'I don't think the rest of the competitions suit me so I'll join in to climb the rope.'

Mira sighed because there were no competitions to suit her but remembered the training they did. She climbed the rope twenty-four times a day for a week, and the chance of success seemed great enough to lift the weight off her shoulders. After minutes of preparation, the stage was prepared for the competition. The rope height is close to eight meters at most, it will not be difficult for her as training was many times harder than this. The participants lined up, young men and women who had high agility participated, from their age and behavior, they are likely to be adventurers and explorers with experience in dealing with ropes, the competition was not as friendly as before, everyone shows skill and professionalism.

"Let's take it seriously from the start."

She realized that if she was a little lenient she might lose her chance to win, after her continuous failures to win the first place during training, this competition is her first chance and who knows? It may also be the last one...

The contenders are focused and waiting for the start signal and now everyone started, the competition was at its most intense and it was unclear who would win the first place. There was a great rivalry between Mira and a young man and a girl and both were in their early twenties. Approaching the top, with a single dash, Mira arrived moments ahead of the competitors and exclaimed her imminent victory. She slipped with the rope, descended quickly, and headed towards the podium to receive her award.

She received her prize consisting of a wooden cup waxed, polished and carved on both sides of which were two ropes. She returned with her nose almost piercing the sky from her pride, and when she arrived, Maximus surprised her with a stick blow on her head until she bit her tongue and went down on her knees. She saw death moments ago, he did not hit her violently, but if he did, her brain would become a mass of jelly, she thought.

'What did we say about correcting your behavior? Should I hit you again so you understand?'

Among the improper behaviors, pride and arrogance are the two greatest enemies of Maximus, the heavenly sorcerer, and he did not want to see such behavior from one of his disciples, especially this annoying little girl.

'No, no. I will not repeat it; I promise I will not repeat this, Master. Just don't hit me.'

The remaining three looked at each other, which of them would come forward.

'I am the last; choose between you two who will move forward now.'

Dante clearly declared his desire for the final competition and the choice remained between Orion and Yoon Hwa, Yoon Hwa showed a desire to participate in wrestling and Orion accepted that and applied to compete in arm wrestling. The arena was emptied again, eight tables were placed in two rows, the sixteen contenders stepped forward, and each faced the opponent he wanted. The competition was tied and won by a slight margin at most of the tables except two: Orion and a hulk man known in the region as the Stone Wall. Both reached the final with minimal effort.

'You're impressive for a boy who isn't even twenty, but you're going to lose today because I'm your opponent and my nickname is the Stone Wall.'

'Thank you for your advice, but you are the one who has to be careful, your loss will be certain if you do not do your best since the beginning.'

From their first game and each, one watches the other in great enthusiasm to compete and prove his skill against a strong opponent. It was only in the final, maybe it was better, if the best game was different from the final, and the games you follow would be boring.

'I like it, boy, give me your hand.'

The Stone Wall put his arm on the table and reached out towards Orion eager to defeat his opponent and show his overwhelming strength, Orion did not get nervous and reached out with red glitter in his eyes. An opponent worthy of using everything he has against him. As the bell rang, they each began to try to conquer their opponent's arm with all their pure strength. Not a second later, the table cracked and shattered. The referee was surprised and checked the table and it did not seem to have been fragile or broken before.

"If these two continue like this, they will break all the tables."

It is not possible to proceed in this way otherwise; the audience will lose interest to the remaining events in the competition. The referee tried to find a solution to this but could not do anything, Maximus stepped towards the referee like a savior who solved a difficult problem.

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'The next table won't break; I'll boost it with magic so keep competing.'

Maximus stepped straight towards the referee, spoke to him, and gave him the magic solution he was looking for. The referee relieved and released a long breath; the problem was resolved quickly and caused no consequences.

'If you, mister are a magician, thank you for your help.'

