Today is the day of the tournament. The tournament is being held in the center of our small town, It's just a kid's tournament so not much people watch it. I heard the previous tournament made kids cry which is a pain to watch and too silly, it's like playing children's playground.

Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen! We would like to begin our Young Champion Tournament! *Zooms out of the tournament* *Cricket noises*

Random Person: "just get on with it!"

Announcer: *Cough* "We shall start first with the amount of kids that are going to participate. The kids will be able to participate if they have won the sparring in our school for 10 or more times and the losses should be less than half of the winnings. This is a new rule to prevent making the tournament looking like a playground. This time the tournament will be thrilling and wild to watch. We also have a special guest that is participating for our tournament, A noble from a city letting his child participate in our tournament is a blessing to us."

Announcer: "There are 15 kids participating today, I know compared to last year it is few but it's because the one that are participating in it are strong and wild! And now I shall name all these 15 participants.We'll start at one, The first! Is the nobles son from the Roneldus family! Osmodeus Roneldus!"

Vez: (At a second there I thought it would be Stella guess I'm wrong) *Shrugs*

Announcer: "The second one! Is the son in Zadil family is Gabe Zadil!"

Vez: (That's for being top rank at school, Im guessing the next one is Sidra)

Announcer: "Third is the daughter of the same family Zadil! Sidra Zadil!"

Vez: (I've never sparred with any of them well at first it was because they keep thinking that I'm weak and once they started asking for the spar with me I just saved it for the tournament to teach them a lesson if I ever got a chance.)

Announcer: "The fourth is the family of Masolanie! The daughter Stella Masolanie!"

Vez: (Hm? She's from that family I've heard of the family Masolanie from my previous life, They are good at making alchemy to strengthen it's consumer but they are still a small family at the time. I wonder how they are doing now.)

Announcer: "The fifth is the family from Zodral! The son Nodrin Zodral!"

Vez: (I guess it's all humans in this town once I'm in the city I'll be facing more races like elves, orcs, dwarves and some others.)

Announcer: "The sixth is in the family of Fodrose! The son Aldo Fodrose!"

Multiple Random People: "Just announce their names before their fight! This is taking too much time!"

Announcer: "It seems the crowds are too excited then so be it, I'll announce their names before the fight and let's get ready to rumble!"

Vez: (I'm guessing my name is in the last 15 participants since I look weak but oh well)

Announcer: "The first battle will be between The daughter of Zadril and The son of Stontono. Sidra Versus Gretos"

Sidra: "Let's have a nice battle"

Gretos: "Same for you"

Announcer: "Start!"

Vez: "I'll just hang out with my parents on the crowd while I wait for my turn."

---Few Minutes Later---

Announcer: "Sidra Wins!"

Sidra: "Wew! that was a tough one"

Gretos: "Good fight"

Sidra: "You're a worthy opponent!"

Announcer: "The next fight will be between the family Masolanie and Venonzo! Stella Versus Mardos!"

---Few Minutes Later---

Announcer: "Stella wins!"

Stella: "Opponents in tournaments are tough"

Announcer: "Next fight is between the family of Vizus and Hobebu! Vez Versus Tubi"

Vez: "It's my turn and my opponent has a weird name"

Vez: "Let's have a good fight"

Tubi: "Hmph! I'm fighting a weakling! I guess I'll warm up with you"

Vez: "Why do I look so weak!"

Announcer: "Let the battle begin!"

Tubi rushes forward with sword & shield

Vez rushes forward to confront tubi

Tubi attempts to slash

Vez dodged and attempts to kick

Tubi gets hit it's not very effective

Tubi: "Just let me win already"

Vez: "God damnit"

Vez attempts a flurry of punches

Tubi: *Yawn*

Tubi attempts to punch

Vez dodged

Tubi: "Are we just fight with fist?"

Vez swings his sword

Tubi parries and attempts to counter with a shield bash

Vez gets hit to the face

Vez: "Kuk! Crap I feel dizzy"

Tubi throws the shield and rushes forward

Vez dodged the shield

Tubi closed in and swings his sword

Vez: (I'll just enhance my body for a bit. I don't wanna dissapoint my parents)

Vez sneakily casted strength enhancement

Vez attempt for another punch

Tubi: "You never learn do you?"

Vez hits Tubi then flew out of the ring and got knocked unconcious

Vez: (I enhanced too much strength crap)

Announcer: "The winner is Vez!"

Itzel: "Was our son that strong when you're training our son?"

Venny: "I'm just guessing the opponent was weak or our son is just strong haha!"

Sidra: "Imagine losing to a weakling" she whispered

Gabe: "Hah that's a good knock out!"

Stella: (Did he got stronger?)

