[Hello everyone!]

[Long time no see, its me the host for the first year battle~ Ah, my name is Angelica. Lets just end this chit chat and going straight to the main event, okay!?]

-Yeeeaaahhh....!!!

Loud cheers surrounded the circular Arena and the spectators showed how energetic they are for this event. The pending of the Tournament now officially started after the siege disturbance. The host is still the lively brown haired girl, she is floating in the sky with the air board.

[Yosh... this time, we have a good news and bad news. The good one is we already make sure about the situation were safe and clear. The bad one is many numbers of participant are withdrawing for this event..]

-Oooo.....

[Never mind, anyway because of sudden turn of event we made new rule for this.]

[First, about the battle. We will forbid the use of soldiers, this time it's just battle between the Champione and their Partners.]

The sound of surprise flowed from the spectators, but the Host keeps her cheerful atmosphere and continues her announcement.

[Next is the Preliminary Fight, well, let us see this chart.]

With a wave of her hand, its appeared.

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| First Round.|

| Arya vs Raka | Lin Chen vs Kyousuke | Iroha vs Hedric | Siva vs Seo woo |

[Alright, the first battle will begin. Please prepare yourself~]

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(Raka POV)

'Finally, the Tournament start, I am waiting for this and it's already here !'

I shouted in excitement inside my mind for this event. Even Arkhaan, my Partner that standing behind me is checking his equipment. In this few days, my soldier and equipment already upgraded. We are currently inside the Participants room that already prepared for this event, all around me is the Participants and their own Partner.

There is a guy with surprisingly wide circular and heavy shield on his back clad in a suspicious smile, a guy with the big katana-like sword that finds something amusing, a girl with a big sword like me, that sometimes take a glance at certain direction with black knight beside her that glaring at the same direction. No, four of them are looking that way. What are they doing?

I turn my attention toward that direction and saw, a boy clad in full fledged red armor is being scolded by a two young girl. He is trying to use his helmet to ignore them but it was being seized immediately. I don't know what is he doing, being scolded by his own Partners? Aren't they are programmed to listen to the Champione command?

He sure is strange, this Arya.

Ah, I forgot to mention the other....

| First Round.|

| Arya vs Raka | Lin Chen vs Kyousuke | Iroha vs Hedric | Siva vs Seo woo |

Suddenly, the blue panels appeared in front of us. Showing my opponent and the others, there are the new rules added as well.

No soldiers allowed? Fighting on a team with just the Partners? There are the sound of surprise and groans from the other Participant about this.

Me? I don't care! This is good for me anyway, I don't need to command here and there.

When I look toward my first opponent, he somehow having relieved sigh. Arya huh, this will be interesting. With a smile on my face, I walked toward the Arena.

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Standing straight and sword stabbed in the ground, I folded my hand and glare at the opponent in front of me.

''Arya, it has been a long time. To think I will fight against you once again- no, the last time is interrupted right?'' I relaxed my shoulder while facing him head on.

''Same here, I don't think we will fight again.''

''Good, Let's have a good duel!''

[Oohh, it seems that the participant is having an agreement for 1 on 1 battle !! It's shame that we can't see how the princess fight.]

I said the challenge and make Arkhaan not disturb our fight. Arya just answered with a nod, while sending his two Partners away, we ignore the cheerful voice and prepared our stance.

''Activate, Power Rush !'' ''Activate, Warrior Blood !''

We activated our skill and rushed at the same time. My skill increased stamina and strength by 20%. While dragging my heavy sword I bent my upper body forward and using the momentum when we are in 2m short, I swing my sword in 180 rotation. The one that reacted first is having the advantage!

While being surprised he was able to react with my attack by put his pentagon shield and slide backward from the impact.

I am not gonna let this chance away, with dash I launched myself forward and swing my dragged sword upward, meeting with his shield again and resulting in sending him flying high.

'It's easy!!'

To think this fight will become this easy. Already confident of my victory, I rush again at Arya and swing my sword downward with full force, but it was my mistakes.

