1. Alliance Tournament

Nasel, Verit,Malis and Kavmer are  four countries in an alliance. Each four year the alliance holds a tournament that everyone over 14-year-old can participate. They hold first a preliminary selection in each country. Only the thirty-two strongest of each country can go through to the alliance tournament. The alliance tournament is organised by Verit this time. There is only three alliance tournament so far. Each country has organised one except Verit. The winner of the tournament receives fame, power and money.

The three champions so far are Konis an elemental swordman(37), Valentina a sky magician(25) and Lex a summoner(55). Each of them receives one million gold as the price money for winning the tournament and a sky dragon.

There any many different disciplines in this world from a normal woodcutter to a dragon knight. Each discipline has their own school and style. Valentine, for example, is the only disciple of the sky magic school.

It's extremely busy in the red district of Verit. Drunk men and women walking out the tavern. Beggars are begging for food or money. Thieves are looking for targets to pickpocket. Gamblers that are depressed because they lose all their money in one night. Beautiful girls are luring men to their brothel. There is also a big arena here, but it's closed today. Each day there will be a gladiator fight in the arena and spectators could bet on them. Also, this arena is used for the preliminary selection in Verit.

A young man with black hair walked to the arena. "So this where the prelimary will take place."

"I finally arrived here. I will not disappoint you, master."

He look at notice board nearby the arena and see the following  "You are required to past three tests first before moving to the preliminary. The test will take place tomorrow and last two weeks."

"Hmm, it should be fun. What should I do now? I think I should go find an inn first here nearby."

He takes out his bag full with money and begin counting "1.....7....10.."

Suddenly someone grabs his purse and runs away.

Shit! I am idiot counting money in the middle of a busy street!

He chase after the thief but there too many people on the street. He doesn't know where the thief went.

In a corner on the busy street of the red district, a girl is counting money.

"What a catch! How come a country boy like him have so much money? It doesn't matter anyway, time to spend some money."

"There you are, little bitch!"  

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"How did you find me?"

"With my nose."

"You nose?"

"Give my money back or else I going use force."

The girls toss the money bag to the boy, when he want to catch it he suddenly feels a dagger pointed at his chest. The girl looked at him and said, "Give it to me if you don't want to die."

"You never killed someone right? Look at your hand it's shaking."

"Shut up! Hand it over to me or I really will kill you."

"Fine!" The boy handed his money to the girl. The girl takes the purse with her left hand and the boy suddenly moved his two fingers from his left arm and touched her right arm. Her arm feels extremely stiff and she can't move her arm.

"I can't move my arm!"

"Don't worry, within an hour your arm will move back again."

"What have you done?"

"Just applying chi with my finger and touched your weak spot from your left arm"

"Anyway, it's a farewell from me." He finally gets his money back, but the girl keeps following him.

"What do you want from me?"

"I....I..... I want to make deal with you"  said the girl while removing her hood revealing her blue hair and pointy ears

An elf?

"I want you to free my little brother from slavery."

"Slavery? Sorry, I am not from here can you explain a little more"

"My parents sold me and my little brother when I was fourteen.  I manage to escape before they forced me to work as a prostitute. When I am on the street I need to hide my appearance otherwise, they will recognize me.

"I learn pickpocketing from observing the thieves here. The elves have always good eyes and they are even better in the night. I manage to survive by stealing and with the money I buy food and information. Information about my brother and his whereabouts."

"He is kept at the arena as a gladiator slave. I can buy him off from slavery, that's why I need more money. "

"Please, can you help me?"

"So, you robbed me today and you point a dagger at me and now you asked help from me?"

"If you help me........, my body is yours."

Wait what?

"How do you know I am capable helping you?"

"You use a strange technique to immobilize my hand. My hand is still stiff and can't move."

The boy walked away. "Where are you going?"

"To an inn"

"I can find you one."

"No need"

"Stop following me!"

"I won't until you accept my request."