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The few remaining mages went all out, unleashing all sorts of magic as if it were free, and started a massive cleanup campaign!

Various kinds of magic flew everywhere, and unlucky people were always eliminated because they couldn't react in time.

They are also targets of assassins. Those with teammates are better off, as at least a few people will protect them. But if they have no teammates, they will definitely be killed by assassins if they are not well hidden.

The worst off are support players, who are now almost extinct, including priests, item makers, trap makers, and so on.

Because their own abilities were simply insufficient to allow them to survive until this point.

Those who are still on the field now either have encountered reliable teammates who have carried them all the way.

Either they were lucky and their hiding place was never discovered by others, or they didn't encounter any particularly strong enemies.

For example, Seti is like that. As a summoner, her strength is really weak, but she is lucky. She always sneaks into the circle and is only discovered by three players before meeting up with Tsuchimikado and the others.

Fortunately, these three players were even weaker than her and were just there to experience the event. They were immediately surrounded and killed by her summoned creatures.

However, her good luck ended there. Not long after she reunited with Tsuchimikado Fuyu and the others, the battle on the entire battlefield broke out. Tsuchimikado Fuyu and the others were too exhausted to protect her.

Finally, she was ambushed by an assassin, and before her summoned creatures could even be used effectively, she was dead.

……

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"

As the maze collapsed once more, its area shrank again, leaving only a space the size of a football field.

Because of this collapse, another wave of players unfortunately perished, some due to slow reaction time, falling outside the maze and being eliminated.

Some were ambushed by others, killed by enemies while trying to escape the edge of the collapse, or even pushed back by others.

However, as a result, the battle in the maze suddenly stopped temporarily. Everyone searched for their remaining teammates and gathered in small groups in a corner, looking around warily.

At this point, there weren't many players left, only about fifty or sixty, who were divided into about ten small teams, each occupying a corner of the maze.

As for the middle of the maze, no one would be foolish enough to stand there; that would just give others the opportunity to focus their attacks on them!

"Everyone, are you all alright?" Maple asked with some concern, standing in front of Tsuchimikado Fuyu and the others with her shield raised.

"I'm okay, but my mana is almost gone," Tsuchimikado Fuyu said, frowning.

Although he was already very careful about his mana consumption, the numerous battles forced him to frequently use healing skills to keep his health at a healthy level.

As a result, his mana was consumed very quickly. If it weren't for his "Second Source of Mana" skill, he would have been eliminated long ago.

"Huff, huff! My energy is being depleted too quickly, and my movements and reactions are a bit slow." Shiramine Risa looked the worst off among the four, because her fighting style meant she had to expend a lot of energy, and now she was so tired that she didn't want to move.

"No mana left, and only a third of my health is remaining, but my pet is being targeted," the black cat said, shaking its head.

She could have easily thrived in this event thanks to her pet black cat's clone ability, but unfortunately, she had used this ability too much in previous events, which caught the attention of other major guilds.

So this time, they killed any animal they saw nearby, whether it was a cat or not, giving her no chance to use Flash.

Actually, it wasn't just her; Maple was the same way. She was chased and beaten by a group of top players because she was just too overpowered!

Even so, she was still in the best condition among the four.

As for the others, they were all killed in the previous battle.

However, they also reaped considerable rewards, especially Kaguya, whose forty-meter-long cleaver allowed her to reap a crazy harvest of kills. She is now far ahead in the kill leaderboard, having reached tenth place.

As for the top nine, eight of them are mages, since mages are indeed much stronger at racking up kills.

The only remaining survivor is none other than Maple. Her mechanical god is a true turret, and an air-to-ground turret at that, making her even more terrifying than a mage.

If her mechanical god hadn't been destroyed by a group of expert players, the event would probably have ended long ago.

"Let's fight! The sooner we finish, the sooner we can rest. Anyway, all we're fighting for now is the survival ranking. The kill ranking is pretty much set."

Tsuchimikado Fuyu took a breather, and regardless of how well he was recovering, he looked at the other players who were also rushing to recover and said with a serious expression.

“That’s right, now is the best time to fight. I didn’t expect the priest from the Flame Emperor’s Kingdom to still be alive.” Black Cat said with some surprise as he looked at the priest in the Flame Emperor’s Kingdom faction who was healing his teammates.

“Miyin is protecting me closely. As one of only three mages to survive on the field, she is very strong,” Selty said.

"Then let's go. Who should we attack? The Kingdom of the Flame Emperor?" Maple raised her shield and asked seriously.

"Of course... no, let's leave that tough nut to the Holy Sword Gathering! We'll go take down those on the left, Maple, and then it's your turn," Tsuchimikado Fuyu said with a smile.

Although killing more people won't improve your ranking on the kill leaderboard, there's still the survival leaderboard!

