The next day at the announcement ceremony, The outer disciples, inner disciples, and core disciples all stood and stared at Natsumi who was considered the supreme beauty in the entire region envied by all women and wanted by all men and some women too, after announcing the news for that day, everyone saw a figure approach from behind as he walked over to Natsumi, this was none other than Hajime. suddenly a large ice dagger was thrown at Hajime, the latter did not notice in time and felt the stabbing pain in his arm
"Stay away from our queen he said you don't deserve to be near her trash"
Hajime clutched his arm and pulled the dagger out, he looked at the man who threw it and smiled "I couldn't sense it, that was a strong concealing technique you used right?"
"correct you rat"
Hajime then crushed the dagger and looked at Natsumi, whose face was furious, she coldly took out a string and wrapped it around the man's throat, the string constricted and decapitated the young man
"Elder Natsumi how could you do that after that man protected you from that pig's greedy hands?"
a core disciple asked he had long been lusting for Elder Natsumi and was glad when that outer disciple had stabbed Hajime "Wouldn't you rather let me take you out to dinner than fall victim to this perverted pigs desires?"
"This perverted pig as you were so happy to call him is Prince Hajime valentine, next in line for the throne" a voice rang out from the Inner disciple's area
Everyone was shocked "But that does not change the fact that he was about to touch you Elder Natsumi, surely his status is not enough to be able to do as he wishes with you," the man said confidently
"No, it is not, however, he is also my husband and I am his wife, I would watch your mouth if I were you" Now everyone was depressed their supreme beauty had been stolen and by the future king no less, how could they compete
Now that announcements are over, let's begin the ceremony
Even the core members were absolutely shocked at this revelation.
"you all know our sect promotes creativity as well as power as opposed to the other five supreme powers, this is because we believe that creativity, strategy and so on are all important aspects of magic and can turn the tide of not just one battle but an entire war, so strive on, find your inspiration and strive to be creative geniuses but never forget to cultivate your power or people shall trample all over you" she then paused before continuing "Supreme elder Liz, who would you like to see give the example for creativity?"
Liz paused for a second before saying "Prince Hajime"
"Supreme elder Liz, please just call me Hajime, I do not honestly enjoy being royalty, I humbly agree to do the example"
"Your opponent shall be Elder Hawra"
A young beautiful girl stepped out, she had tan skin and black eyes with long, wavy, black hair
"An Arab girl?" Hajime was shocked, the old civilization of eath had long died out and was replaced by their current world a world of advanced technology and magic, as far as he knew many of the races of the old world were near extinction but growing up in such a poor place he naturally heard many of the stories that nobles would never even think of teaching, he knew fully well what each race had looked like, Hajime himself asked his father to test his bloodline, he was mostly mixed with the supernatural species like everyone else but he also contained traces of human lineage however it was diluted, he was a mix of Asian races, a Spanish race and African, as well as his supernatural races
"You know?" the girl asked shocked
"I am well educated in the ancient races of the earth" Hajime calmly said "I am incredibly honored to meet you" Hajime bowed deeply "what is your name?
"your highness, please raise someone of your status should never bow to a commoner like me"
"I don't believe in things like that, after all, I was previously a commoner as well and I hold everyone from any of the old races with the utmost respect, most people view the ancients as weak cowards but believe that is simply not true, the ancients were far for creative than the new world ever was and their hearts, will and determination far surpassed anything you'll see today and every member of the ancient races that I've seen in my life have been no exception, I've seen those people die for the lives of complete strangers, silently endure endless pain and suffering and strive on, especially in our times when your beautiful people are treated like animals, I simply, do not see it that way" he paused for a second "I am also well educated in the various cultures, Compared to the kindness, intelligence, creativity and many more, I am not worth mentioning with my diluted bloodline. in the presence of Elder Hawra, my title as the next king is simply far too insignificant" after he finished speaking he flashed a genuine and warm smile that melted to hearts of the entire crowd
After Hajime's monologue, Elder Hawra could not help but see why Supreme elder Liz and the professors who taught Hajime held the boy in such high respect "Hajime, please just call me Hawra, you have most certainly earned it"
"sister Hawra, please don't hold back against me"
"very well, here I come"
Elder Hawra was a peak rank nine body condensation realm marital artist and instantly pulled out a katana that looked like it was made out of a beautiful never before seen mineral that shined like a crystal but was opaque like a jade, Hajime also pulled out a sword it was a thin sword that resembled a cross between a katana and long sword, the blade of a dark red and the hilt was mostly black with red trimming, it was thin and incredibly sharp with a double-sided edge and the hilt had a unique guard that could act as a reverse grip, the bottom of the hilt ended in a sharp pointed pyramid of metal, Hawra rushed out at Hajime and started to attack, right before the attack hit, Hajime ran his hand along the blade and started chanting then an incredible amount of runes appeared on the blade.
The second the attack was about to hit, Hajime turned his body ninety degrees and then stomped down on the katana, making Hawra flip, mid-air she caught herself and rushed in again this time, Hajime suddenly turned around, in the split second between the moment he turned around and the moment the blade hit, many people's thoughts were flooded
"Is this kid trying to die?"
"Does he have a death wish?"
"how stupid is he?"
"seems this kid doesn't understand the difference between heaven and earth"
" how saddening to see such a young genius die"
while everyone's thoughts were racing, their eyes suddenly felt like they wanted to bulge out of their sockets, Hajime had actually blocked the attack by holding his sword in a reverse grip behind his back, just then Hajime coughed up blood, the shockwave that reverberated from that attack had harmed many of his internal organs.
"it seems that he still lost, so much for creativity"
"Poor kid, what was the supreme elder thinking?'
"He fought well considering who his opponent was"
as soon as he spat out blood, his right arm which was the arm that was holding his sword shattered into pieces, his opponent was stunned and he knew this, as the sword was about to hit the floor Hajime suddenly grabbed the sword with his left hand, used the Serpent Slither movement technique to turn his body around in an instant, this technique involved the user moving the same way a serpent coils around his prey, Hajime's, right foot turned directly to the right, his left foot left the ground and he spun around on only one foot, then he lowered himself slightly using the momentum of his left foot swinging through the air and he said a few quiet words "Ashaventi Contanimus" A large bolt of lightning shot out from his sword and made Hawra fly back a few meters then he stabbed the sword into the floor and chanted a few more words suddenly, the sword lit on fire
Cracks formed along the floor and vicious black flames spread throughout the cracks and formed a wall around the stage of black hellfire, everyone was shocked but was more shocking was that Hajime gripped the sword's hilt and flipped over his sword, ripping it out of the floor as he did so and the flames retreated back into the sword, igniting it with the black flames as the sword flew and pinned Hawra to the wall, The black flames ignited her coat
"The Nether fire of the void of purgatory, a vicious flame that will leave nothing behind, not even ashes, you have lost this fight," Hajime said calmly as he spat out another mouthful and knelt on the floor
Hawra looked at the young man, her eyes filled with admiration "I concede, I have indeed lost"
the fire of the sword died down as Hajime chanted a few words, she removed it and rushed over to Hajime, she helped him up and put him on her back taking him to the infirmary
The entire area was stunned there were few disciples that could stand up to Hawra in a spar