Everyone frantically turned their heads trying to find the one Lyra was talking to. It didn't take long for them to find a boy who had silky black hair which was in a messy fashion, deep blue eyes, thin lips and a chiseled face. He had a handsome face but his thin body messed up his looks. Yes, that was Sean.
"You're just going to humiliate yourself some more. You can't even beat anyone here, not even the weakest of us. You should go home."
At her words, everyone else couldn't help but laugh whilst giving Sean predator eyes. Even though her words were harsh, she was right. He couldn't even contend with the weakest rank, the rank F. His attendance here was nothing but a plus one. He'd just get humiliated here.
"You're probably wondering why I dated you? You were so good at learning magical spells and theory that I thought you were going to be someone great. Who knew you were just a dud?"
*HAHAHA*
Everyone started laughing like crazy as they pointed their fingers at him. Sean had a plain face on his face but inside he was raging like a volcano, he could feel a certain pain assault his heart that it was unbearable.
"And this is Dean, my new boyfriend. He knows how to treat me better than you and is strong too. He'll definitely be someone great in the future." With that she held Dean's hand and pulled him to the school arenas.
Sean stood there motionless as he saw Lyra going away just like that. The pain he was feeling inside that he subconsciously clutched his heart and his face contorted in pain.
*KACHA*
An audible cracking sound could be heard coming from within Sean's body but nobody seemed to notice. A tiny crack had opened up on Sean's heart.
Everyone else gave him a pitiful glance before shaking their heads and heading for the arena also.
.....
After a while, Sean seemed to have regained his rationality. He slowly made his way to the arena. When he entered, roars of excitement could be heard as what could be described as chaos was taking coarse in the arena.
Sean looked around searching for a seat until he found one at the back of the crowd. He quietly sat down as he set his eyes at the ring.
Just then, the school principal came on the ring whilst holding a mic as he had a big smile on his face. When he showed himself, absolute silence descended upon the stadium as everyone glued their attention on him.
His name was Bernard Jones. He was addressed as Principal Jones. He was a tall and muscular man with blonde hair and green eyes. He had the look of confidence that made one feel like his blood was boiling.
"Welcome students. I hope you are all ready for this year's School Competitio?"
*YEAHH!!!!*
"Good. Now I don't want to waste time giving a speech so all I can say is you have to give it your all. for the top ten that makes it this year, I got a special surprise for you."
With those words everyone was instantly invigorated. This was a huge surprise to everyone. The principal never used to say this but he did this year. This was a god sent opportunity!
"Now, to choose opponents, we have two bowls in which are names of everyone participating. You each come and pick up a paper, if you pick up your name pick again. Now let's begin."
With that everyone rushed to pick a name in the bowls. The crowd was split into two groups. Group A would pick in a blue bowl, Group B would pick in a red bowl. After picking the names. A big screen where there was the names of all the participants would randomly choose a name.
Who ever was chosen would call out his opponent written on the paper and duel it out on the arena. There was a total of 340 participants so there was going to be 170 battles. Luckily there were 10 arenas so the battles would commence even quicker.
"Without further waiting, let's choose our first fighter."
As the principal said that, he waved a hand as the names on the screen rapidly shuffled until it stopped on a name that shocked everyone.
"Our first fighter is going to be Dean Ryder. Come forward and call forth your opponent."
As those words were spoken, the whole stadium was ringing with gasps and whispers of disbelief. They couldn't believe that Dean Ryder was going to be the opening act.
He was considered one of the top ten strongest people in the academy. He was number 9 on the power scale! . Knowing that he was going to be the first to fight, everyone else couldn't wait to see his opponent.
As everyone was rearing in their shock, a tall boy with white hair, dark blue eyes, handsome face and a lean body stood up from his seat as he made his way to the first arena in the middle of the stadium.
When he reached there, he slowly unwrapped the paper in his hand to reveal his opponent. When he read the name on the paper, he raised his brows in surprise.
After the shock in his eyes dissipated, he read out the name in a neutral voice but in that moment it seemed like the emperor had spoken himself. It was because the name he spoke ignited a blast of shock in their minds that they couldn't speak for a moment.
"My opponent is going to be..... Sean Blake,"
ABSOLUTE SILENCE!!!
the noise that was once in the stadium quickly died down as everyone froze in shock. That single statement kept ringing in their minds for a few minutes until hell broke loose.
"Hahaha, I must have gone senile. Did I hear correctly?"
"You're not even 20 yet, how can you be senile? You're not wrong, that's exactly what he said."
"This is like using an egg to smash a stone. This is crazy"
"But rules are rules. The fight has already been fixed, all we can do is see how it goes. Maybe something entirely different may occur"
"Heh, if that happens I'd eat my own faces. Sean is so weak that Dean could blast him a long distance away."
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