Chapter 111 Name: The hound.
There were two ways for one to partake in the virtual mecha fights as a viewer, one could directly enter the virtual world and watch from there after paying a small fee to the host of the fights which was an immersive and very life like experience or one could simply watch the fight on a television or through a mini hologram projected from their bracelet terminals. Most people preferred to enter the virtual world. At this moment so many people on the Blue star had already connected to the virtual network, entered the world and found seats after paying five star coins. Even those who could not afford had been sponsored by his highness the Prince Markay.
The fights were divided into three divisions, division one was for amateur fighters, those that were just beginning and rarely had any special skills which made it cheap and unappealing to those that were in it for the money. It was unusual to find a wealthy person watching a division one fight because it was hardly extraordinary. Division two was slightly better because the fighters had honed their skills, the fights lasted longer and this was where potential could be spotted. If one had potential then companies, guilds, nobles and wealthy families would come knocking to make offers that would change one's life. Even members of the royal family engaged in this madness, offering special privileges?to those fighters that caught their eye. The mecha fights could turn one into an overnight sensation and often make one rich in an instant. This is one of the reasons why they were so popular among the common people. It was a ticket out of poverty and thousands of people tried their hand at it every year, but out of the thousands, not more than thirty made a mark on the world of mecha fighting.?The last and the most coveted of them all was division three, this was where the expert fighters cemented their names on the list of the greats and finally moved from the virtual world to the real one. To conquer division three as the number one fighter was almost equal to being a top?celebrity in this world, it would earn one fame, wealth, sponsorships and many other perks. But it was not an easy task to do or position to keep because one was constantly being challenged, everyone wanted to be number one. The longest reining number one had lasted a period of three years, it was so unbelievable, that man went on to form his own guild which was among the top ten guilds in the empire, the shadow guild.
Scarlet knew all of this knowledge by heart now because she had researched it all and learned the rules of the fights by heart. She even went as far as to study Shadow's old fights to see what he did different that had kept him at the top.
Tion had said that it was simple, Shadow was swift and ruthless. Within the first one minute of the fight he would gage his opponent learning their weakness and then he would use it to take out the opponent quickly by knocking them to a point of unconsciousness or sending them into the oblivion portal which was behind on every end of the ring. Once one was pushed into the black oblivion portal then the fight was over instantly. The oblivion portal was not dangerous, it simply disconnected one from the virtual world. So not only did one have to watch out for the opponent, they also had to watch out for the portal.
Scarlet was fully prepared for her fight she was just feeling slightly nervous and she paced around slowly, breathing in and out. The helmet which connected her to the virtual world was already on her head but not yet activated.?She was inside a room on the old space ship which they discovered in the woods. It had been upgraded by Beord the computer expert and now functioned like any modern space ship. The spacious rooms on the inside had been turned into cargo hold areas, bedrooms, offices and a large communications center where some members of the communications department worked. It had basically been turned into a movable office of sorts. Right now, three of the ten screens in the space ship were being used to monitor Scarlet's heartbeat, neuro pathways and motor skills. Every move she made was reflected on the screens. Virtual mecha fights were not like games where one's character did the fighting, in these fights she would have to make all the moves physically herself. It was why one needed skill to engage in these fights. If you proved your skills in the virtual world then you could participate in the fights in the real world.
"Relax." Beord told her. "You might pass out before the fight begins."
"I can't relax" she replied, "Tion says the only way to make my mark is by breaking one of the records. To break any record I have to go all out but In the specific division one group where I am placed only fighters with armor and weapons are allowed, no mechas. Which is good for me because I do not know how to pilot a mecha yet. However not only are the fighters extremely skilled but also the moment my armor fails to protect me I will be injured and pain from there is actually felt here in real life. I can't help but be nervous."
"I have seen you train with those whips and let me say that I would not pick to fight you. How many heads of your training partners have you sliced off?" he responded.
He was speaking about the training ground which she bought from Severus's friend that sold her the whips. Since it could be used in the physical world to train everyone had seen her training behind the house where she set it up. It was a ring with a virtual screen where she could choose level of difficulty, type of opponent she wanted, challenging weather conditions, mutated beasts, underworld beasts, harsh terrain and other factors. It was a necessary training tool for anybody that would someday go into the small world Severus told her about. The opponents Beord spoke of were all grim reapers but nobody here would ever know.
"What kind of record are you aiming to break anyway?" he asked her.?"Enter your username here." he told pointed to her account on the computer screen.
'The hound.' she wrote.
"Winning three fights in thirty minutes." she answered.
"Shadow's record!!" Beord gasped.
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