''W-What !?''

This is ridiculous, he was in the mid air so it's already decided that he will get slashed by me. But he splendidly stabs his strange spear to the ground, using the handle to jump to the left side and evaded my attack resulting my sword hitting the hard ground. He isn't done just with that and kicks the ground to short our distance while prepared to use his wide spear tip to pierce my chest.

'Dangerous!!'

''Sword Counter!!''

If that spear tip penetrated my chest, it was definitely my defeat! I use my second skill, it's automatically pulled back my sword to the defensive stance, this skill is able to block all physical damage and stun the enemy for 15 seconds.

That is...

If the attack connected or hitting the sword, the effect will be applied to the enemy. Short amount time of disturbance is enough to change the result in battle, and with the swing of my sword, it's my win. But Arya didn't use his spear! The spear attack is fake, Arya uses his shield side instead. While my defense is broken, he to hit my head with the roundhouse kick to my face!

[Oohhh... this is fantastic, Arya able to change the flow of battle to his own! It's surprising! Wah look, Raka is enraged!]

Enraged? Me? Haha... I don't care about this anymore... I really hate this reality rate from this system. The fresh blood flows from my nose. After wiped it with my hand. I throw Arya a hateful glare, its have been a long time since I feeling this angry.

I hate the weak me, I regretted myself for wasting my time to not create more skill, I angry because of my overconfident about my victory. Because of my incompetent 'she' also injured by my mistakes. This flowing red fluid from me makes me remember that incident.

[Unlocked new passive skill 'Burning Soul'. When the user is cornered or in the anger state, increase stamina, strength, and willpower by 100% in 60 minutes. Warning, if this skill activated the user body will receive extra 70% damage if attacked by the enemy and reduce some of the strength when the duration ended.]

Seeing the new panel appeared in front of my face, I couldn't help but smile. To think in this time new skill can be created. The skill effect finally shows its worth, my body filled with unknown power and glowed in bright red. While grasping my sword handle, I kick to the ground appeared in front of Arya in the blink of eyes, did body crush with my shoulder and send him flying. I followed to rush after him.

[Ooh... another counter attack, will that attack finished the Participant Arya..]

Surprisingly, Arya does complete spin and landed on the ground in all four before rushing at me.

''Activate, 'Limit Break'!''

Arya body glowing in gold, I didn't need any explanation about his change. Maybe, like me, he already unlocked the same effect like myself. Now we are clashed, no, it's my sword against his shield. We have equal strength. But I won't lose yet!

''Mega Slash!!''

I push his shield and use another skill, its fast and wide range slash but he calmly evades it like he is already seeing my attack before. Not good, this is all the skill I have. What? I am not from martial artist family or want to be one, I am a just mindless person that like to fight.

In the first semester, what I do just create this 3 skill and swing my big sword around. This is my careless like the previous I did.

Whatever, this enhanced skill will not last long, came Arya!

We started to exchange blow, Arya with his long spear but my sword is the same length so this fight is really tiring. Swing, slash, stab, kick, punch. We keep attacking, but I am pushing forward.

''Rraaahh...''

Arya evaded my swing, started to attack with 6 times rapid thrust. Almost all of them are blocked, but the last one wounded my left hand, just a small wound and my health reduced in high number. I counter-attacked with the heavy punch on Arya's face, he put his shield to cover his head but the expected attack never come because I change it to swipe kick. There is Host comment about this, but my concentration is fixed in this.

While he loses his balance, I followed with another Mega slash to his body to send him flying and start to chase after him. Arya uses his spear like stepping ground and rushed to me. His spear is glowing and prepared to swing his spear like a sword.

''Sword Coun-''

My skill activation is stopped because his attack is fake once again, he didn't use swing attack but to throw it instead! While defended that flying spear I didn't notice Arya arrival and received a harsh shield tip at my stomach and then shield bash to my face, Arya followed by grabbing his spear and hit me with the blunt side from the spear end handle in my chin from below.

