Chapter 22: Tournament Begins!
"We will teach you guys a lesson later," Worn said and fled away with his friends.
"That was easy undoubtedly," Ariel said.
"Do you have time to play with kids,Ariel?" Toya said with a disappointing face.
"I suppose we don't," Anna said.
"Then stop playing and let's leave this city as soon as possible," Toya said.
"Wait until the tournament," Ariel said.
"Ok. I will wait," Toya said and returned to the house. Anna also returned.
"You guys are planning to leave soon?" Ronald said.
"Don't worry. We will take you too," Ariel said.
"What do you mean?" Ronald said.
"You will find the answer later," Ariel said and returned to the house alongside Ronald. They saw Timothy cleaning the house.
"Grandpa, you are awake?" Ronald said.
"I slept too much," Timothy said.
"How are you feeling now?" Ronald said.
"Wel-" Timothy couldn't complete what he was saying. He started coughing and blood was coming from his mouth. He was losing his consciousness slowly. Ronald grabbed him.
"Grandpa, get a hold," Ronald said while carrying him to his room.
"I guess…I am getting older," Timothy said and lost consciousness. Ronald and others took him to the bed. Anna used healing magic to stop the blood from coming out. Ronald was worrying and his eyes were wet. The night passed. He was on the side of the bed whole night without sleeping. Timothy opened his eyes.
"Ronald."
"Yes grandpa, I am here."
"My boy…"
"Yes, I am right here."
"Seems like I am feeling good."
"Can you wake up?"
"Let me try," Timothy said and got up from the bed. "Yes, I am all right now."
"That's great. But shouldn't you take a rest?" Ronald said.
"How can I rest on a day like this?"
"This day?"
"Yes, the day on which you will become the best gunman in this town."
"That…."
"Don't worry," Timothy said and put his hand on Ronald's head. "You will succeed."
"I will try my best."
"Where are the others?"
"They are outside. Warming up themselves."
"Let's get ready and head for the stadium,shall we?"
"Ok."
Timothy and Ronald got ready. Ronald took both his guns. They stepped out. Timothy looked at their house very closely. Ronald couldn't understand the reason but he didn't even bother to ask the reason. Ariel, Anna and Toya were standing and talking to each other.
"Old man Timothy, are you all good?" Ariel said.
"Yes, good as new," Timothy said.
"That's good," Anna said.
"Get on Dynasty otherwise we will be late for the tournament," Toya said and started Dynasty. Ariel, Anna, Timothy and Ronald also got on the Dynasty. They started for the stadium. It took twenty one minutes for them to reach the stadium. They all got off. Ronald bid farewell and headed for the participants room. The others bought tickets and entered the stadium.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the ninth tournament of gunmen," male announcer Khun said.
"With amazing matchups and participants, we hope you guys will enjoy the tournament, " female announcer Lena said. Sounds of many people clapping were heard. It indicated that they were excited.
"As for our tournament, we have twelve participants. We will hold only three rounds. First two rounds will be one versus one and the final round will be a three way fight," Lena said.
"Here is our first matchup," Khun said.
"It is Cloir versus Frun," Lena said.
"Cloir who has amazing shooting skills versus…." Khun said.
"Frun who was undefeated in the qualification rounds," Lena said.
Cloir and Frun both entered the ground at the same time. Khun was at the right side. He had red hair, short,muscular and he was not wearing anything on his upper body and had green pants on his lower body.
Frun was at the left side. He was wearing a black shirt and white pants. He had a hat on his head.
"Our first round is very simple. In order to win,one must freeze his opponent's organ with an ice elemental bullet," Khun said. The crowds were shouting Frun again and again.
"Looks like Frun has the upper hand," Ariel said.
"The matchup is biased," Toya said.
"I suppose so," Anna said.
"Don't worry guys. Our Ronald will be the winner, " Timothy said.
"I hope so," Anna said.
"Our observer of the fight today is sir Tailor," Khun said. Tailor greeted the participants and gave them a handshake. He gave a signal and the match started. The crowd started shouting again.
"I guess I am blessed to be able to defeat you, Frun," Cloir said.
"....."
"You won't say anything?"
"....."
"Come on. I want to see your defeated face."
"....."
"You are irritating me now."
"....."
"Enough of your shit," Cloir said and took out his gun and focused on Frun's head to shoot. He blinked. But he noticed he couldn't move his legs. He looked down. His legs were frozen by Frun in a moment. He looked at Frun and saw Frun holding his gun. Tailor declared Frun as the winner. Cloir couldn't understand the situation. Frun walked by his side. Frun stopped when he was at the side of Cloir.
"How did you ?"
"....."
Frun said nothing and left. The crowd shouted Frun again and again.
"Looks like Frun got an easy win," Khun said.
"Let's get ready for the next fight," Lena said. The frozen legs of Cloir were melted by fire magic users. He returned to the participants room.
"Our next fight is between Erno and Flotz, " Khun said.
Erno and Flotz entered the ground. As before, Tailor did everything. The match started. They both gave their best to win. But Erno, who was a fan favorite, lost the match and Flotz took the glory.
"So our next match is between Worn and Vermis," Lena said.
Worn and Vermis entered the ground. Worn was looking quite frustrated. The match started. Worn shot a fire elemental bullet towards Vermis's chest. Vermis dodged it somehow. He shot an earth elemental bullet and an earth wall came up. He hid behind it to shoot Worn. He looked straight but he couldn't see Worn. But he noticed something was on his head. He looked back and saw Worn pointing his gun towards his head. He didn't move. Tailor thought something bad would happen and stopped the match declaring Worn as the winner.
To be continued ~~