Vez: "Holy crap the opponents are tougher I need more training or maybe it's because the opponent i had has a unique trait"

Announcer: "The next fight will be between the family of Zadil and Dirsk! Gabe Versus Sardam!"

Vez: (Holy crap, now I know why he's rank 1 in our school, For a kid he wields greatsword and a greatshield on both hands. That's unique for a warrior, he might be slow but his attacks will be wide. It's hard to come close to Gabe with that gear, the only weakness he has are range and magic users. His opponent Sardam is a dual wielder, How come I don't see any range users.)

Gabe: "Let's have a good fight"

Sardam: "I'm finally facing the rank 1, with that equipment of yours you'll be too slow against me"

Gabe: "let's see about that"

Announcer: "Let the battle begin!"

Sardam rushes forward

Gabe goes defensive and tries to widly slash the greatsword

Vez: (His strength is a monster for a kid)

Every swing Gabe does he press forward

Sardam: (I have to get another side or else I'll be pushed back the ring)

Gabe sidestepped and blocks Sardam

Sardam: "You're a monster that can side step that fast with that gear!"

Vez: (Gabe is a unique warrior. He'll be the general of the royal guards at best if he keeps this up.)

Gabe keeps on slashing then moves forward

Sardam: (Crap! I have no choice but to face him head on!)

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Sardam rushes forward and attempts to slash and thrust

Sardam gets hit by Gabe's greatsword

Sardam gets knocked off the ring unconcious

Gabe: (Phew! I'm kind of fighting like a coward, Once I get used to this I'll be able to move around, I want to look great for my parents and my little sister)

Announcer: "Gabe wins!"

Announcer: "If you were wondering the noble's son Osmodeus will be participating at the last fight"

Vez: "That feels like cheating we'll be tired by then"

Gabe: "So be it"

Sidra: *Sigh* "Typical rich people they bribed the announcer"

Announcer: "We got 3 fights left before the next round"

---3 fights later---

Announcer: "The surviving contestant of this round is Sidra, Stella, Gabe, Vez, Aldo, Amie and Osmodeus"

Announcer: "We'll be moving to the next round!"

Random Citizen: "Wow gotta admit the tournament today is better than just kids crying and takes an hour to finish the fight"

Venny: "The fight is sure indeed great and my son will win it for sure!"

Random Citizen: "Who's your son?"

Venny: "Vez Vizus!"

Random Citizen: "I don't know... He looks weak compared to others"

Venny: "Don't judge the book by it's cover!"

Announcer: "I hope the participants had a good rest because the next round is about to start! The next fight will be between the family of Zadil and Masolanie. Sidra Versus Stella!"

Sidra: "I saw your fights you're pretty fast, I wanted to challenge you after seeing that"

Stella: "Thank you I saw your fights as well they are great"

Announcer: "Battle starts now!"

Stella rushes forward and attempts to thrust

Sidra blocks with her greatsword and attempts to punch

Stella dodged and backed away

Sidra: "You really are fast in person"

Stella rushes forward

Sidra attempts for another block but Stella jumped and landed on Sidra's greatsword

Stella attempts to swipe with both of her weapons

Sidra attempts to dodge and grazed her instead

Stella attempts a kick after the swipes

Sidra was hit on her head from the kick and felt dizzy

Stella attempts thrust and hits Sidra on her abdomen and suceeded

Thanks to the magic protection around the arena and the safety equipments the bladed weapons just felt like a blunt weapon

Sidra: "Ukuk!" (She's too fast for me)

Stella attempts a flurry of attacks

Sidra was overwhelmed and attempts to throw another punch in the middle of flurry and hits Stella on the face

Stella was pushed back a bit but Sidra looks beat up already

Sidra: (I can't use my greatsword against her!)

Stella rushes forward again

Sidra throws away her greatsword and attempts to grapple

Stella was caught off guard and Sidra sucessfully caught Stella

Sidra attempts for the sweep on Stella's leg Stella fell Sidra then attempted for an armlock

Stella struggled for a bit

Stella: (I'm no match for her strength! I need to slip away somehow!)

Sidra: (I've not done much of grappling but I'm trying my best!)

Stella attempts to to slip away from the grapple and suceeded

Sidra: (Crap! I can't take it anymore. My vision is getting blurry)

Sidra raised her fist for the last attempt to fight

Stella felt numb on her other arm but still rushes forward for one final clash

Sidra rushes forward to tackle and Stella sidestepped and Sidra missed and fell from the ground unconcious

Announcer: "Stella won the match!"

Stella: (If the grapple was in perfect form I would have lost)

Crowds Cheered

Random Citizen: "That was a great fight!"

Announcer: "The next match will be the family of Zadil and Fodrose! Gabe Versus Aldo!"

Gabe: "Let's have a good match"

Aldo: "Same here"

Announcer: "The battle starts now!"

