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      As the era of dragons gradually came to an end, as arcane masters left countless riches and legends under the starry sky, one awakened youngster after another began to set foot on their journey. Translator Notes: A lighthearted shounen-style story in a western fantasy setting filled with a group of friends, magic academies, chuckles, hot-blooded youth, and no harem. Let their adventure begin. DIF 冰火破坏神

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     Chapter 201 Chris’ eruption

      Chapter 201 Chris’ eruption

     “Double KO?”

     A sudden silence descended over the arena.

     In the field, after being hit twice on the head and then hit by three formidable giant fireballs, Sarina appeared unconscious already.

     Meanwhile, Chris’ figure had fallen inside a shadow dragon’s maws. She was now totally out of sight.

     That shadow dragon’s head was still tossing about, seemingly chewing

     “Can’t be, right? Directly chewed and eaten?”

     In team Holy Dawn, Stingham suddenly shouted, his eyes wide, “Referees, why are you standing blankly there? Save her right now! Maybe I’ve been cursing all this time for Chris to lose, but I never cursed her to be directly killed and eaten!”

     “What, who the hell is this Holy Dawn guy? He’s actually been cursing for his teammate to lose all this time?”

     The spectators in the stands suddenly became speechless at Stingham.

     “Clack…Clack…Clack…”

     Just then, a series of sounds came from the shadow dragon’s mouth, like teeth chewing on stone.

     A golden metallic glint shone from the shadow dragon’s mouth.

     “Is that… Copper Ball?”

     Many people in the stands were suddenly stunned.

     A bright golden metallic ball appeared inside the shadow dragon’s maws. The shadow dragon’s strength had carved many deep scratches on the surface of this metallic ball, but it hadn’t broken it yet in this short time, and couldn’t swallow it in its stomach either.

     “It’s actually Copper Ball, the most ordinary of defensive skills, the skill dubbed the most idiotic defensive skill!”

     Everyone was dumbstruck, their eyes wide, their mouths hanging open in speechlessness.

     Copper Ball was one of those most ordinary defense skills. The reason it was dubbed one of the most stupid defensive skills was that after using the skill, the caster would be entirely confined inside the copper ball. Before the arcane skill’s energy dissipated, the caster couldn’t come out of the ball and couldn’t move at all.

     When using this defensive skill in a fight, you usually ended up as a ball being kicked around.

     But now that Sarina was unconscious and couldn’t use any arcane skill, even the dumbest defensive skill actually allowed Chris to stay safe and sound under the shadow dragons’ attacks.

     “You can win even like that?”

     “The fight between the two of them is already the longest one out of all the fights between Holy Dawn Academy and Silver Trout Academy. Can Chris continue enduring Burden Overload even now?”

     After wondering whether they ought to laugh or cry, more and more people started feeling an intense shock welling inside their chests.

     “From start to finish, Chris used ordinary skills only. She probably hasn’t even consumed a third of her arcane particles so far.”

     “She has two-thirds of her arcane particles left, plus she can still endure Burden Overload. She also has one cast of Dark Destruction Dragon she can use. Don’t tell me, is she really going to finish Silver Trout Academy all by herself?”

     Many people in the stands couldn’t help but think such a thought when they looked at team Silver Trout.

     The two shadow dragons’ figures gradually dissipated after losing the support from arcane particles.

     With a clang, the golden-hued copper ball fell and smashed a crater on the ground.

     This copper ball finally vanished after a minute or so, exposing a Chris still standing on her guard.

     “Victory!”

     Seeing Chris’ figure emerge again in the open while Sarina was still unable to fight, Ayrin knew that this fight was already over, and Chris its winner. He erupted in a tremendous cheer: “Amazing Girl, you won!”

     “Amazing Girl…”

     “Amazing Girl!”

     As though Ayrin’s cheer had ignited a bucket of gunpowder, the entire stands erupted in a tsunami of shouts and cheers.

     “There’s only Nolan left now. Is this team from Holy Dawn Academy really going to make history? Are they really going to make it into the last eight in their first national appearance?”

     “What on earth is Chris’ body made from? A long time has gone by already, how can she still continue to endure it!”

     Many participants felt numb, as though as they’d been struck by lightning.

     Silence reigned amidst team Silver Trout.

     Nolan’s heart had fallen rock bottom the moment he saw the giant fireballs land on Sarina.

     While the entire arena was erupting in shouts and cheers of “Amazing Girl,” Nolan took a deep breath before heading into the field, and told all the teammates around him, “In the end, maybe I’ll be unable to take you guys any further… But no matter the result, I hope you guys won’t feel any despair, because we still have a lifetime of fighting in front of us. This is only the beginning.”

     “Chris wasn’t this strong back when she fought against Southern Monsoon Academy.” In the stands, Ivan looked at Chris standing there in the field, still looking extremely calm and prudent despite the acclaims coming from the stands. He couldn’t help but shake his head. “Right now, it looks as though the accumulation of many years suddenly found a crack to break out from. So many years of extreme training are finally starting to erupt in the open.”

     “What’s Chris trying to do?”

     Just then, the jubilant stands suddenly erupted again.

     “Hm?”

     Ivan narrowed his eyes in spite of himself. The moment Nolan had taken his spot in the field, Chris had stretched out a right arm wrapped in bandages and pointed it at Nolan.

     An invisible yet terrifying aura started radiating from her right arm.

     “Is her body about to reach its limits because of Burden Overload? So she has no choice but to finish the fight as fast as she can, that’s why she’s going to use a destructive secret skill like Dark Destruction Dragon from the get-go?”

     This kind of voices came kept descending from the stands.

     Kleis and the assistant referees looked tense all of a sudden.

     Dark Destruction Dragon was a taboo skill that became one of the ten most powerful skills on Doraster purely thanks to its raw power. Now that Chris was under the effects of Burden Overload, even they themselves might not be able to completely stop it.

     “Is she going to bet everything on this skill? It looks like she’s already at her limits.”

     Nolan took a deep breath. He looked up at Chris without any fear, his head held high. The arcane particles inside him started surging as well.

     “Do they all think I’m at my limits because of Burden Overload?”

     There wasn’t any change whatsoever on Chris’ face. She still looked as prudent and collected as before. But her heart filled with a warmth and happiness she usually never felt.

     “You’re entirely wrong, all of you.”

     She quietly told herself in her mind, “It’s because I don’t need to fight by myself anymore… It’s because I have faith my teammates will ensure victory, that’s why I can recklessly fight now, that’s why I can fight the way I choose to fight.”

     …

     Everyone knew that Dark Destruction Dragon was one of the most destructive skills on Doraster. But apart from some spectators who came from St. Lauren, almost no one had seen this skill with their own eyes. They’d merely heard about it.

     A strange feeling of excitement, nervousness, and expectation all combined into one suddenly filled the stands.

     “Chris against Nolan! Begin!”

     “Not moving yet?”

     Almost every spectator instantly felt their heart in their throat when Kleis declared the start of the fight. But what was different from the previous fights was, Chris and Nolan both stood immobile where they were.

     The terrifying aura still continued to surge from her right hand. Even her bandages sounded as though they were on the verge of splitting open.

     At the same time, a terrifying aura also started fluctuating around Nolan. With himself as the center, transparent ripples started spreading all the way to the stands.

     “A domain-type skill!”

     “Nolan also mastered a domain-type skill! He wants to go head to head with Chris’ Dark Destruction Dragon thanks to this domain skill!”

     “Such a powerful undulation of arcane energy, Nolan’s already opened his fourth arcane gate! The level of his arcane particles right now should be around the same level as Chris while she’s under the effects of Burden Overload. So Chris must make sure her strike lands. Otherwise, she’s going to lose for sure! No wonder neither of them is attacking recklessly!”

     Time ticked by. Seconds turned into minutes.

     Two terrifying auras clashed against each other in the field, to the point vortexes visible to the naked eye formed in the air.

     In such a deadlock, everyone knew that Chris would be at a disadvantage the more they waited, but even so, Chris didn’t make any move to attack. In the stands, the spectators all felt they were about to choke.

     “If you don’t move, I won’t move either!”

     Nolan had total confidence in his invocation speed, so he’d already decided that he wouldn’t act before Chris did, no matter what happened.

     Chris’ eyes flashed all of a sudden and locked onto his position.

     With an explosive “Bang,” all the bandages suddenly exploded on Chris’ right arm. The shattered pieces of bandage even made piercing sounds while they broke through the air.

     “Here it comes!”

     Every physical function in Nolan’s body operated at its maximum in this instant.

     “Super Gravitational Pull!”

     With a swift and silent chant, two light-yellow pillars covered in rune-like symbols suddenly appeared on both sides behind him.

     There was an astonishing connection between these two pillars and himself. They allowed him to become so fast he reached the limits of the human eye, just like Rinloran when the latter launched a surprise attack at full speed.

     “What!”

     However, the Dark Destruction Dragon he’d been expecting didn’t come out yet in that precise instant.

     There had been a clear change of rhythm in Chris’ skill invocation.

     “Immortal Golden Strands!”

     Exclamations rose from the stands, because countless golden lines had appeared on Chris’ right arm, like countless golden strands tightly bundling her arm inside.

     “She relied on this secret skill so that her arm could bear the impact of the sudden change in rhythm when casting her skill!” Nolan understood in that instant why Chris’ arm hadn’t imploded after forcibly reining in the flow of arcane particles even amidst such a terrifying undulation of arcane energy.

     “Holy Dragon’s Will—Siphon Barrier!” He realized at the same time it was already impossible to dodge Chris’ Dark Destruction Dragon. With a swift chant, arcane particles the color of yellow earth poured out of him.

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     Chapter 202: Godly Endurance

      Chapter 202: Godly Endurance

     “Boom!”

     In the sky above the arena, the air fluttered like a rag.

     A light-yellow egg-shaped curtain of light appeared out of nowhere. It fell down, covering the arena.

     At the same time, a black-colored draconic aura leaped out of Chris’ arm and took the shape of a black dragon. Everyone in the stands could feel the oppressive pressure coming from it.

     The black flame dragon released a fearsome draconic aura, instantly swallowing Chris’ tiny figure.

     On the other side, Nolan’s figure was already covered in the earthen-yellow light of arcane particles. He looked like a patchy man of light.

     Two genuine taboo auras, strong enough to annihilate small-scale cities or fortresses, clashed together inside a limited space. Many bolts of lightning appeared in the air, yet they didn’t zip and zap like lightning bolts either.

     “Boom!”

     The egg-shaped curtain of light released a strange domain power. The Dark Destruction Dragon had clearly locked onto Nolan’s position already, but, when it came within ten meters of Nolan, its attention was suddenly attracted by the curtain. Terrifying black waves instantly rose from the ground, battering the curtain’s ceiling.

     “Ah!”

     Under the fierce pain from an invisible shock blast, many people in the stands groaned in spite of themselves.

     “What a frightening power. So this is Nolan’s strength.”

     His hand on his chest, Ayrin looked at the Dark Destruction Dragon and the egg-shaped curtain of light as both of them started to disintegrate in the sky. He shouted, “Teacher Carter, I remember both you and teacher Liszt saying that arcane particles can only pour out from specific energy channels. Your vital organs will suffer heavy damage if you squeeze the particles out from every part of the body instead. So how did Nolan instantly squeeze out so many arcane particles all at once from all over his body?”

     “It’s because Nolan possesses a body befitting one from a yellow dragon bloodline. It’s about three times stronger than normal,” Carter explained in quick words, his face solemn. “Only someone like him can endure this kind of output. But even so, it’s still fraught with extreme danger.”

     “They really clashed head to head with taboo-level skills… Who out of Chris or Nolan came out ahead?”

     The flames and shock waves quickly scattered from the stands. Everyone strove to open their eyes wide, trying to see the situation in the field.

     “What!”

     “Even this kind of domain power can’t contend with Dark Destruction Dragon?! He was even heavily wounded on top of that?”

     Gasps rose from the stands the instant everyone clearly saw the scene in the field.

     Nolan was less than five meters away from Chris.

     Six to seven wounds were visible on him, like slashes from sharp blades cutting deep to the bones, but scorched black instead. No blood oozed from them.

     “Even if you used ‘Immortal Golden Strands’ to forcibly tighten your arm, it still suffered heavy damage!”

     No outside sound filtered through Nolan’s ears at this instant. Only this single thought filled his mind.

     “Bone-Crushing Dragon Hammer!”

     With a stern chant, the light of arcane particles once again blossomed from him.

     “Boom!”

     A huge invisible hammer seemed to pound the space all around Chris.

     “Crack…”

     All the other parts of Chris body could endure this sort of pressure, except for her arm already dripping with blood and covered in countless tiny cracks. In the blink of an eye, the force broke all the bones in her arm!

     “Nolan’s counterattack broke all the bones in her arm!”

     “Oh my god!”

     When almost everyone in the stands shivered at the spectacle, an almost frenzied light flashed through Chris’ eyes. Even her pupils enlarged ever so slightly.

     “What?”

     Nolan’s feet trampled fiercely on the ground while he accelerated, trampling it so hard countless web-shaped cracks appeared under his feet. Yet, he was suddenly filled with the sensation of imminent, lethal danger.

     He suddenly saw that Chris’s entire face had turned a strange purple, while all the surrounding air gushed toward her mouth and her nose as though she was trying to suck in all the air in front of her.

     In the stands, Ivan and Charlotte and the others were the first ones to realize what was going on. They shouted in unison, “Holy Body Ignition!”

     “Burden Overload added to Holy Body Ignition!”

     This thought flashed through the minds of a few people.

     With an explosive boom, Chris erupted with frightening speed. She’d already entirely lost the use of her right arm, but there wasn’t any shred of pain to be seen on her face as she landed a ruthless punch on Nolan.

     Nolan had been accelerating, but despite the seemingly unstoppable force of his advance, the blow stopped him dead in his tracks and forced him back a step.

     The stuffy pain gave Nolan the urge to puke. His entire body trembled from the blow. All the power filling him seemed suddenly suppressed by this punch.

     “Bang!”

     Without the slightest pause, an explosive sound came from Chris’ left feet, while her right knee had already struck Nolan’s belly.

     “She can keep this kind of mobility and perfectly handle the recoil even when her right arm is broken? Keep striking without the slightest pause?”

     For many young men and women in the stands who were likewise dubbed as geniuses, this scene was even more shocking than seeing Chris launch a formidable arcane skill.

     With a stuffy groan, Nolan lifted his fists. Even in such an unfavorable situation, he still wanted to rely on his formidable physique and strike back.

     “Bang!”

     But Chris’ left fist had found him again already.

     “Boom!”

     “Boom!”

     “Boom!”

     …

     Everyone saw the spectacle of a Chris landing relentless blows on Nolan, while Nolan constantly fell back, struggling to steady his posture out of ingrained reflex, but unable to come up with any sort of counterattack.

     Every time Nolan tried to catch his breath and launch an arcane skill, Chris interrupted him with an explosive blow. He could faintly feel the bones on the front of his body starting to crack under Chris’ heavy strikes. However, there was still an energy inside him, a vigor that made him stand upright and refuse to yield.

     He refused to believe Chris could maintain her Burden Overload for much longer.

     Fifteen minutes had already gone by from the start of Chris’ fight against Sarina up to now.

     In Team Holy Dawn, Moss suddenly shouted just then, “Stingham, what are you doing?”

     Previously looking as though he was praying, Stingham was now standing behind Carter and looking like he was about to do something shifty.

     “I hate him!”

     Stingham shouted when he heard Moss, “Just look at Nolan. Even if he can persevere and beat Chris, there’s no way I’d look like a savior even if I went on stage. Must be messing with me on purpose, am I right?!”

     “Idiot!” Moss had the urge to choke Stingham just then.

     “Stingham, the more people are injured in this match, the more important you will be for the next match,” Carter told Stingham just then, his voice quiet. “No matter what team we face next time, I promise I’ll make you fight second. It’ll be for the best if you can dispose of all the opponents when the time comes.”

     “Is that true?” Stingham looked at Carter, a little dubious.

     “I swear in the name of Holy Dawn,” Carter said.

     “That’s more like it. I was going to kick you into the field just now,” Stingham said, his sullenness instantly swept away.

     “I just knew he was up to no good.” Stingham made Moss thoroughly speechless.

     “Moss.” Carter suddenly called his name just then.

     “Teacher Carter?”

     He turned to look at Carter. He saw Carter looking back at him, his face grave, his voice solemn when he told him, “Moss, I know your mother came to the tournament. I promise you, you’ll definitely make everyone sit up and take notice in the next match. You’re definitely going to make your mother proud.”

     “Teacher Carter…” Moss’ eyes became wet for some reason. A strange feeling rose in his chest.

     “What Teacher Carter means is… We’ll definitely win and advance to the last eight?”

     …

     Anyone could see at this time that both Chris and Nolan were nearing their limits.

     As long as Chris stopped her barrage of attacks, as long as Nolan could riposte, then Chris would probably lose.

     But everyone saw the girl with only one good arm rain blows upon blows on Nolan like a volcanic eruption, looking as though she would never ever stop.

     Everyone had thought that the longer the fight dragged on, the worse things would be for Chris. But now, as time went by second after second, minute after minute, the spectators in the stands were slowly coming to realize that time wasn’t a barrier for her. She looked as if she could continue her offensive as long as she needed to.

     “She can actually endure for so long… How on earth is she doing that…”

     Already forced back to the edge of the field, Nolan could feel himself at his limits.

     He could taste blood on his tongue, feel the reek of blood in his throat. His mind was still sober, but his body was already losing strength. His legs were even starting to give way.

     “Ah!”

     He roared fiercely just then. He wanted to use the last of his strength for a final counter.

     But Chris’ incomparably cool eyes shone bright in the same instant. Her left fist once again smashed his chest with astounding strength.

     “Thump!”

     The entire arena seemed to come to a still with this muffled sound.

     The next instant, Nolan’s tall stature flew back in the air, then fell down to the field.

     “Huff…”

     Chris stopped. She braced her left hand on her knee. Almost everyone could hear the exhaustion in her heavy panting.

     Sweat oozed out of her skin, instantly soaking her clothes.

     “Did we win?”

     Even Ayrin was a little incredulous.

     Team Silver Trout was such a powerful team… Did they really lose just like that?

     Did Chris directly defeat powerful foes like Sarina and Nolan all by herself?

     “Boom!”

     The next second, cheers and shouts flooded the whole arena.

     “How can someone have this sort of endurance? She’s truly… an amazing girl.”

     Words like these reverberated nonstop in the minds of many many people.

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     Chapter 203: Secret Deal

      Chapter 203: Secret Deal

     “Five-three, Holy Dawn Academy wins against Silver Trout Academy!”

     They clearly saw what had happened, but in the stands, the students from Holy Dawn and from the other Academies in St. Lauren were all filled with a sense of incredulity.

     “We won!”

     “We’re finally in the last eight!”

     It took more than a dozen seconds for the stands to finally erupt.

     “This guy, he really did it.”

     In the stands, looking at the jubilant Team Holy Dawn, Ivan felt a lump in his throat.

     “Charlotte, don’t you forget about that thing now,” Wilde suddenly told Charlotte.

     “What thing?” Charlotte looked at him, a little baffled. She saw Wilde and the others winking and such, and suddenly understood what these guys were talking about.

     “You guys!” Her face flushed red.

     …

     Rinsyi left the arena without uttering a single word.

     His face wasn’t that different from usual, but those familiar with him on Team Golden Stag could feel a dangerous aura coming from him. Hill liked to taunt him usually, but even he didn’t dare say anything.

     “Rinsyi, may we ask your opinion about Team Silver Trout’s defeat to Team Holy Dawn?”

     “Rinsyi, are you feeling any pressure from Holy Dawn’s performance today, especially from Chris and Rinloran?”

     Some reporters crowded their way as soon as they exited the arena, all of them talking at once.

     “Go away!”

     Rinsyi’s mood became extremely foul after hearing the words Holy Dawn Holy Dawn repeated nonstop. He rudely shoved away two men standing in his way and directly left.

     “Is the lack of comment a tacit agreement?”

     However, the reporters gathered there still didn’t want to drop the matter. They pursued him and asked, “Are you feeling hugely pressured by Holy Dawn Academy, is that why you’re in such a bad mood?”

     “What the hell are you saying!”

     Rinsyi’s face suddenly twisted.

     Before those beside him could even see him move, he’d already grabbed the throat of the reporter with the sharpest and loudest questions, lifting him up.

     “Huff… Huff…”

     The reporter couldn’t breathe at all. His face turned purple. Terror flashed through his eyes.

     At the edge of his vision, Rinsyi spotted the figure of a patrolling arcane master hurling himself his way, but he still didn’t let go of the reporter. His said, his voice chilling to the bone, “We’re being pressured by a team with a broken arm? You must be really eager to taste what death feels like, or else you wouldn’t have the balls to talk to me like this.”

     Rinsyi coldly threw away the man when the patroller was less than twenty meters away, before leaving without looking back even once.

     “This guy, just now he looked like he was really going to kill someone.”

     The reporters behind him were all drenched in cold sweat. They couldn’t find the courage to follow him anymore.

     “Hahahaha, I’m fighting second next time! Team Golden Stag? With my wise handsome godly self going on stage, what’s a mere Team Golden Stag?” An especially arrogant voice came from behind them just then. Rinsyi and the other members of Team Golden Stag stopped in their tracks and looked back.

     “It’s that guy again?”

     This time, even Hill and the others felt in a foul mood.

     They saw the reporters from Breith Magazine surround a Stingham who’d just exited the arena, firing question after question at him. None of the other members of Team Holy Dawn were even there.

     “They changed the schedule of the tournament, so now there’s a lot less time between each match. With Chris and Rinloran heavily wounded, they shouldn’t be able to recover in time for the next round. Are you guys really confident you can beat your next opponent, even if it happens to be Team Golden Stag?”

     “Haha, we’re going to meet Team Golden Stag for sure in the next round, because my prayers are very effective. I’m going to pray again before the quarterfinals’ draw, so we’re a hundred percent fighting Team Golden Stag next.” Stingham laughed like a madman, his hands on his hips. “What does it matter if Chris and Rinloran are wounded or not? With a genius like me on the scene, are they even needed? In the next match, countless girls are definitely going to go wild and scream my name.”

     “Are you really going fighting second?”

     “Of course. I think the first one to fight will probably be that Moss guy. He’s only good for taking a beating, so my genius self is going to steal the show for the whole match next time.”

     “…”

     “Is this guy really a moron?” Hearing Stingham’s mad laughter, even the flirty “Black Widow Huntress” Megan couldn’t help but say, a little speechless, “The fighting order is something top secret, something you definitely can’t leak before the match begins. Does he think that we’re going to believe him just because he says it? He’s even talking about his amazing prayers, that he can meet whatever team he wants to meet. Why did he even come to fight in the tournament then, just directly pray for some divine inheritance items to fall from the sky instead.”

     “This guy’s just a fly. You need to slap them dead to have your quiet again,” the cold-faced Hill said, his face also dark.

     …

     “Where did that Stingham guy run off to?”

     Inside the arena, still immersed in the happiness of their victory, Ayrin and the others suddenly noticed Stingham’s disappearance.

     “What’s Team Silver Trout doing? Are they unwilling to admit their defeat, so they’re coming here to have a brawl?”

     Just then, Ayrin and the others suddenly noticed Nolan and the others coming their way.

     But what they hadn’t expected was, after Team Silver Trout came in front of them, Nolan said a single word: “Sorry.”

     Ayrin and the others felt a little puzzled.

     “At the beginning, when you guys were ranked as a weeds-level team, we really looked down on you, and we even made disobliging remarks about you. Now facts proved us wrong, so we came here to apologize.” Nolan looked at the confused group from Holy Dawn and slowly said, “You guys are indeed very strong. I hope that you guys can achieve even better results in the upcoming rounds.”

     “Are you serious?” Ayrin stared at Nolan, his eyes wide. “You aren’t putting up a front now are you?”

     “…” Nolan was suddenly a little speechless. “Of course I’m serious.”

     “Looks like you’re a good guy,” Ayrin suddenly shouted, a little surprised. A smile bloomed on his face. “Then let all of us be friends, how about it?”

     “You were ready to fight just a second ago… Never seen such a fast turnabout, what the hell is your brain made of!” Moss and the others almost fainted.

     “What a disaster…” In the stands, Southern Monsoon’s captain Ferdinand looked a little lost.

     “What disaster?” The teammates beside him glanced his way, a little baffled.

     “Chris was actually so strong. I’m not worthy of her,” the crestfallen Ferdinand said.

     “You weren’t worthy of her to begin with. You just have to try even harder now!” His teammates made encouraging gestures at him.

     “That’s right!” Ferdinand tightened his red headscarf with Chris’ Fan Club written on it, then firmly clenched his fist. “I have to try even harder!”

     …

     In the stands, Liszt looked at the jubilant Team Holy Dawn, a faint smile on his lips.

     All of a sudden, he felt a cold and ominous aura creep his way like an invisible tentacle.

     But the sinister aura slowly receded again immediately after, as if it was merely pointing him in a certain direction.

     He frowned imperceptibly, but his appearance looked still as lazy as ever.

     “Songat, look after Ayrin for me, I have some business I need to take care of first,” he told Songat while standing up from his seat.

     This sentence sounded very ordinary, but Songat’s eyes flashed as if he heard something of significance from his words. His face became exceptionally grave, the total opposite of the usual I-don’t-care-about-anything look he usually wore.

     “Ok.” He gave a very straightforward nod.

     Liszt stood up but didn’t leave the arena. He merely reached a shadowy area under the stands.

     He looked at the stone wall inside the shadows. He knew that behind this wall was the “God of Death” countless teams from the Office of Special Affairs were looking for, but had failed to find so far.

     “You actually managed to sneak your way here… You leaked a strand of your aura on purpose so that I could feel it, didn’t you? Why?” Liszt said, looking at the wall inside the shadows.

     Lotton said, his voice almost inaudible from behind the wall, “I want to make a deal with you.”

     “Oh?” Liszt frowned. “What kind of deal?”

     “Help me leave Eichemalar, and I can help you catch an Evil Dragon disciple alive, one with a pretty high status at that.”

     “Alright.” Liszt nodded, still looking lazy and leisurely even in this situation. He directly said, “Help me catch the disciple you’re talking about, and I’ll help you leave the city.”

     “Alright. Wait for me tomorrow on the fifth avenue. But before that, don’t tell anyone, or else I can’t guarantee this deal will successfully go through.” Lotton didn’t show any hesitation either behind the wall. The weak sound of his voice became even fainter, as though he was already leaving.

     “Are you worried about traitors who’ll prevent you from catching that guy?” Liszt smiled, then suddenly faced the wall and added, “I heard that the Evil Dragon bishops have a special way of controlling all the Evil Dragon disciples who have been bestowed with genuine Evil Dragon particles. They can control the disciples’ life and death with a simple arcane skill as long as they’re within range. But I also heard that the essence of the Sacred Moonspring can erase this sort of control.”

     But he no longer heard Lotton’s voice anymore. Who knew whether the latter heard Liszt’s words.

     “Liszt, is something the matter?”

     Two patrollers appeared not far away beside him.

     “Nothing, maybe I was mistaken,” Liszt said with a shrug and a lazy smile.

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     Chapter 204 Ferguillo’s Secret Training

      Chapter 204 Ferguillo’s Secret Training

     Ferguillo stood in a very dark training gym. A dozen war golems lay around him, their broken springs and gears scattered all over the ground.

     He panted hard, his arms twitching a little. He’d clearly gone beyond the limits of his stamina. Like slithering earthworms, sweat glided down his somewhat wan skin.

     Without a sound, a strange man came out from the shadows. His hair was disheveled, and he wore a white wooden mask over his face. He observed Ferguillo for a moment, then suddenly asked, “Do you know why I made you fight clockwork golems nonstop for the past few days?”

     “Because these clockwork golems merely emulate arcane skills. What looks like the power of arcane skills is merely the release of the leftover arcane energy from the magic crystals inside. So I can’t use my Mind Reading on them,” Ferguillo said.

     “And so?” the strange masked man asked.

     “So?” Ferguillo blinked, a little confused by what the strange masked man meant.

     The strange masked man didn’t say anything. He merely watched him in silence.

     “What you mean is… I shouldn’t always rely on Mind Reading?” Ferguillo said after thinking for a moment.

     “I heard that Chris already defeated you back in St. Lauren,” the strange masked man said, his voice calm and indifferent. “In fact, you don’t even need someone like her who trained her physical movements to the level of instinctual reaction. Your Mind Reading would be mostly useless even against an opponent with merely a fast skill-launching speed. It will only waste your mental strength and arcane particles instead. Also, your so-called Mind Reading is merely the gift of your bloodline. It’s merely an outstanding perception when you focus your spirit in your left eye.”

     “I still don’t understand what you mean,” Ferguillo said after a moment of hesitation.

     “You still don’t understand?” The strange masked man looked at him. “The strongest bloodline talent in House Baratheon is the Storm Eye. In fact, the lens of their eye is simply made of dragon crystal. That’s why, for centuries, for millennia, they did everything possible to bring out the power of their bloodline, did everything possible to bring out the power of the Storm Eye. You don’t have the Storm Eye, but your strongest bloodline talents are the Undying Body and the exceptional spiritual sensitivity of your left eye. What you need to do is of course to bring out the power of these two gifts as much as possible.

     “But who would have thought that the only use you made of the exceptional sensitivity of your left eye was to learn Mind Reading,” the strange masked man added after a pause, together with a cold laughter. “What a total waste! With your present level, a genuine powerful master only needs to create a feint with muscle control and by manipulating the flowing of arcane particles to fool your judgment. Haven’t you realized it yet? Just like how a clockwork golem’s movements come from the motions of its springs and gears, the flashes and rhythms of the nerves is the fundamental basis for every movement of a living body. With such an outstanding sensitivity like yours, it’s not impossible for you to perceive the flashes of the nerves as long as you focus your training in that direction. If you could do that, would you still need to try to determine your opponent’s next action? There are so many offensive mental skills on Doraster, don’t tell me there aren’t any that can directly block the commands sent by the nerves?”

     “Petrifying Eye!” Ferguillo breathed out two words as though he couldn’t stop himself.

     “Death’s Sacrifice together with Petrifying Eye should be the strongest taboo combination for someone with a bloodline variant like yours,” the strange masked man said. “If you think that what I just said makes sense, then stop wasting so much time and effort on Mind Reading and those other useless skills.”

     “Many thanks for your guidance, senior.” Ferguillo took a deep breath, his face quickly calming down. “That said, who on earth are you… Why did you specifically direct my training in the infirmary?”

     “You’re not House Baratheon’s only enemy. Neither are you the only one expelled from the clan simply because the clan deemed your bloodline variation impure,” the strange masked man said.

     “So, you too are also…” Ferguillo froze.

     “My bloodline variant is merely different from yours,” the strange masked man said. He didn’t sound all that impressed with Ferguillo’s understanding.

