Chapter 355 - The Day Of The Final
It's finally the time for the final of the tournament. The teams? Obviously, it's Angela's team against Kayla's team.
Let's recap on what they went through to get there. First, it's Angela's team.
Other than Shirley and Angela, it was Fred who showed his improvement the most. Not the two agents in the team.
In the first match, he was the first to fight. And then, he grows faster than the other agents. And during the semifinal, he is the third to fight. At least that's what Shirley told me.
Both Shirley and Kayla would ask for my advice after their fight. And they told me what they think of their teammates. That's why I know all of this.
That Fred, he started to use strategy during the quarter-final. Unlike the first two matches where he would try to overwhelm the opponent with his magic. And he also improved his magic control after being taught by Shirley and the others. He also asked Angela, but he couldn't understand her explanation.
The two agents also have improved. But not as big of an improvement as Fred's.
On the second round, Shirley didn't fight. Instead, it was Angela who became the fourth fighter. It was also to let Shirley's injury healed. Although the first three fighter can only defeat two of the opponent's team, Angela defeated the rest by herself.
On the third round, Shirley returned as the fourth fighter and Angela didn't get a chance to show her strength. And the same happened in the fourth round. And they finally will fight in the final against Kayla's team. And since Angela didn't have the chance to fight in the previous two rounds, she must be frustrated and will go all out during the final. At least that's what I imagined Shirley is planning.
Angela's team keep fighting the team filled with the agents from the first round. That's because the other teams are defeated in the first or the second round.
And Kayla's team also experienced the same thing. They only fought team filled with the agents who we taught previously. Whether it was arranged by the officials or not, at least the people enjoyed the matches.
Next is about Kayla's team. Kayla herself never fought during all previous four rounds. Sara and Jewel alone were enough to defeat their competitors. Some even said that just Jewel alone is enough.
Everyone is astonished by Sara's usage of air element magic, and Jewel's transformation. No one was capable of making Jewel use her lightning element. Which makes her still hides her full-strength.
The funny thing is the rich man's son. In the first round, he used several magic items to protect himself. But he still lost.
That rich second generation complained to the team and the officials to let him withdraw from the fight, but their plea was rejected.
And so, in the second round, he who has exhausted all his magic items was lost in an instant. The third and the semifinal, he surrenders right away after entering the stage. His father lost face because of it. His son had become the laughingstock of the whole kingdom.
Well, not the whole kingdom yet. The whole city. But the news will be spread soon.
He was unlucky because he was put in a strong team which can compete for the champion. Other rich second generation who bribes their way in were luckier because their teams lost rather quickly. They must be thanking him for being the laughingstock instead of them.
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And because of that, he has been silent. He no longer tried to flirt with any of the girls. And Kayla has been venting her anger on him every match saying that even if he's weak, he shouldn't surrender so quickly. At least he should let the opponent use one magic.
That's how the two team reached the final.
As for me, I have been so busy lately. Turns out, there were many other cult members hiding in the city. Good thing Candy and the others noticed them. They were just suspicious, so I was asked to follow them and eavesdrop on their conversation.
It was hard because they might be expert level mages. But finally, I managed to kill them and capture some.
Yesterday, the day after the semifinal, it was a break to let the two teams take a rest. So, Albert and I use that time to interrogate the captured cult members.
Unable to endure my torture, some of them speak of their hideouts. And I busted those places with Mustache, Oleg, Candy, and the others.
Of course, I'm in charge of charging at one location alone. I just compress flammable gas and blow the whole hideout after someone with fire element tried to attack me.
But even after all that, there were some who escaped. Not from my area in charge of, but some other places. They will surely tell the others about what they witnessed.
As expected, we couldn't keep the strength of our mages as secret. Well, at least only those who attended college. There are still many other powerful mages in the kingdom who didn't participate.
And now, I'm watching the final.
"Finally, we're here! It's the final of the first intercollege tournament of Tatrama Kingdom!" Steven announced. In which, everyone in the audience replied with a cheer.
"WOOOHOOO!"
"GO, PRINCESS!"
"ANGELAAAAAAA!"
"GO SARA! GO JEWEL!"
Everyone has their favorites for the fight. And that guy who screamed Angela's name is totally crazy.
"We can feel the excitement in the whole city. Even yesterday, someone extremely ugly was approaching me when he asked who I think will win," Dwight said.
"Yeah… wait, that was me!" Steven shouted.
"But since I'm the commentator, and I have promised to be neutral, I only said that he should just watch the match," Dwight said.
"No, you didn't. You shouted in my ear, 'Angela will win!' loudly. You are just like that guy who screamed Angela's name," Steven said.
"ANGELAAAAAAA!" Someone in the audience shouted Angela's name again.
"Hear that? That's just like you. What neutral? We both picked different team," Steven said.
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"Oh, yeah. You think Sara and Jewel will win? You do know that the match is unfair, right? From the capital, there are five participants. From Cassau, there are only three participants. The difference in number is obvious," Dwight commented.
"You're wrong. It's not three. It was four. Three is only the number participants from Cassau has send. Let's ignore the guy who gives up. Kayla still hasn't show us her hands. She was in a party with Angela, so we should expect that they should be evenly matched. Also, from Cassau, Sara and Jewel are exceptional. In the capital, other than Angela, it was Princess Shirley who shows us how powerful she is. Though for the others, we have witnessed their growth as well. but not enough yet to be called exceptional," Steven said.
"Yeah, but Angela is far above the rest. All her four elements are too strong that I think she's capable of fighting expert level mage. I think it will be soon when she can reach that level. I don't know about Kayla's strength, but I know that she's a healer. Do you think she can defeat Angela?" Dwight asked.
"Well, that's the thing. During the tournament, we have witnessed many unexpected outcomes. Someone who defeated the opponent despite being inferior is something we have seen several times. By the way, you remember what we did yesterday, right?" Steven asked his brother.
Did they do something other than betting who will win?
"Yeah. That was interesting. Everyone doesn't know it, but after we became commentator, we thought that this job very suited to us both. We had so much fun that we didn't think that it was a job. And yesterday, we went around the city to find Angela's and Kayla's schoolmates, and also active hunters during the time they were here, to ask them how they were during school days, their days as hunters in Melk, and who they think will win. The result is… over seventy percent answered that Angela will win. She has been powerful ever since then," Dwight said.
Whoa, did they really do survey? They did more than just commentating, huh? Maybe I should give them some bonuses.
"And what a surprise! Of those seventy percent, more than half of them said that Angela will win, but it will be a close match. They said that although Angela is stronger, Kayla has always been the smarter one. Kayla might have some plans against Angela later. Well, we won't know until we see them fight," Steven said.
There's that many people who know that Kayla is smart? The twins really asked those who know the two and not a total stranger who pretend to know. How did they do that?
"But there's something that I realize after interviewing everyone. It seems that both Kayla and Angela are close to one man!" Dwight shouted.
"That guy… we must kill him! How dare he grabbed the two girls! He must be killed before he hurts the two girls!"
"But we found no clues about the man. Maybe he has disappeared from their lives? In any case, he has become our public enemy. So, what if he's not a criminal? The guy who played with their hearts must be punished! Public execution!"
…whoever they interview, I will kill them first. What kind of nonsense did they said about me?
I am indeed close to them, but it was because I'm in the party, and I'm the leader of the party!
I am close to Kayla because she's my lover. And Angela is a good friend. We are not like that! Though Kayla is fine with me getting more lovers. Who knows about the future?
After the tournament, I'll pay the twins a visit to give them their salaries. But I will still smack their heads!
Kron entered the stage, and the vanguard of both teams stepped forward. The male agent from the capital, and the rich man's son from Cassau.
"The match began!" Kron announced that the fight begun.
"I give up," Rich man's son conceded.
"The winner is Cale!" Kron announced the fight is over.
It's the same thing that we have witnessed twice previously. During the third and fourth round.
"It's here! He's still gave up even though it's the final! Isn't he embarrassed?" Dwight said.
"I don't know why he wants to participate. It's called a battle tournament, and obviously, someone will get hurt. But he's too scared to get hurt. Though it's good since everyone is laughing," Steven said.
"In any case, the real fight will start now! Who will be the first champion of this tournament? We will see the answer soon!"
Chapter 356 - There's A Popularity Contest?
This is the final of the tournament. If the cult is planning to do something, it should be around this time when everyone is gathered in one place. Well, two places actually. One in the Arena, and the other in the square.
I'd like to stay and watch the fight while hearing the two silly commentators, but I can't do that.
"Roy, the final is between your friends, right?" Spot asked.
Right now, we are on the rooftop of the Arena. And I'm not alone. It was because there are many other wind mages who want to watch the final without paying the ticket. Since I'm one as well, I can't just kick them out. Though their eyesight is worse than me so they can't see as clear as I could.
"Yeah. It's between Angela's team and Kayla's team," I said.
