The Author's POV

Rushing in my direction, Kevin shouted. His voice sounded extremely panicked.

"Where is Emma?!"

"Calm down, Emma has been taken by the staff, her father is with her."

Raising my hand, I motioned him to calm down.

"From what I've been told, she is still alive. Just before Emma was about to get stabbed in the back, the referee reacted in time and slightly shifted her body away, preventing her death, but..."

Pausing, my brows furrowed.

"But what!?"

Raising my head and meeting Kevin's gaze, I deeply sighed.

"...but, well, it's not looking too good. She was hit directly in the spine, so I don't know."

"Haa..."

Like a deflated balloon, Kevin's stumbled a couple of steps back as his face drained of all color.

Grabbing onto his shoulder, I held him up.

"Relax, don't lose hop—"

"The book!"

Kevin suddenly shouted as he cut me off.

My eyes immediately opened wide at his words.

Placing my hand over his mouth, I quickly shushed him.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

"Hmmhmmm."

Increasing my grip on his mouth, I whispered in his ear.

"Get a grip of yourself, the event has already happened, the book can't do anything. Furthermore, there is nothing written on it. You know best since you've seen the book yourself."

Listening to my words, Kevin quickly calmed down as his eyes dulled.

Seeing this, I asked. "...Are you finally calm?"

Kevin silently nodded his head in response.

Eyeing him for a while, I proceeded to take my hand away from his mouth. Taking a deep breath, I tried to reassure him.

"Don't worry too much, I'm sure she will be fine."

Despite my words, I wasn't too confident in the things I said.

Emma's condition was quite critical. Fortunately, the elves were able to intervene just in time to stabilize her condition and so she was at least guaranteed her life.

Regarding whether she was disabled or not, I wasn't sure. Only time could tell.

"Huuu..."

Taking a deep breath, I turned my wrist and glanced at my watch.

[Permission to access granted]

[On] [Off]

'This is enough for now.'

Tapping onto the screen of my watch, I turned off the tracking device in Aaron's head.

***

On the upper echelon platform, moments before.

Silence descended on the platform as the eyes of all the members on the platform locked themselves on the one specific projection where a girl lay on the floor in her own pool of blood.

"Someone go and get her patched up quickly."

The first to speak out amongst the members was the elven queen whose delicate brows knit tightly.

She was evidently displeased by the fact that an incident had occurred.

her head to glance in the direction of the others, the

for the mishap, it should've

there to

Despite the fact that he wasn't trying to speak loudly, his voice boomed loudly

be it...khrrr...Only the strong deserve to

"I agree."

nodded from the side as his eyes locked

had been warned beforehand of the possibility of death, we can't blame you guys for

"I see."

elven queen reluctantly nodded her head before

during my watch. Each individual present represents the future of our

that remained did not have a change in expression throughout the whole event was Octavious Hall who remained

or not

Trrr— Trrr—

that Octavious suddenly felt a vibration coming from his

of the meters the

to properly locate the individual, but it appears

Octavius's brows furrowed slightly.

876.

had almost forgotten

that the Union had agreed to catch in exchange for the

thing as the Union had never bothered investing that much

it, but

876 was because his signal disappeared a while back. Octavious thought that

the Monolith had never said anything regarding him being dead,

it appeared as

of his watch, Octavious

to be on constant alert. If you find his

leaned back

they captured 876 or not, he really did

***

Late at night.

of alcohol permeated

young girl with auburn-colored hair. With

her, holding onto her small delicate hand was Kevin whose body trembled uncontrollably. A couple of hours after the incident, the

his feelings into consideration, they all chose to visit at

at Emma's frail figure, Kevin felt a heartwrenching pain coarse through

across his face

all my

his teeth tightly. It was only after someone showed him what had happened that he realized

flashed across his face

harder than he

not stop Ren during that

of this would've ever happened if he

sink in as dark thoughts entered his

Cli Clank—!

then that the door of the room suddenly opened and Ren walked in. Staring in his direction and walking up to him, he softly

much the doctor said that

"...I know."

muttered. His

know that she's going to live...but, he also said that sh-e suffered from a permanent injury on her back. She...will

squeezed Emma's hand

you kill that

mixed in his

Ren's direction, Kevin's snarled

back then when you were about to kill him! ...This is all my

more he spoke, the louder his voice

himself losing control

what was happening to him, the feeling he was currently experiencing, the heartwrenching feeling

he

let her

his sudden outburst, Ren shook his head and

your

Kevin stood up. Closing his eyes for a short

This isn't my

hand and wiping the corner of his eyes, Kevin's face

someone to blame, it has to be Aaron. He's the one who

body. Turning his head and

to win the

He suddenly proclaimed.

through the usage of something called an 'elven tear'. I will win the tournament and ask for

one last look at

Clank—!

become numb as a

going to stop