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?"

strong that fuc-kheum, I

corrected herself. Amanda's reply

"Yeah, I guess so"

fight seems to be attracting a lot

looked around. Noticing something, she pointed towards

here too. I guess he too is interested

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

Arnold nor Troy sat next

come here

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

hesitation, Amanda

makes you

here last time

you've mentioned it,

Kevin's matches before. Unless he

watch

"Huaaa!"

the loud cheers coming from the arena grounds.

about to start. It

...

at Section G, the news of my upcoming challenge had spread throughout the

to be

I was challenged publically, the

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

arena, I was able to hear a

Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged to a duel. Their

*Sigh*

to the reporter, I shook my head and

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

the opportunity presented itself, they were all itching

Dover, the next prodigy, blah, blah,

past few days, that's all I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV. Although it may not seem like much, for humans, another

humanity was, the safer

Such attention was natural.

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

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

not that. It's better

"Why's that?"

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

a look for

"Tss..."

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

wolves

"Where should I go?"

specifically made for these kinds

the side, the man

see.

the man, I

long narrow corridor, I arrived before the changing

-Clank!

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

you

get for gloating at

out my training uniform, I quickly

prepared

on my shorts, I paused slightly and looked

of you

are good practice

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

a special function that allowed people to fight against virtual

their fighting experience in full,

cannon-fodder after

not

"How so?"

feeling is

his response, I once again rolled