Chapter 108: Elemental Weapon (1/2)
The tournament continues,
With the victory brought by Adhara, the other Ochyra University representatives become slightly better.
One can instantly notice their changes, now they can hold their head up a little.
Adhara walks back to her line, many of the other taps on her shoulder in acknowledgment
They started to open up on Adhara because of her deeds even though she is one of Rex's friends.
”Good job Adhara! That was super!”, Hera said cheerfully.
Adhara nodded her head, ”Thank you Ms.Hera, I tried my best and thankfully I won”
After that, the tournament continues.
The next pairings after Adhara got obliterated again by Faraday University, one of Ochyra University lost miserably.
It was Gregg who lost miserably to number six from Faraday University, he can't even maintain his focus.
His Elemental Weapon exploded in about one minute, this greatly shocked the others because Gregg is the number 1 of Ochyra University before Rex and Adhara took over.
The situation got worst after that, the other lost hope again.
It is clear that Faraday University has better students than Ochyra, their top ranker can easily beat Ochyra University's top ranker.
Out of four-bout, only one victory goes to Ochyra University because of Adhara.
”The next pairings, please step forward. Number four from Faraday, and number eight from Ochyra”, the announcer called out.
Hearing this, Brock steps forward confidently.
Brock is at the bottom of Ochyra University representatives, he is in eighth places. Many call him lucky to get a spot for the tournament.
He didn't forget to waves at Rex before he confidently steps forward.
Rex can only wave back awkwardly, Brock is always brimming with positiveness making Rex uncomfortable.
Number four also walks forward, it is the guy Rex saw who came from a low family.
'Someone like him is the rank four of Faraday University? He must've been training hard to get that place', Rex thought.
For an Awakened without having any background, it is hard to become strong.
Many of these students with high backgrounds used Elemental Stones to train, which amplifies their mana absorption rate multiple times.
To be the number four with such low background takes dedication and hard work.
Number four is a muscular guy, his dark blue eyes focus on Brock. His gaze is sharp, it was akin to a tempered blade in front of your throat.
One can tell that he's a man of focus, the crowd didn't faze his concentration from studying Brock.
After the both of them readies themselves, ”BEGIN!”
Brock and number four started to create their own Elemental Weapon but something is strange.
Number four finished his Elemental Weapon in just 5 seconds, it was the fastest one from all the previous bout.
Brock finished at 12 seconds, he was pretty satisfied.
But when he saw number four's score, he was quite stunned.
The difference between them is an astonishing 7 seconds, number four was more than double his speed.
It was a huge defeat and Brock knows it.
The crowd was expecting Brock to be stunned or down because of it, but in contrast, he just shrugs it off and said, ”Nice one brother! I can see you trained hard”
Hearing this, a smile appeared on number four's face.
Brock's Elemental Weapon takes the shape of a mace with spikes on its round end, while number four makes a square-shaped shield.
'He definitely knows what he's doing', Rex thought.
The system said earlier that Earth Elementalist is more compatible to make shields rather than weapons because of their nature, and number four did just that.
After that, the next part was about to begin.
ZONG!!
The wave of vibration enters the arena, it makes the air shaky.
Number four and Brock close their eyes in focus, both of their Elemental Weapons didn't tremble upon hitting the wave.
This scene makes the crowd shocked,
After all the pairings before, the wave manages to make their Elemental Weapons tremble instantly.
But this time, the wave didn't even budge both Elemental Weapons.
From the sides, Rex can sense that the wave of vibration becomes normal again, 'They turn it off, why do they turn it on during Adhara specifically?'
Adhara came to Rex's side and whispers, ”Do you sense it too?”
Rex nodded his head, 'It seems only me and Adhara can sense it, the other didn't seem to sense it. Did they use somekind of treasure? Why can it only be sensed by us?'
ZONG!!
The wave of vibration keeps going, it is already two minutes.
The wave will get stronger as time went by, and only these two can hold out this long.
Brock's Elemental Weapon started to tremble, it seems number four got the upper hand but suddenly.
Number four's Elemental Weapon also started to tremble just the same.
It was a close fight, it is unclear who got the upper hand.
Approaching three minutes mark, both Brock and number four started to frown heavily as the wave becomes even stronger.
Both Elemental Weapons are trembling crazily but both of them held on.
After the time hit four minutes,
Rattle!
Brock's earth mace crumble, it turns back to normal rocks as he fell to the ground with heavy breaths.
Number four also follows not long after,
His earth shield also crumbles before he too fell with heavy breaths, both of their stamina shocked the crowd.
”Winner! Number four from Faraday University!!”, the announcer said after the juries gave out their scores.
Brock got eliminated after losing two consecutive rounds.
He then sighs before he walks back to Ochyra University's line but then, a voice crept to his ear, ”That was a good match, I too know that you trained hard”
Brock stopped on his track, he turns his body, ”Thanks!”, he said while giving a thumbs up at number four.
Seeing this, the crowd burst into cheers.
The act of sportsmanship from these two greatly touched them, they both show respect as an Awakened.
Rex also gives encouragement to Brock,
Although he lost, the stamina he shows makes him deserving of praise.
If Brock was to paired up with others, he would definitely win in the mana control.
Just after he taps Brock's shoulder, the announcer said, ”Next up! Number two from Faraday University and Number one from Ochyra University please step forward”
Hearing this, Rex straightens his back and steps forward.
The person he will be fighting is surprisingly Edward.