"You!" The guard pointed at him in anger. This wasn't like the script. What was he supposed to do now?
"Hahaha!" Aodhfionn laughed his head off. The stadium was so quiet, that only his explosive laughs could be heard. "That is mah student! Wahaha!"
"You have a nice gem, Master Aodhfionn!" Haznir got up as he looked at the stage. "I am sorry young man."
"I am sure this crap is not one of yours, Master Haznir." Ezio said respectfully.
"Indeed." Xiao Chen at this time stood up and looked at the guard in anger. "Have you collected one of the daggers crafted by an apprentice?"
"I—" The guard wanted to deny but Prince Consort cut him off.
"Get out! Such a mistake is unacceptable!" He shouted as he looked at others. "Hand him another dagger."
"Yes, Prince!" Guards nodded and another dagger appeared from their spatial talismans and the guard handed it to Ezio. "Please check, Young Hero."
Ezio took the dagger and felt it in his hand. This one was normal, but he checked with Blacky just in case. After getting OK from him, he nodded toward the guard. Ezio looked at the Prince Consort, who was now talking with Princess Moon.
When he intercepted his guards when they wanted to kill Freya, one of them sent a talisman to Xiao Chen. At the time, he was using Tenebras Lux and dagger techniques one after the other, thus it was normal for Prince Consort to know his weapon preferences. He must also realize his dagger was high tier and that is why he changed the rules, so Ezio wouldn't be able to use it.
"None of these gonna change anything." He smirked.
"Okay, since everyone got their weapons, we can start." The knight said as he looked at the forty teens. Another batch of guards brought a bag and everyone drew a piece of paper from within. Ezio didn't know if it was a coincidence or a work of fate but he was last to draw and the number on the paper was 1. He looked at the crowd to see who he would fight with, but he didn't have to wait long to find out.
"Number 1 and Number 40, you are up." The knight said as he walked towards the center. "The rest, walk down."
Ezio walked to the center and so did his opponent. It was from Zeus's Fury Sect. The teen was short for his age, which was around twenty. There wasn't much muscle on his body either, but he still looked dangerous.
'Since Prince is targeting me, this disciple must have some ability that can either stop me or limit my abilities.' Ezio thought as he held the dagger firmly.
"You use a dagger?" The teen asked with a bloody smirk. "I use a dagger too."
The dagger in his hand started to dance. The hand play was so quick, that Ezio almost failed to catch up with them. Almost.
In the next second, the teen disappeared from where he was standing and appeared in front of him. The rumble of the lightning arrived only a second after when the dagger was in front of his face.
He could see the twisted face of his opponent, and his face from his opponent's eyes. What looked back at him from those brown eyes, was not shock nor disbelief. He was looking calmly.
Ezio jumped back with wind under his feet, as he left an afterimage. The dagger slashed through it. The guy looked so shocked. He couldn't understand how Ezio escaped from his technique.
"How?" He asked in disbelief. "I, Yi Cai, am the fastest disciple in our sect. Not even those at the peak of the Qi Solidification Realm cultivators can catch up with my speed. How?"
"Who knows?" Ezio smiled ambiguously as he threw the dagger in his hand toward his enemy in a lackadaisical manner. The dagger took a curve in the air before it started to fall towards his enemy. His opponent could catch the dagger if he wanted to. The dagger was that slow.
Yi Cai looked at him in boiling anger, but he wasn't sure if he should be attacking or catching the dagger to disarm his opponent first. As he was wondering what to do, he heard Ezio speaking.
"You use Lightning?" He said with a smile. "I use Lightning too!"
In the next second, Ezio disappeared from where he was standing and appeared in front of Yi Cai who was still looking at the dagger. Before he could realize it, a hand appeared out of nowhere to hold the hilt of the dagger.
The seemingly harmless dagger came to life as he swiped the neck of the disciple. Ezio kicked the boy and sent him to stagger back while holding his neck.
The boy started to cough blood. He was looking around to find someone, anyone who could help him. His eyes locked with the Sect Leader who told him what his mission was prior night.
He begged him to save him with his eyes, but the old man wasn't even looking at him. The old fool was watching Ezio, who was walking slowly towards the boy.
When he reached in front of the unlucky boy, Ezio at first looked at Xiao Chen, then at Li Long, and spat on the dying boy's face. Before turning around. He walked down from the stage and stood at the forefront, ignoring curses and insults thrown at him from every direction.
'Zeus's Fury, Prometheus's Suffering and Palace. You all gonna die today to wash away my master's shame. Since you are so arrogant to insult him, you have to accept the punishment as well!' Ezio said in his heart.
The Knight looked at the dying boy for a second longer before his Qi flared to end his misery. It was too late to save him, and honestly, he didn't care. He looked at the disciples and called, "Number 2 and 38. Come to the stage."
Ezio was not surprised when he saw the Number 38. The whole thing was schemed to embarrass him or even kill him, so he smiled as he watched.