"YOU PERVERT! HOW DARE YOU HAVE A HAREM WITH CYAN, THAT ORC COUNCILLOR AND ILORA?!" As soon as I enter our room, this is what I hear from Richard. "A harem with me? I am sorry but count me out. I have no interest in love or such things." Ilora says as she looks away from us. She said it without hesitancy but her cheeks seemed to be red like she's blushing...I don't pay much attention though.
"Yeah, a harem for me would mean death sentence. I wouldn't want that." I say as I get in the room. "By the way, one of the councillor's said that you took down an Ogre." Brenna looks at me with her angry eyes. "Where did you hear that?" I ask. "On the T.V." She says looking right into my eyes. "Yeah, it was really strange how he spoke about it." Jacob says. "But I know, knowing your strength your not even close to an Ogre." He continues. Well he is not wrong, technically, I didn't beat the Ogre, he actually became a pet of mine...Kind of...
"The round selection begins here!" There is an announcement on the T.V. "Get ready teams, the judges will draw who our first teams will be and what type of rounds they will be playing, so teams inside the locker rooms, BE READY TO THROW DOWNNNN!!!!" The announcer screams and the crowd is getting pumped along with him.
"Orc Councillor, please select a team." The announcer asks Yima kindly by putting a bunch of team in front of her. "Select 3 teams your interested in and out of those 3 teams 1 will be selected." The announcer says. "Same goes for our Elf Councillor, please you must select 3 teams too." The announcer says. "Understood." The Elf Councillor Vasteria says. Yima nods with excitement.
A transparent window of the name of the teams appear on the screen, there are 16 teams on it. Yima selects 2 and then finally, "OF COURSE I WANT MY FAVOURITES TO FIGHT FIRST!" Yima says with a smile. "Your favourites? Those qualifier from the previous round? Don't make me laugh." Vasteria says with a smirk. "Your underestimating them 'Miss Elf Cow'." Yima gives Vasteria a smirk. "WHO DID YOU CALL A COW, YOU GIANT FLAT ORC?!!!" Vasteria angrily screams. All the councillors catch her. The crowd begins cheering, one for the beautiful Orc Councillor who was new to them and the others for the gorgeous and well dressed Elf Councillor who has been a Councillor for about 7 years now.
*Throat Clearing*
"The teams that are selected by Yima are...Team Silence, Team Heping and Team Rizing. She seems to be going all human for the first shuffle." The announcer says. "ROLL THE SHUFFLE FOR THE FIRST TEAM OF THE FIRST ROUND!" The announcer announces as the huge screen in the stadium begins to randomise the number.
*Click*
"WITH THE FIRST ROLL, WE GET TEAM RIZING!!!!" Damn that was quick, I didn't expect that. "Well, guess we are the first one's to get a match eh?" Damien says with a smile. That's the first time I have seen him that excited. "Not only that...If we win our first match then chances are we will be officially announced as students." Ashley says with a smile.
"I must say the Councillor Vasteria is pulling no strings here, she might be putting quite some pressure on Team Rizing with her selection already." Team Dryball, 6th strongest squad in all world. They belong of strong dwarves. Dwarves may seem small in shapes and sizes but their body...That's a completely different case. Much stronger then one can imagine...Yet...They are our easy targets because the other two teams, Team Nightingale and Team Fighters are not easy enemies by any means. Team Nightingale were the runner-ups of the previous year and Team Fighters...The winners plus their leader is...That guy...(Cyan's brother)
The board starts shuffling itself again, I would take anyone but Team Fighters...We don't want to reveal our strength to Team Fighters just yet. That would be bad for us. I keep staring at the T.V. intensely. Not only me, but, everyone in the classroom does.
*Click*
I sigh. It's not Team Fighters that we will be fighting. Rather...We have ourselves Team Dryballs. "Please both the teams begin making their way out to the arena." The announcer says. We all begin making our way out of our locker room to the stadium but before we could make our way out of there we bump into...Team Fighters...
"Hey, how have you been, Henry?" That guy...Hayden...His eyes were quite menacing when he was looking at me. "Just like I thought, eye of mana doesn't have any effect on you. You are quite brave you know." Hayden says to me. "Your lucky we weren't the first one's you fight because...We would have crushed you and then brave look off of your face." Hayden whispers in my ears. I smile. "You will get your chance." I say with a smile. Hayden gives a smile and leaves. "We shall see about that." He says.
We make our way out to see 20 dwarves standing in front of us. The dwarves are smiling. They have the whole right to smile as they hang onto their 6th most powerful rookie squad status. I smile.
"NOW THE ROUND ROULETTE SPIN!" The announcer announces. "THERE ARE OVER HUNDRED ROUNDS HERE LISTED IN THIS ROULETTE BUT ONLY 15 DIFFERENT ROUNDS WILL BE PLAYED AS THERE ARE ONLY 15 ROUNDS TO BE PLAYED AND REMEMBER THIS FOLKS, ONCE YOU HAVE PLAYED A ROUND OF THAT CERTAIN TYPE YOU CAN'T PLAY IT AGAIN, SO THE ROUND TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CURRENT ROUND WILL BE PLAYED IN CASE IT'S THE SAME ROUND AGAIN!" Jeez, why is the announcer loud all of a sudden? "LET US BEGIN THE ROULETTE SPIN!!!!" The announcer announces or rather screams. I am getting annoyed by his voice. The roulette begins to spin.
