Chapter 52: Tournament - Part 1 (1/2)

Mayor Ricardo Nunes, now the tournament referee, said in a loud voice for everyone to hear, ”Let's start with the qualifiers.”

He explained, ”There are approximately 10,000 participants, so we are going to have ten groups with 1,000 people; only 100 will make it to the next round for each group.”

Everyone's heart began to beat faster. They could be eliminated if they are careless, especially if they are attacked from all sides. There were 1,000 participants fighting each other to determine 100 winners...

Amon's eyes showed a little more coldness, filled with the spirit of battle. 'If this is how they're doing it, maybe it won't be bad after all….'

Of course, of all of them, he may be the only one who's happy about it.

If it goes like he said, there will be a thousand participants left for the next match.

From 10 thousand, it will be reduced to a thousand...

But even so, it wouldn't be enough. If you are going to fight individually afterward, it will likely take a few days until the end of the tournament.

”Very likely it won't be individual fights later.” Ariel had a smile on her pretty face as she spoke. She was relaxed, not caring about the danger. She was confident of being in the top 10.

Barbara stuck out her tongue and said, ”It would be nice if we fell into the same group as Amon, so it's guaranteed we'll move on to the next round.”

”True,” They couldn't agree more. If it's Amon, he might be able to get a thousand on his own.

Only they knew how high his stamina was.

If they were grouped together, they could make it to the next round easily.

But, they only had a 10% chance of falling into the same group as Amon.

The referee spoke again, ”Without further ado, let's draw the groups.”

A holographic image appeared in the middle of the stadium. There, a list of names of the participants appeared.

”We are in the same group!” Maisa and Barbara celebrate when they see they are in the same group as Amon.

Julia was a little dismayed to see they were in a different group. She looks at Ariel and comforts herself; 'At least I'm in the same group as her...'

Although not as strong as Amon, Ariel was powerful, with very unique and powerful genetics. If the two cooperated, they were able to get through the qualifiers with ease.

Amon, Maisa, and Barbara were in the third group, while Ariel and Julia were in the fourth group.

The other students at the school were in the second group, but Julia and the rest of the Girls didn't even bother to look, as they weren't interested in them.

At the same time, Elijah was upset to see that he wasn't in the same group as Amon but was in the first group instead.

'You're very lucky….' Elijah thought grimly.

Maicon was in the first group too. To his bad, or good, luck, depending on which angle you see, didn't fall into the same group as Amon or Ariel.

Ariel was the most disappointed. She now knew she was stronger than Maicon and wanted to be in the same group as him and maybe break an arm or two or even a leg of his? Mm... In fact, it was a pity...

Maicon felt Ariel's gaze and misunderstood, so instead, he was happy and smiled at her. But in return, he received a look full of ridicule.

Ricardo Nunes, the referee, said in a loud voice, ”Now that the groups have been separated, those in the first group stay, the rest leave and wait in their appropriate selected groups.”