"Then you should watch their battle. I will take care of those monsters coming this way," Spot said.
What he meant is that there are many monsters coming this way as if it's a Stampede. But in a smaller scale than that time. If Spot is fighting them alone, I think he can do it.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Yeah. I'll be back before the final is over," Spot said as he flew outside the city.
I am planning on subjugating them myself, but if he wants, he can do it.
I have come to a realization that Spot is surprisingly kind. Not just to me because I'm an Aura user. But everyone else he got along with. Well, mostly it was because they are my friends. I don't have to worry about him attacking any of us anymore. In fact, I shouldn't have think of that from the start.
Since he's taking care of the monsters, I can lay back and watch the match.
Hmm… so far, the first few matches were not that interesting. Cassau's agent won against the capital's male agent. Then the capital's female agent won against Cassau's agent who was too tired already because of his previous match. After that, it was Sara's turn.
Sara easily defeated her opponent. She didn't waste much mana as well. She pretended to prepare to attack the opponent with Air Cannon on the rock she raised from the ground, and when the opponent prepared to block it, Sara made a pitfall under her opponent's leg, making her fall and become an easier target for the Air Cannon. Sara won the match.
It's the first time that she used a pitfall on an opponent. No one can predict that she would do it.
"The winner is Sara from Cassau! It has been an interesting match so far excluding the first comedy routine," Dwight said.
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"That's not match for you but a comedy routine?" Steven asked.
"How else should I explain it? He gave up as soon as the match started just like Cassau's previous two matches. It's already a routine where everyone would laugh at him. That's a comedy routine and not a match at all," Dwight explained.
"I see. That makes sense. But enough with the comedy act. We're here to watch something amazing. And they give us something great to watch! Both sides are down to their last three fighters, and we still can't see who will win the match. Are you still thinking that the Capital team will win?" Steven asked.
"I don't know, Steven. I am indeed supporting them to win, but there are too many unknown factors here. As for the next bout between Sara and Frederick, I think Sara will win. But overall, the Capital team is stronger. Still, Kayla is the smarter one. She might have some plans against her best friend, Angela. We can only watch the excitement from here," Dwight said.
Next is Sara against Fred. Just like Dwight said, I think Sara will win this.
Sara easily blast away the fire coming toward her with the blast of her air pressure. Sara win easily because her opponent's elements are incompatible with hers. Not just she can make the fire disappear with her air magic, her earth element can block the fire from reaching her.
Fred has only learned about magic control a few days ago, and for the tournament, he only focused on training his fire element. That's why he lost against Sara.
Well, at least he managed to make Sara wasted mana many times. Which will make things easier for Shirley.
"You're right. Sara did win against Frederick. But the next bout will be difficult for her because she will be fighting against Princess Shirley. And she wasted quite a bit mana from her previous fight. But wait! We have an announcement for everyone!" Steven announced.
What announcement? And why are the officials letting them do what they want? What about the matches?
Seems like even Kayla and the others were confused. So, they also don't know about the announcement, right? What kind of surprise this time?
"Yesterday, just as we went looking for those who knows about Angela's and Kayla's past, we also asked them and the citizens one more question. 'Who is the most beautiful participant in the tournament?'" Steven said.
…they really enjoy doing those stuffs, huh? To think that they did a popularity contest as well…
If I ask them to be the commentators for the tournament between countries, will they do the same as well? Probably.
"So, we made people vote and we will announce the result now! Actually, we were thinking of announce it after the tournament is over, but now is a good time to do it! Why? Because… the top five of the voting are the five last standings in the tournament! All five of them are the top five!" Dwight said.
"Obviously, the most beautiful girl is not voted just because of their appearances. But because of their strength and the effort they put in this tournament as well. That's why for those who are not voted, you are still beautiful," Steven said.
"Don't flirt while we're working."
"But what if your future sister-in-law is listening?"
"I will feel sorry that she got seduced by your terrible flirting. Anyway, we will announce the top five of the most beautiful participants from the bottom!"
This is not part of the tournament, but I think it's Albert who planned it. He probably thinks that Sara will be too tired after fighting, so he asked the twins to announce it right now. This way, Sara can catch a breath. And Shirley is someone who wants to fight other at their full strength.
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Albert must have heard about the voting, and predicted that these five will be the last fighters. He told the two to announce it right now when only those five are left standing.
"The fifth place is… Sara! It's no wonder because in this whole tournament, she's the one who fight the most. While the others defeated one or two opponents, Sara herself defeated three opponents in every match she fought. We also have the citizens leaving comments about her. Like how powerful she is, air magic is amazing, and there's even a little girl saying 'I want to be like big sis Sara!'. She has a lot of fans," Dwight said.
Hearing that she's being praised, Sara blushed. Hey, you need to rest.
"The fourth one is Kayla! Although she hasn't fight at all, she's ranked fourth. It was also mostly because the people who voted for her are from Melk. And they have been healed by her during the stampede," Steven announced.
She's the fourth place? If she fights, I think she can get second or even first place.
"The third one is Jewel! Surprisingly, many people love to see her Rhino hybrid form. They say that she's so cute," Steven said.
"And powerful. She has defeated all her opponents just by using her transformation. Does she have other elements? We don't know. Just like Kayla, seems like she's still hiding her strength," Dwight said.
That leave two more. Shirley and Angela.
"The next one is… let's announce the second place and the first place together. Second place is Princess Shirley, and first place is Angela!"
""WOOOOOOOOOO!!""
Everyone screamed at the name of the two girls being called. Even some who are at the rooftop are shouting. I hope this place can endure this many people standing on it.
"This is surprising because I thought the princess would be the winner. But it seems that Angela's prowess is just too amazing. Some even called her 'Elemental Master' because of her four elements. Each of those elements are equally strong. Fire, ice, wind, and earth. Those four might be four of the most common elements to have, but so far, she's the only one who has all four elements," Dwight said.
"It's also because the tournament is held in Melk. If not, both Angela and Kayla won't be listed that high. Angela would lose from the princess, and Kayla wouldn't even be on the list. But that's just my guess. Let's see what they wrote about Princess Shirley. 'She's a princess!', 'I thought a royalty doesn't have to be strong and can just be lazy since everyone around her worship her. I'm sorry. You're amazing', 'I'm glad to be born in Tatrama!'. There are many more of those comments. And she's also so close in the number of voting with Angela. The difference is just thirty votes. Even the third place, Jewel, her votes is two hundred fewer than Princess Shirley," Steven said.
"As for Angela, most of them are praises about how strong she is. And question about how she can raise all elements to be that strong. Well, most people would mainly focus on one or two elements, but she improved in all of them. All these five girls… no. Not just these five. All the participants of the tournament are amazing role models for everyone so they can get stronger. All of them are amazing in their own way," Dwight said.
"Except for some."
"Except for some. Well, this is just the first tournament. Next years, there will be another tournament. But the location where it will be held will be changed. Seeing all the fights in this tournament, I have a great expectation for next years. I hope Angela and the others will still participate."
"And I hope I can still be the commentators for next year. Let's get back to the main event for today. It's Sara against Princess Shirley! Seems like Sara managed to catch a breath while we announced the result of the voting," Steven said.
"That's fine. if both sides can use their full strength, the audiences will enjoy the match more. Let's begin the sixth bout of the final!"
Well, that was interesting. So, there's a voting like that, huh? If I have to vote, I would pick Kayla for the obvious reason. But to think that Angela is so happy down there because of the result of a voting… well, that's just like her.
Anyway, the next bout has begun. Who will be the winner?
Good luck to those who are fighting. This fight can't be decided by voting after all, so do your best!
Chapter 357 - The Match Continues
Finally, the match between Sara and Shirley started. After the result of the popularity contest that the twins created was announced, we're finally back on course with the battle.
"Your highness, I won't hold back!" Sara said.
"That's what I'm hoping for. Let's see who will be the winner between us!" Shirley replied.
Sara has air and earth element, while Shirley has ice and wind element. If Sara is willing to use her gun, she might be able to win. But she doesn't have it with her.
As for training, although Shirley has learned about magic control, I taught Sara more because she's a student in my class. But the difference in experience is obvious. After all, Shirley has fought many times after I taught her magic control, while Sara… I don't know, but I don't think she has more experience than Shirley in magic control. And because Shirley is used to see me shooting, I think Shirley will win this time.
Normally, whenever she fought after exhausting herself, Sara would focus more on wasting the opponent's energy instead of winning. But now, Sara is going all out from the start. She has no intention on letting Shirley win. Must be because it's the final.
Although Sara is an agent, and she knows that the main goal of this tournament is not finding who is the strongest but to make everyone interested in growing stronger, she is not someone who want to lose on purpose. And I believe everyone in the final has the same feeling as hers.
"What an amazing performance by the two fighters! Although Princess Shirley has the upper hand, Sara also didn't let up her fight. She's still going strong!" Steven said.