*Click*
The pointer stops at tag battle. "Tag battle huh? What would that be?" I question. "WELL FOLKS, THIS MATCH IS A TAG BATTLE!!!!" The announcer screams again. Through what the announcer explains, the tag battle round is pretty much like wrestling. You send in two of your squad-mates and have one of them fight in the arena while the other stays out of magical barrier while we get seated within the crowd to watch the match. Of course the other squad-mate can arrive in if the other squad-mate calls in tag but the tag has to be very loud and clear. The rules are quite simple, If you get knocked out and don't get up within 3 seconds, you will lose or if you don't get back within the magical barrier you will lose. Quite a simple match.
"Leader...Who are you sending?" Grace asks with a seductive look in her eyes. I smile. "Ricardo and Jacob, you are our heavy hitters, get going." I say. Both Ricardo and Jacob nod while saying, "UNDERSTOOD!"
Both Ricardo and Jacob go inside the arena. Ricardo takes the guard while Jacob waits as a tag partner. We sit in the stadium and I close my eyes and begin cultivating my mana. "Even here...?" Ilora looks confused.
"You are Ricardo right?" A dwarf asks Ricardo. "Yeah but how do you know my name?" Ricardo questions. "Remember that dwarf who you almost killed." The dwarf smirks. "Yeah, that dwarf was me." The dwarf gives an evil smile. Ricardo's face begins to shadow down. "I couldn't believe that humans would actually believe that you an untalented little swine would be the one to actually beat me." The dwarf says. "But to tell you the truth I just wanted to torture you because it was fun and once I am a protector in our kingdom, I will make sure to do that to every single race. Show them...That we dwarves are short but our wits are superior then your's." The dwarf says. "I will make you grovel on your feet right now and here!" The dwarf says as the announcer says begin.
A slight smile,
"It's over." I say. "What?!" Everyone looks confused as I get up. The dwarf rushes Ricardo.
"LEVEL ONE DARK MAGIC-" At that moment the young boy chanting saw 3 days ago what his leader said to him. "Anger? You want to know how to let go of your anger?" Ricardo asks me. "Yeah...You see...I don't want to have my anger overtake me-" I interrupt Ricardo. "What are you talking about?" Ricardo looks confused. "You should let the anger overtake you and store all that anger for the right moment, Ricardo. Always remember, your anger is your biggest strength and you can save lives with it. Never let it go." I say to him.
For once, the young boy thought, someone had acknowledged him for who he is not for what he has done in the past rather, the young boy looked at his leader and thought, "No, he even accepted my past." The thing that the young boy wanted to hear wasn't that his anger hurts people or kills them. The thing that young boy wanted hear was, his anger can save the live of people around him.
At that moment, the young boy let his anger off on the dwarf, his hands begin to glow with dark flame like aura "LEVEL ONE DARK MAGIC: DEVILLLLL'S TAKEDOWNNNNNNN!!!!!" The young boy Ricardo, he grabs the dwarf's face and smacks it into the arena's ground causing a huge crack into it. While the young boy only smashed the dwarf's face into the arena's ground the dwarf saw a shade of devil awakening within Ricardo.
"LIKE HELL I WILL GROVEL ON YOUR FEET! DON'T YOU DARE TO EVEN THINK THAT I WILL LOSE TO A CON ARTIST LIKE YOU! IN FACT, I HAVE SWORN TO MYSELF THAT I WILL NEVER EVER LOSE BECAUSE IF I EVER LOSE AGAIN THEN OUR LEADER WILL BE THE ONE TO BE EMBARRASSED AND I CAN NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE HE IS THE ONLY PERSON TO EVER ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM!!!" Ricardo screams out his words out and loud. He said leader...Did he mean me by leader? I look back at Ricardo.
"Seems like you made quite an impact on Ricardo." I look at Mr. Daniel standing in front of me. "It's never easy to impress an angry man like him." Mr. Daniel says. I smile. "Hey you actually have a genuine smile for once. Does this mean that you felt good that you were praised for your actions?" Mr. Daniel asks me. "No, I am just happy because...I felt good to hear that someone actually took my advice." I say. "Of course, not someone, everyone followed you and you acted like a true leader. I can say kid, I don't know as a fighter but as a leader, your way better then me." Mr. Daniel pats my head. "Good job kid." He says. "AND THE WINNER IS TEAM RIZING!" There were actual cheers for us. I smile from those cheers.
"He...defeated him with just a single hit...What monster..." Freego looks all confused. "Damn...I might have actually underestimated the new one's here." Vasteria says as she begins to bite her nail. "I told you, you can't underestimate a them. They are lead by a true leader, therefore, they will never lose." Yima says with a smile. Vasteria gives Yima an angry look. Cao Ping smiles. "Well, this is quite interesting." Cao Ping looks towards the young boy in the corner of the stadium whose along with Caster. "But the most interesting person will be him..." Cao Ping says as he strokes his beard.