This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

"Then let me announce the first competition event. Let's present an appetizer to the guests and audience. Contestants, there have been many puppets that have broken into the fortress recently. Therefore, the warrior who defeats the highest puppet in the maze will enter the third event as the winner. The rest of the contestants will participate in the second event for the trials. The rules are the same as before. It's okay to kill each other, hinder each other, or form a team. There is only one winner. Death or life, eat or be eaten, kill or kill. The competition begins."

At the moment the judge on the podium announced the start of the competition, the contestants who stepped into the maze from different entrances of the arena each drew their weapons. There were a total of twenty-four contestants, which was not a lot, but not a few either.

According to what Jie Si knows, generally only about twelve people will participate in the competition once a month. Some are desperate and want to get tokens, some want to get more benefits, some are just following orders, some just want to fight, and some just want to fight each other.

How interesting! This looks like it will be very interesting. He is looking forward to seeing how many times his opponent can withstand his attacks.

"Drink!!"

“Hey!!”

“Crack, crack!”

At the same time, figures emerged from the two passages and swung their machetes at each other. The interlaced metal sounds and flickering flames marked the beginning of the battle. Jess pulled out two throwing knives and threw them at them without hesitation.

"Swish, slap, slap!" The two participants who had not noticed him at all were immediately shot in the head. Jie Si picked up their two machetes from the ground and stepped into the passage in front of the intersection. The man who was knocked away from the corner fell against the wall and shouted for mercy to the other party, but in the next moment his head was blown up by a stick.

"Don't--Guga?!"

"Go to hell, trash!"

"——Idiot, you too, rubbish."

"!"

"Snap!" Jie Si, who used the centrifugal force to knock the opponent's stick away, abandoned the machete and swung the second machete towards his head.

"Snap!" The head that was split into two, along with the brains and skull, splattered on the wall, forming an abstract floral pattern. The blade, which could not be sharp enough after one cut, had teeth marks on it. In order to avoid wasting his remaining weapons, Jie Si found a folding knife from the corpse, so he flipped the blade over and fixed it on his belt so that he could pull it out and use it at will later.

“Yes… yes… Ao-kun… Aaaaah!!!”

“Run away!! You can’t win, you can’t win! You can’t win against a guy like that!!”

On the other hand, the contestants who immediately ran away when they saw Aojun were no match for him, not to mention puppets. Even ordinary contestants couldn't handle them.

Besides, the victory condition is the number of puppets defeated. They should know that killing each other is meaningless...

"Ao-kun, come on, ok?"

"..."

Richard, who was sitting in the audience and had nothing to do with it, naturally did not participate in such a dangerous competition. He had already hired a monster as powerful as Aojun, so he had no reason to participate as a warrior.

What concerned him was why no one had put the elf girl on the prize seat for so long. However, it was useless to think about it. Now he didn't think that Lord Ao, holding the giant axe, would lose to mere humans, orcs and puppets.

“Gagaa ...

“Roar, gaa ...

"Mmmmm wah ah ah ah ah——" The human warrior, who was unable to withstand the two puppets, had one hand bitten, and the other hand was pulled out by the puppet. The whole person was lying on the ground, and other puppets soon gathered around to enjoy him. The audience in the audience seats also laughed and made fun of his ridiculous appearance. Be it useless words or ridicule - no one cared about their life or death. This was the kind of place that this was.

"Drink! Next one!!"

"Okay! Go ahead!!" People are not just looking for the winner, they are looking for a refreshing and violent scene. It's okay to die, fighting is better, it's best if both sides suffer losses, or to use powerful strength to ravage the weak.

Ao Jun, who was waving a huge axe as he advanced along the way, hardly took any threat from the puppets seriously. His head, which was hit off, even knocked off the body of other contestants. Even without the weapon, his strong muscles could crush the puppet's skull with just the grip strength. A body without weapons and soul was simply vulnerable.

"Hmm... That guy is also very capable... I have to work harder too..."

In contrast, Jie Si, who was not very interested in the puppet subjugation, already had many weapons from other contestants in his hands. He killed anyone he saw along the way and did not violate any rules at all, but he did not have the mentality to win. He just enjoyed fighting for the sake of fighting.

If he wins, he will not be able to participate in the second event, which is a very unpleasant result for him, so he will not choose to win in the first event.

“Roar, ga ga ga…”

"Shut up—trash."

"Crack, crack." But this does not mean that he has no experience fighting against puppets. He quickly pulled out a dagger and inserted it into the back of the puppet's head to destroy its brain stem. He then stretched out his foot backwards and the corpse that was hooked to the ground had its head crushed. The puppets from the left and right took the opportunity to reach out to him.

"Snap!" Jie Si curled up his body and lifted the arm of the left puppet with his deltoid muscle. He swung it at the body of the right puppet in the direction of its force, and then it was like inserting a toothpick into the center of a hamburger.

"Snap!" A knife pierced through their two heads, and the knife stayed between the heads before leaving.

"Boring, isn't there a stronger opponent?"

“Roar, ga ga ga…”

"Pah!" Jie Si pulled out a throwing knife from somewhere and shot it through the head of another puppet with an inhuman movement. No one knew what he did from the time he waved his hand to the time he put it down. A knife handle was left standing on the puppet's body.

The method he used against this kind of enemy, who had absolutely no intention of fighting, was to not give the enemy any counterattack. If it were any other time, he would definitely reveal some flaws, more or less, and would definitely give the opponent some chance to counterattack.