"It also seems that she's changed her strategy. Instead of shooting the projectiles toward the princess directly, she changed the trajectory midway! I don't know how, but that's definitely air magic. You need to learn from her, Steven. Who knows if you can be as strong as she is?" Dwight said.
"Obviously, I will try to improve my air magic. But if there will be more fight in the Arena, I think instead of being a hunter, I will continue with my path as a commentator. This is my calling!" Steven said.
"Yeah, but what about in-between the matches? How will you live if you're not a hunter?" Dwight asked.
"That's why you're the little brother."
"You want me to pay for your living expenses? No way!"
As usual, the two are still close as ever.
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On the stage, just like Steven said, Sara is shooting her projectile first, but her target is the compressed air she prepared beforehand. Once the projectile hit the compressed air, depend on where Shirley will move, Sara altered the trajectory by blasting the compressed air toward Shirley's direction.
They don't always hit, but it does cause problem for Shirley. Sara doesn't intend on saving her energy. She used everything she got against Shirley.
Seems like Shirley doesn't have the freedom to converse her mana anymore. From the sky, huge Ice Spikes is falling down. Shirley doesn't care about saving her energy anymore, she attacked randomly on the stage.
Sara obviously had a hard time dodging the Ice Spikes. She protected herself using Earth Wall, but the Ice Spikes pierced through them. if Sara protected herself with multiple layers of Earth Wall, Shirley would create more Ice Spikes to hit Sara.
Sara can't protect herself any longer, so she used her final attack. Under the last layer of the Earth Wall, she compressed more air than usual. And then, she blasted the whole wall at Shirley.
Shirley was surprised with Sara's final attack, but she barely managed to dodge it. She doesn't want the same thing happened to her again like in the first round.
And then, Shirley finally hit Sara and knocked her out of the stage.
But before anyone could announce the result of the match, the flying wall is falling toward Angela's direction.
Everyone panicked seeing that wall is falling at Angela. If it's toward the audience seat, the officials can block it. But since it's going toward Angela in the bench, the officials can't protect her.
I looked at Kayla and saw a glimpse of her smiling. Don't tell me that this is part of her plan? If so, she's so wicked. But I don't think this much will cause any trouble for Angela.
As for Angela, she calmly looked at the falling wall, and blasted the wall with a simple Fireball. The wall is destroyed, and Angela is safe. She only used Fireball to stop the wall.
After ascertaining her victory, she looked at Angela who destroyed the wall. And then she looked at Kayla. Seems like she also noticed that it was Kayla's plan. Well, it worked that Angela spend a little bit of her mana. But it was just the amount used for a Fireball, so it wasn't much.
Kayla smiled at Shirley who is looking at her. She's becoming more and more evil. Good job, Kayla!
"Oh! That giant Earth Wall was blasted at Princess Shirley, but she dodged it! But the wall continued toward Angela who destroyed it with a simple Fireball! What a powerful Fireball. As for the one who did it, Sara, she got knocked out of the stage after Princess Shirley countered her with Wind Slash. What an exciting match!" Dwight said.
"I'm glad that I can watch them fight this close. But I'm also afraid if we're going to get hit with stray magic. Well, good thing that we have a lot of officials to protect us in case such things happen. But for those watching from the rooftop, Hey! That's why tickets are important! If you don't want to get hit, then buy tickets!" Steven shouted.
"This is still the first tournament. But thanks to them, we can have more preparation for future tournament. There will likely be more guards at the rooftop so no one can watch the match for free. If you want to watch it for free, go to the square!" Dwight shouted.
I looked at the square after he said that. But… there's no space to move at all. Everyone there are standing and watching, without any gap at all. Those in the middle won't be able to leave. But it's not like they want to leave.
…it must be hot over there. Can they even breathe? Maybe there are some kind air mages helping over there. Even the food sellers in the square have run out all their foods. Seems like they are the happiest because of this tournament.
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"Because of the damage at the stage is too much, we will be taking a break for few minutes to repair it. As for Cassau team's next fighter, it will be Jewel. But can she fight flying opponent? All this time, it was Sara who defeated the flying opponents. Jewel only defeated the rest who are not wind mages," Steven said.
"Well, that's the thing. She has been using her beastform from the first round, but she hasn't used other magic. Maybe we will see it soon. Oh, the officials fixed the stage quickly this time. I bet even they want to watch the match as soon as possible," Dwight said.
"Seems like Princess Shirley is drinking a Mana Potion before returning to the stage. We need a stricter rule. Fighters are not allowed to drink Mana Potion on the stage. But off the stage, it's still not against the rule. Kron can't do anything about it, so he allowed it. If it like this, the fighters would destroy the stage before winning the match so they could take a rest and regain their mana," Steven said.
"The fight starts now. Jewel didn't transform instantly like usual, while Princess Shirley fly to the sky. How will Jewel fight if she can't reach her?" Dwight asked.
The answer is her second element. Jewel's lightning element.
Jewel has improved in her lightning element more than Sophie, and she's about the same level as Candy. Well, Sophie is learning to be a doctor, so her magic practice is slower than the others. As for Candy, she's focused on all elements. But for Jewel, she can use both her elements at the same time. She just needs to transform into a rhino form, and cast lightning magic to practice. That's why her growth is the fastest.
Shirley might be able to fly in the sky, but as advanced level mage, Jewel can summon lightning from the sky. The sky is not safe for Shirley, but it's safer since Jewel can only use her lightning magic on her. But can she move faster than lightning?
"Oh my god! She's a lightning mage! And an advanced level at that! She summoned lightning from the sky and now Princess Shirley can only dodge the lightning! Can she move faster than lightning?" Steven asked.
"Dodging is not the only option. Princess Shirley can create Ice Shield to protect herself temporarily. But it will still be impossible for her highness to attack. Jewel has been hiding a powerful move all this time!" Dwight announced.
Just as he said, Shirley used Ice Shield and Wind Shield to protect herself. Because of that, she can only fly in the sky while Jewel attacks her. And when Shirley has an opening to attack, Jewel was already transformed.
Rhinoceros and lightning element are powerful combination. Shirley is powerless and lost the fight soon after she got hit by a lightning. It's nearly impossible to block and dodge numerous lightning from the sky.
"The winner is Jewel! She's so powerful!" Dwight announced the winner.
"I can't believe it! She's a lightning mage but she managed to hide it all this time? But don't you think that her highness seemed to know Jewel's lightning element?" Steven asked.
"Angela and Kayla are best friends. We know that already. Maybe they have introduced their teammates to each other before. Probably long before the tournament. Anyway, we managed to see another spectacular match. Princess Shirley is being healed now and has regained her consciousness before Angela's match. Isn't it amazing? The next match will be Jewel against Angela. None of them has the same elements as the other. Angela with fire, earth, wind, and ice elements, and Jewel with her beastform and lightning element. Who do you think will be the winner?" Dwight asked.
"We can only watch. Alright, Kron! Start the match already! We don't want to wait any longer!"
Everyone in the audience shouted for Kron to start the match without any resting time for Jewel. Kron looked at Jewel and she said it's fine for her to continue.
"And the match begins!" Kron started the match.
It's getting interesting to watch how strong they have become. Whoever win the tournament, I don't care. After all, they have given their all.
I'd like to watch the fight until finish, but the approaching ghost means that I can't do that.. I have some business to attend.
Chapter 358 - Watching The Match From A Restaurant
In a restaurant near the square, it was close enough for the people dining inside to watch the screen installed in the square. Especially after the staffs of the restaurant arrange it so all the tables are facing the screen.
Since the square is crowded with people, some slightly wealthier people choose to watch from the restaurant. Even when the restaurant charged those people more because of the tournament, all the restaurant near the square are filled to the brim. They even put some tables outside their restaurants.
In one of the restaurants, two men are watching the screen calmly.
"So, that's the Television those people are talking about. We need to find a way to make it ourselves. Using it for communication is important," said one man.
"I'm rather worried of how they found out about our people hiding here. Everyone we sent supposed to be capable of sneak mission. The opponent this time is too powerful. Even other kingdoms are easier to infiltrate," the other man said.
"Not anymore. It has been a few months, but in Varadis Kingdom, it has suddenly become harder to infiltrate. Even the prince was somehow caught as one of us. As for Arturo, that Prince Bernard suddenly showed his strength. He's a strong candidate to be the next king now. And he is very well-protected with that expert level mage with him. That summoned monster was too powerful even against several expert level mages. If it continues, we can't spread our influences anymore. But at least it was only one city. Not a big trouble for us. But where is the Stampede? The monsters should have been here now with everyone only focused on the tournament," said the first man.
These two are two other cult members who just infiltrated Melk.
All the cult members have been cleaned up by Roy and the others, but some still managed to escape and report it to others. As a result, the cult sent these two expert level mages to infiltrate the city while sending monsters for another Stampede in Melk. Unfortunately for them, those monsters are low in numbers compared to the last Stampede, and Spot alone is enough to take care of them all.