If they're lucky, one of them might even top the survival leaderboard.

They might not be able to take first place on the kill and search leaderboards, but they might be able to take first place on the survival leaderboard, since they still have Maple!

Although her mechanical god is gone, her defensive capabilities are still top-notch.

Therefore, if they kill a few more people, they can reduce Maple's enemies and increase her chances of winning first place.

There's no hope for the three of them, so we need to relieve as much stress as possible for Maple before they die.

Kuroneko and Shiramine Risa understood Tsuchimikado Fuyu's idea. The three of them exchanged a glance and then rushed towards the three players on the left.

"Huh? What do you mean by 'leave it to me'?" Maple asked, somewhat bewildered.

However, at this moment, Tsuchimikado and his men launched a preemptive strike, reigniting the flames of war on this battlefield.

Everyone rushed toward their predetermined goals.

Although the "Holy Sword Gathering" did not attack the "Emperor's Kingdom," they instead wanted to continue targeting Maple.

However, their two guilds could only dream about it; they didn't have a chance to deal with Tsuchimikado and his group for the time being, as they were currently being besieged by three or four teams.

The reason is simple: they have the most players left!

There are only about fifty or sixty people on the entire battlefield, and your two guilds together have nearly twenty people. If we don't attack you, who will we attack?

Chapter 1474 NWO Maze Championship (Part 1)

"Super Speed!"

"Multiple flame bombs!"

"Tubo!"

"Berserk!"

"The Holy Sword of Judgment!"

"Emperor Yan! Emperor Yan! Emperor Yan!"

"Multiple barriers!"

"Crushing Sword!"

"Holy Javelin!"

"Poison Dragon!"

"Forbidden Gungnir's Spear!"

"..."

"Clap! This dungeon encounter has officially ended!"

As players in the maze died one by one, until only a girl holding a shield remained, the voice of the NPC monster rang out in the game.

"Let's congratulate Maple-chan from the Arrayed Cats Guild for surviving to the end!"

"Great!" Maple, who was still in the maze, exclaimed happily upon hearing this.

The players outside the arena were used to it and were even a little happy.

As for the reason...!

Naturally, they prevented Maple from taking first place on the kill leaderboard, but if it were just the survival leaderboard, everyone could accept it.

Even so, Maple is still ranked third on the kill leaderboard.

If it weren't for the sacrifice of those skilled players, or if they had acted a little slower, Maple would probably have already gone on a killing spree in her mechanical god.

Maple might even take first place on both lists then.

"Now, let's start calculating the rewards. At the same time, we will also interview the three top-ranked players and play their highlights."

"First up is Maple-chan, who's number one on our survival leaderboard. As a player who's been interviewed multiple times for her high ranking in events, how are you feeling right now?"

By this time, Maple was no longer the novice she once was, and she was used to this kind of interview, so she shyly expressed her gratitude.

It was basically a thank you to my guildmates for their support and help, etc.

Next up was an interview with the top-ranked player on both the kill leaderboard and the search leaderboard.

The top kill leaderboard belongs to the Flame Emperor of the "Flame Emperor's Kingdom," whose fire magic is like a mobile artillery platform, constantly killing enemies throughout the entire event.

The top search result belongs to a relatively well-known solo player, but she is famous not for her strength, but for her treasure-hunting ability.

Her profession is also a hidden one, called Treasure Hunter. Her skills are mostly treasure-related abilities such as escaping, dodging, hiding, and searching.

It has to be said that she deserved to be number one on the search rankings.

Tsuchimikado and his team also received the event's settlement rewards. His rankings on the three lists were: "67th on the Search List", "3rd on the Survival List", and "86th on the Kill List".

Although I barely made it into the top 100 on the kill leaderboard, the rewards for all three leaderboards were pretty good, mostly consisting of useful items and materials.

The others also looked pleased, it seemed that everyone had had a good harvest.

……

"Now, please take a short break. At 2 PM sharp, we will start the Maze Battle event."

The tournament will be held in an elimination format, with the top 100 players on the kill leaderboard going through two rounds of elimination matches to select 25 players to enter the official tournament.

Then, these 25 contestants will be randomly divided into five groups for a ring competition.

Each arena will randomly select one player to become the champion, and then the other four players can challenge them. Each player has only one chance to challenge, and if they fail to do so, they will be disqualified from the competition.

If the challenge is successful, the challenger automatically becomes the champion, and the champion loses the right to compete.

After each challenge ends, the champion's status will automatically return to full.

Finally, the remaining champions will qualify for the final round of the competition.

As for the format of the final round, we'll announce that tomorrow!

Upon hearing the rules of the arena, the players were somewhat confused, as there were clearly some unreasonable aspects to the rules.