The Author's POV

"Begin!"

The moment the referee's words faded, both Ava and Amelia simultaneously moved.

Raising his hand, the mana in the air agglomerated towards the palm of Amelia's hand creating a circular pressurized wind ball. Within a couple of seconds the ball turned the size of a basketball before with a low shout, Amelia directed the ball in Ava's direction.

Swooosh—!

With a low hissing sound, the ball quickly headed in Ava's direction as it pierced through the air at a terrifying speed. It was so fast that the spectators below were unable to see a thing.

At the same time Amelia was preparing to attack, holding onto three blue cards, Ava quickly channeled her mana into them and threw them in front of her. As she did so, she pressed her foot on the ground and pushed her body back.

SHIIING— SHIIING—

The moment the cards left her hand, three massive ice pillars materialized in front of her.

Bang—!

It was then that the ball came into contact with them and a terrifying explosion resounded throughout the whole arena. But it had to be noted, Ava was two minor ranks lower than Amelia, and so were the cards.

The moment the ball came into contact with the pillars they instantly broke apart into pieces like broken glass, creating a small mist in the air.

Fortunately, Ava already knew about the fragility of the ice pillars. The only reason she used them was to buy herself enough time for her next move, which was exactly what she did.

Taking out her flute, she quickly blew at its ip

Tootle too~

A melodious tune suddenly rang throughout the whole arena grounds.

Meanwhile, as Ava was blowing onto the flute, Amelia's attack never stopped. The only thing that was different about the attack was that its momentum had slowed down. This was of course a result of the ice pillars.

Within a couple of seconds, the attack was already in front of Ava. However, it was then that something happened.

Just as the attack was land on her, a massive boulder-like creature materialized in front of her and crashed onto the ground with a loud bang.

Booom—

Then, following the appearance of the creature, a terrifying explosion resounded throughout the arena as the ball came into contact with the creature. Dust and debris flew in the air, blocking the sight of all parties present.

As this happened, the hearts of every human that was watching tightened as everyone wondered.

'Was Ava able to stop the attack or not?'

Fortunately, all doubt seemed to resolve over the next few seconds as the dust settled down revealing an enormous beetle-like creature standing in front of Ava.

With its anterior opened wide and only a few scratches on it, the creature looked completely unharmed. Furthermore, standing behind it was Ava who had her flute pressed by her lips.

Confusion instantly appeared on the viewers faces as they looked at the creature standing in front of Ava.

Fortunately, the announcers were not just there for show as Lorena quickly commented.

"That right there is a metal-plated beetle. A creature that has low attacking power, but incredible defensive power. Simply put, they are tremendous tanks."

Nodding his head, Zack quickly followed up from the side. Excitement flashed across his eyes.

"Right, as you've just seen, despite only being a low ranking creature it was still able to withstand the impact from Amelia. Ava's opponent."

"Oh, it looks like Ava is going to summon more creatures," Lorena added as she pointed toward the screen in front of her.

And just as her words faded, Ava once again blew on the flute.

Tootle too~

subtle glow enshrouded the flute as three more creatures suddenly materialized

the three creatures appeared, a look of realisation appeared on Zack's face as he softly

so Ava is

just summoned were known as the steel-webbed spiders, a terrifying class creature that could shoot out webs that were as

Amelia who had not been standing idly, attacked once

a couple of seconds to create them, and once he was

the three steel-webbed spiders she summoned quickly distanced themselves into a small triangular formation. From how fast and readily

their lower body, the spiders quickly shot out spider webs in the direction of

following the appearance of the next, the metal-plated beetle quickly moved a couple of meters behind the

the webs. Just like a parachute, the moment the balls came

Snap—! Snap—!

it appeared as though Amelia's power was still too

resounded throughout the whole arena as the spiderwebs quickly came undone. However, the

look in the

Booom—! Booom—!

reverberated throughout the arena as the metal-plated beetle skid back all the way towards the edge

Tssss.

and the audience was able to get a

for tear. Trying to stand, its body stumbled down repeatedly, and eventually, unable to hold on for any longer, it quickly dropped to the ground with a low

of the metal-plated

"Come back."

Tootle too~

arena and entered

incredibly solemn. It was clear that she hadn't expected for her beast to lose

Swooosh—!

was standing at the back with a smug look on his face, once again

his finger in the sky, the air suddenly fumbled towards the tip of his

Ava's direction

"Go."

mumbled under his breath before he

beasts. Unlike the previous attacks, this attack covered almost half of the arena and so both her and her beast

placing her mouth on the

Tootle too~

following which, all the spiders disappeared from the

flute one more time, Ava turned around and run towards the edge of the arena.

"This…"

jump out of the arena, Lorena and Zack who were watching from the studio stood

at each other for a good second, they looked back at the cameras and slumped back

appears as though

"Wait, look."

and pointed towards the screen where displayed on it was Ava standing right behind Amelia who was looking at the referee with a look

premonition. But it was too late as he suddenly felt a powerful mana fluctuation coming from

by the time a magic circle

source of the fire pillars was none other than Ava who quickly followed up by blowing onto her flute. Six beasts

the six beasts, three of them were the same spiders from before while the other three were ferocious wolves that quickly dove in the direction of Amelia who was currently

At one moment they thought that Amelia

as the wolves were about to dive onto him, a hand came sweeping down from above, blowing everyone away, including the

disappeared, Amelia's haggard figure appeared on the stage. With heavy breaths and disheveled and burned clothes,

"You bitch!"

snarled as he weakly stood up. But before he could

Amelia. He will pass to the round

"…eh?"

"Huh?"

confusion appeared on the faces of the spectator. This was especially so for the

when she clearly destroyed her