343 Quarter Finals (3)

It was the third day of the tournament and the audience was even more excited than they were yesterday. After watching the battle between Irene and Lara the audience knew that this year's tournament would be like no other. It was just the first match and it was already beyond anyone's expectations. 

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Hime continued to meditate as she waited for her name to be called. As she was trying to concentrate, she couldn't help but recall that terrifying surge of mana she felt last night. It happened so suddenly and left within half a second, some might have thought it was nothing but one's imagination, but Hime knew that wasn't the case. 

'There was a very sinister aura, that was when I felt that horrifying surge of mana, after that the sinister aura disappeared. There's obviously a connection between the two, but what. Is this perpetrated by those traitors as well?'