[Collisium, Arena]

Okou was truly beaten up, after his exchange with Luke's attacks he felt his whole body go numb he didn't even manage to push him back or even scratch him

Luke was truly a formidable opponent but this defeat didn't made him falter because now Okou has a reason to aim for higher strength

With each step that Luke takes the ground would shake, this shows how strong Luke is currently is

"Admire you for not faltering but this ends here" said Luke as he look at the beaten up Okou

Hearing that Okou raises his hands up to show his surrender even if his body was aching

"Don't worry... I give! I've done my part" said Okou calmly

With that Luke felt something wrong with Okou's words so he quickly glanced at the only person who could control Okou and that is Kaido himself

"I see... So you made me show a bit of my strength so that he could beat me" deducted Luke

"Kinda" replied Okou

"Your planning for him m to swipe all three victories in one go huh!... But let me tell you... You wouldn't win that easily" claimed Luke

"It is as you say but you don't know what goes through his mind so you can't tell for sure how will he beat you guys" said Okou calmly

Hearing that Luke smiled at Okou's reply and helped him up while saying

"I'm expecting on what he would do" he said

As Luke supported Okou, King Emperor Ergo announces that Luke from the Hero's party won the second match and upon hearing this the crowd went wild and cheered for the Hero's party

The empire swoop two wins now and it's impossible to get three wins in a ro without exhausting oneself so the Empire's citizens and other royalties was so sure that they had the victory in the bag

Out of all of them king Emperor Ergo was overjoyed to know that the Hero's party won the match and with this their popularity and merits would rise in other words they used Kaido's group as a stepping stone for the Hero's party to shine

"We did it! We're really winning it's just as you planned" said King Emperor Ergo to Duke Agra

"Of course your majesty... My plan will never fail" assured Duke Agra

As they talked and enjoyed that the plan was going to what they want only Marquez Lucio stayed indifferent

Even if everyone was celebrating he still felt that something wasn't right as he looked at Kaido

Kaido was calm as he saw his companions being defeated in contrast to everyone near him who is panicking a little

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"He's too calm... He's up to something I can feel it" deducted Marquez Lucio

Beside him his wife is sneering at Kaido's group as she celebrates their defeat

"Commoner's will always be commoner's" she muttered

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[Kaido's Group Balcony]

On Kaido's side even if the group was a little bit worried they still remained calm as they noticed that Kaido was paying close attention to the matches

When he is serious it only means that he's going to do something big

As they sits on their chair they watched as they saw Kaido leave at head to the arena for his turn

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[Arena's Entrance]

As Okou was laid down to the entrance Luke headed back to the other side entrance of the arena

As Okou was laid down Rebecca walked over as she swipes the bead of sweat on her forehead

"Are you ok?" Asks Rebecca

"Yeah! Don't worry! Only body pain" answered Okou

Rebecca was clearly shaken when she felt Luke's aura after all the latter was way stronger than Alda himself so she didn't even batter an eye as she watched Okou being beaten black and blue

As they talked they saw Alda leapt down to the arena to congratulate Luke for winning and when Rebecca saw Alda she remembered her humiliating defeat and this made her regret even more

Okou saw Rebecca's expression but he didn't say a single word for no word of encouragement could change the fact that she was beaten without even being able to fight back

As this happened Kaido walked out from the hallway and met both Rebecca and Okou

Upon seeing Kaido, Rebecca can't even look straight into his eyes and felt regret that she didn't even win against her opponent so she stayed head low

As Kaido walked over Okou spoke up

"Sorry if I got defeated" he apologized

With this Kaido replied

"Don't mind it... I've seen enough! You've done your job" said Kaido calmly

Hearing his calm tone Rebecca became confused after all she expected that Kaido would burst in anger when Okou and her got defeated but what happened now was completely opposite of her expectations

"I'll the rest here... I'll make sure to get three victories in a row so you better expect it" claimed Kaido as he stretched his body

During this time the arena was reconstructed back to its original platform and no such aftermath could be found in the arena

"Kaido! I'm sorry" said Rebecca after she musters up her courage to apologize

Hearing her Kaido tilted his head and asked

"Why are you sorry for?"

Hearing his reply Rebecca became confused

"What are you...?"

As she stutters Kaido replied

"Don't worry... It's time to break their momentum and I'll break it so grandly that they will dream of being defeated that way" said Kaido

After that he went inside the arena

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[Arena]

Finally the last match has been held and all votes has been given to the Hero's party will win this third match

Hibiki was anticipating this fight so when the three of them decided who will fight him they leave it up to their mood

And as the Kaido went inside the arena loud cheers can be heated everywhere

Even the King is excited, not for the match but for the merit and now it decided to use Kaido as a stepping stone for the Hero's popularity

As for the Marquez wife she immediately sneered when she saw Kaido and she wished that Kaido would get beaten black and blue for standing to a noble like her

As they cheered a sudden voice resounded that greatly shocked everyone and this boi e came from Kaido himself

"Um! This is a bit long so how about let's do this... Both of you will fight me at th same time" said Kaido as he pointed at something

When the crowd followed the directions of the finger they saw that Kaido chose to fight Luke and Alda at the same time and this surprised the whole crowd that it made them go into uproar and cursed Kaido for his arrogance

When they heard this both Luke and Alda twitched a little from the challenge even Mia, Lily and Hibiki was surprised

They didn't expect that Kaido would challenge both Adventurers to fight him after all both Alda and Luke are above A-rank so they are basically powerhouse but now Kaido boldly challenged them

As the crowd showed their discontent, Kaido himself remained unchanged as he taunted both Alda and Luke

"Let's go! I'll take you both on... Two Against one! I'll show you how I break your momentum"