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 fuc-kheum, I mean Ren is. What about

herself. Amanda's reply was short and

"Yeah, I guess so"

be

a response, Emma looked around. Noticing something, she

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

Jin had his arms crossed. His full attention was towards

Arnold nor Troy sat

was apparent that he had come here with the intention

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

hesitation, Amanda replied,

makes you think

wasn't here last

you've mentioned

of Kevin's matches before. Unless he had a change of heart, he came here to

watch Ren

"Huaaa!"

the arena grounds. Two youth's appeared

fight is about to

...

I arrived at Section G, the news of my

was to be

the news was bound to spread

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

was able to hear a

now student Kevin Voss and

*Sigh*

the reporter, I shook my

they were present. After all,

presented itself, they were all itching to know more about

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 humans, another prodigy popping

humanity was, the

Such attention was natural.

was stopped by a man in black. A

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

It's better if you don't go

"Why's that?"

clip. More specifically, a live camera

look for

"Tss..."

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

resembled hungry wolves

"Where should I go?"

was specifically made for these kinds of

side,

see. Thank

the man, I

long narrow corridor,

-Clank!

spotted Kevin. Turning around and sensing my presence,

seeing you here

get for gloating at someone else's

out my training uniform,

prepared for it

on my shorts, I paused slightly and looked

of you agreeing to every

are good

if you want proper training dummies just practice

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

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

were cannon-fodder after

not the

"How so?"

feeling is not the

his response, I once again