Aldo rushes forward with his greatsword

Gabe swipes his greatsword

Aldo attempts to parry

Aldo: "Using greatsword with one hand will be a burden to you"

Aldo sucessfully parried and rushes forward

Aldo: "You lost!"

Gabe rushed forward with his greatshield to tackle and suceeded

Aldo: "Kuk!"

Aldo was knocked off the ring

Announcer: "Gabe wins the match!"

Gabe: (My hands feels numb from that parry)

Aldo: "Even though I lost from the ring out I thank you for the fight" *bows*

Gabe: "Haha no problem!" (I need to strengthen my grip more!)

Announcer: "The next fight will be between Vizus and Clumos! Vez Versus Amie!"

Amie: "For you to reach this far despite looking weak let's have a good fight!"

Vez: "Same here"

Announcer: "The battle starts now!"

Vez rushes forward with a sword

Amie rushes forward with sword & shield

both clashed with a big Clang!

Vez attempts to kick to the abdomen and Amie blocks the kick with her shield

Amie swipes after the block

Vez attempts to parry and suceeded then attempts to tackle and suceeded

Amie fell from the tackle

Vez uses a flurry of attacks Amie gets overwhelmed then went unconcious

Announcer: "Vez won the match!"

Vez: "The battle is easier than my previous one"

Announcer: "The round ends! The next will begin in 15 minutes!"

The Noble: "I got no time for waiting start it now!"

Announcer: "O-okay sir, The next fight will begin now!"

Vez: "I hate this kind of nobles"

Stella: "I'm still abit tired from my last fight"

Gabe: (My other arm still feels numb)

Announcer: "The next fight is between Vizus and Masolanie! Vez Versus Stella!"

Sidra: "Heh! He's no match for her, I don't even know how you get this far looking weak"

Vez: "We meet again!" said smiling

Stella: "I saw your fights, you've improved" said calmly

Vez: "Thank you then shall we have round 2 of our fight?" said happily

Announcer: "The fight begins now!"

Vez: (I feel like an idiot asking for another round in our tournament fight)

Vez and Stella both rushes forward and clashed

Stella: "Who taught you to fight"

Vez: "My dad of course" (And some battles I had from the past although it's all magic I've used)

Stella and Vez both used flurry of attacks

Vez is getting overwhelmed against a dual wielder

Vez: "Where is your range weapon"

Stella: "I can't show it, my instructor told me to keep my job as a secret"

Vez: "Hohh then you might lose though"

Stella: "Let's see about that!"

Stella won the flurry of attacks

Vez got pushed back

Stella rushes forward

Vez: (Kuk! It's hard to imitate the warriors I've faced from my previous life might as well buff my self a little bit)

Vez: (But I feel like cheating)

Vez stealthily casted for a speed boost and rushes

Stella was surprised from the unexpected speed

Stella: "What!?"

Vez throws his weapon and Stella blocked it

After the block Vez dissapeared infront of Stella

Stella: (What? Up!)

Stella sees Vez on the air incoming for the attack

Vez attempted a flying kick and hits Stella's face

Stella: "Kuk! Why do I keep getting hit on my face!"

While Stella is in the middle of falling Vez put his arms together, crouched and push!

Stella flew outside of the ring

Sidra: "Huh? When did he become so fast?"

Itzel: "Was Vez this fast before?'

Venny: "Haha! We've trained to much I don't even notice it!"

Itzel: "He was not that fast before the match"

Venny: "He's hiding his strength of course for the thrill of the fight!"

Announcer: "Vez won the match!"

Vez: (I need to train more) He thought

Announcer: "The next fight will be between tha family of Zadil and Roneldus! Gabe Versus the one we've been waiting for... Osmodeus!"

Gabe: (My hands still feels a bit numb)

Osmodeus: "Hey! you better not surrender"

Gabe: "i don't plan to"

Osmodeus: "Good!"

Announcer: "Fight starts now!"

Osmodeus rushes forward with his greatsword

Gabe: (Crap! i'll try to swing my sword again)

Gabe attempts to swing the sword

Osmodeus parries and suceeded

Gabe: "Kuk!" (My arm! His weapon is enchanted! This is cheating!)

Gabe attempts to tackle

Osmodeus thrusted his greatsword and blew Gabe away from the ring

Announcer: "Osmodeus won the fight!"

Vez: "His weapon is enchanted that's cheating!"

Announcer: "Quiet! You don't know what enchantment is! You're just a kid!"

Vez: (Corrupted bastard!)

Gabe: "It's okay Vez it just shows I'm better haha!"

The Noble: "Come on start the next round and prepare the trophy for my son!"

Itzel: "I can't believe this noble, He has no honor! Vez do whatever it takes to win!"

Venny: "Go get him son!"

The Noble: "Hmph!"

