Semifinals Of The 1v1 Segment (2)

 

 

 

Rising Essence, above Main Kingdom; up into the sky from somewhere.

 

CLAMOR~!!!!

Unlike before, there were several differences, visual ones; to the arenas compared to before. Previously, from the 1v1 segment preliminaries to even the 4th placements of the 1v1 segment of the first Global Tournament ever held, the arenas were not adorned nor given any kind of color, fireworks, pleasing aesthetics for one's mind and to relax and so on.

Now, however, there were tons and tons such visual images. For example, there would occasionally be an image from any previous, but good, fight as the people among the crowds could observe it and somewhat reminisce about certain particular scenes; or not.

There were also many 'confetti'-like particles round who would be all gathered together in groups of thousands and whose performance was a never ending one. Some stayed low most of the time, some were at an all times 'over performing' and drawing lots of attention as they moved in rhythms and motions that are similar to a dance's. And a huge one at that.

Among the crowds, as everyone peacefully seated and engaged in conversation and even got to meet new people like this. Some fireworks would come off from under their seats and explode just right above their heads before turning into several not beautiful but majestic gates which seemed to give everyone a sense of the Global Tournament finally ending and to its most common but exciting segment.

All around Main Kingdom, and most of the time except the resting times of the same, Journeyers had vanished while the easing and calming words and small explanations from the city were tranquilized. It wasn't a matter of being afraid of suddenly being attacked by them, but rather, to the fact that without these Journeyers; most civilians would suffer the abandonment from their own lords.

In any case, that was them and as for the Journeyers, that was the semifinals of the first ever Global Tournament held of Rising Essence!

Raoundozia vs Tongqiu!

Sash vs Lovable and Touchable!

On one arena, Raoundozia had already appeared while Tongqiu was nowhere to be seen; on another, Sash and Lovable and Touchable were looking at each other calmly, though Sash had some clear misgiving glance against the latter. At this moment, they were only waiting for Tongqiu to appear as the segment could continue anytime, and the timer was in truth, more like a little reminder instead.

"Oh, he's there. Finally, man!"

"Aiyo, now we'd have less Sash's and Lovable and Touchable's time to see them. But on the other hand, we got to see them fight! Hahaha!"

"..." Suddenly, Yun Beishang appeared on the arena as he felt and gave off... such tranquil, relaxed and... pleased—?!—feeling to anyone's eyes that landed on him. When he appeared, he seemed slightly dozing off even though he had his Eccentric Wolf Mask on; beyond that, he looked at Sash as he became slightly 'embarrassed'? Oh boy, the crowds were growing suspicious.

*PING* Global System Announcement: Attention to all Journeyers, the semifinals of the 1v1 segment will start in 1 minute from now, talk is permitted and the creation of a contract is as well. Rules will remain the same but in this case, the one to get third place can be challenged by the second place, and if that previous third place were to win, they will be given a last chance to compete for the first place of the 1v1 segment of the first ever held Global Tournament.

"Wooooooh! I can't believe it!"

"Man! That's crazy."

"Hmph, rather, it is obviously just in case the 2 men ended up being useless so that they can have a chance of fighting against the 2 winning women at the end. Hmph, the developers only care about the men after all, there should've been more women!"

Everyone else around this player: ...ρ(´-＿-｀●)

'Fuck, that sounds sooo convincing. Fucking hell.' Thought Yun Beishang as he made a motion to put his belt on, but found out that his virtual body did not need to manually put on the virtual belt, and became dumbfounded for a little while. As Yun Beishang was hoping no one noticed, foolishly; a voice was his wake up call as he saw Raoundozia glance over at himself with a hand raised and his palm showing.

"Hey, Tongqiu. Raoundozia here, I uh, think we share the same 'hometown'. But even then, I never had the chance to meet you... heh, hj, nice to meet you." Raoundozia spoke, only forming a light smile at the very end of his words, a genuine one ah.

Yun Beishang glanced back at the man with long and luxurious-looking but in fact, simply smooth and regularly taken care of as he went through his memories for a little bit and remembered where they have had previously been so close to one another around that of more than 11 months ago or so.

