“Wait.”
Simba called out.
Nux turned towards him and frowned.
This man had involved himself in this battle more times than he should. Honestly, if he changed the rules again or did something annoying, recording or not, Nux would leave this place.
However, this time, Simba seemed to be on his side.
“Call all of them.”
“W-What?”
The announcer was shocked.
“There is no point wasting time like this.
Call all of them at the same time.
The conditions will be the same. If they win, and some of them think that the reward distribution was unfair, they can always challenge Nux on their own at a later date, and if they win, I will compensate them.”
Simba then glanced at Nux and smiled.
“Unless, of course, you only wish to fight five hundred right now. I have no problem with that either.”
Nux smiled.
“No, let them all come.”
“B-But there are more than 20,000 of them… even the Stage isn’t big enough…”
“Since when has that been a problem?
Since the client has asked for this, how can you not make the required arrangements?”
Before the announcer could say anything, another voice was heard.
“A-Arena Vice Master!”
The announcer shouted, turning towards the man who had appeared out of nowhere.
The Arena Vice Master momentarily glanced at Nux, then, with a wave of his hand, all the other mercenaries who were lying on the ground, unconscious, moved as if some force was picking them up and were removed from the stage.
Then, with another wave of his hand, the stage moved up, floating in the air.
*Rumble* *Rumble*
“T-T-That…”
The announcer widened her eyes in shock.
How long had it been since she had seen this?
Too long! So long that even she, a being with a sharp memory, couldn’t recall it clearly. After all, thousands of years had passed.
The rest of the audience was shocked as well. Not just them, even Nux raised his eyebrow as he looked around.
The Stage he was standing on started floating in the air, then suddenly, something similar to a Pillar shot from the ground, piercing through the middle of the Stage, and it continued to move up till it was 100 kilometers above ground level. It was so high that most people couldn’t even see its end.
The Stage continued to move as well. It was slower than the Pillar, but Nux could tell that it was aiming to move that high as well. Five minutes later, the stage was floating 100 kilometers above the ground.
Then, it started expanding.
*Clang* *Clang* *Clang*
Nux could hear some mechanical noises as the floor started expanding. It spread tens of kilometers far.
Nux’s eyes then fell on the top of the pillar, which was only around 10 meters above the Stage he was standing on. Suddenly, five screens appeared all around the Pillar Head.
All screens showed the Vice Master’s face.
“This should be enough for 20,000 Sovereigns, no?”
He questioned.
It seemed like he was talking to Nux since no one else was present here.
Nux nodded.
He didn’t say any word purposefully since he wanted to see if this man could see him from below.
“Well, that is good.”
The man chuckled.
“We call this Stage *Eclipse Expanse*.
This is only used when Primordials or beings a level above battle each other so that the surroundings are not destroyed. The Pillar here captures the entire battlefield. The technologies used are advanced enough to record the battle even if it is taking place a hundred kilometers away.
The recording is shown in the Arena Screens here in real time, so it would be no different than watching it live.”
He explained.
Nux nodded, impressed by the advanced technology.
“Anyways, since this stage is designed for Primordials and levels above, you can go all out without having to worry about anything.
I wish you luck,
Champion Nux Leander.”
The Vice Master spoke. Nux nodded again.
“All right, take on things from here.” The man spoke as he glanced at the announcer.
The announcer nodded, and her face then appeared on the screen.
“Now,
After Nux Leander’s dominant victory over 100 Sovereigns, we will now move to the next, even more exciting stage.
The Stage is all set.
Now, rather than a 1v100,
Nux Leander will be facing 20,413 Mercenaries who have registered for this mission, all at the same time!
Will Nux Leander show another miracle and let his name be etched in the history of Nexus, or will the 20,000 Mercenaries finally be able to stop his onslaught!?
We will find that out in a moment!
So with a huge cheer, let’s welcome our Mercenaries, who will be facing Nux Leander together.
Wish them luck, people!
After all, the enemy they are going to face isn’t weak!”
The woman spoke, and after a long while, the crowd erupted with a huge cheer.
“YYYEAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”
“KILL HIM!!”
“Overpower him!!!”
“Attack him at the same time! Don’t give him any time to move!!!”
While the Mercenaries flew in the air, moving towards the battle stage above the ground, the crowd cheered, shouting different methods they could think of to defeat Nux.
The Mercenaries, however, ignored them all, and as they reached the top, 20,000 of them surrounded Nux Leander, who stood at the center of the battle stage.
All Mercenaries had grave looks on their faces. Now, none of them were underestimating their enemy. After all, they had seen the previous battles.
So, despite having a huge advantage, they didn’t get complacent and treated Nux as a threat.
After all, if they lost this battle, they would become nothing but laughing stocks all over Nexus.
This time, they came with a plan, an extensive strategy to defeat this monster.
This time, the Mercenaries of Nexus would not lose.
It was finally the time Nux Leander would pay the price for his arrogance.
Yes, it was now time for the final battle between Nux Leander and the Mercenaries.
