Fifth Annual Dream Tournament

by JuliaDArte

## Participants

Qualifying Round:
Mongrel
Qualifying Round:
999 Awakened

Main Tournament:
Mongrel
Main Tournament:
Other Awakened that passed the qualifiers

The **Fifth Annual Dream Tournament** was sponsored by clan Valor so the arena was designed to resemble the seat of their power, great Bastion.

## Arena

The arena was vast and encompassed all of the forests. It was in the middle of a lush forest where the ancient trees swayed lightly, their leaves rustling in the gentle wind. Some distance away, a tranquil lake glistened in the sunlight, and from its clear waters, a breathtakingly beautiful castle rose into the sky. The castle was built out of grey stone and was as large as a city, its ancient walls scarred by a thousand sieges that it had withstood.

## Rounds

### Battle Royale

A thousand challengers were sent into a large environment, and only the last one standing would be allowed to move on.

"Only five hundred challengers remain!""Bravest warriors are: Dar of the Maharana clan, seventy-eight kills; Fireshing, thirty-three kills; Mongrel, twenty-seven kills."
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"Only three challengers remain!""These brave heroes are: Mongrel, one hundred and eleven kills; Fireshing, eighty-seven kills; Kim Saitoh, fifty-nine kills!"

#### Highlights

* Mongrel slaughtered twelve Awakened by himself.
* Dar of the Maharana clan did not make it through to the end.
* Mongrel is the last man standing.
* Dar of the Maharana clan and Fireshing made it through the qualifying round to participate in the tournament duels.

### Tournament Duels

The opening ceremony of the tournament was supposed to be a spectacular event, with thousands of challengers — each of them a talented
Awakened fighters — gathered in the magnificent central courtyard of the illusory Bastion. Slightly more than a thousand of them were those
participating in the individual competition, and the rest were members of competing cohorts.

#### Day 1 Highlights

* Mongrel's first kill was fast and brutal.
* Mongrel's next duels were engaged in protracted, slow, exhausting battles with his opponents, only managing to dispatch them after long and arduous fights.

#### Day 2 Highlights

**Duelist remaining:** thirty-two

* So far, Mongrel didn't lose a single duel.

**Cohort Competition Leaderboard**

* **First place**: was called "Librarians"
Consisted of only two people. Their aliases were Unorganized Laundry and Iza.

#### Finals

* Mongrel won against Queen Bee.
* The champion of the annual Dream Tournament is Mongrel.

## Trivia

* This competition was hosted by Syclus and Dimi.
* There's a record number of fighters who signed up for this tournament.
* According to Dimi, prizes from Valor Clan outdone themselves for this tournament.
* It was possible to exchange Memories in the Dreamscape. One could receive a Memory out of nowhere, without the usual requirement of being in physical contact — even if that contact was illusory — with its master. However, if the Saint in question was responsible for delivering the rewards, then it sort of made sense.
* There were four types of challengers who tended to do well in the Dream tournament.
	+ The first type relied on skill.
	+ The second type relied on a powerful Aspect.
	+ The third type relied on excellent Memories.
	+ The fourth type had both formidable skill and powerful Aspects, as well as an arsenal of fearsome Memories at their disposal.
* The winner and the runner-up were going to receive Memories from clan Valor's personal armory.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 540 Blood Feud
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 542 Polite, Reasonable Online Discussion
3. ↑ Chapter 545 Mongrel Victorious
4. ↑ Chapter 548 The Road so Far
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Chapter 532 Ancient Forest
6. ↑ Chapter 354 Demonic Swordsman
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 535 No Hard Feelings
8. ↑ Chapter 536 Icon of Chivalry
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chapter 537 Learning Curve
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Chapter 539 Out of Reach
11. ↑ Chapter 541 Battle of Two Demons
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 544 Glory to the Victor