Free Web NovelChapter 114: Greatest Upset
"Ugh..." Sylvia groaned silently as she sat down.
"I guess the nurse was right... I shouldn’t move so much yet..."
Sylvia, who was sitting at a random seat, was looking at the field, where Belian and the Maystra brothers were standing.
"But I can’t miss this match..." she stated quietly with a strained smile.
Meanwhile, in the tunnel of the back exit.
[Do you still remember the current main quest?]
"Of course. As if I could forget that." Mika replied as he rushed to the arena.
He exited the resting hall after grabbing as many potions as he could.
"I just have to win this match." he added before he gulped down a healing potion.
His wounds closed slowly and the bleeding stopped.
[If you fail to do so Lily will die.]
"..."
His gaze was stern.
"Why her?" he asked irritated as he took out a stamina potion.
His exhaustion faded away.
[The reward was the third installment, however, you are already in possession of the third installment.]
"Ignoring me, huh..."
The light got brighter.
Mika almost came out of the back exit.
[The reward will therefore be changed.]
The confused voices of the crowd got louder.
"Oh! Looks like the last participant finally arrived!" the announcer stated.
Mika slowed down as he looked around himself.
"So they weren’t kidding? He’s really a black-class student?"
"How did he sneak himself into this matchup?"
"Isn’t this kind of unfair?"
"At least make this match interesting!"
Disappointment, confusion and shock spread among the viewers as Mika revealed himself.
"Hm? Didn’t you run away?" Cail mocked him with a grin.
"What is he doing here...?" Xander muttered shocked.
"What happened to you?" Belian asked as he was surprised by Mika’s tattered uniform.
Fortunately, he drunk a healing potion a moment ago so it did not seem serious.
"I just tripped." Mika responded to Belian with an awkward smile.
"I see..." Belian replied, being a little suspicious of Mika.
The announcer continued.
"W-well! Now that everyone is here, let’s start with the match!"
"This is a specially organized match demanded by none other than the head of the security, Xander Maystra!"
The crowd practically screamed.
"Apparently, the reason for this match was to settle a personal score with the opponents, which they wanted to hold during the tournament!"
"But now to the participants! In this two-on-two fight, we have Xander Maystra and his little brother, Cail Maystra from the red class, competing against the unusual first-year duo of Belian Ziva, a white-class student, and Mika Elbar, a black-class student!"
Compared to the previous announcements, the cheers were quieter.
"Seems like they don’t have a high opinion of us." Belian remarked with a slight smirk.
"I guess, it’s rather me, whom they don’t think highly of..." Mika responded with a wry smile.
Then, the announcer explained the rules.
"Just like in the final match, the rules are basically the same! A duo only wins if both opponents are rendered unable to fight, unconscious or if they admit defeat!"
[Reward change was completed.]
"But without further ado, let’s start!"
"10!"
The people started the countdown again.
"?"
Mika took notice of the system’s voice.
[The previous reward, which stated that the third installment would be granted to you, was changed to the following.]
Words appeared right before Mika’s eyes.
Reward: The fourth installment (4/6).
"..."
He was neither shocked, disappointed nor excited.
"7!"
Instead, he just closed his eyes and took some deep breaths.
"6!"
It was finally time.
Mika could think about nothing but this match for the past couple of weeks.
He could care less about the reward.
It was just the punishment that drove him to this point.
"5!"
The clearing condition was to win this match.
In order to do so he would not shy away from any methods.
Mika only wanted to win as fast as possible.
"4!"
Lily’s life was now depending on him.
"Hey, Belian."
"Hm?"
"3!"
Thus, drastic measures were needed.
A method, which allowed the best outcome.
"Can I ask for a favor?"
"Is it so urgent that you’re asking me now?" Belian wondered curiously.
"2!"
Mika nodded his head gently as he smiled apologetically.
Belian sighed.
"Sure, but what is it?"
Meanwhile, it seemed like the Maystra brothers were taking this match lightly as Cail was smirking without even taking up a fighting stance.
Xander, however, had a fierce and stern gaze even though his hands were in his pockets.
"1!"
The match started.
And in exactly that moment, Mika’s appearance changed.
[You have only 1 minute and 42 seconds left.]
Mika turned into his unsealed form.
