78 Results II (2/2)

”Luna Moonsong, 9750 units, Pass!” Carl can't help but to wipe away some non-existent sweat on his forehead as he announced the results. The results of these tests are just way too crazy. He wondered just how they trained to achieve such results.

While the stadium is in full heated bustle, Raven unceremoniously stepped forward. Many people noticed this and hushed the people beside them to pay attention.

Somehow, all of them are expectant of this person. Majority of them don't know who he was, they just wanted to know if he will continue the trend and surpass Luna's result.

But contrary to what they expected...

Raven just clutched his fist hard and threw a casual punch. The air whistled and hit the sandbag. When the crowd realized what he did, the pendulum slowly made it's way to light up the 5th gem before going down.

”Eh?”

”That's it?”

The crowd can't help but be disappointed. That happened too fast and too anti-climactic, they were expecting it too be flashy and explosive yet this person did none of that.

”Well, we should've expected something like this happening right? I mean, he might not be as exaggerated at the rest but he still passed.”

”That's true.”

”Right, he did good enough.”

Discussions occured between the crowd of people. But just like they said, commoners watched for fun while the experts analyze.

Some people who are more experienced and wise knew that what Raven showed wasn't even the limits of his true capabilities. There wasn't any rule that forces them to show everything in their arsenal to hit the Strength Measuring Pillar with. They understood that Raven didn't want to show all of his cards just yet and they respected that.

”You did well Champ.” Luis whispered while watching the casual actions of his son.

As one of the more experienced people here, even if his son didn't give his all onto that strike, he showed a fearsome prowess that only veterans could deduce.

What struck the sand bag was compressed air not Raven's fist, that's already an unstable force but it still managed to carry 5000 units of strength behind it. Coupled with the fact that Raven did it so casually without needing to wait or condense his energy too long. In real fights, no enemy would be dumb enough to give time to charge their attacks, every second matters and one mishap could lead to their deaths.

”This boy...” Bradley faintly shook his head and smiled. Rave truly hid himself well enough to fool the crowd while giving a profound impression to the experienced ones.

Even Ian, Leon and the Crown Prince who were watching was intrigued and can't help but to praise the kid for being witty. Old Lee, Arnold, Jackson, and Korra were also watching the scene unfold and can't help but smile wryly.

In truth, if Raven poured all of his raw power in that punch of his, it won't be hard for him to break the Strength Measuring Pillar. But he didn't do so since he didn't want to raise too much commotion for now. He firmly believe that there will be a time for that, and it's also good to keep them guessing. This is his way of leaving an impression.

”How interesting...” Balmung's eyes were shining as he gazed at Raven, he narrowed his eyes, seemingly wanting to know more about this boy. He turned his head towards Old Lee and asked: ”Is he the one?”

Old Lee was a bit stunned but nodded, as the current guardian of Luna, he is tasked to report everything the pertains to her well being to him since the King is currently out of the kingdom. Hence it was natural that Balmung knew that his sister was already freed from her curse, and even made large strides on her cultivation. Not only that, he also received reports to all of the things that Raven did in the past.

Balmung placed his hands on his chin, his lips curved up and his thoughts flashed. While he was on the middle of day dreaming, he felt something amiss. He focused his vision on to the arena below and what he saw made his soul shiver in disbelief.

Raven was staring dead in his eyes with a smile in his face.

This picture cause Balmung's smile to freeze, he could feel his own soul shudder for whatever reason. He knew that Raven didn't have any malicious intentions, but that was enough to make his previous thoughts freeze on their tracks. For Balmung, that smile meant one thing...

'I'm watching you.'

”Vendrick Valorheart, 5000 units. Pass!” Carl announced. ”The Strength Test is concluded. We will move on with the second tests which is the Speed Test.”