Chapter 54: Mysterious Kingdom – Part 1 (1/2)
”Our turn.” Ariel had a smile showing a row of pearly white teeth.
She jumped from the stands and appeared at the stadium.
Julia sighed as she walked to the stadium.
Coming to Ariel's side, she smiled at her.
Julia felt less nervous that Ariel was together with her.
Looking around, there were so many participants in the same venue, and it's a total mess when the fighting starts. If you're not careful enough, you can get caught in the crossfire and be eliminated. Many talented youngsters end up unlucky enough to leave the qualifiers. Julia didn't want to be one of them.
”Everybody is here.” Then, finally, the referee shouted, ”Let the fight begin!”
By the time he finished speaking, Julia had already entered battle mode. It would only last 30 minutes if she went at full strength, but she has managed to hold for almost 1 hour. Better safe than sorry, she couldn't fully trust Ariel.
Ariel smiled as she looked at the participants. Suddenly, an overwhelming force starts to leave her body. With psychic power, she made the arms and legs of many of the weaker participants nearby break. Her smile deepened, and she started to laugh awkwardly.
”Hehehe~” Her giggle frightened the participants, sending shivers down their spines.
”Damn, she has psychic genes!” Someone screamed and ran to get away from her.
While trying to run, a jet of water hit the boy hard on the back, causing him to become a bowling pin, striking the other participants and being knocked to the ground together, with serious injuries.
”Damn, she's coming this way!” A young man with a group of 4 people from the same school screamed in alarm.
Ariel's smile was full of malevolence as she approached.
The participants ran away from her worse than little girls against an insect. Their fear of her was no less than what the participants felt of Amon. In reality, it could be even more since she seemed to enjoy seeing the participants injured and her giggling that, despite being cute, was hair-raising.
Julia continued to support Ariel. But, to tell the truth, she was calmer, she was even feeling sorry for the participants who were taken by Ariel. Some were even 'invited' to spin in the air by Ariel's psychic powers and threw up a lot. It was a horror show with participants throwing up, making other participants throw up because of the stench.
”Cruel!”
”This girl is a devil!”
”My God, look how much she's enjoying this...”
Shivering in fear, some resorted to running off the stadium platform, giving up when they saw Ariel was chasing them.
Other stronger contestants just wanted to defeat the weaker contestants and finish the round as quickly as possible to get away from this demon.
Julia made some contributions, but since everyone was running away from Ariel, she didn't get to take action very often. Luckily it was just tryouts, and she didn't need to score points or anything like that, or else she'd have to go it alone.
In the stands, Maisa shuddered and muttered, ”She's too cruel. If I match against her, I'd rather give up. I do not want to be tortured by her.”
”...” Barbara nodded. She thought the same. It wasn't worth fighting her; it was asking to be tortured.
On the other hand, Amon preferred to fight someone like Ariel, as she was strong compared to the other participants. At least she would be able to give him a good challenge.
Minutes later, the round ended and, because of Ariel's participation, it was faster than usual for the remaining 100 participants, passing through the qualifiers.
Julia had a dull smile, she didn't expect this, she couldn't even believe she was so nervous at first.
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Nearly midnight, all groups finished the qualifiers.
”Very well.” The referee shouted, excited, ”We announce the end of the qualifiers. Tomorrow begins the next stage. Don't be late, or you'll lose by WO.”
”Let's go.” Professor Flávia said indifferently with a cold expression as she commanded the students to follow her.
Even though all the students made it through the qualifiers, she didn't show much reaction, she was acting normal.
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