The Author's POV

Chapter 425

At the moment I was currently sitting down inside a famous elven shop where one could enjoy the fantastic scenery of the city from above. Sat with one of my legs crossed, I enjoyed the nice northern breeze.

"Hey."

Taking a sip of the famous elven honeydew drink, I greeted Jin who was walking over with a serious look on his face.

Squinting his eyes, Jin wordlessly sat on the seat opposite of me.

"What's with the serious look?"

I asked.

He looked like someone that was just about to fight his biggest enemy. How strange.

"...You still haven't told me why you're meeting up with me."

Pausing, Jin placed his hand on the table and leaned forward.

"What exactly do you want?"

There was deep apprehension in his eyes as he looked at me. My hand which was holding onto the cup froze.

"What?"

The moment I processed his words, I instantly became confused. I then proceeded to put my cup down.

"What makes you think that I called you here with any intent?"

"...So you just called me here for the sake of calling me."

"Yeah, pretty much. I was bored."

Opening and closing his mouth, Jin tried to say something, but from the looks of it, my answer had made him speechless.

Seeing him like that, I forced myself to not laugh.

"I'm joking, I actually do have something to talk about."

Jin's brows furrowed upon hearing this. Before he could say anything else, I continued.

"Aside from being bored, there was actually something that I wanted to talk about. It's regarding our next opponents. Since you train so much, I figured that you didn't know much regarding our next opponents, Plus..."

Lowering my head, I looked at my watch.

"We should get our matchups soon."

In about ten minutes or so.

That aside, Jin was the type of person that would not make any preparations prior to when fighting an opponent.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but it was because he just preferred using that time to train. Ever since meeting him, I noticed that he had become a training fanatic.

Either way, the reason why I was telling him about the next opponents was because I wanted to avoid a similar scenario to that of Emma's and also increase the chances of him winning.

I wanted to make sure no other slip-ups happened.

Humanity joining the alliance was a must. Even if Kevin and I performed well if Jin and the others didn't perform well, the probability of the other races allowing us to join would drop drastically.

At my words, Jin finally showed some interest.

"Continue."

Nodding my head, I proceeded to take out my tablet and placed it on the table.

Then, tapping on its screen, a holographic projection appeared before the two of us. On it were the different profiles of the top thirty-two contestants.

"So, here are the people that you need to watch out for. As you probably know, the strongest representatives from the three other races are in a league of their own. Honestly, given our current rank, it would be quite hard to beat them, but it's not entirely impossible."

Pausing, I looked at Jin who was staring at the profiles next to me.

"How much of your five-star manual have you learned?"

"Huh?"

Surprise flashed across Jin's face as his head snapped in my direction.

With his brows furrowed tightly, he asked.

"How do you know that I practice a five-star manual?"

I rolled my eyes at his question.

"Don't tell me the Horton family doesn't have a five-star manual?"

"...They do."

"Right, and given your talent, there's no way they wouldn't give it to you."

Although he still did not look convinced by my words, Jin eventually let it go and slowly answered.

"Greater realm of mastery."

"Mhhh..."

on my chair, I

your art for

honest,

were in the Essence realm of mastery, we did get our manuals a

and a half,"

"I see."

was going to be

TWIIIING—! TWIIIING—!

was about to open my mouth to

other for a second, we quickly checked

looks like the matchups

"...Yeah."

me see

to look at my match-up, but the moment I saw who

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round of

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Ava Leafz vs Amelia.

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vs.

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Caeruleum vs. Kimor.

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Jin Horton vs. Artian.

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Amanda Stern vs Ivona.

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Jin's eyes met with mine. A smirk soon emerged on

like you got the short end of the

"Fuck off."

as I turned off my watch and leaned back on

of all people, I am matched up with one of the

that I did not want to

only was he ranked higher than me, but he also fought wisely. He wasn't like the other orcs that fought without thinking about their next

was not someone I couldn't fight without pulling every single card in

Eyes of Chronos, he wasn't someone I couldn't fight without going all

come to terms with reality

it's not like I was planning

me the most however was not that, but it was Kevin's matchup. He

what we said last night replayed inside of my mind as I thought of the possibility of Kevin possibly even going

I had to alter

you showed

commented from the side, snapping me out of my thoughts. Raising my brows, I

"What do you mean?"

you

interest. I was a bit taken aback by this,

he's still hung up about the Hollberg

time that I held him by the throat, and said a lot of things. Considering Jin's personality it made sense for him to want to know about

sip of my drink, I

you won't have to wait for long,

I glanced around and looked for the waiter.

out for the waiter, the place suddenly became quiet as everyone's attention drew

the five individuals, with long silver hair cascading down his back, and a porcelain-like face, was an elf who walked into the establishment. Wearing fine-silk clothing,

lacking a bit compared

entered the establishment, all

He was none other than Vaalyun, the strongest participating elf. Someone

was I could feel the respect

way as Jin shifted his body on

at him from the corner of my eyes,

found your

"What?"

confusion. Leaning

too long ago, you acted exactly like him.

and smug look seemed to favor the respectful stares from the others. He really did act

my

I meant and was obviously not pleased. Then, thinking of something, he raised his head and nudged in the direction of one of the elves following the

found your family. You pretty

"Pah."

following behind Vaalyun, who looked

was going to admit

"Hm?"

Vaalyun glance in

his followers from behind, he headed

times, I

or are they coming our

his head,

"It's not just you."

even a couple of seconds after his words faded, Vaalyun

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