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?"

curious at how strong that

herself. Amanda's reply was short and

"Yeah, I guess so"

fight seems to be attracting

looked around. Noticing something, she

guess he too is interested in

a few rows next to them, Jin had his arms crossed. His full attention was

Troy

that he had come here with the intention of observing

you think he's

hesitation, Amanda

you think

wasn't here last time when Kevin

now that you've mentioned it, you're

before. Unless he had

would he watch Ren instead of

"Huaaa!"

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

about to

...

G, the news of my upcoming challenge had spread

to

challenged publically, the news was bound to spread

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

the arena, I was able to hear a

right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously

*Sigh*

reporter, I shook my head and

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

they were

the next prodigy,

the 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

was, the

Such attention was natural.

arena grounds I was stopped by a

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

It's better if you don't go

"Why's that?"

man took out his watch and played a clip. More specifically, a live camera view

look

"Tss..."

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

resembled hungry wolves

"Where should I go?"

made for

step to the side, the man opened a small

see.

man, I

through a long narrow corridor, I arrived

-Clank!

changing room I soon spotted Kevin. Turning around and sensing my

you here

for gloating at someone else's

down and taking out my training uniform, I quickly got

prepared for

on my shorts, I paused slightly and

what's the point of you agreeing

are good practice

retorted, "Stupid, if you want proper training

VR machine had a special function that allowed people to fight against virtual models of well-known

not replicate their fighting experience in full, they

were cannon-fodder

just not the

"How so?"

is not the

his response, I once again rolled