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 fuc-kheum, I mean Ren is.

Emma coughed and corrected herself. Amanda's reply

"Yeah, I guess so"

fight seems to be attracting

response, Emma looked around. Noticing something,

too. I guess he too is interested

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

Troy

that he had come here with the intention of observing

asked, "Do you think he's here for

Amanda replied,

makes you think

wasn't here last

you've

Unless he had a change

would he watch

"Huaaa!"

from the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared

the fight is about to start.

...

Section G, the news

to be

challenged publically, the news was

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

the arena, I was able to hear a nearby reporter

that right now student Kevin Voss and Ren Dover are being simultaneously challenged to a

*Sigh*

the reporter, I shook my head

they were present. After all, every

itself, they were all itching to know

Dover, the next prodigy,

on the TV. Although it may not seem like much,

was, the safer

Such attention was natural.

grounds I was stopped by a

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

It's better if you don't go

"Why's that?"

and played a clip. More specifically, a live

look for

"Tss..."

had accumulated on my forehead. In the video, tons of reporters waited with their microphones

hungry wolves waiting for their

"Where should I go?"

specifically made for these

to the side, the man opened a small

see.

man, I

after walking through a long narrow corridor, I

-Clank!

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

you here

for gloating at someone else's

my training uniform, I

was prepared

on my shorts, I paused

the point of you agreeing

are good practice

"Stupid, if you want proper training dummies just practice with

had a special function that allowed people

not replicate their fighting experience in full, they were much better than

were cannon-fodder after

not

"How so?"

feeling is not the

I once again