In a very shocking move that Rudra never expected , a group of 50 people were invited privately by the government in the training arena. One hour before the group event selections began.

  Rudra looked around to see familiar faces like , Jhonny , Karna , Neatwit , Medivh ,SMG, Cola from the guild.

  Naturally the guild members banded together in the room around Rudra , as the True Elites gave a cold vibe in the room . They were undoubtedly the strongest faction.

  However the others present were also not weak at all , there was Nero , Patch Mori, Jin Mori, Pain , Raijin , KingSpy , and others that were atleast within top 200 in initial evaluation . The only exceptions being Yume and Jhonny , Jhonny was added for his stellar performace in prison escape event , and Yume was added because of his unique stat nature.

  Elyon took the stage and said " Although the selections for team events will be fair and everyone would be given a chance. The goal for the nation is to make the best team and the best team needs to be made with the best players. We want you players to State your event of choice , and with your choices in mind , we wish that you accept any event assigned to you , we will give prefference to your choice however if we need to we will ask you to choose a event where we see that you can contribute maximum to the team and have the best chances to win medals.

  If we keep a open for all selection , the winner team will always be sub-par than the what could be team , hence we invited you prior to the events start as we wish to make the best teams for each event ".

  What the general said made sense , if Rudra was to participate in a team event , he would naturally only go with the Elites , however players like Nero and KingSpy could be valuable additions , for the country , indeed such teams would be better.

  A form was passed out next , where one had to fill their prefferences about what events they wanted to participate in , in the prefference order one two and three.

  Rudra only wished to take part in National battleground , hence he wrote , National battleground , in all three slots , and submitted the form .

  Elyon frowned upon seeing his entry , but when his eyes met Rudra's , chills went down his spine , they were the eyes of a apex predator , not to be trifled with.

  Elyon gulped down some saliva , and thinking that Rudra was the best player they had , he decided to let this slide.

  The other Elites did ask Rudra for his opinion on what events to fill , Rudra's answer to everyone was simply to do as they pleased , except for Karna , to whom he asked to go for capture the flag.

  Karna was surprised , he wanted to go with Rudra and Neatwit in national battleground , however Rudra convinced him otherwise. Rudra said " You have excellent command skills , become the leader in the event , even if you don't win a medal , you will grow a lot as a leader. It is better for the guild ".

  Karna looked at Rudra speachless , it was definitely outside his comfort zone , he would have been much happier fighting alongside Rudra , however he also understood that the guild needed another leader except Rudra.

  If he could use the worldstage to learn more about commanding and battle strategies then it would be worth it.

  Deciding to face the challenge head on , he wrote in capture the flag as his first option. Followed by National battleground , followed by dodgeball.

  SMG chose to go for dodgeball , followed by baseball , as the speedy games suited him well.

  Jhonny went for capture the flag , national battleground , dodgeball.

  Yume went for national battleground , capture the flag , Rafting.

  Neatwit went for national battleground , capture the flag and rafting.

  And soo everyone filled the forms in the next five minutes.

  Then the AI calculated the best player combinations for each event , taking the prefference in mind, and the initial basic test results?, and gave the final list of participants for each event .

  The list was like this.

  Event : Capture the flag.

  Participants 10

  Suggested list : Karna , Jhonny English , Patch Mori , Pain, Jin Mori , KingSpy , Medivh , Cola , MadTitan , Itachi.

  Event : National battleground

  Participants : 4

  Suggested players : Shakuni, Neatwit , Nero , Yume

  Event : Dodgeball

  Participants : 5

  Suggested players : SMG , Raijin , Sasori , Deidara , Zetsu

  Event : Rafting

  Participants : 3

  Suggested players : ……

  The suggested list of players was out for each event , Rudra looked at the national battleground event , and his eyes locked with Nero the necromancer.

  Nero looked calm , as he matched Rudra's gaze unfazed , after a while , he walked up and said " Nice to meet you " and offered his hand to shake.

  Rudra let his hand hang for a moment , before decisively grabbing it.?As he said " Better not drag me down ".

  Nero smirked in response.

  The four of them accepted the arrangement , and chose to go with the team.

  A similar scene happened with Karna's capture the flag event , and SMG's dodgeball event. Everyone accepted the overall arrangements made by the government.

  With the team's completed , the general now open invited all the remaining participants , as he gave a mock speach about making the team's and registering them for the next team selections.

  Many approached the stronger players to make teams , however they were dissapointed to see that the stronger one's had already banded together to make teams.

  Rudra was the coldest of them all , when someone approached him to ask to team up , he would outright close his eyes and pretend to not hear them at all , or open his eyes and give them a sharp glare.

  The players were agitated by his behaviour , and swore to kick him off his high horse in the event.

  To those threats Rudra would simply respond with a short " Come ". As he would give a vicious smile.

  The name ' Demon of death valley ' spread across the selection room , as people talked about the time he decimated the Orange rock guild as a newbie player.

  And how the demon was not to be provoked. With a tale attached to his name , his aura grew stronger , in the national games , everyone started to become wary of the name Shakuni , as a inferiority complex was rooted in their minds.

  They might not show it , they might not admit it , but everyone felt it in their bones. They could feel the aura around the king of the mountain . The number one player in pre selections , Shakuni of the Elites.

  Within the next hour , everyone made the team's , and the selections for the team event officially started.

  It would be the last two days of the selections , with dodgeball , rafting and National battleground being today , and capture the flag and baseball being tommorow.

  Rudra , Yume , Neatwit and Nero were transported to the spawn island , where they were given 10 apples , as they waited to board the plane before the event started.

  Rudra had played this popular mobile game when he was young , he was supposed to throw apples in the spawn island at random players for fun .

  Little did he know he would actually become a part of the game in actuality one day, dropping off from a plane and surviving till the end.

  He had no gear at all , and after being dropped on the island , gear was supposed to be looted , and the location for the drop was also to be decided.

  Taking a bite of the apple , Rudra opened the map for the event , as he planned on selecting a drop location.

  /// Bonus chapter for hitting the powerstone target , good job everyone ///