Vez: "No worries!" (Atleast I won't feel bad using my enhancment spells against this kid)

Announcer: "The final round of The Young Champion shall now begin! Between the family of Roneldus and Vizus! Vez Versus Osmodeus!"

Osmodeus: "Oh great I'm fighting a weakling" disapointed

Vez: "You sure about that?"

Vez rushes with his speed enhancement

Osmodeus: "What the?!"

Vez headbutts Osmodeus

Osmodeus got pushed back

Osmodeus: "Hmph!"

Osmodeus swings the sword

Vez dodged

Osmodeus speed greatly increases unexpectedly

Vez: "What!?" (Who's buffing him?) he thought

Osmodeus: "You're too slow!"

Osmodeus swings his greatsword

Vez enhances his skin hard as steel

Osmodeus hits Vez

Vez flew and air jumped to prevent a ring out

Osmodeus: "Huh? Hey! that's cheating!"

Vez: "Said the cheater!"

Itzel: "Did you also train him that? I didn't know you can do air jumps also sweetie"

Venny: "Haha! maybe I'm not noticing things clearly when we spar!"

Vez enhances his speed and strength

Osmodeus gets enhanced with speed and rock hard skin

Both clashed with a loud sound

Osmodeus: "kuk!"

Vez swings his sword with all of his might

Osmodeus flew and Doosh! Osmodeus crashes on the wall

Osmodeus: *Cough* "You're cheating!"

Announcer: "Vez is disqualified for getting a support with someone!"

Vez: "You got any proof Mister?" (My buffs and enhancements should be in a level that can't be noticed)

Itzel: "The noble did the same thing!"

Announcer: "I did not see it! Quit lying! With the speed and strength and an air jump he clearly cheated!"

Venny: "This tournament stinks of corruption" said angrily

The Noble: "You imbecil! You dare cheat against a champion!"

Vez: "Shut up trash! You started it" (Well I started it without anyone noticing it just got noticed after beating the paid winner)

The Noble: "How dare you speak to me in such a way peasant!"

The Noble starts casting a spell stealthily

Vez: "Silence." he whispered

The Noble: (Huh? I can't speak)

Vez glares at the noble then walks away

The Noble sweats

Announcer: "The winner of this tournament is Osmodeus!"

The Crowd Booed

Random Citizen: "This tournament stinks of corruption!"

Random Citizen: "The real champion is the other kid!"

Announcer: "Hehe! Here Osmodeus"

Announcer gives the trophy to Osmodeus

Osmodeus: "Hmph!"

Announcer: "Alright the tournament is finished"

After the arena's magic protection went off

Osmodeus throws an explosive alchemy towards Vez

BOOM!

Itzel: "Vez! My baby!"

Venny: "Son!"

Stella rushes and knocks Osmodeus out

Stella: "Piece of trash!"

The Noble can't speak and just mumbles

When the smokes starts fading Vez looks untouched

The Noble: (Did my son threw a wrong bottle?)

Vez: "Good thing I didn't let my guard down, This happens frequently in my previous life from the nobles" he whispered

Itzel: "Vez, my baby! You got me worried there"

Venny: "You're stronger than I thought son! Haha!"

Vez: "He just threw a wrong bottle that's all"

Itzel: "Wrong one or not please be careful"

Vez: (Well I was careful)

Sidra walks over

Sidra: "Glad you're safe weakling"

Vez: "Haha thank you Sidra"

Sidra walks away

Vez: "Uhh, Have a nice day"

Stella: "I avenged you by knocking out the trash's kid"

Vez: "Thank you Stella if you didn't I would've done worst for revenge haha"

Stella: "Worst?"

Vez: "Forget about it haha"

Stella: "Well we had a good fight, It's time for me to leave"

Vez: "Gonig somwhere?"

Stella: "My instructor and I are just travelling. We saw the sign for the tournemt and it's open for everyone, So I joined in."

Vez: "Well hope we see each other again and get better next time haha!"

Stella: *giggles* "Alright, Next time I'll beat you with my full strength"

Vez: "Can't wait for it" Smiling

Stella walks away

Venny: "Well well well, My son is already hitting on the ladies"

Vez: "Just met a new friend"

Itzel: "What's her name sweetie"

Vez: "Stella"

Itzel grabs a note and writes it down

Itzel: "The will be the second one" she whispered

Venny: "Anyways wanna watch the Young Magic Tournament tomorrow?"

Vez: "No thank you, I'll stay home and train" (The matches will bore me with simple magics)

Venny: "You know you have awakened your magic aura right? any plans of using those in the future?"

Vez: "If it need be"

Venny: "I don't get it" confused

After the day of the tournament we went back home and trained. I should exceed my skills without using my spells. I don't feel any accomplishments getting helped from my spells.

---5 Years Later---

5 Years have passed it is time to depart my home to the city.