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?"

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

herself. Amanda's reply was

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be attracting a

Emma looked around. Noticing something, she pointed

I guess he too is interested in

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

nor Troy

apparent that he had come here with the intention of observing

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

Amanda

you think

wasn't here last time when

that you've mentioned

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

why would he watch Ren instead

"Huaaa!"

mid-sentence were the loud cheers coming from the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared on

to start. It looks like

...

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

was to be

was challenged publically, the news was bound

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

entering the arena, I was able to hear

it is being reported that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged to a duel.

*Sigh*

to the reporter, I shook

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

presented itself, they were

the next prodigy, blah, blah,

I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV. Although it may not seem

was,

Such attention was natural.

the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black.

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

not that. It's better if you don't go that

"Why's that?"

watch and played a clip. More specifically, a

look

"Tss..."

forehead. In the video, tons of reporters waited with their

hungry wolves waiting

"Where should I go?"

path was specifically made for these

to the side, the man opened a small

I see. Thank

I entered the

through a long narrow corridor, I

-Clank!

and sensing my presence, a bitter smile appeared on his

seeing you here

get for gloating

taking out my

prepared

on my shorts, I paused slightly and looked at

point of you agreeing

are good practice

want proper training dummies just practice with the VR

machine had a special function that allowed people to fight

replicate their fighting experience in full, they were much better than the

cannon-fodder

not the

"How so?"

the feeling is

once again rolled my