Fifth Annual Dream Tournament

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.^[5]

A thousand challengers were sent into a large environment, and only the last one standing would be allowed to move on.^[5]

• Mongrel slaughtered twelve Awakened by himself.^[6]
• Dar of the Maharana clan did not make it through to the end.^[7]
• Mongrel is the last man standing.^[7]
• Dar of the Maharana clan and Fireshing made it through the qualifying round to participate in the tournament duels.^[8]

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.^[9]

• Mongrel's first kill was fast and brutal.^[9]
• Mongrel's next duels were engaged in protracted, slow, exhausting battles with his opponents, only managing to dispatch them after long and arduous fights.^[9]

Duelist remaining: thirty-two^[10]

• So far, Mongrel didn't lose a single duel.^[11]

Cohort Competition Leaderboard^[10]

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

• Mongrel won against Queen Bee.^[12]
• The champion of the annual Dream Tournament is Mongrel.^[12]

• This competition was hosted by Syclus and Dimi.^[5]
• There's a record number of fighters who signed up for this tournament.^[5]
• According to Dimi, prizes from Valor Clan outdone themselves for this tournament.^[5]
• 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.^[1]
• There were four types of challengers who tended to do well in the Dream tournament.^[1]
  • 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.^[2]