The referee bowed in gratitude to Maximus, who strengthened the next table, which was sturdy enough to hold a boulder weighing several tons and impossible that two people wrestling hands could break it. The competition soon began again and the two sides smiled that victory was guaranteed and each extended their arms to their rivals with confidence. After ringing the bell, they each pushed every bit of their strength into their arm, but the balance remained prevailing over the situation, the situation gradually began to tilt to the opponent's side but Orion would not have accepted the loss because he would be the fool in the group. He slowly turned the situation in his favor and eventually triumphed. His right arm is completely exhausted and his other arm is raised to the fans amid mad cheers.

‘You are supernatural, sir, it was a great competition.'

'You're a monster, boy; I can't imagine how strong you will be in the future.'

'My name is Orion and I will become famous in the future. Remember my name well.'

'You have great confidence, boy, I wish you luck.'

The two-shook hands with their left hand, the right hand was very exhausted, and Maximus thanked him for this great match. Orion then stepped to the podium to receive his award, which was a fist carved out of carefully polished black wood mounted on an oak stand.

He returned to the group moving his right arm in all directions after losing sense of it, and smiling widely. He also got rid of the burden and only two were left.

'I'm not a fool, whose turn is next?'

'They'll hold the remaining two competitions in parallel, let's go and complete our team's winning streak.'

The two stepped forward with great vigor, hoping to triumph and confirm the results of the training they have gone through so far.

Half an hour had not passed and the final two games were about to kick off, the matches lasted longer than the rest of the events because their goal was to overthrow the opponent and it was not an easy task, especially in equal matches. Yoon Hwa’s opponent was a bulky and sumo-like warrior, while Dante's opponent appeared to be an experienced knight or mercenaries with years of experience.

Yoon Hwa’s fight was very intense and the competition was difficult, she could not find a way to defeat him. She surrounded his large waist with both arms and landed only a little more than half, which was enough to give her a tight grip to ensure that her opponent would not be able to escape her. She carried him over her head, flipped him over, hit him firmly into the ground and ended the match, the floor cracked and there was a shake in the arena because of the collision. She could barely breathe while her opponent was no longer fully conscious after the collision.

Dante's fight was fierce, despite the fact that the swords are wooden, but they are still dangerous if they are in the hands of an expert, after dozens of attempts Dante could not find a way to penetrate the defenses of his opponent without mana, so he used the technique of stealth and surprised him by the back, so he fell to the ground and the opponent announced his surrender.

Yoon Hwa acquired an embroidered leather belt while Dante received a bronze dagger with thick and dull edges. Everyone was satisfied with his award and everyone stared at Aliana.

'We all won your trashy bet, there's no fool in our group.'

Everyone gathered around Aliana or rather fought for her, they had to participate because of her for a stupid bet. She got herself into a little trouble that she solved with some sweet words and with a small help from Master Maximus.

'I just wanted to add some competitive spirit to the challenges, who would have thought our performance will be so impressive?'

'Well done everyone. Can we head to the agricultural products section, which has amazing things too?'

'Like what, Master?'

'Have you ever wondered how big the biggest potato, cucumber or other things are? You'll see its ridiculous size soon.'

'Speaking of this, I wonder how big it will be.'

The team was surprised by its size, a potato weighing several kilograms, a cucumber half a meter long and ten centimeters thick, a pumpkin weighing more than a hundred kilograms and can only be moved by a cart, an apple the size of an adult's head and an onion with more than two hundred layers and an irritating smell that touched the noses of everyone who attended in the square and many other strange shapes and sizes.

Maximus ended the tour with a dinner at a local restaurant, the restaurant was not luxurious but the served food was as delicious and fresh as mothers’ cooking was. Each of them ate several dishes without reservation and lay on the chair, patting their swollen stomachs like an achievement.

Maximus returned with them to his house, gave them some simple instructions, and reminded them to train tomorrow at five in the morning, they nodded in the affirmative so he took them to the academy yard and left them on their way then he returned home to get some rest...