45 Tournament Battles (1/2)

Yale's sword clashed with his opponent's rod, but Yale's strength was on the weaker side since he still didn't use Bloodline Force.

However, Yale wasn't planning a clash of strength.

Using a rod required both hands while using a sword like the one Yale wielded only needed one.

Yale had planned to win the battle with his spare hand and not by wielding another weapon but by using a spell.

The spell Yale chose was Spark. That spell wasn't very powerful but could stop his opponent for a few seconds.

Just after their weapons hit each other, Yale used his Spark spell on his opponent.

Yale's opponent let off his rod just after being hit by the spell, Yale's plan was successful.

Then, Yale used that instant to send his opponent outside the stage winning the first round.

When one had a weaker strength than the opponent, using a strategy was better than foolishly battling straightforward.

After all, the matches weren't only for warriors, so using spells was something normal, and Yale wouldn't be blamed for it.

That was his opponent's fault for didn't notice Yale's spare hand and also neglected the possibility of Yale casting a spell.

”The winner is Yale, congratulations!”

After the referee announced the results, the system reacted.

”Dynamic Quest's reward for winning the first battle: Intelligence increased to 17 points.”

”Dynamic Quest's reward for winning the first battle: Wisdom increased to 17 points.”

”Dynamic Quest's reward for winning the first battle: Dexterity increased to 15 points.”

Yale was happier for the system rewards than for winning the battle itself.

The spectators applauded Yale, and then he went out of the stage.

Yale was quite famous so he didn't show anything that his opponent couldn't investigate before.

On the other hand, most of the opponents weren't famous due to the most famous ones in their promotions being already in the 4-star mortal realm and thus unable to participate in the tournament.

The exceptions were the ones who entered three months before Yale and those some of the ones who remained in the beginner grade after more than a year.

Yale observed all the other students who battled in the first round; there were few who he recognized as they had quite a fame in the academy.

However, Yale felt that he could win all of them only based on the strength they had shown.

Of course, Yale didn't believe that was the full strength for any of them. Unless they had no other way, no one would want to show all their prowess in the first round.

The one who caught the most attention of Yale was a tall boy who won the last match of the first round because of the opponent forfeited before the battle started.

He was also quite famous; Yale even knew his name, Heruk.

Heruk was the oldest student who participated in the tournament and the oldest one at the peak of the 3-star mortal realm.

However, that was because he overfocused on learning too many Battle Skills and Spells, not because he lacked talent.

Heruk was famous for being narcissistic always telling that his way of training was the best way and all the other students were fools compared with himself. He said that even if all the students in the intermediate grade laughed him.

Heruk also had the fame of being a womanizer even if he was only twelve years old. However, he was good looking and had an important standing in his clan.

Being a wealthy young master with good looks, getting girls wasn't difficult to him even if some of them were older than him.

That made his fame already quite bad, but that wasn't all.

He was also known for being ruthless with his opponents and had almost killed some of them.

Furthermore, that wasn't because any grudges, only because he disliked their face or their way to train.

Killing a fellow student was a taboo in the academy, and no one would go as far as nearly killing anyone as the academy would still punish them.

However, Herek's clan was the most powerful clan in Nacesai City, even if they were weaker than the Nacesai Academy, the academy didn't want problems with them as they also had a figure at the level of Sainac and Swordmad.

Furthermore, that powerful figure was Heruk's ancestor, and Heruk was his favorite descendant, so he spoiled him a lot.

That made Herek rampant and daring, as long as he didn't kill someone inside the academy, the academy would also remain without punishing him.

Unless the situation was critical, the academy didn't want to start a war even if they would win in the end.

As the last battle of the first round ended without a fight, the second round started ahead of time.