Humanity Return

Ch. 74 – Third Day Tournament

Different types of magic burst out endlessly above the stadium that was filled to the brim with that audience, creating various different colors that filled the sky above them.

Several Magic Users were seen firing the magic alternately from the top of a large arena in the middle of the stadium.

Thousands of spectators filled all the seats in the stadium, a number that reached a record for a new student tournament in the academy. This could be due to the rumors already spreading throughout Blazing Sun city, about the emergence of some geniuses in the new wave of disciples this time.

Almost all of the Guilds in this city had dispatched some people to ascertain the truth of the rumors, even some Guild Leaders were seen coming along with his bodyguards to see the fight today with their own eyes.

Many people who had arrived late and did not manage to get a seat, so could only wait outside the stadium.

Some students who had suspected the incident had opened various types of shops around the stadium, enlivening the atmosphere of the tournament.

The attention of thousands of people inside the stadium was fixed on the newly built podium beside the arena, where four fighters today gathered to wait their turn.

The four seats located on the four sides of the podium are adorned with precious stones, showing the luxury of the chair.

But spectators at the stadium were confused because they saw only one of the four seats filled.

In the center of the 20-meter-wide square podium sat four people surrounded by various types of Beasts.

The black-haired youth and the pink-haired little girl were sitting on the seats taken out by the blond-haired youth sitting in front of them while accompanied by the blue-haired girl who should not be a fighter today.

A white wolf was seen lying next to the pink-haired girl while closing her eyes, with a small gorilla seen doing sit-ups near them.

The four-meter-long snake is seen dancing and singing with a transparent hat on its head.

“A-are you okay?”

The pink-haired girl, Aura looked worriedly at the face of the black-haired young man beside her who was already extremely pale.

Aura was quite surprised to see her condition when she met him this morning.

“Hmph! Just let him suffer like that”

The blue-haired girl in front of him, Adeline folded her hands and snorted in annoyance.

His feelings had been fickle for this morning, he felt annoyed when he realized he was left alone when he was conscious the previous day, then worried when he saw the blond-haired young man's pale face this morning.

That annoyed feeling returned when he saw the same pale face of the black-haired youth.

The two young men, Leinn and Roland just sat down and did not give a reaction to the two girls' words.

They are preoccupied with headaches that come and go quickly.

This was the first time the two of them had felt this feeling themselves.

“Hurgh..”.

Leinn is seen trying to hold food from the night before to get back up from her stomach.

A ball of blue light flew around his head and looked quite interested by his expression.

“...”

Roland simply sat down while closing his eyes, trying to catch his breath.

His extremely shriveled forehead showed himself feeling the same way as the young man sitting behind him.

The sight made the green-haired young man who was sitting in his right position become the one who looked strange.

“Good morning to all of you gathered here!”

The magic show was finally completed and Isaac instantly landed on top of the arena elegantly.

He began giving his opening speech and welcoming the great people who came today as well.

The crowd cheered when they realized the tournament was about to start, while the fighters waiting on the podium showed a different reaction.

“Hoooh... And finally! Thank you”

Leinn seemed to improve after receiving a bottle of drink from Adeline and began to be able to speak again. He smiled weakly at the blue haired girl.

“Hmph!”

Adeline only snorted in annoyance as she looked at Roland's condition which had started to improve as well after gulping down the bottle of drink in her hand.

“Thank you, Adeline”

Roland gave a small smile to the girl beside him, showing he greatly appreciated her help.

“H-hmph”

“And today's fighter will be determined by... this coin!”

The attention of the four of them and all the spectators was fixed on the coin between Isaac's two fingers. Suddenly four light screens appeared above the arena and showed the coin clearly.

The 30-centimeter-wide coin has two sides in different colors. On one side white has black writing and on the other side has black with white writing. Two pairs of names are seen engraved there, the names of four fighters today.

This looks very excessive considering this coin will only be used once.

Aura looked at the names seen on the coin and turned to the green-haired young man sitting on one side of the podium. He continued to get a strange feeling when he saw the familiar name, but the face of the young man was different from the young man he knew.

The aura could not shake the strange feeling that appeared every time he saw her.

Leinn who saw that was already aware the green-haired young man had always reacted whenever Aura looked towards him, but the girl herself was unaware of it. A small smile reappeared on that pale face.

“Live only...!”

Isaac directly threw the huge coin into the sky, until it reached several tens of meters in the air.

Spectators at the stadium saw a light screen that followed the round of the coin that began to fall again.

The cling!

The coin fell in front of Isaac and started spinning and finally stopped.

“First fight of the day... Princess Aura Flameheart and Young Master Roland Azure!”

Two faces appeared on the four large glass screens.

Roland who was standing with a flat expression and Aura who looked very serious while surrounded by her white flames.

“Hue?!”

Aura was shocked to see her face appearing on that big screen, with three others sitting nearby realizing the origin of the image.

“You look very different!”

Adeline looked at Aura and smiled as she pointed at the familiar expression on that light screen.

Of course he knew the origin of the image, as it was the expression Aura showed while fighting with him.

The blue haired girl had already shown closeness to the pink haired girl since this morning.

He immediately smiled and hugged Aura who was only frozen by a feeling of nervousness upon receiving that foreign treatment.

Adeline only showed a feeling of excitement after seeing him, and her defeat the previous day was the main reason for that excitement.

Aura was the first Magic User of the same generation as him who managed to defeat him. Everyone close to him came from his father's generation and always thought of him as a child.

That feeling of pleasure was also the reason he had not hit Leinn who was looking very pale that morning.

Adeline already considers Aura as her close friend.

“U-um.. Yes..”.

The aura that was subjected to that feeling only showed a strange expression, according to his current feelings.

“Both Fighters can choose to carry a Contracted Beast or not, and it will start in 30 minutes!”

Of course he felt happy to see someone with such a high ability Adeline admit to it, but this was also the first time he had seen someone consider him that high.

Added with a tense feeling of seeing him going to fight with the young man in front of him, it managed to make Aura's body tremble nervously.

“Hm..”

Leinn was the first to realize that, he stood up from his chair and walked to the back of Aura then placed both his hands on the girl's chair.

“A-what's so-Hue!”

Srrkc...

The sound of the chair swiping against the stone podium could be heard, seeing Leinn pulling back the chair that was being occupied by that Aura.

The girl could only clutch her chair heard tightly, trying not to fall.