Rest House 908.
On the west corner of the floating Tournament Island, inside the ground floor of a four-storey building, two Alpha Chosen sat side by side in the common room.
"Lil Snout, only the two of us are left," Big Snout said in a dejected tone.
Big Snout was a bulky beast-kin with the head of a brown hound. His muzzle was broad, and short brown fur covered his muscular body, with his furry tail rested behind the chair as he leaned forward.
"We're lucky we even qualified for the final tournament. From what they're saying, the Bloodline Realm is quite dangerous. We might not make it out alive. How about we drop out? As long as we're alive, there will be other chances."
Lil Snout sat beside him, his appearance similar but leaner and tad bit shorter. His tail flicked once behind him as he listened.
He fell silent for a moment, thinking it through. In the end, he shook his head.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to obtain a Bloodline. If we miss it, we may never get another opportunity. This could be our way out of mediocrity.
Besides, didn't the faction give each of us one Grade-7 and three Grade-6 Protection Charms, plus five Grade-6 Teleportation Charms? With those, even if we face danger, we can escape."
Big Snout gave a weak nod. He was grateful to be part of Orion Vanguard. The faction had provided every participant with expensive life-saving Charms free of cost.
But he had watched his teammates die one after another in the Trial World. Those memories still lingered, preventing him from braving himself up.
They were among the weaker group on Tournament Island. Their odds of dying in the Bloodline Realm were high. He did not want to gamble their lives again.
He wanted to say that out, but he felt ashamed to show cowardice, especially as the elder one.
Lil Snout understood without him saying it.
He then said softly, "How about this? You drop out. I'll go in alone. If I don't make it back, at least our planet will still have you. And who knows, maybe luck might be on my side."
Big Snout lowered his head. He knew Lil Snout had already decided. Persuading him would not change anything. It was not his place to deny him this opportunity.
After a long silence, Big Snout slowly nodded. He then took out the life-saving Charms provided by the faction and placed them into Lil Snout's hands.
"Take these. Your chances of survival will be higher. They'll only be wasted on me. Ah… wait. Have these too."
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IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTICE:
Hey Folks, sorry for the inconvenience. I wanted to give a small update regarding Volume 4 and future chapter releases.
To be honest, because of piracy concerns, I considered not releasing the remaining chapters of Volume 4 publicly anymore. But at the same time, I don't want the current readers who have been supporting and following the story consistently to miss out either.
So from Chapter 401 onwards, I'll continue doing weekly releases here, but only around the first one-fourth of each chapter will be posted publicly.
To read the full chapter, you can simply join my Patreon's free tier. The complete chapters will be available there, and it doesn't cost anything to access them.
You can give it a try if you'd like. And honestly, more people joining the Patreon, even through the free tier, would really encourage and support me to keep going consistently.
Thank you for all the support so far. I truly appreciate everyone who's been reading the journey until now.
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List of available Advanced Chapters:
Chapter 401: Significant Upgrades (2/2) [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 402: Limelight [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 403: The Perfect Counter [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 404: Unconventional Approach [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 405:║CONSONANCE║[AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 406: Counter-offer [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 407: Godfather [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 408: Lil Snout [AVAILABLE FOR FREE!]
Chapter 409: Project Fusion - Success (1/2)
Chapter 410: Project Fusion - Success (2/2)
Chapter 411: Wrestling Arms (1/2)
Chapter 412: Wrestling Arms (2/2)
Chapter 413: Project Relay (1/2)
Chapter 414: Project Relay (2/2)
Chapter 415: New Guild
Chapter 416: Dire Future
Chapter 417: Departure
Chapter 418: Bloodline Aberrants
Chapter 419: BLOODLINE EMPORIUM
Chapter 420: Return Stone
Chapter 421: Bizarre World
Chapter 422: Tier-4 Evolution
Chapter 423: Anya Vulkran (1/2)
Chapter 424: Anya Vulkran (2/2)
Chapter 425: Guardian Contract
Chapter 426: 4th Layer Unlocked
Chapter 427: Trade Hall
Chapter 428:║COLLATERAL COVENANT║
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