     “In your current physical state, you could have left this place five days ago already. That’s why I already told Songat that you can leave the infirmary any time you choose, starting from now.”

     This arcane master who’d already trained Ferguillo for five days turned around and left the training hall, but he suddenly halted his steps when he reached the doorway. He said, “I forgot to tell you something. In the match this morning, Golden Stag Academy already defeated Hawkmoon Academy and made it to the last eight. Rinsyi even decided to be the first one to fight. He dispatched the first three fighters from Hawkmoon all by himself, and forced the fourth one to use more than half his arcane particles. Then he just forfeited without a single scratch on him.”

     Ferguillo didn’t seem surprised in the least. He merely asked, “What about the match yesterday between Holy Dawn Academy and Silver Trout Academy then?”

     “Holy Dawn Academy won.” Ferguillo would hear about the course of that match in great detail as soon as he left the infirmary anyway, so this strange man with the white wooden mask didn’t want to waste too many words. He simply told him the result. But after striding a couple steps away, he actually added, “That Chris is very powerful, and she’ll be even more powerful in the future.”

     “Chris?”

     Thinking he would hear Ayrin’s name instead, Ferguillo froze again.

     When the strange masked man totally vanished from the doorway, Ferguillo said to himself, “You guys really did it, you made it to the last eight…” His voice was placid, but a certain light that couldn’t be seen usually shone in his eyes.

     …

     On the roof of the hotel where Charlotte and Ivan and the others lived, as the sun set in the west, Charlotte looked at Ayrin beside her, then looked at the copy of Breith Magazine in her hand, and couldn’t help but say, “Are you really letting Stingham fight in second position next time? That guy’s a real idiot though, he actually told that to the reporters from Breith Magazine.”

     “It doesn’t matter anyway. The louder this guy talks about it, the less people will believe him,” Ayrin said with a chuckle.

     A golden halo surrounded Charlotte under the setting sunlight. As she looked into Ayrin’s curved, smiling eyes, she said in a sudden fit of courage, “Ayrin, come closer. Also, close your eyes.”

     Ayrin immediately understood what Charlotte meant. His eyes went wide. “Charlotte, are you going to kiss me?”

     “Damn you!”

     Charlotte became a little angry and embarrassed all of a sudden after hearing Ayrin’s blunt and totally unromantic reply. She’d even finally managed to summon her courage too! “Do you want to or not!”

     “I think it’s best not to,” Ayrin said, scratching his head, his cheeks a little red.

     “What?!” Charlotte suddenly shouted in disbelief. “Did you hook up with some nurse back in the infirmary? Even saying you don’t want me to…”

     “It’s not that,” Ayrin hurried to say, looking even more embarrassed. “It’s because Teacher Liszt is worried something might happen to me, so Teacher Songat has been protecting me from the shadows for these past few days. I’m afraid he’ll see us. Plus, it’s a really bad time right now…”

     Charlotte finally noticed Ayrin looking somewhere behind herself.

     “Could it be Wilde and the others?! Didn’t they say they weren’t going to come and spy on us!”

     Charlotte instantly turned around, a little mad, but she froze the moment she recognized that person’s face. Then she flushed bright red. “Fe… Ferguillo?”

     “Wilde and the others told me Ayrin was upstairs… Did I barge in at a bad time?” Ferguillo said, a little awkward.

     “Haha!” From somewhere not far away downstairs, they heard Wilde and the others laughing out loudly as if they pulled off some evil trick.

     “That bunch of rascals, I’m going to kill them!”

     Charlotte ground her teeth in anger, stamped her feet, cast her eyes down, then left downstairs.

     “Hehe.”

     Ayrin scratched his head and let out a couple silly chuckles, then patted Ferguillo’s shoulder, looking very happy. “You finally came out of the infirmary?”

     “Ayrin, you’re really amazing… It’s much harder to steal a maiden’s heart than to get into the last eight in the nationals.” A small smile floated on Ferguillo’s lips.

     “How are you doing with your wounds? Are you fully recovered?” Ayrin asked, sounding excited. “I still want to fight against you… I’d definitely improve that way.”

     “Ayrin, for someone from House Baratheon, the interest of the clan comes before than anything else. That’s why, for people like Rinsyi, even other young men and women who are certainly going to become pillars of the kingdom in the future are enemies for them. That’s why he wasn’t only speaking empty words. On the tournament field, he’ll definitely kill you if he gets the opportunity,” Ferguillo said without answering Ayrin’s question.

     “Then I won’t show any mercy either,” Ayrin said without even thinking about it.

     “He decided to fight in first position today against Hawkmoon Academy… He won’t admit it out loud, but he’s already feeling pressured by you guys. That’s why he didn’t want to expose the other main members’ actual strength or their secret skills. In fact, his real level is even stronger than what he revealed today. That said, with his character, he’ll lose his composure as soon as he feels he can’t win,” Ferguillo quietly said, his tone dead serious. “With his true strength this year, he basically won’t lose as long as he doesn’t run into Morgan, so you guys will probably end up running into him… So, starting from tomorrow, you and I are going to fight against each other.”

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     Chapter 205: Let’s Be Friends

      Chapter 205: Let’s Be Friends

     Eichemalar sparkled with bright light even after nightfall.

     In the Office of Special Affairs’ first interrogation bureau, a dwarf only half as tall as a normal adult was fastened on a bed, seven dark-green metallic threads piercing were the seven arcane gates were located inside him.

     Only, this bed was entirely cast from metal. It was impossible to lie comfortably on it.

     The dwarf’s eyes were open, but his gaze seemed to drift vacant like those of a sleepwalker. Five arcane masters were gathered around him.

     Liszt, Donna, Songat, the arcane master wearing a white wooden mask, as well as a woman clothed in a white robe, both her hair and her eyes white as snow.

     These five were arcane masters standing at the very top of the kingdom.

     And not far away from the interrogation bureau, inside a black building shaped like a lighthouse, three aged arcane masters were anxiously waiting for the results of the interrogation.

     These three old arcane masters were judges from the Office, men with the authority to decide the most secret and most important operations inside the kingdom.

     “What’s your name? What do you usually do in Eichemalar?” Songat asked the dwarf on the iron bed, his voice peaceful.

     “I’m called Pyro, manager of Charles’ Underground Wine Cellar,” the dwarf said in a monotonous voice.

     “What’s your relation with Diaz?” Songat asked.

     “I am his most loyal and devoted servant,” the dwarf said.

     “Alright.”

     Songat looked at the white-eyed and white-robed woman. He nodded, his face cold and grave, entirely at odds with the expression he usually wore.

     The white-robed woman nodded back.

     She stretched out her hands. When the brilliance of arcane particles started shining, countless tiny white strands of light flowed out of her ten fingers and stabbed into the dwarf’s eyes.

     The dwarf’s eyes suddenly became a mottled sea of light. Countless stars shone inside them in gorgeous colors like a cluster of countless miniature tableaux.

     The white-robed woman suddenly seemed under a great strain.

     Countless mottled starry lights appeared in her eyes at the same time. Her hands kept moving, never stopping for a second, guiding these tiny white threads of light as they sought the things she and Liszt and the others were looking for.

     The strands of light suddenly turned transparent in her hands after a few seconds. Like the flame of a candle, a bright light erupted from the dwarf’s eyes.

     Shining pictures started forming above the dwarf.

     “Is that the Evil Dragon disciples’ main camp? The Valley of Fallen Shadows!”

     Liszt and Donna and the others suddenly beamed in delight.

     In one of the pictures, they saw a huge mountain valley pervaded by a chaotic and twisted atmosphere. A purple aura of death oozed from the depths of the valley.

     But the very next second, Liszt and Donna and the others suddenly froze.

     “Evil Dragon disciples have actually developed to this degree?!”

     From several other pictures, they saw thousands upon thousands of tents made from beast skins and bones erected in the depths of the shadowy mountain valley.

     Alleys snaked between the innumerable tents, leading to many caves. Inside these caves sat purple altars of death.

     Countless mind-warped berserkers holding giant axes patrolled the vast mountain forests surrounding the valley, together with Dragon Disciple crossbowmen. From many other pictures, they could see Dragon Disciple arcane teams clothed in deep purple with golden border stripes.

     “Ah!”

     The white-robed woman cried out softly all of a sudden. All the white strands of light instantly crumbled in her hands, together with the sound of shattering metal.

     The veins on her forehead bulged visibly. Shock and pain were written on her peculiar features.

     The pictures floating above the dwarf scattered in fragments of light before quickly fading away.

     Liszt narrowed his eyes and quietly asked, “Sullie, what did you see?”

     “Blood Gate Altar… In the deepest reaches of the valley… It seems they think they can resurrect the Evil Dragon Ned, or maybe recreate his bloodline,” this white-eyed woman said, her quick words almost delirious. “The Valley of Fallen Shadows is inside the Southam Demon Forest, at the tip of the Cherry River!”

     …

     “The Valley of Fallen Shadows is in the Southam Demon Forest, at the tip of the Cherry River! This is consistent with all the clues we found so far!”

     Inside the lighthouse-like building in the Office of Special Affairs, the three aged arcane masters’ hands shook in spite of themselves when they received the results from Liszt’s interrogation. “After so many years… We finally found them!”

     …

     “Who could have imagined that Three-Headed Dragon Academy would lose to Seagale Academy?”

     “What’s so incredible about that? One finished seventh last year, the other finished ninth, there’s nothing surprising about either winning or losing. If you want to talk about something hard to imagine, then it has to be Holy Dawn Academy making it to the last eight. Also, it’s hard to imagine Golden Stag Academy being so strong this year. Everyone thought Hawkmoon Academy was roughly on the same level, but they ended up being defeated so easily.”

     “It looks like the title this year belongs to either Dragon Breath Academy or Golden Stag Academy.”

     “It’s too early to tell, we haven’t seen the best from Abel Academy and River Bend Academy yet. And who knows, maybe Holy Dawn Academy will surprise us with another miracle.”

     “Holy Dawn is really the weirdest team. Every one of them is super strange. Plus, all the other teams want to avoid Golden Stag, but instead of that, Holy Dawn seems really eager to run into them.”

     “According to the rules of the tournaments, the teams from the upper groups will fight against the teams from the lower groups and vice versa, so there’s one chance in four they’ll be matched against Golden Stag.”

     “I wonder what’s going to happen if those two teams run into each other.”

     “…”

     Early in the morning, people chatted among themselves in groups of twos and threes while making their way to the Arena of Fire and Blood.

     All the top eight teams of the national tournament had now been decided after the two matches the previous day.

     On the upper side, Dragon Breath Academy from group one, Abel Academy from group two, Holy Dawn Academy from group three, and River Bend Academy from group four.

     On the lower side, Golden Stag Academy from group one, Winterfell Academy from group two, Seagale Academy from group three, and Deepwood Motte Academy from group four.

     According to the schedule, the ties for the last eight would be decided today in a public draw.

     “Ayrin!”

     “Chris!”

     “Rinloran!”

     The stands suddenly erupted in warm shouts and cheers when Team Holy Dawn appeared in the area reserved for the participant teams.

     “We’re actually the second team here, looks like we came early.”

     Ayrin and the others noticed there was only a single team who’d arrived before them. None of the others were anywhere in sight.

     “Is that Winterfell Academy?”

     “It’s not that cold, so why are they dressed like that?”

     “Haha, that guy looks about the same age as Moss, but he has a full beard, it’s really funny.”

     Ayrin and the others couldn’t stop themselves from secretly laughing when they saw the other team.

     Known as the strongest academy in the north of the kingdom, Team Winterfell’s members were all dressed in thick leather parkas with a big collar made from fox fur. There were even tassels on the parka’s cuffs and borders, making them seem scruffy and bloated.

     All the members of that team looked wild and rough. Some had scraggy and uneven hair that seemed to have been casually trimmed with a knife, while some had hair casually tied with a grass rope. And what Ayrin found the funniest was, one of them had a very young and immature face, yet had a huge full beard eating his face.

     “Ah? They’re headed our way…”

     That Winterfell student with the young and bearded face reached them with several others in tow just when Ayrin was secretly laughing.

     “Hello. I’m Rekai, the captain of Team Winterfell. The teams from St. Lauren both did great. You’re real warriors, all of us admire you guys very much.” The Winterfell captain with his immature face and full beard was very straightforward as he took the initiative to talk to Chris and Ayrin and the others.

     “So you’re Rekai, the one they call the Wild King of the North?” Ayrin stared at him.

     Stingham looked at Ayrin and quietly mumbled to himself with a snicker, “You folks are really good guys. How about we become friends?”

     “Rekai, you folks are really good guys. How about we become friends?” What made Stingham roll his eyes was, the excited Ayrin really said the same thing.

     Rekai and the others hadn’t expected Ayrin to be so straightforward. They suddenly blinked.

     Ayrin couldn’t help himself and started laughing out loud while looking at Rekai. “Haha, it’s really funny. Just now we thought your school uniform looked a little comical, like you guys were afraid of the cold. Also, I couldn’t stop myself from secretly laughing when I saw your beard. I can’t help it, I can’t stop laughing every time I see your young-looking face with such a big beard.”

     “This guy, how can he talk like that? Is he itching for a fight, so he’s provoking them on purpose?” Stingham was suddenly a little speechless.

     “How candid!” What no one expected was, Rekai and company didn’t seem angry at all. Their eyes shone instead. “Alright! We’re friends now! I most like frank and outspoken friends. Before, we thought that people from the south were mostly petty-minded like little girls, but you’re even more candid than many of us in the north.”

     “Dragon Breath arrived too.”

     Cheers came again from the stands just when Stingham was feeling speechless. Team Dragon Breath had already made their way inside the rest area.

     “Ayrin,” Audrey called from far away. She came their way together with Morgan and the others.

     “Morgan, if we run into you guys this time, I’m really keen to have a fair duel with you one versus one!” Rekai immediately shouted, his eagerness to fight written all over his face when he turned around.

     “Alright then.” The tall Morgan scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and offered a friendly smile. “If we really run into each other, then how about both of us fight in first position so we can have a fair duel?”

     Rekai hammered his chest. “I swear upon my honor as a man!”

     “Haha. Morgan, you’re a good guy. Let’s be friends!” What made Stingham almost fall to the ground was, Ayrin immediately repeated the same thing.

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     Chapter 206 Apple Prayer

      Chapter 206 Apple Prayer

     “Here comes Seagate Academy.”

     “Here comes Abel Academy.”

     “Is that River Bend Academy?”

     Teams appeared one after another inside the rest area as the draw drew near.

     “Ayrin, you guys did really great so far, keep up the good work.”

     The group from River Bend greeted Ayrin and the others after coming their way.

     When Audrey saw the group from River Bend looking very friendly with Holy Dawn, she couldn’t help turning to a girl in the group with short hair and clothes looking like those Donna wore: “Eurena, why are you guys so familiar with them?”

     “That’s a secret for now. You’ll find out if we fight them in the grand finals,” the very tomboy-looking Eurena said with a grin.

     “Here come Rinsyi and co,” Morgan quietly said just then.

     They watched the group from Golden Stag came inside the rest area and sit somewhere all by themselves.

     Meanwhile, Dragon Breath, Winterfell, and River Bend were gathered around Holy Dawn Academy, looking very lively.

     “What’s Stingham doing now?”

     Moss and the others saw Stingham constantly mumbling to himself, his hands joined together.

     After a while, Stingham took out something from his clothes and put it in front of him, then went back to mumbling to himself.

     “…”

     Even Ayrin was baffled now, because what Stingham had taken out was an apple, one half of it rotten.

     “Stingham, what you doing?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask.

     “Don’t bother me,” Stingham snapped. “I’m praying, what else would I be doing?”

     “Praying?”

     Ayrin and Moss and the others looked at each other. “Praying in front of a rotten apple, what does that mean?”

     “What do you know!” Stingham tossed his hair in great contempt, then casually took out a comb and combed his hair. “This is an unfathomable prayer ceremony from the Magus Era. If you sincerely pray in front of a rotten apple like this one, then you’ll see your wish come true. We’ll face Golden Stag in the next match for sure. Not only that, if you pray facing the unspoiled side while you set the rotten side facing the opponents, you can even curse them with rotten luck.”

     “Can you really use it like that? Might as well give the unspoiled half to Ayrin so he can eat it,” Moss mumbled.

     “That’s right, you might as well let me eat it,” Ayrin said.

     “Do you really want to eat that?” Moss was struck a little speechless.

     “Team captains, please come in the field and draw your lot.” A tournament staff had come to notify all the teams it was time to draw lots.

     “Get lost! Don’t disturb me!” Stingham swore. Then he immediately prayed in front of the rotten apple with even more devotion.

     “Dragon Breath Academy…”

     The atmosphere in the arena turned nervous all of a sudden when the voice rang in the field. There was no sound to be heard apart from the sound of breathing.

     “Dragon Breath Academy… against Deepwood Motte Academy!”

     “Boom!” The stands erupted in shouts when the tie was announced.

     Many people supporting Dragon Breath thought that the draw wasn’t bad, while Deepwood Motte’s supporters sighed in lament. It was going to be difficult for them, an uphill battle with the odds stacked against them.

     “Abel Academy against Winterfell Academy!”

     “We’re actually going against that bunch!” the bearded Rekai suddenly shouted, a little crestfallen.

     It wasn’t that he thought Abel Academy would be a harder challenge than Dragon Breath. He just felt that the group from Abel Academy wasn’t frank and open enough. He wasn’t really fond of their characters.

     “There are only two ties left! It’s a fifty-fifty!”

     Everyone in Team Holy Dawn looked at each other.

     “Holy Dawn Academy…”

     The whole arena held its breath.

     “Against Golden Stag Academy!”

     “Boom!” The whole arena exploded like a volcano.

     “Is that a joke?”

     “Did we really draw… Golden Stag?!”

     “We really…”

     Ayrin and the others looked at Stingham in disbelief.

     “Mwuhahahaha! Did you see that? That’s the power of my wise handsome invincible self. I told you my prayers were very effective, that we were going to draw Golden Stag for sure in the next match!” Stingham stuck his hands on his hips and laughed like a madman. “I’m the most handsome!”

     “They’re really going against Rinsyi!”

     In the stands, Ivan and Charlotte glanced at Team Golden Stag, all of them dumbstruck.

     “They really ended up being our opponents…”

     After a second of astonishment, the flirty Megan toyed with a ruby ring on her finger and exposed her pure-white teeth, flashing a smile of amusement.

     “It seems it was preordained.” Rinsyi smiled as well, his smile so wide even wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes.

     Seeing Stingham laughing like a madman, “Warlock” Hill sneered, his moody face looking as it always did like someone had stolen his lunch money. “How arrogant. Why do they look so happy running into us?”

     Stingham’s gaze happened to meet his just at this moment.

     “What the hell are you looking at?” Hill shouted, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

     Stingham froze. He hadn’t expected Hill to suddenly shout at him.

     “I’m looking at you, so what? What, do you want to come here and lick my feet?” Belo suddenly said.

     “…”

     Audrey and the others were instantly struck dumb.

     Belo had kept a low-profile so far in the national tournament. Only now did the people around them suddenly notice there was also a glass boy like him in Team Holy Dawn.

     “Wanna die?!” Hill’s aura exploded.

     “Don’t tell me you’re thinking of fighting him in a place like this?” Rinsyi said, looking at him with contempt.

     “You’re right, why would I waste my time with a substitute who can’t even make an appearance in the tournament.” Hill smiled in derision.

     “Let’s have a bet then.” Belo readjusted his glasses, and said with an impulsive face, “If we run into each other on the field, then the one who loses has to kneel down and lick the other’s feet. How about it?”

     “I’m going to fight in the next match,” Belo added, looking at Hill.

     “Alright then. Why would I refuse someone offering to lick my feet?” Hill coldly said. “In that case, I’ll leave you with enough energy to kneel down and lick them.”

     “Belo, don’t!”

     Ayrin suddenly pulled him and shouted, his voice full of anxiety. “This guy’s their vice-captain, he’s very strong. You can’t win if you really happen to fight against him, and then you’ll really have to lick his feet when you lose! It’s one thing to keep telling random people to kneel down and lick your feet, but it’s not a bet you can afford right now!”

     “Haha!”

     The Golden Stag guys couldn’t help laughing out loud when they saw Ayrin urgently pulling on Belo.

     They suddenly thought that this Belo guy was a real comedian.

     “Don’t worry!”

     What made the participant teams around them even more speechless was, Stingham tossed his hair again and said, “With me here, even if he can make it into our lineup, I won’t need him to step into the field. So he won’t have any opportunity to run into that guy. Because I’m the most handsome!”

     “What’s the relation with being the most handsome? Is this a beauty contest?” Audrey and the others had the urge to spit out blood. They thought, these Holy Dawn guys could throw any place into chaos wherever they went.

     “Who could have imagined they’d really run into Golden Stag.”

     In the stands, Joyce and Team Sea God were also looking at Team Holy Dawn and Team Golden Stag.

     After the life and death battle underground against Shinro and co, Joyce had very naturally become friends until death with Ayrin and the others.

     “These guys, the word afraid really doesn’t exist in their dictionary…”

     Looking at Ayrin, Joyce couldn’t help but sigh softly. He was filled with a certain feeling, something between bafflement and admiration, he didn’t know which.

     In all the matches so far, apart from Rinsyi himself who might have been slightly wounded, none of the other main members of their roster had been on stage. Warlock Hill, Black Widow Huntress Megan, Hellball Master Tyrin, Plague Disseminator Zouchen; not mentioning being wounded, no one even knew the level they were at this year, or the secrets of their arcane skills.

     In comparison, for Team Holy Dawn, Rinloran and Chris would certainly not recover from their injuries before the start of the next match. At the very least, it was certainly impossible for Chris to use Dark Destruction Dragon for now.

     Joyce could naturally assume that substitutes like Stingham and the others were also very strong.

     But the important thing was, it didn’t matter even if they were just as strong as Chris.

     Every main member on Team Golden Stag was a monster representing the highest level in the national tournament.

     In Joyce’s opinion, even Chris wasn’t certain to win if she went against any of the five main members on Golden Stag.

     As to the substitutes on Holy Dawn, it was simply impossible for them to be on the same level as her.

     In theory, no matter how you looked at it, it was impossible for Holy Dawn to win against Golden Stag.

     “I know that, but… Even so, why do I feel like you might still have a shot? Have I been infected by your blind optimism?”

     Looking at Ayrin from afar, Joyce couldn’t help shaking his head and mumble to himself.

     In Team Holy Dawn, Moss suddenly shouted, “Stingham, you’re actually eating this apple?” His eyes grew wide.

     He’d almost fainted at Ayrin really wanting to eat this apple, but now he saw Stingham suddenly take this apple and eat it.

     “What do you know,” Stingham said with a humph while he ate the apple. “After a successful prayer, an apple like this is called an Apple of Victory. Those who eat the unspoiled half will be blessed with uncommon luck. They’ll easily overcome their opponents.”

     “Stingham…” Ayrin shouted, looking at the apple in Stingham’s hand.

     “Scram!” Stingham turned away, totally on his guard. “What are you shouting for? I won’t give it to you, don’t even think about stealing it.”

     “Stingham…”

     “It’s no use no matter how much you shout. I’m almost done with it anyway, there’s only the rotten half left if you still want it, haha.” Stingham laughed out loud after biting a big chunk of the apple. “How sweet, it tastes pretty good.”

     “It’s not that.” Ayrin shook his head. “I don’t want to eat it, it’s just that I saw three worms…”

     “What!” Stingham’s eyes grew into round circles. The next second, he shouted, “Why didn’t you say that earlier! Where did you see three of them, I only see one, did they crawl on my hand?!”

     “I was going to tell you, but you didn’t let me talk…” Ayrin looked at Stingham with innocent eyes. “You already ate the other two.”

     “I…” Stingham’s face was suddenly full of black lines.

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     Chapter 207: Incomprehensible

      Chapter 207: Incomprehensible

     “These guys are indeed a bunch of rascals. Regardless of where they are, they cause disturbances and attract everyone’s full attention.”

     Starlight illuminated the athlete village as Morgan flipped through the newest magazine within Dragon Breath Academy’s rest area. He couldn’t help but laugh as he said, “It seems like even we have been forgotten. Everyone is just too busy talking about Ayrin and his group of friends.”

     “Hu… hu…”

     At this same time within the largest room in Golden Stag Academy’s rest area, Rinsyi was panting heavily. He currently was only wearing some light exercise clothes.

     His purple hair was completely soaked with a sticky sweat and his face seemed to be abnormally pale. At the same time, however, the yellowish hue within his pupils seemed to have become concentrated to the point of overflowing, causing his eyes to strangely seem as if they were about to melt.

     “Body of Vengeance…”

     After panting heavily for a couple minutes, Rinsyi suddenly quietly mumbled several words to himself.

     His forehead, center of his brows, chest, and lower abdomen abruptly shined with a pale white light as one pale white petal of light after another emerged atop his head.

     The pale white light formed an increasingly corporeal image of two terrifyingly large hands carrying an enormous scripture above his body. Each hand was several meters in length.

     Boom!

     But right at this moment, the two giant and pale white hands reminiscent of a Death God’s hands abruptly disappeared. The air within the entire room violently trembled.

     Rinsyi’s face, which was normally handsome, suddenly became incredibly twisted as an eye-catching trail of fresh blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. In a deep voice, he roared, “Could it be that in the end, these fellows have indeed caused me to feel some pressure… why can I still not succeed!”

     “Ayrin, Ferguillo, I’m going to kill you all!”

     ……

     “Come here Moss, drink another cup!”

     “Okay. Drink! Haha, this fruit wine is really good!”

     “Come eat another meat skewer.”

     “Alright. When we finish eating, let’s go together to the dwarves’ hot springs and take a dip. How about it?”

     In a tavern famous for its smoked meats and fruit wine, Moss and a group of muscular boys from Iron Forest Academy were abnormally happy as they hugged each other in a half-drunken stupor.

     “This…” Two Breith Trading Company members arrived. From their breathing, they seemed to have just run over after finally locating Moss’s location. However, upon seeing the scene in front of them, befuddled expressions emerged on their faces.

     “Haha! Ronald, Fez, the two of you have come again. Come drink with us!” Upon seeing the two Breith Trading Company members walking over, Moss waved at them and then shakily stood up. He laughed loudly as he said, “These days, you guys keep coming to interview me. Since everyone is now so familiar with each other, and considering how much we have helped out your Breith Trading Company with all of the information we give you, don’t you think it is about time you guys return the favor and pay for us?”

     ……

     At this same moment, Stingham was at a small street cluttered with food stalls not too far away from the tavern Moss was currently at.

     He was currently facing a small stall selling desserts. The stall seemed to be very popular with girls, as there were always at least twenty people lined up in front of it and many girls sitting in chairs in the nearby flowerbed eating desserts while talking.

     Stingham had already been there for quite a while. He was motionless as he focusedly watched a girl with brown hair.

     This brown haired girl seemed to have come from one of the Kingdom of Eiche’s northern schools as her uniform seemed to have been made with the leather and fur of giant beasts. The uniform itself looked very rugged, but the girl wearing it seemed very delicate and quiet, as if she was the kind of shy beauty who would blush if she spoke too loudly.

     Stingham felt as if this girl perfectly fit his tastes. He was so charmed that he couldn’t help but gulp from time to time as he watched her.

     “For someone as handsome as me, a tender gaze is the best method for expressing my affection. She will absolutely take the initiative to approach me!”

     These words repeatedly ran through Stingham’s mind as he stared at the girl with eyes oozing tenderness and love.

     “She’s coming! Haha, I’m the most handsome!”

     His eyes suddenly enlarged as a pleasant smile of surprise emerged on his face. The brown haired girl must have become aware of his existence a while ago, and now, she had finally built up enough courage. Head lowered, she began walking towards him.

     “I’ll give it to you.”

     The brown haired girl approached Stingham and then directly gave him the still uneaten dessert in her hands.

     “What, you’re giving your dessert to me?! Is this an expression of love?!”

     Stingham immediately felt as if he had hit the jackpot as a wave of satisfaction spread through his body.

     “What’s your name?!” Stingham excitedly asked as he watched the brown haired girl turn around and being to walk back towards her friends. He had been completely charmed.

     “There’s no need to thank me.” Upon hearing Stingham’s shout, the pretty girl turned her head around and somewhat shyly replied, “If you enjoy eating it, then just take it and eat it. I will go buy another.”

     “What does this mean?” Stingham suddenly felt as if something was not quite right.

     At this moment, upon seeing the odd expression on Stingham’s face, the pretty girl quietly said, “There’s no need to repay me. After all, one portion doesn’t cost that much.”

     “What?” Stingham was stupefied as immediately blurted, “You thought I wanted to eat this?”

     “Were you not looking at the dessert in her hand and drooling the entire time?” asked one of the pretty girl’s several friends as they strangely looked at Stingham.

     “What! Do I look like a beggar who can’t even afford to buy a dessert?!” Stingham nearly fainted as he furiously shouted, “It wasn’t this dessert that I wanted to eat!”

     “Let’s go. He might be feeling embarrassed…”

     “Indeed. Our actions seemed to have made him feel embarrassed. Just too pitiful, to not even be able to afford a dessert.”

     The girls quietly conversed with each other for a moment before smiling apologetically towards Stingham and quickly leaving.

     “Don’t leave! It’s not what you think!” Stingham shouted. He felt like crying as he looked at the dessert in his hand, but no tears came out.

     “Truly pitiful. This is already the seventh in three days… he hasn’t succeeded even a single time.”

     Not too far away, two Breith Trading Company members sympathetically watched Stingham with strange expressions. They couldn’t help but shake their heads for him.

     ……

     At a place not far from the entrance of the athlete village, a Breith Trading Company member greeted a medical master who had just exited the athlete village.

     “Brother, how is it?” the Breith Trading Company member hastily asked.

     The medicinal master, who looked about seventy to eighty percent like the Breith Trading Company member, shook his head as they replied, “Based on what I saw during today’s changing of dressings, Rinloran and Chris’s injuries will absolutely not be completely healed before the next round.”

     “So if Chris stepped onto the arena, she can only use one arm?” the Breith Trading Company member asked.

     “Correct.” The medicinal master confidently shook their head, “Otherwise, I’m afraid that her arm will be completely wasted beyond the point of repair, even if she doesn’t use Dark Destruction Dragon.”

     ……

     “What? Moss didn’t train today at all again and only ate and drank? And he’s now on his way to the hot springs to soak together with people from Iron Forest Academy?”

     “That crazy chatterbox Stingham hasn’t trained at all these last few days, and has instead been wandering the streets and trying to flirt with pretty girls?”

     “Rinloran and Chris’s injuries will definitely not be healed before the next fight?”

     In the Breith Trading Company, a bewildered expression emerged on the face of the Breith Magazine manager as they listened to the various reports. They couldn’t understand what was happening.

     After the quarterfinal drawing ceremony, everyone’s focus had naturally turned towards the battle between Holy Dawn Academy and Golden Stag Academy.

