Chapter 443 - The last event day (1/2)

Waking up in his room, the bed next to him was completely empty. The sheets had been made by the maid yesterday and this morning they were still untouched.

'It feels quiet today.' Ray thought.

It was a strange thing for one to say, for the sound of people talking and the sound of carriages going past were heard outside. Even noise from downstairs in the restaurant was heard. But it had been a while since Ray was completely on his own, like he was today.

As soon as he woke up he checked the system to see if their names could still be seen. Whenever he checked them, his heart would thumb slightly louder, however after seeing their names it would settle down once again.

Whenever communication with the system didn't work, it would mean his other abilities often wouldn't work with them either. Ray was unable to teleport by their side, give or take mana from them. On top of being unable to send them messages.

There had been cases like this a few times before. Some of the reasons could be like so. The first being if Bliss was in trouble, the divine being. She was the creator of the system and it was partly linked. However, Ray thought this couldn't be the reason.

If it was, then his system wouldn't have worked with anyone. Yet, it was still working to send messages back to the Redwing base. He had even asked if Bliss was okay, and their response was yes.

The other thing was a lot more worrying. More so than likely it meant it was something to do with the shadow. Wherever they were, whatever they were doing, it was blocking out his abilities. Knowing this, Ray promised himself after today, he would turn this city up and down to look for them.

'Or was the saying upside down?'

But before that, he had some unfinished business to attend to.

Heading to the arena, Ray could hear and see people looking and speaking about him. It was the last day of the event so the arena made sure to promote it like crazy. After today, the arena would be used and focused on the upcoming all kingdom tournament.

Ray would get to the arena a little earlier, as the contestants were asked to beat the crowd, but today there were already a few people standing outside. Twelve to be exact, each with a different symbol on their clothing.

They were the participants of the all kingdom tournament and were the ones that had met with both Kyle and Harry in the tavern yesterday. After witnessing what happened on the screen, they came to see the possible contender in person. They also wanted to witness today's fight, seeing if they could get any information on this Nes person as well as Roki.

However, Ray hadn't noticed them at all. His head was down and he was completely focused on the task ahead of him.

Savana and Bob stood side by side. She looked at the man carefully as she was the one who had won the gold coins from Kyle, and by her side was her partner Bob, the large man with an axe on his back.

In truth, Savana had come today hoping to meet the bald-headed man from yesterday. She couldn't stop thinking about the set of skills he had displayed that day. She was sure of it, while the man in front had raw power. The other one was more skillful, he had to be the trump card the Redwing kingdom was hiding.

With his skills, he too could have entreated the tournament, but it was obvious that they chose not to, to hide him.

Disappointed that he hadn't come, she felt like all they could do was watch. After all, they would be facing this guy as well.

However, her partner, Bob, was more interested in the man in front of them.

”You looked pretty strong yesterday,” Bob said. ”I'm hoping you can put on the same display today so we can earn some good coins!” He chuckled.

The footsteps continued and Ray's head continued to look at the floor. He was on autopilot, taking one step at a time.

”Is he ignoring me, is there something mentally wrong with this guy?” Bob asked, looking at the others. They didn't know what was going on either, but clearly the man was acting strange.

”Hello!” Bob shouted, now standing in front of his path.

Suddenly, Ray felt his body hit against something large.

”Sorry,” Ray replied, noticing it was a person, and altered his path slightly to walk around him.

'This guy!' It had only frustrated Bob more and for a large man, he quickly moved again, swirling around and appearing in front of Ray once more.

”Hey we ain't some nobodies, alright!” Bob said. ”Not like those friends of yours.”