Humanity Return

Ch. 62 – Tournament, Day Two

Standing with eyes open among the 16 people gathered in front of Isaac was Leinn.

He was seen looking forward with a serious expression and a tightly shut mouth. The scene that made some people around him show various reactions, especially Roland who looked a little quivering when he saw it.

Leinn looked like he was listening to Isaac seriously for the person who saw his expression, but it would be more perfect if the sound of his sleeping breath was not heard.

“...”

And if Isaac had already started talking.

Aura who stood beside him and had not spoken to him since morning because she was still upset was finally forced to start a conversation.

“Leinn... hey!”

“Zzz...huh? Who?”

The young man started rubbing his eyes with his right hand while looking at the surroundings, seemingly not blinking for a long time making his eyeballs dry.

He was finally made aware of the small blow from Aura that landed on his waist.

Aura shook her head after seeing her behavior, she already felt strange when she saw Leinn walking in a strange way from this morning until when she stood beside him.

It turned out that he was sleeping walking with his eyes open, with no one around him noticing.

Perhaps everyone who avoided and tried not to look at him was also a big influence.

“Oh, hey Aura”

“Good morning, Leinn”

Aura finally threw away her small irritated feelings, realizing that feeling angry at someone like Leinn was only draining her own energy.

Right after Leinn became fully aware of it, Isaac also began to speak.

“Good morning everyone! We are here to see the 16 best new students that will enter our academy this year!”

The loud voice reached all the ears of the audience cheering and clapping there. With a few sentences from him, Isaac managed to influence the entire audience there and make their cheers even harder to the point of shaking the stadium.

Some of the 16 people who were supposed to be used to the crowd were not free from the effects of the crowd shouting around them and began to feel nervous.

Of course, exceptions can be seen between them.

“...”

“Hoam..

Roland who stood up straight without being affected in the least and Leinn who was just scratching her head while yawning.

Isaac also looked at it from the angle of his vision without reacting anything and just continued his opening sentence.

“Tournament today will not be the same as yesterday, first of all you also must have realized this”

The place where Isaac and the 16 people stood, the stone arena that had the same 100 square meters width as the arena that split into four other arenas before.

“This time you will fight on the arena in its true form, with all its abilities! And this time, the order of the tournament will be determined from the start!”

Isaac raised his right hand and pointed to the sky, precisely on a light screen that showed new information.

Name after name began to appear and formed couple after pair, ending with two sides with eight names that finally met in the middle.

“On the left side is the group left from yesterday, while the right side is the group with Rank B Beasts who have not fought!”

Leinn looked at the name that appeared on that light screen, finding his name on the left side and Roland's name on the right side.

Roland who was standing not far away from her also did the same, then thought the same with Leinn as well.

The two of them could only meet in the final fight.

“Today we will witness all the fights between these 16 people until finally there are 4 names left!”

Most of those standing there saw their own names, then their opponents.

Among them was Aura who was putting her hands on her chest, feeling a tight heart beat begin to tremble her entire body.

Not a feeling of nervousness.

It's a different feeling, a feeling that makes him smile. He felt a strong fighting desire, to show his ability.

Aura felt she needed to prove her ability to someone who was looking at her right now.

“The first fight will start in ten minutes. Your spirit all!”

And he's not wrong.

Far behind him, precisely in the entrance hall for the spectators was standing that someone.

“...”

“So, you won't come in and encourage him?”

Two men were seen standing there without anyone realizing in the audience seats.

The dark green haired man was seen smiling as he placed his hand on the shoulder of the man beside him.

The man seemed to ignore the behavior and just stared at the arena in the middle of the stadium, precisely at the pink-haired girl.

Then his gaze shifted and stopped at the black-haired young man beside him.

“...already”

An emotionless voice came out from the man's mouth as he turned around and walked away leaving the stadium.

“I've asked your girlfriend to record her fight, we can watch it later together”

The green-haired man walked half-jumping beside him while smiling widely.

“Hm..”

The expressionless man only gave a small response and continued walking, his fiery red hair looking fiery like it showed an emotion that did not appear on his face.

...

Loud cheers could be heard throughout the stadium, from all the spectators who were excited to see the fierce fight over the arena.

Aside from the two special people in this year's recruits, many people were aware of the unusual quality of talent of almost all of the new students.

The most obvious evidence was that not least the Beast that evolved in the middle of the tournament in the previous day, resulting in a state where almost everyone who would fight today already had a Rank B Contracted Beast.

The effects of that evolution were also clearly visible in their Contractor bodies, increasing their entire abilities as well. Producing more fierce and violent fights, performances that are not usually seen in the first wave of second-day fights like this.

But it is not the center of attention of the audience at the stadium at the moment.

Cracks...!

A huge chunk of ice formed from the arena and froze half the body of the sword-looking young man and his Beast.

With one last turn of her wand, Adeline stood there with a well-built body and was seen observing her work.

Isaac finally declared the end of the fight while swinging his staff and the chunk of ice instantly broke apart, releasing the young man and Beast who were shivering with twitching.

The audience looked more excited to see the magic show from Adeline and began to cheer. The cheer that persisted until the moment he got off the arena, was replaced by a new pair of fighters.

Two young men climbed into the arena from two opposite sides, until they were 50 meters apart.

The sound of cheering diminished at an unnatural speed and eventually ended up being small whispers.

One of the young men clasped his spear hard, feeling a cold sweat drenching both his palms and his face. He did not even dare to blink his eyes. The reason for the young man's tension was none other than the opponent in front of him.

Almost all the spectators in the stadium could see the young man's face clearly.

“Um...” The spearheaded young man tried to start a conversation, but could not find any sentences.

“...”

The black-haired youth looked at him with a very serious expression, in contrast to the expression he had shown in the day before that.