     After pulling an opponent like Golden Stag Academy, Holy Dawn Academy had not shown despair, but elation. As the makers of a magazine which specialized in producing hype, the Breith Trading Company naturally wanted to determine why Holy Dawn Academy would react in such a manner.

     If they could dig out any first-hand information about some secret training session of Holy Dawn Academy, then the sales of their Breith Magazine would rise to another level.

     But the results they had gained after expending so many resources to follow and interview the members of Holy Dawn Academy’s team were just too mind-boggling.

     The other academies, including Dragon Breath Academy, all seemed to be too busy training within their own areas to appear in public. However, these people from Holy Dawn Academy seemed to have completely forgotten about the tournament altogether.

     Moss didn’t train, and instead spent his days eating and drinking in a very relaxed manner.

     Stingham also spent his days completely carefree as he wandered the streets of Eichemalar in search of beautiful girls to flirt with. He failed at least twice every day.

     As for Rinloran and Chris, it had been confirmed that they would not be able to fully recover from their injuries before the fight. At most, the two of them would be able to demonstrate half their normal strength.

     Meanwhile, the glasses-wearing Belo seemed to be spending every day visiting the various ancient beast museums and beast areas.

     Only Ayrin had the possibility of being in the athlete village.

     But even if Ayrin had indeed fully recovered and was currently undertaking some special training before the next round, it was only one person. It was impossible for him to take on all of the Golden Stag team by himself.

     “Holy Dawn Academy. Just what are they trying to pull?!”

     The manager of the Breith Magazine just could not understand what was happening. They couldn’t help but grab their hair and loudly wail in frustration.

     “Just what are those fellows doing? Why are they not planning and intensifying their training before the next round?”

     A substitute of Golden Stag Academy dressed in casual clothes silently walked a block besides Stingham only to run into a drunken Moss around the corner a moment. They watched as Moss exited the tavern while walking shoulder to shoulder with several people of Iron Forest Academy. It was a completely incomprehensible scene.

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     Chapter 208: Details of a Mission Emerge Before the Match

      Chapter 208: Details of a Mission Emerge Before the Match

     “Teacher Donna, just what are those fellows from Holy Dawn Academy doing?”

     In the residence of River Bend Academy, one of the mainstays of River Bend Academy’s team, Alaina, the girl nicknamed “Girl of Flames,” set down the magazines in her hands. She couldn’t resist asking Donna, “If we encountered Golden Stag Academy’s team, we would definitely formulate and enact a specialized and intense training routine before the fight. Do you think that Holy Dawn Academy’s team can still win this without Rinloran and Chris and the the other members in their current states?”

     “The outcome of a fight is never decided by simply the level of the participants.” Donna looked at Alaina and the rest of the doubtful River Bend Academy team members as she continued with a smile, “Don’t forget that before this national tournament, Chris, Ayrin, and Rinloran were completely ignored – everyone believed that Holy Dawn Academy’s results would be the same whether they stepped onto the stage or not. Yet in the end, they have made to where they are now. A strong general has no weak soldiers. Carter, Liszt, and their other teachers are all peak existences in the Kingdom of Eiche. Thus, in all honesty, I believe anything can still happen.”

     ……

     “Come Ivan, cheers!”

     “Charlotte, come eat some more cherry tomatoes. They are good for your complexion.”

     As if on a vacation, Moss continued to eat and drink. This time, however, he was in a different restaurant and eating with Ivan, Charlotte, and several others from Divine Shield Academy instead of people from Iron Forest Academy.

     At this time outside the entrance of a training hall in the athlete village, several burly boys from Iron Forest Academy sat in an organized fashion, as if they were guarding the entrance.

     Their expressions were all abnormally ugly and several of them even had cold sweat covering their foreheads.

     “Jesus… I suffer an heavy blow every time I witness this guy’s improvement speed. Sometimes I even feel the impulse to give up on becoming a battlemaster.”

     As Wilde wiped away some of the beads of sweat on his forehead, he couldn’t help but shake his head an quietly say, “Even boss, with his bloodline and talents, can’t keep up with his improvement speed.”

     “There are still four days until the match. Regardless of whether they win or lose against Golden Stag Academy, they will be shocking everyone once again.” Several other boys couldn’t resist any longer and also wiped away their sweat. They sighed deeply.

     Within the training hall, both Ayrin and Ferguillo were both drenched in sweat as they stood bent over with their hands on their knees.

     “How are you doing, do you still want to continue?” Ferguillo asked upon seeing Ayrin stand up once more.

     “Of course. If I am to fight, then I must fight until I can no longer move a single muscle.” Ayrin’s eyes began to burn with fighting spirit once more as he continued, “Otherwise, how can I manage to defeat such a powerful enemy like Rinsyi?”

     “Good, then come again.”

     Ferguillo took a deep breath as a strange sheen once again emerged in his pink left eye.

     Whoosh!

     In the next second, he and Ayrin turned into two streaks of rapidly moving light. Bursts of light erupted between the two as their arcane energies continuously collided.

     ……

     “Where did all of these arcane teams come from?”

     “Why does it seem like they all suddenly appeared out of nothingness?”

     “Did they all race over here just to see the tournament? I feel like there weren’t so many arcane teams in the past years.”

     “I don’t know. But I heard that many of these arcane teams are actually from the Kingdom of Doa.”

     “Arcane teams from the Kingdom of Doa? No wonder some of them have accents when they speak and are dressed so differently from the arcane teams of our Kingdom of Eiche.”

     “Is it because the level of our national tournament has been steadily rising these last few years? Is that why even arcane teams from the Kingdom of Doa are rushing over to watch?”

     “……”

     Atop plaza outside of the the Arena of Fire and Blood, several students wearing the uniform of Dragon Breath Academy conversed with each other out of curiosity whilst observing their surroundings.

     Ever since three days ago, the number of arcane teams within Eichemalar had clearly surged.

     Now, regardless of where one went, one would be able to see an arcane team which was clearly not made up of students.

     Moreover, these arcane teams all wore very unique uniforms. Some wore extremely accessorized and luxurious arcane master clothes reminiscent of palace robes while others wore thick and heavy leather or metal armor and carried around giant metal weapons with exquisite engravings and inscriptions.

     A group of four arcane masters wearing palace type attire was currently standing not too far in front of these Dragon Breath Academy students.

     This four person arcane team consisted of only males and they all appeared to be about the same age as Ayrin and Moss. Each one of them had their hair up in a ponytail and wore a luxurious dark red arcane master uniform which was decorated in many spots with shells made from slices of crystals and mica. The collars of their uniforms were wide and tall, and covered about half of their faces.

     The leader of this arcane team was a round faced boy with golden hair. A faint bluish glow came from the skin over his collarbones, but was hidden by his collar.

     As he quietly eavesdropped on the conversation between the Dragon Breath Academy students, a ridiculing sneer emerged on the golden haired boy’s face.

     “I say you guys… when today’s match between Deepwood Motte Academy and Dragon Breath Academy gets underway… Dragon Breath Academy has always been the strongest amongst all of the academies within the entire Kingdom of Eiche… you guys better watch very carefully… perhaps as we complete our mission this time, they will become our enemies.”

     In a very quiet voice, he said some incredibly stern and cold words to his nearby team members.

     ……

     “What? A real mission? If one wishes to take part, they have to go register right now?”

     At this moment, Ayrin’s shocked voice rang through Holy Dawn Academy’s residence within the athlete village.

     “Teacher Carter, what kind of mission is it?” Ayrin asked while looking expectantly at Carter.

     Today was already the first day of the quarterfinals. Originally, Ayrin had made plans to go watch the match with Charlotte and the others, but Carter had found him before he departed and told him of the possibility of taking on real missions following the national tournament. Ayrin needed to decide now if he wanted to participate. If so, then he would be placed onto the list.

     “The missions will be directed against the Evil Dragon followers. Some of the specific details of the missions have not yet been published, but it has already been determined that this operation will be a very large-scale one,” Carter explained while looking at Ayrin.

     “A very large-scale operation?” Ayrin looked at Carter in surprise, “You mean there will be a very large number of arcane teams working together?”

     “Yes.” Carter nodded, “Of course, the Office of Special Affairs will make sure the entire operation is meticulously planned. They will arrange for countless arcane teams to perform different tasks based on the strength of the team. In the end, however, these are real missions so running into unexpected enemies is always a risk, regardless of what level of mission you are performing. Moreover, with the size of the operation, it is very easy for mishaps to occur. Thus, out of the students who comprise the many academy teams, only those who have shown good performances in this year’s tournament, along with those who have reached the quarterfinals this year, are qualified to register and participate in this operation. But in the end, as the decision remains with the arcane master themselves, they can also decline.”

     “Based off of your words, only a small portion of participants who showed extraordinary performances are qualified to participate in this operation?” Ayrin’s eyes brightened.

     “Correct. If one receives this invitation from the Office of Special Affairs, it means that they have received the office’s approval. You have already become a preliminary arcane master of the Office of Special Affairs.” Carter looked at Ayrin, then said in a serious manner, “As it stands, as long as you complete a set number of missions in the future, you will become a battlemaster of the Office of Special Affairs like Donna and Liszt.”

     “A battlemaster who everyone looks up to and can complete the tasks which are too difficult for others? One who can defeat the most powerful enemies and protect the peace of the continent?” Ayrin’s voice became filled with excitement as he continued, “Isn’t this the kind of arcane master Moss wishes to become?! Of course I will participate in this kind of mission!”

     “You brat, do you truly not know the slightest bit fear and dread?” Seeing Ayrin decide to participate in the missions with such excitement and confidence, Carter couldn’t help but slightly shake his head. Even though he was already extremely familiar with Ayrin and his personality, he still couldn’t help but remain speechless at times like this.

     “That’s right, Teacher Carter!”

     Ayrin seemed to have suddenly thought of something else as he asked excitedly, “Will Chris, Moss, and the others also be participating in these missions?”

     “Because you all have entered the quarterfinals, all of you have qualified to participate in these missions. Only, you are the first person I have asked, so I still don’t know about their thoughts on this matter.” Carter looked at Ayrin, then added, “Ferguillo, Ivan, and Charlotte have also gained qualifications due to their exceptional performances during the prior emergency.”

     “That’s great! They will definitely decide to participate as well. Because we are all true brave warriors!” Ayrin became even more excited as he punched the air with his fist.

     Ayrin’s words caused Carter’s expression to become serious and stern. Carter attentively watched Ayrin, who was flailing his fists in the air, and said to himself, “You are all indeed true brave warriors. Good luck.”

     ……

     “You all should have also received invitations from the Office of Special Affairs. I presume you all also decided to participate?”

     On a street corner not too far from the athlete village, Ferguillo encountered Ivan, Charlotte, and some others. Upon seeing the expressions on Ivan and Charlotte’s faces, Ferguillo calmly asked a single question.

     “Of course.”

     Ivan nodded. Seeing several other arcane teams in the distance, he added, “The operation this time should be the largest in the last century. It absolutely cannot be passed up on.”

     “So many arcane teams from the Kingdom of Doa have come as well…” Ferguillo couldn’t help but say as he too looked at the uniquely clothed arcane teams in the distance.

     “We must have discovered the true location of the main encampment of the Evil Dragon followers.” Ivan’s voice was cold as he continued, “Otherwise, it would not require such a large number of arcane teams working in unison. Only, I wonder why the Office of Special Affairs spread the news so quickly.”

     “There are two possibilities. Either they didn’t think they could hide it well enough, or they wanted it to be like so they could probe the enemy and test their response through strategic deployments,” Ferguillo calmly said.

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     Chapter 209: The Headhunting Houses

      Chapter 209: The Headhunting Houses

     “Ferguillo!”

     “Charlotte!”

     “Ivan!”

     A voice full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit rang from behind them. Even without turning their heads, Charlotte, Ferguillo, and the rest knew that it was Ayrin who was approaching them.

     “How’s it going? Did you guys also receive news from the Office of Special Affairs?” Ayrin hurriedly blurted as soon as he reached the group of people, “You know, the news that we will be conducting missions to specifically deal with the Evil Dragon followers.”

     “We just received the news not too long ago. We have all decided to participate. I assume you are as well?” Ferguillo calmly asked as he looked at Ayrin.

     “Haha, you all are indeed brave warriors.” Ayrin excitedly looked at Charlotte, “We will be able to run missions together.”

     Charlotte slightly blushed.

     “Man, can’t you just hide your feelings, even a little bit? Don’t forget that the rest of us are all single,” Ivan said half-jokingly. He shook his head, “But it’s still too early for you be happy. For such a large-scale operation involving so many arcane teams, you two might not be able to be on the same team even if you want to.”

     “Why?” Ayrin became dazed. “Are the teams going to be arranged by academy?”

     “The teams will not be arranged by academy, but by the skillsets and fighting styles of each individual arcane master,” Ferguillo calmly explained, “The Office of Special Affairs will thoroughly analyze every aspect of every arcane master before making any arrangements. For example, if you had strong offensive capabilities but a weak defense, they would probably pair you with a teammate who was really good at defending. Or if you were a relatively negligent individual without any scouting arcane skills, they would probably pair you with a teammate who was extremely meticulous and good at detecting ambushes. By doing this, the Office of Special Affairs can create synergized and well-balanced teams which allow each member to shine by utilizing their respective strengths as much as possible. This maximizes the battle power of each team and the arcane teams as a whole. Moreover, due to the special circumstances of this operation, it is also likely that they will not be especially assigning arcane masters with rich combat experience to act as team captains for us.”

     “So it’s like this. But our coordination and performance last time seemed to be so good. Perhaps we will actually be grouped together.” Ayrin scratched his head, then spontaneously exclaimed, as if he had discovered a new continent, “By the way, how come it seems like there are suddenly so many strange looking arcane teams all of a sudden? Moreover, they all seem really strong!”

     “The majority of them are from the Kingdom of Doa.” Ivan glanced towards Ayrin, then icily said, “You have remained within the athlete village and focused on training, so you wouldn’t know that several hundred of the Kingdom of Doa’s arcane teams have come to Eichemalar these last few days. They have probably come to cooperate with us in these missions.”

     “They are from the Kingdom of Doa?” Ayrin was greatly shocked, “How come we needed to invite over so many arcane teams from the Kingdom of Doa to cooperate with us in this mission? The strength of the arcane teams of our Kingdom of Eiche is not enough?”

     “Thus, we predict that we are going to be moving against the main encampment of the Evil Dragon followers this time. It seems like we have finally determined its general location after searching for it so long. But it seems like the size of the main encampment has already surpassed their original predictions to the point where they are afraid of losing control of the situation with just the arcane teams of our Kingdom of Eiche.” Ivan looked at the several arcane teams walking atop the street in the distance. He grimaced, “However, it is not good for us to have so many fellows from Doa here.”

     “What do you mean Ivan?” Ayrin turned his head and looked at Ivan. Ayrin seemed to be the only one who had heard the sudden increase of hostility in Ivan’s voice.

     “You have never been part of a corps, so you there are some things which you don’t understand,” Ferguillo gently explained in place of Ivan, “Although we are allies with the Kingdom of Doa, our two kingdoms naturally still harbour separate, selfish interests. The simplest example of this is what happens when two teams from different teams encounter each other. They will try to steal from each other, and this in turn often becomes a battle of life and death. Every year, there are a lot of battlemaster teams from our kingdom who enter the demon forests to hunt giant beasts and monsters. Some of them are killed upon encountering teams from the Kingdom of Doa, sometimes before they even see their killers. This is especially true in areas which neither kingdom has very much control. Furthermore, there are many a times where we end up being unable to locate the corpses of missing teams.”

     “The main reason arcane masters exist, other than defending against invasion by Evil Dragon followers, is to maintain the balance of power between the kingdoms.” Seeing the look of astonishment on Ayrin’s face, Ferguillo calmly added, “Forget about the two kingdoms, this kind of competitive relationship also exists between the various families. These battles of life and death frequently erupt between arcane teams from different families.”

     “You mean that some teams end up fighting against each other for selfish reasons even though they are all supposed to be working together to fight the Evil Dragon followers?” Ayrin asked, sucking a deep breath.

     “That is just how the relationship between us and the Kingdom of Doa is. It’s because neither side has the power to suppress the other. We just merely happen to have the same dangerous enemy.” Ferguillo nodded, “As for the arcane teams of our Kingdom of Eiche, the Office of Special Affairs has specific rules disallowing internal killing. However, there are still some arcane teams which kill when the opportunity where they will not be discovered presents itself. Normally in these circumstances, they will kill the entire other team, making it very hard to find the culprits.”

     “Let me use another, simpler example which you might have an easier time understanding,” Ivan said, looking at Ayrin. “Let’s say we were to encounter Golden Stag Academy’s team in the wilderness while doing our mission. Considering Rinsyi’s character, he would probably try to kill all of us.”

     “If you put it this way, it actually makes sense.” Ayrin thought for a while, then vigorously nodded, expressing his agreement.

     “Anyway, moving on. Ayrin, just what exactly is Teacher Carter’s plan? Moss has been spending every day just eating and drinking and hasn’t trained at all. I’ve heard that Stingham’s the same and is just spending every day chasing after and flirting with pretty girls.

     “I don’t know… I also don’t know what plans Teacher Carter has come up with. However, regardless of what arrangements he’s made, there are definitely reasons behind them.”

     “Seeing you so full of confidence, I feel like you believe that you can even defeat Dragon Breath Academy’s team if you face them.”

     “Of course. To begin with, our goal was to become the champions of the national tournament.”

     “That wasn’t just a motto?”

     “Of course not. From the start, we planned on trying our hardest to defeat everyone and become the champions.”

     Ivan, Ferguillo, and the rest gossiped amongst themselves as they walked with Ayrin towards the arena.

     “Eh?”

     When they were about a block away from the Arena of Fire and Blood, Ayrin, Ferguillo, and the rest simultaneously saw an arcane team exit from one of the hotels and head directly towards them. It looked like the team had been waiting for quite some time.

     The arcane team was comprised of four people. Each of them wore an extremely peculiar hooded robe. The robes were dark-green, and the hoods covered their entire heads. Even more strange was that these robes seemed to have camouflaging abilities. As they approached, the colour of the outer layer of the robes began to continuously change to match the colour of their surroundings.

     “Excuse me, you are Ayrin from Holy Dawn Academy’s team, right?”

     The four stopped just before Ayrin and the rest. Afterwards, the tallest amongst the four spoke towards Ayrin with some difficulty. Based on how he spoke, it seemed like he didn’t speak the common language of Doraster very often, as he wasn’t very proficient with it.

     As he spoke, the four all raised their heads, allowing Ayrin and the rest to clearly see the masks they wore.

     The team of four was comprised of three boys and one girl who seemed to be about the same age as Ayrin and his group. Their skin seemed to be quite rough, as if they all spent every day exposed to the wind and sun.

     However, what caused shock to flash through the eyes of Ayrin and the rest was that while the skin of these four people were covered in strange dark brown splotches, there was a patch of natural, silvery white skin on their foreheads in the shape of a perfect crescent moon.

     “I am Ayrin. Are you all an arcane team from the Kingdom of Doa?” Their unique appearance caused Ayrin to be dazed for several seconds before replying.

     “We are not from Doa.” The tallest boy, who seemed to be captain, shook his head. Afterwards, he slightly bowed out of politeness and introduced himself and his team, “We are an arcane team from House Eclipse Moon.” As he bowed, the crescent moon-shaped mark on his head seemed to slightly glow.

     “House Eclipse Moon’s arcane team?” Ivan, Charlotte, and the others all trembled. Even Ferguillo’s always calm expression changed.

     “What is it?” Ayrin quietly asked Charlotte after feeling the atmosphere abruptly change.

     “House Eclipse Moon is an ancient family from a forest at the westernmost edge of the Kingdom of Eiche. They are the mortal enemies of House Roland. Beginning from childhood, members of both houses will kill members of the other house. It’s to the point where they consider each other’s territories hunting grounds. For their coming of age ceremonies, they are required to acquire ten skulls of people from the other house. Thus, although both houses reproduce quite well, they have always maintained a population of less than one thousand,” Charlotte quickly explained to Ayrin in an extremely miniscule voice. “The arcane masters which come out of these two houses are ones which have known killing since birth… they are killers with immense combat and killing experience. The girl called Megan on Golden Stag Academy’s team is from House Roland. It is rumoured that her hands have been drenched in the blood of countless people.”

     “These two enemy houses require the skulls of ten people from the other house for their coming of age ceremony?” Ayrin couldn’t help but gulp a breath of cold air as he suddenly felt the four people facing him become a little bit scarier.

     “Correct. Moreover, House Eclipse Moon is mainly filled with male arcane masters. Female arcane masters usually don’t have much status. For this arcane team to contain a female means that this female is incredibly strong,” Charlotte continued. She couldn’t help but also measure up the female arcane master, who was the shortest of the four.

     As if the female arcane master had suddenly felt something, she looked at Charlotte. A silvery white light abruptly shot out from within her pupils, causing Charlotte’s breathing to unconsciously stop.

     “They are mortal enemies of Megan’s house… that means they are here to deal with Megan then?” Ayrin looked at the extremely prudent female arcane master, then couldn’t help but ask, “So why have you all come looking for me?”

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     Chapter 210: Old Enemies

      Chapter 210: Old Enemies

     “Your Holy Dawn Academy seems to have quite a poor relationship with Golden Stag Academy.”

     The leading House Eclipsed Moon arcane master spoke in a most respectful tone, albeit with some difficulty as he wasn’t familiar with speaking the Doraster common language, “As our mortal enemies, House Roland, are also backed by House Baratheon, we currently share a common enemy.”

     “Are you going to help us train to defeat Golden Stag Academy?” Ayrin excitedly interrupted.

     “……” Ivan, Charlotte, and the rest speechlessly exchanged looks.

     Ayrin had an incredible sense when it came to fighting, but he was just too senseless when it came to other matters.

     The hatred between the two houses had been brewing for countless generations. After all, the lifelong mission of the members of House Eclipsed Moon and House Roland was to kill and retrieve the heads of as many people from the other house as possible. For members of House Eclipsed Moon to appear before them now, their goal was obviously not something as simple as training Holy Dawn Academy to defeat Golden Stag Academy.

     “We aren’t here to help you train.”

     The leader of the House Eclipsed Moon arcane team immediately shook his head as he stiffly replied, “We hope to make a deal with you.”

     “A deal?” Ayrin asked in surprise. “What kind of deal?”

     “Megan is the most powerful arcane master of House Roland’s younger generation. As it stands, she has already killed many of my fellow house members. But as a result of all of the times we have fought against her, we are very familiar with the majority of her arcane skills and fighting styles.” An appalling killing intent abruptly spread across the leader’s face. “As long you agree to try and kill her during the match, we are willing to share her weaknesses with you.”

     “As long as you kill her, you will become friends of our House Eclipse Moon. From that day on, our hunting grounds and forests will all be open to you. Whenever you come, you will be welcomed by the warriors of our house,” the leading arcane master added as he watched Ayrin.

     “Kill her? Help you kill her?” Ayrin’s eyes expanded in shock, “If you know her weaknesses and believe you have methods to deal with her, why are you asking us for help instead killing her yourselves?”

     “……” Ayrin’s response immediately caused black lines to emerge on the faces of Charlotte and the others.

     According to the laws of the Kingdom of Eiche, it was strictly forbidden for an arcane master to kill another arcane master within the jurisdiction any of the kingdom’s city-states. Only in certain areas where the law didn’t reach was it possible to freely kill arcane masters without fear of being investigated and punished. As for within Eichemalar, where there were so many arcane teams patrolling, it went without saying. Unless one had the skills similar to Lotton, it was impossible to get away with murder. Furthermore, murder was punished extremely harshly, with the most severe punishment being decapitation atop the execution stage.

     “Hmm?! We can murder arcane masters in Eichemalar like in our hunting grounds?” the House Eclipsed Moon arcane master blurted. It was clearly also his first time in Eichemalar, and so he wasn’t very familiar with the laws. Ayrin’s words had stupefied him.

     “I don’t know.” Ayrin scratched his head in embarrassment, then asked Charlotte, “Charlotte, can you kill your personal enemies within the jurisdiction of Eichemalar?”

     “Of course not!” Charlotte exclaimed, her face full of black lines.

     “That being said, murder is allowed in the tournament, allowing you to kill Megan.” The male arcane master interjected, releasing a breath of air.

     Ayrin embarrassedly scratched his head again as he replied without hesitating, “Even so, I don’t think I can help you kill Megan.”

     “Why?” The four House Eclipsed Moon arcane masters were shocked. They had never expected for Ayrin to reject their offer in such a straightforward manner.

     “Although Rinsyi and his team are loathsome opponents, they are still arcane masters of our Kingdom of Eiche. As of right now, I just simply want to defeat them. There is no need to go so far as killing,” Ayrin said warmly as he continued without hesitation, “Just because they are my opponents right now doesn’t mean they can’t become my friends in the future. Just like Silver Trout Academy’s Nolan and the others, who are now all my friends.”

     “But from what I understand, Rinsyi and his team very much wish to kill you during the tournament,” the House Eclipse Moon arcane master responded. It seemed like he couldn’t understand Ayrin’s thought process as a look of intrigue emerged on his face. “Do you really not wish to kill them?”

     “Regardless, I will follow the rules of the tournament and try my best to defeat him. He can try to kill me if he wants. That said, if he tries to kill me in the future on arcane master missions, then I will not be so courteous.” Ayrin shook his head again, “As for Megan, we are still strangers to each other. I haven’t even met her before. How could I rashly promise to kill someone when I don’t even know what kind of person they are? Also, if she truly is your enemy… and someone you believe you have to kill, then you should do it yourselves. Why do you look for someone else? Are you all not brave warriors?”

     The four House Eclipsed Moon arcane masters were stunned speechless.

     “What you say makes sense.”

     After thinking for several seconds, the leader turned around and left. “We will try to kill her ourselves. However, on this day, you have refused to become friends with my House Eclipsed Moon.”

     “Not necessarily.”

     Ayrin watched the four withdraw, “Although I didn’t agree to help you kill her, if we are all true brave warriors, we can still be friends.”

     “……” Charlotte and the rest felt speechless once more. As for the four House Eclipsed Moon arcane masters, their figures suddenly stopped, as if they had been stunned by Ayrin’s words.

     ……

     “Even this fellow has come. It seems like quite a few people have been called in from the Demon Corps this time.”

     Liszt was leaning against a wall in the back of the Arena of Fire and Blood when he suddenly saw a tall man with short blonde hair who had hidden his hands within his sleeves.

     “I wonder if Ayrin can learn his arcane skill.”

     As Liszt mumbled to himself, he began walking towards the man with short blonde hair.

     “Leonardo!”

     The man with short blonde hair and a habit of hiding his hands in his sleeves had just sat down in a corner of the stands when he heard his name shouted from behind him.

     Upon hearing the laziness contained within the voice, the man’s brows furrowed as he replied, “Liszt.”

     “It has been so long since we last met. I thought you had already died while with the Demon Corps.” Before the blonde-haired man could rise, Liszt had already appeared beside him and sat down.

     “Even if you died, I wouldn’t,” the blonde haired man called Leonardo unhappily replied.

     “I heard that Deepwood Motte Academy has two strong members this year.” Listz took no offence as he relaxedly laughed, “Your Dragon Breath Academy will not have an easy match today.”

     Leonardo snorted as he sneered, “I, personally, will never care about how strong their opponents are. I only came to see this fight to see just how much Morgan and the rest have improved.”

     “So you think that there is absolutely no one who can defeat your Dragon Breath team?” Liszt grinned.

     “Naturally.” Leonardo replied, his expression as nonchalant as ever.

     “You are still just as prideful and arrogant as ever.” Liszt laughed, “You were also like this in the past, but weren’t you still beaten by me until your teammates couldn’t even recognize you?”

     “Liszt, don’t think that just because I lost to you in the past means that I cannot defeat you now!” Leonardo angrily exclaimed, his face becoming a purplish red.

     “Then let us go out and find a place to practice?” Liszt replied with a smirk, his eyes creasing into crescents.

     “Very well! I want to see for myself just how much stronger you have become these last few years!” Leonardo immediately stood up and discontentedly walked out.

     “Ayrin!”

     Ayrin, along with Charlotte, Ferguillo, Ivan, and the rest, had just arrived at the arena’s entrance when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling his name.

     “Teacher Liszt?”

     Ayrin immediately saw Liszt walking towards him alongside a blonde haired man.

     “What a coincidence.”

     Liszt nonchalantly laughed, then turned to Leonardo and said, “This is my Holy Dawn Academy team’s Ayrin.”

     “This is the number one arcane team captain of the famed Demon Corps, Divine Left Hand Leonardo,” Liszt introduced.

     “Divine Left Hand Leonardo?! This is him?!” Ivan and the rest were all shocked into a daze. Their eyes became filled with awe and respect as they looked at Leonardo.

     “Divine Left Hand. What does that mean? Is he really strong?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask after he saw everyone’s expression undergo immense changes.

     “He was once a celebrity fighter from Dragon Breath Academy’s team… The Demon Corps is the most powerful corps in the northern part of Kingdom of Eiche’s. The battle power of each of its arcane teams are no worse than the battle power of the Office of Special Affair’s arcane teams. Each and every team captain is on the same level as your Teacher Liszt. They are all incredibly powerful monsters…” Charlotte quickly explained by whispering into Ayrin’s ear.

     “So strong?” Ayrin’s eyes abruptly brightened as he sized up Leonardo.

     “Ayrin, let the others go first to watch the match. You need to come with us. There is a matter.” Liszt stuck out his arms and put his hands behind his head as he lazily stretched.

     “I should go with you?” Ayrin, who had been excitedly looking forward to watching the match, was stunned for a moment.

     “Liszt, what are you trying to pull?” Leonardo quietly asked as he became vigilant.

     “I’m finding someone to help us keep watch and prevent us from being disturbed while we are fighting,” Liszt nonchalantly replied. “It is also to keep others from coming and watching the famous Leonardo get beaten up by me.”

     “Liszt, you are too arrogant! Let’s go!”

     Leonardo was so enraged his face contorted as he spat a curse and took the initiative to lead.

     “Ayrin, I said you are coming to keep watch and prevent us from being disturbed, but I assume you will be secretly watching instead, right?” Liszt covertly winked at Ayrin as he spoke so that only the two of them could hear, “Our fight will be much more worth seeing than the match between Dragon Breath Academy and Deepwood Motte Academy.”

     “I understand!”

     A bright golden light flashed through Ayrin’s eyes as if he had suddenly seen a giant pile of chicken legs.

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     Chapter 211: Liszt vs. Leonardo! A Confrontation of Taboo Level Masters!

      Chapter 211: Liszt vs. Leonardo! A Confrontation of Taboo Level Masters!

     Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…

     A total of ten incomparably fast shadows emerged from all directions as two arcane teams from the Office of Special Affairs encircled a stone training room.

     “Just what has gotten into Liszt and Leonardo. Even when we are already lacking in manpower, they are still here fighting each other.”

