Chapter 19
When the gathering started, they announced the events. "Representatives of each large clans gathered there. At the special corner. Blue serpent clan elder Mare, Flaming mountains elder Sasha, Cloud forest elder Yun Hai, Mountain clan elder Han Mao, Ice Villa elder Zero, Poison sword clan elder Eric, Royal family elder Kira!" The announcement began.
"Welcome elders, thank you for attending the blue serpent clan's water festival, please make yourselves at home." Elder Mare greeted their visitors.
"Ahahaha! As always, elder Mare is still so polite. No need for such formalities." Elder Kira replied to Mare's greetings.
"So, Mare, clan master gives her greetings to blue serpent master." Elder Sasha, rudely replied.
"Geez, is all of you from flaming mountain that rude?" Elder Zero cut in.
"Shut up Zero!"
"My my, so it's true that even though flaming mountains is made mostly of women, it's still so rude and impolite." Elder Yun Hai added in.
"Huh?! You wanna go? Right here? Now?" Elder Sasha was angry, her hair went on fire, but isn't burning.
Elder Yun Hai also wanted to fight, his wind aura leaked out. As they were about to make a clash. Elder Mare and elder Kira stopped them.
"This is the blue cross city's water festival. Cause trouble here and we won't show mercy." Elder Mare restrained Sasha's arm.
"Elder Yun Hai, in the presence of the six families and the royal family. Don't you dare stir trouble here." Elder Kira grabbed elder Yun Hai's arm.
Elder Sasha pulled her arm away from Mare. "Fine, just get off me." As when it so happened "Elder Kira, we were just going to do a little play and liven up the area. How can we possibly fight?" Elder Yun Hai wore a smile outside, but an angry face within.
"Elder Kira, please do calm down by now. The announcements shall begin." Elder Eric said.
"I agree, now, shall we all seat and watch?" Elder Kira said, to which they all did.
"Now, as everyone has gathered here today, we shall introduce to you all our special guess's. The seven families! And the holy light cathedral!!!"
When Kazein heard this, he felt the disturbing aura once again. He turned his head towards the special corner. And he felt 8 different aura's strong enough to crush him. At that corner, the man with a strong holy aura entered.
"My now, it seems I was a bit late towards this special gathering. Please do forgive me, elder Mare." He bowed.
"Please raise your head, elder Joseph, and do sit down. We are just about to get started."
"Oh, my. Then I shall as per elder Mare's invitation."
After he sat down. The announcing continued on.
"For the first round of this competition, it will be by lots! It's goal is to reduce those qualified and let the remaining 100 to advance on! So please do hold on till you reach the goal." The announcer stated. "Now, may we ask elder Joseph! To please be the one to draw the lots for our contestants."
"Oh my. Such an honor." Elder Joseph said.
"Be sure to pick a good match." Elder Sasha rudely suggested.
"How can I know what is a good match when I don't know who the participants are?" He said while drawing lots. When he got two, he gave it to the announcer.
"Ah! An interesting bout! No. 376, Kazein, a blind swordsman who walks no path. And No.478, Alex from black blade clan who walks the wind path and is now at the 8th rank of the grasping road! Now! How shall this match go on?!"
"Interesting, how did one blind man get in on your tournament?" Sasha questioned Mare.
"Well now, we did set the requirements to be "Age above 18, and stronger than the bright path road." He must have some prowess." Elder Mare replied.
"Anyhow he shouldn't be here. If he hurts himself more." Elder Han Mao said with pity.
"There you are, you f*cking pacifist!" Sasha yelled at Han Mao.
"I'm sorry elder Sasha, I just had trouble with entering, that's all. Some girls there said that monks weren't allowed. Luckily Clan master Aquarius came and solved it all." Han Mao had a silly laugh.
"Oh my. It seems the little girls I set to greet all elders were rude specially to elder Han Mao, please do not pursue it further and I shall punish the little girls." Elder Mare said.
"It's all okay elder Mare. Please don't let them suffer. No harm was done." Han Mao wanted no harm done.
"Tsk, sometimes I wonder why Mountain clan sends you as representative whenever it comes to fighting tournaments." Sasha said.
"I get it. Elder Han Mao. I will not punish them. However I will scold them."
"Please do." Elder Han Mao cupped his hands and made a slight bow.
"Now the contestants! Please do step in into the ring!" The announcer said.
As the people saw Kazein with his staff, they insulted him and wanted him to leave. Meanwhile, others cheered for Alex.
"You better get down the ring now. I don't want others to say I'm bullying the weak." Alex was cocky.
"Oh? Then make me." Kazein replied.
"Do you really not want to step down?"
"If you can make me, I will." Kazein taunted him to attack.
"Fine, don't beg me for mercy when you're gonna crawl back home." As he gathered wind energy to his sword, he then added wind energy to his feet to make him more agile, by the time he went on for the attack, he strikes Kazein down. Smoke and dust went up.
"Poor man. He couldn't even see the light, yet he lost it this soon." Han Mao shook his head with pity. The crowd cheered for Alex, but as the smoke cleared. Kazein was still standing, and Alex's face was wrought with fear. For his blade didn't cut through, nor did he miss. Kazein just grabbed it with his fingers, and held it in place. When the crowd saw this, they were surprised, even the elders were shocked on how he precisely caught the blade and stopped it with only two fingers.
"Ah! How did the blind swordsman catch Alex's blade?! Did he really catch it? Or was it just a fluke?!"
"Impossible!"
"He's blind! How can he even see where he'll go?!"
And many more insults and mad remarks spilled from the people's mouth. When suddenly, royal family elder, Kira, shut them all up with his terrifying dragon aura.
"My my, elder Kira seems to be upset." Elder Joseph covered his mouth.
"Elder Kira, ah, uhm, please don't get angry. This is just how things go when people are surprised. Even we are shocked." Han Mao calmed Kira down. As Kira closed his aura, he then asked.
"Elder Mare, why is it that you don't seem surprised at all?"
"Oh that? A disciple of ours has been going on about that guy named Kazein, how he spent his vitality to protect her, and how he left because he felt too inferior to the Monster's of fire and water. In any case, he told me that Kazein had burned eyes and a staff about 6 ft long. He hides a sword by that staff." Mare explained everything.
"Ah, I see. So he can use his life to get stronger? It's strange how I felt no life magic or any of the kind fluctuate."
"Any ways, see how the battle goes. I probably think he won't show his sword this match."
As the elders finished talking and went on to watch the bout.