Chapter 29: The Tournament Finale
“First 20 runners, are you ready!?” The announcer’s voice resounds through the speakers surrounding the stadium. The crowd of people around me yell back, including Thoth.
“Okay then! Then, I’m going to start counting down for the death run! Three! Two! One! GO!”
Everyone surrounding me began to yell out aggressively, before sprinting down the first section of this obstacle course.
A long, rectangular platform laid out in front of me. It spanned about 100 meters, and on it, are several hundred circles both big and small. They covered the entire surface area of the platform, so there was no way we could step in between and avoid them easily. I assume that the pillars of fire and the spikes will emerge from these. The big ones lit red, before fire emerged from it, while the small ones emit a white light, before a spike bursts out.
After examining the platform and identifying the traps, I do the same thing everyone else is. I just run straight through the platform of deathtraps. Enchanting myself with a wind spell, [Zephyr Steps], allowing glide on a smooth surface as if I’m sliding on it. As spikes and fire suddenly bursts from the ground, I curve around them naturally, weaving my way through. I pass by some corpses that were unable to avoid the traps, and even surpassed some of the living runners, who began going through cautiously.
“…hi.” I whisper to a certain someone as I slide by them.
“Oh, so that’s how you want to play, huh!?” She yells at me as I widen the gap between us.
I feel a massive amount of mana being released behind me, and I start gliding faster. I reach the second section of the race, which was the climb to the top. A wall of ice stands in front of me, going up at a strange angle that leans towards me. Several holes were carved into it, which the racers are supposed to use to climb it. Using [Enhanced Detection], I can detect the presence of several other creatures in these holes, I mark them in my mind so that I avoid them as I climb.
I start my ascent, inserting my hand into empty holes and pulling myself upward on the acutely angled wall. After about five seconds of climbing, I hear a click as I insert my left hand in one of the holes. I instantly react by pulling it back out, and nearly lost my grip on the slippery ice, as an arrow flies out of the hole I just grabbed. Right, the announcer also said something about this, arrows and monsters are placed in these holes.
Unfortunately, there was no way for me to actually detect these arrow traps, so I can only avoid the monsters as I continue to climb. Every time I hear a click, I would pull my hand out immediately so the arrow doesn’t hit my hand. Doing this slowed me down quite a bit, though. Eventually, a certain energetic monkey-like person climbs by me in a flash, moving faster than the monsters and traps can hit her. She makes it to the top before me, disappearing from my vision.
I reach the top as well after about ten seconds, climbing over the sharp edge at the top. Upon climbing over, I see a straight path to the next section, which took the form of going straight down. It looked way deeper than the ground level of the arena. Inside it, was a mayhem of bullets flying upward along with bolts of lightning. How the heck do these guys expect first years to be able to complete these? Are they stupid? Do they not have any common sense?
After my short moment of complaints, I immediately leap into the giant pitfall. Thoth was probably at the bottom by now, so I can’t spend time patiently contemplating the thought process of the higher ups. I begin free falling through the storm of lightning and bullets, using bursts of wind magic to push me, allowing me to dodge some of them.
Due to the speed of these projectiles, though, I wasn’t able to dodge most of them. I took some of the bolts because I couldn’t see it coming, and there were far too many bullets, making it impossible to weave through without a scratch. At least, with my current agility. I eventually see the large landing net that the announcer told us about earlier, and directed myself into it by using wind magic. After landing in the net, the storm around me stops coming. It seems upon reaching the landing net it turns into a safe zone from the mayhem of projectiles.
Looking up, I notice that the bolts of lightning and the storm of bullets are actually being fired from magic circles automatically generating themselves above me. So they’re now able to combine spatial magic with other ones like this? Something like this, I can greatly benefit from, because magic like this will allow me to set up traps that automatically fires projectiles like these. I leave a note in the back of my head to research a little bit more about this topic later, and climb out of net. Right under it, was a small flat stone floor, which was surrounded by a large field of spikes. If I missed the net, my body would be impaled on those spikes right now.
At the bottom of the pit, there was a door at the edge of it, and I walk in between the spikes to enter through it. Inside, was a large spiral staircase with a radius about as large as the pitfall. After the first story of stairs, a huge storm of shrapnel was flying around, along with several missiles of magic from all elements. [Fireballs], [Water Bolts], [Earth Spikes], [Wind Arrows], they all flew around wildly.
