Later, Ben's mini dimension, infirmary.
"Are you an idiot?" said Ben as he carefully applied ointment on the burn injuries all over Maria's body that he gets due to the backfire of his own magic.
"Ben-chan~ You don't know how over that person is. He falsely judged me without even knowing what I had gone through! How the hell would he even think that I care about those negative critics about my unique beauty? Seriously! Instead of a fear, it's an anger for me! What a rude guy to even have that thought! Hmph!" Maria ranted in dissatisfaction, which brought up a rare smile on Ben's face.
"Well, this controversial mindset had been existed for a long time and will probably continue to exist, so, it's not worth it for you to hurt yourself like this because of it. But I have to admit that, your performance just now was amazing." said Ben as he applied some medicinal powder on some much more serious burns on Maria's arm.
"Aww~ Ben-chan, you actually sound so sweet just now. Hey! If I am not mistaken, Chris-chan is up next, right?" Maria asked.
"Yes, he will be on the field in a few minutes, but I am kind of worried about him." said Ben.
"Heh? Why? Any wrong with Chris-chan? Is it because of those injuries he got when he was in Null Dimension?" Maria asked, rather concerned.
"No, nothing to do with that, and Chris is totally alright, just that I somehow have an uneasy feeling of the coming match, I feel that the Royal Guards are scheming on something but I don't know what it is... Tsk... If possible, I really want to force him to withdraw from that match but it seems like he is having some sort of plan with Sky, so... I don't know." said Ben, kind of anxious.
"Ah... I wasn't thinking any of that but now you made me worry about Chris-chan as well, let's go watch Chris-chan match out there so that his opponent can't do anything weird behind us." said Maria, Ben nodded...
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Near the right exit of the waiting area, Chris anxiously stared at the field before switched his vision to his opponent who is walking out from the other exit, Chris wore his gloves and clenched his fist tight before sighed then stepped out of the exit...
As soon as he stepped out, a loud and restless applause raised from the audiences which shows a huge contrast compared to the reaction they have when Chris's opponent stepped onto the field.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! We are now having our second match for today! Mr. Chris from Team Kneel Before Me versus Mr. Timmy from Team Royal Guard!" The Emcee Cat exclaimed.
As the cat announced the contestants from both of the teams, Chris recalls a certain part of the conversation he had with Sky the night before...
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"Hey Chris, I remember you told me that you had ordered Jason to investigate the Royal Guards, did he manage to get any useful information?" Sky asked
"Ah... Yes. I totally forgot about that. From his investigations, he found out that four of the Royal Guard members are able to use curse magic, and among the four, there is one particular curse expert with the name of Timmy, rumors said that he is capable of doing some really advanced and deadly curse." said Chris
"Sounds dangerous, whoever that is unfortunate enough to meet him on the field will surely have a tedious fight. Chris, are you alright with it? Curse magic is one of your few weaknesses, isn't it?" said Sky.
"Yeah... My body can't really handle curse magic really well. Tsk... I guess I will have to be extra careful." said Chris...
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Present.
"Both contestants look equally strong, will this be another exciting match, let us look forward to it. As usual, the match will start after the bell rang. Good luck for both contestants." said the Emcee Cat as it always does.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!" The bell rang as soon as the Emcee Cat get back to his seat at the match reporter platform.
On the field, both Chris and Timmy did not make any moves, they just quietly stared at each other waiting for their opponent to take the first move. After about a minute of total silence, Chris sighed a bit before gripped on some unseen thing in the air with his right hand, then, within a few seconds, a slightly greyish translucent sword appeared in his hand...
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Contestants standby area.
"Heh? Is that a new sword of Chris-can? I had never seen it before." said Blair who is watching the match along with his team and K's team.
"Same, I have never seen it either, but don't you think it looks a bit surreal? Or rather it doesn't look very stable." said K.
"Hmm... True... But why? Hmm? Eh? Hey! Look! His opponent is taking his move as well." said Blair as he pointed at Timmy who is now emitting some weird pink aura.
"Why pink aura though?" said K, a bit curious and confused...
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On the field, Chris is anxiously looking at his opponent, he is curious at Timmy's move, especially with those suspicious pink aura. However what happened next is definitely beyond everyone's expectations and dumbfounded everyone in the stadium, including Chris. In a blink of eye, the field is filled with lots of cute and dreamy items like giant plushies, colorful flowers that made of candies, and lollipops...
"Uh-huh... I have a feeling that, that boy is making fun of Chris." said Sky as he witnessed that absurd scene from the waiting area, Maria nodded as a sign of agreeing...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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