“Roar… Gagaga!!”

"..."

As for Ao-jun, who was unable to encounter demi-humans or other orcs, he was very active in attacking the puppets in front of him. Three puppets whose heads were blown up by his swing did not even have a chance to fight back. As they fell to the ground, the other four puppets rushed forward together.

"Bang!" The first puppet that was knocked away by the punch crashed into the wall and died instantly. The second puppet was hit on the side of the head by the stick. The third and fourth puppets, along with their bodies and heads, were grabbed by him with his bare hands.

"Crack, crack!" It was crushed into meat paste and pieces.

"..."

Too boring, such an enemy

So sorry.

Want to meet him again.

Want to defeat him under such a favorable environment.

He wanted to challenge that warrior with the most amazing martial arts skills and take back his own loss of composure.

Is this impossible? After being killed by myself, he can no longer get up.

But the elf is still alive.

Is he the kind of person who would give up so easily?

That look was by no means bright and lively, but it was filled with awareness and determination that no other warrior could match. It was the look of someone who would chase the enemy to the end even if he fled to the ends of the earth.

Killing intent, hostility, hatred, rage, the emotions he revealed in battle were all deadly elements, but even so, his skills had never betrayed him, as if all of this had been engraved into his soul and body. He existed purely for fighting, was born purely for killing, that was the kind of person he was.

Stand up.

Come quickly, black warrior.

I'm still here, is this all you can do?

Stand up. Once more. Just once more.

Fight with me, and fight without regrets.

"Time is up. I will now announce the winner of the first event. This is Ao Jun. Wow, this is really amazing. He is indeed a tiger-wolf man. His strong body and perfect martial arts are flawless. Is an enemy like a puppet too easy for him?"

“OO ...

At the moment when the cheers from the audience rang out, Ao Jun realized that he had won the honor of being the chief.

But let alone a sense of accomplishment, he had lost even his glory since that day. These false victories could no longer satisfy his self-confidence.

The warrior who had lost his pride walked towards the exit of the maze and took a rest before waiting for the third task to begin.

"Tsk... that guy... what's wrong with him... he's so miserable after losing just once..."

Jie Si, who couldn't see why that guy had to feel guilty, naturally didn't want to fight with him. He entered the second event with the other surviving contestants. Those who died died, and those who survived would naturally survive. Although there were only sixteen people left, they should not be underestimated.

Jie Si found that some people had already started to form teams and were discussing how to get through the second event's trials.

"Ahem, sorry to have kept you waiting. The long cleaning of the venue has ended. Now let's move on to the second event. The trials are different from the first event. They are not a crusade. The rules have also changed. There is no limit on the winner. Those who pass the maze and survive can participate in the third event. It's okay to kill each other or form a team. No matter what you do, please don't cross the wall of the maze. As long as you reach the exit from the entrance, you will win. The total time is 30 minutes. Please be ready, contestants."

Jie Si, who was already preparing for the battle in his mind, knew very well that this event was completely different from the previous one because the entrance was different and the internal structure of the maze had not been fully revealed just now. It was said that as long as a competition was held, the internal structure of the maze would change, and even with something like a map, victory would not necessarily be guaranteed.

Moreover, there might be puppets involved, which would make the situation extremely difficult.

"Listen carefully, kids. It's natural to lose the first event, but as long as we can pass the second event, we still have a chance to win. Come on!"

"Oh!"

"oh oh!"

"Ooh!"

"..."

Be it taking shortcuts or something - people who want to win as a team will always come up with some bad ideas. For Jie Si who is alone, this is something that he has no reference at all.

If they encounter Ao Jun, these people will all die in an instant. Do they understand this truth? What is needed to survive is not friends and teammates, but technology and experience that can overcome everything.

The rest of the feelings and friendships are all nonsense.

"What are you looking at, a murderer?"

"Nothing, I just saw a group of monkeys dancing and it was funny, that's all, haha."

"What did you say!"

"You guy!"

"rude!"

Just when one of the contestants was about to knock Jie Si, who looked down on them, to the ground, the colleague who reached out to knock him back had already vaguely seen the trajectory of the knife in Jie Si's hand. If the two people lying on the ground had not interacted like this, someone would definitely have died.

"Hey! Are you crazy!"

"Are you crazy? Don't make me laugh. You will all die soon. What's the difference between dying now and dying later?"

"Tsk... he really is a guy who can't communicate..."

"Hey...let's go! Stop messing with him!"

No matter what their fate would be, Jie Si didn't take it to heart and put away the knife - guys like that weren't even worth taking to heart, they would definitely be killed and fed to the puppets soon. Trash is still trash, and when they are squeezed together, they are even more trash...

"Is it okay..."

"it's okay no problem……"

"Just tell you not to mess around..."

"Come on later..."

"..."

Not knowing what the cold gaze was staring at, the lone warrior smacked his lips and walked towards the entrance of the arena, even though no one would be watching him from behind.

This kind of way of survival will eventually lead to death in the unknown wilderness, gradually being swallowed up by nature and then disappearing.

So until then.

At the very least, at the very least.

I would rather die at the hands of someone who can kill everything I have.

Being killed by such a person is Jie Si's long-cherished wish as a warrior.

Is that the only level of warriors who can fight against tigerwolves?

Show up quickly, or I will snatch your prey away. Be it Aojun, Richard, or the elf girl, I will kill them all.