One fourth of the way to the top, I see Thoth climbing the spiral staircase. Her progress was being hindered greatly by the storm. She’s being forced to stop in order to evade with her strange motion magic, so she couldn’t advance very quickly. Using this to my advantage, I begin sprinting up the stairs, blocking the magic flying at me with my own, and grabbing the blades by their flat sides. My speed perception has been greatly changed as I practiced using the [Magnum], so I was able to see the trajectories of these projectiles.
Thoth notices my quick ascent, and begins sprinting up herself. Her speed’s greater than mine, but her vitality is not. She’s being forced to take some of the hits from the storm, weakening herself quickly. I, on the other hand, am able to rush through because of my high defensive abilities. I don’t have to worry about the magic because I don’t have to touch them to deflect them, and the metal shards scratch me slightly. I could easily proceed to the top without much trouble, but the wounds I sustained from the free fall earlier really puts a heavy toll on me.
I run right behind her when we’re three-fourths of the way up, and her body was full of scratches, burn marks and other wounds from the storm. Yet, she’s still running with everything she can. She was extremely determined to get an actual win over me, to the extent where she’ll break her body to win. I can see the expression on her face, an expression of someone doing all they can to reach their goal.
Seeing Thoth currently in a moment like that, and honestly, I’d feel kind of guilty making her experience losing to me again despite giving it her all. Well, I’m still not going to go easy on her because of that. Letting her win intentionally would be an insult to her abilities, so I’ll still give it my all to win.
“…ah!” As I think this, I carelessly let a blade through my defenses and hit my legs, causing me to trip forward.
A chain reaction starts after this, because my concentration for my magic defense broke. A [Fireball] flies by right in front of me, incinerating the area I was just about to walk through, a [Wind Arrow] hits me right in the kidney, slamming me against the wall. More metal blades come flying and scratches parts of my body, but nowhere lethal. I quickly start casting magic again to deflect the magic projectiles, and I start to catch the flying metal coming at me whilst laying down on the stairs.
Slowly, I’m able to stand back up again, but at this point, Thoth has already reached the top. She’s finally got a proper win against me, and I can only imagine how happy she is. But for now, I need to survive this mayhem and reach the top before I run out of mana, otherwise, I’ll die and my time in here counts for naught.
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“Hahaha! Eat that! I beat you fair and square in a contest of speed! Woohoo!” Thoth celebrates with an extremely cheerful expression, rubbing it in my face that I lost.
“…lucky win.” I mutter to her.
“What’s that I hear? A sore loser! Too bad! I won this time, Aria, and all you can do is accept that!” Normally, I probably would be glaring at her, but the smile on her face is contagious.
I find myself wanting to praise her for her hard work, but I hold myself back. I’ll forgive her bratty behavior for now. We both stand at the end of the course, past the finish line, waiting for any remaining to finish. Only one other person in the wave of runners actually made it to the end.
A tall girl with long, straight hair and ears of a cat climbed out the pit, and the announcer states that she’s the last survivor. Part of the beast race, the girl had a very slender body that would be seen in a model magazine. With that, her eyes shined an emerald green, a very beautiful sight.
Although she looked very pretty, the strange thing is that she didn’t suffer any wounds at all throughout that entire course. The storms that even Thoth and I couldn’t get through unscathed, she manages to walk out while only looking exhausted, as if she just casually went out for a long jog. Is this girl really a first year student?
“Hah, hah, wow you two are fast! I couldn’t keep up at all, you’re both so amazing!” She says while panting, laying down on the ground while facing up.
“I know right!? I actually beat Aria! Now there’s two events she’s finally lost, so she’s totally not an invincible monster!” Thoth brags, sticking out her chest in pride.
So she doesn’t notice the fact that this person just made it through the course flawlessly. She’s still celebrating the fact that she’s beaten me. Is it really something that amazing to celebrate about? I mean, I rarely ever lose, so I guess having a win against me is something to be proud about.
Even in my previous life, I was undefeated in nearly every aspect of combat and magic. Only the valkyrie was capable of beating me in worldly knowledge such as language, history, city names, languages and more. We would often play word games with each other using these categories, which lasted for hours before a winner is decided. It was a bit of a nostalgic, recalling these memories.
“Hello, Aria? Time to get going, the next wave has already started, we’re supposed to leave now!” Thoth pulls on my arm, forcing me out of my daydreams of the past.