"Wh-what is that appearance...?"
"I-is that the power of a relic...?"
"But then why would he be a black-class student then?!"
The crowd was taken aback by Mika.
"Bu-but he kind of looks beautiful..."
"Yeah..."
"He looks so majestic somehow..."
But among the crowd were also people, mainly women and girls, who were attracted by his current looks even though they tried to deny it.
"..."
Indifferently, Mika looked ahead to the Maystra brothers.
"Let me strike first. I will launch the first attack on each of them."
Belian could not believe what he just heard.
"What did you sa-"
However, Mika already charged at them.
"W-w-what the hell...?!"
Cail was shocked to the core.
He instinctively took a few steps back, seeing Mika’s change in appearance.
"A-a-a relic?!"
In the brink of a second, Mika got right in front of Cail.
He retracted his arm.
"H-h-hiiiiii!"
Cail was scared.
And Mika was completely taking advantage of his shock.
He clenched his tighter and tighter even when his nails dug deep into his palm, causing it to bleed.
The veins on his hand and forearm were about to burst.
"This is for those, whose lives you ruined. This is for my friends in the black class, For Gerard and his friends. And of course for Judi!" Mika stated with a silent wrath as he hammered the fist down on Cail.
The sound of broken bones was overshadowed by a loud bang when the fist connected to his face.
In an instant, Cail crashed into the arena’s wall.
"Heh! Now that I’ve taken a closer look at you, I finally confirmed it!" Xander huffed vigorously.
He took his hands out of his pockets.
Then, strong wind gathered around his hands and formed small but dense spheres with high air pressure.
Xander gathered more and more wind, which came from all directions.
The spheres on his hands did not get larger, however, they got denser and more powerful.
"This looks dangerous, Mika! Let’s work together!" Belian suggested concernedly.
However, Mika just raised his hand and signaled Belian to leave it be.
Mika slowly walked over to Xander.
His expression was indifferent.
If he had to choose if he either liked or disliked Xander, then he would naturally choose that he disliked him.
However, he did not care about what kind of feelings he harbored towards the person called Xander.
In his eyes, Xander was currently just an obstacle.
"You’re an angel, right?" Xander said with a wide grin.
No one but those on the field could hear it.
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Belian narrowed his eyes.
"..."
Whereas Mika remained silent.
"That person said that no one but he himself should kill you but looks like I have to break my promise!" he stated, laughing like a lunatic.
Xander was now combining both spheres into one.
"Let’s see if you can survive this!"
Then, Xander threw the wind sphere at Mika.
It flew at such a great velocity that it was not possible to dodge.
Still, Mika did not lose his cool.
He knew that Xander was a relic wielder.
And he knew what kind of relic it was.
Thus, he could still keep calm.
After all, Mika may have been the worst matchup for Xander, who was seemingly in the unknown concerning Excalibur and its ability.
"Mika!" Belian shouted.
"..."
The sphere was almost within arm’s reach.
But that was it.
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It could not.
Because Mika effortlessly cut it with Excalibur, which resulted in the sphere fully vanishing.
"W-wha..."
Xander was stunned.
[1 minute and 28 seconds left.]
"I will end this now."
"!"
Instantly after those words, Mika appeared right before Xander with his hands clenching Excalibur tightly.
"You’re colluding with demons, right?" Mika asked indifferently.
Xander went from agape to flashing a grin.
"I suppose, it must be obvious to you."
"So you don’t even try to hide it?"
"Tch..."
Xander jumped to the back and launched dozens of sharp wind slashes at Mika.
"It’s futile."
Merely touching Excalibur was enough to make his attacks disappear.
"..."
From the stands, Lereon was watching the match as he searched for hidden demons.
"So this is Xander Maystra..."
Elsa also took a quick glance at the match, however, her tone sounded bored.
"Damnit!"
Xander, who flew in the air, launched every attack at Mika.
Gales, storms, hurricanes or whatever it was, Mika dealt with those attacks as if they were nothing.
"..."
Mika appeared before him again.
He raised his sword.
"..."
Meanwhile, Xander could only stare dumbfoundedly.
For him, it seemed like the world was in slow motion.
But in reality, it happened in an instant.
Blood spilled in the air.
And Xander fell to the ground.
