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?"

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

herself. Amanda's

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be

around. Noticing something, she pointed

I guess he too is interested

had his arms crossed. His full attention was

Troy

he had come here

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

hesitation, Amanda replied,

makes you think

here last

you've mentioned it, you're

did not see Jin ever spectating any of Kevin's matches before. Unless he had

he watch

"Huaaa!"

loud cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared on

fight is about to start. It

...

time I arrived at Section G, the news of my upcoming challenge had spread

was to

was challenged publically, the news was

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

right before entering the arena, I was able to hear a

news, it is being reported that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously

*Sigh*

I shook my head

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

itself, they were all itching to know more about

the next prodigy, blah, blah,

the TV. Although it may not seem like much, for humans, another prodigy popping up

stronger humanity was, the

Such attention was natural.

was making my way towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black. A Lock emblem was on sewed on his right

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

it's not that. It's better if

"Why's that?"

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

look for

"Tss..."

video, tons of reporters

hungry wolves

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for these

step to the side, the man

see. Thank

I

walking through a long narrow corridor, I arrived before the

-Clank!

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

seeing you here

what you get for

my training uniform, I

was prepared for it

shorts, I paused slightly and

the point of you agreeing

are good practice

if you want proper training dummies just

function that allowed people to fight against virtual

could not replicate their fighting experience in full, they were much better than the students

cannon-fodder

not the

"How so?"

is not the

his response, I once again rolled my