     Once everyone was in place, a lanky arcane master wearing strange spectacles made from green crystals exasperatedly sighed.

     “Snook, there is already nothing left to say. Let’s quickly work together and coordinate our skills before these two do anything too destructive and cause chaos,” a seemingly young male arcane master emotionlessly replied. His hair was snow white, and his left eye was strangely almost two times larger than his right eye.

     “Arcane Energy: Dampening Field!”

     The lanky, strange spectacle wearing arcane master nodded and then stopped speaking as arcane particles simultaneously condensed atop his hands and back.

     His arcane particles were not an ordinary magenta colour, but an abnormal dark green.

     As his arcane particles flew out, countless dots of light abruptly appeared in the sky above the training room like flies before condensing together to completely cover the training room like a giant wing.

     “Invisibility Barrier!”

     The white haired arcane master with asymmetrical eyes quietly chanted as he precisely made several movements. A transparent layer of light quickly appeared and enveloped the wing covered room.

     ……

     “Snook and Armand have both made their moves. It seems like we can start. There is no longer a need for us to hold any scruples.” In the largest stone training room, Liszt nonchalantly smirked as he looked across at Leonardo.

     Leonardo coldly grunted, then immediately stuck out his left hand as if beckoning for Liszt to make a move.

     “It’s about to start!”

     “An arcane master who is on the same level as Teacher Liszt… the level of this fight will be on a completely different level than mine.”

     Ayrin was full of excitement as he held his breath and silently peeked out from where he stood at the doorway of the stone training room.

     Liszt was not only the strongest arcane master in St. Lauren, but also someone with an extremely high position in the Office of Special Affairs. His strength undoubtedly surpassed the vast majority of the Office of Special Affairs’ arcane team captains.

     If Leonardo was truly on the same level as Liszt, then he was about to witness a clash of two true peak level arcane masters for the first time.

     “This brat, he has already started watching, did he think that we are arcane masters on the same level as him?” Upon discovering that Ayrin had already come to peek, Liszt didn’t know if he should laugh or cry.

     “Hmph! Did you purposefully bring a student over to try and distract me? I will not fall for such tricks!”

     Leonardo and Liszt were on completely different pages.

     “Since it’s like this… Liszt, I want to see for myself whether or not your close combat skills have improved after so many years!”

     “Arcane Energy: Distortion Field!”

     A spark flashed through Leonardo’s eyes as arcane particles began to gather atop his hands, causing them to glow. The arcane particles condensed into numerous diamond shaped sheets before suddenly shooting out into the space in front of Leonardo.

     “The power of these arcane particles!”

     Ayrin barely managed to keep himself from exclaiming out loud, his eyes abruptly widening from surprise as he watched from his spot by the door.

     The sound space being torn resonated from of condensed sheets of arcane particles. They were formed from only arcane particles, yet they looked to be as heavy as if they had been formed by using Materialization of arcane energy. This once again attested to how shockingly powerful Leonardo’s arcane particles were.

     Bang!

     An explosive sound rang through the entire training room as all of the condensed arcane particle sheets abruptly turned into streaks of distorted light, forming a ring.

     “I can’t differentiate anything! I am completely unable to see their actions clearly!”

     “Tears of the Dark Goddess!”

     All Ayrin could see were the streaks of light. He couldn’t even make out Leonardo and Liszt’s figures, much less their current actions. Thus, he subconsciously used Tears of the Dark Goddess.

     A sphere of black light emerged from the center of Ayrin’s forehead.

     “I can see it!”

     “Both sides are temporarily unable to use arcane skills?”

     As the scene in front of him became slower, Ayrin became able to barely watch the fight. By this time, Leonardo had already approached Liszt. He formed knife hands and continuously jabbed towards Liszt.

     “So strong!”

     Ayrin couldn’t help but inhale a breath of cold air.

     Even with Tears of the Dark Goddess active, Ayrin could see ten or so Leonardos surrounding Liszt and countless arms striking out.

     Liszt was even more shocking. He seemed to have grown hundreds of arms as he stood right where he was and relaxedly blocked each of Leonardo’s strikes. His nonchalant expression hadn’t changed a single bit.

     Prwar!

     As if a giant monster suddenly howled in the distance, a sound abruptly rang through the room. Leonardo’s body suddenly began to spin as he stopped attacking Liszt with his knife hands. Like a top, Leonardo kept spinning as he flew into the air. Strong, visible currents of wind began to coil around his body and then flew at Liszt’s back.

     “What’s wrong, you couldn’t beat me in speed, so you are going to try and compare brute strength?”

     Even at a moment like this, Liszt was relaxed enough to speak.

     As he spoke, his entire body inexplicably began to shake as muscles and bones across his entire body began to tear and crack.

     With his palm, Liszt seemed to gently slap the fiercely spinning Leonardo.

     “How can this be happening?!”

     “How can it contain such strength when it’s not even an arcane skill?!”

     At where he stood by the door, Ayrin’s expression completely changed.

     A visible explosion could be seen in the air as Liszt’s palm collided with Leonardo’s body.

     At the same time, a peculiar shockwave spread through the air, causing the hard stone floor to loudly shatter into countless pieces. Numerous stone fragments rose into the air.

     Although Ayrin was quite a distance away from the two, he still felt feelings of weakness, nausea, and vomiting. He felt like his body was about to shatter from the shockwave.

     “What an equal confrontation! And what a powerful shockwave!”

     Leonardo snorted again. The countless, densely packed streaks of light within the stone training room abruptly disappeared. Afterwards, his figure flickered and he reappeared at a spot about ten meters or so opposite Liszt.

     Liszt’s expression was still as carefree and relaxed as ever as the sleeves around Leonardo’s hands suddenly burst into countless fragments.

     “Last time, it was close combat which ended in my victory. It seems like you have put a lot of effort into working on your close combat skills these last few years, only it still doesn’t seem like you are able to defeat me in close combat.” Liszt looked at Leonardo and then slightly smirked.

     “Cursed Profound Scripture!”

     Leonardo ignored Liszt’s words as he began to chant in an abnormally composed manner.

     His arms extended horizontally as his entire body slowly rose into the air.

     An ancient, rosy-red coloured book about the size of his body appeared above his head.

     “What a terrifying energy!”

     The moment this giant rose red ancient book appeared, Ayrin immediately felt as if his body and soul had been wrapped in chains. He was completely unable to make any motions. Even the arcane particles in his body felt as if they were no longer under his control as they circulated in his body.

     “Warlock Variation!”

     At this moment, Leonardo composedly shouted once again.

     His body released a rainbow coloured ring of light, filling the entire stone training room.

     “This is?”

     Ayrin couldn’t help himself as his eyes once again widened to their limits.

     In that instant, he could feel the arcane energy radiating from the giant rose-red ancient book suddenly change.

     The rose-red ancient book abruptly turned a deep yellow colour as sparks of dark yellow light began to leap out of the book like flames from a fire.

     This scene only lasted in Ayrin’s mind for a single moment.

     Because in the next moment, the ancient book had transformed into a monstrous being with the upper body of a beautiful female with dark yellow hair and a lower body of an enormous spider.

     “The charm and immolation abilities of Arachne!”

     The sound and tone of Liszt’s voice suddenly became serious.

     The ends of Liszt’s hair had already begun burning as dark yellow flames appeared. However, the ashes produced by his incinerated hair didn’t fall to the ground. Instead, they gathered to form strips of white silk and then quickly wrapped back around his body.

     “Divine Blessing: Scatter!”

     Liszt continuously made several seals with his hands as a layer of pure green light quickly surged over his body. When about half of his hair had burned away, the dark yellow flames and the strips of white silk on his body both completely disappeared.

     “Spirit of the Abyss!”

     “Warlock Variation!”

     Leonardo’s body continuously flickered in midair as he continued using his skill. Two loud shouts echoed through the room.

     From under the ground of the stone room, a giant, dark grey figure slowly made its way out while a dark red line of light appeared. In the next moment, the deep red line of light and the giant, dark grey figure merged with the gradually blurring arachne in midair to form an image of a dark red female whose figure was constantly distorting.

     Two small wings emerged from her back. As for her face, it was covered in terrifying dark yellow eyes of varying sizes. Various coloured lights flickered through all of these eyes.

     “Just what kind of technique is this?”

     “It’s so terrifying!”

     Ayrin felt himself get struck by an invisible energy as he was sent flying backwards. He felt an immense tearing pain from his heart and lungs as the taste of blood constantly surged up through his throat.

     “Berserk Elemental Ghost!”

     Liszt shouted once again as the carefree expression on his face completely disappeared.

     “Arcane Replication!”

     Countless mottled streaks of light shot out from within Liszt’s two eyes as multicoloured layer of light appeared in front of him from out of nowhere. From within, another “Liszt” almost exactly the same as him emerged to stand in front of him. The only difference was that countless streaks of brilliant, motley light radiated from this “Liszt”.

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     Chapter 212: The Birth of a Kaleidoscope Arcane Master

      Chapter 212: The Birth of a Kaleidoscope Arcane Master

     Zap!

     Beams of light continuously shot out from the various eyes which dotted the Berserk Elemental Ghost’s face. Each wave of beams contained at least ten, and they were all comprised of incredibly chaotic arcane energies of differing natures. They took all kinds of paths as they approached Liszt from various directions.

     “Absolute Seal: Total Boundary!”

     As Liszt’s ten fingers danced through the air, the time and space around him seemed to freeze. However, of the numerous beams of differing colours with differing arcane energy properties, the lava-like orange-red beam was still flowing rapidly.

     “The fight between these two has already intensified to such an extent. Liszt has been forced to use his Absolute Seal Boundaries!”

     Outside of the training room, the members of the Office of Special Affairs’ two arcane teams all felt the change at the same time.

     “The arcane energy fluctuations are still so intense!”

     “Liszt’s skill actually wasn’t able to completely seal all of the arcane energy! Leonardo is truly deserving of his title of ‘Cocktail Grandmaster’. He can actually merge and create such chaotic arcane energy!”

     Snook, the arcane master wearing the strange green crystallic spectacles, took a deep breath as he said, “It seems like he has improved greatly these last few years in the Demon Corps.”

     “It’s the Berserk Elemental Ghost!” Armand, the white haired arcane master with asymmetrical eyes coldly said.

     “Berserk Elemental Ghost?” The other members of the two arcane teams all sucked in a breath of cold air. “He actually managed to form such a strong arcane power!”

     “Boundary Grandmaster against Cocktail Grandmaster. We can only wait to see who is a little stronger,” Armand said slowly.

     “This body… can move independently and also use strong arcane skills?”

     From the doorway of the training room Liszt and Leonardo fought in, Ayrin’s blood boiled as he watched the radiantly glowing “Liszt” in front of Liszt suddenly extend his hands and forcefully grab the orange-red beam of light.

     It was clearly only an incarnation of himself which Liszt had created with some arcane skill, yet it seemed to be able to think and fight independently of Liszt. As the incarnation grabbed the orange-red beam, the countless mottled particles radiating from its hands began colliding with the orange-red beam.

     “Whirlwind Art!”

     The arcane energy fluctuations emanating from the Berserk Elemental Ghost were so strong that they had caused the expressions of the arcane masters from the Office of Special Affairs outside of the training room to change. Yet now, Leonardo seemed to have completely stopped caring about it as it fought Liszt’s incarnation. Green whirlwinds abruptly appeared in front of him.

     “Warlock Variation!”

     “How can this be!” Ayrin shouted, unable to hold back.

     Whirlwind Art was only an extremely ordinary skill. It was one which many arcane masters knew even though it was basically only ever used as a support skill for other movement arcane skills. However, the green whirlwinds Leonardo’s Whirlwind Art created had a completely different appearance and gave off a completely different feeling.

     The surface of these green whirlwinds were completely covered with golden flames.

     Ayrin was quite certain that he wouldn’t be able to deal with these golden flames even if he mastered Fire Embers.

     “Space Rendering Boundary!”

     Liszt suddenly reached out with his two hands and pushed his incarnation before him.

     In the space in front of his incarnation, a chaotic arcane energy suddenly began spreading forward, forming a void tunnel.

     In complete silence, Liszt’s incarnation passed through the burning whirlwinds and appeared before Leonardo. Each of his ten fingers glowed a different color and contained an image of a different giant beast, such as the nine-headed bird, fire-eating beast, and giant lion condor, as his fingers moved towards Leonardo.

     “Bastard!”

     Leonardo shouted in a weird voice as he hastily stepped into a giant black door which had abruptly appeared behind him.

     A giant explosion occurred the moment ten images of differing giant beasts touched the giant black door. Everything simultaneously shattered as Leonardo’s figure reappeared right where he had been before. Only now, there were several holes on his body and his hair had become messily scattered.

     At the same time, the several whirlwinds struck Liszt’s real body and exploded, enveloping Liszt in a layer of crackling golden flames.

     Liszt’s clothes were completely fine, but the surface of his skin had been burnt black and was beginning to crack in several places.

     “Teacher Liszt!”

     Ayrin nervously clenched both of his hands so hard that his knuckles cracked.

     As he watched, he couldn’t help but feel like Liszt had been burned to death by the weird flames.

     But it was only for a single moment as a warm and gentle breeze began to swirl around Liszt’s body in the next instant. Flakes of burnt skin began to slowly fall from Liszt’s body as new, healthy skin quickly regrew in its place. Liszt was like a snake shedding its scales.

     “You bastard! How can you seem so fine and composed after experiencing such pain? To think you actually used this kind of method to deal with me!”

     As Liszt grew new skin, Leonardo became even more irritated. Even though he was in pain and short of breath, he continued to loudly curse at Liszt.

     “Is it really necessary for you to even complain about how your opponent fights against you?” Liszt casually threw his head back and laughed.

     “This is Materialization? How come the fluctuations of arcane energy are so strange?!”

     Ayrin subconsciously gulped as he felt his throat dry up.

     Two exquisite longswords releasing a mottled glow, as if covered in crystals, materialized in Liszt’s hands.

     The two longswords seemed incredibly heavy, and reminded Ayrin of a permanent materialization skill. As the two longswords traced a path through the air towards Leonardo, they seemed to be dragging the space within the entire training room with them as the air within the room began to surge and recede like the tide.

     “What kind of materialization is this… it seems like two domains have been compressed into the form of two physical swords!”

     Leonardo’s expression became ugly.

     “Ghost Layers!”

     “Warlock Variation!”

     Countless black shadows appeared in front of Leonardo. Immediately afterwards, the shadows burst, releasing a ring of light, as they suddenly transformed into countless blood red eyeballs.

     Liszt, who had yet to move a single step from his original position this entire fight, suddenly accelerated as he quickly approached Leonardo.

     “Boom boom boom…” The sound of explosions constantly rang through the room.

     The two longswords in Liszt’s hands constantly danced. A blood red eyeball disappeared with every casual swing of his longsword.

     “Ring of Flames!”

     “Warlock Variation!”

     Upon seeing Liszt break through his defenses so easily, Leonardo hastily made several more movements. Two rings of flames abruptly blossomed from his body in succession.

     “Ah!”

     But in the next instant, it was Leonardo who let out a wretched scream.

     Raging white flames and smoke suddenly began to spurt out from under Leonardo’s skin over his entire body as his figure swelled up, making him look like a white fire giant.

     “Haha!”

     Liszt abruptly stopped attacking for a moment as he waved his swords to clear away the clouds of white smoke before him, “Leonardo, this secret skill of yours is truly too unpredictable at times.”

     “Bastard!”

     Upon hearing Liszt’s laughter, Leonardo’s face became a purplish red as he swore loudly. His hair began wildly flying behind him as his eyes suddenly turned a dark purple.

     “Book of Evil Spirits!”

     The entire stone training room rumbled and began to show signs of collapse as a black gas spread across the ceiling. From within the gas, a giant black book descended.

     As the book opened, an evil spirit with a horned skull and wielding a giant, two-handed sword emerged from within.

     At the same time, the veins on Leonardo’s body all bulged and began to contort and tremble under his skin. It seemed like his body was about to explode due to the sudden intense surge of arcane particles.

     “Stop!”

     “I’ll accept it as my loss alright?”

     “We are only sparring, there is no need for mutual destruction!”

     At this moment, the two longswords in Liszt’s hands abruptly disappeared as he hurriedly waved his hands and appeared behind Ayrin.

     “You bastard!”

     Leonardo angrily roared as his whole body abruptly froze. Several seconds later, he seemed to have finally abandoned any remaining thoughts of acting as the arcane energy fluctuations atop his body began to calm and the black gas and book above his head disappeared.

     “Have you finally recognized my power and accepted your loss?”

     After completely returning to normal, a heavily panting Leonardo fiercely glared at Liszt with an expression full of vengeance and joy.

     “Helloooo?… I said I accepted my defeat, but it was only because I didn’t want both sides to grievously wound each other.” Liszt nonchalantly pinched his nose as he said, “I didn’t even use my secret skill, Gate of Life. You don’t really believe that I can’t defeat you, right?”

     “You!” Leonardo hadn’t expected Liszt to act this way. His face immediately stiffened once again as it became slightly tinged with blue. It seemed like he was on the brink of going berserk again.

     “Alright, since both sides have already seen pretty much everything the other side has to offer, let’s just consider this one a draw. I don’t wish to waste my energy by fighting another round, and it’s also not a good time for us to become exhausted.” List nonchalantly chuckled, “In all honesty, you have indeed improved greatly through your years in the Demon Corps. As long as you are careful and don’t get killed, I’m fairly certain that the position of Demon Corps Commander will fall to you.

     “Hmph!”

     Leonardo coldly sneered.

     “You should spend more time caring about yourself.”

     After saying this, Leonardo no longer paid any attention to Liszt as he directly walked past Liszt and Ayrin and exited the stone training room.

     “This guy, he actually managed to learn the Demon Corps Commander Custer’s Book of Evil Spirits.”

     As he looked at Leonardo’s back, Liszt let out a quiet sigh and shook his head.

     “Teacher Liszt, what kind of arcane skill is Book of Evil Spirits? It can actually cause mutual destruction?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask as he watched Leonardo slowly disappear.

     As images of Liszt and Leonardo’s fight flashed through his mind again and he remembered his the terrifying arcane energy fluctuations once more, Ayrin felt his whole body shaking.

     “The arcane skill is like an eternal curse. Even if you kill the caster, the arcane energy of this arcane skill will continue to plague your body, producing pain and abnormalities which will follow you forever. You will become neither human nor ghost, but a monster eternally tortured by ailments,” Liszt responded as he glanced at Ayrin.

     “It’s so powerful!” Ayrin’s face paled as he shakily asked, “Can this kind of arcane skill be blocked?”

     “Of course it can be blocked. But if even a single part of your body becomes invaded by this kind of arcane energy, then your doom is certain. Moreover, the caster also experiences this risk. I assuming that you don’t wish for your hand to suddenly become filled with tumours like a giant monster or for two horns to suddenly sprout from your head, right?” Liszt shook his head as he casually gave an explanation. Then, he suddenly became serious as he said, “Ayrin, you’ve been watching since the start. Did you manage to learn any arcane skills?”

     “Teacher Liszt, your skills were all to fast. Moreover, you only used each of them once. I was completely unable to sense the flow of arcane particles within you, so how could I learn anything?” Ayrin shook his head.

     Liszt’s expression abruptly darkened, “Ayrin, I intended for you to secretly learn his arcane skills. You didn’t just focus on mine, did you?”

     “His Book of Evil Spirits is too complex. Moreover, he only showed half of it. There’s no way I could learn it. But if I can watch it a couple more times, then it should be okay,” Ayrin felt some regret as he shook his head again.

     “I…” Liszt’s face darkened a little bit more.

     “But his Warlock Variation seemed to be quite simple,” Ayrin suddenly added at this time.

     “What did you just say?” Liszt’s face suddenly froze as his eyes widened.

     “The Warlock Variation that he used so many times, it seems pretty simple,” Ayrin obediently repeated before looking at Liszt and asking, “Teacher Liszt, this Warlock Variation actually transforms the arcane power of the arcane skill used prior to it?”

     “Since he sensed it… perhaps he can indeed learn it? Truly a terrifying Kaleidoscope arcane master… indeed worth spending all of that energy.” Liszt breathed a sigh of relief as his usual nonchalant smile once again emerged on his face.

     “Ayrin, this arcane skill of his doesn’t simply change the arcane power of a skill, but instead mixes and matches different portions of previously used skills to create a new skill and effect, kind of like mixing a cocktail. Even portions of the opponent’s arcane skills can be mixed in.” Liszt watched Ayrin as he continued explaining, “This is why Leonardo is nicknamed the Cocktail Grandmaster.”

     Ayrin sucked in a breath of cold air. “So strong! But I remember there was one time where he used it and seemingly ended up harming himself?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask.

     “That was because the arcane energies of my arcane skills always differed since I didn’t want his skill to always demonstrate the same effects. As a result, even he, the person using the arcane skill, had no way of knowing just what kind of cocktail skill would come out or what kind of power it would have. Thus, while the caster is guaranteed to have affinity with the chaotic arcane energy produced by this skill, there are still times where self-immolation occurs due to the chaotic energies, inflicting self-damage on the caster.” Liszt laughed and continued, “Even the caster cannot predict what kind of result will be produced. That is the greatest weakness of this arcane skill. The only certainty is that this skill will create results which cause more powerful effects and damage to the opponent as the arcane energy it condenses is more powerful and chaotic.”

     “Even the caster cannot predict what kind of power will come out, this arcane skill is so interesting!” Ayrin’s eyes suddenly became filled with countless little stars.

     “Why do I have a bad feeling about this?” As he observed Ayrin’s excited state, Liszt couldn’t help but shake his head while a chill ran through his heart. “As his cultivation and insight improve, this fellow’s learning abilities will only become even more terrifying.”

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     Chapter 213: Terrifying Improvement and Growth of a Blank Slate

      Chapter 213: Terrifying Improvement and Growth of a Blank Slate

     “In the end, the world of arcane masters is a youngster’s world.” — The first line of the first page of A Warlock’s Memoir.

     “Don’t waste any time, child. Become a Lord before you are thirty, or it is very likely you will never accomplish anything.” – Volume One, Road to Lordship.

     For some reason he couldn’t comprehend, these two phrases emerged in Liszt’s mind as he watched Ayrin’ back.

     “Indeed, when I am with a little monster like you who has such monstrous learning abilities, even someone like me feels old.” Liszt helplessly shook his head, then lazily stretched.

     ……

     “It’s already four to three?”

     Charlotte, Ivan, and the rest were concentrating on watching the match atop the arena when Ayrin’s voice suddenly rang from behind them.

     “What did Liszt call you over for?”

     “Deepwood Motte Academy is quite strong this year. The first two participants that Dragon Breath Academy sent up, Angeles and Audrey, were both unable to continue and forced to withdraw after winning their fights due to injury and exhaustion of arcane particles.”

     “Right now, Dragon Breath Academy’s Gaskin is fighting against Deepwood Motte Academy’s ‘Mountain Splitting Lord’ Stanford. However, Gaskin has already fought a battle and expended a lot of arcane particles.

     Within the group, some asked questions while others quickly explained the current situation.

     “Teacher Liszt brought me to watch him spar with Leonardo.” Ayrin was already concentrating on watching the match atop the area as he excitedly said, “Heavy-Fisted King Gaskin is fighting against Deepwood Motte Academy’s captain, Mountain Splitting Lord Stanford?”

     “What? Liszt and Leonardo fought? Charlotte, Ivan, and the rest were shocked. “What was the result?”

     “Teacher Liszt called it a draw, and Leonardo agreed. But I think Teacher Liszt should still be a little stronger,” Ayrin honestly replied.

     “To think not even Cocktail Grandmaster Leonardo could defeat Liszt. Liszt must truly be an existence who surpasses the vast majority of Office of Special Affairs arcane team captains.” As Charlotte, Ivan, Ferguillo, and the others all exchanged looks, they could see that the others were all thinking the same thing as them – Liszt had to be very strong.

     “So this is Mountain Splitting Lord Stanford, who has already been inducted into the House Stark? The one considered to be the strongest Deepwood Motte Academy student in the last ten years?”

     Ayrin had met and talked before with Morgan, Gaskin, and the others of Dragon Breath Academy, so at this moment, his attention naturally gravitated towards Stanford, Deepwood Motte’s most famous celebrity fighter.

     Stanford was a lanky male representative of the north. His attire differed greatly from the standard attire worn by males in the southern and midwestern regions of the Kingdom of Eiche.

     His long brown hair was tied into many small braids. The stiffness of his hair, however, caused it to become a frizzy mess atop his head.

     Stanford currently wielded a black sabre about the same size as him in his left hand and wore a spiky bronze colored glove on his right hand.

     Both the black sabre and the bronze glove were clearly weapons condensed through permanent materialization. They were heavier and harder than the majority of ordinary metal weapons, yet Stanford seemed to wield the two weapons with relative ease.

     “What great strength. Considering how depleted Gaskin’s arcane particles are, he shouldn’t be able to win right?”

     Ayrin couldn’t help but blurt out his opinion the moment his eyes swept across Gaskin.

     Gaskin’s previous match had clearly been incredibly intense as the sleeves covering his right arm were already in tatters. There were still arcane particle fluctuations emanating from his body, but they were disorderly and clearly weakened.

     “Gaskin is not one of those arcane masters who can no longer fight after exhausting too many arcane particles,” Ferguillo responded beside Ayrin. He quickly shook his head and calmly continued, “It is still too early to decide on a victor.”

     “It’s still anyone’s game?” Ayrin said in surprise as he looked at the abnormally brawny Gaskin.

     “You are hoping to reserve enough strength to deal with our next competitor, so you are trying to conserve your arcane particles as much as possible. But are you confident in defeating me with just your permanent manifestations?”

     The silent standstill was broken by Gaskin as he glared at Stanford.

     “Activate: Fist of the War God!”

     A strange tremor suddenly passed under the surface of Gaskin’s skin as if his body was decomposing into countless energetic particles.

     “What kind of arcane skill is this?!”

     Ayrin was immediately stunned. Even though he was quite far away, he could still feel Gaskin’s strength suddenly skyrocket – and it was by an extent even greater than when he activated Holy Body Ignition.

     Bang!

     Before anyone could even react, Gaskin had already charged forward, leaving a deep pit in the ground where he had been standing. His right fist viciously slammed into side of Stanford’s giant black sabre.

     The two seemed to have suddenly become deadlocked.

     Stanford immediately realized that he couldn’t deal with Gaskin’s powerful punch with just one arm so he turned his sabre horizontally and then pressed his glove wearing right hand on the inner face of the blade for more support.

     “What! His Materializations can contain arcane skills?!”

     Ayrin watched as green flames suddenly began to continuously surge out from both of Standford’s hands like a tidal wave and attack Gaskin.

     “What!”

     But in the next moment, cries of surprise erupted across the entire stands like a volcano.

     Gaskin’s fist was still moving forward! Stanford’s giant black sabre and the waves of raging green flames had both been smashed apart by Gaskin’s single punch!

     Stanford’s entire body was sent flying backwards like an arrow.

     “This strength… how can it surpass the combined strength of his opponent’s Materialization and arcane skill?!” Ayrin couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

     “This is because of the relation between his bloodline and talents.” Charlotte took a deep breath, then quickly explained into Ayrin’s ear, “Gaskin’s blood consists of both Yellow Dragon and barbarian blood. Thus, he is an existence whose physical strength surpasses the strength of arcane particles and arcane skills. During the Era of the War with Dragons, peak experts amongst the Yellow Dragons and barbarians were unable to sense any arcane energy or use arcane skills, yet they were still able to defeat peak arcane masters of other races with just their physical strength alone.”

     “Surpassing arcane skills with pure strength?” Ayrin couldn’t help but repeat.

     “Your school’s Teacher Minlur is also this kind of existence.” Ferguillo nodded, “But I’m afraid that the Gaskin’s body is even stronger than Minlur’s body. If Gaskin manages to reach Minlur’s current age, he will probably have a strength which surpasses Minlur’s current strength.”

     “Activate: Fist of the War God!”

     Another one of Gaskin’s thunderous punches headed towards Stanford’s body.

     As his fist travelled, it compressed the surrounding air, resulting in the formation of a shield-like ring of bright blue flames around his fist. His fist once again smashed into Stanford’s body, which was still reeling backwards.

     “This arcane skill… it is stimulating each and every particle within his body so that they are all activated for use!

     Ayrin thought to himself.

     For some inexplicable reason, he felt like Gaskin’s arcane skill was mimicking the effect of a magus stimulant from the Magus Era. By using a small number of arcane particles, he was greatly stimulating every single particle to suddenly explode with a terrifying strength.

     It was clear that this arcane skill would result in a state of extreme weakness after the battle.

     But in a real battle, no one cared about after-effects. As long as it allowed you to explode with power and defeat the opponent, nothing else mattered!

     “Perhaps I can learn it!”

     A lightbulb flashed in Ayrin’s mind. Afterwards, he held his breath and began to observe and perceive Gaskin’s actions even more closely and attentive than before.

     “Pillar of Execution!”

     Ayrin watched as Stanford, who was suspended in midair by compressed particles and unable to move, suddenly raised his right hand. A terrifying fluctuation of arcane energy was released.

     A giant black pillar suddenly appeared behind him. Seven huge chains condensed from arcane energy shot out from the pillar and immediately wound around Gaskin’s body, binding him to the pillar.

     “This is Deepwood Motte Academy’s taboo skill! It is known as the Five Meter Cage because as long as one is within five meters of the caster, they will become sealed by this skill!”

     “To think Stanford was able to comprehend this taboo skill in the last year!”

     The spectators who recognized this skill all began to shout from the stands.

     “Dragon’s Blood, Awaken! Second Rank Transformation!”

     Gaskin seemed to be unable to deal with the taboo skill with his current strength. But right as he was being chained up, another explosion came from within his body.

     “This an innate ability of his dragon blood?!”

     Ayrin could almost instantly sense every single particle within Gaskin’s body suddenly undergo a transformation.

     Every drop of blood and every single fibre of muscle in Gaskin’s body suddenly transformed into completely different substances, becoming even more powerful than before.

     A tint of yellow spread across the surface of Gaskin’s body as a draconic aura billowed outwards from his muscles.

     Stanford’s body violently trembled as an expression of great shock emerged on his face.

     “Activate: Fist of the War God!”

     Gaskin roared once more.

     “So strong!”

     Ayrin immediately felt Gaskin’s transformed body become stimulated and reactivated.

     Bang!

     The giant black pillar was shattered.

     Boom!

     Seven black curtains of light consecutively emerged in front of Stanford, but they were instantly broken through by Gaskin’s single punch!

     Crack!

     The sound of bones breaking rang out from Stanford’s crossed arms as Gaskin’s punch slammed into them, sending Stanford soaring backwards through the sky and directly off of the stage.

     “Dragon Breath Academy wins!”

     With his ribcage completely shattered, every single spectator was certain that Stanford was absolutely unable to continue fighting.

