BXBX NOVEL Chapter 78 - Episode 78: Main Event. (2)
Ivonna guarded the first crystal on the back with Grisell and Leonardo. Hans and Michael guarded the second crystal near the cliff on the right side, while Francesca and Emma guarded the third crystal near the woods. Since this terrain is new to them, they all were observing the areas near them and made sure there are no hidden paths that can lead enemies to their crystals.
Diamond was doing the same thing, but he had a lot of scout teams and they were all exploring the terrains. Diamond ordered hundreds of his members to start to march forward. Francesca was facing where Michael and Hans were at. Then Hans immediately climbed the cliff to be a lookout for them. Ivonna started to move with her team, leaving Leonardo and Grisell at the back.
Everyone kept communicating with each other in clan chat. Hans suddenly climbed down the cliffs. He then brought a dozen of archers with him and hurriedly ran forward. I looked at the other side of the arena and one of Diamond\'s scout teams was approaching Francesca and Emma\'s team through the field. Emma with hundreds of players ran into the forest near where the scout team was at. Francesca and thousands of players went to their positions. Ivonna and hundreds of the players ran toward Francesca. It seemed that Emma planned to ambush them from behind.
The scout team was about to meet with Francesca and Ivonna\'s teams. They both were in their positions and ready to attack them as soon as they see them. I couldn\'t see Emma and her team in the forest. I tried to message her but it failed and a notification appeared, it said that the message couldn\'t get through because the player I was messaging is in the match. So the system prevents anyone to contact the players in the match to prevent cheating and giving them information. I looked at Hans and he kept running past the enemy scout team stealthily on the side. I squinted my eyes and I could see a player far behind the scout team, I believe he\'s the observer for Diamond if something happened to the scout team. So that was why Hans and his team ran past the scout team. They planned to kill the observer.
Ivonna saw the scout team, and she immediately charged towards them with Francesca and her team. Ivonna took them by a surprise. The scout team immediately readied their stances and pressed the attack. The scout team didn\'t stand a chance and immediately retreated, but Emma and her team ambushed them and killed them all. I looked at their back and Hans already took care of the observer. It was fast and clean. But then Hans and his team got spotted by another scout team and they were all running toward Ivonna. Ivonna and the other were surprised and immediately stood in formation. Some of the players were keeping the scout team\'s dead bodies away from the field so the enemy can\'t resurrect them.
All Diamond\'s scout teams force were twice larger than Ivonna, Francesca, Emma\'s team combined. The enemy charged at them without hesitation. Two players from the scout teams stood far behind from the battlefield and I believe they informed Diamond about this. I looked at Diamond\'s territory and half of the members started to march toward the battlefield, around 270.000 players to be exact. I looked at Ivonna and the others clashed their weapons with the enemy. I looked far back where Leonardo and Grisell were at. Leonardo on his own ran towards the third crystal. It took him a few minutes until he arrived there. He opened a portal and a third of his team walked inside the portal and immediately ran toward the battlefield and supported Ivonna and the others since most of Leonardo\'s team are Mages and Supports.
The tide has turned in Ivonna\'s favor. Even though she lost half of the force on the battlefield, they can resurrect them when the battle is over. On the other hand, the scout teams gained nothing and loss everything. Ivonna and the others won the battle and immediately resurrected the fallen players. Before Diamond\'s forces even reached the battlefield, Ivonna and the others already regrouped to their positions thanks to Hans\' portal, not just that, they also took the scout teams\' dead bodies with them. A player from Hans\'s team stood on top of the cliff and then climbed down to inform them about the enemies marching toward the battlefield.
Hans ran to the second crystal and met with Michael and Hans\' teams. They were talking so seriously and then Hans opened a portal. Michael and all his team entered the portal with half of Hans\' team. They all teleported to the battlefield and it seemed that they wanted to challenge Diamond. Michael with 250.000 players with him stood on the battlefield waiting for the enemy. On the other hand, Hans and Leonardo with a dozen of players ran into Diamond\'s territory stealthily.
Diamond\'s forces arrived at the battlefield. Michael lifted his axe and then charged at the enemy. It gave me chills to see them charging into the battle. It was an even battle, both teams lost players as much as the battle goes on. On the other side, Hans and Leonardo already at Diamond\'s territory. They were so close to the enemy\'s crystal, and when they saw hundreds of players from afar, Hans walked back and went to find the other crystal on his own. He stealthily looked around and went further to Diamond\'s territory. I believe he has some skills that prevent him from being detected. Then he went back to bring Leonardo with him to the second crystal.
