With the number of contenders heavily lessen for the second game, the game starts with the audience making a big roar.
"Hello everyone...Hello?" a man in a tuxedo from an away platform speaks with a megaphone.
"Thank you for having everyone's attention, I am Phieas, the announcer for this part of our event. --Hmmmm...Let's see, looks like this millenia's number of contenders is quite plenty...Well, with that details being left as it is, let's proceed to the second game!"
The arena where every contender stands to is approximately half a kilometer in diameter, fairly more than enough to hold the 300 contenders left for the second game.
The entrance and exit for this massive arena is a big gate made of 'phorogranataur shells', a really strong and heavy material. It can even with stand magic.
"For the second game, only a hundred is allowed for the third game.."
The gate then opens. Behind the massive gate is a road to a mountain with a temple on its top.
"Ahh, okay, thank you for opening the gate"
"Your objective for the second game is quite easier than the first game. You see there is a temple over there.."
[everyone in silence]
"Okay I think that is a 'yes'".
"Actually the second game is really simple.."
"You already said that, just get on the point and start the damn race you clown!", an audience shouted out of irritation.
Phieas got irritated as well with how unenthusiastic his audience was with his hosting.
"Only a hundred is allowed for the third game, get in the right temple and...", Phieas paused for a moment "--I hate this audience"
[Everyone is in silence]
[the mic does some feed back noises]
"Just proceed and start",Phieas has frustatingly said while leaving.
With such limited instructions, the second game starts.
"So, this is just a race right?", one of the contenders asked while running.
"I think that is what it's supposed to be...Ack!!", that is the last words of a contender, his death has been caused by an axe hitting his skull from behind.
"This game is a disadvantage for me, I'll just kill 201 people here so I am sure to be the 100th contender for the third game", a big fat guy with a ton of axes said while throwing axes to random contenders.
After a short while, a big tomb stone falls from the sky crushing the fat guy with his axes.
"Stupid, no one said killing was allowed", Grunt murmured while riding behind a giant from behind.
"Good analysis, that tomb has the symbol for 'punishment' on it. That is obviously a penalty for breaking a rule", the woman in one-piece said while running, this is the same woman from the last chapter.
"But I don't understand", the woman is about to ask another question.
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"How did you know that riding another contender is allowed?", the woman continued.
"The game host just said be there, only a hundred", Grunt replied with the least words he can.
"Ahh, That doesn't answers my question. Well, I'm Sarah, I'm an esper...And you?", the woman in one-piece made an introduction out of the blue.
"I'm not here to make friends, go faster giant!", Grunt answers in an unfriendly impression.
"What? Who are you?", the giant Grunt is riding on asks. And then looks to Sarah due to confusion.
"I already said, I'm Sarah", with a reply from Sarah, the giant got flustered and blushed.The giant then continued running while making cute faces to Sarah.
Meanwhile, in the lead of the race. "We are ahead now, there is no way we wouldn't make it for the third game" a troll in a battle suite said while driving a mountain vehicle.
In the said vehicle, 5 beings are on board. Two trolls, one supernova and two ogres. This five formed an alliance the moment they knew that the second game is a race.
"Wait, I can see something in front of us, what is that?" an ogre on board asked while looking afar.
"An enemy", an ogre said.
"If that is the case, leave it to me", the supernova scorched his arm to ready for an attack.
It was an old man with his cane waiting on the middle of the road. The supernova throws some fireballs to the old man.
"Take this old man!"
Right before the fire ball lands to the old man, the old man holds his cane straight up and makes a swing sending the thrown fireballs back.
"Poob, Poob", the sound of fireballs made when it hits back to the mountain vehicle. Somehow, the mountain vehicle was strong enough to withstand the fireballs.
"The fireballs were very weak, maybe dodging and attacking directly would had been quicker and easier", the old man with the cane said talking to his self.
"That didn't work, what should we do?", the supernova asked.
"We'll just run over the old man", the troll in the battle suite said in a really evil tone.
The old man with the cane ran towards the mountain vehicle in the speed of sound, leaving some flames in his foot steps.
"Cane of death", the old man said while holding the cane in front of him.
In an instant, the mountain vehicle and everyone on board was gone.
"What happened there?", Titan Blade asking while running.
"That old man with a cane is a 'joker'", a man in his knight armor riding on Titan Blade replied to Titan Blades question.
"What should we do?", Titan Blade asks another question.
"There are only two things to do with a 'joker' to get past through. It's either we answer a riddle he asks or we just pass through him with out doing anything".
"How about this?", Titan Blade asks while showing his blade.
"No, no. That would be a wrong act, 'jokers' cannot be defeated in combat, they are absolute beings", the knight said as a decline to Titan Blades suggestion.
"So we just get past him or answer a question"
Titan Blade continued running till he is about to get past the old man and his cane.
"Stop", the old man with the cane said right before Titan Blade and the man in the knight armor gets past him.
Titan Blade made a complete stop, then went back running again.
"Nice job Deko", Titan Blade praised the knight for his good suggestion.
Titan Blade and Deko are now in a really far lead.
this work is a fictional work, any relation to the real world or any events are pure coincidence
everything in this blog are mine, you can use the drawing if you want, I don't mind