], summoning a batch of hardcore players from Blue Star to be his believers.
He figured this bunch would tremble in fear under the Eldritch's torment, but things spiraled completely out of control...
Player A (fanatical): "Guys, this headless wraith's physical hitbox is bugged! Block it with a door and take turns chipping at it for the first kill!"
Player B (excited): "This Great Old One's tentacle has a drop check! Eat it raw for +5 poison resistance, come bite!"
Player C (pensive): "If we tie up all the NPCs in this town, the cultists won't find anyone to sacrifice. That's what you call a logic clear!"
Watching the Eldritch monsters outside the door literally scared shitless by the players, and the local natives staring at him with awestruck, crazed eyes and worshiping him as the "Supreme Lord of Chaos", Lynn, sitting on the divine throne, looks majestic and unmatched on the surface, but inside he's panicking like an old dog: 'Stop filling in the blanks! I really am not some indescribable source of horror, I just couldn't hold back this Fourth Calamity bunch!']