Chapter 136: A first match earlier than expected (1/2)
Chapter 136: A first match earlier than expected
“Look, team Holy Dawn is here!”
“These guys, they’re too arrogant. It doesn’t even look like they have someone frightening like Lotton.”
“I even heard they qualified this year after a preliminary qualification match, but they actually still disregard team Mountain Kings as if they were nothing.”
Third day of the group stage. Ayrin and the others heard many such voices as soon as they came to the Arena of Fire and Blood.
“What’s the matter?”
They were all a little startled. They thought, they’d tried to stay as low-profile as they could these two days. Yesterday they trained all day at their residence, they didn’t go out even to eat. They only heard at night that nothing unexpected happened in group two. Winterfell and the other strong teams all defeated their opponents and advanced to the top thirty-two.
“Breith Trading Company!”
Sophia was the first one to realize when she remembered by association the interview from Breith Magazine after the first day of the tournament. She immediately ran to the nearest magazine stall and bought Breith Magazine’s newest issue.
“Aren’t they a little too good at gossip?” Everyone in team Agate Lake and team Holy Dawn was dumbstruck as soon as they flipped through the pages.
“The God of Death descends, a monster born by swallowing terrifying energies, Lotton!”
“Super Dark Horse born at the start of the tournament. Hornwood’s star fighter Dylan Norton wasn’t a match and died.”
The cover of the magazine and the first few pages were all mostly devoted to reports about Hellfire’s Lotton. They were filled with many people’s guesses about Lotton’s bloodline and his real strength, as well as descriptions of his arcane skills.
But reports on Holy Dawn Academy followed immediately after that.
“The second weeds-level team makes their formal appearance today, will we see another major upset?”
“Pre-match visit, team Holy Dawn’s grand ravings about being champions!”
“Holy Dawn team member claims to be invincible!”
“Holy Dawn team member isn’t even looking at team Mountain Kings, claims he cares nothing about opponents, only free fruits.”
“Holy Dawn team member claims he’ll make team Mountain Kings kneel down and lick his feet!”
“Holy Dawn team member proclaims he’ll be lenient even though the opponents aren’t his match. He won’t kill anyone from team Mountain Kings.”
“Even Holy Dawn Academy’s sparring partners don’t pay any attention to the opponent!”
When he saw these shocking words dyed especially in red, Moss was depressed enough he almost wept. “I only said I hoped the match can stay friendly. They actually made me say that I’ll be lenient even if the opponent isn’t a match, that I won’t kill them.”
“I also only said the fruits were very tasty, they actually said I don’t care at all about the opponents, that I only pay attention to the fruits,” Ayrin said, also very helpless.
Rinloran was even more frustrated. “I didn’t even say anything…”
Chris couldn’t help but laugh. “I understand now why Breith Magazine can sell so well for so many years. Their writing’s even more spectacular than the tournament.”
…
“They’re here!”
Team Mountain Kings had arrived in the arena earlier than team Holy Dawn. Their chests were already bursting with rage.
A celebrity contestant of outstanding fame in the national tournament, Wild Battlemaster Werther held Breith Magazine in his hand, so angry his hands kept shaking.
“They actually said even free fruits are better than us…”
“They even want us to kneel and lick their feet!”
As soon as they came into the team preparation area, Ayrin and the others also saw with their first glance team Mountain Kings looking as though they would spit out fire. “They look mad now. Should I go and explain?” Ayrin couldn’t help but turn to Chris and ask.
“Alright.” Chris felt this team was pretty horrid and kept mocking them previously, but she still nodded after hesitating a moment. She followed after Ayrin as they went to team Mountain Kings.
“Why are these two coming here? Do they want to add some provocation right in here?!” For everyone in team Mountain Kings, blue veins popped on their foreheads.
“Sorry.” Ayrin already started explaining very apologetically even from far away. “We never meant what Breith Magazine wrote, these are all words they made up.”
“Is that true?” Team Mountain Kings was rather skeptical.
“Chris, do your best!”
Just then, tremendous cheers suddenly came from the stands behind them.
“This bunch of guys…” Ayrin was dumbstruck as soon as he turned around to look.
He saw Ferdinand leading the other members of team Southern Monsoon, desperately waving their hands at Chris. They clothes read “Chris’ supporters” in big letters, and they were shouting at the top of their lungs.
“Chris is the strongest!”
“An Amazing Girl!”
“Trample flat all your opponents!”
“What, trample us flat?” Everyone in team Mountain Kings suddenly became mad. “You guys really came to provoke us on purpose!”
Ayrin and Chris were immediately speechless.
“Charlotte!”
All of a sudden, Ayrin saw several familiar figures not far away from the Southern Monsoon guys.
“Ivan, Ferguillo, everyone came!”