“With the Red Trackers being down to two members, will they be able to last until the very end of this tournament!?”After Kira's delivery to the hospital, the tournament kept on going. Sabrine remained seated among the audience as her right eye glowed, seemingly wearing digital contacts as she kept her eye still. The host announced the continuation of the matches as if nothing happened.“Kira was transferred to a hospital. The others are already there. I'm sure she'll be fine. You guys must focus on your fights.”Sabrine muttered to herself, her voice only hearing her voice as the audience began to cheer louder and louder.“I know. Kira lowered her guard. There are many things that we don't know yet. They have the advantage in terms of information, but I have no intentions of letting up.”Magi's voice spoke into the earpiece Sabrine had on her ear. It was illegal to have real-time communication with the outside world before their match, however, Magi was able to slip in a device tha

“O, the wind that follows, become my spear, strike true!”Lifting his hand as he aimed it at Red, Bahamut conjured multiple wind spears that materialized above him, launching themselves one by one toward Red.Red would only conjure his windshield once more, repeating the process of creating one larger spear to counterattack. “——Tch.” Bahamut clicked his tongue, pushing himself out of the way as he dodged an attack once more. Red had always only come up with a ranged counterattack if he had attacked from a distance, however, even if he did also close the distance and tried to force Red into close combat, his light magic was too fast to dodge. Blinking would do nothing and turn around would only make his back open.The battle duration was an hour, and it had been 30 minutes since their battle started, making this the first battle of the tournament to ever last.“What's wrong? You've run out of ideas?” Red scoffed as he was trying to provoke Bahamut. Bahamut himself was aware of it,

“We have Magicroft against Dokuji Chio! Dokuji was automatically forwarded toward the semi-finals after his opponents surrendered in a row! Is this a rigged match?! Or is it something else!?”Currently, the tournament of the annual Moonblight Mixed Magic Arts were almost reaching its final stage. With the last match of the semi-finals coming up, Magi was finally up against the last contestant that had yet to even fight in the brackets after being automatically put into the semi-finalists. Despite his connection to the mayor, it was not a rig nor a privilege that Dokuji had that enabled him to reach it instantly. It was simply how the tournament had gone for the past years. Dokuji was considered a semi-finalist automatically as he was left undefeated for the past years. As they both appeared in the arena, Dokuji stood on the other side, leaning into a cane that he had always had. All the moments of preparation came to this moment for Magi. There was no chance he would lose to som

“Infinity Shift, Integration.”With his power now integrated into his Grant, Glazier, Magi would now be able to use it with the power of his ability.Although it should have been impossible to change it, for Magi's Grant, it was relatively easy due to it only being but a gun with an empty core after Magi couldn't constantly supply it with Ice Magic.“Enough of this! I will make it so you won't have to walk!”Dokuji lunged in, disappearing as soon as his feet left the ground. Magi could sense that Dokuji was close but with him moving faster than the wind can react, Magi couldn't pinpoint where he would appear. So to know, he would fire his pistol on the ground, opening the first and sealed portal, firing the next upwards as the sealed portal below him opens up the same time as he opened the other.Dokuji's attack came right after, missing as Magi reappears above him, launching a punch that delivered a constant velocity as they now began to fall indefinitely. "Keh! You–"Dokuji cursed

11 years ago, Magi and Cian were only normal orphans. However, that wasn't the whole truth. The moment that they were kept inside the orphanage, was also the start of their cultivation as future mercenaries.Magi, who showed all kinda talents in both intelligence and power became the first one to lure the eyes of that one single person, Shanti.Shanti, who was still young at the time, however, has the same look and smile, as if he never ages. He was interested in Magi's capabilities as a mercenary, but not only that, he had begun to claim him as his property.He would throw hardships in Magi's way. Be it accidents, or sudden raise in food prices and even the man who bumped into Teresa was someone Shanti had hired to do that.It was all made just to see Magi's almost expressionless face make a despaired expression.But that was not enough. He wanted to get close to him, see how he can break him, and finally see the weeping that Magi never showed anyone.Then, it came to him. An idea.