The Author's POV

Ten minutes before Ren and Kevin's matches were about to start, section G, upper rows of the arena grounds.

"Amanda! Over here"

Waving in Amanda's direction, Emma patted the seat next to hers.

Spotting Emma, Amanda sat next to her. With a drink in her hand, Emma asked.

"How many times today?"

"Five"

"Five? Too little, last time it was six, this time I'm betting on seven"

What Emma was referring to was how many fights Kevin will have before lunch break ended. Last week, in the span of an hour, he was challenged a whopping six times.

This time, Emma bet that he would be challenged seven times.

Having learned her lesson, she naturally did not bet any money.

Stretching her arms upwards, Emma yawned.

"Huaaamm...man, watching Kevin fight is always entertaining, don't you agree?"

"Yes"

Amanda nodded her head.

With how good Kevin was, watching his fight was both entertaining and enlightening. There was much to learn from him.

This was why it usually attracted a lot of people.

"Just the way he moves and how he fights, you never get bored of it. Especially since he always holds back. Kind of feel bad for his opponents"

Clenching her fists, Emma's eyes became bright.

"Still, I'm not planning on getting left behind"

Burping out loud and casually tossing the drink in her hand, Emma recalled something.

"Burp...Right, that guy is also fighting"

"Ren?"

"Yeah, him"

At the mention of Ren's name, Amanda's interest piqued a little.

She had already seen him fight once before, back in the after-party. Despite only having seen a fraction of his true abilities, Amanda never forgot that moment.

'Will he use the sword art or skill from back at the after-party? The fast one?'

All she remembered was a blur.

However, it left a deep impression on her. It was so fast that even Elijah wasn't able to catch a glimpse of it.

Was he going to use the skill or art he used to beat Elijah back then?

Amanda wanted to know.

"Who was his opponent again?"

With her arms crossed, Emma frowned. She had no idea who Ren was fighting. After a while, she shook her head and gave up.

"Eh, I can't seem to remember his name"

"Do you know anything about him?"

"Nah not really, from what I've heard, his rank is in the top fifties so he shouldn't be too bad"

"Top fifty?"

I'm actually curious at how strong that fuc-kheum, I mean Ren is. What

Emma coughed and corrected herself. Amanda's reply was short

"Yeah, I guess so"

seems to be attracting a

a response, Emma looked around. Noticing

I guess he too is interested in

a few rows next to them, Jin had his

Troy sat next to

here with the intention of

looked at Amanda and asked, "Do you think he's here

hesitation, Amanda replied,

makes you think

wasn't here last time

that you've

any of Kevin's matches before. Unless he had a change of heart,

he watch

"Huaaa!"

from the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared on the stage

is about to

...

the news of my upcoming challenge had spread throughout

to

that I was challenged publically, the

arena was bustling with people. Even more shocking was the number of reporters

was able to

reported that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged

*Sigh*

I shook my head

being challenged every day, it was only natural that they were present. After all,

the opportunity presented itself, they were all itching to know more

Dover, the next

I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV.

humanity was, the

Such attention was natural.

the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black. A Lock emblem was on

I pointed at my uniform, "I'm wearing a student

not that. It's better if you don't go

"Why's that?"

his watch and played a clip. More specifically, a live camera view

look for

"Tss..."

the video, tons of

resembled hungry wolves waiting

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for

side, the man opened

I see. Thank

I

through a long narrow corridor, I arrived before

-Clank!

changing room I soon spotted Kevin. Turning around and sensing my presence, a bitter smile

you

you get for gloating at someone

my training uniform, I quickly got

was prepared for it

my shorts, I paused slightly and looked

point of you

good

I retorted, "Stupid, if you want proper training dummies

a special function that allowed people to fight against

replicate their fighting experience in full, they were

were cannon-fodder after

not

"How so?"

is

I once again