"A tournament with the purpose to let the people grow stronger so they can defeat us… the king is too smart. But if we managed to conquer the kingdom before anyone too strong appear to fight us, we don't have anything to worry," the second man said.
"True. Other than these mages in the final, there's no one that can be compared to us. But whoever managed to find those who sneaked in and defeat them, that person must be more powerful than those in the tournament. Don't forget, we're here to find them. They are too dangerous for the cult," the first man said.
"Don't worry. All those who managed to escape has reported that whoever attacked them, they only act when there's no match scheduled. Either at night, or yesterday during break. Since it's the final, I don't think our enemy will take action now. Soon, this place will be surrounded by monsters. Although there are many hunters here to watch the tournament, with these many people focused on the match, the casualties will be high. Once the king is busy with the aftermath, we'll find a way to either kidnap his son, wife, the princess, or kill the king directly. After that, conquering this kingdom will be a piece of cake," the second man said.
After saying that, the two men suddenly feel sleepy. The second man then quickly fall asleep. Not noticing that he will die soon.
"Oh, you just said a cake. I want some," said a new voice.
東京電力の業務プロセス変革を,コンサルティング×テクノロジーで実現200万件もの工事情報の管理を紙からデジタルへ.前例にとらわれないゼロベースの業務変革に向けたDX…NEC
"…who are you?" the man who hasn't fall asleep asked.
...….
[Roy's POV]
As the battle between Jewel and Shirley finished, I received a report from Sonia about two suspicious people in a restaurant. I looked over where she pointed at, and asked her to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Possibly, because they think that the people are all too focused on the screen, they let their guards down and couldn't sense the approaching ghost.
I also went down from the rooftop of the Arena, and approached them inside the restaurant. They don't even sense me using sleeping gas on them. The improved sleeping gas combined with slight effect of calmness from the white leaves tree in the mysterious forest. I haven't mastered it all yet, but I the combination of the calmness with my sleeping gas is better than just using the sleeping gas. Which could make expert level mages fall asleep in a matter of seconds.
"Oh, you just said a cake. I want some," I said to the man who hasn't fallen asleep.
"…who are you?"
The man is fighting his sleepiness. As expected of an expert level mage. For the other one, he was too unprepared.
"I think you are looking for me, right? The one who stopped your plans many times. The people sent here previously were too weak. I thought you would be a little stronger, but it seems that you are as weak as they are," I provoked the sleepy man.
Sonia told me what they are talking after I arrived here. And from the look of it, there is no one suspicious here other than these two. The others are too engrossed with the match on the screen that they don't care about what we're talking.
Shit, I also want to see Jewel's match against Angela! Seems like it's still going on. Must be a great fight then. And I missed it because of these two.
I grabbed two Magic Restraining Collar and put one on the sleeping cultist, and about to put another one on the sleepy guy, but he used Ice Spike to kill himself. How crazy.
At least I found someone for Albert to interrogate. And this one should be knowledgeable about the cult. They should be in higher position that the expert level mages we previously captured.
As for the dead body, I threw it to the ocean for Spot's child to eat. The blood, I asked the waiter in the restaurant who is actually Albert's agent to clean it up. I also transported the sleeping guy into a prison.
I don't remember the face of the waiter, but Sonia told me about him. So glad to have a ghost haunting me. I mean haunting people for me.
"Sigh…" I sighed as I slumped down on the chair that the previously sleeping cultist seated.
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I'm too lazy to return back to the rooftop of the Arena, so I'll watch the match from here. Unfortunately, because of the people in the square cheering so loudly, I can't hear the commentators. But from what I see, the match is going on so intensely.
"Waiter! Please bring me the food from this whole page. All of them," I ordered some food while watching.
At least I can have a meal while watching here.
But seriously, did they really think that a smaller scale Stampede will be able to cause problem when they approach this city filled with hunters?
It will be a problem, but not a big one. Their real goal is Albert or anyone in the royal family.
Maybe there's a danger in the capital as well? Should I go there?
"Sonia, go to… the Prime Minister and ask him the condition in the capital. I found some people who want to cause trouble here, so maybe there will be some in the capital as well," I said to the ghost.
"His name is Hector. I'll be leaving for a while," Sonia said as she disappeared.
Well, let's watch the match while watching the surrounding as well. If I see someone who is watching this seat because of those two previous men sitting here. They might be from the cult as well.
One reason I ordered a lot of the dishes listed in the menu is because I'm hungry. Another reason is that those who ordered lots of dishes are too eye-catching. If someone pretend to not see, they are the suspicious one.
People will look at my table, and start talking about how I eat too much. But that's what I want. If they don't talk about it, they must be thinking of other things. Though everyone is too focused on the match that no one is looking this way.
Well, let's just eat while watching the fight.
Angela didn't fly like Shirley did. Flying just makes her vulnerable against lightning from above. I wonder how she realizes that? In any case, Angela has proven to everyone again that she's a genius. Unless those people know nothing.
When Jewel used lightning magic, Angela would protect herself with earth magic. When Jewel is charging at her to fight in close range, Angela would make pitfall or use ice magic to make the floor slippery.
The match has been going on for a while, so I think Angela only learned doing that after experiencing Jewel's attack for a while.
In the bench, which I can see from the restaurant with my Divine Vision, I can see Kayla is watching closely at Angela's attack pattern. She must have known that Jewel will lose and she will be the last one to fight so she's trying to find Angela's weakness.
Jewel is frustrated that none of her attack hits Angela, and that creates an opening for Angela to attack. And Angela won the match. Which mean the victor will be decided with these two best friends from Melk.
Should I watch it from the Arena? Nah. The closer it is to the climax, the more likely the cult will act.. I'll be watching from here again for the last bout.
Chapter 359 - Angela Versus Kayla
On the bench of Cassau's team, the team members other than one obvious person are surrounding Jewel to see if she's okay after get knocked out by Angela.
"…I'm okay. I just need to rest," Kayla said as she lay on the bench after being eliminated.
"Is it frustrating to lose?" Kayla asked.
"…it is. But it's fine. After all, Angela has been trained by Master the longest," Jewel said.
Just as she said, Roy has trained Angela the longest. After all, she was the first person that he met after returning back to the past.
"Don't say that. She might be the longest to learn magic control, but she got this far because she got what we lack. Talent. You should know from Roy that she's so talented that in the future, she was considered as one of the strongest in the war. Not just because she trained hard, but because she has talent. But now, because of Roy, she can be much stronger than the Angela in his previous life. As for you, you are his beloved disciple. We are all training under him, but you're the only one he accepted as disciple. He must be proud to see you get this far instead," Kayla said.
"…haha. Master is… wait, where is he?" Jewel asked.
They all know that Roy was watching from the rooftop, but now that Jewel looked up, she can't find Roy anymore. He was not there.
Hearing that, Kayla and the others also looked up. Shirley on the other side also looked up seeing that. It's not just Shirley. King Albert, Queen Marie, Sophie, Queen Carmen, Prince Fabio, Lina, and even Kron who was supposed to be the referee are looking up.
Seeing that Roy wasn't there, they know that something happened. But they know that he can handle it by himself for now. If not, he will ask Sonia to get the others to help him.
They are ignoring the commentators as they looked to the rooftop. As for the people watching from the rooftop without buying tickets, they are looking at each other and asked if it was them who were being looked at.
"Something must have happened. Well, it's no wonder since this is a big event that must have gained the cult's attention. Even before, he got hurt because he was careless. I just hope that he won't get hurt again. Well, I'll be going now. Wish me luck," Kayla said as he walked up to the stage.
Seeing that, Kron's attention turned into Kayla.
"Are you sure you're fighting now? Roy isn't here," Kron asked Kayla.
"Wait, he's gone? Where did he go?" Angela asked. She only noticed now that Kayla and the others were looking up looking for Roy.
"There's only one thing now that can distract him from our fight. Well, that doesn't matter. If he has finished his business, he should be watching us from somewhere else. Even if he doesn't, we can show him the proof which one of us is the stronger one," Kayla said.
"And the proof is…"
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"The prize reward," Kayla replied calmly.
The two fighters just talked as they stand in the middle of the stage. Even though Kron is there, the two ignored him and just talk.
Steven and Dwight are talking so loudly to make the match more exciting.
"This is really the final match! Who would have thought that it would be like this! Two girls raised in Melk, joined a party together. They became best friends, and now they are separated after entering different college, they reunited and face each other in the final match!" Steven said.
"On one side is Angela. She was the one who defeated the most monsters during Stampede even though she was just intermediate level at that time. The other is Kayla. She was the one who healed the most people during Stampede when she was also just intermediate level. Now, the two should have become much stronger than that time and will show us an amazing match. We still don't know what Kayla hides, but we will see it soon," Dwight said.
