162 Objection (1/2)

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The crowd still find it hard to believe what just happened.

The announcer already made the announcement and all but still, that was just too surprising. A kid took down none fully grown adults, not only he wasn't injured in the process, his opponents couldn't even fight back.

It was so one sided that it almost seemed impossible. Nevertheless, Raven had no interest at their reactions nor what they think. He was somewhat disappointed with the battle sure but it had to be known that he wasn't on a low profile anymore. His actions greatly surprised he crowd and he also knew that there's still people who are watching him behind the scenes.

He just basically introduced himself to the masses, and he can't undo this so he could only continue.

”I object!”

A sudden loud shout caught the attention of the crowd. All of them, including Raven, looked at the source of the yell and saw the brown haired man glaring at Raven while raising his hand.

”I plead the council to re-evaluate their decision. This kid must've cheated to achieve victory!” His bitter complaint reached the ears of the crowd as well as the council who were presiding over the event. They looked at each other and pondered, what the brown haired man said might be right, this kid must've used underhanded tactics to cinch victory.

Elyion who was watching this scene unfold, started to get nervous for Raven. Inwardly, he also had thoughts Raven might be cheating but knowing his personality, he figured that this shouldn't be the case. Nevertheless, he's still nervous.

The announcer stood by the side and waited for further instructions from the council. His position granted him no privilege to express his opinion in this incident, he could only wait until they come up with a decision.

The crowd watched this scene to unfold. Some of them looked over to Raven's spot and saw him with an expressionless face. They too felt like something fishy was going on but they were only bystanders so they can't truly voice their opinion freely.

A member of the council signaled towards the announcer, telling him to come closer. The announcer moved and by the time he arrived, he leaned towards the member of council to get informed about their decision. He nodded in understanding and stepped onto the stage once more.

All eyes were on him, he cleared his throat and said in crisp tone: ”The council heard the plea of this contestant. After a full deliberation, they came towards a unanimous decision. May the individual in question step on the stage?”

Raven stepped up wordlessly. Once he arrived at the stage, he faced the inspecting gaze of the announcer head on.

The announcer's words were caught in his throat for a second, the indifference in this young man's eyes was chilling. It was like the one who's staring at him wasn't a child but instead a jaded soldier who have seen countless corpses on the battlefield and was already immune to it.

He cleared his throat once more and looked at the brown haired man next.

”The one who raised a complaint, please step up on stage as well.”

The brown haired man felt cold sweat drenching his back. He slowly made his way up the stage and stood together with the announcer and the kid. He felt the announcer inspecting him so he tried to act as brave as he possibly could.

”You had caught everyone's attention by saying that constant number 117 had possibly cheated.”

The announcer started, ”Can you show us any proof of your claim?”

Once the brown haired man heard this, a wide smile appeared on his face. How fortunate that he had been thinking about the same thing as well and that he came up with explanation.

”Isn't it obvious?” He asked with a sarcastic tone, ”The fact that he's just a mere kid and he was able to take us down. Imagine? Nine fully grown adults can't even touch the hem of a kid's clothes? What sort of concept is that? That's something that you see in fairy tales, so someone pulling that off in reality is just outright impossible!”

His words fell on the ears of the crowd, and some had to admit that he had a good point. Most of them was already looking favorably at this guy. Of course, the brown haired man felt that he was gaining the trust of the crowd so he inwardly started gloating at the fate of this kid.

'I don't have any proof if you truly cheated or not. But boy, it is your god damn fault that you went against me. Don't think about getting away from this!'