The competition was set to begin but before that, the Sergeant who was acting as the host for the competition needed to introduce the seven participants from all four academies.
"Alright, everyone, the first fight will be starting very soon, but before that, I'll have to introduce the participants and explain the rules to them and everyone else." The Sergeant said as his voice resounded through the speakers around the stadium.
'I know a lot has been going on in the background, but I've really been looking forward to this.' Luis said subconsciously with his gaze on the pitch.
'Yeah, so that you can see how strong the students from the other academies are compared to you.' Lena said.
'Yeah, that is my main reason, but I also want to see how things will turn out and how far the students from our academy can go, especially Tammy, Pearl, and that first-year student Christine.' The Angel said subconsciously.
"First, we will start with the only two academies to have first-year students among their fighters." The Sergeant announced calling back the attention of everyone whose attention had moved away from the competition for a few minutes.
"Before I start calling their names, you all should know that I will not be revealing their abilities to make sure the element of surprise stays in place but I will name their class and level."
"It doesn't really make much of a difference," Chloe muttered.
"Why's that?" Tania asked.
"Because most of last year's fighters are here as third-year students so they already know each other's abilities, but I guess it's okay to keep things this way." She replied with a shrug.
"Now, the first academy is Tron Ville academy." The Sergeant said before turning his gaze to where the seven participants from Tron Ville academy were standing.
"We have Cole Sprite, a second-year level five l student." He said with his gaze on the blonde boy who seemed to be smiling at him.
"Jonathan Wave, Third-year level six h, Amy Brock, Third-year level six l, Anita Hex, second-year level five h, Michael Jonah, Third-year level six l, Draco Lawrence, Third-year level six h and Alvin Moonlight, first-year level four h."
After introducing Tron Ville academy's participants like that, a wave of murmurs began in the stadium as a lot of students from the other academies had different opinions about them and who they thought was going to get knocked out first.
There was no doubt that almost everyone believed that the first-year student was going to be the first one to get knocked out.
"From Crockel academy we have their third-year students who are all level six h, Tammy Philips, Pearl Reeves, Stein Parker, and Clara West." The Sergeant announced.
"Wow, their third years are all level six h."
"Yeah, but that is only a measure of strength; it doesn't guarantee a win in a fight."
"The other students are Tyler Moon, second-year level five h, Nate Smith, second-year level five h, and Christine Lome, first-year level five l."
"Wait, you guys have a first-year student who is level five l?" Chloe said after turning her gaze to Luis.
You could tell by the expression on her face that she was quite surprised.
"Yeah, is it rare to have a first-year student reach level five?" The Angel asked.
"Of course it is, I am part of the highest level first-year students in my academy and I'm only level four h."
"Oh, I see, but there might be level five first years in the other academies," Luis said.
"It's possible, but I doubt it." She replied. "You know for someone who I think is pretty strong, it's surprising to see that you're only level three h."
"Maybe I'm not as strong as you think."
"Yeah, maybe." She muttered.
She kept her gaze on him for a while before she let out a sigh and turned her gaze back to the pitch.
She was trying so hard to forget what she saw yesterday but the thoughts just came back to her.
"For Eukerion academy, we have Cherry Snow, third-year level six h."
'So, she's participating in two events.' Luis thought.
"Mika Shoko, second-year level four h, Amanda Claws, third-year level six l, Florence Rock, third-year level six h, Albert Shaw, second-year level four h, Bennet Hog, third-year level six h and Axel Maximus, third-year level six h."
Luis expected Chloe to say something after the participants from her academy were announced but she didn't say anything and just kept her gaze on the pitch.
"Um…Luis." Tania called to get the Angel's attention.
"Yes, any problem?" He inquired.
"I can't see my brother anywhere, do you mind helping me look for him?" She requested.
"Okay."
He pretended to look for Jude for a while before turning his gaze back to her.
"I don't think he's here right now but I'm sure he just went out to get something, don't worry about it." He assured her.
"Okay." She said with a nod. "I just hope I get to see him today, unlike yesterday."
'It's going to be hard for her.' Lena said.
'Yeah, I just wish they can get things done easily and get back, but it is only a wish, things can never be that easy.'
"Finally, for Phoenix academy we have, Barry Henshaw, third-year level six h, Ryan Tame, third-year level six l, Taylor Larson, third-year level six h, Aston Gary, third-year level six h, Bellatrix Stevenson, third-year level six h, Raven Black, third-year level six l and Blaze Damon, third-year level six h."
'Wow, they're all third-year level six students, even that girl that has a problem with Pearl is here.' Luis said subconsciously before turning his gaze to Chloe.
"Hey, do you mind showing me the student who knocked Tammy out last year?" He asked but there was no response from her.
'She seems to be lost in thought.'
"Chloe," Tania called before giving her a light tap on the shoulder to snap her out of her daze.
"What?" She seemed a bit irritated there.
"Luis was asking you about something," Tania said.
"Oh." She said before turning her gaze to Luis. "What were you asking?"
"I wanted to know the student who knocked Tammy out last year."
"Oh, that's Blaze Damon, the muscular guy with a scar on his right eyebrow."
As soon as she gave that description, Luis turned his gaze to the pitch and spotted the person.
'So, that's him.'
"Now, before we move on to the first fight, I will like to explain the rules, not exactly the rules because there aren't any but you all get what I mean."
"No, we don't." Tania muttered.
"He wants to talk about the rounds, it's just an explanation listen," Chloe said.
"There are four rounds in this competition but for today where you all will only be experiencing the first round, I will only be explaining how the first round goes.
"In this round, there will be fourteen fights as you all know but students from the same academy will not be matched with each other, the matching process will be random though. The screen over there will be where the matching results will be displayed."
After saying that, everyone quickly turned their gaze to the screen hanging above the stadium as the first matching process had already begun.
There was an animation of a cup and the cup shook vigorously for a while before a slip of paper popped out from it.
The screen turned white for a moment before the names of the first two students who were going to be facing each other popped up on the screen.
"Looks like our first fight is going to be Christine Lome from Crockel academy versus Mika Shoko from Eukerion academy, both students please step up to the area."
As both students made their way to the sergeant, two other sergeants followed them from behind.
While the two were standing opposite each other, one of the sergeants formed some kind of large earth platform under them.
"Now, you two will need to go up before I explain the combat rules."
After saying that, the other sergeants created one pillar each to raise the platform while the two were still standing on it.
After they were raised to a considerable height, the sergeants stopped.
"Now, as I said before, there really aren't any rules, anything goes but the criteria for winning is either knocking your opponent out, knocking them off the platform, or getting them to surrender, did you all get that?"
After making that clear to everyone, the Sergeant raised his gaze to look at the two above.
"I know the two of you are ready, so, you may begin, good luck."
After saying that, the blonde-haired boy didn't waste any time and quickly blasted Christine with a fire stream.
In the process of trying to avoid that, she missed her step on the edge and began to fall.
"Oh, dear." She muttered with a surprisingly calm voice.
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