Flying in the sky, he punched me again with the shield tip and send me far away. Another blood spilled from my mouth, between my blurry eyes, the memory of the past surfaced.

It's started when I was in the Middle school, because of my big body I somehow attract the attention from the group of trash from my school. At first, I just going to ignore them, when...

One of them started to insult my family, so I punch him hard. It is self-defense right? If someone insults your family, you will angry right? Am I wrong?

But, the result is I make an enemy. That ba***rt keep annoy me and a fight always breaks out. The teacher that want to settle peacefully about this accidently wounded.. by me. I become the person that feared and avoided by all people in the school, even I changed to temperamental person. But just one person that never leave or ignore me. 'She', always look at me with worry and warm look.

My only family, my precious and my dear little sister. When I come back home, full of wound and dirt she is the one that patiently takes care of me. A 13-year-old girl is scolding and always smile and laugh with me. She is the one that makes me feel comfort and important.

That is what make them targeting her, one day when I am going home late and trying to use alley route for the easy way some trash group blocks my way home, the fight broke out.

When there are almost defeated, the leader suddenly throwing something small to the ground, It's my sister!

They are threatening me by making my sister hostage, and beating me up while laughing. Blood spilled from my mouth while seeing at my despairing sister.

''No! Don't, my brother is hurt... argh..!!''

My sister that standing up suddenly being pushed and hitting a wall alley and a big flower pot dropped from the window on the third floor, hitting her little leg. While coughing some blood, I watch that scene in terror. My eyes clouded while gritted my teeth and I don't remember what happened after that.

My sister was hospitalized and we currently have money problem, while in despair my eyes captured some news from the television on the street. If it's boring news about government I don't care, but it's about the joint project from all the world. The 'Anchore', its say that their 'Point' is quite expensive for the world currency. Not wasting my time, I try my luck.

So, I will not lose!

Spinning in the air, I throw my sword to the ground and use it to be stepping ground like Arya did and launched forward, bare handed. It's better to use what your specialty is to the fullest. Not expecting this Arya unable to react, as I appear before him.

First I throw a heavy punch from my right hand to Arya's face, blocked by the shield. Second using my left hand to support my right hand, I swing it upward, blocked by the shield. Third, use my right hand and swing it upward to lift the prepared shield and followed by heavy punch with the left hand to the chest area. While still in mid-air, grabbing him with both hands and use knee attack continuously.

When Arya tries to broke free, use headbutt to the face. My mistake, his face covered in the visor and that hurt my uncovered head, we retreated 2 meters each.

Holding my head to ease the dizziness, I look at Arya direction that tries to ease his pain, surprisingly in each time Arya ragged breath slowly become normal. What an amazing person.

[Ooohhh... the fight is really intense.. look at both of them, they are keep exchanging blow by blow. At first, the one that leads the fight is Raka, but Arya takes that with splendidly counter attack and so forth. The flow of battle is always changing !! How is the result?!]

After few minute, we dashed once again. His spear is too long so if I come really close its no problem. With that in mind, I accelerate. Arya stabs his spear on the ground and holding his shield by two hands like trying to take my charge. Grinning looking at his unique way of the fight, we finally crashed.

With the swing of his shield, I ducked to evade and counter him with the uppercut, Arya evading it by turn to right side and use his shield to bash me, catch his left hand I throw him to the ground. As I want to stomp him, he rolled away and kick the ground. In this fight we didn't need to talk, we show in this fight. Unknown to him, I secretly see his movement become sluggish. Prepared my last attack...

[Duration from 'Burning Soul' has been ended, your strength will be reduced.]

The skill has been ended and the red glow is dissipated while being surprised the attack from Arya flashed in front of my face, hitting it hard and taking away my remaining health.

I lose...

I am sorry, my dear sister...

I lose, but I feel happy...

Meeting with the strong person, Arya, that samurai girl, and that man....

I will become stronger and I will find more money...