"Good fight." Rui nodded. They were both strong, however, Kaerts was a cut better. That along with compatibility advantage gave him very low chances of losing against someone like Byron.
Although they were all chosen as representatives of their respective branches of the Academies, that did not mean they were all on the same level.
The next match may even serve as proof of that.
"What an incredible first round we've had folks. Now we have only one more fight left! On one hand we have Representative Derk Sermont!"
Derk walked in, expressionless. Yet Rui could almost feel the fear from him.
"And on the other hand, we have Representative Fiona Roschem representing the Vargard branch! Renowned as the Chosen Incarnate in the Martial Community. She is the representative with the highest gambling odds!"
The crowd erupted in cheers louder than any other Representative had received. This was to be expected, since they were in the town of Vargard, the branch that she was representing.
However, Rui noticed something odd.
('He didn't mention the name of her Martial Art...') Rui's eyes widened. Could it be that she hadn't even named her Martial Art yet? As strong as she was, her Martial Art did not possess enough individuality and originality?
This came as a shock to Rui. He had completely suspected her to be a Squire candidate. But it turned out he was wrong.
(How stra-!') He froze as Fiona entered.
She didn't make any gestures out of the ordinary. She didn't put on any airs. She was expressionless.
Yet the sense of danger that her focus invoked in all those within her Realm was profound.
In that moment, Rui instinctively felt certain of one thing.
She was the strongest Martial Apprentice he had ever met.
She was stronger than his old Apprentice instructors. Stronger than his friends. Stronger than the golden-haired bandit. Even stronger than the masked bandit who saved the former from eight Martial Apprentices.
stances."
tension took
felt a faint whiff of fear
Sermont adopted a grappling stance as a bead of sweat trickled down
Fiona didn't move.
an eyebrow,
"Begin!"
with hawk
believe
BANG!
RUMBLE
such ferocity that faint tremors travelled across
had
BOOM!
his gut, as he spat
BANG!
stopped as he collided
THUD
to
...
Roschem!"
a moment, no
a winner folks! Representative Fiona Roschem soundly moves onto the second round with a dominant victory against Representative Derk
jerked as he
laughed, before
scratched his head.
Kyrie turned to him, glaring at
my side." Rui
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