The second match had ended, and shortly after, the third would soon begin.
It was not yet Arran's turn to fight, neither was it the turn of Brianna or Daphne. Out of the three of them, Brianna had drawn a bye, so she did not have to fight in this round. As for Daphne, her match was not until the sixth one, while Arran had to wait until the eleventh match before he would be able to fight.
Because of this, the four of them could sit back and relax and watch the rest of the matches while getting ready for theirs.
Soon, the participants for the third match arrived on stage and they got ready for their fight to start.
Due to the fact that there was no damage done to the stage this time, the third match began much faster than the second.
The participants for the third match were both males, and the two of them had differing statures.
One of them was short and stocky, while the other was tall and burly.
From their physiques, it was quite har
Thunderous cheers resounded from the background as the audience watched and applauded the hot-blooded battle between the short and stocky participant against the tall and burly pugilist.Both participants fought hard and strong against the other, with neither of them retreating. It was fist against shield and mace against pure muscles.None of them gave way to the other, and the only thing on their minds was winning. Unfortunately, even if none of the two participants wanted to, one person eventually have to give in first. As it turned out, the short and stocky participant was the first person to give way to his opponent.As both participants fought fiercely against the other, the short and stocky participant found that he could no longer hold on to his opponent.Unlike his opponent, who seemed to have given up on defending himself and was letting the occasional mace strike of the short and stocky participant hit his body, the short and stocky participant
The fifth match was between two female participants. Both female participants wielded swords to fight, with the difference being that one of them wielded a very classic long sword with a broad blade and an ancient-looking design.The other female participant, on the other hand, carried in her hand a military-style short saber. The saber blade looked ordinary and unadorned and there were no fancy decorations or jewel inlays on the saber. Everything about the saber looked ordinary except for the red color that looked either like rust or dried blood that stained the sharp edge of the blade.Simply looking at the blade and its wielder, the two of them did not look special in any way at all, but if one were to take a closer look, they would find that there was a certain kind of aura surrounding the saber. This aura was one that would shock a person should they look at it for a very long time as they would start to hear faint sounds of battle in their ears as well as the sou
The fifth match came to an end in the most surprising manner ever.So far, this match became the match with the shortest run time ever and the quickest ending. right now, everybody was drawn to Hilda, and it was not only Arran anymore.As it stood, all the participants became curious about the winner of the fifth match, who was previously unknown to them. All of them asked around at the people they knew as they tried to gain any information about Hilda that they could. That was when it occurred to every participant that nobody really knew much about her in the first place.Apart from knowing that she was included among the seeded participants slated to win the ceremony and that her name was Hilda, nobody knew anything about who she was, where she was from, what her abilities were like, and things like that.Also, from the battle, apart from knowing that she possessed unusual blade techniques, and that she was very skilled in a fight, none of the participa
"What the hell are you talking about?"Arran asked out loud in confusion.He was starting to not make sense of what Renee was saying anymore."Did you not hear what I said?" Renee asked."Let me say it again... should you ever meet this girl in a battle, end it as soon as possible. If you can't, then run. Don't even think about surrendering and just run. Run as far away as you can from her before it's too late."Once again, Arran asked, "And for what reason am I running? You have to tell me the reason why I have to run or else it won't make any sense to me at all."In response to Arran's question, Renee simply said, "You have to run as fast as possible because if you don't, that weirdo is going to disgust you to death!"Arran: "...""I give up!" Arran raised his hands in defeat."I just can't talk sense with you."Not paying attention to Renee anymore, Arran instead turned to Brianna to talk to her.Arran h
While Arran, Renee, and Brianna were discussing Daphne and Pamela on the participants' viewing stage, the two people in question were already standing before each other in confrontation.Standing on opposite sides of each other, Daphne still had her usual stoic and expressionless face on. As for Pamela, there was a look of indifference on her beautiful face that made her seem so cold and emotionless.Although both of them had similar expressions, people would be more willing to get closer to Daphne simply because, despite the fact that she showed no emotion on her face, she still radiated warmth towards others, especially when she had Renee by her side.As for Pamela, she was what one would describe as an iceberg. Despite being around others, she radiated a cold and frosty aura about her that chilled people's hearts and kept everybody at a distance.You would think somebody like this would be a quiet person who disdained to talk to anybody, but actually,
"Burn to ashes!"This was a command... one that seemed almost like a law!As soon as those words were uttered, the fireball above Daphne's head suddenly shone with a blinding orange flash of light.The temperature around Daphne suddenly spiked, reaching almost one thousand degrees in heat. Facing this terrifying heat, the paper cranes at the head of the storm were like dried leaves meeting a forest fire. They slowly blackened and crumbled to ash.With the protection of Pamela's essence energy, these paper cranes did not immediately burn up but instead they wrinkled quickly and became brittle before catching on fire.This was not all...Although the heat surrounding daphne was very unbearable to most people, with the augmentation of essence energy, these paper cranes that were inanimate weren't too affected and they still huddled towards their target. But in the next moment, the giant fireball above Daphne, like it had a mind of its own, shot
Firestorm... This is a strong blaze that is very intense and destructive. A firestorm is usually accompanied by very strong and powerful high winds rushing in from all sides to feed it. In short, a firestorm is a large conflagration that is very powerful and impossible to control. A firestorm could either be naturally or artificially formed but in general, an artificially formed firestorm would need a strong enough force before it could be created, and in order to generate enough force for this to happen there were generally very few options that could be used. On earth, the most common method to create a firestorm was to use nuclear or incendiary weapons to bomb an area and the most famous example of an artificially created firestorm was the one that was formed in the Hiroshima bombing during the second world war. Right now, the giant fireball above Daphne's head had already grown to the point where it was a hundred meters in diameter. Like a miniatu
The stage was completely enveloped in fire and an uncontrollable storm rampaged unhindered. Everywhere the eyes went, all that could be seen was a sea of fire that burned hotly, causing the air to distort and space itself to faintly tremble. Looking at the stage right now, the other participants were in awe of this incredible scene. The power that was needed to create such a situation was one that none of them could ever possibly have at this point in time. Even Daphne, who had exploded out with such a power, had needed to accumulate her power for a minute before she was able to create such a magnificent scene. Still, it did not stop the other participants from looking at daphne with fear and wonder. Looking at Daphne, who was standing unharmed at the center of the storm, the participants started to consider how they themselves would have tried to handle this situation should they end up facing it. At the end of the day, no matter how they thought abo