The Author's POV

In a different area of the dome.

SHIIIIING!

A black dagger pierced through the air in a lightning-fast manner.

KWANG!

Colliding with the metal body of a rapier, a defeating sound rang out, creating hot embers that scattered out.

At the same time, the dagger clashed with the body of the rapier, appearing on the right side of JIn were two twin swords. Raising his left hand, Jin slashed with all of his power.

KWANG!

Once again, a powerful sound rang out. The result of the clash ended up with one person getting pushed back.

"Brother!"

"...He's strong."

Nicholas muttered. Next to him was his sister, Aerin.

Lifting his sleeve, he wiped the blood that trickled down the edge of his lip.

Turning his attention towards his sister, Nicholas asked.

"Aerin, are you injured?"

"No."

"...Good. I'm afraid we have to go all out. We might lose if we don't."

"I agree."

In response to her brother's words, Aerin nodded her head.

"Haaaat!"

Then, with her brother next to her, she charged forward. Their speed was not something anyone could follow with their naked eyes. Within seconds, they were already in front of Jin.

Thrusting forward with her rapier, Nicholas accompanied her movements as he thrust his twin swords forward.

Claaaang—!

This time, it was Jin's turn to be pushed back. The twin's attacks were meticulous and calculated.

Alternating between each other, with no lag in their movements, they both aimed for the most vulnerable part of Jin's body.

Be it heart, lungs, head, liver; they aimed for all of the important organs. To make matters worse, because of how synchronized their attacks were, to Jin, it felt as though he was facing three opponents at the same time.

Slowly, cuts started appearing all over his body. For the next minute or so, Jin was slowly but surely being driven towards a corner. To the spectators, it looked as though he was about to lose.

But.

"Tsk."

Jin suddenly clicked his tongue. Almost instantaneously, a tremendous hue wrapped around his daggers.

Taking a step forward, his body suddenly melted into the darkness.

SHIIIIING!

Appearing right in front of them, Jin thrust his daggers forward as he performed an odd combo. His first strike was a powerful strike that shot up like lightning, followed by consecutive strikes that could seemingly sever rivers.

With each strike, the dagger's pattern became more and more eccentric. At one point, one of the daggers followed a path that was similar to that of a snake. Almost impossible to predict.

Under the barrage of attacks, Aerin and Nicholas both cooperated with each other and tried their best to defend themselves against Jin's weird attacks.

However, they knew that they were once again at a disadvantage. Even though they were going all out, they were still losing.

"Khhh...Aerin"

Pushed back, Nicholas painfully groaned.

"Yes, brother!"

"Let's use that."

"...but—"

"If we don't use it, we will lose. There is no point in saving it."

Nicholas quickly cut her off.

It became painfully obvious to him that they were about to lose. Their opponent was just too strong.

"Understood."

Biting her lower lip, Aerin nodded her head as she raised her rapier in the air.

each other, the twins connected their weapons together. A powerful current

"Now!"

down, a light enveloped the area. A majestic vertical blue

SHIIIIING!

the beam was a beautiful light blue

incoming

then took a deep breath. "Light

approaching attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of his mana towards them. Within seconds, the dagger dangerously glowed

forward, he slashed down with both

BAAAM—!

illuminated everything within the vicinity. It was soon followed by a thunderous explosion that

and debris flew everywhere hindering the spectator's

anticipated for the dust to clear out. Then, within a minute, everyone finally got their

as before, was Jin. Though his clothes were a mess and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to the twins that were on the ground struggling to get up, Jin

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

about to finish off his opponents, the whole

circumstances, the trials will now shut down. Please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. I repeat, please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate

***

"Damn it!"

neck slightly as he dodged a sword attack. Raising his sword, he deflected two more attacks coming from

KWANG! KWANG!

fighting, Kevin's eyes would look towards his right from time to time. Right

careless, damn

Kevin that someone had found out about his snooping. If not they wouldn't have sent so many people in one area. They must've added additional support at the very last minute to get rid of

taken this option into consideration, given that he had done a thorough check of the surroundings, he only thought that there were four

some sort of artifact, four more people hid around the

been

KWANG!

"Khh..."

another attack. Stomping his foot on the ground,

cut

at winning was by reducing their number. Everyone here was weaker than him. As long as he got rid of some of

"Huuup!"

when Kevin was about to execute a special move, something

"Kuak!"

individuals suddenly tripped. Though confused, Kevin took advantage of this situation and swiftly stabbed his sword towards

Cwaaaaang—!

to defend himself. Stabbing towards his back, a shield suddenly appeared on the

everyone off. Needless to say, Kevin took advantage

Kevin watched as his opponent flustered;y tried to block the attack. Unfortunately for him, it was a

Cwaaaaang—!

small protective shield that all students had. Nevertheless,

That's two

on Kevin's lips. Still, the smile did not last for long once he realized that he still needed to get rid of six more opponents. Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he didn't know that the only reason he

and glaring

"Overd—"

—Click!

was a subtle yet powerful clicking sound. Kevin, who was struggling and was just about

"...you're here."

—Thud!

the six remaining individuals. Behind him, was

"Wh-at"

Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren merely

—Kracka!

a white hue shrouded Ren's body. Taking advantage of

of the [Keiki style] : Quick

—Click!

out in the area; a beautiful blue line drew in the air.

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

wide, Kevin flusteredly looked at Ren. With a trembling hand, he pointed at Ren

what you

broadcasting the event worldwide, the whole world had just found out that Ren was practicing the Keiki style. He had just placed a massive target on his back for no reason

"..."

again placed his hand

—Click!

too familiar clicking sound rang out in the area. Unfortunately, this time his opponents were prepared as two of

KWANG!

out in the air. Staring at

it, Ren, you better answer me after

Clank—!

life was now much easier. In fact,

and Kevin were

lightning-fast attacks were not something his opponents could easily parry. Slowly but surely, wounds were starting to appear

Ren would be able to get rid of

"...Do it!"

Ren and Kevin were sure of their

all four of the remaining individuals took out a black pill from their mouths and swallowed

Fuuum—!

suddenly skyrocketed as a small gust of wind swept

"What's going on?!"

a step back,