She knelt on the sands of the arena, ignoring all the screaming from the crowd and the cameras swirling around her. All of the other contestants were standing on pedestals which are placed in a circle. There was a lava pool in front of them and there was heated, but not quite melted , rocks at the edges of the ring. The timer counted down to zero and floating platforms appeared.

Avis noticed an arrow fly over her head and realized the battle was not yet over. There were still 7 people, including her, who were still alive. She got up and found the person shooting at her. She was positioned on a large rock in the outer field. Avis activated her wings. It's time to finish this.

She flew towards one of the floating platforms and landed gracefully. A masked Desert Roamer leaped from a lower platform onto hers.

Avis unseathed her sword. There was a ping as she managed to hit away a thrown dagger. The man drew another dagger and took a big leap to reach Avis faster. Avis activated the burster on her sword and the rapier glowed with a yellowish light.

The assasin swung the dagger in his left hand, but Avis managed to parry it right before it touched her skin. The dagger was knocked out of the Desert Roamer's hand and he shook it because of the pain. Avis took the chance, but he noticed and managed to block the sword. They were now stuck in a battle of strength. The man used both his hands to support his knife, but it was cut in half and the Sylph stabbed the man on the neck. His Hp was reduced to 3/4 and he gained the status effect of fatigue from loss of air. The man ignored the pain and managed to pull out another dagger from under his cloak, and managed a weak thrust aiming at Avis' eye. She managed to parry it with ease.

Avis closed her eyes and thrust her sword towards the man's head. His tears were visible. His Hp bar dropped to zero and he fell onto Avis since she didn't draw out her sword at once.

" Your sacrifice was not in vain." she whispered into his ear.

Avis took a quick look at the screen and saw that there were only two players left. She and the archer.

When she looked up, there was a hail of arrows falling towards her. She dived under the floating platform and she felt the heat emmited by the lava. The arrows hit the platform and, luckily, not Avis.

There was an arrow that hit her on the leg and she felt the shicking pain, but she did not give up by falling to her demise. Where are you little sniper?

She turned towards the direction of the outer field. There she was! On the rock.

Avis flew towards the archer and noticed that she was from the elf race, but she was unnaturally speedy with her reloads and before Avis noticed, she was hit by aan arrow in her arm. Each arrow took about 50 off her health. It was quite a lot of damage for one simple arrow.

Avis activated her bursted and teleported herself behind the archer. The burster cracked and Avis thrust her sword, aiming for the archer's eye. The surprised elf moved her head to the right and the sword scratched her cheek.

The elf swung out a dagger with surprising speed. Avis activated her gravity burster and changed her and the elf's perseption. They both fell upwards.

It was obvious the archer was not accustomed to it because she was flailong her arms and legs. There were tears on her eyes as she said "Please help me. "

Avis looked away as she activated her wind burster and slamed her towards the forcefield. The elf's Hp was reduced to 1000.

Avis landed on the forcefield which stopped her from ascending. She deactivated the gravity crystal and she fell back to the ground. A few meters away from the lava, she activated her wings and flew up, but the archer was not so lucky. She plummeted to her doom screaming. She landed in the lava with a splash and the giant screen displaying Avis' and the elf's player stats declared Avis as the winner.

She didn't feel happy to win. Does trying to get 10,000,000 dollars involve this much destruction. If it does, and the players don't return to the real world, then she does not want the 10,000,000 anymore.

She burst into tears after she landed on one of the platforms. There was an awkward silence and a deep voice said, " Congratulations Avis the Sylph, you have earned the prize of ascension by proving your worth through combat. "

There was a bright light above Avis and the crowed cheered. She looked up and saw the faint outline of a human woth wings, but the light was too bright, so she couldn't see properly.

"I bestow you the item of ascension. The sceptre of Aetheria. Congratulations, you are now the goddess of the land. Everything and everyone on it is yours. "

Avis wiped away her tears and said hopefully, " Then can I bring back the fallen?"

" I'm sorry, your holiness, but nothing or no one can revive the fallen. "

Avis' menu popped open and she saw the sceptre of Aetheria in her inventory. It was an Op weapon with moldable stats. It can be transformed into any weapon within the game and when equipted, all forces, and animal species of Aetheria will listen to her. All NPCs will respect her and she will gain infinite fame when it is equipt.

Avis logged out of the game and the last thing she heard was the gasps of the audiences.