As the minutes ticked by, the competitors began to tire, their movements growing sluggish. But still, they fought on, determined to prove themselves worthy of moving on to the next round.
"Only two minutes left on the clock! Who will make it through? It's anyone's guess at this point!" The announcer shouted, her excitement palpable.
Her attention was solely on Delviny as it was the greatest battle that happened on the battleground.
"Our princess is really doing great with her fiery attacks, is there anyone from outside that can challenge her? Look around her there are more than fifty unconscious people," She announced and the crowd erupted in cheer.
"As expected of our royal blood,"
"Princess! You look beautiful,"
"She's a beast, just like our king,"
All the cheers and support Delviny got really annoyed other competitors, as they felt like they are just side characters and stepping stones that are waiting for Delviny to step on for her reputation.
While this was happening, Amos and Kyla kept looking at the battle while occasionally fighting someone that tried to attack them.
"Damn it, what's with her? So all the rumours were true?" Kyla felt like she found a person, that she needs to defeat at any cost.
Amos kept looking at the fight with a sceptical look.
"How are we going to defeat her, if she wins this round?"
"How do I know? She should be at least S-rank, but I doubt it, she handled A-ranked people like they are babies," Kyla said while beating one of the men that came to attack her.
"Hmm~ she's isn't the only one that is abnormal, look at them," After saying that Kyla pointed at the leader and attack mage of the Blazing Sun group.
*Sigh
Amos had no idea what they are going to do. He felt like they were just witnessing something fishy, and he knew this tournament won't end peacefully at this rate.
The attention of the Blazing Sun group was solely on the king that was sitting in the higher arena.
Amos's jaw clenched as he thought. He knew Kyla was right about their position in this tournament. Delviny was a force to be reckoned with, and they had no idea how to take her down.
But he refused to give up. Not when they are almost this close to winning. If Kyla or Amos can win this tournament, they can easily request Velian to rebuild Elliah and Elen's family which was ruined in the former Rapidclaw kingdom's time.
"We need to find her weakness," he said, his voice firm.
"There has to be something she's not good at, something we can exploit."
Kyla looked at him sceptically. "And what if there isn't? What if she's just... unbeatable?"
Amos didn't answer, his mind racing with possibilities. He couldn't let himself believe that they were doomed to fail.
"We'll figure it out, no human being can be perfect," he said finally, determination ringing in his voice. We have to do everything we can, be it against the Blazing Sun or this government."
Hearing Amos' words, Kyla couldn't help but question why he was going this far for those two kids.
"Amos, what is your relationship with them? Why are you going this far for them?"
Kyla's question really put Amos in a spot, as he didn't know whether to answer her truthfully or lie, but knowing Kyla, he knew that paying wouldn't be any good.
"You heard rumours right? I was on my way to S rank, but then one day I suddenly stopped adventuring,"
Kyla nodded her head. She was going solo at that time, but still, she heard the rumours about Amos.
"It's because of them, I ran away with their mother, she was from the noble house these two belong to, their mother was a caring lady, whom I fell in love with at first sight," Amos continued, from time to time waving his hand, attacking those tried to defeat them.
"Her husband was from a Count house, still they didn't have a good relationship, she even got bullied by the Count's other wives, so-"
Kyla didn't even have to listen to the rest of the story, as she knew about it.
"So that count did something to their mother's family because she had a relationship with you,"
Amos nodded his head in regret.
"Fine! If that's your reason, I will help you," Kyla wasn't a person to feel emotional about someone else, but she wasn't insensitive to ignore her friend when he was in need.
"I will try to get close to her comrades and people who know her after this battle, I will try to find her weak point,"
As soon as Kyla said that, the timer hit zero, and the dust settled to reveal the surviving competitors, bloodied and bruised, but victorious.
Of the eight hundred-plus people that fought only 200 or fewer survived, Delviny alone defeated more than a hundred and the other competitor that stood out in this battle is one other than the Blazing Sun group, which had kills similar to Delviny.
"And there you have it, folks! The survivors of our first battle! Give them a round of applause!" The announcer cheered, her smile beaming with pride.
Still, the crowd was cheering toward Delviny and Velian being the main fan. Daphne's had to hold him because he was about to jump from the place they were looking from and tried to reach Delviny.
The crowd erupted in cheers as the competitors were escorted off the field, the announcer's words ringing in their ears.
"But remember, this is only the beginning! The true test of strength is yet to come in the next round! Stay tuned!"
With the announcer's last words, everyone went back to their resting rooms, as they had to register for the second round so Lyra's group can quickly arrange the second round on the same day.
"Mother, let's go and meet her, she should be happily waiting for us," Velian said and quickly ran making every girl sigh with how doting he was.
"Why is he so excited? She will win anyway with her absurd power, I don't think there's anyone that can beat her," Sariya muttered to which Daphnia also shrugged her shoulders.
"That's just how he is,"
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