Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce 

"Hello and welcome citizens of the Emerald Tree Kingdom! I'm your one and only and the most handsome of all, Seventh Prince Elmont, along with both my beautiful sisters, Second Princess Tifa and Third Princess Tila, present here today to host this year's very exciting and long-awaited Emerald Elven Battle Competition!" Elmont announced while riding on a small flying platform that is traversing around the entire Victory Arena. 

On both sides of Elmont were Tifa and Tila likewise also riding on a small flying platform. 

"Hmph! How shameful of you Seventh Brother Elmont! You actually dare to introduce yourself as the most handsome of all when in fact that person is no one else but our First Brother and also the Crown Prince of the Emerald Tree Kingdom, Elfin the Fifth!" Tifa, with his usual annoying side, immediately berated his brother Elmont. 

"Please be quiet Second Sister Tifa. I can only do such claim when First Brother Elfin is far away from us," Elmont implored. 

"Shut up the two of you! We are not here to argue about who is the most handsome," Tila shook her head dismissively. 

"You're right, Third Sister Tila! We are indeed not here to talk about that since such conversation could only be discussed privately," Elmont replied with a flip of his hair. 

The crowd listening to the hosts' conversation with each other can't help themselves from laughing loudly. 

"Exactly, such talks should only be discussed privately lest you will hurt the hearts of many people! Hahaha!"

"You don't need to talk about your face your Highness, Elmont. Everyone already knows that you are handsome, though still much more inferior compare to his Highness, Elfin the Fifth, hahaha!"

"Regardless of how you look your Highness, Elmont, we will still love you with all of our hearts!"

"Please love me!"

"Please make me yours!"

"Please give me your babies!"

Completely ignoring the words of the crowd, Elmont continued, "Anyways, to not make my speech long, let's get to the part that everyone likes to hear; sponsors!"

Hearing Elmont's words, the crowd instantly began booing and expressing their displeasure. Just who on Celestial World would even like to hear about sponsors?! 

They don't even bother turning to look at those people handing fliers on the streets, of course, unless they are pretty women or handsome men, let alone like it!

"Boooo! No one wants to listen about sponsors!"

"Replace the host! We want our beautiful Princesses, Second Princess Tifa and Third Princess Tila, to talk!"

"I agree! Because in the first place, none of the previous Emerald Elven Battle Competition in the past even have any sponsors!" 

Naturally, the crowd was merely joking with their words. Otherwise, they might just get thrown into jail for disrespecting a member of the Evergreen royal family, a prince on top of that too. 

"Just kidding," As expectedly, Elmont was also only joking. In the next moment, he finally turned serious and said, "What I really meant to say is; it is time to announce how this year's Emerald Elven Battle Competition would work!"

As soon as Elmont finished speaking, Tifa quickly continued, "Unlike all the previous Emerald Elven Battle Competition in the past where the games were so boring since it was always all about brutal killing, though it is actually also similar to this year, but this time we have added some tinny tiny twists that for sure would cause all of you to stand on your seats in excitement and thrill!"

"Indeed," Tila nodded her head, she then explained, "For this year's Emerald Elven Battle Competition, we have separated it into five different games with each having different kinds of challenges that all of our really heroic and brave participants would be playing against each other. In the first three games, we will be eliminating 25 participants, while in the fourth game we will eliminate 15 participants only, thus making down to 10 participants for the fifth and final game!" 

"The first game would be 'Hide and Seek'!" Elmont introduced. 

"The second game would be 'Escape the Maze'!" Tifa added. 

"The third game would be 'Stairs to Heaven'!" Tila presented, before quickly continuing, "With the fourth game being a 'Survival Battle'!" 

"And the last game but certainly not the very least amongst all the games; the game that all of you are long already familiar with and really excited about, the 'Battle Competition'!" Elmont exclaimed loudly with both of his hands raised to the air. Putting his hands down, he explained, "The first game, 'Hide and Seek', would be taking place in a miniature replica of the very known place located at the southwest of the Emerald Tree Kingdom, the Mountain Wall Range!"

