3 seconds passed…
The participants in the Demon Tree Hall had all disappeared.
10 seconds passed…
The red-haired young woman gave Ethan an apologetic look.
20 seconds passed…
The red-haired young woman was so frightened that she hurriedly shrank her head down and lowered it, pretending to operate something behind the bar, not daring to meet Ethan's eyes.
Ethan was also somewhat helpless at this point. It seemed he had missed it.
The consequence of rushing for time was like this. You always ended up watching the subway, train, or airplane leave right in front of you while you could do nothing about it.
Whoosh!
However… nearly one minute after registration had ended.
A beam of white light suddenly descended onto Ethan, making him look somewhat surprised as he turned toward the red-haired young woman.
Only then did Little Red raise her head and say, "Mr. Ethan, I'm really sorry. The verification that you are of the human race has only just passed. You can enter the game now."
"Thanks!"
Ethan tossed a Dragon Coin to the red-haired young woman.
After all, he had indeed misunderstood her just now, and had even had the urge to twist her head off. He had not expected that she had been worrying about his matter the whole time. It really was his fault!
[Welcome Player Ⅲ-A7-008 to the Demon Tree Climbing Hegemony Competition.]
The moment Ethan entered the game.
Almost all the players who had entered the Demon Tree Climbing game received this notification at the same time.
"Who is this person?"
"Why does he get special treatment? Everyone else got their welcome notification before registration closed, so why did he only get his notification one minute after the Hegemony Competition had already started? What gives him the right?"
"This 008 guy must be the illegitimate son of the Hegemony Competition organizers, right? How can something like this happen?"
"Wasn't he fucking late? How does he still qualify to participate?"
Everyone began ranting wildly.
But the other players still did not know who this A7008 player was. Only the players from those three districts knew very clearly who this number represented.
Orin of Region Four said with a dark expression, "If I remember correctly, A7 should be the area where Ethan is, right?"
Blake of Region Three also had a worried expression, "Could that 008… actually be him?"
"Very likely!", Duma of Region Nine frowned, "After all, as far as I remember, there doesn't seem to have been anyone particularly powerful from Region Seven. The only somewhat powerful one is that strange Lord Ethan."
"Fuck! What gives him the right to enter after the Climbing Competition has already started!"
Orin of Region Four was really about to die of anger.
Just now, during the registration deadline countdown, he had been constantly worried that Ethan would participate. As a result, he had not seen Ethan's name appear even after the start, and he had secretly been delighted.
However…
Fucking hell, only after the game started did this bastard show up again.
Tell me, isn't that infuriating? Isn't that infuriating!
"It's fine. It's actually good that he came!"
Duma of Region Nine sneered, "With the three of us, are you still worried that we can't beat him alone? Since he insists on showing up in front of us, then we'll join forces to take him down! Then we can split the treasures on him. Wouldn't that be satisfying?"
"That makes a lot of sense!"
Everyone nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
Blake of Region Three even smiled as he condensed a ball of fire in his hand, "I think Lord Duma is absolutely right. We've simply taken him too seriously! The three of us joining forces against him alone, I think it'll still be very easy."
"Then it's settled," Although Orin of Region Four felt that this matter was not that simple, under the encouragement of his two companions, his confidence also swelled as he said, "When the time comes, let's see who can take him down faster, harder, and more effectively. Whoever does the best gets the bigger share of the equipment!"
"No problem!"
The three nodded repeatedly.
However, the next second, Duma of Region Nine raised a question that made everyone scratch their heads.
"But everyone, there are not twenty thousand people standing in this square right now, but there are at least 9,999, right? How are you planning to find Ethan?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked toward the densely packed heads in the enormous white square.
There were not only all kinds of humans in the square, dressed as mages, wizards, and the like, there were even many players that were not human, such as the Pigman race, the Giant race, and even all kinds of animals and plants.
For example, vines or monsters that looked like Treants.
"This…"
The Lord of Region Four thought for a long time before finally saying something that would have been better left unsaid, "Those destined to meet will meet even a thousand miles apart?"
"…"
Everyone was speechless.
But right at this moment, a voice suddenly came from above the square.
[Welcome, everyone, to the Demon Tree Climbing Hegemony Competition. The Climbing Hegemony Competition is about to begin. Next, I will introduce the rules for the first five stages to everyone!]
[Because the first five stages are also known as the elimination stages, more than half of the participants will be eliminated during the first five stages. If you feel that your strength is insufficient, I suggest you get lost now. Otherwise…]
[If you die in this game later, don't blame me for being heartless. Hahaha!]
[All right, back to the main topic!]
[The first five stages correspond exactly to the six magical elements of this world. They are the Metal Element, Wood Element, Water Element, Fire Element, Earth Element, and the randomly appearing Wind Element!]
[There are a total of 23,941 people participating in the Climbing Competition this time. In other words, once 11,970 people pass the first five stages, everyone else will be eliminated, and all of them will be erased!]
[Players who reach the fifth stage will have another opportunity to log out of the game. This will also be the only opportunity for most of you to survive from this point onward!]
[Good luck to everyone!]
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