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

and corrected herself. Amanda's

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be attracting

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

Amanda! Jin's here too. I guess he too is interested in the

Jin had his arms crossed. His full attention was towards

nor Troy sat next

that he had come here

Emma looked at Amanda and asked, "Do you think he's

Amanda replied,

makes you

here last

now that you've

Jin ever spectating any of Kevin's matches before. Unless he had a change of heart,

would he watch Ren instead of

"Huaaa!"

Emma mid-sentence were the loud cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two

about to

...

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

was to be

that I was challenged publically, the news was bound to spread

people. Even more shocking was the

arena, I was able to hear a

Voss and Ren

*Sigh*

to the reporter, I

After all, every guild out there was salivating to

they were all

the next prodigy, blah, blah,

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

humanity was, the safer they

Such attention was natural.

my way towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped

at my uniform, "I'm wearing

that. It's better if

"Why's that?"

a clip. More specifically, a live camera view

look for

"Tss..."

the video, tons of reporters

wolves waiting

"Where should I go?"

specifically made for these kinds

to the side, the man opened

see.

I entered

narrow corridor, I arrived

-Clank!

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

you

what you get for gloating

taking out my

was prepared for it

my shorts, I paused slightly and looked at

the point of you agreeing

good

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

VR machine had a special function that allowed people to fight against

in full,

cannon-fodder

just not the

"How so?"

the feeling is not

once again rolled my