The two on the stage are talking for a while, but no one wanted to interrupt them. They patiently waited until the two finished talking even though they can't hear what the two said. Other than Kron.
"The main winner in the end will be Roy. He's the one who taught us both how to get stronger," Kayla said.
"Haha. I guess you're right. He taught us the knowledge from the future so we can grow stronger," Angela said.
"We were the first two people to meet him after returning back to the past. Roy knew you because of your achievement in the future, and saved me while you two were on a quest. We will show everyone how strong we are because of him. Kron, I'm ready," Kayla said to Kron after finished her chat with Angela.
"Me too. Let's get started already," Angela said.
The two no longer need words. They just have to prove to the world their strength. The power they learned from Roy.
Although Roy learned those knowledges not by himself, but from other people in the future, Kayla and Angela only know that everything is because of Roy. That's all they needed to know.
"Well, good that you two are ready. But the stage is not prepared yet. They say that they're going to expand the stage slowly. Probably King Albert do this to delay the match so Roy can watch after his business is done," Kron said.
After looking up in search of the missing Roy, Albert asked the official to make the stage bigger and told them to slightly delay the match until the stage is done. While Angela and Kayla were chatting, some earth mage officials made the stage bigger. This was a preparation because Albert knows that Kayla is an earth mage.
If people know, it might seem as if Albert is favoring Kayla over Angela, but that's wrong.
In fact, making the stage bigger is also favorable for Angela as she has more freedom as well. But for who the winner will be, even Roy doesn't know it.
"The final match, START!"
Kron began the match as loud as he can. Then, he quickly flew away so he won't get caught in the middle of the fight.
As soon as the match started, Angela flew to the sky. She knows that Kayla's earth magic is powerful and she needed to escape from the ground as quickly as possible.
Although Angela's earth magic is more powerful, Kayla's magic control is much better. Combined with the wand that helped her manipulate the earth, it won't be a surprise for Angela if she was defeated in an instant. That's why she escaped to the sky as soon as possible.
But that's also the wrong choice. Kayla took out her wand, and manipulate the earth. She created a huge hand protruding from the ground, and slapped Angela down back to the stage.
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But Angela reacted quickly. She couldn't dodge, so she protected herself with ice magic. Instead of making an Ice Shield, she covers her own body with an armor of ice.
Because she also learned to improve her physical ability, she can withstand the impact from the slap with the armor on. But that's not the only reason she used ice armor.
As she falls to the ground, she used wind magic to push her. Not to the sky, but pushing her body with wind horizontally to one direction. That way, instead of receiving impact from the fall, she slides away thanks to the ice armor, and quickly stand back up.
Angela then dispersed remove her Ice Armor from her body, turn them into multiple Ice Spikes small in size, and shoot them all to Kayla. Kayla quickly created an Earth Wall to protect herself.
So far, Kayla hasn't received any damages, but Angela was already hit once by the huge hand slapping her down.
"…what a spectacular way to start the match! I couldn't even follow it with my eyes! What happened? What did they do? How are they so strong!?" Steven shouted.
"I don't understand it much, but from what I can tell, Angela quickly tried to escape to the sky. In which Kayla stopped her with that huge hand. That hand was made so quickly that Angela was unable to dodge it. She falls, slides away, and quickly counter attacked. But Kayla blocked her attack. So far, we still couldn't tell who will win the fight. We cannot keep up with the match, so if we are silent or our commentaries were delayed, we'll apologize in advance," Dwight apologized politely.
Back to the stage, the two started talking again.
"You're always good at reading ahead, aren't you, Kayla?" Angela asked.
"And you always exceed my expectation. I never thought that you will slide away,"
Kayla replied.
Kayla then used her wand to collect rock, and compress it as small as possible. Then, she threw it to the sky.
Angela knows that if she looks away, Kayla will attack her. That's why she stepped back so her vision is wider and she can see the thrown rock and Kayla at the same time. But that's another mistake of her, because Kayla make the thrown rock shine with her light magic. The light is so bright that Angela needs to squint her eyes.
"Oh, no!"
Knowing that she will be in trouble, she looked down and move while only looking at the ground. And that's when Kayla burst the compressed rocks, and manipulate them to make the shape sharp, and fall toward Angela's direction. Some of the rocks still shine, which will distract Angela when she looked up.
But Angela didn't look up. It's because she can still see the rock's shadow on the ground. She waited until the right time to create a thick Earth Wall. Right at the time when some of the rocks are above the Wall, so some rocks got launched toward the audience seat, which then blocked by Light Barrier by the officials.
"That was close! If she used it any later, she would have gotten hit!" Dwight said.
"That wasn't close at all. Angela timed her magic so it will protect her at the right time. If she used Earth Wall sooner the Wall will be destroyed with Kayla's attack. Angela looked at the trajectory and the location of the rocks by looking at the shadow so she can launch the first row of the rocks away and protect herself from the rest."
"Wait, who?" Steven asked.
The one who explained was neither Steven nor Dwight. It was a new voice coming from the speaker which makes the two fighting on the stage paused for a bit, and smiled.
"Hello, everyone. You might not know me, so I'll introduce myself. My name is Roy. Currently, I work as a professor in Cassau university. But that doesn't mean I'm supporting them. I will be neutral and analyze everything on the stage so everyone knows what happened. If you don't believe me, you can ask the guild master for who I am. I am in the same party as Angela and Kayla back then. How could you all forgot about me? I'm so sad. Anyway, because I was the leader of that party, that's right, I'm the leader of that party, I will stay neutral and analyze the match here because I'm the one who know most about their strength. Please enjoy the final," Roy said.
He finally appears to watch the two fight. Those who knows him smiled, except for the two commentators.. It was because Roy suddenly appears while his body is covered with blood.
Chapter 360 - Quickly Taking Care Of A Business In The Capital
They took Jewel to the bench after she was defeated by Angela. I'd like to continue watching until the final is over, but I can't do that.
Why? Because Sonia returns with a grave news.
"Roy, the capital is under attack. Hector is captured and unable to use the ring to contact me because he was tied up. It was luck that you sent me there just in time. Seems like Hector and his people will be used as hostage to threat Albert. I told Ian and Ruby to be careful before coming here," Sonia said.
"What the fuck! Oi, waiter! Come here!" I called the waiter who is one of the agents.
"Can I help you, customer?" the waiter asked.
"Yes. Spread the news that the capital is under attack, and gather everyone who is free in the hotel right away. I'll meet Albert to tell him the news, and I'll transport everyone to my mansion in the capital," I said.
Hearing the news, the waiter quickly leaves the restaurant despite the boss of the restaurant, who is just a normal man, shouting the name of the waiter.
I quickly leave the restaurant and go to Albert's location with portal while making sure that no one saw me.
Albert and Marie were looking up when I appear. He knows that I'm behind him, but he's still looking up. And so are Kayla and the others. They must be looking for me.
"Albert, the capital is under attack. Your Prime Minister is being held and tied up. I'll go there immediately while bringing several agents with me," I said.
"Take care of yourself and finish it quickly. You want to watch the match between Kayla and Angela, right? I'll delay the match as long as possible," Albert said calmly even though his wife beside him looks panicked.
"You don't have to do that, but okay. It will be best if you can make the stage bigger. The two can go all out in a bigger stage. Then, I'll look for Candy to bring her with me. Spot is busy taking care of the monsters outside the wall, and I told Sonia to get Spot accompany you while I'm gone after he's done with the monsters. Then, see you later," I said to Albert as I leave his side.
Candy is somewhere in the audience, looking for any other infiltrators among the audience. That's why I can't use portal.
When she saw me, I waved my hand and gestured to her to meet me.
"What's wrong, Roy?" Candy asked.
"Trouble in the capital. Let's go back to the hotel. I told someone to bring agents who are free to meet me in the hotel. I'll take them and you to my mansion in the capital, and you need to ask Ian if anything happened. As for me, I'll go back to Cassau and bring Veronica with me," I said.
"Okay. Let's go," Candy said.
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I used portal to take us to the hotel where it's already filled with about twenty people. Most of them were the participants of the tournament who have lost previously.
I just opened a portal for them and let Candy do the explaining to them. Then, I opened a portal to Cassau where Veronica is already prepared. Seems like Sonia is quick to tell her.
"Roy, I'm ready," Veronica said.
"Good. We'll be transporting directly to where Hector is being held."
We then transported to where Hector is being held. The two of us were prepared to attack anyone there, but seems like other than Hector and few other agents, there are no other people.
But with my Divine Vision, I can see that some people noticed us suddenly appear and coming our way.
"The Royal Palace can be rebuilt!" Hector shouted as I took off the cloth covering his mouth.
Hearing that, Veronica instantly used a highly destructive wind magic that destroy the area where the assailants are. I also pointed at where those assailants are that Veronica can't sense because they are too far.
Then I quickly grabbed the hostage and use portal to my mansion in the capital where Ruby is helping the injured agents.
