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?"

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

coughed and corrected herself. Amanda's reply

"Yeah, I guess so"

seems to be

Emma looked around. Noticing something,

guess

to them, Jin had his

Arnold nor Troy sat next to

here with

you

hesitation, Amanda replied,

makes you think

wasn't here last time when Kevin

that you've mentioned it, you're

see Jin ever spectating any of Kevin's matches before. Unless he had a

would he watch

"Huaaa!"

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

is about to

...

the news of

to

I was challenged publically, the news

it being lunchtime, the arena was bustling with people. Even

arena, I was able

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

*Sigh*

I shook my

only natural that they were present. After all, every guild out there

were all itching to know more

next prodigy, blah, blah,

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

stronger humanity was, the safer they

Such attention was natural.

of the arena grounds I was stopped by 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 of

look for

"Tss..."

secretly wiped the cold sweat that had accumulated on my forehead. In the video, tons of reporters waited with their microphones in their hands. Some used

hungry wolves

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for these

side, the man

I see. Thank

the man, I entered

through a long narrow

-Clank!

Kevin. Turning around and

you

what you get for gloating at someone else's

and taking out my

prepared for it

on my shorts, I paused

what's the point of you agreeing to every

good practice

you want proper training dummies

VR machine had a special function that allowed people to fight

could not replicate their fighting experience in full, they were much

were cannon-fodder after

just not

"How so?"

is not

I once