     ……

     Several minutes later, before the crowd had even fully recovered from Gaskin’s memorable heavy punch, Ayrin and Charlotte had already moved to a stone training room.

     “Holy Body Ignition? What are you trying to do?”

     Charlotte abruptly realized that Ayrin was breathing extremely violently like someone about to pass out.

     But in the next moment, while she was still confused, she suddenly felt a change rush through Ayrin’s body as every particle within his body seemed to have become completely activated.

     “This is…?”

     Charlotte’s eyes widened.

     “Crown of Ice and Snow!”

     Ayrin suddenly cried out at this moment as a giant sphere of white ice appeared before him.

     Bang!

     Ayrin’s right hand curled into a fist and firmly struck the giant sphere of ice.

     Charlotte felt her entire body become numb from the vibrations in the air as an alarm went off in her head.

     She silently watched as Ayrin completely and thoroughly shattered the sphere of ice before him.

     Boom!

     The wall before the two of them suddenly froze over and then shattered.

     The remaining fragments of ice and snow continued forward, forming a sword-like streak of ice and snow around twenty meters long before them.

     Crack crack crack…

     The path of ice and snow remained for several seconds before abruptly shattering and covering the ground in shards and flakes of ice and snow.

     “Activate: Fist of the War God! You’ve managed to teach yourself Gaskin’s body stimulation method!”

     “Just what kind of perception and talent does he have to be able to learn this kind of arcane skill which can only be learned by sensing the flow of arcane particles within the body?”

     “Activate: Fist of the War God along with Holy Body Ignition… this is a combination skill that he created himself… this strength, I wouldn’t be able to defend against it!”

     “For him to be able to learn just from watching… this improvement speed is simply like throwing things in an empty box to fill it up!”

     Although she was extremely familiar with Ayrin at this point, Charlotte could still feel her body trembling and tingling after witnessing what had just happened.

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     Chapter 214: A Night of Anticipation

      Chapter 214: A Night of Anticipation

     “Such intense arcane energy fluctuations, even I can’t help but tremble. It seems like this year, Rinsyi has mastered an even more powerful taboo skill of House Baratheon.”

     It was evening. In the residence of Golden Stag Academy’s team, the team’s vice-captain, “Warlock” Hill muttered to himself as he suddenly stopped gathering arcane particles. An ugly expression emerged on his face.

     At the same time, a charming smile emerged on Megan’s face as she playfully juggled five small balls of condensed arcane particles between her fingers. Feeling the strong fluctuations of arcane energy emanating from Rinsyi’s room, she said to herself, “Such terrifying fluctuations, it seems like it is the first of Baratheon’s five taboo arts… I can’t believe you have already become so strong. Ferguillo and Ayrin’s group really must have put a lot of pressure on you eh, for you to remain constantly training in your room. You didn’t even go and watch yesterday’s match containing Dragon Breath Academy or today’s match containing Abel Academy.”

     Remnants of the terrifying arcane energy fluctuations lingered within Rinsyi’s room.

     Within the darkness, these remnants of arcane energy glowed faintly, causing the room to appear as if it was filled with many yellow demonic eyes which were flickering in and out of existence.

     However, Hill and Megan would not recognize the current Rinsyi. Compared to two days prior, Rinsyi had become much more thin and pallid, as if he had suddenly aged several years. Even his purple hair had shrivelled in places.

     His cheeks had slimmed a lot and were now sunken in places. He was currently making an extremely hideous expression.

     “Why… why am I still lacking and unable to use this secret skill! Just what the hell have these fellows from Holy Dawn Academy done to me… it’s obvious that they cannot possibly defeat us, so why am I still feeling pressure? Why do I feel like I have been constrained by invisible shackles?!”

     Rinsyi was a little hysteric as he screamed into the darkness. Due to his mood swing, arcane particles flowed between his fingertips, causing minor explosions.

     ……

     “Who would have expected that the competitors of this year’s national tournament would be so strong…”

     “They are students just like us. Ignoring the differences in talent, I wonder how much time they spend training?”

     Under the starry night sky, countless groups of young people chatted about the tournament as they walked through the streets of Eichemalar.

     Following Deepwood Motte Academy’s defeat at the hands of Dragon Breath Academy yesterday, the second round of the quarterfinals had occurred today between Abel Academy and Winterfell Academy.

     In the end, Abel Academy was able to barely eke out a victory as they won five to four over the north’s most powerful Winterfell Academy. But it was not without a price, as two of their mainstays were severely injured.

     A large number of the students chattering about the tournament in the various corners of Eichemalar came from St. Lauren. For many, it was their first time coming to the national tournament and encountering the students from other academies.

     These high level fights impacted both their world views and mentalities, causing them to become more hardened.

     Many of them originally thought that fights between the members of arcane teams would only consist of mutually displaying arcane skills – you throw out a streak of flames, then I create a pillar of flames – and seeing whose arcane skill was more powerful. But after personally seeing the battles between academies, they finally learned that what they thought was been completely wrong and realized the massive gap between them and the powerhouses of the various academies.

     “Chris also has an ordinary human bloodline, yet by expending more effort, she is able to compete with, and even defeat, these people. We cannot give ourselves up to despair and must also put more effort in towards chasing after their footsteps!”

     An originally misguided student who thought they were only just slightly lazier than others became truly motivated by his experiences as he made the decision to begin training as if his life depended on it to try and shorten the distance between him and the peak students.

     “Draconic spells and strange boundaries defeat the kings of the North! Barbarian King Rekai is unable to ascend to the skies as Abel Academy slaughters its way into the semi-finals for the thirteenth straight time.

     On a street not far from the athlete village, a young man with a splinted, bandage covered arm gently set down several copies of the newest Breith Magazine and then continued walking towards the athlete village.

     “Rinloran! That’s Holy Dawn Academy’s Rinloran!”

     “He’s really so cool and handsome!”

     As he passed by, many people quickly recognized him. Especially girls, as they all shrilly screamed his name.

     “Rinloran is still in such an injured state and Chris’s state is even worse. Even if Chris had recovered as quickly as Rinloran, I’m afraid she still wouldn’t be able to take part tomorrow.”

     “Deepwood Motte Academy and Winterfall Academy were both so strong, but they were unable to defeat Dragon Breath Academy and Abel Academy, which were ranked as monster-level teams… Golden Stag Academy is another monster-level team, can Holy Dawn Academy somehow produce a miracle?”

     “Tomorrow is the day of Holy Dawn Academy and Golden Stag Academy’s match…”

     Although Dragon Breath and Abel Academy’s matches had both concluded, the majority of people felt like they were about to experience yet another sleepless night.

     The most anticipated match of the quarterfinals between Holy Dawn Academy and Golden Stag Academy had finally arrived!

     Chris was still injured.

     Rinloran was still injured.

     Ayrin had only just recovered.

     Moss had spent the past days relaxing and resting, and hadn’t trained at all.

     Stingham had been spending his days wandering the streets of Eichemalar and shouting about his handsomeness.

     No one could think of a way for Holy Dawn Academy to defeat Golden Stag Academy, yet many still couldn’t say that Holy Dawn Academy would definitely lose.

     ……

     “Tomorrow is their match against Golden Stag Academy. Although I don’t know what tricks Carter is hiding up his sleeve, with how fast Ayrin’s speed of improvement is, perhaps they can actually win.”

     Standing in her room, Charlotte had just finished a round of training and was about to condense arcane particles when she suddenly looked in the direction of the athlete village. She couldn’t help but mutter a few words to herself.

     “Others might not know well just how strong Rinsyi and his team are, but you do.” In a tavern not far away, Ivan looked at the calm Ferguillo, “Ignoring Carter’s plans, do you believe Holy Dawn Academy has any chance of defeating Golden Stag Academy?”

     “I cannot predict how likely Holy Dawn Academy will defeat Golden Stag Academy,” Ferguillo looked at Ivan eye to eye, then calmly continued, “But I can guarantee that Ayrin has a good chance of winning if he manages to fight against Rinsyi.”

     Ivan’s body violently trembled. He opened his mouth to speak again, but no words would come out.

     ……

     “Morgan.”

     Dragon Breath Academy team captain Morgan had just exited the athlete village under the cover of darkness when he suddenly heard someone call his name.

     “Jean Camus?”

     Upon seeing a boy from behind him, Morgan was stunned. “You actually came?” The boy was feminine-looking like Rinloran, with black hair falling all the way past his waist and an extremely reserved character. He had a confident smirk on his face.

     Jean Camus didn’t respond to his question and instead continued to observe Morgan with a smile. “Not bad, you have yet to fall behind… The Kingdom of Eiche still has an existence who can threaten me.”

     “This fellow…” Morgan weakly laughed. Afterwards, a thought popped into his head as he turned and looked at the boy called Jean Camus and said, “Jean Camus, even though you don’t put Rinsyi and the others in your eyes, I am still no longer your only opponent in the Kingdom of Eiche.”

     “Eh?” Jean Camus looked down at his two white hands out of habit, “Another genius like you has appeared in the national tournament this year? Which team?”

     “You should be able to see him tomorrow,” Morgan laughingly replied.

     “Is that so? Then I shall wait and see,” Jean Camus replied with a smirk.

     ……

     Ayrin’s ten fingers constantly danced as he used quickly executed Logic Fingers to gather his spirit.

     Countless particles were continuously being compressed and transformed into gem-like arcane particles within his body. He had stopped all other training and focused on condensing arcane particles ever since watching Dragon Breath Academy’s match the prior day.

     At this time, he could feel that his two opened arcane gates were nearly filled with arcane particles.

     As for the other five unopened gates which he hadn’t opened yet, they were also almost full of arcane particles. This was because the secret skill Gate of Life allowed him to equally spread compressed arcane particles across all of his arcane gates.

     “Not good, so painful. My body has surpassed its limits… I’m cramping!”

     Ayrin’s fingers stopped their fast and supple movements and suddenly stiffened as they cramped up, turning his hands into chicken claws. Ayrin’s entire body began twitching as he let out a miserable scream and fell onto the ground.

     “Ah…”

     After convulsing on the ground for a full minute, Ayrin was finally able to let out breath of relief as his body completely relaxed and flattened against the ground.

     “Tomorrow is the day we fight against Rinsyi and his team…”

     “Only a short amount of time has passed since I encountered this fellow in St Lauren, but it feels like it has been so long. Is it because of all of the people I’ve met and all of the things which have happened since then?”

     “Regardless, to be fighting against such a powerful opponent, just thinking about it makes me energized… We must win tomorrow!”

     After continuously condensing arcane particles for so long, Ayrin had long since surpassed the limit of his body. Thus, he was currently in an extremely weak state. He didn’t even have the strength to get up. But as he sensed the full arcane gates within his body and thought about the arcane skills which he had mastered these last few days, Ayrin was certain that after resting tonight, he would be exhibiting a new level of power tomorrow.”

     “Rinsyi, tomorrow we will see just how strong you and your team are!”

     “Time feels like it has been passing so slowly… but it’s because I can’t wait to defeat you and your team!”

     Although Ayrin was currently so weak that he couldn’t sit up, he still cried out as he became filled with battle spirit.

     At this same moment in Moss’s room, Carter asked Moss, “How is it? It feels pretty good, right?” These last few days, Moss had clearly gained weight.

     “It doesn’t feel good…” Moss’s hands suddenly clenched into fists as the sound of bones cracking rang through the room. “Because I already can’t hold back anymore. I really want to fight.” Blood vessels bulged on Moss’s forehead as he looked at Carter.

     “Very good.” Carter smirked, then patted Moss’s shoulder. “I trust that you will not let us down.”

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     Chapter 215: An Assembly of Powerful Spectators (And the Symptoms of Face Blindness)

      Chapter 215: An Assembly of Powerful Spectators (And the Symptoms of Face Blindness)

     “So many people! There are even more people here today than during yesterday’s match between Abel and Winterfall Academy.”

     “At this rate, we might not be able to get any of the closer seats!”

     At the crack of dawn, Wilde and the rest arrived at the plaza outside of the Arena of Fire and Blood. Looks of astonishment filled their faces.

     There was still quite a while before the start of the match between Holy Dawn Academy and Golden Stag Academy, yet the entire plaza was already teeming with people. Each and every entrance into the arena was congested with people.

     “Let’s go.”

     But just as Ferguillo calmly spoke and motioned for the rest to prepare to enter, he suddenly turned his head.

     Charlotte, Wilde, and the others subconsciously followed his action. They watched as a large group of girls from Agate Lake Academy approached.

     “Sophia! You have recovered from your injuries?”

     Charlotte immediately cried out in surprise the moment she saw the face of one of the taller girls.

     “I haven’t completely recovered, but for a fight like this, we have to at least send people out to show our support and cheer for Ayrin and his team, right?” Sophia said with a smile. She had slimmed considerably, but she still seemed to be in high spirits as she walked to the front of her group.

     Ivan nodded his head at Sophia. Just as he was about to ask about how Nikita and the rest were recovering, he had a premonition and raised his head and looked forward.

     Not far away, a handsome young man with a cynical expression on his face and wearing a crumpled, moon white arcane master robe tried to inconspicuously move forward through the crowd.

     “It’s Maurice!” Ivan said in astonishment.

     “Maurice?” Charlotte was slow on the uptake as she subconsciously repeated the name. The next moment, she had a sudden realization as she said, “The old captain of the River Bend Academy’s championship winning team! The strongest wanderer, Maurice?!”

     “It is him.” Ferguillo’s voice was a bit more respectful as he said, “An existence on the same level as Liszt. He is a solitary wandering arcane master who refuses to let anything chain him down, and even refused the Office of Special Affair’s invitation to join. He spends his days traversing across the entire Doraster Continent.”

     ……

     ……

     At the same time, Joyce, the captain of Sea God Academy’s team, had just taken a seat atop the stands within the arena when his entire body suddenly froze.

     “Captain, what’s wrong?” Several nearby teammates asked upon noticing his abnormal condition.

     “Jean Camus! Even he has come,” Joyce said in a trembling voice as he stared at a reserved looking boy with long and jumbled hair in the stands.

     “What! You mean that fellow called the number one genius of the Kingdom of Doa who has never lost a fight and uses extremely strange and terrifying arcane skills? Is it really that Jean Camus?

     The present members of Sea God Academy all sucked in a breath of cold air.

     Outside of his long, out of control hair, Jean Camus had no other special characteristics. But as they began observing him closely, they suddenly felt as if the entire stands had been seemingly frozen by his invisible reserved aura. It was as if he could attack any person in this part of the stands at any time. There was even a feeling that the audience members around him were being manipulated by him.

     The most frightening and chilling thing was that none of the audience members around him seemed to sense any abnormalities or his strength.

     “Caesar has also come.”

     At this time, Morgan, Audrey, and the rest of their teammates had just walked into the arena. As their gazes swept across the stands, Morgan quietly whispered to his teammates.

     “Then those around him should be the other members of the Death God team, the team considered the strongest academy team in all of the Kingdom of Doa?”

     Following Morgan’s gaze, Audrey immediately saw five young people wearing various styles of worn-out looking armours. The five of them all seemed extremely rugged, as if they were primitive hunters of the wilderness.

     “These fellows are all killing machines…” Morgan began quietly speaking, then suddenly stopped as a group of arcane masters consisting of three boys and a girl all wearing dark green camouflage robes suddenly appeared in his line of sight. Morgan suddenly felt his nose assaulted by the faint scent of blood.

     “Members of House Eclipsed Moon?”

     Traces of shock flashed through Audrey’s eyes as she saw the group of four, “Members of the Headhunter Houses who begin learning to kill the moment they learn how to walk… Mortal enemies of Megan’s House Roland. How come they are appearing so openly?”

     “This should be a demonstration towards Megan.” Morgan quietly exhaled, “Appearing so publicly like this expresses that they aren’t afraid of death and shows their resolve to fight to the death against their mortal enemies.”

     ……

     ……

     “That’s Rowan, the captain of the number one arcane team of the Southern Devil Corps!

     “It’s House Lannister’s Lord Martin!”

     “That’s Commander Morton of the Northern Holy Land’s Snow Wolf Corps!”

     At the same time on the other side of the arena, the stands suddenly erupted in chaos.

     Three legendary figures whose names were only ever heard in the news had suddenly made their appearance in the stands.

     “Rowan and Morton are both responsible for selecting arcane masters for their respective corps. For them to both appear here, could they already have their eyes on someone?”

     As people speculated, Rowan, who was wearing ordinary blue coloured clothes, had already greeted Morton, who was wearing furry leather clothing, with a smile and a wave, “Morton, I didn’t expect to see you here as well.”

     “It was indeed a bit of a sudden decision,” Morton replied, revealing a smirk. Standing side by side, the tall and burly Morton was a full half a head taller than the skinny Rowan. After congregating, Morton directly asked Rowan, “So who do you have your eyes on?”

     “It seems like none of these fellows from Holy Dawn Academy are going anywhere yet, so I have my eyes on all of them,” Rowan replied, still smiling.

     Morton was taken by surprise after which he roared back, “Shameless!”

     “Then what about you, old friend?” Rowan chortled as if he wasn’t angry at all.

     “All of them!” Morton snorted.

     “Indeed. As it is the first time the mainstays of this Holy Dawn Academy team have entered the national tournament, they were all relatively unknown before. Thus, they have yet to be invited into any corps or houses. It’s no surprise that so many famous figures of the various corps and houses have personally come. Ayrin, Chris, and Rinloran have all shown strength completely surpassing those celebrity fighters.”

     Right as many people were recovering from the shock of seeing so many legends and drawing a conclusion to their speculations, a huge commotion occurred in the plaza outside of the arena.

     “Is it Holy Dawn Academy or Golden Stag Academy’s team that has arrived?”

     Just from hearing the cheers, the audience members within the arena immediately guessed that one of the teams had arrived. Indeed, it was Holy Dawn Academy’s team.

     “Golden Stag Academy’s team has actually come so early today as well?”

     Cries of shock rang out atop the plaza as Golden Stag Academy’s team emerged from the other side not too long after.

     “So many people!”

     “Rinsyi and his team are also here?”

     Ayrin, who had been admiring the size of the crowd from amongst a cluster of Holy Dawn Academy students, also immediately saw the arrival of the Golden Stag Academy team.

     “Faster!”

     Before Ayrin and the others could even react, Stingham had already squeezed out from the group and quickly run towards Golden Stag Academy’s team.

     “Just what does this fellow want to accomplish?”

     Afraid that Stingham would cause some kind of trouble before the start of the match and get disqualified again, Ayrin, Chris, and the rest exchanged looks before hurriedly following behind him.

     But they could only watch Stingham stopped directly in between Golden Stag Academy’s team and the arena entrance and blocked their path with his hands on his hips.

     “What are you doing?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask after catching up to Stingham.

     “Before a fight, don’t we have to lower the opponent’s morale?”

     Stingham loudly laughed after replying to Ayrin as he combed his hair and made a pose which he considered handsome before shouting at Rinsyi and his team, “How is it? Today, my wise and godly, and most importantly most handsome, self will be fighting at the second position. Are you all afraid yet?”

     “…….” Black lines immediately emerged on the faces of Ayrin and the others.

     Many of them nearly stuck their heads in the ground in shame.

     Today, Rinsyi was in the center of the Golden Stag Academy team members. His eyes were already narrowed into slits, and he seemed even colder and quiet than usual. Sophia had characterized him as someone who spouted a lot of shit, yet today, he didn’t make a single sound when facing Stingham’s cries.

     “Interesting.” A grin appeared on Megan’s alluring face as she observed Stingham.

     “Dumbass,” Warlock Hill sneered from the front of the group.

     “Before a match, it is forbidden to taunt opponents to try and cause an incident.”

     A referee responsible for making sure that the participating teams entered in an orderly fashion immediately walked over and reprimanded Stingham. Afterwards, he motioned towards Chris, “You all will enter first.”

     “I apologize Rinsyi. Our teammate was wrong for taunting you. Let us decide everything on the arena!” As captain, Chris gave an apology.

     As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Hill, who was standing at the forefront.

     “Is she apologizing to Hill or Rinsyi?” The nearby crowd was confused.

     “Does she actually not know who is Rinsyi? This must be on purpose. It must… she must be acting like she doesn’t know who Rinsyi is to humiliate him.”

     “Are you not Rinsyi?” Hearing the crowd around her whispering, Chris felt like something wasn’t right. She apologetically explained to Hill, “My face blindness is a bit serious.”

     “I am Hill!” Chris’s look of embarrassment and innocence caused Hill to feel like he was going crazy. He couldn’t help but violently nod his head towards Rinsyi behind him as he shouted, “That is Rinsyi!”

     “It wasn’t on purpose.”

     Chris apologized. Afterwards, she entered into one of the participant’s halls behind her alongside Ayrin and the rest of her team.

     “If you are able to step upon the arena, I will make you remember me.” At this time, Rinsyi raised his head as he finally couldn’t resist speaking.

     “Hill, I will not be fighting today. However, if there are opportunities in the future, I would be more than willing to have a fight,” Chris turned her head and sincerely replied towards Rinsyi.

     “… Hill?”

     “Just what kind of face blindness is this? Just a blink of the eye and she is already calling Rinsyi Hill. It must be on purpose!”

     The surrounding crowd all nearly slammed their heads into the ground.

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     Chapter 216: Storming Out of the Gates, A Changed Moss

      Chapter 216: Storming Out of the Gates, A Changed Moss

     The team preparation rooms were quite close to the stands, resulting in a continuous din.

     A calm Carter stood in front of the members of the Holy Dawn Academy team, who had varying expressions on their faces.

     “Chris will not be participating today. Our lineup against Golden Stag Academy will be as follows, Moss, then Stingham, Belo, Ayrin, and finally Rinloran.”

     There wasn’t a single unnecessary word as Carter went straight to the point.

     “Chris won’t be fighting?”

     “Belo?”

     Although they already knew Chris wouldn’t be participating, the old Holy Dawn Academy team members still couldn’t help but feel shocked upon hearing Carter’s words.

     “Also, while I have placed Rinloran as fifth on our roster, I would like for you all to try and end the match between the four of you,” Not waiting for more cries of shock to ring out, Carter held everyone in his gaze and calmly explained, “Although Rinloran’s speed and agility far surpasses ordinary people and will pose a threat to the members of Golden Stag Academy, he will become injured even more severely if he has to fight against any one of their mainstays.”

     “What!” Gerrin, who was still acting as Holy Dawn Academy’s vice-captain, didn’t dare believe his ears as his mouth dropped in disbelief.

     Their opponents were Golden Stag Academy!

     One of the three monster-level teams!

     Yet Carter had requested that they defeat them amongst the four of them!

     Gerrin was certain that if any of the other teams participating in the national tournament heard Carter’s words, they would think he had gone crazy.

     “Perhaps…”

     Gerrin couldn’t help but turn and look at Ayrin, Belo, and the others. His breathing became laboured as he saw their calm and confident expressions even after hearing Carter’s words.

     “Whether it is a one versus one fight or a team battle, the winner is determined not by the number of arcane particles and the strength of arcane skills, but by true fearlessness and willingness to sacrifice.”

     “Only true brave warriors can achieve victory in battle. This is the true meaning of this tournament.”

     “Show me what you are!”

     Carter’s voice echoed amidst the preparation room.

     “We are brave warriors!” Ayrin shouted. He was the first to respond.

     Afterwards, Chris, Moss, and the rest also followed suit as their blood began to boil.

     “Fight, brave warrior. Strive for victory and win honour for yourself!”

     Carter powerfully pumped his fist in the air as he felt as if he had returned to a time when he was competing as part of the Evil Six.

     “It’s finally time. As long as I can kill that fellow, these miserable days will be no longer and I will become even stronger.”

     Rinsyi broke the dead silence within Golden Stag Academy team’s preparation room as he slowly raised his head and spoke cold words.

     There wasn’t an accompanying teacher present.

     Ever since he had become captain of Golden Stag Academy’s team, he had always been the one with the final say in selecting and arranging members for competition.

     “Our goal for this match is not only to defeat them, but to kill them all.”

     After raising his head, Rinsyi coldly swept his gaze across everyone else as he said, “Is that clear?”

     Hill remained silent as he licked his lips, a bloodthirsty smile emerging on his face.

     “What a shame.” Megan sighed, as she said in a voice dripping with honey, “They were truly interesting people.”

     “Megan, it seems like the appearance of those fellows from House Eclipse Moon haven’t brought you any pressure,” Hellball Master Tyrin, a silly looking boy with short hair, said from beside her whilst looking her in the eye.

     “Since they have dared to appear so openly in Eichemalar, you guys will help me kill them after this competition ends, right?” Megan grinned as she continued, “So I have nothing to worry about.”

     “Can we go out yet?” Plague Disseminator Zouchen, a boy with long gray hair, sneered, “I already can’t wait to see the looks on the faces of those audience members from St Lauren after this match is over.”

     ……

     “They are coming out!”

     “Both teams are emerging!”

     It was gradually approaching the starting time when the audience began to holler and shout, causing the stands to suddenly become a chaotic mess.

     They watched as Holy Dawn Academy’s team and Golden Stag Academy’s team emerged and sat down on benches beside the stage.

     “Their fighting spirits are all so strong.”

     In the stands, Morgan couldn’t help but shake his head as he observed Ayrin and the others. Not a single trace of fear could be seen within the excitement burning within their eyes like flames.

     “Golden Stag Academy’s lineup…”

     Upon seeing the members beside the stage for Golden Stag Academy, Morgan couldn’t help but feel some envy.

     Rinsyi’s pride and arrogance was not unreasonable by any means.

     Golden Stag Academy’s team was indeed the most powerful team in the tournament in terms of overall fighting abilities and team depth.

     In the prior rounds, Golden Stag Academy had been able to rely on their substitutes to smoothly cruise forward, with only Rinsyi suffering some light injuries. But now, their other four mainstays had finally appeared after not having to move a finger in the previous rounds.

     If not for such an unpredictable variable in Holy Dawn Academy, Morgan was certain that Golden Stag Academy would have been one of the final contenders for the position of this year’s champion.

     “There are actually people who believe that this bunch are our opponents?”

     “Never mind our mainstays, any random substitute from our school team already has the strength of a celebrity fighter. This team of injured soldiers wouldn’t even be able deal with our substitutes.”

     In the stands, countless Golden Stag Academy students loudly taunted and ridiculed Holy Dawn Academy.

     “It seems like Holy Dawn Academy is indeed missing its general. With just those five… how are they going to fight this battle?”

     The supporters of Holy Dawn Academy all suddenly became tongue tied as they realized that they couldn’t refute those words.

     The difference between the two benches was just too great.

     These thoughts emerged within almost everyone’s minds as they saw the two teams walk onto the stage.

     “Indeed… this increasing tension… I feel even more nervous than when I am personally competing.”

     As she watched from atop the stands, Charlotte’s palms became clammy.

     “The strong person Morgan was talking about, he should be in this team?”

     His long hair scattered around his waist, a very quiet Jean Camus observed Holy Dawn Academy’s team with some surprise.

     ……

     Charlotte’s thoughts were the same as the vast majority of the audience. Slowly but surely, the arena quieted down until only the sound of breathing remained.

     “Please submit your lineups!”

     “The match is about to begin.”

     As they watched the teams hand in their respective lineups, many of the students from Holy Dawn Academy became even more nervous.

     “Golden Stag Academy versus Holy Dawn Academy!”

     Finally, the sound of referee Clancy cut through the tense and oppressive atmosphere.

     “Hill versus Moss!”

     “Warlock Hill! It’s Golden Stag Academy’s vice captain, Warlock Hill!”

     “The vanguard for Golden Stag Academy’s team this time is actually Warlock Hill!”

     “Spiritual genius Hill is officially making his appearance!”

     “The first person from Holy Dawn Academy is actually that red headed boy again? Does Holy Dawn Academy really not have any secret weapons up their sleeve?”

     Clancy’s announcement caused the entire audience to erupt in pandemonium like a volcano as the silence was completely shattered.

     “It’s actually this fellow again. Just what is Holy Dawn Academy planning?”

     Golden Stag Academy’s team members also couldn’t help but speculate amongst themselves.

     “Haha, for this red haired boy to go up against Hill, is he not just looking for his own death?”

     Loud taunts and laughter abruptly resounded from Golden Stag Academy’s portion of the stand.

     “Hill has actually stepped out. It seems like they are actually using their full strength this time.”

     Within the stands, Ivan, Charlotte, and the others glanced at each other.

     No one knew what kind of strange bloodline Warlock Hill had, but his spiritual strength was abnormally high. Moreover, the arcane skills the used were so strange that people called it black magic.

     If it was purely one on one, neither Ivan or Charlotte was confident in being an opponent for Hill.

     Almost no one in the audience was optimistic about Moss’s chances.

     Amidst the loud taunts and laughter, Moss was calm as he turned his head back and forth and looked at the stands.

     He finally saw a familiar face within the crowd.

     “Mother…”

     Moss inwardly whispered to himself before taking a deep breath and stepping foot onto the stage and moving towards the centre.

     At this moment, there wasn’t much fear in his mind even though he was facing such a powerful opponent in Warlock Hill.

     “Moss seems to be a little different today.”

     Ayrin didn’t hoist his fist and encourage Moss today like he usually did. Instead, as he watched Moss’s back, he strangely muttered, “His legs actually aren’t trembling in fear today.”

     “Everything has proceeded smoothly so far. Now it all depends on your own performance.” Carter took a deep breath, but his hands wouldn’t stop shaking with excitement.

     ……

     The entire arena quieted down once more.

     Moss and Hill stood facing each other at the centre of the stage.

     “It seems like this battle will be ending without any suspense.”

     Hill made a gesture towards Clancy signalling that he was ready while shaking his head, a look of disdain on his face as he sneered in ridicule, “This is just a waste of time to begin with.”

     “Ready!”

     Moss didn’t even raise his head to look at Hill as he shouted at the referee.

     “Ready to die,” Hill silently sneered in his mind.

     “Start!”

     Clancy waved the flag in his hand.

     “Hiss……”

     The sound of air being compressed rang through the stage like a tsunami.

     No one could see any of Hill’s motions as an image of a snow white skeleton condensed behind Moss. Afterwards, the white bones turned into countless particles which attached onto Moss’s body.

     Simultaneously, an invisible shockwave inexplicably spread across the stage and into the stands, causing many audience members to feel dizzy and lightheaded.

     “Not good!”

     The expressions of Clancy and the other referees simultaneously changed as their bodies began to release fluctuations of arcane energy. They were about to stop Hill’s arcane skill.

     But right at this moment, they abruptly stopped breathing as Moss’s body began to enlarge at a speed which was hard to imagine while a golden ring of light spread out from his body and instantly struck Hill’s body.

     “Sacrificial Halo!”

     In the stands, Morgan and Jean Camus’s eyes simultaneously widened as they whispered the same name under their breaths.

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     Chapter 217: Stingham Makes his Appearance (like an Idiot)!”

      Chapter 217: Stingham Makes his Appearance (like an Idiot)!”

     “This is…?!”

     Warlock Hill’s expression had remained callous this entire time. But at this moment, his eyes suddenly enlarged and shocked flooded his face.