I left Veronica in the palace. She can handle herself.
I continue looking and see that most of the bad guys don't have explosive devices in their mouth. I guess the cult is sending expert level mages now because this kingdom is too hard to conquer.
In my mansion, Candy and the agents I brought have gone. They split up and fight the expert level mages in groups.
There are about ten expert level mages, and three of them are in the palace. Veronica is fighting those three by herself.
As for the other seven, another three are fighting three groups I just brought. The other four are capturing the nobles and killing the civilians. Good thing they are separated. I'll take care of those four by myself.
First is the two who killed the civilians. One of them is earth mage. He killed the people with Ground Spike and happily laughed like a mad man.
With my fastest speed, although I'm still slower than Spot, I sprinted toward his direction and stabbed Reizpear in his chest. To make sure that he died in an instant, I used Victosword in my other hand and sliced his neck. One down, three more to go.
I couldn't save the people here since he has killed everyone, but it's no time to mourn. And there's no point in mourning for the death of strangers. I'll mourn after the cult is destroyed.
Next is a woman who killed the civilians. She's also an earth mage. I killed her the same way as the previous earth mage.
Why is there more earth element expert level mage in the cult than other elements? The cult must have a good source to get earth element magic stones.
Two more to go.
These two are grouped up while I killed the other two. Now, I have to face two expert level mages on my own.
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"Roy, you seem like you're in a hurry. Do you really want to watch Angela and Kayla fight so much?" Victoria asked as I was watching the two expert level mages left.
"Yeah. They are the two friends I made soon after returning to the past. Not including you obviously. And one of them is my lover now. I want to see how much they have progressed already. Their fighting styles are different, so it will be interesting to watch. Even I who got bored easily want to watch their match so bad. I'll take care of everything here so I can return before the fight is over," I replied.
Two expert level mages. An open space. Once they split up, I will just end up wasting time chasing after them. I need to kill one fast, then I'll chase after the other one whom I expect to escape after I killed the first one.
With my fastest speed, I sprinted and killed one of the mages, the woman who has just landed after she flew to meet the other mage. If she used her flying magic to escape, it will be difficult to catch her.
Just as expected, the other one tried to escape while attacking me with magic. He's an ice mage. Good.
As long as he doesn't try to freeze me and just attacked using Ice Spikes, I only need to endure the spikes.
He retreated while using ice magic to freeze the ground as he slides backward. It's also useful if he wants to let me slip as the ground is frozen and slippery. But he doesn't know that I'm not stepping on the ground. Just 1cm above the frozen ground, I used Air Steps.
The confused mage casted Ice Spikes at me, but I redirect those Spikes because I can see them clearly. If I tried to block it, my speed will slow down.
The ones that will stab me, I used Blobbies to cover my hands and redirect those Spikes to not hit me. As for those that won't stab me, I ignore them even if they hit my head and blood coming out. I need to go back to watch the match!
Because he's an expert level mage, the numbers of Ice Spikes he created is too many for me to dodge or redirect. That's why some of them hit me. But none of them stabbing me. Just the sides of the Spikes hit me, so there are some bruises there and there. And I'm bleeding from my head. But I just endure it.
As I got closer, the man turns back so he can focus on escaping. He must have thought that I'm a close combat fighter. If he escapes, my identity as an Aura user will be known. I must not let him escape!
I restore Reizpear from my pocket into its original form, and threw it like a javelin into the mage's body. Reizpear pierced his body, and he falls to the ground where I finally kill him. That's four.
As for the other six expert level mages, they have been defeated. Three by Veronica, and three by the agents.
I'm glad to see that the result from the training camp shows. It means we now have the power to repel the cult.
"Veronica, you done?" I asked Veronica. She's the first one I approach after I killed the mages on my side.
"Yeah. I'll stay here in your mansion until Albert return. You want to watch the match, right?" Veronica said.
"Thanks. I'll get Albert return as fast as I can," I said as I leave her.
This time, I'm going to Candy's side.
"Roy, we're done here. We will investigate the situation, so you can return first. Tell me the result later, okay?" Candy said.
And that's how I ended up in the commentary room with my body covered in blood.
Now, let's see if I have the talent as commentator.
Chapter 361 - Continuation Of The Battle
I have returned! And this time, I'm doing commentaries when two girls I know the longest are fighting. Angela and Kayla.
They might have had sparring session many times in the past, but this is different. It's real battle. Though no killing.
I'm in the room with Steven and Dwight so I can tell the audience what happened in the fight as someone who knows them the longest.
I wiped the blood around my body using some Blobbies to absorb the blood in front of the two shocked commentators. I turned off the magic device that let the sound from this room to be heard outside so I can talk to the two first.
"Don't worry about my appearance. It's something unavoidable. But it's all good. Let's continue with commentaries," I said.
"…is it okay already?" Dwight asked.
"It's not a problem in this city. I have taken care of those hiding inside Melk. These wounds are from the fight somewhere else. I can say that for now, we are safe. Don't worry," I replied.
"…if you say so. Let's continue then," Dwight said.
The two who were supposed to be fighting were standing still and smiled as they are talking about something. Probably about me barging in here.
I can see Albert is looking this way. He must be curious about what happened. I will tell him later. For now, the match is more important.
Steven turned the magic device back on, and we started talking again.
"Wait, you're their party leader? I don't remember you at all," Steven said.
"I'm sorry that the leader has the weakest magic, okay? But the reason they got so much stronger is because of my guidance. That is the truth," I said.
"I don't believe you," Steven said.
"I might not have the same elements as any of the two, but it's undoubtedly that I'm a professor in Cassau. I'm teaching my students to be strong, you know? Though since it's a university, I was limited to only teach one element that I have," I said.
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"What element is it?" Dwight asked.
"I have two elements. Summoning and air elements. And I have the privilege of teaching air mage in Cassau University," I said.
"Wait, air element!? You taught air element!?" Steven shouted.
"If you wonder how Sara become so strong with air magic, that was because of me. And I can teach other elements as well despite not having them. But what I teach will be different. For air magic, I can teach many things. But for other elements, I taught only magic control,"
Then, I started to explain a little about magic control and how useful it is. I'm trying to popularize magic control to the world so people can get stronger despite their low level.
Well, it's not like I can make low-level mages win against higher level mages, but I can make them survive a little longer in a direct confrontation. Though I didn't explain more about magic control and told everyone that they can learn from not just me, but from many other universities. They have some people from the training camp after all.
"Well, if you're interested, just find someone who has learned about magic control to teach you. For now, the final is more important. The two are waiting until my explanation is over as they are recovering. Kayla! Angela! I won't root for either of you! Just fight however you like!" I shouted.
The match continued. Some people started to get interested in magic control now and they watched the match seriously. It's as if they are trying to steal the skills of either Kayla or Angela.
Kayla attacked again. This time, just like before, she used Rock Throw. But the rocks are bigger and sharper than before. At the same time, she also used light magic to create another source of light which will confuse Angela. If she looked at the shadow of the rocks, she will misjudge the distance and unable to protect herself anymore.
But that's useless for the spirited Angela. Seems like after I returned, the two are no longer holding back.
Angela creates a Tornado with her wind magic to blow away the thrown rocks. The tornado also moves toward Kayla so she could be blown away as well. And if she tries to cover herself under the earth, she won't be able to do anything as Angela prepares the next attack.
"Oh! The tornado is so strong that if Kayla is not hiding under the ground, she will be blown away! I don't think Earth Wall alone is enough to protect her," Dwight said.
"That's wrong. Look under Kayla's feet," I said.
"Under the… is she using the earth to support her legs alone? What about the upper body?" Dwight asked.
"Do not underestimate these girls. Other than practicing magic to this level, they also trained their body and stamina. And if Kayla couldn't handle that much, she will make more supports from the ground. Hiding herself from Angela will be the wrong decision. Angela, although she's academically challenged, she's a genius in magic and battle. She can make a quick decision that will defeat her opponent right away. Kayla, knowing Angela's genius, she needs to read ahead and make sure her decision is not what Angela's expected. This battle could be very long, or be over quickly. Don't look away from the two," I said.
And then, Kayla shows the giant robot that she used once back during her fight against Jack in Monsters World. This time, the robot is much smoother. Which mean, her movement should be better than back then.
"What is that! Is she a summoner?" Steven asked.
"No. That is earth magic. Using her precise control of magic, she created a huge golem like creature that she can control from the inside. She's now well-protected and can fight in close-range," I explained.
"Earth magic can do that!?"
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"Like I said, magic control. Angela should also be able to do that, but she's more focused in attacking than defending. As building a golem like that is complicated, it's a magic that the smart Kayla is perfectly suited for. One that can protect her, and attack at the same time. And if you look at the golem, you can see that the legs of the golem are short, while the length of its arm is long. That means Kayla inside the golem is closer to the ground and can cast earth magic, while the arms of the golem can reach far," I explained.
