Darrion's expression twisted into an ugly frown while the person a few feet to his left stood up. Jai saw Torfo walked past them and both of their eyes contacted with each other briefly. Even though none said anything, the glare in Torfo's eyes were clear. It didn’t mean that Jai finally understand what the glare was for though.
When the young soldier finally left, Darrion spoke, “Wish me survive and wish me luck. I know I can’t win, but I’d really like it if I can at least punch him or touch him in my wake.”
Jai patted him on the back, “You can touch him. He’s not invisible like your wind.”
Darrion smiled, “Thanks, Jai. I'll make sure his day miserable.”
Jai nodded helplessly.
“Good luck, little windlet. I’ll dry your clothes for you,” Bara reassured.
Darrion chuckled, “Yes, thank you. That would save me some trouble.”
Bara laughed.
Then Jai stood up and
The fiery performance surprised everyone in the arena. Even the guests in the noble platform were amused."Mmm~ So hot..." A lady seductively muttered in the platform. She was wearing a slightly open, red kimono with dragon-like designs and gold accessories."Your taste is always youngsters with marvelous skills," replied the big man in yellow clothing. His words seemed playful, but his tone was a little insinuating."Oh hush, I'm really liking this performance," the lady said excitedly. Then she mumbled, "I wonder if it's okay to take him study abroad."The look in her eyes glinted something more than what she just said."Torfo is our youngest and talented soldier. I think I prefer keeping him," His Majesty said, ending it with a laugh.The lady moaned, "I can only wish then... Oh, irony!"The other guests could only sweat dropped.Back to the arena, Torfo stretched
Torfo's fire blazed around him while Darrion was falling with his wind swirling around him. They exchanged look once again. And then Torfo blasted his fire towards Darrion who was still flying in the sky.Darrion glared at the coming shot and dodged it easily. He continued flying down with his eyes focused on Torfo.Seeing the white haired guy glaring back at him, Darrion smirked."I can still do something to you without touching you at all. Let's play for a bit before I surrender, yeah?"He knew perfectly well that his opponent couldn't hear him. But he didn't mind. He wasn't actually asking anyway.The blonde windlet stopped in midair once again, already setting his plan in motion.He stretched both of his hands and grunted, as if he was lifting something very heavy. Then, something happened in the arena.Torfo who was on the ground, felt that his hands and feet were slowly bounded
His friend immediately passed out when Jai helped him lie down on one of the beds.Nurse Lin said that the blonde had used up too many of his energy in the battle and might probably miss two or three upcoming battles.Jai left him in her care and asked her not to wake him until the tournament is over.He already won two battles, and he did say he was happy he could get in among the tenth. The blonde might as well surrender for the rest of the battles and rest his body and mind.Jai could understand that taking revenge on somebody could take a lot of effort. Jai knew because that's the last thing he did in his previous world. He was very disappointed with his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend that time that he took it out on the boyfriend.Also because at that time, he was about to get beaten by the boyfriend's bodyguards of he didn't fight back.What he was trying to say was, revenge dr
"Thank you for the generous offer, lady Marin. However, I don't think that my Reila is agreeing of sharing," the MC said.The beautiful bird was beside the MC with her long and colorful tail circling him. Her dark eyes were gazing intensely at the kimono lady in the guest platform.The bird's overprotective behavior amused the audience and everyone laughed. The lady who was conversing with the MC also laughed, although nervously."Oh my... As much as I adore talented youngsters, I still love friendly monsters. So I think I will stop my advances for now."The MC chuckled and gestured his hand to the lady, "Give applause for Lady Marin from Pyreblair!"The audience cheered and clapped their hands in excitement.When Jai finally returned to his seat, he saw the MC and his bird partner walking around in the arena while talking.“What did I miss?” Jai won
Apparently, because Torfo had been warned by the minister, there were no more casualties among the participants. Darrion, Mugen, and Oki were the only ones in the medical tent who might be out for the rest of the fight. With Darrion passing out from exhaustion, while Mugen and Oki passing out from being knocked out.“Damn, Aeronvein’s full of powerhouses,” Bara said, entering the participant’s box while holding his hips. He just won his battle against Ugi.Ruhan, who was sitting on Jai’s left, immediately stood up and turned to Bara, “I-I’m sorry! Did I hit you too hard?”The brunette had a big bandage plastered on his left cheek from a partially healed, second degree burn.“No, I can do it myself...” Bara waved his hand and slowly sat by himself behind the brunette. “Why are you apologizing?”“Uhmm.. Uhh...” Ruhan seemed out of words.Jai smiled. Ruhan's behavior is kind of cute, Jai note
As Jai had predicted, he was called to fight against Bara in the next battle.He had seen how Bara fights. The big guy relied heavily on his fist, being the close fighter that he is. If Jai had to compare him to make it easier, he was like a boxer with fire element mixed with a green belt karate martial artist.His style was a bit similar to karate martial artists, but there were also moves that Jai noticed were different from karate. He used fists more often and he defended like how a boxer defend themselves from their opponent's attack.However, like the others in the participant box, Bara was not in the peak condition at this point. He slipped a few times in his momentum and Jai was able to land in a few hits on him because of it.But that wasn't the reason why Jai didn't use his lightning at all in this battle. He was saving it for his fight with Torfo or Raka, because he knew he would need as much energy as he can. What was left a
Jai walked to his bags while holding his wet clothes, putting them on the hamper by the partition to dry them. He had to change because his clothes were wet from his fight with Mac. It was like when he fought Vienn, but the fight with Mac was not at all hard for him. Just very tiring.Well... It was staged, after all, so he could say that everything was prepared. Mac had hinted at his attacks with eye gestures, so Jai knew where the water elemer’s next attacks would be. For the finishing move, Jai punched Mac in the face and slipped his thunder in to knock the orange boy out. He made sure to visibly burst his lightning after the guy went flying and not before.He could kill the guy if he did it when he punches him. Besides, he did that only to make sure the people believe the fight was real.The audience didn’t seem to notice and they roared like crazy just like how a normal battle is.“Mmhmm~” a voice hummed. “I ca
Jai walked to the arena with the guard who fetched him. His fists clenched and unclenched multiple times because he was feeling nervous. He had the interest in asking the guard about who he will be fighting against so that he could better put his energy conservation plan right away.He opened his lips but ended up closing it again. Then he stopped walking, prompting the guard in front of him to stop walking too, and turned to him."Jai? Is everything alright?" the guard asked."Um, yeah, just, give me a minute," Jai said, then he looked down to think.'What am I doing? It's not like me to worry about something like this. Just three more battles and it's all done. If I can win all three, I can be the first winner. Just endure three more fights, me,' Jai sighed.Then he swallowed the unexisting lump in his throat and nodded, "Let's go."He breathed in and out slowly as they wal