     As he was struck by the golden ring of light, Hill felt his energy and strength being sapped out from every single particle of his body.

     He felt as if he had been turned into a snowman. His body had weakened to a state where he couldn’t even move, as if every single particle had been frozen.

     “What’s going on?!”

     “What has happened?!

     Cries of shock continuously rang out from the Golden Stag Academy’s portion of the stands.

     Time seemed to have stopped atop the stage.

     The now giant Moss, as well as Hill, were both completely still.

     As golden ring of light remained atop the stage, everyone felt it tug at their mind and spirit.

     The expressions of all of Golden Stag Academy’s team members, including Rinsyi and Megan, drastically changed.

     “Sacrificial Halo… so this was the plan from the start!”

     Ayrin was the first to react.

     “It’s Sacrificial Halo!”

     “It’s the long lost skill, Sacrificial Halo! How can this fellow use this arcane skill?!”

     “What?! It’s Sacrificial Halo!”

     Cries of shock spread across the stands like a tsunami.

     Amidst the countless shouts, the rest of the spectators finally reacted as they realized what had occurred atop the stage.

     “Moss, this fellow, has actually managed to learn Sacrificial Halo!”

     Within the stands, Ivan, Ferguillo, Charlotte, and the others fell into states of immense shock.

     Sacrificial Halo and Brambles Backlash were two legendary arcane skills which had become the glorious symbols of giants during the Era of the War with Dragons.

     Numerous ancient books and records contained countless images of giants covered in snow white brambles and radiating golden rings of light as they charged forth into battle.

     For one of these two legendary arcane skills, which were considered long lost, to suddenly appear at this moment, it was just too miraculous.

     “Sacrificial Halo is a mutual destruction type skill. It instantly begins burning the user’s and their opponent’s vitalities… indeed, Moss has a greater vitality than Hill, so as long he expends a large amount of his own vitality, he should be able to bring Hill to a near death weakened state!”

     The normally calm and composed Ivan was stunned for a while before he finally spoke in a dazed manner.

     “Was this Holy Dawn Academy’s plan?!”

     “They let Moss relax and nourish his body as much as he could before the match so they could use this strategy!”

     The people in the stands also began to react at this time.

     “So it was like this!”

     Dragon Breath Academy’s team members all also felt an impulse to shout out loud.

     This battle plan was just so straightforward!

     Carter had simply let Moss relax and eat before the match so that his vitality would reach its peak state and allow him to endure the self-harm caused by this arcane skill!

     “Hill!”

     “Stay in there!”

     The Golden Stag Academy students continuously cheered from the stands.

     The dazzling golden ring of light in the centre of the stage began gradually dwindling, but Moss and Hill remained motionless.

     “I… I… How can I… lose to this level of an opponent!”

     Hill roared over and over again in his mind as he panted heavily. However, there was just no strength left in his body. He felt as if his body would immediately collapse if he moved even a single finger.

     Drops of sweat uncontrollably formed on his skin. Even his feet were soaked in sweat.

     “Ha!”

     It wasn’t a terribly loud roar, but it caused everyone to feel as if a giant hammer had smashed into their chests.

     “Moss!”

     The arena seemed to tremble as countless shouts of encouragement rang out from the stands occupied by the students of Holy Dawn Academy and the other St Lauren schools.

     Moss had taken a step towards Hill!

     His enlarged body was also dripping with sweat, and seemed quite unsteady as if he might fall down at any moment.

     But then, Moss took another step towards Hill, causing the cheers and screams to become even louder.

     “I’m not afraid of you!”

     “I’m gonna knock you off your pedestal!”

     At this moment, Moss lifted his head. His body was extremely weak and his eyes had already become blood red, yet his body and blood boiled as thoughts of victory ran through his mind. He was certain he would not fall before taking down Hill!

     “Hill actually…”

     At this moment within the stands, all of Golden Stag Academy’s students became silent.

     “Come! I… I absolutely will not lose to someone like you!’

     Because of his strong pride and the humiliation he felt from being trapped by his opponent’s plan, the unable to move Hill gathered his strength and let out a frenzied cry.

     However, this scream had exhausted the last drops of power within his body. In the next moment, he lost his balance.

     A bang resounded across the stage.

     Hill fell backwards and crashed into the ground.

     “Haaa… haaa…” Hill panted heavily but remained motionless like a corpse after hitting the ground.

     “Match over!”

     At this moment, chief referee Clancy took a deep breath and declared the end.

     Hill had actually been knocked onto the ground… he had lost?!

     Hill’s strength undoubtedly placed him within the top ten celebrity fighters of this national tournament, if not the top five, yet he had lost just like this?

     No one could believe their eyes.

     “What else is trying to do?”

     Several cries suddenly rang out from the stands.

     Moss had already won the match, yet he was still making his way forward, step by step.

     “This guy… what a performance!” Ayrin was stunned as he quickly realized that Moss had already completely reached his limit and was losing consciousness but was still moving forward because of his desire to fight and win.

     “Moss, you have already won!”

     “There’s no need to continue. You can withdraw now!”

     At this time in the stands, students of Holy Dawn Academy continuously shouted at Moss.

     “Moss, you have made me proud, proud of you.”

     A gentle voice simultaneously rang out.

     Moss couldn’t hear what the students of Holy Dawn Academy were saying, but upon hearing this familiar voice, he immediately turned around.

     “I’ve already won… it’s already over?”

     Hearing that familiar voice, Moss immediately woke from his stupor. A slight smile emerged on his face as he tried to pump his fist in the air. However, his body was just too exhausted and unable to continue. With a bang, he fell to the ground like a small collapsing mountain.

     ……

     “What a result!”

     “Warlock Hill was directly defeated!”

     As Hill and Moss were both carried away by medical teams, the entire arena descended into discourse.

     Warlock Hill was the second most powerful existence in Golden Stag Academy’s team! As for Moss, he had seemed to be the weakest amongst the mainstays of Holy Dawn Academy.

     This result caused those who had believed that there was no hope for Holy Dawn Academy to suddenly realize that this match could very possibly be a great battle which would still be talked about years later.

     “Wahahahaha. It is finally time for this wise and divinely skilled genius to emerge!”

     An incongruous and wild laughter suddenly rang out from Holy Dawn Academy’s side.

     “It really is this seemingly idiotic fellow?”

     The audience watched as Stingham took out a brush and combed his hair and then proudly walked onto the stage in a very narcissistic manner.

     “Holy Dawn Academy’s lineup was indeed as this fellow disclosed earlier. That Moss was first, and he was second?!”

     “I wonder what secrets this guy is hiding. I bet Rinsyi and the rest of Golden Stag Academy’s team are spitting blood right now though. They were planning to win by a lot, and so they put Hill out first, but it ended up backfiring and causing them to lose a lot.”

     As Dragon Breath Academy’s team watched Stingham walk out, they couldn’t help but talk excitedly amongst themselves.

     Golden Stag Academy’s side of the stands was completely silent.

     “A very good trap.” The very pretty Megan was the first to break the silence as she looked at the nearby Tyrin. “From now on, we must be a little cautious. Otherwise we might become laughing stocks.”

     “Agreed!”

     Tyrin, a little boy who seemed aloof, slowly replied as he began walking toward the stage. He seemed like he was eternally a little cold.

     “Hellball Master Tyrin!”

     “Golden Stag Academy’s second competitor is Tyrin! They are actually using their full power for this match!”

     Before Clancy could even announce the competitors of the second match, nearly all of the spectators had already recognized the seemingly aloof little boy.

     ……

     Hellball Master Tyrin was also an extremely unique celebrity fighter.

     In last year’s tournament, all of his offensive and defensive actions had been accomplished through usage of countless black spheres of arcane energy about the size of a fist.

     These black spheres of arcane energy were incredibly strange. They could appear anywhere atop the stage and could be controlled by Tyrin through some kind of unknown method.

     Thus, his opponents had to always be aware of each and every one of these arcane spheres at all times and couldn’t focus on just him, making the one on one fight one against many.

     But the most crucial aspect of these black spheres of arcane energy was that while they all looked the same, they all had varying powers and properties.

     There were some which would be purely physical attacks, whereas some others would contain spiritual attacks or detrimental effects.

     “Does this fellow actually have the ability to fight against Tyrin?”

     Thoughts like this continuously echoed through many spectators’ minds as they observed the exuberant Stingham opposite Tyrin.

     “It’s about to start. What does this fellow have up his sleeve?”

     Due to Moss’s performance in the first match, Morgan and the rest were eagerly expecting Stingham’s match. They were itching to see what kind of strength this odd fellow would have. Thus, they were bewildered when Stingham, who was already in position, suddenly ran to the other side of the stage.

     “Sophia, you came to watch my match!”

     “After I win this match, let us start getting along better!”

     As Stingham excitedly shouted those words towards Sophia, who was beside Ferguillo and the others, after rushing to that side of the stands, the rest of the audience became speechless.

     “Did this fellow came to chase skirts or participate in the tournament!”

     Many spectators began swearing at Stingham.

     “I’m most handsome!” Some spectators even began taunting him by sarcastically saying his favourite phrase.

     “Haha, everyone knows I’m the most handsome!” Everyone’s faces filled with black lines as Stingham didn’t become angry from their mockery, but even more happy as he shouted at the top of his lungs, “I’m most handsome!”

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     Chapter 218: Tyrin’s Wild Ambition and Stingham’s Show

      Chapter 218: Tyrin’s Wild Ambition and Stingham’s Show

     Finally, after receiving a warning from a vice-referee, Stingham began walking back towards center stage.

     “What is he about to do now?”

     Stingham was walking back when he seemed to have suddenly thought of something. Everyone’s eyes widened as they watched him stop and turn towards Golden Stag Academy’s team.

     “Wait! Where’s Hill?” Stingham suddenly shouted towards Rinsyi and the other team members.

     Hill? Didn’t he just suffer from Moss’s mutual destruction and get carried of the stage by the medical team?

     The spectators were unable to follow Stingham’s train of thought and thus found his words incomprehensible.

     Rinsyi and the other team members also blanked.

     “Hurry up and bring him back!”

     Stingham began to shout loudly, “Didn’t he make a bet with Belo where the loser had to lick the other’s feet? He hasn’t licked any feet yet, how can he just leave?! Hurry up and bring him back!”

     The entire arena became silent.

     “While on the stage, it is forbidden to provoke those off stage. Hurry up and come back so we can start the match. Otherwise, you will be disqualified,” main referee Clancy said, his face darkening. He was unable to put up with Stingham’s antics any longer.

     Stingham’s face was full of melancholy and annoyance as he returned to his spot. As he walked, he couldn’t help but mutter, “But I wasn’t provoking anyone, I was just reminding them of a deal between men?”

     “Are you still fighting?” The seemingly aloof Tyrin suddenly barked at this moment.

     “What a terrifying aura!”

     As Tyrin spoke, many nearby spectators simultaneously felt a slight tingle pass through their skin.

     “Of course.”

     Stingham nonchalantly gestured towards Clancy, indicating that he was ready.

     “Wait!”

     Just when Clancy was about to wave the flag and signal the start of the match, Stingham interrupted once more.

     After calling for a stop, Stingham combed his hair then took an offensive posture which he thought as handsome.

     In the stands, many spectators nearly fell out of their seats.

     “Alright, I’m ready!”

     “Stingham versus Tyrin. Start!”

     Afraid that Stingham might do something else, Clancy almost immediately waved his flag and called for the match to start.

     “Rip!”

     The sound of chatter within the arena was abruptly interrupted by the sound of space being torn apart.

     No one had seen Tyrin move, yet a black sphere covered in countless currents of black electricity had already appeared in front of Stingham’s chest as Clancy waved his flag.

     “Silent-invocation skill! Such a fast casting speed! Tyrin is much more terrifying than last year!”

     These thoughts hadn’t passed through many spectators’ minds when Stingham suddenly reached forward with his hand.

     Stingham maintained his “handsome” pose as his hand diagonally extended into the space before him.

     Raging dark-red flames surged onto his hand as it extended outwards. The black sphere of arcane energy, which was about to collide with his clothes, suddenly changed directions and flew into the palm of his hand.

     A bang rang through the arena.

     The black sphere had been destroyed by Stingham’s hand and turned into countless scattering black flames.

     “Wahahaha, I’m the most handsome!”

     After popping a black sphere with his hand, Stingham immediately began laughing.

     “It’s Death’s Clutch!”

     “It must have hurt a lot.”

     Although his hand was indeed in pain, Stingham tried to cover it up and maintain a pose which he considered chic and handsome. However, due to a slight contortion of Stingham’s face, many people were able to realize that his hand was in pain.

     “So fast…”

     “He actually used an arcane skill like that to break through Tyrin’s attack!”

     “This idiotic fellow… is actually a special genius?!”

     Stingham’s expression and appearance were especially ridiculous, yet not a single person laughed.

     Death’s Clutch was a short-ranged attacking skill. Only if Stingham’s invocation rate was no slower than Tyrin’s would he be able to catch Tyrin’s arcane sphere with it. Moreover, Stingham had endured the explosive power contained with the sphere. This meant that not only had the strength of his arcane energy surpassed Tyrin, but that his body was physically strong as well.

     Although Stingham had clearly suffered some pain, his fingers were still all fine.

     “During last year’s tournament, Tyrin had opened three arcane gates. Could it be that this substitute of Holy Dawn Academy has already opened four?!”

     ‘This fellow, he wasn’t just all talk?”

     “This idiotic fellow who hasn’t appeared until now is actually this strong?”

     “Holy Dawn Academy were actually hiding a powerhouse like him this entire time?!”

     After seeing his black sphere crushed by Stingham, Tyrin didn’t immediately attack again. He silently observed Stingham, waiting, but Stingham didn’t try to counterattack. The two motionlessly stood atop the stage as the stands descended into turmoil.

     “The strength of their arcane particles is about the same. Neither should have opened the fourth gate yet. However, it seems like Stingham’s affinity with arcane energy is greater than Tyrin’s. Thus, even if they use the same level of arcane skills and consume the same number of arcane particles, Stingham’s skill will be more powerful than Tyrin’s skill. Moreover, Stingham’s body is much stronger. This is an issue caused by the difference in bloodlines.”

     In the stands, Morgan whispered in disbelief, “This Stingham fellow… he has a high level dragon bloodline?! Holy Dawn Academy was actually still hiding another high level bloodline?! They have Rinloran’s high level elf bloodline as well as this fellow’s dragon bloodline?!”

     “A high level dragon bloodline…” Just like how Morgan couldn’t hold it in any longer, an abnormal light flickered through the calm Jean Camus’ eyes on the other side of the stands as he quietly muttered to himself.

     ……

     ……

     “So this is where your arrogance and self-confidence is all stemming from, your high level dragon bloodline.”

     Amidst the cries of shock and slander, Tyrin turned his head and looked at Rinsyi and his teammates from the center of the stage.

     “Rinsyi, even you have felt the pressure and let it affect you. You are no longer as confident as before.”

     Tyrin inwardly whispered to himself. But his external appearance remained the same, he seemed to still be feeling a chill and aloof, and his face was emotionless.

     In the eyes of others, Rinsyi would seem to be incomparably calm at this moment. However, those familiar with Rinsyi could see the anxiety, anger, and uncertainty which had emerged within his eyes.

     “Hill isn’t the only one who has been aiming to defeat you… Captain Rinsyi, I have also always dreamed of defeating and surpassing you.”

     “Your current appearance tells me that you are not so powerful that I cannot surpass you… since it is like this, I will have even more of a reason to fight.”

     As he coldly thought to himself, Tyrin, who seemed to be the most harmless, slow, and low-key member of Golden Stag Academy’s team, turned his head and looked at Stingham again.

     “Such an intense killing intent!”

     “Tyrin’s aura has become even stronger.”

     The majority of the audience felt as if Tyrin had become even more terrifying than before.

     “Haha, what do you think, am I handsome or what?”

     The entire audience nearly fell onto their faces as Stingham motioned towards Tyrin and once again narcissistically laughed out loud in response to Tyrin’s terrifying change as if he hadn’t felt it.

     “I’m coming!”

     “Tyrin’s about to use his entire strength!”

     The eyes of those spectators who had seen Tyrin’s matches before subconsciously opened wide.

     “Rip!”

     The space around Tyrin’s body suddenly distorted.

     A total of thirteen arcane spheres covered with black light emerged, one after another, between his hands. Afterwards, the spheres all shot out before him.

     Simultaneously, his body began to float in the air as if he had suddenly become weightless. Tyrin began flying around the arena.

     Every ten meters, yet another black sphere quietly appeared behind him.

     “The fluctuations of arcane energy coming from these arcane spheres are so strong! So powerful!”

     As Ayrin intently watched, he couldn’t help but shout out.

     “He’s really like a mother bird, leaving behind a ball every couple meters,” Ayrin couldn’t help but quietly add.

     “Whoosh… whoosh…”

     Each and every one of Tyrin’s black spheres looked exactly the same. From the fluctuations of arcane energy they released, it was likely that many people couldn’t even receive an attack from one of them. The fluctuations were so intense that countless chaotic small tornadoes were formed atop the stage, causing the sound of violently gusting wind to spread across the stage.

     But at this time, another shocking scene appeared as Stingham just casually pulled out his comb and brushed his hair!

     “Liszt, this fellow from your academy is just quite a character, but it’s too much, no?” In a corner of the stands, even the perverted medical master Songat couldn’t take it any longer as he huffed and shouted at Liszt, who was lazily leaning against a wall behind him, causing bits of the pie he was currently chewing to fly everywhere.

     “There’s nothing we could do. Even Rui had headaches due to this fellow,” Liszt responded. He couldn’t help but laugh.

     Tyrin’s body continued flying over the arena. Already, more than thirty black spheres had emerged.

     “Scryer: Spheres of a Corrupt Angel!”

     At this moment, Tyrin’s arms abruptly flapped like wings as he quickly chanted.

     Six black arcane spheres emerged at different positions around Stingham’s body and simultaneously began accelerating towards him.

     Black light from the spheres connected, forming a hexagonal ring around Stingham.

     The six black arcane spheres were over ten meters away from Stingham, but the black image of a winged angel had already taken form atop the formation. It wielded a giant sword of judgement with arcane energy revolving around it in its hand.

     “What kind of taboo skill is this?!”

     “Such power! The condensed arcane energy is too terrifying!”

     “This feeling, it’s very similar to Dark Destruction Dragon. It must be a purely destructive offensive skill!”

     The expressions of Ivan and the others immediately changed.

     Tyrin’s strength was even greater than they had imagined.

     “This?”

     But at this moment, a green sheen, which only Clancy and the other referees could see, suddenly emerged within Stinghan’s eyes as if they had suddenly turned into two emeralds.

     “Break for me!”

     Stingham’s right arm was like a longsword as it fiercely swung up.

     A stream of deep green particle shot out from the palm of his hand, creating a ten meter long beam of light.

     “Boom!”

     This deep green beam of particles wasn’t directed towards the corrupt angel by his head, but at empty space. Yet, a moment later, the corrupt angel suddenly shattered and disappeared.

     “He actually…”

     Atop the stands, Dragon Breath Academy captain Morgan unconsciously stood up from his seat.

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     Chapter 219: Supreme Narcissism Takes Effect

      Chapter 219: Supreme Narcissism Takes Effect

     “True Sight and the ability to meld particles with arcane energy. It’s actually the incredibly rare Green Dragon Bloodline.”

     As Morgan subconsciously stood up, Jean Camus couldn’t help but shout out on the other side of the stands.

     “Green Dragon Bloodline!”

     “This fellow actually has a Green Dragon Bloodline!”

     The expressions of Megan and the other Golden Stag Academy team members once again worsened.

     “It’s actually the bloodline of the Green Dragon, which possesses the ability of True Sight!”

     At this moment, several more knowledgeable figures began crying out in shock, leading to a wave of exclamations across the stands.

     “Teacher Carter, what is meant by True Sight?”

     Ayrin turned his head and asked Carter, who was beside him.

     Ayrin might have been the first person to realize Stingham had a dragon bloodline, but he had no understanding of the innate abilities which a person with a Green Dragon Bloodline would possess.

     “True Sight is a high level Green Dragon bloodline ability,” Carter quietly, but quickly explained, “True Sight allows Stingham to clearly see how many arcane gates his opponent has opened and the number of arcane particles at different parts of his opponent’s body.”

     “From just a glance, he can determine his opponent’s gates and the number of arcane particles within their body?” Ayrin’s eyes widened in shock. These two aspects of True Sight were just too useful in fights.

     “But more importantly, and perhaps the strongest ability of True Sight, is the fact that it allows hims to clearly see the properties of his opponent’s arcane energy. This means that he will always be able to know the properties of his opponent’s arcane skills, allowing him to react with one which perfectly counters it. For example, if you knew your opponent was about to use a fire aspect arcane skill, you would know to respond with a skill which could turn it into ashes.” As Carter watched Stingham atop the stage, he shook his head in annoyance, “Unfortunately, Stingham is just too lazy and hasn’t learned enough arcane skills. Otherwise, he would be able to immediately gain victory after just one move against the majority of opponents.”

     “True Sight actually has such a powerful function?!” At this moment, Sea God Academy’s students all inhaled deep breaths of cold air in shock as they processed their accompanying teacher’s own explanation.

     “But the strongest aspect of the Green Dragon Bloodline is still its ‘Dark Green Domain’.” Sea God Academy’s accompanying teacher looked at Joyce and the others as he continued, “The unique ability which only arcane masters with a Green Dragon Bloodline can learn!”

     “Dark Green Domain?” Joyce and the rest went blank, “What kind of taboo skill is this?”

     “It’s a domain type taboo skill which causes countless giant trees to suddenly emerge and fill a large area. These trees can constrict opponents, but more importantly, they release their own energies, diluting the arcane energy present. Thus, within this Dark Green Domain, the power of the opponent’s skills are greatly weakened. As for the user’s skills, they will actually be strengthened instead.”

     “What!” Joyce and the others exclaimed.

     The skills Stingham used were already more powerful than those used by arcane masters with ordinary bloodlines. But in the presence of this kind of domain, other arcane masters would barely be able to exhibit their skills, whereas Stingham’s would be further strengthened. How was one supposed to compete?

     “In the Era of the War with Dragons, those with Green Dragon Bloodlines had two titles. They were the whisperers of nature and destroyers of balance. Those with Green Dragon Bloodlines have extremely great affinity with wood and life energies. Thus, in places where those with Green Dragon Bloodlines resided, forests would become even denser. Thus, they were most welcomed friends of the proud and arrogant Elf Kingdom. As for destroyers of balance, it directly refers to their Dark Green Domain, and its ability to greatly change the balance of a fight.” As the Sea God Academy’s accompanying teacher watched Stingham, he couldn’t help but shake his head, “But nowadays, those with Green Dragon Bloodlines are just too rare. It has already been many years since the last one appeared. I never ever would have imagined that Holy Dawn Academy would have a new student with this bloodline!”

     “Best friends of the elves?” Upon hearing this, Joyce subconsciously glanced at Rinloran amongst Holy Dawn Academy’s team.

     No matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t see Stingham and Rinloran having a good relationship.

     ……

     While the stands had fallen into chaos, movements had come to a stop atop the stage.

     Tyrin seemed lost in thought as he considered his next step for dealing with Stingham after his attack had failed. Meanwhile, after easily disrupting Tyrin’s attack, Stingham was currently laughing with his hands on his hips, “Wahahaha, what do you think? Did you see it? Aren’t I handsome?”

     “What is Tyrin doing?”

     “Why doesn’t he take advantage of this fellow’s complacency to strike?”

     “Could it be that he has become scared after learning of his opponent’s Green Dragon Bloodline?”

     In the stands, students of Golden Stag Academy incessantly chattered and stated their opinions while watching the motionless Tyrin.

     “I never imagined that you would have a Green Dragon Bloodline.”

     After silently pondering for several seconds, Tyrin finally raised his head. Watching Stingham, he roared, “Since it is like this, I can only use this arcane skill.”

     “This is…” Those who heard Tyrin’s words immediately sensed that he was about to use his strongest arcane skill which he had been hiding.

     “Haha! Bring out whatever tricks you have. Regardless, you cannot possibly beat my handsome, godly, and genius self!” The crowd was once again left speechless as Stingham’s narcissism emerged yet again. He laughed weirdly as he shouted, “I’m the most handsome!”

     “Eternal Nightmare! Battlefield of the Lost!”

     Tyrin’s words rang across the stage.

     His hands seemed extremely heavy and slow as they suddenly began to move through the air. Suddenly, countless layers of chiffon-like purple light abruptly condensed atop the stage.

     “Eh?”

     Stingham suddenly felt his eyelids become extremely heavy, as if he was about to fall asleep. His mind also became abnormally muddled, as if he was dreaming. At times, he even felt like he had lost all ability to sense and control his own arcane particles.

     “What kind of domain taboo skill is this?”

     Ayrin’s eyes enlarged as he blurted.

     The remaining floating black spheres began to aimlessly fly around the sky as they slowly shrunk.

     “Rip!”

     A part of the stage not far in front of Tyrin’s body suddenly ruptured and turned into a cluster of rock shards flickering with a golden light. The cluster of rocks suddenly shot towards Stingham at a frightening speed.

     “These are the arcane energy fluctuations of the skill, Golden Canary Sword… this Tyrin’s domain allows him to activate remnants of the skills which have been used here before?” A light flashed through the calm Jean Camus’s eyes as he habitually crossed his fingers.

     “What arcane skill is this?!”

     “Stingham!”

     In the stands, students of Holy Dawn Academy let out great cries of shock.

     Facing the incoming barrage of rock shards flickering with gold light, Stingham had almost no reaction. As he watched, the shards had almost reached his forehead.

     “Ah!”

     From within his nightmare, Stingham suddenly felt the tug of death.

     “Pu!” As he roared, a stream of green colored dragon flames shot out from his mouth.

     As the golden light collided with the green flames, the path of the shards slightly veered as they shot past Stingham’s left ear, cutting off the entirety of his golden hair on that side.

     “So dangerous!”

     In the stands, a cold sweat appeared on every single student of Holy Dawn Academy.

     They only became more horrified as they saw the entire stage continue to violently rupture as more clusters of rock shards containing strong arcane energy fluctuations of various properties emerged. Each cluster was glowing with a different radiance.

     “What a strong taboo domain!”

     “Tyrin’s taboo domain… not only attacks his opponent’s spirit, but also allows him to use the arcane skills which have been imprinted into this area! This stage has been here since the Era of the War with Dragons! Who knows how many powerful arcane skills have been used here and had their arcane energy infused into the land… he can actually distinguish and analyze these arcane energies and use them as if he were using fragments of arcane skills to battle!”

     Ivan, Charlotte, and the others atop the stands all broke into a cold sweat.

     This domain coupled with the other skill, which caused one’s mind to become muddled as if in a dream and caused reality to seem like it’s stopped… how could one win?!

     Stingham had clearly been frightened as a layer of cold sweat appeared atop his body.

     “Haha, how could your tricks possibly harm me? Did you see it? I blew away your attack like I was casually blowing on someone’s hair.”

     The spectators all nearly spit blood as Stingham tried to play it off and look cool once again. They watched as he took another pose which he thought was handsome and laughed loudly.

     Trying to play it cool, Stingham brushed his hair.

     “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

     But in the next second, against the expectation of everyone watching, Stingham suddenly let out a wretched scream like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

     “Eh?”

     Even Tyrin was stunned for a moment as he failed to understand what had happened to Stingham. Could his skill have already caused him to take a heavy hit?

     “My hair!”

     “You actually completely cut off my hair on one side!”

     “My handsome hair!”

     “You actually ruined my hair to look like Wilde!”

     “Unforgivable!”

     Stingham crazily shouted all at once in the next moment.

     “He’s acting so crazily just because part of his hair was cut off?” The audience was absolutely speechless.

     And the most speechless was Iron Forest Academy’s Wilde. He brushed his hand through his hair as doubts emerged and he wondered if his hairstyle was actually that ugly.

     “He has completely awakened now. His super narcissism has managed to produce this arcane skill like brain stimulating effect.” For the first time, Jean Camus’s expression changed as some astonishment passed across his face.

     Stinghim didn’t even realize it as the hysteria he experienced completely awakened him from within the nightmare state.

     “You actually turned my handsome hair into this mess!”

     “You are dead!”

     “Gates of Gods!”

     A wild and shrill scream rang across the stage as arcane particles suddenly began to surge atop Stingham’s body like never before.

     With an explosion, Stingham’s body shot into the air like a rocket.

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     Chapter 220: The Unpredictable Stingham and the Impetuous Belo

      Chapter 220: The Unpredictable Stingham and the Impetuous Belo

     “Such terrifying arcane energy fluctuations!”

     Ayrin’s eyes widened as he saw the entire area above the arena turn golden while Stingham’s body shot into the air.

     Seven giant doors of pure gold, each about ten meters tall, suddenly appeared in midair around Stingham.

     Golden arcane energy rippled across the top each door like a golden crown, making them look both beautiful and solemn.

     A brilliant golden light radiated from each door and slowly converged atop Stingham’s body, causing Stingham’s figure to become blindingly dazzling as it grew larger and larger. It looked like the seven gold doors were giving birth to a god.

     “He was actually able to break through my Eternal Nightmare … but it doesn’t matter. How could his arcane skill possibly match all of the residue energies left here?”

     Tyrin’s expression remained blank as he raised his head and watched the grand scene occurring in midair.

     “Die!”

     A single word which only Tyrin himself could hear shot out from his mouth.

     Pew pew pew…

     All of the glowing clusters of rock shards which had emerged from the ground simultaneously accelerated at this moment as they began shooting towards Stingham like countless meteors.

     “You actually turned my handsome hair into this mess!”

     “I’m going to smash you into a pulp!”

     At this time, the brilliantly shining Stingham hysterically shouted in midair.

     Boom!

     Everyone furrowed their brows as they simultaneously jumped in their seats.

     As Stingham raved in midair, the seven giant golden doors began violently falling towards Tyrin in quick succession.

     Ding dang dang dang…

     Countless rock shards abruptly collided with the first giant golden door. With terrifying sounds, countless waves visible to the naked eye rippled across the stage.

     The first door was directly shattered into pieces.

     The second and third doors followed… in but a moment, five out of the seven giant golden doors had been completely destroyed.

     The stands were completely engulfed by chaotic gusts of wind.

     “Tyrin’s arcane skill is actually so strong!”

     Everyone tried their best to keep their eyes open and watch the match. Although the arcane skill released by Stingham in his enraged state was strong, they all felt like it was impossible for him to overcome Tyrin’s energy imbued clusters of rock shards.

     After seeing the power of the clusters, they believed the remaining two doors would also be completely destroyed.

     “What happened?”

     But right at this moment, Tyrin’s body began to sway fiercely as a streak of blood oozed from a corner of his mouth.

     “Could it be?” Audrey subconsciously shouted from amongst Dragon Breath Academy’s team.

