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.

their weapons together. A powerful current of magic power rose up around their weapons, heating up everything in their

"Now!"

area. A majestic vertical blue beam

SHIIIIING!

behind the beam was a beautiful

at the incoming

deep breath. "Light eye.

his skill, light eye, Jin's world suddenly slowed down. Looking at the approaching attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of his mana towards them. Within seconds, the dagger dangerously glowed as all of Jin's mana flowed

slashed down with both

BAAAM—!

everything within the vicinity. It was soon followed by a thunderous explosion that rang throughout the whole dome. Almost

flew everywhere hindering the spectator's

they eagerly anticipated for the dust to clear out.

the same position as before, was Jin. Though his clothes were a mess and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to the twins that

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

his opponents, the whole building turned red, and

the premises. I repeat, please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises.

***

"Damn it!"

a sword attack. Raising

KWANG! KWANG!

eyes would look towards his right from time to time. Right

was careless,

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 anyone that was trying

thorough check of the surroundings, he only thought that there were four people

more people hid around the area and

had been

KWANG!

"Khh..."

attack. Stomping his foot on the ground, Kevin

to cut down

severe disadvantage in number. The only way he could have a shot at winning was by reducing their number. Everyone here was weaker than him. As long as he got rid of some

"Huuup!"

to execute a special move, something strange

"Kuak!"

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

Cwaaaaang—!

towards his back, a shield suddenly appeared on the student's body as

and it threw everyone off. Needless to say, Kevin took advantage

his opponent flustered;y tried to block the attack. Unfortunately for him, it was a faint. Right when it

Cwaaaaang—!

once again blocked by the small protective

That's two

opponents. Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he didn't know that the only reason he had gotten rid of the two opponents was due to luck. Had his

taking a step back and glaring at his opponents, Kevin prepared himself to

"Overd—"

—Click!

struggling and was just

"...you're here."

—Thud!

the ground was one of the six remaining individuals. Behind him, was Ren's cold

"Wh-at"

eyes, Ren merely glanced at everyone present before placing his hand on

—Kracka!

shrouded Ren's body.

movement of the [Keiki style] :

—Click!

the area; a beautiful blue line drew in the air. With a large

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

With a

realize what you have

Ren was practicing the Keiki style. He had just placed a massive target on his back for no

"..."

once again placed his hand on

—Click!

all too familiar clicking sound rang out in the area. Unfortunately, this time his opponents were prepared as two of the four opponents stood next to each other and

KWANG!

colliding rang out in the air. Staring

answer me after

Clank—!

incoming attack. Only needing to deal with two opponents, Kevin's life was now much easier. In fact, now that Ren had

more apparent in the fight as Ren and Kevin were slowly

restraints on him, Ren dominated his opponents. His lightning-fast attacks were not something his opponents could easily parry. Slowly but surely, wounds were starting to appear all

would be able to get rid of

"...Do it!"

when Ren and Kevin were sure of their victory,

at each other simultaneously, all four of the remaining individuals took out a black pill

Fuuum—!

as a small gust of wind

"What's going on?!"

step back, Kevin