Chapter 78 - Finale (1/2)

The finale is always the most interesting event of each tournament. Only the strongest and most capable make it to the finale, which means they give the audience the best show possible.

What's more, this time the finalists were two truly unique characters. The calm Roland and the eccentric Evan. While most viewers expected Roland to make it to the finals, no one thought Evan would do it, too.

With each Evan's fight, people became more and more convinced of how special this young man was. The closer the tournament approached the final, the more certain the audience was about who would make it to the final.

It is worth noting that there was no tournament grid at all. Fane at his will called the participants for fighting.

Some may say that this was wrong, and on the one hand it was. For example, Fane made Fien and Roland fight fairly early, so some people who were weaker than Fien had moved far. But, it didn't really affect anything.

At the ”Tournament of Precious Stones”, only one person, the winner, was awarded the prize. If a participant wanted it, he had to defeat all of his opponents anyway.

Moreover, the experienced magicians didn't look at how early a participant dropped out of the tournament or on the contrary, how far he was able to move. All that mattered to them was the performance itself.

After hearing their names, Roland and Evan slowly entered the arena. Evan was smiling, he was expecting a lot from this fight. Every Roland fight ended with him winning uncontested and Evan wanted to break that trend.

As always, Evan was in his black coat and with ”Reverse Death”, though he had never used his weapon to its full potential in the entire tournament.

Everyone thought ”Reverse Death” was a spear. On the one hand, it was Evan's plan, he wanted to take advantage of the surprise, but on the other hand, he always liked to leave the fun part to the end. Moreover, none of his opponents were strong enough for him to fight with a scythe rather than a spear.

Roland walked slowly toward the center of the arena. Oddly enough, he didn't have his axe with him this time. Roland had only used it against Fien, the others he defeated without using this powerful ”Catalyst”.

To everyone's surprise, he was holding a long katana with a blue hilt. He had never used this weapon during the entire tournament. It showed that Roland treated Evan in a special way.

In fact, very few people have seen Roland use a katana. These people can be counted on their fingers. But there was a man in the arena who was well aware of how well Roland handled the weapon.

Gilbert had watched Roland practice diligently with his favorite katana more than once. Gilbert did not know why Roland liked this particular weapon so much, but he could say with certainty that Roland's progress was incredible.

Not long after the finals were announced, Roland and Evan stood in front of each other.

Roland was as calm and relaxed as ever, and Evan had a slight smile on his face.

”Katana? I haven't seen you use something like that before.” Said Evan pointing at his opponent's weapon.

Roland nodded: ”Yeah, I`ve figured this fight will be pretty tough without it. With it, I`ll beat you a lot easier.”

”Huh, whatever. You're right, you better use everything you've got. I want an interesting fight, but you can't dream of winning.”

Roland calmly replied, ”And you're pretty arrogant as I see it. How can you tell another man that he doesn't even have a chance?”

After these words, the whole arena was in turmoil. People were more surprised, not that Roland was saying this, but that he sincerely believed that there was nothing strange in what he was saying.

”AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, and this is coming from you? That's the most contradictory thing I've ever heard.” Evan was amused by Roland's response.

Whoosh.

At the same moment, a sphere appeared over the arena and everyone froze in anticipation. As soon as the drop dropped the fight between Roland and Evan would begin.

Normally, everyone in the tournament would begin to prepare for battle at the sight of the green drop, but Roland and Evan continued to stand there with a relaxed look on their faces.