An Extra’s POV

The rules were given.

"No fatal attacks. You are all potential resources that will be useful to the Emperor in one way or the other, so do not take the lives of any of your competitors. Other than that, anything goes."

The stage was set.

"Knock your opponents out, and keep fighting here until the time limit is reached. We are recording everything, so make sure you contribute as much as possible to the elimination of your competition. That will greatly affect your score."

Everyone was ready for what was to come.

"The Examiners are going to excuse you now. The moment we leave this place and shut the doors behind us… the Exam Begins."

Once the Chief Examiner finished his statement, he gestured to the rest of his colleagues, and they all began to depart from the stage.

The Examinees watched with bated breaths—waiting with wide open eyes.

One by one, the officials bled out of the hall, until only few were remaining. However, it was only a matter of time before they all went out of sight.

Beads of sweat, coupled with the racing of hearts, evident by the nervous shuffling of the gazes of Examinees from one to another, afflicted a majority of the people present.

They sought their first prey with careful eyes, gauging them based on many factors; particularly an arbitrary assumption of strength.

—Or weakness.

Finally, the last of the Examiners left the room, forcing the door behind him to close automatically.

Once that happened… all hell broke loose.

~BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!~

The determined Dragons rushed at one another in a frenzy, causing massive quakes and overwhelming explosions in the first few seconds of the battle's commencement.

Spells were chanted, and swift blurs of movement danced around the battlefield.

Foolish Examinees decided to focus on defense or evasion—an impossible task in such a pervasive landscape of battle.

Running away was futile.

Predators had already targeted prey—sometimes multiple at once—so rather than running or hiding, the best way to survive was to fight.

Fight as hard as possible!

The wiser Dragons ensured to properly defend themselves, while focusing most of their attention on offensive maneuvers. Magic and Skills were the central abilities of Dragons—the latter especially—so it only made sense that there were tons of chants bustling through the land battlefield.

the air, and the echoes of groans, grunts, screams, and cries

Over and over again.

happened,

Well—

"Ready?"

—Not to two people.

"Yeah."

as they welcomed the commotion around them with excitement. Several opponents were already closing

it in any

"Let's go!"

~WHOOOOSH!~

instant, both of them vanished from their positions, leaving nothing but a cloud of dust—as well as the unconscious bodies of

his hand and opting for

have the advantage of speed in that regard, but he was

wasn't like Dragons—even those presently in the hall—didn't have

were even

own level of skill,

~WHOOSH!~

off guard

noticed him, trying their

too

sliced through them with his dull blade, shattering their bones and knocking them

soon as he did this, however, he noticed

"Hup!"

beneath his feet, Rey leaped high into the

to avoid his new and incoming

what resemble blazing energies

in the air, they completed their chants and launched destructive blasts of

guaranteed them a surefire

Right? RIGHT?

—Wrong!

~VWUUSH!~

energy surrounding Rey easily blocked all of them while he twisted his body

or plea could be

~SWUSH!~

enemy instantly fell to the ground, and the rest met similar fates as Rey ricocheted in the air and sliced them all while bouncing away to his next

within seconds, and he was

back to the ground to resume his fun, he noticed a lone figure

hasn't