Chapter 124: Before the tournament starts (2/2)

“Don’t tell me, are all the dragon-blooded people natural idiots like him, a big head and nothing inside?” Looking at Stingham, Moss and the others were all very speechless. They all felt very ashamed to be in the same team as that guy.

“Let’s go. I know a place with great food. There’s going to be a lot of people right now during the tournament. If we delay, we’ll have to wait for a long while,” Sophia said with a smile.

She was a little worried at heart as soon as she thought about the match-ups to come. Yet, she clearly knew that as a captain, she first of all couldn’t make the entire team feel that they were done for. She had to look relaxed and optimistic.

“Gogogo!”

Stingham crowded beside Sophia and led team Holy Dawn and team Agate Lake away.

“Why do these people all look so pale?”

Outside the arena’s exit, Moss, Ayrin, and company saw a team whose people all had especially pale countenances.

They wore deep-blue clothes. They had a trident-shaped emblem both on their chests and on their backs.

“It’s Sea God Academy.”

Chris looked at those people and merely said a few words. Everyone in team Holy Dawn and team Agate Lake understood immediately

Sea God Academy fought in the inaugural match tomorrow. They were Dragon Breath Academy’s opponent.

Dragon Breath Academy was the champion team from last year. Also, out of the five absolute main force from the past year, there was only one who left due to graduation, and it wasn’t even a key figure like the captain or the vice-captain. According to Breith Magazine, there were powerful freshmen who joined Dragon Breath Academy this year. Compared to the previous year, rather than weaker, they were even stronger.

“It would be one thing if it were a team with ordinary strength, but in the tournament, the two teams with ‘Sea’ in their names are both formidable. Sea God Academy was in the last sixteen last year. They say their captain Joyce is about to graduate, it’s his last time participating in this tournament. They would definitely have gone further if they had been in another group. They surely have a hard time accepting they’re going to meet Dragon Breath Academy in their first match and be eliminated straight away,” Sophia nibbled her lip when she saw these pale-faced people and said in a soft voice, a little sympathetic.

“Both teams with ‘Sea’ in the name are very strong? What’s the other one?” Ayrin couldn’t help but ask.

“The other one is Sea Gale Academy, but many people are used to calling them Sea Monster Academy, because most of their arcane skills come from imitating sea monster abilities. They even have some arcane skills that can directly summon tempests and sea monsters and smash them on their opponent’s head,” Sophia explained. “Last year, Sea Gale Academy lost to Deepwood Motte Academy who ended up finishing fifth. They ranked ninth, but they were previously in the top eight year in and year out.”

“I see now.”

Ayrin nodded. What no one imagined was, he actually made a beeline toward that utterly disappointed-looking group from Sea God academy, then shouted out loud, “Brave warriors of Sea God Academy! Don’t feel sad. Even if you lose tomorrow against Dragon Breath Academy, at least you participated in this tournament. In everybody’s mind, they know you’re a strong team. This means that you already proved yourselves. For tomorrow’s match, no matter victory or defeat, you guys do your best! We’ll cheer for you!”

“Who’s that guy?”

Everyone in team Sea God stared a little blankly. Only after Ayrin left, watching the backs of Ayrin and the others in team Holy Dawn, did one of the members in team Sea God say, “I think it’s the two teams from St. Lauren.”

“Team Holy Dawn and team Agate Lake?” They felt baffled once again.

“They’ve been evaluated as a weeds-level team already, and they even met such a strong team like Mountain Kings, but they’re still comforting us?” Sea God’s captain Joyce let out a slow breath. He also felt that Ayrin’s actions were very strange and ridiculous, but thinking back to Ayrin shouting at them with warm enthusiasm a moment ago, quite a bit of the sadness and frustration in him imperceptibly vanished.

“Really a strange guy…” He looked at Ayrin’s back, a myriad of emotions on his face, strangely enough.

…

Jungle Tavern was a very distinctive restaurant in Eichemalar.

In the restaurant, all the dishes were cooked according to the taste of some jungle tribes during the era of the War of the Dragons. They pursued the highest peak of food authenticity.

The restaurant already had a history stretching back several hundred years. Some chefs in the restaurant were also orthodox jungle tribe descendants.

It wasn’t time yet for the usual meal time, but Jungle Tavern was already packed with people. Those waiting for their numbers to be called already formed a line.

“These guys are actually still in the mood to feast here?”

Members of team Mountain Kings were right on the street outside. Looking at the dense crowd lining up in front of them, they realized they surely wouldn’t be able to eat in this very distinctive restaurant. What made them even more depressed was, team Holy Dawn that they looked down upon had already arrived much earlier, and they could see them inside the windows eating and drinking to their hearts’ content.