Humanity Return

Ch. 48 – Finally...

Booms!

“Hm..”

Aura stood pensively while clasping her staff, not far from Rufus and Basalt who were fighting.

The two of them had grown tired of destroying the ground training puppets that could not provide any resistance and started to train together.

Booms!

Aura stood there and was buffeted by the blast winds emanating from the attacks of the two Beasts in front of her, but she did not look concerned.

Many things were going around in his mind, and the one thing that bothered him the most was Leinn who disappeared without a trace.

Boom boom boom!

“Hah..”.

Aura let out a short sigh, not understanding the reason Leinn disappeared without leaving any message to her.

The increasingly fierce battle of Basalt and Rufus was not enough to wake her up, Aura only sighed for the umpteenth time again in that day. Ever since he saw Clear's state three days ago, he couldn't find Leinn anywhere.

Only Basalt is seen using his rest room and not missing, who is also unaware of Leinn and Clear.

Boom...!

Basalt was already wearing his armor while the claws on Rufus' four legs were seen starting to glow red. The stone punch met the fire claws, the resulting attack waves managed to destroy the surface on which they stood.

The speed of the practice field repair magic was unable to catch up with the speed of damage their fight produced, seeing the number of large holes and stones flying growing.

“...huh?”

Aura realized the other people around her had already escaped, leaving her standing alone in the middle of that shattered field.

Looking at the place of its foundation that was not destroyed, it seemed like Rufus and Basalt were still aware enough not to let Aura get hurt from their fight.

Basalt who was smiling widely and Rufus who was seen showing his fangs, they looked to be enjoying their current fight a lot.

But their pleasure came to a sudden halt when the little girl ran between them.

“H-stop!”

...

Crimson Colouseum, the largest stadium that usually houses official battles that take place within the Red Dawn Academy. This magnificent stadium was already filled with hundreds of people who had come to see the fight between the new disciples that would be held in a moment's time.

The afternoon sun illuminated the huge stone arena surrounded by many people and various types of Beasts in the middle of that stadium.

The hundreds of disciples had come for the disciple who was about to become their junior, seeing the potential that could become a new member of their club.

And also another reason...

“Congratulations... AFTERNOON!”

In the middle of the arena stood a person dressed in style with his spiritual green hair, who was none other than Professor Isaac.

The sound coming out of his mouth could reach everyone in the spacious building without being covered in the sound of their conversation.

With a single round of bodies, Isaac pointed at the two groups standing outside the arena where he stood.

“Give a warm welcome to your juniors!”

Two separate groups, those who conducted the test in the forest and those who conducted the test in the academy.40 of the group with the new Contracted Beasts and 100 of the group with the old Contracted Beasts, were, a strange tense atmosphere could be felt between the two groups.

“140 people will be divided into two tournament groups, namely students with Rank B Contracted Beast will enter into different categories”

Four large light screens appeared above Isaac and showed 140 names, then 8 of all those names shone and began to move into a new group.

They could all see seven names coming from the group of 100 people and one name from the group of 40 people, namely Flameheart Aura.

Many onlookers began to speak upon seeing those eight names, they were the pinnacle of all their junior candidates.

Especially the two names that are the main conversation.

Among the group standing outside the arena stood a woman accompanied by a small wolf beside her, looking awkward when she saw the name on the light screen.

Isaac stomped his feet and began to drift to where the other teachers were gathered.

The two abandoned groups began to give off a tense atmosphere. It was obvious that the two of them did not like each other.

During the seven days of waiting for this tournament, the group with the new Contracted Beast had already clashed several times with the group that had the Contracted Beast.

The group of 100 people looked at the other group as Beast Trainers of no value, seeing that they had just made a Contract a few days ago.

The group of 40 people could only remain silent and resist being annoyed, seeing that their numbers and experiences had indeed lost far.

But Leinn who had not been seen in the academy for seven days was certainly unaware of this conflict.

“L-leinn, how is this-“

Aura called out nervously then turned to her side, finding the black-haired youth still looking at the light screen in front of her.

A strange wide smile could be seen on his face, making Aura start to get a bad feeling.

Before Aura could ask anything, Leinn immediately turned to the group of 100 people who were not far from him.

“Hoh?”

Aura and little Basalt who were standing behind him followed the direction of his gaze, found that group of 100 people.

Aura realized the attention of the group was being fixed inside themselves, precisely someone who was in their midst.

The blonde-haired youth with a cold expression and sharp eyes. His dark blue clothes looked unusual and the two swords on his back were also very striking. He just stood there without caring about the people around him trying to talk to him.

The girl standing next to him was the one who looked extremely distracted by their efforts.

“A-there's what-?”

“ROLAND!”

A voice as loud as thunder echoed throughout the stadium, stopping all conversation.

Everyone and the surrounding Beasts were holding onto their painful ears, but Leinn just stood there with an unchanging look.

They first felt confused, then were annoyed at not knowing the reason the black-haired youth was shouting indistinctly.

Then they realized the name he was shouting.

“Who are you!?”

The first to react was the group of people who were trying to get the blonde youth to talk earlier.

“How dare you be so presumptuous in front of Young Master Azure!“

One by one, the people from within the group noticed the dirty-dressed Leinn and began to walk up to him. They were trying to look dignified in front of the blond young man.

“Let us the-Auch!“

But the movements of everyone in the group were stopped by pain on the surface of their skin.

Followed by their hair that started to stand.

Crackle...!

The voice also disappeared from all those people, they even started to flee.

All they saw in front of them was none other than the blond-haired youth, with lightning jumping around him and a small smile on his face.

His gaze met Leinn's gaze, the two of them standing 50 meters apart with the same expression on their faces.

The blond-haired youth who was enveloped in lightning opened his mouth.

“LEINN!”