I follow her out the arena, and the girl with wild hair follows us out. They talk to each other, getting along fairly well. It was a bit of a strange scene because Thoth was a very energetic person, while the girl was more pure, and peaceful. Apparently her hobbies are reading and playing many different instruments. Now there was definitely something wrong here. Why does someone like that want to become an adventurer, and why would they participate in a death race like this? Actually, how in the world did she even get through it unscathed!?
Doubt enters my mind, believing that there’s something suspicious with her. Most likely, she’s hiding something from us, which involves the reason why she was able to get through the course without a single scratch. As I think about how I should bring up the question of how she’s able to do that, Thoth speaks my thoughts out loud.
“So, Sera, if you enjoy reading and music, why did you join this event?” So her name was Sera. I didn’t actually listen to her introduction with Thoth, so I didn’t know her name before.
“Oh, that’s because my best friend kept bugging me about doing this. She’s all like, ‘Sera, you’re supposed to be doing dangerous stuff like this, you know!? A boy can’t wimp out when it comes to small things like these!’ It’s quite annoying, having her pester me like that, so I had to accept.” I heard a very strange thing just now.
“Oh, so that’s why! …wait.” Thoth immediately freezes, and turns her head to Sera rigidly. Then, she asks, “Sera, are you a girl, or a boy?”
“Hm? Of course, I’m a boy! What makes you think I’m a girl?” He replies with a confused face.
“…look in mirror.” I whisper quietly, but he didn’t hear me.
This girl, I mean, boy, looked prettier than most of the other girls I’ve seen so far. A tall, body of a model with beautiful eyes, and it’s a boy? Here’s Thoth, with my boyish appearance, and he’s actually a girl. Is fate still playing jokes on me? Hey, Fate, you got a problem with me or something? As I have these silly thoughts in my head, Thoth begins over reacting to his reply.
“Wait, you’re a boy!? But you look so beautiful! Like some sort of angel from the forest! I wish I had your appearance, you k–“ She didn’t get to finish her sentence.
Her face was planted against the wall faster than I could perceive what just happened. The perpetrator of this action was the beautiful, pure looking angel that was walking besides us. His eyes had a dangerous look to it, which sent a chill down my spine.
“…I didn’t hear you properly. What do I look like?” He asks Thoth, who’s actually unable to reply with her face in the wall.
“You… look… very… manly…” Oh wait, she can reply with her face in the wall. I’m actually amazed at this fact.
“Oh really? Thank you! See, my father is a really awesome warrior, he’s so manly! I want to be like him some day. Though I can’t help my reading and music habits, which I inherited from my mother. But some day, I’ll become big and strong like him!” As if he wasn’t thirsting for blood just earlier, he reverts to his previous personality of a pure, gentle soul.
Thoth pulls her face out of the wall and begins talking to her as if nothing just happened. What resilience. She can’t fool me, though, I notice a hint of fear in her eyes as she continues conversing with the boy walking with us. I can’t blame her, though, because I’m a bit scared of angering the boy as well, so I keep my silence and listen as they positively talk about ‘manly topics.’ We continue this in a training room under the arena, until the next event comes.
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“The finale of the tournament, the final event of the day, the event that will turn into a complete storm, the [Untouchable] event is now here, ladies and gentleman!” The roar of the crowds fill the stadium, excited for the final event.
The arena grounds were a bit strange. There was a large, circle barrier in the center of the arena, nearly filling the entire area. Every participant was standing in the center, all grouped up. There wasn’t a lot of space for movement, even though the barrier was spanning about 50 meters around us.
“The rules are nice and simple! Someone will randomly be selected as an [Eliminator], and he has to stand outside the barrier! Using any ranged projectiles they can, the [Eliminators] will try to take out the people standing in the barriers! The people inside will have to dodge these projectiles, or they can deflect it if they want. As long as the projectile does not make direct contact with their bodies, the participants will be totally fine!
“Anyone who’s hit by any projectile immediately dies on the spot, and becomes an [Eliminator] themselves! The barrier is only one way, so these projectiles can only enter, but won’t be able to leave the barrier! This way, participants can’t fight back against the [Eliminators]! This will continue on for a solid ten minutes, and the last group standing will become the victors! Be careful, though, the barrier gets smaller for every elimination, and at the end, it’ll reach a minimum radius of 10 meters!”
