Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger!

Chapter 358: Cause Of Death

"W-What just happened folks? Why was Percy Phone transported out of the stage? Did the blue dome malfunction?! What a blunder!" Corey's confused and disappointed voice once again sounded, making everyone feel the exact same emotions in their hearts.

The duel was right in the middle of its…intense climax.

Hence, the audience would naturally be disappointed if it was disrupted due to a system malfunction.

Even Shye felt the same.

Well, what could he do? For now, he decided just to descend the stage and wait for the event organizers' decision. Experience exclusive tales on M V L

Unfortunately, someone had other plans.

Promptly after Shye stepped out of the stage, a furious voice sounded from behind him.

"CROWLEY!! YOU DESTROYED EVERYTHING I WORKED HARD FOR!! I'LL KILL YOU!! RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!!"

Subconsciously turning around, Shye saw Percy's angry face, zooming in as the guy madly bolted towards him, brandishing his tachi with vicious intent.

"P-Percy Phone has gone insane! Organizers!" Corey shouted in an anxious tone, causing four men, who were standing on their designated corners, to charge toward Percy in hopes of stopping him.

Should he successfully strike Shye, the consequences would be dire as the two of them were no longer inside the blue dome.

A death here would be permanent.

Shye, upon witnessing Percy's furious rush, merely sneered in disdain.

'Fine then, since you're not convinced that you're no match for me, then I'll change your mind.'

Fully turning around, Shye himself charged towards Percy.

'Fake out!'

"TIMEKEEPER'S FORTRESS!!"

In the next instant, the hearts of Corey, the Balkrow Arena staff, and the Raven's Blade event organizers, almost stopped beating in anxiousness.

Well, who could blame them when all four arena guards were frozen in time, along with Shye Crowley, whose neck was utterly exposed?

"HAHAHAHAHA! DIE!! CROWLEY!!"

At the moment, time seemed to slow down to a crawl.

Everyone watching reacted differently to Shye's impending demise.

Most of those watching had wide, excited smiles on their faces; a few watched the events unfold with nonchalant expressions, while others were horrified and worried.

Naturally, Seira and Corvus were among those whose hearts dropped and almost stopped beating after seeing that Shye was caught by the time freeze skill.

"BOSS!!"

"NO!! SOMEONE! STOP THAT BASTARD!!"

Unfortunately, no one was in a position to help as most of them were too far.

Meanwhile, Percy had a wide, sinister smile on his face as he viciously slashed his tachi towards the frozen Shye's neck, empowering it with a power slash to make sure that today would be Shye Crowley's last day in Adthiopia.

*FWOOOSH!*

The tachi…went through Shye's neck, however, there was no blood at all.

Also, Percy didn't feel the satisfying sensation of slicing someone's flesh, hence, he was utterly confused after "killing" Shye.

Shortly after though, the explanation itself came to him…violently.

*WHACK!*

Emerging from invisibility was Shye, who swung his elemental staff like a baseball bat, hitting Percy's face as cleanly as Megan's if not more.

As a result, the enraged poser was sent flying backward, appearing extremely cartoonish as his face spun around and hit the stone walls of the arena.

Needless to say, the whack knocked the living daylights out of Percy.

A few moments later, the arena staff skillfully handled the situation, checking both Shye and Percy's condition.

Then, after making sure that both were not in any life-threatening situation, Corey's voice once again sounded.

"MHMM! Everyone, I've talked with the blue dome's operator and there was a valid explanation for what happened. First of all, to clear things up, the system did not malfunction and simply sent contestant Percy out of the dome after determining that he indeed "died"."

Corey's words naturally stirred up a huge commotion amongst the crowd.

After all, his words meant that Shye Crowley won fair and square, and would be crowned as Raven's Blade's Rookie Representative.

Only, if the explanation that Percy died inside the dome was true, then how?

From their perspective, the man simply turned into an azure ray of light.

Shye Crowley didn't even attack him.

Well, technically, they were wrong as Shye did attack him that time: verbally.

"MHHHRMM! Well then, I shall now explain the cause of Percy Phone's death. As per the licensed operator of the Blue Dome, Percy's cause of death was…e…emotional damage. Right before contestant Percy's death, his blood pressure rose to unprecedented levels, specifically, after contestant Crowley…called contestant Percy…an idiot.

As a result, his mind suffered from mild aneurysm while his heart: from heart failure."

The explanation was so absurd the people remained stupefied for ten good seconds, unable to make sense of what just happened.

However, after a while, their brains automatically translated what happened in simpler terms: Percy Phone…was angered to death.

After a while, a loud yet refreshing laugh echoed across the arena.

"PFFT!! HAHAHAHAHAHA Boss! You've finally, officially angered someone to death!"

Hearing Seira's outburst, almost everyone followed suit, drowning the entire arena in an ocean of laughter.

Luckily for Percy, he was currently unconscious, utterly oblivious to what was happening.

For a poser like him, being laughed at after dying due to such a stupid reason would be worse than death, and so…he might actually die in anger and humiliation.

Once the laughter died down, Corey left the commentator's desk and once again ascended the stage, this time with a wide, celebratory smile on his face.

"Ladies and gentlemen! The Raven's Blade qualifiers have been a wild ride! However, in the end, only one rookie would obtain the representative spot. After taking down fearsome opponents with unmatched ease, one after the other, this man cemented himself as the best. Everyone, please give a round of applause to our Raven's Blade rookie representative, Shye Crowley!!"

[Congratulations! You've earned 29,991 points!]

With a satisfied smile, Shye bowed towards the crowd before proceeding to exit the arena.

Seeing his actions, Seira hurriedly followed him, not forgetting to hurl one last insult to the annoying middle-aged men who ganged up on her…in doubting Shye, of course…