Chapter 331 End Year Tournament - II
331 End Year Tournament - II
"The First Matches are beginning," The commentator announced as the first match began.
"We have Rank 998 of First Year vs Rank 894 of First Year," The commentator said and the students loudly cheered.
"We have Rank 996...." The commentator announced rest of the duels as well.
The format of this tournament was a simple duel between two students that were seeded against each other by drawing their names.
Even though luck was involved but the match ups were done considering the Ranks, power and performance of the student. And the matchups were quite fair for the students early on in the Tournament.
But due to the large numbers of student, there were 10 Duels that were happening at the same time, and it would remain that way until the numbers became low.
Only the Students and the Recruiters that wanted even the lowest ranking member of the World Academy, watched these matches keenly.
At the Fourth Ranker's Section, Jayden Hargrave was sitting in the Rank 1 Room, while observing the tournament.
"Look at the odds against this guy," One guy behind Jayden said as he showed the stats of the Betting Site he opened.
Jayden glanced at the stats, but he was not that surprised.
"It's to be expected, he has reached Rank C- already," Jayden said.
The current prediction of Asher Greville winning was around 97%, which was an insane number that was never seen before.
Usually these numbers would appear if someone like Jayden was fighting someone in the Rank 100, but Asher's predictions were for the Rank 1 spot.
Even though the guy with Jayden wanted to try his luck and bet against Asher, but he knew he would only lose money.
When the Fourth Years returned to the World Academy, the fact Asher beating Blake Cranston starting spreading like fire among the Fourth Years, and some straight up thought that it was lie, but after some time they got to know that it was actually the truth.
But Jayden wasn't concerned about Asher right now. Right now, his eyes were on someone else.
"When is his match?" Jayden asked.
"It will be probably start once 50 Matches are done, so it will start later in the Day," The guy replied.
"Hmm, keep eyes on him," Jayden said as he stood up.
Most Rankers, even the ones in the Top 50 were not watching the first few matches.
Due to the fact that only the Rank 1 of all three years would decide the outcome of Blood Faction vs the Student Council, it didn't matter how the members performed anymore.
Both Leonard and Raelyn didn't like this method, because of the fact that all their investment in their members till now was not worth it anymore.
Each Match on the First Day was only lasted 5 minutes, and if the Students failed to reach a conclusion, the Referee and a Panel of Judge would decide the winner of the match.
Till the count of remaining students reached to 250 for each of the Year, the Top 50 would not participate and it was the privilege they got for maintaining that rank.
Each of the Professor were also sitting in their own rooms.
The Arena was made in such a way that all the Professors had their own rooms, and some of them were not watching the current matches due to the work that was piled up.
It was announced that the Vacations were cancelled and it made the workload on the Professors increase as they needed to prepare for the Next Term in time.
"Even the ones that are Ranked 700, are quite powerful," One guy said as he was wearing a different uniform that didn't belong to the World Academy.
"If they are this good, I wonder how good are the Rankers," Another said.
While the tournament had started, slowly the Guests were arriving, but the main ones would only arrive on the Second Day except Alfred Raven and Silvus Grandus that were invited for the First Day.
To represent High Council, two of the Seat Holders would always arrive on the First Day. It was an tradition that was followed since World Academy was made.
As the First Round of Duels ended, suddenly the Tournament was paused as the Commentator stopped and the screen changed to show Farnus Calmort who was standing in the Center most area of the Arena.
Where 13 Seats were placed behind him.
Many people got excited to see him as it was Farnus's first appearance since the Calamities were defeated.
The Student cheered loudly as they saw the Principal, and even the Students of the other schools looked at Farnus with admiration, and he deserved it.
Even the students that had just finished the duels, stopped as they looked at Farnus.
"With the First Round done, I am sure the rest of you are looking forward to your matches," Farnus said as his voice resonated in the whole Arena.
"I want to encourage each Student to give their all, and showcase their potential to the whole world," Farnus spoke.
"And to witness your strength, two important guests are arriving," Farnus spoke as the Portals behind opened.
The screen changed to focus on the two Portals.
A Old men wearing an very expensive suit entered first.
"Alfred Raven, the Seat Holder of the Raven Family," Farnus as Alfred came forward as he looked at the Arena and student started cheering.
"And, the Chairman of the Mage Association, Silvus Grandus," Farnus spoke as Silvus stepped out.
Both of them were quite popular among people due to their position, and many students were excited to see the Seat Holders with their own eyes.
Alfred stepped forward fist as placed his hand on the Stone Pillar in front of his Seat as his Name was recorded in the Record of World Academy, which was a big stone made of runes that recorded all the achievements and major events of World Academy.
And Silvus did the same, as his name was also recorded.
Not only the End Year Tournament was something that could decide these student's future, but if they performed good, some of them has the chances of leaving their names on that Stone.
"Let's resume the tournament," Farnus said as the screen changed and the Commentator took over.
The students were excited, but the pressure on some increased equally, as not only their families but the whole world was going to watch them.
For some this was the last opportunity to secure a good future, and for some it didn't matter.
But there were people like Jayden, Reeve that were fighting for the pride of their families and it was common in all Elite Families.
"There a lot of talented kids this year," Alfred spoke as Farnus and Silvus took their Seats.
Silvus didn't minded Alfred, but he didn't like him either, as Alfred could be seen as the person that followed the etiquettes quite strictly.
Even people from other Elite Families looked upto Alfred and respected him for his charisma and the way he handled himself.
"There will be a lot of interesting battles," Alfred said as looked at the Stage where the next duel started.
"Look forward to it," Farnus said.
"But you would have to wait for the interesting ones," Farnus replied.
Alfred and Silvus were not only here to observe but also for the announcement of a Special Class that was being made for just four children that were not even 14 yet.
Alfred remained quite as he looked at the arena where the students were sitting, and he didn't see Amelia nor Asher present in the Arena.
Farnus was sitting quietly with a small smile on his face, as he was waiting for the tournament to progress a bit more before he made his announcement.
While Silvus and Alfred had arrived, the Grandus Twins were at the Portal Dome, in Soran and they were about to enter as Professor Arman himself was there to approve their entry.
Due to security reasons, the Grandus Twins were allowed to enter with Two Elders accompanying them, but it was only until the Tournament was being held.
And their movement inside the World Academy would be restricted as well.
"So big," Jacob said looking at the Portal Dome.
"I wonder how the World Academy is lie," Jacob turned towards his Sister who was also looking around.
"Well, you can see for yourself, meanwhile I will take to the Teleporting Gates," Arman said looking at the Grandus Twins.
At the same time, in the Inner Sector of World Academy,
Asher was meditating in his room, while his ID Bracelet showed the estimated time for his first match, which was around 7 hours.
Asher opened his eyes as he received a message from Arthur, and it was about the Twins arriving at World Academy, in the next 5 hours.
Farnus allowed both Grandus and Greville Twins to enter the World Academy from the Portal Dome, and enter the Inner Sector of the World Academy.
But the only condition was that they could only bring at most two guards with them, and no family members to maintain the neutral atmosphere in World Academy.
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