Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 240: The biggest fight ever

( Leo’s POV )

The worst part about reaching the semi-finals for Leo was that he could not meet Ben.

The insights that his old master gave him before a big fight were invaluable, however, for security reasons, the Emperor insisted that all fighters needed to unquestionably stay within royal quarters.

Hence, once he won his fight, he was once again taken back to the Royal Palace and was informed about the results of the subsequent fights later at the palace.

“Huh… I’m supposed to face the Dark Emperor, Cervantez tomorrow…. How interesting-” Leo murmured to himself, as he was informed by the royal staff that the opponent he was most likely to face was none other than Dark Emperor.

While for the NPC’s it was just another fight, for the player’s, Dark Emperor facing The Boss was the biggest fight ever.

For as long as the game started, Dark Emperor had been the number two player, while The Boss had been number one.

While other players had also triggered global announcements for some major achievements, nobody had triggered as many global achievements as The Boss and Dark Emperor, as the two were widely hailed as number one and number two in the game.

The duo facing each other was like a dream match-up for all the players and the forums began buzzing with the #BossVersesEmperor ever since both contestants won their respective fights.

“Yoo, the Boss taking on DarkEmperor, this is the biggest fight ever!”

“I was hoping to see what the fight between the number one and number two…. Oops, number three player looks like, however, I guess I will find out soon-”

“This is the peak…. The semi finals are the new finals, this is a rivalry for the ages”

“Imagine The Boss losing his fight against Dark Emperor….. that would make all his leveling advantage seem worthless”

“Are you just dumb or something? How can The Boss lose against Dark Emperor, he is yet to break a sweat in any of the rounds so far… he’s a class apart”

“I’m going to bet all my life savings on the Dark Emperor…. It’s either me going big or me going home-”

The global forums were ablaze with speculations of Dark Emperor versus The Boss and this was the kind of publicity that made or destroyed legends.

Neither of them could create such hype surrounding a fight alone, and it was only because they were facing each other that the whole arc ship was talking about it, however, such attention never came without consequences, and the loser of the bout was sure to be imprinted as the lesser fighter of the two for a long time.

Sitting cross legged on his soft Royal Guest bed, Leo pondered about whether or not he should take this next fight seriously? As while he acknowledged Cervantez and his ability to lead a guild, he had never really seen him fight too much.

The man had hidden his cards almost as well as Leo himself and Leo had no idea as to what exactly were his strengths or weaknesses.

“Well since he had the capability of reaching the semifinals, I shouldn’t discount him….. there must be something special about him to make it so far….” Leo murmured to himself as he tried to think seriously about the strategy of his fight tomorrow.

The only information about Cervantez that he had was that he used a sword as a primary weapon and was relatively agile when compared to ordinary fighters.

Beyond this, Leo had no idea as to what his class really was or what were his signature attacks.

Under such circumstances, it was hard for him to strategize about his next fight even if he wanted to, as it was moments like this when he missed Ben and the insights he brought as a master assassin.

If it were Ben, he would have already figured out the best strategy to fight Cervantez, however, unfortunately, Leo was left all alone, with him not allowed to meet visitors within the royal castle.

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( Meanwhile Cervantez )

After reading the ongoing conversation on the global forums, Cervantez immediately realised that the moment that he had been waiting for since ages had finally arrived.

All the preparation that he had done to acquire semi-legendary attacks and hide his strength during the tournament, was finally about to pay off as he planned to use all his hidden cards against ‘The Boss’ tomorrow to score an upset victory.

He truly felt that the only way for him to somehow gain TheBoss’s respect was for him to somehow defeat him. As only when TheBoss respected him, could he accept him as his guild master.

For the future that he had envisioned for the DarkSky guild, he needed both Luke and ‘TheBoss’ to be a part of his team as only with the support of those two could he create a guild big enough to take over the entire Empire.

“I can’t afford to lose tomorrow…. No matter what, I cannot lose tomorrow-” Cervantez resolved, as he began to thoroughly plan his next fight.

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( Meanwhile Luke )

As Luke scrolled through the global forums he was slightly saddened to see that almost no-one was talking about his fight with Lin Mu at all.

It was almost like the second semi finals match did not matter at all, and the only thing that people cared about was the fight between The Boss and Cervantez.

‘Who will I face in the finals? What do I do if I have to face the guildmaster? Do I fight honestly or forefit?’ Luke wondered, as he felt that the prospeft of facing Cervantez in the finals would feel incredibly awkward for him.

‘But will the guildmaster even make it to the finals….. Will I either?’ Luke questioned himself as he did not feel sure that either him or the guildmaster would make it to the finals in the first place.

“Guess I’ll cross that bridge if I reach it…” Luke murmured to himself, as he decided to not worry about the finals for now and focus on his semi-finals fight against Lin Mu the NPC first.