Dimensional Descent

"Welcome to the challenge round. You have all made it to the top four and should be proud," Minerva said lightly. "According to tradition, this challenge round wouldn't normally end in a ranking. Often, it was an arena to settle unresolved differences between Craftsmen from the round of debates, and also a method of exchanging treasures.

"In order to accommodate a ranking, we will make some changes, the first of which is introducing a baseline of treasure.

"Right now, the four of you have earned your top ten placement. As a reminder, this means that you all have earned the Mind Splitting Rune of the top 1000, the Spirit Elevating Force Herb of the top 100, and the Creation Grade Ore and Eighth Order Standard Blueprint of the top 10.

"The lowest tier prize will represent one point, the second will represent three points, and the final two will represent five.

"Any treasures you all bring forward will be ranked on this same scale as well, however you will all start with a total of 28 points. Of course, you will not actually place these treasures on the line, they will be more like vouchers. However, any additional treasures you bring forward will be put on the line.

"As you know, the top three reward, the Ninth Order Standard Blueprint and the Ninth Order Workbench, personally forged by me, is exactly that... a reward reserved for the top three. However, there are four groups of you, so if you would like it, or the top one prize beyond it... it will be dependent on your efforts.

"Now, for the nitty gritty.

"One, even if you have more points than the person in question, you cannot force them to match your points. If you enter a challenge sequence with a higher ranked treasure and you don't want to stoop to the level of your opponent, you will be at your own risk.

"Two, likewise, you cannot force a person with a higher ranked treasure to come down to your level either."

lip curled when he heard these rules. He found it amusing because there was definitely

simply impossible that the Owlans would have a treasure on the same level as the Segmented Cube. So why would they be laying

that the clue was hidden in the first rule. Not being able to force his opponent to bring out a treasure of

considering the second

to, and even if they did manage to

they would be putting their bias on clear display. The fact Minerva had killed Lumina

especially since they were using this

rule to offset this is that when a participant puts forward a treasure with a point total that surpasses that of their opponent, and the challenge is willfully accepted, the individual who challenges is allowed to choose which stream

blinked, his eyes suddenly going

at him as well, seemingly just as

Were they serious?

one another, realizing

Leonel like some sort of deity. She was highly confident in her disciple, so of course she would lay out the rules

Leonel, who clearly had the greatest treasure here, the

it was the

didn't think that he would be willing to bring out the treasures he had immediately, so they thought that they

least three challenges before you can bow out. In addition, a challenge can be refused, but you cannot

the last seed will