I can't say that it's a robot because no one knows what a robot is. Only Victoria and people from her world. Golem is more well-known by the people and what I introduced to the people. Though I still call it robot myself.
And seeing the giant robot, the children watching got excited.
Kayla used the long reach of her robot to slap Angela, but Angela dodged and fly to the sky.
"Oh! This time, Angela managed to fly! She was blocked the first time she tried to fly. This time, Angela should have the upper-hand!" Dwight said.
"That's wrong. Please watch," I said.
Kayla's robot swung its arm. And as it reached its furthest length in a punch, the arm detached from the body as it flew toward Angela. There's a small string of sands connecting Kayla and the detached arm, and manipulating the thrown arm, she made the arm spin.
Angela tries to dodge, but as the arm was spun and in an unpredictable way, she can only try block it while trying to escape.
Angela was hit by the spinning arm as she falls back down to the ground. She slides on the ground using Ice Armor.
"Oh, she falls again! Luckily, she slides on the ground instead of hitting it and received an impact. I thought that golem can only hit something close, but seems like Kayla's control of the golem is too good. But this time, Angela should be injured considerably from the spinning arm. And look! The arm regenerated and the golem returns back to normal! What an insane ability!" Dwight shouted.
"But don't you think that she's wasting mana? I don't think she can use that golem for a long time no matter how well her magic control is. Well, Roy, what do you think?" Steven asked me.
"As everyone knows already, in this tournament, Angela is the strongest participant. It's impossible to hold back against her. Kayla's only way to win is if she goes all out against Angela without reserving her mana at all. The moment Kayla let down her guards, victory will be in Angela's hand. And I have seen the two spar many times, but this is the first time Kayla fight this way against Angela. Angela must be confused on how to win against Kayla as well. The only way any one of them can win is to go all out. They are just that good," I said.
"I just no longer care about who will win! You two, fight to your hearts content!" Steven shouted.
"Huh? Aren't you betting on Kayla? You don't mind if she loses?" Dwight asked.
"Just look at the match! Do you think anyone would regret watching it? No matter if we lost the bet or win it, I don't think anyone will be sad. In fact, they will train hard so they can participate in the next tournament. Though they need to get into university first," Steven said.
"Not really," I said.
"What do you mean?" Steven asked.
"Well, this is a tournament arranged by his majesty. But you can arrange a tournament yourself so you don't need to attend university. Though you can't participate in the same tournament next year, you can make your own. You just need to gather rich people to prepare the reward, and people will come. Melk already have an Arena. You just need the reward," I said.
"That's right! One year is too long! Let's gather all the rich merchants and nobles to sponsor the next tournament! That way, we don't have to wait until next year!" Dwight said.
Hearing that, the people, especially hunters who are unable to participate here, got fired up. They can't wait until that free-for-all tournament. As for the merchant, they should be able to realize the profit they can get from the tournament.
But that's not my problem. Kayla and Angela are still fighting. This is the most important event today. I'm glad that I finished my business quickly and return here before the match is over.. Even with the injuries I had, I have to watch it until it's over.
Chapter 362 - The Champion Is...
The fight still goes on for two hours straight without showing any sign that it will end.
Victoria would protect herself whenever she got hit, and to not let get the impact from falling to the ground injure her, she would use Ice Armor on her to slide on the ground. She also used earth magic at the same time to flatten the ground.
As for Kayla, she's well-protected inside the giant robot. She's still got damaged time to time, but that's not a problem to her. Instead, the robot took most of the damage. But Kayla quickly repaired the robot. Still, for her to maintain the robot for this long without taking Mana potion, she has a huge amount of mana saved.
I think her mana quantities are higher than even Angela. But Angela is more powerful.
As for me, I'm doing my best to analyze the situation and explain it to everyone. I couldn't keep up with the two commentators' chatting, but if it's explaining, I can do that.
"Ah! Kayla got hit by fire attack this time! Even though the golem could protect her, it's impossible for her to protect herself from the burns!" Dwight shouted.
"That's wrong. Did you forget what Kayla is famous for in Melk?" I asked.
"That's… oh, right! She's a healer! Then, she must be ignored the damage, and heal herself while inside of the golem. Just how much mana does she has?" Dwight asked curiously.
"From my guess, she has more mana than any other participants in this tournament. Obviously, she has more than Angela's as well. But Angela's attack is much more powerful, so we still can't see who will win," I said.
"Roy, you were their party members, right? And you're the leader as well. How come you don't know about Kayla's mana quantities? Even if you have grown much stronger now, it should have been obvious in the past, right?" Steven asked.
"There's no way I would be able to know that. You do realize that I'm in a party together with Angela and Kayla, right? We can see that the two of them are powerful. As for me, even though I'm an air mage, I'm the one who taught Sara to use air magic to fight like you all saw from her match. The three of us are strong individually as well. That's why none of us ever depleted our mana when we're together," I explained.
"I don't remember much about you, but there's one thing I still remember. It was during the school exam that was displayed publicly. I remember two excellent students, but there's just one extremely weak student. He used his weak slime as a throwing weapon, and threw it to the target making him only able to reach eight point. You are that Eight, correct?" Dwight asked.
"Oh, you remember that much? That's right. Eight was me. What about it?" I asked back.
"After your turn, someone from the crowd destroyed the target practice with unknown magic. Was that you using air magic?" Dwight asked.
So, this is what he wants to ask about. Whether I'm the mystery person or not. He's quite sharp, huh?
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"I'll leave that to your imagination. Seems like Kayla is too tired to maintain the golem now. We need to watch it carefully since the battle might reach the climax soon," I said.
Our attention returned back to the stage where Kayla's robot's right arm is no longer in its original shape. It's either because she has exhausted her mana, or because it's another one of her plans.
I can see what Kayla is doing inside the giant robot. She's planning something. Even though she looks tired, she hasn't given up yet.
As for Angela, she's also tired because she has been using wind magic to fly most of the time. Her flying speed is not high, but she's still tired because most of her mana consumption is from taking hit from Angela's attack and dodging them.
Kayla left the control room of the robot while leaving the robot as it is. Then, she used her light magic to make the giant robot shines. The robot's body shines brightly and makes everyone unable to look at it directly. Except for me.
She's leaving the robot, and while Angela is covering her eyes with her arms, Kayla raised the earth to make herself at the same height as Angela right behind her.
As everyone finally get used to the light, they can see Kayla is using her wand as a weapon, in her case it's a rapier, and thrusted it on Angela's chest. Of course she's not that evil to make the rapier sharp. It was blunt at the tip so it won't kill Angela.
But that's also a miscalculation, because now, Angela knows where she is, and used all four elements to attack Kayla.
Kayla was blown away and hit the ground hard. She fell unconscious in an instant.
"We have the winner! Angela is the final victor of the tournament!" Kron announced.
The whole Arena, no. The whole city cheered at the result of the long battle between the two best friends.
"I can't believe it! I watched the fight with my own eyes, but I still couldn't believe it! That precise control of earth magic, the use of Ice Armor, and many other things that I've seen today! These two are unbelievable mages!" Steven shouted.
"But what happened in the last move? I couldn't see it well because of the shining golem. Roy?" Dwight asked me.
"I can see it well. My eyes can adjust to the light better than most people, so everything was seen clearly by me. Seems like Kayla knew that her mana is about to run out, and she doesn't have any kind of magic attack that can defeat Angela in the sky. So, she musters all of her mana to raise the earth so she can be right at the same height as Angela is in the sky. Then, she used her wand covered with soil into some sort of weapon, and stabbed Angela. But Angela didn't lose, and she countered with all her four elements to finally defeat Kayla. Maybe she wanted to make sure that Kayla will absolutely be defeated. That's why she mercilessly used all four elements," I explained.
"I see. So, in the end, Angela is the stronger one," Steven said.
"Not really," I said.
"What?"
"The result was because of the rule of the tournament. No killing. Kayla made the weapon blunt as she doesn't want to kill Angela. If it's a real fight and not a tournament, Kayla is the real winner. She will make her weapon sharp and pierced through her enemy's heart without mercy. Maybe because Angela knew that, she attacked Kayla with her four elements because she knows she would have lost if it's a real fight. But the rule is the rule. The winner of the tournament is Angela. Even though Angela doesn't look happy, and Kayla fainted with a smile on her face, the match ended with Angela's victory. They have given their all for this tournament," I said.
Yeah, this match is the best one among the other matches in the tournament.
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I'm kind of worried about Kayla, but I will let her rest for now. I'll just find someone else to heal my wound. Well, my wounds can be stopped by first aid. Maybe I'll wait until Kayla wakes up so she can heal me later. I'm a doctor anyway.
Since this is the final match, I paid the twins their salaries, and add some bonuses as well. Though I still smacked their heads for saying some useless things. Then I left the room.
