Chapter 156: A night of chaos (1/2)
Chapter 156: A night of chaos
Night. Joyce, Sea God Academy’s captain, walked inside the athlete village with a lunchbox in hand.
He’d just completed an exerting training mere moments ago and worked up a good sweat, then had had a nice bath. As a result, even if all the muscles in his body felt a little sore, he felt relaxed and comfortable, a feeling every vigorous young person should be familiar with.
“Joyce.” He heard someone call him all of a sudden.
“Audrey?”
He stared in a daze when he turned his head around.
Audrey’s dainty figure that still radiated the domineering aura of a queen came his way not far away behind him. Her pure-white hair seemed to flutter slowly like snow, and her two thin eyebrows seemed to radiate a heroic aura like two tiny daggers.
While Joyce stood, a little dazed, Audrey actually took the initiative to say, “What, haven’t had dinner yet?”
“I ate already, but I have a pretty good relationship with these guys from Fire Mountains Academy. Sloan, the teacher leading them, he’s a foodie… The stewed venison he makes is particularly famous in their city, so I went and freeloaded some,” Joyce said, a little embarrassed.
Audrey nodded. She said without taking any gloves, “Sloan, Fire Mountain’s gourmet master. I’ve heard of him, but I heard the seasoning he uses for his barbecue and stewed meat is some sticky liquid made from shredding snails and aromatic herbs. It looks very much like green snivel.”
Joyce sweat. He suddenly had the urge to retch. He said with a bitter face, “Audrey, couldn’t you use a prettier comparison instead… Oh right, are you just passing by, or did you come to find me for something?”
“I was just passing by originally, but I happened to see you and remembered I wanted to find you for something,” Audrey said. “We didn’t fight to our hearts’ content in the tournament field. Let’s fight another bout, how about it?”
“It seems you still can’t accept losing to me in the match,” Joyce said with a wry smile. “Just like the rumors say, you’re the queen of challenging people to private fights.”
An impatient look appeared on Audrey’s face. “How about it, are you fighting or not?”
“I’ll progress a lot by fighting with the one dubbed the strongest girl, the queen of ice and snow.” Joyce suddenly turned solemn. “Everything I could wish for.”
“Let’s go.”
Audrey nodded in satisfaction. She turned around and took the lead.
On the quiet grassy patch, there were only two figures, one tall and one short.
Joyce looked at Audrey walking in front of him, his mood soaring. “Say Audrey, if others saw the two of us walking like this, would they think we’re a pair of lovebirds?”
“They wouldn’t.” Audrey stayed impassible. “No one would think that after I beat you up black and blue.”
Joyce: “…”
The athlete village was very big, with a very complete set of facilities. Apart from some large-scale training installations open to the public, there were also quite a few open-air training installations simulating all sorts of terrain, as well as quite a few closed-off fighting gyms.
There was nothing that said these training venues and fighting areas were reserved for any team in particular usually. People usually followed a first come first serve rule. If someone happened to be using a training venue nearby already, then they could simply go somewhere else. To prevent injuries before the match, most teams would avoid intense fighting anyway, so a shortage of venues would basically never happen.
“There’s already someone?”
Audrey had merely looked for a random fighting gym. Neither she nor Joyce heard any sound when outside, and they didn’t see any team members keeping watch outside and protecting their secrets. But when they pushed the doors open and went inside, they suddenly saw two people already standing in there.
“Fe…Ferguillo?”
At the first glance of the very obvious pink hair on one of them, then seeing that he also had a strange pink-colored eye, Audrey and Joyce suddenly blinked.
“Divine Shield Academy’s uniform… Is it Ivan, Divine Shield’s captain?”
“Ferguillo, Ivan, what are you doing here?”
They weren’t familiar with them, but they were both figures who’d participated in last year’s nationals. Audrey and Joyce immediately recognized who the other one was.
“It’s nothing. I just got dragged here. We’re going to help someone with a little training.”
Ferguillo looked as calm as ever, his voice faint when he spoke.
“Help someone with some training?”
“Does that guy have so much clout?”
Joyce looked at the two of them in astonishment. Iron Forest Academy and Divine Shield Academy hadn’t had any outstanding results, but, other than someone like Rinsyi with eyes growing on top of his head, everyone was keenly aware that Ivan and Ferguillo were definitely two big shots. On top of that, the two of them weren’t even from the same team.
“It can only be a team from St. Lauren. After all, results will influence St. Lauren’s reputation as a whole no matter what, whether good or bad.” For some reason, the first thing that popped into Joyce’s and Audrey’s minds was Ayrin’s figure.
Just then, Joyce and Audrey heard a series of footsteps behind them.
“Is that Audrey?”
“Joyce?”
When the musclemen clearly saw who Joyce and Audrey were, they couldn’t help but start mumbling to themselves, “Does Ayrin have so much pull? He can even invite the Queen of Ice and Siren’s Song to come train with him?”
“It’s really Ayrin!”
Joyce and Audrey shared a look, this thought flashing in their minds at the same time.