"Hmm, yup." Said Tongqiu, the talker, as he then nodded to Raoundozia and remained immobile while looking over at Sash who was facing a voluptuous half-masked beauty, wielding a whip and a few pair more of weapons of mass destruction; indeed. At this time, he heard Raoundozia's words ring out while standing on his right for about 1 meter away from himself.

"That Lovable and Touchable has no team nor Association, it is also not known where she comes from, which Region. She's not that 'strong', but that is because she did not show anything strong in particular. She mainly uses charming-like skills and weakening debuffs. Other than that, her use of the whip is... amazing, I guess."

Turning a bit weirder when mentioning a whip's mastery, Raoundozia turned slightly embarrassed with an unknown grin as the crowds stifled 'kindly' a laugh or 2. To this, Yun Beishang lifted his eyebrows, or rather made them jump before he then looked directly at the left or Raoundozia's face as he said. "Are you a snob or a really young man with a too young heart? 'Knights' of- your name? Really?"

"Ah..." Raoundozia went speechless, not believing this was what the incredible and amazing Tongqiu would speak about. But since there was no aggressiveness nor ill intent from his words and the way he spoke them, Raoundozia straightened his back after realizing that it was despondently bent before replying. "Both."

Yun Beishang: "..."

Raoundozia: (ʃƪ¬‿¬)

"Cough, whatever." Yun Beishang said after a little pause as he then turned his head back towards his Sashy as the timer was about to go down, down, down. Understanding his 'actions', Raoundozia silently responded with a quiet nod before crossing his arms in front of his chest and also gazing at the two incredibly well formed bodies of a pair of even more incredible women.

'Hm?' At this moment, Yun Beishang felt a piercing gaze filled with warning, ruthlessness and... mischievousness? Looking for the gaze that felt really hot, Yun Beishang discovered a young woman on the crowd, particularly accompanied by a dozen of actual purple-glowing heavy armor studs which behaved like devoted believers with that young woman as the goddess.

With her bright brown hair, light blue sparkling eyes and looking to be around 20 years old as well as being as tall as 1.67 meters which only Yun Beishang could so perfectly deduce; her sparkling eyes were penetrating right into the right from where his body was. Without needing to think so much, Yun Beishang turned his head slightly to his right with his eyes still set on Sash as he hushed to Raoundozia. "Ey, you. Maybe you shouldn't keep watching, go over the corner over there, or something."

Raoundozia was already lightly sweating, hearing Yun Beishang's words, his crossed and stiff arms relaxed nervously to his sides as he then hopped to his right with his right foot before 'casually' walking way and saying, "I am a fortunate man."

"Of course you are! Now run!" Responded back a wide eyed Yun Beishang who couldn't care of how lucky another man was, pssh.

"...!" But suddenly, the restrictions put into themselves by not being able to attack each other were lifted. Rather than suddenly, the timer itself had now come down to damn zero, and there were also only countless and definitely deafening sounds coming from all of the crowd.

Since there were only 2 arenas, the rest of the arenas that were completely empty had a feature similar to a hologram, but with a 100 times much better performance and interaction; possibly. Each arena that was supposed to be empty and from which the players around it had to watch it from the in-game forums were all now sharing the image between the real arenas that the semifinalists were going to fight on.

The arenas would be able to not only relay all the scenes from the authentically fighting arenas; but even the arenas' floor would be changing and changing in respective on how the players on the arenas were fighting it off. These 'changes' would be limited, but incredibly close to the actual thing nonetheless and with full, perfect audio; which made it better than just watching the stream.

Swish! Swiiiiiish...

At the same time that both Yun Beishang and Raoundozia realized of the timer having gone already down to zero, both men immediately initiated their attacks! Yun Beishang arched his back as his head was seemingly being dragged through space as his tummy was now skywards while Raoundozia was already materializing his heavy long sword out of his bag and seemingly also already bashing it against Yun Beishang's back!

Both fuckers were already looming against each other, half-sneakily and half-blatantly, as they weren't trying to conceal their moves and even less so; their intentions. When the crowd was watching, as the viewership increased by the moment and as Yun Beishang and Raoundozia were about to collide with one another... it happened.

