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?"

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

and corrected herself. Amanda's reply was short and

"Yeah, I guess so"

be attracting

response, Emma looked around. Noticing

Jin's here too. I guess

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

Arnold nor Troy sat

come here with the intention of

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

hesitation, Amanda

makes you think

wasn't here last time

you've

Kevin's matches before. Unless he had a

would he watch Ren instead

"Huaaa!"

were the loud cheers coming from the arena

about to start. It looks like

...

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

was to be

challenged publically, the

with people. Even more shocking was the number of reporters

the arena, I was able

now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover

*Sigh*

the reporter, I shook

Kevin being challenged every day, it was only natural that they were present. After all, every guild out there was salivating to know more

presented itself, they were

the next prodigy,

and on the TV. Although it may not seem like

humanity was, the

Such attention was natural.

I was making my way towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a

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

better if you don't go

"Why's that?"

watch and played a clip. More specifically, a live camera

look for

"Tss..."

video, tons of reporters waited with their

resembled hungry wolves waiting for their

"Where should I go?"

path was specifically made for these

step to the side, the man opened a

see. Thank

I entered

long narrow corridor, I

-Clank!

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

seeing you here

is what you get for gloating

and taking out my training uniform, I quickly got

prepared

my shorts, I paused slightly and looked at

of

good

want proper training dummies

special function that allowed people to fight against

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

cannon-fodder

just not

"How so?"

feeling is not

once