One and a half weeks after the incident that happened with Greg and his son, the town suddenly welcomed lots of youngsters from outside.
A passerby was curious, so he asked someone that was passing by him.
"Hey, why are there so many young people in our town all of a sudden?"
"Oh, you didn't hear?"
"Hear what?"
"The competition to get the Ragingwave clan's patriarch's only daughter's hand for marriage."
"You mean that famous ferocious beauty in our town?"
"Yes, it is her."
Gradually, the news started to spread all over the town. Even the other two forces got alerted.
Inside the Burnheart family's patriarchal hall.
Brustiar asked with a gloomy face. "What is happening? Why didn't we know about this?"
He was angry because the news about the competition was new to them. Such a big event was unknown until now, which made him question his intelligence team.
"Patriarch, we were also clueless the entire time."
"I heard, they didn't announce any news about this in the nearby town. They announced it in faraway towns."
"They also seem to be hunting down our intelligence team to prevent them from finding it."
Brustiar said. "I don't care about that now. Just tell me why Galibar is doing this."
Galibar was the patriarch of the Ragingwave Clan. He and Brustiar were rivals from a young age. From a young age, they have been competing against each other.
"It is related to the power struggle. The elders are being led by the head elder. He wants to bring Galibar down from the patriarchal position."
"However, Galibar doesn't have any supporters except a few and his own strength. He only has one daughter at that. So, the elder decided to marry her off to the useless son of one of the elders."
"His daughter is a strong and ferocious woman. She detested the marriage and decided to host this competition to find a strong or maybe with a strong backup."
Brustiar rubbed his chin and thought. 'Galibar, I didn't think you would have such a rough time despite having such great strength.'
Suddenly, one of the elders asked. "If the head elder is Galibar's enemy, then why didn't he spread the news with his own spies? This doesn't make sense."
This time, Brustiar said it with a smile. "It is because he is afraid of us joining in it."
"The one who could compete there has to be at least a genius, and those are mostly born as our children. And you know our children always stay outside for adventure and to find a way to get stronger. Now imagine, if one of our children won. We could have many ways to annex their family."
All the other elders nodded their heads, agreeing with him.
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The Ragingwave Clan's arena.
Many people have gathered here today solely to obtain the hands for Princess Ferocious of the Ragingwave Clan's marriage.
On the stand where the patriarch of the Ragingwave Clan would sit, along with many others from the upper echelon, they could be seen coming.
First came the patriarch, who had a strong build and a beefy, giant body. He had a beard that covered his neck. He had a stoic face and was wearing a brown Daoist robe. He was Galibar Ragingwave.
Following beside him was the center of today's event: Kaley Ragingwave, who was known by everyone as Princess Ferocious, the only child and daughter of Galibar.
She was wearing a green outfit that had ribbons that fluttered in the wind. Her hair was tied with a ribbon. However, what was more noticeable than her beauty was the angry-looking face that made every young guy around the arena say it in their heart.
'CUTE!'
Then came the elders, and among them was a noticeable one. He was leading many elders behind him. He was a middle-aged man with a pot belly, and he had smugness on his face. He was the head elder, Mingzi Ragingwave.
Galibar didn't waste time with the introduction and went straight to business. "It will be free for all. The last four people standing will get the qualification to go to the next stage."
Close to three hundred young people that were on the packed small battleground were stunned by the sudden announcement.
Immediately it went into disarray as spirit energy and many types of weapon auras flew across everywhere.
Fortunately, it was covered by a defensive array that blocked them from reaching the audience.
It was extremely chaotic in there, as killing was prohibited. Killing someone would make you instantly disqualified. So, they have to be careful how they attack.
In ten minutes or so, the battle finished, leaving the audience amazed by the spectacle they had just seen.
Four people were standing on four corners.
On one corner was a boy in a grayish-green robe. He was grinning ear to ear. He was Mike PoisonFire, from the PoisonFire Clan.
On the other corner was a boy who had a black Daoist robe on. His face was hidden by a wooden mask. On his waist was a katana. His name was Yuki Skyripper, from the Skyripper Family.
The boy beside him was all bloodied but had a big smile on his face. He was Tailor Ymir, from the Ymir Clan.
And last but not least, there was the boy in the tight black and red robe. He had a beautiful face with sword-like eyebrows. He had spiky, messy hair and a spear in his hand. His face was icy cold, without any emotion. His name was Lenny Minar, and he came from an unknown Minar clan that is in hiding.
"Congratulations, on passing the first round. You guys go rest now; in a few short minutes, the semi-finals will start." Gladiar made an announcement and then left.
So did the semi-finalist.
Inside the private waiting room of theirs.
Lenny came in and saw a woman who had wolf ears. She was currently playing with a small ball.
Lenny went forward and said."Jasmine, I have come."
Jasmine jumped up and dashed towards him. She hugged him and said with a smile."I knew you would win, Gale."