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

Emma coughed and corrected herself. Amanda's reply was short and

"Yeah, I guess so"

to be attracting a

Emma looked around. Noticing something, she pointed towards her

I guess he too is

them, Jin had his arms crossed. His

Troy sat next

that he had come here with the intention

you think he's

hesitation, Amanda replied,

makes you think

here last

you've mentioned

of Kevin's matches before. Unless he

why would he watch Ren

"Huaaa!"

Emma mid-sentence were the loud cheers coming from the

to start. It

...

I arrived at Section G, the news of

to be

that I was challenged publically, the news was bound to

Even more shocking was the number of reporters present at the

I was able to hear a nearby

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

*Sigh*

the reporter, I shook my head and

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 all itching to know more about

Dover, the next

that's all I had been seeing on the papers and on the TV. Although it may not seem like much,

stronger humanity was,

Such attention was natural.

I was making my way towards the entrance of the arena grounds I was stopped by a man in black. A Lock emblem was on sewed on his

"I'm

that. It's better

"Why's that?"

clip. More specifically, a live camera view of the entrance of

look

"Tss..."

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

wolves waiting for

"Where should I go?"

this path was specifically made for these kinds of

a step to the side, the man opened a

see.

the man, I entered

a long narrow corridor, I

-Clank!

I soon spotted Kevin. Turning around and sensing my presence,

seeing you

for gloating at

taking out my training

prepared for

paused slightly and looked at

point of you agreeing

good

retorted, "Stupid, if you want

that allowed people to fight against virtual models

replicate their fighting experience in full, they were

were cannon-fodder after

not

"How so?"

is not

response, I once