Chapter 127: The strongest girl (2/2)

“That sturdy boy with short silver-gray hair is Gaskin, nicknamed the ‘Heavy-Fisted King.’ Outsiders suspect him of having yellow dragon blood and barbarian blood.”

“That little girl with white hair, who looks very dainty. She’s ‘Storm Ice’ Audrey. Outsiders suspect her of having ice dragon blood. She was called the strongest girl in the national tournament last year.”

“The strongest girl in the tournament?” Ayrin’s eyes roamed from the dark-red haired Morgan, to the silver-gray haired Gaskin, and fell on this Audrey Sophia spoke of.

From far away, Audrey seemed especially petite with her height at a mere meter fifty something. But imperceptibly, she radiated the aura of one filled with pride even among a crowd of heroes.

Ayrin couldn’t help but turn his head around and look at Chris.

Chris’ shoulders moved faintly at this time. A faint tightening sound rose from the bandages around her left arm.

“The two sides poised for battle are Dragon Breath Academy and Sea God Academy!”

“The first contestant for Sea God Academy is…”

Before Sophia had time to introduce them one by one to Ayrin, they could hear the very straightforward voice of a referee declaring that the match was about to take place.

“This referee is Kleis?”

Sophia’s face was filled with shock the moment this referee spoke. “This is one of the team captains in the Office of Special Affairs. He’s also an arcane master who was once champion of the national tournament!”

“The main referee’s especially powerful this time?”

Ayrin was faintly startled. Before he could think about anything else, this referee’s voice was already resonating in the entire arena: “The first contestant for Sea God Academy is Ligiel. The first contestant for Dragon Breath Academy is Audrey. The two team members please step forward.”

“The first contestant for Dragon Breath Academy is that Audrey we spoke of?”

Ayrin’s eyes once again fell on team Dragon Breath, and the girl standing among them who seemed petite and delicate, yet who watched the entire arena with arrogance.

…

Compared to the stands boiling with utter enthusiasm, the preparation area where team Dragon Breath stood seemed particularly quiet in contrast.

When the referee Kleis declared it was time for contestants on both sides to take to the field, team Dragon Breath’s captain, the handsome Morgan with his meter ninety and his dark-red flame-like hair said in a soft voice, “Audrey, trading blows with them won’t bring you any improvement, other than their captain Joyce. So we’ll have you settle this whole match by yourself.”

“Mhm.”

Audrey, her skin so white it seemed translucent, merely nodded in all serenity. Then she broke away from the team and slowly made her way to the center of the field.

“To put Audrey first… You’re not even giving your substitutes any opportunity. Dragon Breath Academy, what on earth is your plan this year?” Watching Audrey come forward, the black-robed, grave-looking referee Kleis faintly narrowed his eyes.

“We’ll give it our all!” Joyce, Sea God Academy’s captain, breathed in deeply. He only said a few words to all his teammates. Compared to Dragon Breath Academy’s serenity and confidence, only a bitter, desperate atmosphere lingered on Sea God Academy’s side.

“Ligiel’s nicknamed the ‘Pirate Captain.’ His style of fighting is particularly ferocious. He’s proficient in a few materialization skills, and also his most distinct arcane skill is called ‘Pirate Sail.’ He can erect several big slanted sails around his opponent while consuming very few arcane particles. He’ll jump between these huge sails, and his opponent will have trouble distinguishing his figure. Plus, when he sprints down the slanted surface of the sails, he’s much faster than usual. In the meantime, although his opponent can also run up the huge sails, they’ll have a lot of trouble getting used to fighting on the huge sails. If you use arcane skills to tear the sails, you’ll consume a lot more arcane particles than he’d spend to make another sail. Too bad, he’s facing an indisputable main member of team Dragon Breath like Audrey this time,” the experienced and knowledgeable Sophia explained to team Holy Dawn and team Agate Lake on her own volition.

As she spoke, Audrey and Ligiel already occupied their spots and indicated to referee Kleis that they were ready.

Kleis firmly waved down the black flag he held in his hand, shouting loudly at the same time, “The match begins!”

“Pirate Sail!”

His hair a total mess, his dry and skinny face a dark purple, looking somewhat like a pirate, Ligiel was already in motion the moment Kleis announced the start of the match.

He swiftly skimmed backward, and immediately invoked the arcane skill he was more proficient in.

The arcane particles gushing from his hands transformed into a greenish-yellow fog in the air. A huge yellow sail more than thirty meters tall stood in front of him, at an angle close to seventy degrees.

“Pirate Sail!”

“Pirate Sail!”

“Pirate Sail!” …

Along with his rapid chants, more than a dozen huge, slanted sails erected themselves all over the entire field, causing the whole arena to look like a huge ship about to set sails on a distant journey.

Ligiel’s figure hid behind one of the sails. Audrey’s attack didn’t come immediately. He calmed down a little.

After taking in a fresh breath of air, his figure shifted and dashed on a sail, about to rush to the top of this sail.

But just at this moment, his expression changed abruptly.

He saw Audrey precisely on top of the sail he was on, looking down at him from above.