Michael loss a lot of his members and they were forced to retreat with Francesca\'s help. They carried the dead players from Ivonna\'s clan. I looked at Ivonna, she didn\'t look surprised at all and she so calmed. After Michael managed to retreat to Ivonna\'s side with Francesca, Hans and Michael came from a portal. They all nodded and then Emma with thousands of her team ambushed Diamond\'s forces. Diamond\'s forces were cheering and resurrecting their friends when Emma ambushed them. She took them by a surprise, but it didn\'t matter to them since they had a larger force than her. Emma and her team charged at them fearlessly.
Something felt weird, I looked at Ivonna and it surprised me that all of the Forsaken- Clan members were gathering. Nobody guarded the second and third crystals, only Emma and her team that were not with them because they were fighting with the enemy forces. Leonardo immediately opened a portal and half of them ran toward the portal with Michael and Hans. Then Leonardo opened another portal, Ivonna with Francesca ran and entered the portal. All the Forsaken- Clan members just teleported and ambushed the Diamond Clan territory. They all charged toward the enemy\'s crystals. Diamond was surprised and immediately ordered the rest of his members to protect the crystal, but it was too late. Both of his crystals just got destroyed.
Emma\'s job was to prevent the enemy to go back to their territory when Ivonna and the rest of them ambushed the enemy\'s crystals. She and her team sacrificed themselves so the enemy couldn\'t get back to protect their crystals. She used all her skills and they were surprisingly managed to hold them off for quite a long time. Emma and her team are dead but they successfully bought times that will lead Forsaken- Clan to victory.
A notification appeared in the sky.
[Forsaken- Clan is the winner of this match with an amazing victory!]
[Forsaken- Clan entered the quarter-final!]
[Forsaken- Clan 2nd match will begin in 4 days of in-game time!]
[Forsaken- Clan will be fighting against Supremacist Clan in the quarter-final!]
[Diamond Clan is now entered the Lower Bracket!]
[Diamon Clan entered the quarter-final!]
All the players were screaming in excitement. Some of them were whistling so loudly. The ground was shaking again because of them. Then another notification appeared.
[Congratulation to players who won the prediction. The reward will be sent shortly!]
[May the Betelgeuse bless you!]
All the terrains immediately disappeared. All the Forsaken- Clan and the Diamond Clan members are teleported to the middle of the arena. They are all shaking their hands with smiles on their faces. William and I watched them shaking their hands until the end. We left the arena and immediately went to Forsaken- Clan base. When we entered their base, it was empty. I believe they all inside the hall, so we went there, and as soon as we entered the hall, everyone was cheering and hugging each other, it so cramped in there. Ivonna and the others were in the middle smiling and laughing.
Ivonna gave a short speech and then everyone is dismissed. Emma saw me and she was surprised by the costume I\'m wearing. We approached them and congratulated them on their victory.
A notification appears in front of me.
[Congratulations for participating in Prediction and Bidding Event! You won a total of 4.000 [Betelgeuse\'s Coin] from Predicting 4 matches!]
[May the Betelgeuse bless you!]
[Betelgeuse\'s Coin (4.000) obtained!]
William clears his throat and nervously looks at Ivonna and the others. We are looking at them while raising our eyebrows. Ivonna smiles at him.
"What\'s the matter? Do you have something to say to us?"
William is scratching the back of his neck.
"Uhh, I had a talk with my clan members, and they all wanted to join your clan and participate in the skirmish game main event. We only have 403 members right now, I know it\'s not much, but we really do want to join the Forsaken Clan. If it\'s okay with you, Miss Ivonna."
William is looking at Emma. She\'s grinning happily and wraps her arm around his neck. Ivonna smiles and nods.
"It doesn\'t matter how many players you have, and you\'re very welcome to join us."
Francesca and the others nod in an agreement. William is smiling happily and nods.
"Thank you very much, Miss Ivonna! I will immediately tell my members about the good news!"
Ivonna nods and William immediately leaves the hall and goes to his own clan base. Emma then grabs my hand and pulls me.
"Come on! Treat me to the all-you-can-eat buffet as you promised! We still have 4 hours before the next match begin and Ivonna is okay with it."
I scoff and nod. Francesca is humming while staring at us.
"How nice... I want to join..."
Emma is chuckling mischievously and grinning at Francesca. Francesca is frowning and looking at me.
"I will, in two weeks from now!"
Emma is teasing her while holding her hands. Ivonna is smiling at them both and then she takes a glimpse of my costume. I look at her and raise my eyebrows. She smiles.
"It looks good on you."
I smirk and raise my eyebrow.
"Thanks."
We then went to the roundtable and talked about the game and praised Emma for her action in holding down the enemy team. Also, they were checking my costumes and asked about where I got this costume. After an hour of spending time with them, Emma and I logged out from the game to fulfill my promise to her.