Chapter 70: The missing Ayrin (1/2)
Chapter 70: The missing Ayrin
“Boom!”
Just as many people started falling under the spell of Holy Dawn Academy’s song, a tremendous sound that could be described as “grim” blared without the slightest warning, causing a tremble in everyone’s chest.
Holy Dawn Academy’s momentum faltered all of a sudden.
This sound originated from the stands occupied by Divine Shield students.
When Holy Dawn Academy’s song resonated throughout the entire arena, no yellow-uniformed Divine Shield student hissed in displeasure, no one threw curses or insults. They merely stood up in unison, lifted their arms, and, as if swearing an oath, hammered their fists on their on chests.
The previous sound was precisely the tremendous, oppressive sound of every Divine Shield Academy student pounding their chests.
“Boom!”
The same sound blasted once again, shaking hearts and minds stronger than the pounding of a giant drum.
Divine Shield Academy also started to sing.
…
The meaning of existence lies in protecting, we grasp our shields and safeguard the people
Divine glory descended among mortals, withstanding the world and defending the homeland
Basking in the divine radiance, we stun the evil outside the borders
Hear the call of the heavens, uphold the divine duties
We protect the existence of the people, we are born to uphold the glory
When the common people need us, we will withstand on the front lines
When the empire needs of us, we will certainly withstand everything
The divine shield protects the hope of victory
The radiance of life shall endure without fail
…
Together with the heart-shaking, ferocious sounds banging again and again, Divine Shield Academy’s singing completely repressed Holy Dawn Academy’s song. Very quickly, Divine Shield Academy’s singing resounded louder and louder, while the singing on Holy Dawn Academy’s side rapidly dwindled into a feeble mess, no longer audible.
Every Holy Dawn Academy student had an unsightly expression on their face. Their hands trembled slightly, but they really couldn’t contend against the earth-shattering voices on the other side. A feeling of powerlessness even arose inside them.
“The match hasn’t begun yet, but the spectators from the two academies have already started warring in the stands.”
“Holy Dawn Academy’s momentum was crushed straight away, it’s really tragic.”
“That’s also a skill… After all, Divine Shield students went through the trials of the national tournament’s atmosphere these past few years, they followed their school team and battled on the fields of the national tournament, so there’s nothing strange about them promptly repressing the momentum of the Holy Dawn students.”
“Things are looking even worse for Holy Dawn Academy now, it simply looks as if they’re fighting on Divine Shield Academy’s home ground.”
“Nothing you can do about it. Looking at the whole of St. Lauren, only Iron Forest Academy’s momentum could deadlock Divine Shield Academy’s momentum if they were to meet. That group of violent men in Iron Forest Academy is also a bunch of madmen, maybe they wouldn’t stop at simply beating their own chests, even splashing out fresh blood isn’t out of the question for them.”
Taunts and mockeries arose in tandem with the discussions, stabbing into the Holy Dawn students’ ears like sharp needles.
“An academy like Holy Dawn with a one-man team should have the self-awareness to stay low-key to begin with, why do they still have to act all heroic, didn’t they end up getting whooped and looking bad all the same?”
“Exactly, they can’t blame anyone else for their disgrace right now, even their school song was instantly repressed.”
“Would we be coming to this match if not for Divine Shield Academy?”
“I really have no idea who arranged the brackets. Even if you have to have a match between a strong team and a weak team that came up from the prelims in the first match, you still have to make it something worth seeing no matter what. Otherwise, aren’t people from other regions going to think that we only have academies of this level in St. Lauren?”
…
“It’s useless, these people from Divine Shield Academy all went through the great tournament’s ordeals. They’ve seen crueler match atmospheres, so there’s no way we can contend with them when it comes to momentum. It’s been a long time since people from our Holy Dawn Academy last had such a battle. Their showing’s pretty good already this time,” Chris said to the people around her without batting an eye, while doing some slow warm-ups.
“As long as you can win this match, I guarantee they will become wolves even more vicious than these students from Divine Shield Academy,” Carter said with a faint smile.
Then he suddenly noted Ayrin’s absence around them, and couldn’t help but be taken aback. “Where’s Ayrin?”
“He was very depressed a moment ago, he said he was going to the washroom,” Moss weakly answered from the sideline.
Ayrin was actually a little lost at this moment.
There was actually a washroom just beside the lounge, but he didn’t see it. He followed another tunnel instead, then discovered it led to the stands.
Ayrin found out there was a washroom close by after asking the few staff members at the tunnel’s exit, so he simply went there after the staff let him out of the tunnel.
“Hm?”
A flash of gold suddenly streaked across his eyes the moment he walked inside the washroom. A handsome golden-haired boy a little taller than himself brushed by him. He merely brush his way past, but it gave Ayrin the feeling there was an inexhaustible strength in his body, gave him the feeling of a gigantic, moving mountain of flesh and bones.