Thaneiros' skin throbbed with dull ache as he heard the crowd booing. He head cold feet and shivers ran down his spine as he witnessed Akirion's clenched fist. In his mind played a war of Akirion with everyone in the arena.

His two cold feet froze as he witnessed Akirion's reddened face burning with rage, with his two eyebrows closer together created waves that were barely visible because Akirion had his face down hiding his shame.

The announcer's voice rumbled through the megaphone as he called out the names of the 15 remaining contestants.

The boos scattered when Akirion was called first but when the other contestants were called, the cheers rumbled in the school grounds, leaving Akirion's heart screaming in agony as his heart felt like it was bleeding. He felt a searing pain inside and that got his face reddened, his fist clenched, rage burning in him as he hardly breathed.

He tried to cool his flames down as the crowd continued cheering for the other contestants.

'mhh okay, they are cheering to people in the stage and I'm also included then why pain?' he took some deep breaths as his lips stretched with a smile, showing his white teeth.

Thaneiros took a deep breath and sighed in relief as his running heart slowed down after seeing Akirion's face blooming with a smile.

'haa, better, that was close. This place was going to be ruins in a blink of an eye if his face continued reddening.' his heart felt at ease as it slowly beat.

The noise continued getting louder and louder as the announcer continued calling the contestants' names. The audience screamed their hearts out, leading to energy boost to the competitors.

Names that were called out, classes and magic powers

Akirion - (M) class A : uses many types of magic.

Elina - (F)Class A : water magic user

Renn - (M)class A : earth magic user

Anda - (F) class A : nature magic user ( terraverde)

Taro - (M) class A : water magic user

Yuna - (F) class A : fire magic user

Hanna - (F)class A : water magic user

Sakura - (F) class B : wind magic user

Hiro - (M) Class B : fire magic user

Shin - (M) Class B : wind magic user

Aiden - (M) class C : nature magic user

Olivia - (F)class C : earth magic user

Olive - (M) class C : water magic user

Lucas- (M) class C : fire magic user

Evelyn - (F) class C : wind magic user

Aria - (F) class D : fire magic user.

That's the list of the survivors who qualified to be in the final event.

Some stood frozen with their bodies trembling in terror, shivers starting from feet going up the spine.

Akirion stood frozen but with confidence as his lips remained from ear to ear, grinning of someone who is faking to smile. In his mind ran a flashy thought of winning cause everyone was underestimating him, on the other hand, he wanted to keep his low profile. He gave his ears to the announcer who was about to announce their opponents since he finished calling up the names.

The quietness befell the stage. There was zero sounds, not even birds singing. All of them gave their ears to the announcer as they waited for the fight.

The silence was broke by the announcer who announced about list of the competitors.

"We've thought of making a list. It will be a one on one fight, so there would be 8 games in the first round. The list is written as follows..." he paused a bit before he read the list. Everyone craved for the list and then it came.

"1. Aria (F) Class D vs. Akirion (M) Class A

2. Olivia (F) Class C vs. Hiro (M) Class B

3. Anda (F) Class A vs. Evelyn (F) Class C

4. Shin (M) Class B vs. Olive (M) Class C

5. Elina (F) Class A vs. Lucas (M) Class C

6. Taro (M) Class A vs. Aiden (M) Class C

7. Yuna (F) Class A vs. Sakura (F) Class B

8. Renn (M) Class A vs. Hanna (F) Class

That's the list!"

The crowd erupted with cheers as they waited for the fight. Many of them thought that Aria was the one who was going to win and a lot of them rooted for her.

Aria was a short girl who was in class D. During the first event, she lost 4 of her friends in traps, so they were disqualified, living only the two of them (Aria and one other girl).

Her friend quickly ran out arcana during the second event, so she was disqualified leaving Aria alone. And again, she was the only class D left.

When she heard the list, shivers ran down her spine, making her feet tremble like a jelly. Her heart raced like a cheetah chasing an Impala and her palms grew sweaty as she thought of fighting with a class A student.

Her mind raced, followed by sweat flowing off her face. 'class A? And a boy too, am I going to win?' Aria silently asked herself, feeling her pounding heart.

Meanwhile

Akirion slowly went towards the concrete slabbed stage. The crowd started booing on him again and that got him furious as they started throwing things on him.

Aria sighed after hearing the scattered boos shooting at Akirion. Her mind and heart felt at ease as she went to the stage.

"Ohh great, not again." Akirion muttered to himself looking at hateful crowd. 'what did I even do to disserve such embarrassment. His face boiled with rage, his fist tightly clenched and his eyes closed.

Aria approached the stage with a smile on her face, trusting the crowd's words when they said that Akirion was a weakling.

'I can win, he is a weakling, even though he's making a scary face, that won't change the fact of being a weakling.

She climbed the stage and waited for the start.

"Who could have thought, a girl and a boy, in a one on one fight. Can't wait to see the climax!" the announcer's voice echoed around.

The boos continued on Akirion and that got Thaneiros' heart racing. His heart pounded like the chopper blades. He took his breaths in and out slowly as he struggled to breathe.

'these people really want to die!' Thaneiros silently said to himself as the crowd continued to get Akirion's shot tamper out.

Akirion's dark intense aura erupted, and shivers befell the magic users as they watched Akirion's aura getting bigger by a second.

Some magic users collapsed to the ground as their hearts reached their beating limits.

Sophia , one of the trapped ones opened her eyes wider as she got a heartache, her hand slid to the location of her heart. And uncontrollably, she slowly sank down to the ground and and her knees made a soft thudd onto the earth.

And that happened to 4 other magic users as they got overwhelmed by Akirion's dark aura that surged to life through anger.

"What's he doing??" a question was raised, echoing in many minds, and Elina's mouth was the one that spitted out the words to light.

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