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Easy to understand, it was basically just survive a storm of projectiles, just like the third and fourth course of the death race. Everyone around me begins shifting in anticipation, wonder who shall be the first [Eliminator].
“Now, we’re going to start instantly! How? Well, one of you is going to die, right~ about~ NOW!” Suddenly the sound of a bullet is heard, and someone next to me falls.
The bell rings, sounding the start of the event. Everyone begins to rush around wildly, trying to avoid being taken down early in the event. This is the problem with crowds in large events like this, the people are all clustered up, and it’s near impossible to evade anything in a tight group. So instead, I put myself in the middle of the largest cluster I can find, using the people around me as a meat shield.
At first, I hear screams and smell scorched skin, so I assume the first [Eliminator] is capable of using [Fire Magic]. Soon enough, sounds of explosions, arrows whistling in the air, and heavy sounds of bursting wind fills the arena along with the screams of those who died. Within the first three minutes, the crowd of over one hundred participants are now reduced to approximately 30. The barrier was around 15 to 20 meters at this point, but because the cluster is gone now.
I recognize many of the remaining participants, which puts a small thought in the back of my head. How come I’ve only been meeting completely monstrous existences so far? Within this barrier, is Thoth’s entire team, Sera and Pyrion along with several other people I haven’t met. But including the people I actually know, there’s also the Student Council group. I’m acquaintances with only monsters it seems, everyone more powerful than they should be for their generation.
An arrow of wind past my chest, and a real arrow nearly hits my neck, but I manage to dodge them by tilting my body strangely. A huge ball of fire comes from behind, and I blow it away with heavy [Wind Magic]. Then, a giant sphere of water is casted at me, and this gives me an idea. Using [Fire Magic], I create a fireball the exact same size as the sphere of water, and have them both collide head on.
The fire caused the water to evaporate on the spot, and steam was created to fill the barrier. I use wind magic to contain the steam in the area, not allowing it to escape outside the barrier. I can feel other mages trying to blow away the steam with [Wind Magic], but to no avail.
Now, steam filled the battlefield, making it harder for the [Eliminators] to aim at us. Wait, but this made it harder for the participants too, because they can’t see the projectiles? Well, unfortunately for most of them, people like Thoth and I had abilities that can enhance our detections or movements, so this kind of thing won’t hinder us very much. I activate [Enhanced Detection], and duck under a barrage of stone spikes blindly fired into the barrier. My back lies flat against the ground, and I remain in this position because based on the patterns of these blind shots, they’re all randomly aimed at the upper body area in hopes of luckily hitting someone.
I hear several screams around me during this moment, the people unable to use magic to enchant their senses won’t be able to survive long in this wall of steam. As I think this, I feel the ground under me shaking slightly. I roll out the way, and a giant spike of earth emerges from where I just was. One of the [Eliminators] has some sort of ability that allows them to see through this fog, so they were able to see my position exactly. How troublesome.
Now I’m forced to actually try and dodge these random storms of magic and arrows, not that it’s much of a problem. For now, that is. I hear a familiar sound from the outside of the field, which makes me frown for a bit. I pull out the [White Edge] I have holstered, and deflect several high speed projectiles, before needing to roll to the side to dodge them. The high speed projectiles being fired were bullets. Pyrion seems to have fallen, so now he’s just blasting his submachine gun into the steam.
I lose my concentration from this, and the steam starts to escape. The mages notice this, and blows it away immediately before I can contain it again, and now the field was clear. Nine minutes has passed, and the last people standing were Thoth, a shady man from Thoth’s team who I’m suspicious of, Sera and me.
“Tch, you’re still standing? Is this going to end up as a tie again?” Thoth says after clicking her tongue. She really wants another win against me, huh?
“Hey, don’t sound so mean. Let’s just all survive for one more minute, right?” That’s right, Sera, you tell her!
“This girl is totally invincible, I tell you. My first proper win against her was in the previous event, and– woah!” Thoth wasn’t able to complete her sentence, having to dive out the path of an explosive arrow.
Yes, they were just casually talking like this as the storm continued. They have no sense of crisis, whatsoever, which kind of makes me jealous of them. I want to be able to casually talk while not minding a hundred different things flying at me, but I can’t. Unlike them, I need to focus in order to deflect magic with magic, block bullets and arrows with my dagger and dodge anything I fail to counter.
“Okay, then, let’s end this with a boom!” Pyrion yells at us from the sidelines, and raises a second submachine in his hand.
