Terra Nova Online: Rise of The Strongest Player

Chapter 260: Victory

“THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH…. AND THE GRAND TOURNAMENT BY INCAPACITATION…..” The match announcer said, as a deafening roar of cheers erupted amongst the fans.

For a moment, the world around him seemed to slow down as Leo registered everything and nothing at the same time.

On one hand he could feel the pressure of the match referee against him as he pushed him away from Luke.

On the other hand he could hear the Boo’s and Cheers of the crowd. He could see the exhilarated faces of the commoners as someone from the open qualified category finally beat the legacy academies after 20 years of dominance, but he could also see the faces of the Royal Knight Academy students as they cried with their heads between their palms.

On the ground, not too far away from him, his brother was knocked unconscious as a team of medical staff seemed to be desperately running towards him.

On the speakers, the announcer was declaring his victory, however, at that instance everything around him just felt too surreal to Leo as a system notification blasted his screen.

[ System Notification – Actor Class Quest completed ‘Win The Grand Tournament’ ]

[ System Notification – You have managed to win the grand tournament and solidify the image of ‘TheBoss’ as the best player in the game amongst the masses.

Any future achievements attained by ‘TheBoss’ will no longer draw suspicion from the other players, as the role background has been established.

Calculating Rewards….. ]

[ Quest Notification – You have completed the quest, ‘Win The Grand Tournament’.

Distributing rewards.

-You have received +2500 MP

-You have received +500,000 Gold Coins

-You have gained +15 levels.

-Your title ‘Fake it till you make it’ has been upgraded.

-You have received a small Future Events Information Pack.

[ Title ] – ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ ——> ‘Sham It Till You Slam It’

[ Title ] – ‘Sham It Till You Slam It’

Title Description:- You have understood the principles behind faking your success to the point that it becomes real and have played the part of ‘The Boss’ to perfection.

However, playing just one role is not enough to become a versatile actor and you must flourish in other roles too.

Title effects :-

1)Complete immunity from your stats from being read, with or without the Virex Mask.

2) 30% more probability of any NPC being convinced by your words, even if it’s a lie. ]

Leo was drowned in system notifications and while he glanced over it quickly, he did not pay much attention to it as of now as he dismissed the system notifications in favor of watching the Emperor slowly descend from his throne.

While on one hand, Luke was being carried out on a stretcher, the Emperor made his grandiose entrance into the grand arena to the beat of war drums and trumpets as he slowly made his way down from the upper pavilion to the grand arena while being surrounded by at least two dozen royal guards.

Clapping his hands and playing a people pleaser to the crowd, the Emperor Julien D Evanus smiled the brightest fake smile that he was capable of and made his way towards Leo.

“What a fight… what a champion” he said, clapping his hands as instead of the match referee raising his hand once the fight was over, it was the Emperor who did, as the moment he took Leo’s hand and raised it in front of the crowd, fireworks went off in the background as a celebratory atmosphere took hold of the arena.

“Wow, SkyLion was a very tough opponent but you fought spectacularly. I’m completely in awe of your skills…. Hahaha” Julien said, joking happily with Leo as he tried to portray the image of a benevolent Emperor who genuinely enjoyed sports to the masses.

“Thank you, my lord, it was indeed a hard fought victory” Leo said humbly as he bowed politely in front of the Emperor, although he did not mean it at all.

“What exactly is your profession? Because yesterday you used a mage type spell, usually you fight as an assassin and my counselors tell me that you have mastered some attacks that berserkers use too…” Julien asked curiously as he tried to make small talk with Leo, however, Leo dismissed his question carefully.

“I have no chosen profession, My Lord, I learn whatever I wish for” Leo replied casually, as little did he know that this one small sentence that he said today would alter the landscape of Terra Nova forever.

His finals fight against SkyLion was being watched live by millions of players throughout the game, as many spectators were live streaming it over private forums.

While clippings of the fight were sure to go viral over the global forums later, this one line that Leo spoke was going to become the biggest controversy of the game in the future, as this one line from him as the undisputed top player was going to break the fourth wall and encourage all players to learn moves from other classes to cover for the obvious flaws in their own.

Little did Leo know that he was going to be single handedly responsible in the generation of the wave of hybrid class players who did not conform to their class barriers and considered ‘TheBoss’ as their idol.

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( Meanwhile Ben )

Ben began crying tears of joy when Leo finally managed a hard-fought victory in the Grand Tournament.

He had not even been this happy when he himself won the grand tournament many decades ago, however, seeing his disciple win it made him feel over the moon.

‘I trained that kid….he’s my student’

These were the thoughts that Ben had watching Leo win as he cried and chuckled like a weak old man.

At that moment, if anyone watched Ben Faulkner, they would not have believed that this was the legendary assassin that once killed the crown prince, as unlike his usual calm and cold demeanor, Ben Faulkner truly felt overwhelmingly happy today.