"Sonia, go tell Candy and Veronica the match is over. Angela is the champion. And ask them if they needed some help. I'll bring some more agents to the capital if they need some," I said to Sonia.
She also watched the match when she's not being called. Though she disappears from time to time.
As for Spot, after I return to Melk, he has been with Albert and stayed in his camouflage.
Let's give report to Albert now. He's going to give the reward to the winner. It's best to report him before that so he can give the reward with a smile.
"Albert, I'm here to report," I said.
"You're not going to Kayla?" Albert asked.
"I'll do that later. About the capital, it's fine now. Veronica and Candy are there. I think it's best to return you to the capital tomorrow or the day after," I said.
"I agree. I'll listen to the rest of the report later tonight. For now, you need rest and stay by Kayla's side. I have a reward to give," Albert said.
Kayla is still unconscious and was brought by Jewel and Sara to the infirmary. I went there and did some first aid. The team should have our own healer other than Kayla.
As soon as we're the only two left in the room, other than Victoria, Kayla wakes up.
"Hey. Congratulation. What is it again? Oh, right. You won the battle, but you lost the war. AM I saying it right? Anyway, that was a close one. I'm proud of you," I said as I patted her head.
"Yeah, that was close. Angela is so strong. After our match she will only get stronger. She's amazing," Kayla said.
"Heal yourself for now. If you have some spare mana, heal me as well," I said.
Kayla healed her wounds and mine. Now, we both don't look like we were injured at all. It was as if neither of us fight at all today. I never thought that she still has enough mana to heal us both.
"Should we go and watch the closing ceremony?" I asked.
"No. Let's stay here. I want you to hug me until everything is over," Kayla said.
I hugged her and even after the closing ceremony is over, she still doesn't let go. She wants to be spoiled today after her loss against Angela. I'll let her be spoiled for today.. Though if she asks me, I can spoil her every day.
Chapter 363 - After The Final
Both Kayla and I have been healed. And after she drunk some Mana Potions, we left the already empty Arena.
People have left the Arena, but they are excitedly talking about the fight that just happen. And I can see not just Angela's team who ended as the winner, but even Jewel and the others from Cassau were also being surrounded.
"Seems like it will be difficult for you to walk home. Do you want me to use portal?" I asked Kayla.
"No. Carry me through the sky in your arms. There's no need to hurry back to the hotel. It will be surrounded after all since both teams participating in the final stay there," Kayla said.
"Haha. You lost once so you want to be spoiled?" I asked.
"If I want to be spoiled, you will spoil me anyway. Let's treat this as a special event," Kayla said.
Just as she wished, I carried her in my arms as I used Air Steps to run in the air. There are no more people flying in the sky anymore. Those who were on the rooftop to watch the match for free already left.
Spot is still with Albert as I'm worried if the cult will still try to do something again here. That's why I can't camouflage myself. Though for those watching us from the ground, they will just think that I'm a wind mage taking Kayla home.
But… because of her popularity now, some people are looking at me angrily. She's mine!
Through the open window in the highest floor of the hotel, which is my room, we entered the hotel. We can see many people are down here congratulating the champion and the runner-up as well. Some of them also here to see the top five from the popularity contest closely.
They saw me carrying Kayla, and Kayla noticed as well. She just calmly waved her hand toward them, and they started screaming non-stop crazily.
We entered my room and I rested Kayla on the bed. I need to meet Albert tonight, but for now, I will take a rest.
After I wake up, Kayla is still there sleeping next to me. seems like Lina or someone enters my room to check on us, and then they left seeing us sleeping. There's a message saying that I can go down to eat dinner quickly once I woke up.
Seeing Kayla is still sleeping, I left her be.
As for the others who are injured, Sara, Jewel, Shirley, and Angela as well, someone else must have healed them. I can see that they are gathering in the dining hall just chatting. Luckily, there are no one else other than those who stay in the hotel. Seems like all the fans have left.
Though I never expected that the twins, Steven and Dwight, are here.
"What are you doing here?" I asked the two.
"Oh, Boss! You woke up already!" Steven said.
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"Good to see you're healthy, Boss," Dwight said.
"What? Boss? Why are you calling me Boss?" I asked.
"You're our boss because you're the one paying us salary for being the commentators. And we're grateful to you because thanks to you, we have become more popular. I thought we would end up as weakling hunters for life, but we can now be paid for advertising some merchants' business product in the street. We can retire from being a hunter and focus on being commentators now," Steven said.
"But that will only happen if there are fights in the Arena, right? Has there someone who want to make another match already?" I asked.
"Some merchants are discussing about it. They intend to monopolize the tournament, so it will take a while until they reached an agreement. But Boss, you never told us that the meal here is delicious. If I know about this, I would eat here every day," Dwight said.
"It's thanks to my maid. I don't know about other cooks, but most of the meal here since I arrive were made by my maid. Once we leave the city, I don't know if the food will taste as good or not,"
We ate dinner together, and the twins left the hotel after they are full. Kayla also has wake up and ate dinner together with us. seems like no one will have permanent injury despite their intense performance.
But… why are they looking at me? By them I mean Kayla, Angela, Shirley, Lina, Sophie, Jewel, Wendy, Fabio, Carmen, and even Hannah.
"…what?" I asked.
"You were gone just as the match started, and return while being injured to watch the match. What happened?" Sophie asked.
"I will tell it to Albert after this. You all want to come?" I asked.
Everyone nodded. I guess I'll bring everyone together with me then.
"What about the children?" Sophie asked.
"Take them all with us. Have them stay over at his place together with his children. Let's go."
I used portal to get all of us to the place Albert is staying. And it seems like he's already prepared for my arrival, together with Kron, Oleg, and Mustache who are waiting.
"So, how was the capital?" Albert asked.
I told everyone about everything that happened. And since Candy is at the capital, I asked Sonia if she can return now after telling everyone.
I brought Candy here with portal and she informed us what happened after I left.
"The Prime Minister said that he will take care of everything, and Veronica stays just in case there are any remains of the cult. Some parts of the capital were destroyed. Many people died. The guards were unable to react in time, and captured the Prime Minister in the palace. They somehow managed to enter the palace and kill some guards and servants and went toward the Prime Minister without destroying anything," Candy explained.
"Though some parts of the palace were destroyed because of Veronica's attack," I said.
"Yes. The assailants, which were ten expert level mages, are all died. They are too strong to be restrained. I'm sorry," Candy apologized.
"No problem. There are some of them that Roy captured here today beforehand. I'll ask them if they know anything later," Albert said.
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"Thank you, your majesty. From our guess, we think that those ten mages were asked to capture the Prime Minister while you are here in Melk. Other than the Prime Minister, they are also going after the nobles in the capital. But some of them are evil bastards who enjoyed killing civilians just for fun," Candy said.
"I killed two mages who killed civilians, and two other mages who were capturing the nobles. Though I didn't look for those nobles," I said.
"They are fine. Because the mages that captured them have been killed, the captured nobles are spared. They were just tied up and unable to ask for help," Candy explained.
So, they are just like Hector, huh? But that's weird. If they want to conquer the kingdom, wouldn't it be best if they kill everyone instead of capturing them?
"Roy, do you remember Old man Henry's best friend?" Albert asked.
Old man's best friend? I think his name was Russell… that's right!
"Someone in the cult is a psychic element who can hypnotize people and manipulate them," I said after thinking for a while.
"That's probably the case. And since they didn't do it before, the cause might be because they only have the hypnotist only recently, or the mage can only be trusted only recently after raising them for a while. The cult might think that if Hector and the nobles were hypnotized, they can take control of the kingdom. Or even making them rebel against me. This is getting harder and harder. What a pain…" Albert sighed.
Having someone who can manipulate mind in the enemy's side is just cheating! How come I never knew about it? Did I change the future too much? Or the hypnotist in the cult was totally unknown even in my past life. That would be scarier.
"At least we know one thing," Albert said.
"What is it?" I asked.
"The next time they will attack," Albert said with conviction.
That's right. If this attack is planned because Albert is away from the capital during the tournament, the next attack will be…
"…it will happen during the next tournament between kingdoms," I said.
"Roy, bring me to Varadis and Consenza to fetch those two. Then bring them all to Bernard's mansion in Arturo where Harold is. Queen Carmen and Fabio will come as well. Let's go,"
"You're not going back to the capital first?" I asked.
"Bring me there tomorrow with Miguel to make everyone think he's carrying me home with flying magic," Albert said.
Before we leave, I returned the others back to the hotel and asked Sonia to greet the other kings before meeting them. Since Harold said it's fine, I sent Fabio and Carmen first over there to explain what happened and what could possibly happen.
As for Candy, I returned her back to the capital.
Today as well, I used portals many times. After getting everyone to Bernard's mansion, I quickly fall asleep in a room in his mansion without listening to their discussion.
I only said that I will return them back after I wake up before I fall into slumber.