He was able to dual wield guns!? That’s really cool! Though, it wouldn’t be very useful in close ranged combat, but it’d be amazing to use against groups from a distance. Pyrion starts firing both guns wildly without aiming properly, but it’s not like he needs to. Because the projectiles he fired were all [Inferno Bullets].
“What the heck is this!?” I hear Thoth yell out loud, as hundreds and hundreds of small scale explosions are surrounding us.
I’m forced to create a mana barrier and use everything I can for defense. I run around the inside area of the barrier, trying to escape the explosions, but there were several holes in the ground made from the destruction, and other projectiles are still flying through. All of this chaos was too much for me, and I eventually fall. I ran out of mana to use for the barrier, and I die instantly on the spot as the bell rings. The end of the event is here, and I lost at the last second. Kind of a depressing thing, losing everything on that final moment.
“That’s the finale, everyone! A show of explosions and destruction filled the arena at the end, a suitable end for such a wild event! And we even have a victor from that cluster of explosions and storm of projectiles!” The announcer yells out.
So one person manage to actually make it through all of that. Smoke covered the entire center of the arena, so we couldn’t exactly see yet. I would say I wonder who would actually make it through that, but I can take a guess already. The only person who can possibly make it through mayhems of destruction unharmed.
“The victor of this event, the [Untouchable], is Sera Koravan!” The smoke fades away, and the boy of evasion stands this without a scratch, as usual.
This guy, what level was he exactly? To have the agility to actually evade all of that, it has to be much higher than 1,000. At least, that’s what I think, because I currently have about 600 yet I can’t avoid them at all. Sera’s probably the fastest amongst the people I’ve met, his speed is far ahead of anyone else’s. I can’t exactly say anything about her strength or magic capabilities, though, because she hasn’t displayed them very well.
It seems like Thoth died as well, though, so she wasn’t able to keep up with her evasion as well. I guess having temporary speed boosts doesn’t help when it comes to dodging storms of magic and arrows. Did she know any speed magic other than that, though? I don’t think I’ve seen her use [Wind Magic] at all to enchant herself.
Now that I think about it, I don’t exactly know the strengths and combat abilities of the people around me. Like, what was Raina’s battle style exactly? Is Ash a mage or a warrior? What kind of magic does Thoth know other than [Demon Magic] and [Darkness Magic]? I begin to inquire in my mind about these, as the [Untouchable] event for the sixth year students start.
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“And everyone, that’s the final event for the [Inter School Fall Tournament]!” This time, the principal was the one speaking.
“Now you’ve all seen the talents we have and the results of our education. Not to be rude to the students graduating this year, but honestly, I believe that this generation of recruits are absolutely monstrous. You all think so, right?” The crowd yells out in agreement, and he continues.
“Yep, that’s right! In fact, the top two on the leaderboard are the most monstrous existences we’ve ever seen in humans. Stronger than even the well trained sixth year students, they dominated their events with their only rivals being each other. Allow me to introduce the top three, though, so in third place is the [Red Breaker], Zellaroth Orium!” A roar comes from the crowd, as a set of stairs emerge from the ground going up onto the platform. The large figure of Zellaroth is seen slowly walking to the top, before standing next to Rend who was about 20 centimeters shorter.
“So then, Zellaroth, what are your thoughts right now?” The intimidating figure doesn’t faze the principal at all, who casually starts interviewing him. Zellaroth is given a microphone to answer, and his next words surprised me.
“Well, I’ve found out that it seems like my time as the strongest has quickly ended. Although I’m the most powerful out of the graduation students this year, I’ve already been surpassed by two people in their first years of school. It saddens me a bit, but it shines a light on the future of humanity, as these two will be a ray of hope for us to be able to catch up with other races in terms of strength.” He was actually much more charismatic as he seemed, Zellaroth.
“So, after this year’s over, I shall try my best to scrape whatever accomplishments I can before these two graduate, to put my name in the books for accomplishing something. Although I doubt I’ll be able to clear a [Legend Tier] world, I’ll be able take down a couple of these dungeons before the two little princesses come to take over. That’s all I got to say, so let me end it here, will you?” He says with a smile on his face, and the crowd cheers for him.
