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?"

how strong that fuc-kheum, I mean Ren is. What about

herself.

"Yeah, I guess so"

fight seems to be attracting a lot

a response, Emma looked around.

Amanda! Jin's here too. I guess he too is interested in the

his arms crossed. His full attention

nor Troy

he had come here with the intention of observing the

you think he's here for Ren's or Kevin's

Amanda replied,

makes you

last time

you've mentioned it,

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

why would he watch

"Huaaa!"

cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two youth's

the fight is about to start. It looks like Ren's

...

news of my upcoming challenge

was to

publically, the news

bustling with people. Even more shocking was the

arena, I was

student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged to

*Sigh*

the reporter, I

were present. After all, every guild out there was salivating to know more about Kevin and

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

Dover, the next prodigy, blah, blah,

been seeing on the papers and on the TV. Although it may not seem like much, for humans, another prodigy popping

stronger humanity was,

Such attention was natural.

as I was making my way towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black. A Lock

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

It's better if

"Why's that?"

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

a look for

"Tss..."

had accumulated on my forehead. In the video,

resembled hungry wolves waiting for

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for these

the side, the man opened a

I see.

man, I entered

long narrow corridor, I arrived before the changing

-Clank!

I soon spotted Kevin. Turning around and sensing my presence, a

you

is what you get for gloating

my training

prepared

I paused slightly and looked

point of you agreeing to

are good practice

"Stupid, if you want proper

that allowed people to fight

their fighting experience in full, they

were cannon-fodder after

not the

"How so?"

feeling is not

his response, I once again