Blacksmith of the Apocalypse - Chapter 1090

The seventh fight was something special to watch. Not because of the cultivator Choon Long. Although he was much liked by the audience because he mixed sword moves with flashy magical techniques, his opponent was the unique one.

Adam Clarke was an adventurer from Y-City versed in gun kata skills that were developed in Y-City after the apocalypse. The weapons he used were some of the few surviving masterpieces of the gunsmiths of Ypselon. All in all, it was a mix of hand-to-hand combat and the ability to summon various types of firearms from the inventory.

The magic firearms developed in Y-City left an impression even on the well-versed people from the Chrona Empire. Although magical firearms were no new idea, as they were something every hextech engineer would work on at some point, the products produced coming from an age of technology that adapted to magic were something else. Especially the explosives.

His preliminaries played out like watching an action movie, where a single person with a host of guns and grenades, mowed down a field of opponents. However, it was questionable whether he would be able to stand against the cultivators who did something quite similar, but in a much shorter time.

Although many hoped for the marksman to continue on, so they could see him display more of his skills, it seemed questionable whether he would be able to defeat Choon Long, who outranked him in everything, judging on his skills in the preliminaries.

“That's him, right?” Seth asked Leana, when both contestants stepped into the arena, under Umi's moderation. Adam Clarke was not just any adventurer from Y-City. He was quite well-known during the time of the Scene's reign and belonged to the higher caste of their societal system.

“Yes, although we couldn't prove it so far, we suspect he is a candidate from the Scene,” the princess confirmed. Of course, they were not talking about the actual scene. They were the remnants that had not been in Ypselon at the time, which meant they evaded the district-wide eradication of their organization.

Minas Mar knew that they were still somewhere, hiding in the cracks and dark holes, waiting for a chance to take revenge. The problem was that not all of them were recipients of the immortal serum. Which meant they didn't have too hard of a time to enter as refugees.

With Leana's help, they tried to keep an eye on everyone that could be a part or a collaborator of these remnants. As princess of Chrona, Leana was educated and had more experience with this kind of stuff, which was why they left it to her.

“This is a secret technique of the Jade Well Sect. As an inner sect disciple, it's no surprise for Choon Long to know it. It is only a temporary improvement and can't be compared to forbidden techniques like Dumm Ting used, “ he explained calmly, guessing what was on their minds.

As Adam Clarke's body vanished from the arena, to revive at the respawn point, Umi went ahead and declared Choon Long the winner of the duel. Unlike the clam Perl Would, Choon Long visibly enjoyed the attention and cheers of the crowd.

“Well, I guess that takes care of one potential spy...” Seth mumbled.

The next fight was one Seth had been personally interested in. Not because it was a fight between two women, but because one of them was the Saintess of Gatris, the Goddess of Dark Mercy. The leader of the same church, that had kidnapped children in Delta in an attempt to foster holy warriors, or summon an avatar of their goddess, or whatever it was they actually intended to do.

Despite his Ravenous Sog getting a power-up from foiling their plans, Seth still held a grudge, so he actually cheered for their opponent, a lady called Dowloon. She was the first female cultivator in the first round and had the moniker “Shadow under the Rosebushes”.

From what Seth heard this moniker had a layered meaning. On one hand, roses were beautiful but had thorns. Anyone in the stadium would attest that Dowloon was a breathtaking beauty. Yu had to explain the second part to him.

Calling her the Shadow under the Rosebushes was not as flattering as it sounded, as it called her a snake, waiting for her innocent victims to admire the roses, before striking them with her poisonous bite.

The reason why they called her a poisonous snake with a beautiful face didn't need any explanation, as Dowloon was the first truly terrifying poison cultivator Seth had witnessed. She was different from the wimp that was taken down by the Lizardman in the preliminaries.

She won the preliminaries by covering the whole arena in a poison mist, that melted her opponents within minutes. All the while laughing like a true demon. It was a battle between a maniac and a religious fanatic.

Seth was used to hanging around people with one or two loose screws, so he still choose to cheer for the poisonous lady to win.