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?"

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

corrected herself.

"Yeah, I guess so"

seems to be

around. Noticing something,

I guess he too is

few rows next to them, Jin had his

Arnold nor Troy sat next to

he had come here with

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

hesitation, Amanda replied,

you

last

you've

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

would he watch Ren instead of

"Huaaa!"

cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two youth's

is about to start. It looks like

...

I arrived at Section G, the news

to

was challenged publically, the news was bound to spread

was bustling with people. Even

entering the arena, I was able to hear a nearby

reported that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged to a duel. Their

*Sigh*

I

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

that the opportunity presented itself, they were

Dover, the next

all I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV. Although it may not seem like much, for humans,

stronger humanity was, the safer they

Such attention was natural.

towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black. A

I pointed at my uniform, "I'm wearing

that. It's better if you

"Why's that?"

clip. More specifically, a live camera view

look for

"Tss..."

sweat that had accumulated on my forehead. In the video, tons of reporters waited

resembled hungry wolves waiting for their

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for these kinds of

step to the side, the man opened

I see. Thank

I entered the

long narrow corridor, I

-Clank!

I soon spotted Kevin. Turning around and

seeing you

get for gloating at someone

taking out my training uniform, I

was prepared

shorts, I paused slightly

point of you

are good

my eyes, I retorted, "Stupid, if you want proper

that allowed people

not replicate their fighting experience in full, they

were cannon-fodder

just not

"How so?"

the feeling is not

his response, I once again rolled