The Author's POV

Chapter 424

After the incident with Emma, the tournament was put on hold for a couple of days.

The reason why it was put on hold had nothing to do with Emma, in truth. Instead, it was because the preparations for broadcasting the tournament throughout each domain were ready.

Since it required a lot of mana to broadcast the events, the leaders only chose to start broadcasting them at the round of thirty-two.

With radio frequencies being blocked by the barrier enveloping Issanor, normal broadcasting means couldn't be used. Hence, the long waiting time.

At least this applied to the human side as they needed to make the proper arrangements. They weren't as advanced as the other races after all.

"Congrats on passing the round."

Meeting up with Ava and Hein, I first congratulated Ava who had actually passed the round.

Because of the incident that happened, I was unable to watch her fight live. But after gaining access to replays of the video, I spent a good couple of hours analyzing her fight. And I had to say, I was impressed.

At first, I thought that she wouldn't have made it this far as, like Hein, her specialty didn't lie in 1 v 1. But, I was quickly proven wrong.

With her now improved flute, she could summon up to eight beasts, with all of them ranked at around rank.

Typically, this many beasts wouldn't have been able to deal with a rank, but the synergy that Ava was able to create between each beast made her a known threat, enough to bridge a rank gap.

Watching her fight in the video I was really left amazed and made a mental note to myself to pay close attention to her next fight. Perhaps she would once again surprise me.

"Thank you."

At my words, Ava replied with a smile.

"I wasn't really confident in my chances, but I guess I got lucky."

"No."

I shook my head.

"Luck can only get you so far. This was all you."

Turning to look behind Ava, my eyes paused on Hein.

"You seem to be doing a lot better than before. You managed to get over your loss."

"Not really…"

Hein replied with a bitter smile on his face.

"Although I always knew that I wasn't going to win… I at least wanted to make it past the round of thirty two."

"There, there."

Turning around, Ava patted Hein on the shoulder… Or at least tried to. She was too short to reach him.

Eventually, after realising that she couldn't reach him, she gave up.

"Whatever."

She softly mumbled as she crossed her arms and pouted. Hein, who was already used to such a scene, didn't seem to mind it and continued.

"I don't know, I just feel like I still have a lot that is lacking."

"Don't we all?"

Honestly, I felt gratified that Hein felt this way.

If someone did not think they were lacking in anything then their growth would just stunt. Even Kevin whom I had talked to last night realized just how many flaws he had.

No one was perfect.

That included me. I was nowhere near perfect. But, just because one had flaws didn't mean that they were weak.

"Well, since you realized that you have many flaws, just work on them. The less they become apparent, the more you know you're doing something right."

regard to giving advice, but I firmly

my words and nodded his head

"Yeah."

"That's good."

on my face, I

way, where are the

and the others?" Ava

"Yeah."

around to explore the city? It was understandable, after all, since they weren't participating and

sentence completely caught me

the human domain for a

"…Eh?"

to process her words,

did you just

a strange look on her

they went to

"You can do that?"

confusion within me

that happened so you didn't know the portals have been opened up. Unfortunately, only those who are not participating can leave.

"I see…"

could've told

development, but I wasn't too mad. After all, once the tournament ended, I was planning on settling back in the human

of course, that depended on whether everything

it, too. They said that they would help me, but I hadn't heard

I should use this time to

eventually shrugged my shoulders. Since the only people that could go back were the ones that weren't participating in the tournament, I couldn't go

matter. I was going to meet them

now. Hein said that he will help me train for my next

my thoughts was Ava who

head and glancing in their direction, I waved

"Bye."

them left, leaving

should

at the moment. I couldn't really talk to Kevin since he was probably sorting his stuff out,

wasn't any- actually, there

thoughts paused there, scratching the back of my head, I

It won't

out my communication device, I quickly

couple of rings, someone finally picked up. It was

—…What do you want?

"Cough."

past we had with each other, my voice raised

been

***

time, in

"Khrrr…khrrr…"

a rough nasal sound

at a large table were over ten figures, each of which was an

the table were multiple projections, depicting the

These are the most

of the orcs seated said while

in the room as everyone gazed at a certain individual. The moment their eyes landed on him, their breathing became rough, and unknowingly lowered their

the strongest orc amongst the younger generation. With a rank of , he was one of the

hologram, Kimor finally opened his

is the

he spoke softly, his voice rang throughout the

the orc who had previously spoken. His name was Artian, and he was the strongest orc

seen, Vaalyun, Borerlig, Ignar, and Amelia are the only ones that truly pose a threat. Maybe

" ranked?"

soon as he heard that Kevin

strongest amongst the

"Yes."

his eyes, Kimor leaned his head over on his hand that was clenched

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