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

and corrected herself. Amanda's reply was short and

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be attracting

such a response, Emma looked around. Noticing something, she pointed towards

Jin's here too. I guess he

few rows next to them, Jin had his arms crossed. His

Troy sat next to

apparent that he had come here with the intention of observing the

at Amanda and asked, "Do you think

Amanda replied,

you

here last time

you've mentioned it, you're

any of Kevin's matches before. Unless

watch

"Huaaa!"

loud cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two

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

...

G, the news of my

to be

challenged publically, the news was bound to

was bustling with people. Even more shocking

entering the arena, I was

is being reported that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover

*Sigh*

I shook my head and

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

that the opportunity presented itself, they were all itching to

next

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

humanity was, the safer they

Such attention was natural.

the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped

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

that. It's better if you don't

"Why's that?"

his watch and played a clip. More specifically,

a look for

"Tss..."

that had accumulated on my forehead. In the video, tons of reporters waited with their microphones in their hands.

resembled hungry wolves

"Where should I go?"

specifically made for these

to the side, the man

see. Thank

man, I entered

a long narrow corridor, I arrived before the

-Clank!

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

you here

is what you get for gloating at

taking out my training uniform, I

prepared for it

my shorts, I paused slightly

the point of you

good

I retorted, "Stupid, if you want proper training dummies just practice with

VR machine had a special function that allowed

their fighting experience in full, they were much better than the students

cannon-fodder

just not the

"How so?"

the feeling is

response, I once again