"Are we not going to fight or what?!" Sash's voice resounded loudly, somewhat sounding annoyed, which was rare even for Yun Beishang to hear as the only time he heard his Sashy like this was when he first met the darling. In contrast, however as he and Raoundozia stopped in the middle of their actions to look at their arena, Lovable and Touchable was wearing a bored expression on her face with her eyelids narrowed lazily.

"Fight you? So that what, I get beat up later on by a certain someone? Nah-ah, besides; I also do not think I can beat you myself. Well, unless you want to compare bedwarming skills? I think I'm gooood at it even though I haven't been defiled yet~." Lovable and Touchable said while bringing her right handed whip to above her right shoulder with the same sided hand. She even directed both her eyes to Yun Beishang twice after speaking in a diva pose.

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Sash: (｀Д´*)   ---> (´･_･`)  --->   (๑•́ ₃ •̀๑)

As Sash took her long time to adapt, start to comprehend and then realize only to process it fully; she shyly looked over at Yun Beishang as well after catching up to Lovable and Touchable's intentions, giving the viewers another heartache. Life... is not so beautiful anymore! Or so they thought, the unhappy ones.

"Bah, in any case, I also would like to apply for your Order, can I?" Sash woke up a little more when hearing these words, she flinched slightly and before she could inadvertently look at Yun Beishang once again, she steeled herself to woman u'p and took a stance of authority; which was also rare on her. "What do you mean? My Lord's Order isn't anything anyone can enter because they want, you think that because my Lord was fond of some talent, that he'd want some nice body as well?"

Yun Beishang: ⚆ᗝ⚆   ---> (*˘︶˘*)

Raoundozia: d(◕д◕✿)b

Everyone else: )Д⊙`)

Lovable and Touchable: (っ- ‸ – ς)

Yun Beishang's Sashy: 6(°ー°)  ୧ ☉□☉ ୨

"Cough, about that... isn't he collecting them already, eh? Do not fool me, little girl. Aiyo, please just tell him, I myself can't bear it to even think of beating up someone like you, let alone try or do it. Sweetheart, I'll see you later, please convey my heart~. Poof!" Just as Lovable and Touchable was talking, she abruptly hopped up cutely while also exclaiming extremely cutely with her magnum opuses bouncing like they are one with the world as she then noiselessly disappeared, leaving a befuddled Sash alone and ready to go nuts, kinda.

"AAAH-" Just as Yun Beishang's Sashy wanted to yell it out, vent her frustrations and follow her heart to murder, she similarly disappeared soundlessly amidst her still beautiful screeching scream. Sigh, life is life.

Yun Beishang: "..."

Raoundozia: "..."

Viewers: "..."

Clang-clatter! Zrrrrr~.

"Let's uh... let's begin, okay?" Said Raoundozia as the tip of his heavy long sword clashed down against the arena's floor and as he dragged it around, making its sound very audible to try and wake up everyone, though he in fact mostly did so for himself, ah.

"Oh, let's." Answered back a Yun Beishang who felt that he might be defeated instead if he really continued to keep on 'collecting', just like Lovable and Touchable said, mn. Definitely, Yun Beishang now felt reckless and wanted nothing more but to perfectly control himself and not get more and more maids and little maids, lest he angers Naty the Queen if he doesn't take each of them back home.

Though he couldn't be blamed; really. Truly, didn't he also brought Kara back to their home? Not as a maid but as an employee, pretty good, ah?

In any case, Yun Beishang took out his Half-Divine Mind-Sensory Pseudo-Artifact, and just before the crowd could make out a thing of its true body as the almost blinding glow began to disappear, a 4 meters large staff appeared in Yun Beishang's hands. With it having only a couple of red lines that went from one extreme to another and in the opposite side of the staff itself.

Trlck, tck tck tck tck tck tck tck tck... fwomp!

It was also very normal-looking, so as to say, but each of its flat extremes were also of a bright-light red color while the entire staff itself was of an obvious pure, bright white instead. Just as people thought that long ass weapons must be the trend nowadays, Yun Beishang's Staff turned 1.25 meters long instead, with its girth still to that of 3 inches in total though.

