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?"

curious at how strong that fuc-kheum, I mean

corrected herself.

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be

looked around. Noticing something, she pointed

I guess he too is interested in

had his

nor Troy sat next to

was apparent that he had come here with the intention of

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

Amanda replied,

you

last time

now that you've

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

he watch

"Huaaa!"

mid-sentence were the loud cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared on

the fight is about to

...

the news of my upcoming

was to

challenged publically, the

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

was able to hear

now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being

*Sigh*

to the reporter, I

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

the opportunity presented itself, they were all

the next

the past few days, that's all I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV.

stronger humanity was, the

Such attention was natural.

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

uniform, "I'm wearing a student uniform, can't you

It's better if you

"Why's that?"

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

a look for

"Tss..."

In the video, tons

resembled hungry wolves waiting for

"Where should I go?"

was specifically made for these kinds

step to the side, the

I see. Thank

the man, I

through a long narrow corridor, I arrived before

-Clank!

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

seeing you

for gloating at

my training uniform,

was prepared for it

I paused

of you

are good practice

if you want proper training dummies just practice with the VR

function that allowed people to fight

experience in full, they were much better than the students

cannon-fodder after

just not

"How so?"

is not

his response, I once again