Chapter 170

Before the fight, inside a prestigious hotel room. The conversation was being held, it was about the incoming battle that would decide which team was going to advance in the quarterfinals. 

Three people were talking inside a private room, they were planning how to increase their chances of winning. They were the representatives of each team, their identities were the managers. Yup, they were the managers of the three teams. 

They were talking about one thing, that was having an alliance to defeat the Philippines, or rather to defeat Mikael Tibano. 

Many of the contestants understood that Mikael was a threat and he would be hard to defeat alone. That's why these three teams decided to cooperate to win against him. 

The three people nodded, they had an agreement, their discussion ended with the resolution of obstructing Mikael. He would have a hard time to win this battle. 

As for his teammates, they were strong but not enough to be afraid of. After all, their teams were strong too. If an all-out battle happened between them, then the national team of the Philippines would be the first to go down.

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Present, the battle started, Mikael's team was having a hard time facing the enemies. Even defending was hard for them, now that Mikael was gone, they looked like a chicken fighting three phoenixes. Yup, that was the best way to describe their battle. As of now, four Hunters were eliminated out of their team. 

The national team only had six members now, added Mikael. They were struggling to fight the barrage of Skills that were raining down on them, it was really tough. As time went by, they were slowly put on the corner where there was no way out. They gritted their teeth to survive but they only suffered. 

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The wind blew up at the grassland, creating a peaceful atmosphere. However, despite the cold breeze that could make someone sleep, the area was filled with high tension.

Mikael clenched his Spear excitedly, his grin looked like a berserk god. Fighting five Hunters would be good for him, as his hunger would satiate.

"Take this!"

The first opponent moved, he sprinted and took out his guns. He aimed them at Mikael, he pulled the trigger and it flared up. The bullets traveled and blew, blasting at Mikael. The tiny bullets created loud explosions despite their small sizes, it looked like it was his Skill.

Smoke covered the area, the man thought that he got Mikael but he didn't see that someone approached him behind. It was already late when he turned back, a bluish-black weapon slammed him into the ground. His ribs cracked and he gasped for air, his saliva flew together with his blood. 

"Gah!"

The man lost his consciousness, he lost before he could even show his Skill or his true power. Mikael had a bruise on his cheek but it disappeared after a few seconds, the ring in his finger helped him this time. 

The four Hunters who saw him moved, lifting their weapons with the intent of winning, they roared. 

Mikael grinned at them, he made a gesture of calling them using his fingers. 

"Come at me."

The four Hunters activated their Skills, and just like them, Mikael did the same too. Their powers collided even though they were still not starting, any normal person would surely puke out the food that they ate if they were here. The atmosphere was slowly becoming dreadful. Then…

*SMASH!!*

All of them disappeared, after just a second passed, a strong gust of wind shook the place. The grassland was destroyed and turned into a large crater. All of them decided to end the battle with a bang! Within that second, they put all of their strength to attack Mikael. And Mikael did the same too, he activated his Shock, Lightning Strength and Lightning Spear, all of those three Skills within a second. 

It was inconceivable, the beautiful and peaceful grassland became a crater with nothing but soil and dust. It looked like a place where an atomic bomb fell on. 

In the middle of the crater, there were people. If you tried to count them, they numbered a total of six people. And if you looked closely, all of them had injuries. 

However, in all of them, only one man was standing. Mikael chuckled and glanced at his body, he lost his left arm at that exchange. He muttered weakly and only the five people near heard him. 

"Not bad…" 

This was the greatest wound that he received in this tournament. On this day, Mikael experienced the thrill again. He was happy about this battle and praised his enemies.

But the enemies who received his praise were not happy. Their pride was damaged when they saw how Mikael smiled, he looked like a warrior who was asking for more battle… They were hurt because they understood that they couldn't fight him anymore. 

In that exchange, they already gave their everything just to defeat him. They couldn't move their bodies nor fight him anymore.

"Oh… I see so you put all of your strength in that clash. "

Mikael looked at them, disappointment could be seen in his eyes, he lowered his weapon with a bit of dissatisfaction. He was hoping that they could fight more but it seemed like it was impossible. He decided not to further ask. 

He huffed and controlled the mana around his body. Since the time he had the Title, he could now regulate the mana in his body with great consistency. The mana traveled and healed his arm, the missing arm regenerated and looked new again. He saw the [ring of Kraken's trait] on the ground, he took it and put in his newly regenerated finger. 

"Now… how can I escape this place?"

He bent his body and talked to the most aware one. He tapped him and the man groaned in pain, Mikael patted his broken shoulder and it cracked. 

"Ugh…"

"Um, dude do you know how to leave this place?"

He asked, he didn't care about the injuries of the man. He believed he won't die because of these small wounds. 

The man was gasping for air as he stared at him. He had a mocking face. 

"We win… hehe."

"What do you mean?"

Mikael tilted his head.

"You can't escape this place for… twenty minutes. Hehe, this means that even if you leave this place, you will still lose... Your teammates are already eliminated."

The man stated, he looked confident even though he didn't see it personally.

"How can you be sure?"

Mikael scratched his head, he knew the limitation of his teammates. And right now, even he was afraid that all of them were eliminated. 

His vision actually became true but Mikael didn't want to believe it that's why he started finding a way to escape the picture. However, no matter what he did, he couldn't find an escape room. Mikael kicked his tongue and decided to wait instead. He sat on the ground and rest to regenerate his missing power. 

He waited for the twenty minutes to end, he was annoyed but he couldn't help it. As time passed and the groaning of the people around him increased, the place started fading away, Mikael and the other five came out of the picture. Their bodies flopped on the ground except for Mikael, they returned to the battle. 

Mikael narrowed his eyes and perceived the current situation, he clicked his tongue when he realized that none of his teammates were present. All he could see was the three other teams fighting with each other, his teammates were eliminated. 

"F*ck, It seems like that man is not lying. "

Mikael escaped the picture,  yet he found that his teammates were all eliminated and he was the only one left. Still, Mikael didn't lose his hope, he looked at the timer that was ticking in the sky.

"I still have seven minutes… Yosh! Let's do this!"

Mikael started his counterattack, any Hunters that he saw flew into the air and lost. The countdown was slowly going down and Mikael became more enthusiastic to win. The thrill of beating the time was one of the things that he wanted to try. 

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