All of a sudden, at the center of the Victory Arena, dozens of 5-Star Mages stepped out and began flying through the air. In the next second, they put their hands forward and began casting different Magic spells to start constructing the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range. 

Numerous tall mountains forming something akin to a wall started rising up from the ground. It was soon after followed by lush greenery sprouting from here and there that includes grasses, flowers, and trees of various sizes and forms. Then rivers, lakes, and falls appeared along with other different things that could be found in the Mountain Wall range. 

The scene being watched by everyone in front of them completely showed just how fast and easy it is for Mages, especially those with powerful cultivation levels, to construct anything that they could imagine. It further made everyone understand clearly the great power and capability of Mages. 

"While the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range is still being constructed, let me explained to everyone the rules and mechanics of the first game," Elmont clasped both of his hands together, "The rules and mechanics are very simple,"

"All of the participants could send three people each from their respective teams to participate in the game of 'Hide and Seek'. Those people will be called the Hiders and will be hiding in the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range. They can either choose to stick together or work alone, whatever they deemed fit,"

"We will give all the Hiders one hour of time to hide wherever they want to hide. You indeed hear it correctly! The Hiders can hide wherever they want to, including and not limited to land, air, and water. They can even make something for them to hide. The only requirement is, they stay inside the map. If they leave, then they are automatically disqualified and their entire team would lose the Emerald Elven Battle Competition,"

"Back to the main topic," Elmont paused, as he then quickly continued explaining, "Once the 1 hour time is used, these dozens of people constructing the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range would be sent to seek all of the Hiders. By the way, they are called the Seekers,"

"And here's the twist; Once a Hider's location is found by the Seeker, it still doesn't yet mean that they are out of the game. The Hiders can still choose to run, or even choose to fight against the Seekers in order to prevent them from achieving their goal," 

"Only when the Hiders are subdued and captured by the Seekers could they finally be regarded as out of the game. Of course, since there are three participants in each of the teams, once one of them is captured, they still have two more chances to not get eliminated in the Emerald Elven Battle Competition. They can also save their teammates who were captured by going to the Seeker's base. Better watch out though, because that is the most dangerous place on the entire map,"

"Very simple, right?" Elmont asked. But he didn't bother to wait for anyone to reply as he turned his head around and said, "Oh, it seems like the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range is finally finished,"

"What are you all waiting for, then? All participants, please begin choosing the three people that will be participating in the game of 'Hide and Seek'!" Elmont urges. 

At the corners of the Victory Arena, designated rooms for all the participants could be seen. It was specifically located inside the walls below the spectator stand of the Victory Arena with a glass cover that shows the full view of the entire stage, thus allowing all the participants to see what is going on in the games. 

Inside one of those rooms, Leo and the team from the Mischievous Lion Guild quickly gathered together to discuss something. 

"Regardless of who we will be sending, the Seekers will still not come to look for any of us, understood?" Leo made it clear prior to saying anything else. He then continued, "So, we will stick with the plan of sending Veronica, Vannessa, and Jessica to participate in the first game, any questions?"

Jessica, a female Elf, was one of the two people that Commander Vargas had sent to his team to participate. The other one is a male Elf named Iliad. 

"We don't have any questions, Guild Leader Loki," Everyone replied in unison. 

"Good," Leo nodded his head in acknowledgment.

In these last few days, they have already discussed what they would be doing during the Emerald Elven Battle Competition, including how they should play the games and who will be playing the games. 

As such, the Mischievous Lion Guild was able to quickly finished their discussion. 

Under the lead of Veronica, both Vannessa and Jessica closely followed behind her as they then stepped into the miniature replica of the Mountain Wall range. 

After all the participants sent their respective three people inside, Elmont immediately announced, "Let the first game, begin!"