“Then we’ll do that! Thank you for your thoughts, and you can just stand on this platform with me, because I’ll be pulling up the two princesses you just mentioned. So, allow me to announce, in second place, the [Shadow Princess], Thoth Farlite!” Thoth’s small figure can be seen running up the stairs, reaching the top at a fairly fast speed. Zellaroth throws the microphone at her, and she catches it in mid air.
“Hey there everyone!” She yells as she waves towards the crowd. They enthusiastically greet her back, the cheerful smile on her face spreading towards them.
“Well, aren’t you a bundle of sunshine and happiness?” Rend chuckles to himself, as Thoth nods her head in agreement.
“Anyway, you’re in second place, your rival a person who seems like a walking weapon. What are your thoughts about this?” He asks her, letting out his own opinions of me. It hurts, you know, being called that?
“Rivaling? Hardly. There’s no way I’ll actually be able to win against her when she’s serious. That’s all I’m going to say, because it’s a little secret between her and I, you know? Secrets can’t be shared, so I’ll keep my mouth shut, ehehe~!” Although she pretty much just stated that I’ve been holding back, I don’t really mind. Not that I need to hold back any more after an exhibition of strength like that.
“Is that so? Then there’s the verdict! The strongest one here is a legendary warrior with potential far beyond anyone else can comprehend! Is there anything else you’d like to add?” The principal asks her, with curiosity in his eyes. He won’t be getting any more than that, though.
“Um, maybe that my team is amazing and awesome? Those guys are true monsters as well, you know? In my opinion, a certain little girl has more potential than I do, but I won’t name her. That’s all I got, so let’s get Aria up here~!” She says, obviously impatient to see me come up.
“Okay then! Now, for the last, and definitely not the least, but the very best! The [Angel of Annihilation], the walking weapon of destruction, the victor of the entire tournament, Aria Brynhildr!” It kind of embarrassed me, being announced like that, but I go up anyway.
I walk slowly to the top, and I feel my long hair fluttering behind me. I’m surprised that nothing happened to this hair during that entire time, yet my clothes and body were all damaged throughout these events. The only thing that actually affected my hair was the blood of my victims. My clothing is still tattered from the explosions that just occurred, so I had my navel being shown while the shorts were even shorter than before, awkwardly revealing more of my thigh. At least my gloves were still intact.
Surprisingly, the crowd was yelling out in excitement as I ascended the stairway. Well, anyone would cheer for the victor and champion of a tournament like this, they did it in my previous life as well. Afterwards, they’ll most likely start avoiding me out of fear again, so I’ll appreciate this moment of being glorified.
“Here she is, the girl at the top of the leaderboard! Although she’s looking a little bit more… revealing than usual, this is definitely the [Angel of Annihilation] who’s apparently unrivaled! Now, Aria, do you have any thoughts on your mind?” He says, and Thoth hands the microphone to me from behind.
“…I…win?” I can’t think of anything else to say, so I tilt my head, slightly confused about what to say. This was enough to excite the crowds, though, as they begin roaring to my two word announcement.
“There’s the champion’s verdict! Certainly true as well, and she has every right to say that! Now, everyone, an applause for the top three warriors of this tournament!” Claps, whistles and cheers fill the stadium, and I stand at the top with Zellaroth and Thoth besides me.
“…little girl, you’re truly amazing, you know? You’ll be capable of great things in the future, so keep up the good work.” Zellaroth says as he pats me on the shoulder. As I thought, he was much more gentler than he seemed.
“So, the first tournament of our school life, eh, Aria? You had loads of fun, didn’t you?” Thoth says to me as she pokes me for some reason.
“…yeah. Fun.” I reply with a slight smile.
Her face turns red again, and along with that, the crowd quiets down for some reason. I immediately stop smiling, returning to the regular expression I always have, and the crowd begins cheering again, this time yelling strange things at me. All of them involved the subject of ‘love,’ though, and that’s all I understood. Thoth turns away while muttering ‘idiot,’ for some reason.
“And that’s the end of the tournament! I hope all of you had a great time! The [Inter School Fall Tournament] has now concluded!” Rend officially ends the three day tournament.
This was a very interesting tournament, I really enjoyed my time here. I decide in my mind to join in the [Spring Tournaments] as well in the future, and attend the [Fall Tournament] at my final year as well. I wonder if I’ll need to force myself to 5%, but my goal to keep under 10% until I’m an adult. We’ll see how that plays out, so for now, I walk out the arena with Thoth following me from behind, and my parents waiting for me at the entrance.