Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

Chapter 1098: First Challenge Results

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With less than a minute left before the first test ended, Planta did something that was not against the rules at all, fusing four swords into one. Indeed, this was actually her plan this whole time! With the power of her Spiritual Flames from Ignis, and her Alchemy Skill, she unleashed a powerful Synthesis, by spending tens of thousands of Mana, something that no blacksmith could ever accomplish.

After all, between craftsmen, alchemist, and blacksmiths, only pure alchemy specializers could have big mana pools, but even those could never compare to a druid-class magician such as Planta, even less with all her bonuses from Skills and equipment, giving her a ridiculous pool of Mana that dwarfed everyone present here, even if their pools combined at that!

FLUOSH!

All four weapons merged, becoming liquid metal for a moment as they fused with Planta's Mana and other energies. She even added Divine War Essence, experimenting with her new creation.

Slowly, the sword was formed, slightly longer than the mold, but still beautiful and not too far on its design. It still had that bronze color but had gained many black and slightly golden colorations.

All of the gems it had merged into a crimson ring around the hilt, the sword looked ideal, and it was the perfect in between a one-handed and a two-handed sword, fitting any style.

It overflowed with a blazing, rainbow-colored aura.

The spectators gasped in surprise over the aura of the weapon, and the other participants, which recognized Planta was just "not too bad" almost dropped their jaws into the floor.

"Is that even allowed?!" the red-bearded dwarf complained to the referee. "They merged weapons! How is that allowed?! That's not allowed, right?!"

"T-There's no rules stating they can't combine weapons made using the materials provided, sir...!" said the referee. "As long as it's done within the given time and using the materials, and also in the shape of a sword... It's fine."

"WHAT?!" the dwarf had grown really shocked. "I could have done the same! Dammit!"

He wasn't the only complaining, the blonde brownie smiled with disbelief.

"T-This can't be true, I never thought about that myself..."

And the black cloaked figure only remained in silence.

Though they seemed slightly annoyed, tightly gripping their fists.

"..."

And lastly, the dragon-kin man smiled.

"Impressive."

As this happened, all contestants or the groups brought over their weapons to the judges, nobody else than the King and the Queen, of course.

"Your majesty, we offer to you their creations," the referee said.

"One by one, bring them over," the King stated.

"Third Place, Erdragon!"

"Fourth Place, Goldanaba!"

"And Fifth Place, Horshen!"

The sorcerer won second place, the dragon-kin third, the brownie fourth, and the complaining dwarf got the short end of the stick at fifth place!

"..."

"Hah, of course."

"Fourth place?! No way!"

"What?! Fifth place?!"

They had all sorts of reactions, though the sorcerer remained in silence, Planta was able to learn her name was Melisa. The dragon-kin were Erdragon, the brownie was Goldanaba, and the dwarf Horshen.

"W-What about us?" the Forgery Brothers trio wondered.

"Your sword broke too easily, you're disqualified, please leave," said the Queen.

"EH?!" the trio gasped.

"Wait a second!"

"We can't be disqualified so suddenly!"

"Aren't there three more rounds left?!"

They complained to the King and Queen, naturally, the audience immediately hated them.

"BOOH! Just go away, losers!"

"You dare question the decision of her majesty?!"

"Get off the stage, suckers!"

People even started throwing rotten tomatoes and fruits at them.

And Planta, Ambil, and Titan couldn't stop laughing.

Ambil was right, this sort of triumph felt much better than using any trick!

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