Chapter 141 Chapter 141 - Emma Everheart vs Lucius Nightshade
As fights continued to happen in the massive arena, the people around Aiden started to reduce little by little because the people who lost also disappeared from the Arena just like before.
They were probably sent somewhere so that they could choose what skill they wanted.
Well, that was what most thought as they had no idea otherwise.
Emma still hadn't fought as she still waiting beside Aiden, looking at him with care in her eyes. She still seemed to be worried about him as she would frequently ask the same question.
"Are you okay?"
Then, Aiden would answer "Yes, stop worrying for no reason."
That scene had happened a couple of times already and it seemed that she was quite worried about this whole matter.
Aiden could understand why since he had acted so out of place for absolutely no reason, well no apparent ones that she should know about.
But, Aiden still wasn't confident enough that he would be telling her everything. He knew that she held him dear, however, he couldn't risk his secret leaking and founding the ear of the Nightshade Family because if it did then it would be a lot of problems for Aiden.
Aiden knew that they had no idea where he was now since he hadn't been in the Slums in a long time and he knew that Emily probably went to visit.
He wasn't sure what Emily, his maid, had decided to do because of his disappearance, but the only thing that he could guess at the moment was that Emily had reported it to the upper echelons of the Nightshade Family.
Did his father know that he had disappeared?
Aiden had no idea, his guess would be that he would know since even if he didn't consider Aiden his son, he would probably still want to know what happened to him.
But those were only guesses, Aiden had no idea what had happened when Emily reported his disappearance to the family.
That's why the position he is in currently is quite dangerous as people had all noticed him, being a really important person inside of the tournament.
He had wanted to stay lowkey, but that wasn't possible since he had Melinda and all that, so Aiden had decided that he should embrace his popularity.
If everyone had already noticed him, then why shouldn't he try his hardest and reach the end of the tournament?
There was no point in staying hidden any longer as there were about 30 or so people left.
This meant that they would soon reach the next round, however, before that, there were maybe three or four fights left since that depended on the number of people left as they needed to reach a perfect 25 people left.
Then, Aiden raised his hand, as he could that yet another person had lost.
Aiden wasn't idle not doing anything while waiting, he was also looking up at the stage analyzing all the participants who had come on it and fought.
However, not many had impressed him yet, only those from the founding families had done so.
Emma also hadn't come on the stage just yet, still waiting for an opponent and she was praying that she wouldn't be against one person.
And that person was without surprise Lucius Nightshade who was still idling around, looking at the ground.
It was like he was trying to say that he didn't even need to care about this to win this whole tournament.
Was it ego or was it because of his strength?
Well, in Aiden's opinion, it was both as it was almost sure that he had an ego and his strength would also be quite impressive since he came from the Nightshade Family.
Emma knew that he would be strong which was why, she wanted to fight anyone but him as fighting against him would almost be the same as losing.
She knew that if she fought Lucius, the son of the Nightshade Family, then her loss would be assured as she wouldn't be able to put up with him.
Then, Thorin's voice announced the winner of the fight that had just happened on top of the stage.
"And the winner is... Thomas!"
He, then, took a small break as he was preparing himself to calm up the participants for the next fight.
"Those fights really aren't that entertaining, what do you think?" he shouted, saying his opinion out loud.
Obviously, many agreed with him because the fights had been one-sided beatdowns since the start of this round of fights.
Except for Aiden, everyone that was left was part of either a high-levelled family or a founding family. It was clear that there was a massive gap between the families and it was even more apparent when participating in such a tournament.
"Well, we only need to endure three more fights before entering the real competition," shouted Thorin, inside the whole of the Arena.
"Alright, should we make it go by quick," he continued, wanting to hype the crowd which had gone silent for a long time now as they hadn't been entertained much in quite a time.
In fact, apart from Aiden's fight, there was not a single fight which caused an uproar or something similar. It seemed that Melinda's interference had calmed them down a little which was great.
"Alright, let's see some excitement in the crowd for Luuuucius Nightshade," he said as loud as he possibly could.
If someone from Earth were to see this, they would immediately think of a boxing match or something similar, however, Aiden who had no idea what they were, didn't think anything of it as he kept listening.
Emma who was right beside him, started to stress as she seemed to be praying to be not the one that would be chosen.
'Please let it not be me, please,' she begged inside of her mind, as she didn't want to lose so early in the tournament.
Sure, she had reached the top 50, but she wanted to go much further with Aiden by her side, she didn't want to leave him alone, especially with his recent mood swings.
"And is opponent will be... Emma Everheart," he shouted with less energy this time showing a clear contrast in who he favoured.
Thorin was like this, after all, he wasn't the type to be hiding things from others as he would simply say what comes to his mind right away without thinking about the repercussions at all.
He was just trying to entertain himself which was why he had decided on such a fight.
Thorin needed to see a beating, but a clean one as he knew that Lucius Nightshade would surely be able to do so as his opponent would literally be from a middle-level family.
It would literally be a no-match, but Thorin still kept his hopes up that maybe a surprise would happen in this fight.
However, he knew that the odds of Lucius losing were slim, like very slim.
Thorin didn't know what kind of training he had gone through, but he knew of the Nightshade Patriarch and his personality.
He knew that there was no way that Lucius had slacked off on his training because of his insane father.
Emma hearing her name begin called panicked a little, she knew that this would be the end for her.
If she would've fought against anyone else, it would have been closer and she might have won, but against Lucius Nightshade, the protege of the Nightshade family.
She had no chance.
"Well, good luck in the rest of the tournament," she whispered to Aiden, as she could feel herself being teleported onto the arena.
"Don't be so scared, raise your head up high and give your best," said Aiden, as he didn't want to see Emma lose so soon in the tournament and he didn't want to see her lose against a Nightshade.
But he could only watch.
Then, Aiden glanced at both sides of the Arena observing both Emma's and Lucius's comportment and behaviour.
And he had to admit that they were quite different, on one side there was Emma who was almost shacking in place, thinking that it was over and that she lost.
And on the other side, there was Lucius who was still looking at the ground not even worrying about the person he was fighting against as if it wouldn't matter at the end.
Emma, who was on the stage, was panicking, however, she remembered Aiden's last words before being teleported.
'Raise my head and give my best, huh?' she thought, as she did exactly that.
Her breathing which had been ragged started to slow down little by little, and her confidence which had been down started to come back.
It seemed that the small sentence of encouragement that Aiden had mustered had given Emma enough confidence to try and fight against the monster that she was fighting against.
Then, Thorin's voice once again resounded inside the Arena.
"The fight may begin!"
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