"Hoo, no blades this time? Are you sure that's gonna hel-UUGH." Raoundozia spoke after he identified the masterly weapon in Yun Beishang's hands, feeling overwhelmed that such a weapon could exist but only for a 'few' 10 seconds or so, he was then interrupted by an already in front of him Yun Beishang who had his staff directed at his, Raoundozia's, own sternum!

In response, Raoundozia could not do anything but to shut the hell up and focus on the fighting, at last as the eyes from everyone, once more, looked all at the same arena while not having anything else to do as they took out their well prepared virtual meals and those outside the game were eating the fantastical and never aging pop-fucking-corn.

Whoop. Swish, cling~PAKKA!

-2,400.

Raising his left handed heavy long sword, Raoundozia brought its middle to defend against the staff, only to be brutally pushed backward as his sword was seemingly ignored by the staff. Not only that, but Raoundozia felt the staff still touching him even though Yun Beishang remained on one spot, at once, his eyes widened in realization as he quickly maneuvered himself to spiral a few times in midair.

Swish, swish! Swish... swish, swish, tap-tap.

After the 7th spin, Raoundozia was let off the hook—staff: hello?—as he descended abruptly and unnaturally at a fast but not that fast speed. As he descended onto the arena's floor, he had a slightly dizzy expression on his face as he thought to himself, somewhat grimly. 'Indeed, he after all... has that strange 'effect' on his attacks. So that's why-... hm.'.

As Raoundozia's thoughts went back to his old 'lover', Baston; he stood up to face the 'new' one as the more than 100 meters long staff by now began to retreat at an insane speed as, in the very next moment, ir returned to be that very same 1.25 meters long staff with Yun Beishang feeling really smug and naughty this time. After all, Raoundozia's current position right now was just 10 meters before the edge of the arena.

With his back facing the last few meters of the arena, Raoundozia began stepping back towards its center where Yun Beishang had already also begun to walk forth toward Raoundozia instead. As both men casually walked to one another, only about 12 seconds later, at this speed, did they managed to reach a distance of 20 meters between each other as they then crazily ran at one another right then and there.

Trlck.

Yun Beishang's Mind-Sensory Staff suddenly turned 2.75 meters long as he held it in his right hand while his left one formed an elegant-like claw, as that happened, his feet pedaling on the arena's floor began to glow blurry. Not out of their speed at which they were going, but at the wind that was encompassing them as it was from a colorless wind that simply seemed to 'enjoy' hugging from his shins to the soles of his feet.

Tap, taptaptaptaptaptaptaptap!

No longer sounding like footsteps and more like a pair of sticks made of durable metal, Yun Beishang arrived before Raoundozia as he let the latter do the first attack after a 'long' time from the first bout.

Swish! Wang! Swish!

Raoundozia did not let go of such an opportunity to test his own attacks against the famed Tongqiu, as he first swung it upwards not to attack but to hold it with both his hands as he kept on running that small amount of terrain, yet he still looked nothing but noble and even grandiose to a certain extent.

After he brought up his sword, an incredible energy of a murky gray color encompassed the heavy long sword's blade while the handle and Raoundozia's hands were seemingly engulfed by it. The energy encompassing the heavy long sword's blade seemed at first to be made out of a flamy substance, but to Yun Beishang and those who kept on looking with all their brain juice on the game, they could actually notice that it was more of a spiritual energy that had simply not an Element at all and was instead one that depended fully on strength!

Swash~!! PLA-ANKK~~!!

The heavy long sword descended onto Yun Beishang, as he had to actually take a stance to receive it and not being able to block it in a careless one like he could with any other elite or pro player. Naturally, things would be different if he were to parry it, but where is excitement from fighting like a brute from time to time; every now and then? He already had a 'fight' before coming here, but this was a fight between bros, you know?

Nevertheless, it was to be expected that the beginning of the second bout from these two behemoths was to be not simple, as Raoundozia's shadow suddenly appeared behind him as Raoundozia himself drifted apart from Yun Beishang, and a heavy long blade encompassed by spiritual energy once again descended at incredible speed against Yun Beishang!

Swash~~!! PLAANNKK~~~!!

 

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