698 CHOSING THE ELEMENTS (2/2)
”Alright. That's a good choice.” ,Jimmy appreciated and then looked at Grabber. He asked, ”What are your choices, grand[pa Gutherson?”
”I have decided to go with Wind and Wood Elements.” ,Grabber gave his answer.
”Hmmm.” ,Jimmy finally looked at his grandfather and asked, ”And finally what about you, Grandfather?”
Everyone then looked at Sitaram. Sitaram was a legendary character back in the Life Realm. If there was one person under whom the cultivators wanted to develop, then their first choice will definitely be Sitaram. It's because that's how good Sitaram was.
But none of them, except Gutherson had seen how Sitaram fights. Even Gnan who was Sitaram's biological son has never got the opportunity to see his father fight. Since such a legendary character from Life Realm is about to fight in a battle, how could it not pique the interest from others?
As they were wondering about Sitaram's choices, Sitaram said, ”I will fight with Light and the Darkness Element.”
”The two elements that had opposite nature?” ,Jimmy thought for a moment and said, ”It is very hard to control the elements that has opposite nature at the same time. If this choice was made by someone else, I would have gave it a second thought. But since it was you who chose to enter the competition with the two elements with opposite nature, I have nothing else to say.”
Ram smiled in return. Jimmy also smiled in return. There is a mutual understanding between Jimmy and Ram. Jimmy always had the trust in his grandfather's capabilities the most. Jimmy also knows the legend his grandfather has created back in the Life Realm. This was the proof enough to prove Sitaram's capabilities in any field.
Soon everyone left to prepare for the upcoming preliminaries. Jimmy and Ram stood behind. After everyone left, Ram asked Jimmy, ”What is troubling you?”
Jimmy replied, ”It's about Ben. He is very good person. His talent is also abnormally good. But he is lacking in most important aspect. And that is confidence. He doesn't have enough confidence in himself. I don't know how he will handle the tricky situations.”
”You are right.” ,Ram replied as he gave a serious thought about this issue. He said, ”But it doesn't mean that he can't improve. Some people need time to develop their mental state. Some people need the actual battle to understand how valuable their existence is. Ben is someone who grew up in a place where he was always suppressed by his seniors. This experience has developed the disease called Xenophobia. And we don't have any medicines to cure this Xenophobia disease. Only through the actual experience of unknown could one overcome this Xenophobia disease.”
”You are right, grandfather.” ,Jimmy sighed and said, ”And this is one of the reason why I was aiming for championship. I want Ben to overcome his disease and boost his confidence levels. Let's hope that this tournament will give him the confidence within himself.”
”Let's hope for it then.” ,Ram replied.
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As time passed, the nervousness within everyone grew. Because, the dates for the preliminaries is getting near, they were preparing even more intensively. Be it the rich kids, or the cultivators who had poor family background, everyone shut their doors and entered the closed door seclusion.
And just like that, six months passed in a blink of an eye. And what's next. The day for the preliminaries has finally come!