     “Stingham’s skill is extremely strange as the force generated from the collisions have all continued downwards.” Morgan helplessly sighed, “Tyrin’s domain indeed surpasses Stingham’s skill in strength when displayed here, but his body is unable to endure the repeated battering from the forces and pressure created by the collisions of their arcane energies.”

     ……

     In the center of the stage, Tyrin’s body was continuously compressed by the pressure.

     At this point, even the small capillaries within his eyes had been squeezed to the point of exploding, causing his vision to blur and his eyes to become entirely blood red.

     As the air around him also became compressed, he felt like he was surrounded by constricting iron plates. He couldn’t breath, or even circulate arcane particles.

     “My body can’t endure any longer… but how can I lose to this guy… I must continue…”

     Tyrin strained to remain standing as he forcefully squeezed arcane particles out of his body.

     “Crack! Crack!”

     The last two giant golden doors finally shattered.

     “Bastard! Give me my handsome hair back!”

     With a boom, Stingham’s resplendently glowing body shot another ten meters into the air.

     At the same time, a jet of blood spurt out from within Tyrin’s mouth like a geyser.

     All of the upward flying rock clusters seemed to simultaneously break down as if they had reached their limits as they began to scatter, turning into specks of different colored light and coloring the entire sky.

     “Tyrin’s done!”

     This though ran through almost everyone’s mind at this moment.

     Tyrin stood motionlessly atop the stage.

     But everyone could sense Tyrin’s arcane particles scattering and going out of control the moment they exited his body.

     This only occurred when one was internally injured to a point where their body was no longer able to self-regulate.

     “What!”

     Rinsyi gutturally roared from the midst of Golden Stag Academy’s team as Megan and the rest dazedly observed the scene before them, not daring to believe it.

     “Rinsyi…”

     Golden Stag Academy’s team members all turned their heads to look and were abruptly stunned.

     Rinsyi’s face had already become twisted.

     As if the skin on his face had become somewhat transparent, one could see a blue glow faintly flickering within the blood vessels on his face.

     Tyrin had also been defeated… was this real?

     A team from St Lauren which had to make it through the gauntlet to qualify for this tournament is actually so strong? Why are they so confident they can beat us?

     Emotions which had been repressed suddenly emerged within Rinysi’s mind and transformed into rage.

     ……

     Crunch!

     In a corner of the stands, Songat finally stopped chewing.

     “Liszt, didn’t you just say that this Stingham fellow is incredibly lazy and talk about how he always tries to avoid training through various methods? So how come he knows Rui’s skill, Doors of Gods?” Songat turned his head and looked at Liszt as he continued, “If I remember correctly, this Doors of Gods is quite hard to learn.”

     “It was out of my control. This fellow is just too narcissistic.”

     Liszt looked at the floating Stingham as he said with a smirk, “This fellow doesn’t learn arcane skills because they are useful, but because they can make him look more handsome. He slacks off when it comes to learning skills which are suitable for him, but for this one skill, he thought that this skill made him look very handsome, so he made quite a bit of effort and spent a lot of time on learning it. In the end, even though this taboo skill is incredibly hard to learn, he did learn it.”

     “This fellow is a little too pretentious, isn’t he?” Songat felt speechless.

     “Nothing I can do. Geniuses are always different from others.” Liszt lazily stretched his waist, then laughed, “Isn’t this pretty good. He was able to easily defeat Tyrin.”

     “Hill and Tyrin have both been defeated… the chance of victory is only getting better and better for these little monsters from your Holy Dawn Academy.” As Songat observed Holy Dawn Academy’s team, this thought emerged in his mind.

     “This match has ended!”

     Lead referee Clancy’s shout and the subsequent rush of a medical team onto the stage shattered any remaining traces of disbelief from the minds of the spectating Golden Stag Academy students.

     “This idiot like fellow was actually this strong?”

     The vast majority of spectating Golden Stag Academy students felt extremely uncomfortable as they had suffered a lost but didn’t have anyone to complain to.

     Whoosh!

     The resplendent light in midair disappeared.

     Stingham steadily landed onto the ground.

     “I’m not fighting anymore!”

     “I’m so ugly now, how can I keep fighting!”

     Everyone now looked at Stingham in a different light. Yet, against their expectations, he had a dispirited and angry expression on his face upon descending, as if he had been crying but his tears hadn’t come out.

     After loudly crying out twice in an extremely dispirited manner, Stingham directly motioned that he was forfeiting towards Clancy and then quickly ran off the stage into the nearby preparation room.

     “He directly forfeited? Simply because his hair was too ugly on one side?”

     Even Clancy was unable to respond as stood blankly atop the stage.

     The Holy Dawn Academy students in the stands were completely dumbfounded.

     “This fellow clearly could have kept fighting, yet he decided to suddenly give up just like this?”

     “Didn’t this fellow say he was going to defeat all of Golden Stag Academy’s team by himself and be the savior of Holy Dawn Academy? Why is he directly stepping down right after one fight?”

     Ayrin, Chris, and the others simultaneously looked at each other.

     However, the competition put the wishes of the competitor themselves first. Since Stingham himself had already indicated his decision to withdraw, even if they tied him up and threw him back up onto the stage, he wouldn’t be able participate anymore.

     “Whatever.”

     Carter gently sighed, then looked at the others, “Stingham didn’t have that many arcane particles left anyway. Trading two for two was already planned for as well. Belo, Ayrin, the rest relies on you.”

     A glint of light seemed to flash for a second as Belo pushed his glasses up.

     ……

     “Impetuous Freshman Belo?”

     “The next person appearing for our Holy Dawn Academy team is actually him?”

     “It’s another substitute who has yet to appear?”

     “It’s that substitute member who made the bet with Hill over the loser licking the winner’s feet?”

     Belo had only just stood up when a strange atmosphere descended over the stands.

     Holy Dawn Academy’s students were full of shock and confusion, yet there was also an air of expectancy.

     As for Golden Stag Academy’s students, they felt full of unease and doubt.

     From the midst of Golden Stag Academy’s team, a sharp faced boy with dark gray hair who gave off a sinister and morbid aura took a deep breath and began walking towards the stage.

     “It’s Plague Disseminator Zouchen versus Belo!”

     It had now become very obvious that Golden Stag Academy’s team was indeed using its full strength!

     “This fellow…”

     In Zouchen’s eyes, the glasses wearing Belo seemed extremely young and innocent. Based on common sense, it should be impossible for a freshman like Belo to compare with an arcane master like him who had experienced so many brutal battles and killed so many people as a member of one of House Baratheon’s arcane teams.

     But for some inexplicable reason, a strange feeling of discomfort emerged in Zouchen’s heart the moment he stepped onto the stage.

     “Belo… just what kind of special training did Teacher Carter prepare for you?”

     Ayrin excitedly clenched his fists as he looked onwards, full of anticipation.

     “Has your body suddenly become filled with a strange feeling?”

     Belo suddenly asked as he faced Zouchen atop the stage.

     “What do you mean?” Zouchen subconsciously furrowed his brows as he looked at Belo in a startled manner.

     Belo pushed his glasses up as an impetuous look emerged on his face, “I’m just letting you know what this feeling is… what you are feeling is the feeling a poisonous bug gets when it encounters a poisonous bug eating eagle. It is the feeling of having encountered a natural predator.”

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     Chapter 221: A Bloody Battle

      Chapter 221: A Bloody Battle

     “The feeling of encountering a natural predator?”

     Zouchen felt an inexplicable chill run through his mind as he immediately became enraged, “Rubbish!”

     “I’m not joking.”

     Belo propped his glasses up with his hand as he looked at Zouchen like a hunter stalking its prey and said, “Because I have felt the same way before.”

     “Stop bullshitting.” Zouchen began to increasingly feel like this seemingly gentle and quiet, yet also impetuous boy before him was extremely strange. Not wanting to waste any more time bantering, he directly motioned towards Clancy that he was ready.

     “It was such a terrifying predator… but do you know what happened to it? It was killed by me. And then, I drank all of its blood.”

     A strange expression of madness and excitement which not even his glasses could hide flashed through Belo’s eyes.

     “What the hell?” The anxiety within Zouchen’s mind became even more intense.

     “It’s unfortunate, but you don’t seem to be able to have the potential to defeat your natural predator. Thus, I will be the victor of this match.” As Belo said these words, his hand left his glasses and he motioned towards Clancy, “I am ready.”

     “It seems like this fellow is also not normal.”

     Clancy increasingly felt that Belo was also abnormal. Only after subconsciously turning his head and glancing at Carter on the sideline did he finally take a deep breath and wave the flag in his hand.

     “Match start!”

     “Even if you have a dragon bloodline, how could I possibly be afraid of you?”

     Zouchen sharply cried out in his mind as his eyes narrowed and a shocking murderous aura began billowing from his body.

     “Revenant Crushers!”

     As Zouchen quickly chanted, his entire body began to become hazy, as if it was melding into the air. At the same time, ten spectral “revenants” suddenly appeared beside Belo. They moaned as they rushed at Belo from all directions.

     “What a strange arcane skill. The bodies of these revenants aren’t completely incorporeal!”

     Within the stands, Charlotte immediately saw through the intricacies of Zouchen’s “Revenant Crushers” as the revenants had some similarities with her Soul-Linked War Avatar. While they seemed to be completely ethereal, they could condense certain areas through movement of arcane energy.

     Thus, although a single “revenant” might be easy to deal with, dealing with several at the same time from all directions was indeed quite difficult.

     “Not good!”

     In a single instant, everyone’s attention had been drawn by the “revenants”. Everyone watched as a considerable sheen suddenly erupted from the revenants’ hands and feet.

     Facing Zouchen’s strange yet powerful arcane skill, Belo seemed unable to dodge or break through as he merely protected his face and other vitals with his hands while a layer of reddish light emitting weak arcane energy fluctuations emerged over his body.

     “Belo!”

     Amidst the shocked cries of Holy Dawn Academy students, the “revenants’ ” sharp claws descended upon Belo’s body.

     Ayrin and the rest of the team opened their mouths in shock as they sharply inhaled.

     Spurt spurt spurt spurt…

     Countless wounds suddenly emerged on Belo’s body as his clothes were directly torn to shreds.

     Blood began to course out over Belo’s body.

     In but a single instant, Belo’s entire body had become miserable to look at.

     “He was directly…” The spectators, who had been anticipating a powerful presentation from Belo, were all stunned.

     “Pretending to be a god when he’s actually a ghost! I thought he was strong, but he was actually unable to even block a single attack!”

     Upon seeing Belo’s current state, Zouchen let out a sigh of relief.

     “Hmmm?”

     But he suddenly felt like something wasn’t right.

     Because even though his body was covered in countless bloody wounds, Belo had yet to let out even a single sound.

     Everyone watched as Belo put down his hands.

     His face was surprisingly completely intact. There wasn’t a single wound or even blood, forming a strong contrast with his bloodied body.

     A red light seemed to flicker across Belo’s glasses.

     “What!”

     The spectators were shocked as they watched Belo smirk at this moment.

     “His eyes…”

     Afterwards, those spectators closer to Belo cried out in surprise as they watched Belo’s eyes suddenly become blood red!

     “How?”

     “What has happened?”

     The blood flowing from the wounds on Belo’s body suddenly began steaming, creating a bloody colored fog which twined around Belo’s skin.

     It was only now that the audience discovered that although Belo’s blood was red, there were indeed many different shades of red, as if it was a mixture of countless kinds of blood.

     “High rank beastman bloodline!”

     In the midst of Golden Stag Academy’s team, Megan’s expression suddenly became pale. The alluring smile which seemed to eternally grace her face had long since disappeared.

     “A beastman bloodline who has already awoken his primal ancestral power.” In the stands, Jean Camus clasped his hands together as he quietly said to himself, “And he has also devoured and experienced the blood of countless giant beasts… so his blood is so abnormal… and he can utilize a portion of one of the earliest abilities of the beastman race.”

     “Ancestral Attunement! Through some special methods, he has altered his body to better resemble his ancestors to gain a stronger beastman innate talent. It’s as if we altered our bloodlines to make them purer.” In the midst of Dragon Breath Academy’s team, Morgan had gone half crazy as he cried out, “Moreover, there isn’t a single known arcane master with beastman bloodline who has awakened primal savagery in the entire Kingdom of Eiche, yet Holy Dawn Academy was actually hiding one!”

     “What’s going on?”

     Ayrin’s eyes had enlarged to their limits.

     Ayrin watched the bloodied Belo in surprise as the wounds over Belo’s body quickly closed and his body began to enlarge. The hairs over Belo’s body had all become erect like iron rods.

     His nails and teeth lengthened and his skull enlarged as he morphed into a giant monstrous werewolf.

     “This is the Berserk Blood Transformation of a person with a beastman bloodline who has awakened their primal savagery.”

     A glint of satisfaction and approval flashed through Carter’s eyes as he quickly continued, “In the Era of the War with Dragons, beastman arcane masters were able to able to use the abilities of various monsters and beasts depending on the properties of the mixed blood flowing within their bodies. Moreover, they can continuously stimulate themselves through this method, allowing them to grow increasingly savage and berserk.”

     “Indeed, his actions are even more impetuous than normal!” Ayrin’s subconsciously cried out as he watched Belo atop the stage. His eyes seemed to be glowing with light.

     “You…” In the center circle atop the stage, Belo glared at Zouchen with fiery eyes, causing Zouchen to feel as if he was a chicken facing a starved direwolf.

     “So terrifying…”

     Within the stands, some female students of Golden Stag Academy had been scared to the verge of crying. They felt like Belo would excitedly rush up into the stands and tear them to pieces at any moment.

     “So what if you have a beastman bloodline, I’m not afraid of you!”

     “Plague Corpses!”

     Zouchen’s expression suddenly became hideous.

     Arcane particles simultaneously began to violently surge out from both his hands and feet.

     “Not good!”

     The two assistant referees immediately moved to two corners of the stage in shock as they felt the fluctuations of arcane energy.

     “Wall of Divine Cleansing!”

     “Guardian Angel’s Domain!”

     Two powerful arcane energy fluctuations quickly spread.

     A brilliant barrier of white light and a curtain of gentle yellow light formed and isolated the stage.

     At the same time, an astonishingly putrid stench proliferated out from the stage as several patches of viscous, dark purple goop seeped out atop the stage and condensed into humanoid rotting corpses oozing poisonous pus.

     “Belo!”

     Holy Dawn Academy students once again cried out from within the stands.

     In an instant, more than ten abnormally tall rotting corpses pounced towards Belo.

     These rotting corpses seemed to be shockingly strong as they immediately restrained Belo’s body and began biting him.

     “What is Belo doing?”

     “Why is he still not reacting?”

     Many spectators couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched an excited Belo stand motionlessly atop the stage and calmly allow for the corpses to cover him.

     Boom!

     The rotting corpses hanging onto Belo’s body all abruptly disintegrated.

     The audience’s view abruptly became obstructed as purplish droplets and polluted smoke flooded the stage and spattered onto the two barriers.

     “Not dead? He’s still not dead?!”

     Atop the stage, Zouchen felt cold sweat suddenly cover his entire body as a terrifying current of air swept by him at a shocking speed.

     “Blade of Pestilence!”

     Countless little black winged beetles suddenly appeared before merging to form a long black knife in Zouchen’s right hand.

     Spurt!

     He slashed out with his knife at Belo, who had appeared beside him.

     The knife opened up a deep wound over Belo’s waist, exposing bone, as many black beetles drilled into Belo’s body.

     Swoosh!

     But at the same time, Zouchen’s pupils shrunk as Belo’s nails suddenly extended and lacerated his chest.

     “Ah!”

     The pain of having his chest penetrated caused Zouchen to miserably cry out. Arcane particles wildly surged out from his feet has his body immediately flew back several meters.

     “That was Zouchen’s voice!”

     “What has happened?”

     Everyone in the stands was stunned.

     At this moment, they finally saw traces of Belo and Zouchen’s figures amidst the dense smoke atop the stage. Only, they were now several meters away from each other.

     Belo’s skin had turned a dark purple and his body was covered in countless wounds which seemed to be oozing a greenish yellow pus.

     As for Zouchen, ten new long lacerations had appeared atop his chest as his body dripped with blood.

     “Still not dead? How is this possible!”

     Due to both pain and terror, Zouchen’s entire body began trembling.

     He watched as the black beetles which had drilled into Belo’s body flowed out alongside the pus. They had all died.

     The red glow in Belo’s eyes seemed to become increasingly intense as his wounds once again began to shrink.

     At this moment, Zouchen’s body violently shuddered as he lowered his head and looked at the gaping wound on his chest.

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     Chapter 222: Rinsyi’s Mental State, Megan Appears on Stage

      Chapter 222: Rinsyi’s Mental State, Megan Appears on Stage

     Zouchen felt on the verge of fainting as a bout of dizziness and weakness suddenly spread through his body.

     It was the sensation of having lost too much blood.

     Yet when he looked at the lacerations on his chest, they didn’t seem to be bleeding too hard.

     It seemed as if a portion of the blood within his body had somehow disappeared into thin air.

     “What’s going on with Belo’s arms?”

     At this moment, cries of shock began rang out from the stands.

     A thick layer of bloody plasma had enveloped both of Belo’s arms. The plasma flowed down Belo’s arms to the tips of his fingers and then dripped slowly onto the ground.

     “What’s going on?”

     Even Audrey and the other Dragon Breath Academy team members couldn’t comprehend what was happening.

     “Blood Eater: Life Essence Absorption!”

     Morgan’s expression became serious as he explained, “It’s not Belo’s blood, but Zouchen’s blood… Blood Eater: Life Essence Absorption is a taboo skill which only those who possess awakened beastman bloodline can use under the effects of a full Berserk Transformation. It allows the user to steal the life essence within their opponent’s blood to heal oneself. Naturally, the effect is better if it is used on a giant beast or monster as this skill was originally a life saving technique for the beastmen back when they lived in demon forests infested with giant beasts.”

     “Idiot! How could you let an opponent of this level get close to your body!”

     From within Golden Stag Academy’s bench, Rinsyi’s face twisted as he angrily swore, “Zouchen, you are really an idiot!”

     The other members of Golden Stag Academy’s team were completely speechless.

     None of them expected for Belo to be relatively uninjured and able to counter attack after suffering the explosions of the “Rotting Plague Corpses.”

     In such circumstances, very few could possibly prevent Belo from approaching. Moreover, although Belo did manage to strike, he was also struck by Zouchen’s secret skill, “Blade of Pestilence.”

     There weren’t too many faults in Zouchen’s performance, yet Rinsyi’s emotions had skyrocketed out of control, causing Megan and the rest to feel increasingly worried.

     “Are you ready to lick my feet?”

     Atop the stage, Belo calmly pushed his glasses up.

     A striking streak of blood flowed across the frame of his glasses and onto his spotless face, causing him to seem even more startling and devilish to the audience.

     Whoosh!

     Belo abruptly bent down and placed his hands on the ground as he madly charged towards Zouchen on four limbs like a real wild beast.

     “So fast!”

     Ayrin was astonished.

     Although Ayrin felt like Belo’s current speed didn’t quite match up to Rinloran’s speed, he still realized that the current Belo was definitely faster than him.

     But what shocked him the most was that Belo’s movements didn’t rely on arcane skills, but his own body’s explosiveness.

     “Natural predator…”

     Zouchen was someone who had already experienced many cruel battles. He had even solo killed entire arcane teams before while accomplishing his tasks. Yet right now, as he watched Belo madly rush towards him, this one thought inexplicably flashed through his mind, as if he didn’t dare face Belo head on.

     “Lightning Steps!”

     Lightning surged out from Zouchen’s feet as his body flashed to one side.

     “Think you can escape? Hurry and lick this grandfather’s feet!”

     As Belo raced along the stage on four limbs, he suddenly raised his head. A red beam of light shot out from his eyes.

     Boom!

     Zouchen felt his body violently shake as the air around him abruptly turned red and became filled with the stench of blood.

     “Ah!”

     After a short pause, the stands exploded into commotion yet again.

     Belo had appeared beside Zouchen and grabbed one of his ankles.

     Zouchen let out a wretched scream as Belo’s nails pierced through his calf. He felt like five iron rods had been forcefully driven into his leg. As Belo violently stood back up onto his legs, Zouchen felt his body dragged into the air and then thrown into the sky.

     This time, Zouchen was able to feel it clearly.

     The moment Belo’s nails pierced him, his heart had violently contracted as a massive amount of blood was drained out from the wounds on his leg.

     This feeling of blood loss caused Zouchen to become even weaker and further increased his feelings of fear.

     “I don’t want to die…”

     As he suddenly thought about all of the arcane masters he had killed, he inwardly cried out in terror.

     “Still not willing to surrender and obediently lick this grandfather’s feet?”

     After tossing Zouchen into the sky, Belo had become even more excited and his regeneration speed had further increased.

     Swoosh!

     Belo’s figure moved even faster than before as he instantly appeared below Zouchen before he could even land.

     “I surrender!” Zouchen screamed in midair.

     Against another opponent, Zouchen might have decided to keep fighting, but Belo’s fighting methods and his abnormal arcane skills caused Zouchen to feel like Belo was indeed his natural predator. This lingering feeling of death had caused Zouchen to lose all of his fighting spirit.

     “I wasn’t the person who bet with you, okay? The person who made a bet for the loser to lick the winner’s feet was not me!”

     “So don’t come looking for me!”

     After surrendering, Zouchen continued screaming as he fell from midair.

     Boom!

     The entire stands went up in an uproar.

     It was clear that Zouchen had lost all will to fight. That was why he had shouted out in such a scared manner.

     Zouchen, a celebrity fighter who had experienced countless actual cruel battles, had been beaten into such a state by Belo.

     “Not good!”

     As Zouchen surrendered, the medical teams had already begun stepping onto the stage. But Carter’s expression immediately turned ugly as he watched Belo continue to attack as if he had no intention of stopping. Nails glinting with a frosty glare, Belo’s two hands descended towards Zouchen.

     “Whoosh!”

     A figure suddenly appeared between Belo and Zouchen.

     A ring of bronze colored flames rippled as Belo’s body flew back ten meters.

     Only after this ring of bronze flames disappeared did the audience see that it was the main referee Clancy standing before Belo.

     “Too out of control. But you are young after all. And your training is not quite there… you are still unable to completely control a full Berserk Transformation.”

     Clancy’s eyes narrowed as he vigilantly observed Belo.

     After being sent flying back by Clancy, Belo still seemed to be in an extremely excited state. As if his interest had been piqued, it seemed like he was about to attack Clancy.

     “This match has ended! Control yourself!”

     “This is a stern warning. If you lose control of yourself again and attack after a match has ended, you will lose the right to participate in matches for the rest of this tournament.”

     As Clancy warned Belo, an assistant referee appeared beside Belo, preventing his next actions.

     Belo madly looked at the assistant referee beside him.

     “His eyes and expression. Could he be thinking about fighting the referees?”

     The look in Belo’s eyes caused the audience to suddenly cry out in shock.

     But moments later, as if he had considered it but then realized he couldn’t win, Belo nodded and began moving back to his initial starting position, the bloody light in his eyes receding.

     “We won?!”

     “Belo defeated Plague Disseminator Zouchen!”

     “We are leading three to two!”

     Only now did the students of Holy Dawn Academy and the other supporters from St. Lauren let out sighs of relief within the stands. Afterwards, they exploded into a great round of applause like a pent up volcano.

     “Even Zouchen…”

     The students of Golden Stag Academy turned pale as they all became silent.

     “Holy Dawn Academy’s team can’t even match up to our substitutes.”

     This phrase which had been repeatedly said by Rinsyi and countless Golden Stag Academy students now seemed like a joke.

     First, a rare high level Green Dragon Bloodline had appeared!

     Now, it was this substitute with his terrifying beastman bloodline!

     And there was still Rinloran with his high level Elf Bloodline… the depth of Holy Dawn Academy’s bench could indeed be considered unfathomable!

     “Huuuu.”

     In the stands, Dragon Breath Academy’s team members all sighed helplessly.

     Three of Golden Stag Academy’s mainstays had already fallen, and Holy Dawn Academy’s most monstrous and unfathomable fighter Ayrin had yet to make an appearance.

     Golden Stag Academy was indeed in danger of being eliminated.

     “He won!”

     “Belo’s so cool! He’s a true brave warrior!” Ayrin excitedly shouted from beside the stage.

     Ayrin’s cries were like nails clawing a chalkboard to Rinysi and the other Golden Stag Academy team members.

     “Do you think that it’s already over!”

     “Wait until this match is over before acting like you’ve already won it all, okay!”

     Rinsyi suddenly shouted out loud in hysteria.

     Prior to this, Rinsyi had mostly remained silent. Even when he spoke, it was extremely quietly and to himself. This time, however, he had shouted loud enough for his cries to echo through the arena.

     Many spectators subconsciously turned and looked at Rinsyi as they began to wonder why he had suddenly broke down after seeming so arrogant and proud all the time.

     At this moment, Megan took two steps forward from the bench.

     Everyone’s attention immediately shifted onto her.

     “I don’t know why you are like this,” Megan said as she turned her head and looked at Rinsyi, “But I can guarantee that if you don’t pull yourself together, this match is already over.”

     Megan glanced at Belo atop the stage as she quietly continued, “They still have three competitors. I will definitely defeat this one. And perhaps, I will even be able to deal with them all. But even if I don’t, the Rinsyi I know would never lose to any opponent of this level.”

     Finished speaking, she stepped onto the stage.

     “Megan… you and the others just don’t understand.”

     “Why am I like this?”

     “Did these people and my inability to succeed in using that arcane skill actually pressure me to this extent?”

     “No! How can I possibly lose to these pieces of trash from St. Lauren!”

     Rinsyi’s head remained hanging as his face twisted and he didn’t respond to Megan. In his mind, he wildly fumed and ranted to himself.

     ……

     Megan’s footsteps were extremely soft and gentle as she soundlessly walked atop the stage like a cat, her posture extremely lascivious and tempting.

     In the stands, the students of Holy Dawn Academy immediately became nervous once again.

     It was because a year ago, Megan, this beautiful and charming girl, had been recognized as Golden Stag Academy’s number three. She was an existence much stronger than both Zouchen and Tyrin.

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     Chapter 223: The Reason for Feet Licking, and Belo’s Sacrifice

      Chapter 223: The Reason for Feet Licking, and Belo’s Sacrifice

     “Zouchen lost to you only because you are unknown.”

     As Megan faced Belo and eyed him up, she indifferently said, “If we had known of your strength and the properties of your arcane skills beforehand, Zouchen might not have lost.”

     “How intelligent. This Megan indeed has some qualities of a leader. She is trying to rebuild the Golden Stag Academy team’s confidence through her words.” As Carter observed Megan, he felt like she was an even more difficult character than he had thought.

     The spectators trembled as they heard Megan’s words. They were indeed reasonable.

     “Why don’t you just kneel and lick this grandfather’s feet?”

     The spectators were speechless as Belo completely ignored Megan’s words and responded in such a manner. Hints of excitement once again appeared on his face.

     “He only knows how to tell people to lick his feet!”

     “Why does this fellow like telling people to lick his feet?”

     “Telling people to lick his feet for no reason, truly a little king of foot licking… why is every member of Holy Dawn Academy’s team even weirder than the previous one?”

     The stands burst into an uproar.

     An icy glint flashed through Megan’s eyes as a seemingly forced smile appeared on her face, “Why do you wish for others to lick your feet so much, could it be that you have some special tastes?”

     “What did Megan just say?” The spectators in the stands felt like Megan’s words were too ambiguous.

     But they all nearly spit blood as Belo looked Megan in the eye and then responded, “It’s because my feet are really smelly.”

     “What kind of response is this?!”

     “What a reason!”

     “He wants others to lick his feet because they stink!”

     “Just what is going on inside this fellow’s head?”

     The stands descended into chaos.

     “Indeed worthy of his nickname ‘Impetuous Freshman’. His actions are simply incomprehensible…”

     Holy Dawn Academy students awkwardly glanced at each other in the stands.

     “Why don’t I make you lick your own feet?” Megan icily replied. She had clearly been angered as the forced smile on her face disappeared and extremely insidious aura began radiating from her. She gestured that she was ready towards Clancy.

     “I can’t lift my feet that high. So it would be best if you licked my feet.” As Belo pushed his glasses up, a glint flashed across his lenses.

     Megan responded, “It’s possible once I cut off your head. Then I can simply place it by your feet.”

     “What?”

     Megan’s words caused many spectators to feel a biting chill suddenly course through their bodies.

     Several minutes ago, she had still seemed like a beautiful temptress, someone who made others wish to interact with her. But now, she had suddenly transformed into a evil succubus.

     “She seems to have improved quite a bit.”

     In the stands, the four House Eclipse Moon arcane masters fixedly observed Megan. The captain was full of killing intent as he spoke to the others.

     “We must kill her now. Otherwise, she will only grow even stronger.” Their words were laced with deep killing intent as they conversed.

     “Those arcane masters from the headhunting houses really do not care at all about lives at all. So ruthless.”

     Clancy took a deep breath and then looked each of his two assistant referees in the eye, as if signalling for them to be more vigilant. Only then did he wave the flag in his hand.

     “Start the match!”

     ……

     “Roland Enticement Art!”

     Megan acted the moment Clancy started speaking as she quietly invoked a skill. A moment later, dense, chiffon-like layers of pink fog appeared and covered the entire stage.

     A strange, fragrant aroma followed.

     “This…?”

     In the stands, many spectators’ ears turned a crimson red as countless enchanting and naked beauties abruptly appeared within the pink fog.

     These beauties ranged from elegant and civil to seductive and bewitching, and were of various races, such as Elves and Giants. They sashayed atop the stage and acted in a most tempting and teasing manner.

     As if their minds had been bewitched, many spectators quickly forgot where they were and became confused.

     “What a powerful bewitchment skill!”

     Even Clancy and the other referees felt their minds sway as their expressions slightly changed.

     “I apologize, but I’m only interested in wild beasts!” Belo suddenly blurted.

     The audience was stunned. They had never expected such words to arise.

     Belo appeared to be completely unaffected by Megan’s powerful bewitchment skill as a layer of red light once again enveloped his entire body. In the next moment, he was already charging towards Megan on all fours like a wild beast.

     “My Roland Enticement Art actually had no effect?”

     A look of astonishment flashed through Megan’s eyes. However, as Belo neared her body, she stood her ground, a look of scorn on her face.

     “Che!”

     There was a loud bang as Megan’s white light covered right arm ruthlessly chopped towards Belo’s neck like a sword.

     “Lick this grandfather’s feet!”

     As a red light flashed through Belo’s eyes, Megan’s lightning fast movement seemed to become abnormally slow.

     Belo abruptly stopped, and then rose onto his legs as he ruthlessly clawed up Megan’s right arm with his hand.

     “Not good, Megan was caught!”

     “Is this fellow a pervert? He’s more interested in wild beasts than girls… Megan’s bewitchment skill actually had no effect on him. Is Megan is going to suffer the same fate as Zouchen…”

     The spectators within the stands simultaneously sucked in breaths of cold air.

