Lightning Is the Only Way

"Tournament!" shouted the Guild Master of Water, and the others groaned.

"Really? A tournament? That's going to take forever with over 200 people," groaned the Guild Master of Wind.

"Do you have a better idea?" Asked the Guild Master of Water back.

No one answered.

"Tournament, it is," sighed the Guild Master of Lightning. "This is going to be a pain in the ass." He looked around at the 50 participants who had gathered. The other 200 were not here right now. It was understandable since many people would prefer fleeing to getting closer to such an apocalyptic scene.

"Let's first call them back," said the Guild Master of Light as he created another ball of light. The other Guild Masters followed suit and also created a ball of their elements. Then, they all shot them into the sky, and the balls exploded one after another.

Everyone in the Basin of Nature should be able to see this and realize that they should gather. If someone was so stupid as not to realize that this was a gathering sign, they might as well not join the guilds.

The Guild Masters waited for several hours, as one participant after another gathered here. After around six hours, no more participants arrived. The Guild Masters did a quick count and saw that 217 People had gathered. The others were either already dead or too stupid to realize that they should gather.

"Alright, everyone!" shouted the Guild Master of Earth. "Follow us back to the arena!"

The participants groaned again, realizing that another hard marathon awaited them. Everyone ran after the Guild Masters with their full power. This time, it was even harder to keep up since not everyone was in their peak condition.

Gravis seemed to be only walking a little faster, yet every step shot him forward for multiple meters. With his new muscle strength, keeping up with the Guild Masters was even easier, even though he was still injured.

When they finally arrived back at the arena, all the participants fell on their knees in exhaustion. The same scene from back when they had arrived at the Basin of Nature repeated itself.

The Guild Masters gathered in the middle of the arena and discussed the details. They had to make this tournament as fair as possible. What if the second strongest fought against the third strongest in the first round? Would they throw away such a talent?

of human element mixing into the results. The

opponents and five rounds for everyone. Anyone who won three or more rounds would pass. Yet, they groaned again as they realized how long

that thought in the back of their minds, but they didn't want to voice it. Like that, it would

decided that every participant that won five rounds would then fight in a traditional tournament. The top ten would receive rewards, while the others got nothing. The Guild Masters felt bitter about all

ferocious beasts carried. The lost treasures that the

originally belong to their guilds, but their parent guilds. Their parent guilds had granted them those treasures so they could be awarded

pain in the ass. They couldn't even ask Gravis for any of his collected treasures, since most of them got

could find and would award them in the tournament. After everything had been planned out, they called the participants to gather, yet they grew angry when

are you doing there? Do you want even more treasures? Get out!" shouted the Guild Master of Water as she spotted Gravis standing among the

"Does that mean that I don't have to participate

would just win and get

the corner of the arena and sat down. The reactions of the other participants were mixed. Those 50 who had seen what Gravis had done,

were not part of the Elemental Guilds, and if they stood out negatively, they

and scattered in the late evening. Since the arena was big enough, there were always seven fights happening simultaneously, with one

gotten three or

sixth day. So, Gravis was spending his remaining days looking through some

he made another 80 gold. He was sure that gold would also be useful in the Elemental Guilds. If it were useless to the guilds, the Guild

60 participants remained. The contrast between 5,000 initial participants and 60 was massive. The arena had been nearly packed back

sparring. Sparring was useless to him now. One could even say that it was actually damaging to him. Too much sparring would dull his killing-intent and his

Gravis' dismissal of the tournament as arrogance. Only 12 of the 60 participants had seen what happened that day. The majority had

man had won the first place. He had silver hair and was fighting with a spear. He had used several Martial Arts, and he also had tempered bones and skin.

one of the other participants. Sigur had already collected a loyal following of

an Organ-Pill. With this, he would be able to temper his organs. Organ-Pills were extremely pricy. Supply never met