As the crowd stared blankly and silently, not a single word was said, and not a single soul made a move.The only sound that remained was the sound of the thrashing beast still clawing on its eye and slamming into the debris.As the only thing that remained of the first battle, was the scattered debris, terraformed Arena floor, blood and limbs scattered about, and Earl's laying dead body.No one, not the crowd, not the Drakemen warriors, no one, could've expected this outcome, and no one could even utter a single word at the sight of it."I-its... over..." said one Drakeman warrior, breaking free from the spell as he managed to take a step forward.As he did, his footsteps seemed to echo throughout the arena, as no one had moved or made a sound aside from this man."K-Kipple..." the man said as he placed his hand on Kipple's shoulder. Kipple was still in shock as well, speechless and unable to move at the sight of what happened.But the subtle touch seemed to snap him out of his dazed

As Alice continued to race throughout the forest, increasing her speed and mobility through the use of her chains, she kept blitzing with a thought on her mind."This plan has got to work!" She thought to herself as her mind revisited the short exchange she had with Crystal."Crystal was even crazier than I thought, those punches and kicks looked weak, but it felt like I would snap in half at any moment.If Suzuki uses the same techniques..." thought Alice as her eyes spun around and met up with Suzuki's, who was hot on her tail."As much as I respect you, I'll not be going easy on you, Suzuki!" Yelled Alice as she quickly increased her pace, dashing even faster."Right back at you!! Thought that's not what someone who's running should be saying!!" Smiled Suzuki as she increased her own pace, tearing the ground behind her.As Janet and Crystal made some distance between each other, their eyes locked and they both readied in battle stances."Military stance 4: Long Knife short Saber" s

Deep in another part of the forest, completely separate from all the other students, scattered across from one another was another team that was on the lookout for Earl."This suckz!!" Said Austin who was on a boat, swaying his hand across the surface of the water."This absolutely blows...." he said once more with a droopy expression. On the boar with him was a fishing rod in his other hand, with its cord cast into the water.The salty taste of the air and the gentle wetness of the water brushed over his hands.The dead silence was loud, with the only other sound being the occasion bubble pop and clashing of small waves.As his boat continued to drift in the middle of a huge lake, he pulled his hands out of the wet water and had an excessively long yawn.As he slammed his jaw shut, a bored expression sat on his face. "This reaaally blows" he said once more."Why am I the one out here fishing anyway?! Damn it Annie!" He thought to himself with a sour expression as his mind visited ear

In a certain location, somewhere on the outskirts of Luckage city, but not too far from the cities borders, there was an abundance of very tall trees.So tall that it was difficult to see the birds nests that nestled at the top of the tree.Each tree was absurdly thin, so thin that it was a stretch to even call them trees, yet their leaves spread out so far, that even though each tree was roughly 10 meters apart, it's branches and leaves touched and intertwined with one another.They stretched so far and bundles so much, that the shadow it cast remained both day and night, allowing only a little sunlight- enough to make the lighting resemble that of a calm afternoon- to pass through its leaves.For this reason and this reason alone, travelers called it the umbrella forest, others called it the tall overcast forest, and the locals at Luckage city and the small settlements around it, all called it evernoon.The lush peaceful green nature of the ground that slowly went up and down in slo

The trek back to his cell was silent. There was still all the noise from the jail cells as usual, but it was quieter than usual.Neither Kipple, nor any of the other Drakemen warriors that accompanied him said a single word. And with a bag over his head, Earl didn't say anything either.It's not like he was particularly talkative since he arrived here. The Drakemen weren't exactly so kind to talk with him either, so it wasn't anything new.But that wasn't the reason for the silence, that much was known by everyone. The Drakemen warriors were escorting a zombie back to its cell, a man who had died and came back to life. That's why they were silent.And what's more, after Earl--a human--was able to take down Nonomo, a beast considered nigh unbeatable even by the superior Drakemen, he did so with powers they had never seen or heard of, and with a smile that he couldn't seem to erase from his face.Even now, he was smiling under the bag over his head.As he and Kipple continued to walk, t