     “Eh?”

     At this moment, Belo suddenly felt like something wasn’t right.

     As his nails scratched across Megan’s arm, they didn’t pierce and instead just slid across her skin as if she was covered in oil; although she was hit, there was no injury inflicted.

     “Slippery Serpent Body!”

     A cruel and cold light flashed through Megan’s eyes.

     Belo’s nails completely slid across Megan’s arm and past her.

     Although the sleeves covering her right arm had been completely torn by Belo’s nails, her white light covered arm was uninjured and its movement was unaffected as her arm continued forward and descended on Belo’s neck.

     “Belo!”

     Ayrin subconsciously cried out from beside the stage as his expression changed and he jumped up from his seat.

     Belo’s eyes fiercely widened.

     His entire body sharply fell backwards.

     Spurt!

     But in the end, a terrifying spray of bloody fog still erupted from his neck.

     “Belo…”

     The entire arena abruptly became deathly quiet.

     The several stage-side medical arcane teams prepared to charge out onto the stage at any moment.

     As Belo’s figure reappeared, everyone’s attention was drawn to the wound on his neck – about half of his neck was missing, as if a giant snake had taken a bite out of it. His flesh had completely disappeared, and many bloody fragments of skin and broken blood vessels fluttered like freshly snapped tree roots, creating a scene which was extremely hard to look at.

     “Even with such a wound… he can still fight?”

     For a normal person, just having their jugular cut would result them falling into an unconscious state or immediately dying. Yet, much to the disbelief of the audience, Belo was still standing and not showing any intention of withdrawing after losing a smaller half of his neck. Many spectators couldn’t help but tremble.

     Belo calmly raised his hand and wiped some blood off of his glasses.

     The red glow emanating from his eyes quickly receded as the skin around his eyes became abnormally red.

     No one made a sound as they watched Belo. Everyone felt like they were watching a corpse.

     “By moving the blood essence which he condensed in his eyes to his brain, he can remain clear-headed enough to continue fighting.”

     Morgan took a deep breath amid Dragon Breath Academy’s team, his body twitching as he said, “This is one of the innate abilities of a high level beastman bloodline. They can continue to fight even when something like the heart is grievously injured… but this should be his last stand.”

     “You didn’t die?”

     “Yet you still do not withdraw… will you only be happy if I kill you?”

     As Megan watched Belo, she extended her right hand before her. The evil aura around her body further intensified as gray light surged from her palm and gradually condensed to form a curved rapier.

     As this occurred, Belo took the initiative and charged towards Megan.

     The blood red light around his eyes suddenly spread across his face, covering his face in countless blood red threads.

     His movements were several times faster than before as the distance between him and Megan was instantly cut to just a couple meters.

     Megan remained motionless as the oily white light once again appeared over her body.

     “Devour, Chaotic Blood!”

     But Belo didn’t continue to approach Megan. Instead, he stopped as the countless red threads on his face suddenly separated from his body and turned into streaks of blood which shot towards Megan.

     “Death Lotus!”

     Megan’s expression greatly changed as the rapier in her hand suddenly flew forward and began to violently revolve around her, forming a giant metallic gray lotus.

     “This…”

     A chill ran through Megan’s heart as several streaks of blood still managed to land on her body.

     She felt extreme discomfort as burning feeling immediately coursed through her blood, as if she had drank too much alcohol.

     Slam

     Exhausted, Belo fell backwards towards the ground.

     As he fell, he quietly muttered to himself, “Ayrin, if you still cannot defeat this girl… then regardless of what relationship you have with Liszt, I will definitely put a good show on for you in the future.”

     “This match has ended!”

     Clancy’s voice rang across the stage as an assistant referee instantly appeared between Megan and Belo and a medical team rushed onto the field to begin first aid on Belo.

     “Belo lost?”

     “What was that arcane skill he hit Megan with at the end? He did his utmost to make sure he landed it.”

     Ayrin hadn’t heard Belo’s last words, but as he watched Belo fall, he could feel his heart inexplicably ignite.

     “It’s an arcane skill which lowers all of the opponent’s bodily functions and abilities.”

     Carter took a deep breath as he looked at Ayrin and slowly said, “Megan’s physical abilities, reaction time, and casting speed have all been decreased… so go and quickly defeat her… otherwise, Belo might have you lick his feet.”

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     Chapter 224: A Tortoise Appears?

      Chapter 224: A Tortoise Appears?

     “Even after receiving such a severe wound, Belo still only focused on weakening his opponent… just what has pushed him to refine his blood and fight so hard? He’s not like Chris, who has the desire to complete her father’s dreams behind her…”

     In the stands, Liszt rubbed his chin as he quietly thought to himself.

     “Belo…”

     Ayrin stepped out from Holy Dawn Academy’s corner and walked towards the stage. Upon reaching the edge of the stage, he paused for a moment, and then curled his hand into a fist. He felt like his blood was boiling as he loudly shouted, “For victory, Belo has ended up in such a state. I shall not let his sacrifice be in vain, and will defeat Megan!”

     “What? Ayrin will be the next on one stage?”

     “Ayrin has already recovered from his injuries?”

     “He’s the fourth fighter? Why is he not the anchor? Then who is Holy Dawn Academy team’s anchor?”

     Upon hearing Ayrin’s loud cries, everyone’s attention turned to him. As the spectators watched him step onto the stage and walk towards the center, many couldn’t help but stand up from their seats.

     Of the spectators not from Golden Stag Academy, Ayrin was the Holy Dawn Academy team member they were most interested in watching.

     But due to his injuries, he had been absent in the prior round. Thus, some couldn’t even believe their eyes as he walked atop the stage.

     “Ayrin! Ayrin! Ayrin! …”

     Holy Dawn Academy’s student section abruptly erupted into cheers and cries of excitement like a volcano.

     “To be able to rouse them to this level… it seems like he should be the one who Morgan considers talented enough to threaten me?” Morgan’s words reemerged in Jean Camus’s mind as he observed Ayrin. His eyes seemed to be burning.

     “This fellow is coming out fourth? What exactly is Holy Dawn Academy planning?”

     Megan’s face had become abnormally flushed as a power containing countless negative effects wandered through her body. She had no clue when the effect from Belo’s arcane skill would diminish.

     “Regardless of what Holy Dawn Academy is planning, if their last member has the same strength as Stingham or Belo… and if Rinsyi is unable to recover his mental state, we will lose.”

     After coldly glaring at Rinsyi, Megan took a deep breath and turned her head to watch the excited and confident Ayrin.

     “I’m ready!”

     Ayrin had long since been waiting for this moment. The moment he reached his starting position, he immediately turned and spoke to Clancy.

     “Since it’s like this, then let’s get this show on the road!”

     Megan’s eyes abruptly returned to a calm state.

     “So direct?”

     Compared to Stingham and Belo, Ayrin and Megan’s behaviour was just too straightforward. There was such a difference that the spectators were a little unprepared for it.

     “Roland Enticement Art!”

     The moment Clancy started to wave his flag to signal the start of the match, Megan immediately invoked her skill once again without any hesitation. Layer upon layer of pink chiffon like fog once again appeared atop the stage.

     “Using this again?”

     Although the spectators were ready this time, many once again fell into a stupor as the pink fog appeared. Lost in the world of temptations, they lost their sense of self and forgot everything existing around them.

     “Evil Flaming Eye!”

     Ayrin’s invocation immediately caused all of these bewitched people to become clear headed.

     Like Belo, Ayrin seemed to also be unaffected by this any of the images created by this powerful skill as he created an evil flaming eye and shot it towards Megan.

     “He’s completely unaffected!”

     In the stands, Wilde and the others were blushing heavily as the tips of their ears turned crimson. Unable to bear it any longer, they turned to Charlotte beside them and whispered, “Charlotte, we now believe that you and Ayrin have a completely pure relationship. It’s clear that this fellow knows absolutely nothing. Otherwise, how could he not be affected at all?”

     “You assholes, go die!” Charlotte swore as her face and ears abruptly reddened while she continued to fixedly watch Ayrin atop the stage.

     “How can this be!”

     After watching her skill fail twice in a row, a feeling of incredulity surged through Megan’s mind.

     But her actions weren’t affected at all as she fluidly continued to move. The gray rapier in her hand flew out and revolved around her before slicing towards Ayrin’s evil flaming eye.

     “Silent Decapitation!”

     At the same time, the five fingers of her left hand slightly moved as a transparent and thin blade suddenly appeared behind Ayrin’s back and quietly slashed towards the back of Ayrin’s neck.

     “Go to hell, Belo!”

     As she used her arcane skill, Megan quietly swore at Belo. With all of the negative effects inflicted on her body, she realized her skill would be easily dodgeable by Ayrin.

     Whoosh!

     Indeed. At this moment, Ayrin’s figure flashed and disappeared as he moved and reappeared behind her thin blade.

     Whoosh!

     Simultaneously, a colorful ring of light abruptly blossomed from Ayrin’s body at a rapid pace.

     “What kind of arcane skill is this?”

     Megan’s suddenly pupils contracted.

     Megan’s rapier had already destroyed evil flaming eye, but when the remnants of the evil flaming eye collided with the ring of light, it disappeared as if it had been devoured by something.

     “What is this?”

     In the following instant, everyone’s eyes widened as a layer of black smoke arose and covered the entire stage.

     Countless beautiful shadows suddenly emerged amidst the black smoke.

     “What?”

     Even Ayrin had an expression of disbelief and surprise on his face.

     From within the black smoke, countless Rinloran like elves with pointy ears emerged, only their skin was black instead of a pale white and their hair was a dark red. They were all naked and had extremely desirable bodies.

     These elves smiled charmingly as they all licked their lips and rushed towards Megan in a bewitching manner.

     “Dark Elves’ Seduction?”

     “You mean that highest level bewitchment art?”

     In the stands, the spectators collectively let out a breath of cold air in shock.

     Wilde and the other students of Iron Forest Academy were stunned as their eyes widened in disbelief. He turned to Charlotte and asked, “Charlotte, just what have the two of you been doing? How is Ayrin able to use this kind of disgusting bewitchment art?”

     “This is the famous Dark Elf’s Seduction art? The one which is rumored to have caused even the admirable and dignified lord of Ancient Foundation Island to die from exhaustion upon learning it because he couldn’t stop using it?”

     Even more cries of disbelief emerged from the stands.

     “Why… can he use this arcane skill?!”

     “Death Lotus!”

     A chill spread across Megan’s body. She knew that if the Dark Elf touched her, it would all be over as she wouldn’t be able to extricate herself from the bewitchment.

     As she fiercely shouted, arcane particles began to wildly spew from her two hands. The rapier began to revolve even faster around her body as the metallic gray lotus reappeared and completely enveloped her. All of the Dark Elves were turned to mincemeat upon approaching.

     “No, it’s not the real Dark Elves’ Seduction. It’s only manipulation of arcane energy to reach a similar effect.”

     In the stands, a stunned Jean Camus whispered to himself, “Is this Leonardo’s cocktail ability?”

     “How is that possible?!”

     At this time in the stands, Leonardo nearly fell out of his seat as he saw the occurrence on stage. “How can he know my Warlock Variation!”

     “Ayrin, this guy…” Chris and the other members of Holy Dawn Academy’s team were completely perplexed.

     “It actually created such an effect.”

     As he stood atop the middle of the stage, Ayrin couldn’t help but embarrassedly chuckle.

     Regardless, this arcane skill had managed to wrest him control of the battle.

     “I’m coming again!”

     As Megan exerted her full powers to clear the Dark Elves, Ayrin’s hands extended outward before him.

     One black bat after another suddenly began to shoot out from his hands towards Megan.

     “That’s not possible!”

     As this arcane skill was used, the members of Golden Stag Academy’s team, as well as the students of Golden Stag Academy in the stands, all shouted in disbelief.

     It was clearly the arcane skill of Golden Stag Academy team’s Oeness!

     How could Ayrin use this arcane skill?

     “How does he know Oeness’s arcane skill?!”

     Megan couldn’t help but become slightly dispirited.

     “Slippery Serpent Body!”

     As Megan knew just how hard Oeness’s technique was to deal with, she subconsciously used a defensive skill. An oily white light surged over her body.

     “Warlock Variation!”

     At this moment, Ayrin abruptly retracted his arms as another colourful ring of light spread outwards from his body.

     As the flying black bats were overtaken by the ring of light, they began to contort.

     “What is this?”

     A black tortoise about half the size of a person suddenly crashed into the ground.

     This tortoise seemed to be a real living creature, but upon seeing its dazed appearance, no one could completely figure out what the was going on.

     “He summoned a tortoise?”

     “What is the meaning behind this?”

     The spectators in the stands were all dumbfounded.

     “Eh?”

     Ayrin himself was also a bit stupefied.

     “Does it need a command?”

     “Attack her!”

     As he shouted a command at the blank-looking tortoise, he also shot out a stream of arcane particles at it.

     But the resulting action only caused him to become even more dumbfounded. Meanwhile, the spectators couldn’t help but break into laughter.

     After hearing his command, the tortoise seemed to understand as it began to crawl towards Megan. The only issue was that it was crawling at a pace even slower than a snail!

     At this speed, it wouldn’t reach Megan until tomorrow, even if Megan didn’t move!

     “Just what is this arcane skill?”

     “Haha, it’s just too funny.”

     Seeing Ayrin’s speechless and embarrassed appearance, an increasing number of spectators began to loudly guffaw.

     It was just too weird… indeed, this was the weirdness and abnormality which had become representative of Ayrin and the rest of Holy Dawn Academy’s team members.

     “What are you doing?! Go die!”

     “Summon Corpse Ghoul!”

     When Megan saw the scenario in front of her after dealing with Ayrin’s Dark Elves’ Seduction, she felt an inexplicable feeling of anger. Myriad streaks of scarlet light abruptly shot out from her ten fingers.

     A circle of blinding red light rose up from the ground.

     A figure even taller than three meters slowly stepped out from the circle of red light.

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     Chapter 225: An Unbelievable Victory, The Ultimate Stinkbomb

      Chapter 225: An Unbelievable Victory, The Ultimate Stinkbomb

     “This?”

     In the stands, many spectators felt a sinister wind blow past them.

     An enormous monstrosity emerged from the red light. Its body was completely covered in dark green hairs, except for over its head and back, which were covered in dark red hairs.

     This monstrosity looked like a werewolf, as it had a similar skull structure and protruding fangs hanging from its mouth. However, several giant, human skull shaped mounds of flesh grew around its neck, causing a chill to run through the spectators’ hearts.

     Clusters of dark gray arcane energy continuously circled around its body as a thick layer of frost appeared atop the stage around it.

     “Corpse Ghoul!”

     Upon seeing the being created by Megan’s arcane skill, the four House Eclipse Moon arcane masters in the stands began trembling uncontrollably as an intense and burning hatred emerged in their eyes.

     This was House Roland’s number one secret skill, and also its hardest to learn skill. Of House Roland’s entire younger generation, only Megan had managed to learn it. In the past, several friends of these House Eclipse Moon members had died to this skill.

     Furthermore, the unique aspect of this skill was that it would grow with every kill; its power would increase as it absorbed corpses.

     “Such a terrifying feeling!”

     Ayrin became astonished as he observed the green and red corpse ghoul standing before Megan. His muscles subconsciously began to tense up.

     “Eh, no way? Isn’t this tortoise a little too cowardly?”

     But in the next moment, Ayrin became dumbfounded as he saw the black tortoise, which had been crawling towards Megan at a pace even slower than snail, sudden stop and retract its limbs into its shell.

     Whoosh!

     The terrifying corpse ghoul abruptly disappeared from its spot.

     “So fast! Is it because it’s body is condensed from various arcane energies, and thus very light?”

     Ayrin quickly realized that the corpse ghoul’s speed had already surpassed his own.

     “The tortoise moved? It’s begun rolling? And so quickly?!”

     “What is this tortoise trying to do?”

     Ayrin subconsciously used Tears of the Dark Goddess. Cries of shock suddenly erupted from the stands as Ayrin became dumbfounded once more. The retracted tortoise seemed to have turned into a black wheel as it rolled over at a shocking speed, leaving traces of afterimages behind it.

     Dong!

     A dull sound rang across the stage.

     The black tortoise had collided head on with the corpse ghoul, which was madly charging towards Ayrin. The two trembled as they separated from the concussive forces.

     “It managed to block the corpse ghoul’s attack?”

     Both Ayrin and Megan’s eyes both widened in surprise.

     The corpse ghoul also seemed to be perplexed as it attacked once more, but it was once again blocked by the black tortoise as another dong rang across the stage.

     “It can act like a sentient shield and block attacks by itself?”

     “It’s so similar to the skill, Divine Tortoise Shield.”

     “How can he use Warlock Variation?!” Cocktail Grandmaster Leonardo was on the verge of going crazy as he pulled his hair in confusion and disbelief.

     “What a brave tortoise. Warlock Variation is so fun!”

     Ayrin became excited as he watched the scene unfold before him.

     In the next moment, a red light appeared below him.

     A pool of blood took shape under his feet as his body seemingly melted away.

     “This… isn’t this Gezny’s arcane skill?!”

     “How can he also know this skill!”

     Golden Stag Academy’s students went half mad as Megan looked on in shock and disbelief.

     “Warlock Variation!”

     A moment after Ayrin disappeared from atop the blood pool, he reappeared several meters away as a colourful ring of light spread from his body yet again.

     “What’s coming out now?”

     Many spectators couldn’t help but stand from their seats in anticipation.

     Megan felt nervous as she didn’t immediately use another arcane skill and instead vigilantly waited.

     A mysterious and chaotic arcane energy began to gather not to far before Ayrin, quickly forming a total of sixteen revolving silvery-white pillars of light.

     None of these pillars of light released any kind of offensive arcane energy. Moments later, a figure flashing with white light formed in the center of this ring of silvery-white pillars of light.

     “What is this!”

     Cries of shock erupted from the stands.

     “What has Ayrin created this time?” Holy Dawn Academy’s team members were abruptly made speechless as the silvery-white pillars of light disappeared, revealing a snow white three headed monstrosity.

     This monstrosity had the body of a semi-translucent frog and stood on only its hind legs. It had three perfectly round heads, upon which there was only a giant maw.

     The moment this monstrosity appeared, its three mouths powerfully opened and closed as it consecutively shot bursts of sonic waves towards the corpse ghoul and Megan, completely enveloping them.

     “Ah!”

     Megan’s face immediately contorted as countless jarring noises pierced her eardrums in succession, causing her head to feel like it was about to explode. She felt like she had suddenly been dropped into the midst of an extremely bad choir consisting of thousands of people.

     As for the spectators, they didn’t hear a single thing.

     “Elven Art, Hymn of Discord!”

     “Through usage of extremely dissonant sounds, the opponent is unable to focus their mind, making it extremely hard to use arcane skills.”

     Morgan bitterly laughed in the stands as he said, “Is Ayrin here to play or to compete? He keeps producing such strange things.”

     “Just what are you doing?! Can’t you take this fight seriously?!”

     “Demon God Fan!”

     Megan seemed to have also lost some control of her emotions.

     Following her shrill invocation, a current of green air billowed across her right hand as a massive green fan about the size of her body quickly condensed.

     With a snap, she opened the green fan, revealing the blood red fan leaves and countless floating green eyeballs.

     Zap zap zap zap…

     The fan released countless greenish-red rays, completely shattering the sonic waves enveloping her and isolating her.

     These rays seemed to be faintly connected with each other as a domain of strong forces formed atop the stage.

     “This isn’t a Materialization, but a strange domain skill.”

     “What kind of domain is this?”

     In the stands, Jean Camus’s slightly furrowed his brows.

     “Roland Enticement Art”, “Slippery Serpent Body”, “Silent Decapitation”, “Death Lotus”, “Summon Corpse Ghoul”, and this domain which could not be seen through. Megan’s performance had already completely surpassed everyone’s expectations.

     For someone of Megan’s current strength to be completely suppressed by Ayrin and his lower arcane rank arcane particles could only be described as somewhat of a miracle.

     “This guy is always trying any arcane skill which catches his eye,” Charlotte said helplessly, “Just like that god awful Skunk Devil Summoning. He just spontaneously uses it.”

     “That’s right, he likes that Skunk Devil Summoning so much, so why hasn’t he used it yet?” Iron Forest Academy’s Wilde suddenly reacted, “He used it several times during his days of training with boss and nearly suffocated us as we guarded the doorway.”

     “Skunk Devil Summoning!”

     Charlotte, Wilde, and the others all nearly fell out of their seats as Ayrin, as if he could hear their conversation, seemed to have suddenly remembered his favorite skill. His cheery invocation could be heard across the entire arena.

     A striped skunk devil innocently fell from the sky.

     “Warlock Transformation!”

     Ayrin’s face was full of excitement and expectation as a colorful ring of light immediately spread outwards from his body.

     “What kind of transformation will occur this time?”

     Even Leonardo, in his half-crazed state, couldn’t help but widen his eyes in anticipation as he had never combined Warlock Variation with this kind of arcane skill before.

     Megan immediately stopped breathing.

     As it was enveloped in light, the striped skunk devil began to quickly inflate until it was about the size of a small elephant.

     As it landed on the ground with a bang, the entire stage trembled.

     An attractive glow emanated from the fur on its body as light faintly formed a crown atop its head.

     “What is going on?”

     Countless spectators couldn’t help but cry out in confusion.

     Because the moment it landed on the ground, the giant skunk immediately turned its body and pointed its ass at Megan.

     Frrrrrtttttt…

     In the next instant, a ghastly greenish-yellow cloud spewed out and enveloped Megan.

     “It’s another fart!”

     “This stench!”

     All the spectators immediately became silent as a terrible, indescribable stench surged into their noses.

     “Blargh…”

     The front row spectators closest to Megan abruptly stiffened and then began to twitch as they violently vomited.

     Megan, who faced the torrent of stench straight on, immediately turned to stone.

     “Pu!”

     As some spectators continued to vomit, a white foam spewed out from Megan’s mouth.

     “Ergh!”

     A shrill scream came from her mouth as she fell backwards onto the stage.

     She seemed to have already fainted as white foam continued to spew out.

     “She actually… directly fainted from the stench?!”

     “Black Window Huntress Megan actually fainted from just the stench? Such a powerful arcane master was actually defeated just like this?!”

     Countless spectators continued to dry heave as they watched Megan fall. The only thought running through their minds was that this scene couldn’t be described with words.

     “It stinks!”

     “It transformed into an extremely stinky bomb!”

     “Ah…”

     Even Ayrin himself covered his nose with both of his hands as he dry retched several times.

     “This match has ended!”

     Clancy’s face was turning green as he held his breath and waved the flag in his hand.

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     Chapter 226: Ayrin vs. Rinsyi, A Battle of Geniuses!

      Chapter 226: Ayrin vs. Rinsyi, A Battle of Geniuses!

     “She didn’t die from the smell, did she?”

     Chris and the other Holy Dawn Academy team members sympathetically looked at Megan, who was still motionless and frothing at the mouth as she was carried offstage by the medical team.

     “What an unpredictable weirdo,” Dragon Breath Academy’s team members lamented as they forcefully blew their noses.

     “Only Rinsyi remains for Golden Stag Academy.”

     Many spectators wanted to mock Golden Stag Academy, but no words came out as the stands descended into a very peculiar atmosphere.

     This was the mighty team of Golden Stag Academy, where every member would become a dazzling and renowned arcane master even if they joined a famous corps. Yet currently, they were down to their last person against Holy Dawn Academy.

     Furthermore, they would be up against Ayrin, who had managed to defeat a powerhouse existence like Megan without a scratch, something even Morgan and Rinsyi likely couldn’t accomplish.

     Would Golden Stag Academy actually be losing to Holy Dawn Academy here?

     “Even Megan was… no, I absolutely cannot lose to opponents of this level!”

     “He’s only opened two arcane gates… but I have already opened four, how can I lose to him?!”

     Amid Golden Stag Academy’s team, two beads of sweat dripped down Rinsyi’s face, but he didn’t notice it at all.

     “Ayrin versus Rinsyi!”

     Clancy’s voice once again rang through the arena.

     This declaration didn’t surprise anyone as the spectators had already realized that Golden Stag Academy was fighting with its full strength ever since the second match.

     “What’s with Rinsyi?”

     But when Rinsyi didn’t appear atop the stage after Clancy’s declaration, many spectators began to feel like something was wrong.

     Several substitutes of Golden Stag Academy’s team paled as they helplessly cried out, “Captain!”

     “I am the genius of House Baratheon. With my dragon bloodline and storm eyes, how can I possibly lose to this fellow!”

     “I must… I must beat him, I must kill him!”

     “Hu,” Rinsyi breathed out. As if he had finally been awakened from a nightmare by the substitutes cries, his breathing returned to normal and he raised his head.

     “You have finally been forced onto the stage.”

     “Moss, Belo, Ayrin, you all have managed to accomplish it. I thank you all for supporting me after I came out of my own world, you guys have managed to make me proud of myself, and proud of being a member of Holy Dawn Academy’s team.”

     “Nikita, we will definitely defeat Rinsyi today! We will defeat Golden Stag Academy and let them know the taste of defeat!”

     From beside the stage, Rinloran watched Rinsyi emerge. He took a deep breath as many thoughts coursed through his mind.

     “Rinsyi! Have you become afraid? Hurry and come fight me!”

     Upon seeing Rinsyi walk so slowly towards the stage, Ayrin’s fighting spirit ignited as loudly called Rinsyi out from atop the stage, causing the students of Golden Stage Academy to become even more silent.

     “I will kill you!” Rinsyi powerfully shouted as he violently raised his head.

     His words left many spectators completely shocked.

     “Warning, you are not allowed to try and intimidate your opponent!”

     Clancy’s face immediately darkened as he admonished Rinsyi. Yet at the same time, he felt as if Rinsyi would actually be trying to kill during this match.

     “What is this fellow thinking?”

     “He said he was going to kill Ayrin?”

     “What’s he thinking? Has water gotten into his head? Even if he really plans on killing Ayrin, he can’t shout it out loud like this.”

     The stands abruptly burst into an uproar.

     “If you really want to kill me, then you must be prepared to pay with your own life.”

     Against everyone’s expectations, Ayrin didn’t show any semblance of fear after Rinsyi’s declaration. It seemed like it had only further ignited his fighting spirit as he raised his fist towards Rinsyi and shouted, “I’m not an inexperienced arcane master who is afraid of fighting with their life on the line!”

     If it had been someone else who had said these words and proclaimed themselves a brave warrior who had experienced battles of life and death, the spectators might have subconsciously considered them conceited. But as Ayrin said these words, the spectators couldn’t help but think back to the battle of the Holy Water Tower.

     Everyone could imagine just how perilous the battle which resulted in the collapse of the Holy Water Tower was!

     Indeed, Ayrin, who had been carried into the Office of Special Affair’s infirmary to be resuscitated, wasn’t trying to bluff or boast when he said these words, he was simply stating the facts!

     ……

     ……

     The entire arena had been silenced by Ayrin’s words.

     Even Rinsyi said nothing more as he reached his starting position.

     Ayrin silently stared at Rinsyi, his face full of an expression which clearly said, “Let us fight, I will defeat you.”

     “Let’s wake up here! We must be vigilant,” Clancy quietly said to the two assistant referees.

     In the prior matches, if he felt like there might be some danger, he had only expressed it through a stern glance. But in this match, both participants were people who might become pinnacle arcane masters within the Kingdom of Eiche. If anything were to happen to either one, it would be a huge loss for the kingdom.

     “Start the match!”

     With Clancy’s cry, the fight between Ayrin and Rinsyi finally began!

     “Blades of the Northern Wind!”

     Before anyone could even react, three pale blue wind blades had already descended towards Ayrin.

     “The power of the storm’s eye has shown itself!”

     “Rinsyi’s invocation speed must be the fastest of all the participants in this competition!”

     Only when the sound of the pale blue wind blades tearing through Ayrin’s clothes rang through the arena did the spectators finally wake up as they cried out in shock.

     “Too fast!”

     Many students of Holy Dawn Academy abruptly paled as they watched Ayrin simply contract his body and take the blows because he was unable to dodge.

     Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!

     Three streaks of blood simultaneously appeared atop Ayrin’s body.

     Three long and narrow wounds surfaced on Ayrin’s chest and back.

     “It’s Dragon Scale Absorption!”

     Several arcane masters in the stands immediately realized that Ayrin had used Dragon Scale Absorption to block Rinsyi’s attack. Thus, although he was injured, the wounds were superficial.

     “He’s injured!”

     But for the many demoralized and dispirited Golden Stag Academy students, this scene was invigorating as they abruptly erupted into cheers and cries of excitement in the stands.

     “Rinsyi is indeed Rinsyi. With such a basic and inexpensive arcane skill, he was already able to injure Ayrin!”

     This thought emerged in the minds of many other tournament participants who were sitting in the stands and watching.

     “What is Ayrin thinking?”

     “He didn’t dodge and instead tried to compete head to head against Rinsyi in power, but with the level of his arcane particles, it’s impossible for him to match Rinsyi!”

     Many people found Ayrin’s actions incomprehensible. He clearly couldn’t match Rinsyi’s invocation speed, yet he remained motionless where he was, not showing a single intent of dodging or moving.

     “He’s injured?”

     “Indeed, regardless of how monstrous he is, in the end, he is only an arcane master who has opened two gates!”

     Upon seeing three wounds appear over Ayrin’s body, a light flickered through Rinsyi’s eyes as he felt the pressure riding on his heart greatly ease.

     His usual confidence and pride quickly began to return.

     “Monsoon’s Avatar!”

     A faint yellow sheen suddenly gathered in his pupils and began to revolve, forming two yellow vortexes.

     An enormous whirlwind began to spin over Ayrin’s head.

     Countless visible wind blades formed within as the whirlwind began to rotate even faster and it took the form of a colossal human. It looked like the divine spirit which called monsoons in legend.

     “This is one of House Baratheon’s taboo skills!”

     “His Storm Dragon Bloodline provides such a terrifying supplement! If someone else at the same level as Rinsyi were to use this taboo skill, it’s power wouldn’t even be half of Rinsyi’s!”

     The expressions of many spectators changed. From their point of view, Ayrin’s only chance was to use Warlock Variation again and see if it could create any weird arcane energy or effect which could somehow block Rinsyi’s strike.

     “There is only one chance!”

     “I must do as I practiced with Ferguillo. This must hit, I cannot miss!”

     “I could hit Ferguillo… so I can definitely hit you!”

     No one would have believed that in Ayrin’s mind, he had no intention of using Warlock Variation, and was repeating the same words over and over.

     Ayrin’s gaze was firmly pinned on Rinsyi’s figure. Because of his extreme concentration, he felt as if the flow of time had slightly slowed down.

     “Now!”

     “This is my one chance!”

     The moment the “Monsoon’s Avatar” completely formed above his head, the motionless Ayrin suddenly exploded at full speed to his left.