The Author's POV

Chapter 235

The weekend passed by in the blink of an eye, and the day of the tournament had finally arrived.

Reporters filled the academy campus and different colored buses appeared on the roads of the academy as they entered through the main gates. All of the major and minor academies in the human domain had gathered here today for this event.

Everywhere I walked, I could see people. It was as though I was in Times Square New York back on earth during Christmas times.

It was very crowded.

"Can you share with us your thoughts on the tournament?"

"What are you planning on achieving?"

"Who do you think the favorites of this tournament are?"

As I walked around, I could overhear the conversations the reporters were having with some of the students.

Some of the students came from the Lock, and some from the other academies.

"Where are they?"

Arriving at the academy main gate, I looked left and right. Unfortunately, no matter where I looked, I could only see an endless amount of people trying to get in.

Right now, I was looking for my parents.

Once they learned of my participation in the tournament, they forced me to send them tickets to the event so that they could watch it live.

'No, we want to watch it live! Since you're performing, I want to cheer for you!'

Was what my mother said when I told her to watch it on TV.

Since I knew that arguing with my mother was pointless, I quickly gave in to her demands thus leading to the current situation.

"Ren!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out for me. Turning around a smile appeared on my face.

"You guys are here"

"Of course! We would never skip such an important day for you!"

With Nola in her arms, my mother walked up to me. Behind her was my father who nodded his head towards me. I nodded back.

"Bwudar!"

Nola called out for me as she extended her hands in my direction.

"Come here"

"Tehehe"

Grabbing Nola by the armpits, she suddenly giggled. My brow raised as a result. An evil thought crossed my mind.

"Oh? Did that tickle you? Do you want more?"

"Kyaaaaaaahahaha!"

Faintly tickling her armpits, Nola suddenly screamed. Hearing her screams, I smiled even more and tickled a little bit more.

"Ren, stop bullying your sister!"

My mother scolded me as she slapped my shoulder.

"Alright, I'll stop, I'll stop"

"Big bwuaddar is a meanie"

Looking at me, Nola pouted. Tears gathered at the side of her eyes.

"Aww, I'm sorry Nola. I'll make it up to you by winning okay?"

"Hmph"

Nola turned her head around and ignored me. I scratched the side of my neck.

"Alright, you win"

Sighing, I decide to resort to my secret weapon. Tapping on my bracelet, I took out a piece of candy. Instantly Nola's eyes lit up.

'Hehe, I'm already well versed in the art of bribery'

Nola was a very easy child to appease. Just a simple piece of candy and she would instantly forget any grudge.

"No, I don't want"

Just as Nola was to grab the candy, she suddenly stopped. Retrieving her hand, she continued to ignore me.

"Eh?"

The gears of my mind stopped working for a second.

This was not how the script was supposed to go. She was supposed to take the candy and quickly forgive me. Why wasn't it like this?

'Ah, maybe she wants another candy. How cute'

Suddenly a thought struck me. This was indeed plausible.

"Alright, here"

Taking out another piece of candy, I put it in Nola's hand. Once again, she shook her head.

"No!"

"You..."

out another piece of candy making

I do

appease Nola, I gave up and directly asked

"Fwive candies"

side of her eyes, Nola opened

"Five candies?"

"um, fwive!"

her head. Her stance was clear. Unless I gave her five

"Fine, you win"

quickly gave up. There was no way I was ever going to win

her five candies. I had an endless supply of candy anyway,

"Okay, Nola forgives you"

the candies, Nola happily smiled. She then proceeded to

"That's a good boy"

"Eh..."

mind suddenly blanked. I couldn't process what had just

that just

treated me like a dog. What

'Angelica...'

thought suddenly struck

had to

I couldn't think of anyone else that would

definitely not let you off for

I swore inside of

How dare she...

aren't you running

looked at her watch. I quickly

'Crap!'

my watch, I inwardly cursed. I

me, I'll lead you guys to

around and quickly led my parents

thoughts on revenge had to be put in the back of my mind for now. I

*

I quickly made my way towards the changing

"You're late"

me at the changing rooms

with

Kevin ten minutes ago, but with all of the crowd, it took me much

"Your parents?"

Kevin asked.

was showing them the way to the

I see,

A look of nostalgia appeared in

what are

seen it, I quickly changed

up with the other first years, after that we are supposed to

head,

"When's that?"

"In about two minutes..."

his watch slightly, Kevin responded. Silence enveloped the

"..."

"..."

"Shit!"

my clothes and changed into

around the edges and insignia of the uniform. Putting on the uniform wasn't hard as within a minute I was

"Let's go"

clothes in the dimensional space, I followed

point forward, the tournament arc

***

clouds filled the sky and

"Haaaa—! "Haaaa—!"

rang out repeatedly. Blood spilled everywhere

spirited cheering coming from the arena stands echoed all the way down towards the

the training grounds was a pale

SHIIIING—!

point, an individual snuck up from behind the youth and thrust their spear in the direction

the tip of the spear was about to connect to the youth's head, the

The spear missed.

the youth turned

—Spurt!

arc drew in the air and blood spilled

—Thud!

small thud and

"...that's thirteen"

saber to the side. Instantly the blood on the saber spilled towards

at the arena

corpses lied on the ground as the sound of fighting echoed

the youth was about to

However...

—Beeep! —Beeep!

sounds echoed across the arena

all contents stopped

those who have passed the trials. Out of the 500 initial contests, only 28

end of the massacre was the voice of

remained standing in

So did the youth.

people dressed in white entered the arena and cleaned

was a splendid

"Thank you"

at the exit of the arena, a

now Matthew. The next round starts in a week, if you aren't in the best conditions, chances are

"mhm, will do"

his head slightly. Standing before him was a black humanoid creature who had

Matthew wondered as he

of the past few months was

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