30 Aiden VS Number 8

Everyone looked at Hu Zhao as they saw him giving a terrifying smile while speaking about the next Trial.

One of the people present inside there asked him, "What is this Void tunnel Trial exactly? Where and when is it gonna happen".

Everyone who heard that started discussing among themselves the next trial and how is it gonna happen but then Hu Zhao immediately raised his hand and everyone stopped speaking and waited for him to speak.

"Good Question. For the where, it will start right here and the goal will be another place and as for the when, it will be after all the participants come here. There are currently still other groups who have more than five hundred and still need to do the royal battle while all of the people present here are among groups who have less or exactly five hundred people".

One of the men then asked again, "So when all the other remaining groups finish, we will start?".

Hu Zhao nodded and said, "Yes. Only five groups remain which will not take them that long to finish I guess. What is really surprising how only groups 25 and 21 are the groups who fulfilled the condition of five hundred people while all the other had less than that".

Everyone looked at each other and then thought about the first trial and how it became a massacre. There were among all these people mixed reactions as some participants felt guilty while others felt shame and there were those who didn't feel anything and didn't care about all the corpses they left. There were also a few people who felt proud that they reached this far by killing their way to get this chance.

Among all these mixed reactions which Hu Zhao noticed, he suddenly laughs and couldn't keep his calm expression because of how all these people felt.

"Hahahahahahahahaha".

People didn't understand what is happening and Everyone including the Titan number 10 arr looking at him waiting for his reply and then he said, "you know, I pity those who feel bad about killing and only after doing it. beings such as yourself should just care about surviving and not caring about others".

The moment he said that the atmosphere around them started changing and a huge pressure started engulfing the whole place. Not even one of them dared to speak as they just let him do as he pleases because of how much power he has than all of them.

Fortunately, that pressure only lasted for a moment as it immediately disappeared and they felt the air around them turning normal again. Hu Zhao then rose from his seat and then walked down to the place where everyone stood.

Hu Zhao was very tall and his huge tiger builds made him look even more terrifying up close. When he stood in front of everyone he said, "You all can stay here for now and I will go prepare for the next trial. You can do anything you want but be aware, injure, cripple, or even kill another participant and I will make sure that you never see the light again".

Hu Zhao looked particularly at the Titan number ten while saying that as he didn't like to repeat himself and he knew that he might try something with Aiden friends after He vanished so he needed to leave a warning.

*Woosh*

After saying Hu Zhao disappeared and everyone sighed as they felt happy when such a powerful person disappeared. Some didn't dare to show it but they really got surprised inside them as they never expected to see a magical beast like Hu Zhao here.

Humanoid magical beasts type are quite rare because they live only deep inside the magic beasts living regions. They rarely appear in humans or other races kingdoms and empires.

The reason for that is because they're considered royals of the magic beasts. If a divine beast or a demon beast mates with other magic beasts then they give birth to a magical beast with a diluted bloodline and is a grade less than the demon and divine beasts. they also have high intelligence and some of them can speak the human language while still being children.

The reason that they don't go to the other races is that they're hunted for their bloodline since Demon beasts and divine beasts right now are almost extinct. It's a proven fact that each humanoid magic beast has a trace of the bloodline of a divine beast or a demon beast and it's very precious.

Divine beasts are legendary creatures only known in legends and believed to have disappeared from the face of the Sarna world. Some of the legendary divine beasts are the dragons whether they're an eastern or western type.

There is also the Phoenix, giant sea turtle, sky Griffen ruler, and many other creatures. It's also the same for demonic beasts such as the Hell's Wolf or even the Abyss scorpion that Aiden fought previously.

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Suddenly, one of the men who was standing beside Lyssia thought of something and then said in a shocked, "Wait a moment, that name Hu Zhao....I heard it back when I traveled to the Roshtar Kingdom. Yes, He was a famous warrior who disappeared two hundred years ago. His name was also Hu Zhao and he was with another nickname, Roshtar water tiger".

Lyssia who noticed the man's excitement and how he felt happy when he heard that started ordering about this Hu Zhao guy and asked the man, "Who is this Hu Zhao?".

The man noticed Lyssia and when he saw her, he knew who she was so he got a little nervous but he then he gathered his courage and answered her, "Oh Great Chairwoman...."

Lyssia sighed and immediately replied, "Drop the great chairwoman and just tell me about him".

"Oh okay. you see back when I was just a kid two hundred years ago, I was living in the east of Yodatya kingdom but I still heard about the legendary man from the eastern kingdom. His legend is so great that it reached most of the western continent at that time. He was a great swordsman who is said to have split one of the great and tall eastern mountains in half with a clean-cut and just a normal sword. It was for that reason that when I grew up, I traveled to the east and see for myself".

Before the man could say anything more, another female who was also standing beside them started speaking, "Wait a minute, I am sure that Hu Zhao in the legend is from the Oni race and even famous for his blue sword with the tiger guard so how did he become a Humanoid magical beast and even has a different sword".

When Lyssia heard that, she turned back at the man and looked at him waiting for a reply. The man didn't know what to say and just said, "Something must've happened to him then".

Lyssia didn't want to ask more because they didn't seem to be the same person and at that moment a tap on her shoulder came from behind her and she saw Alex who appeared out of nowhere.

Lyssia: "Sigh, you should stop this you know, surprising people and everything".

Alex: "Well, with you it never gets boring hahaha".

This time it was Alex who looked at the man and asked him, "Why did the guy become a legend only after two hundred years. He should be alive by now, or did he die?".

The man became even more nervous and tried his best to keep calm and then said, "Because two hundred years ago, Hu Zhao was just a little over forty years but he also was at peak of Martial Overlord and was about to enter the Martial Emperor level but then he suddenly disappeared".

Alex: "Hmm...how?".

The man shook his head and said, "No one knows. That's what made his legend even more mysterious. Everyone has been searching for him, and yet no trace was found".

Alex felt a little surprised about this Oni and became more interested in him. After all, It was really phenomenal to hear about this. A man that had a talent surpassing those from the previous generation and even this generation. Perhaps only those who're from old noble families or royal families from the 5 empires can compare to him.

Suddenly, Lyssia who was also focusing on the man talking about Hi Zhao heard a voice from behind, "Big Sister!"

Lyssia who heard that looked behind her and then found Wanda together with all the other friends waving at her. She felt happy as she looked at all her friends that survived.

"Wanda, Lady Olenna! everyone!".

All of the people who came with her except Saya and Aiden were present there. Everyone felt happy as they all have reunited again after being separated in the last trial.

Lyssia went running and hugged her sister while Alex just walked slowly towards them. Konstantin who noticed Alex looked at him for a second and then started laughing as he knew who he is.

"Hahaha. well well, if it isn't the great kingdom knight Alexander Smith gracing us with his presence. I heard that you died in the north and your corpse might be under the snow".

Alex heard him and also smiled as he replied, "It's been a while Great Holy Knight Konstantin. I'm glad that we meet again after all these years".

Konstantin: "You can drop those knight formalities with me. They're nothing more than honey coating to make us glow justice and every nonsense they say. A knight justice is only true when his heart believes in it".

Alex also started laughing and said, "If that's true then I'm no knight. The only thing I believe in is laziness hahaha".

"Hahaha".

Both of them shook hands as they smiled and then Lyssia became a little confused and said, "Sir Konstantin, do you know him?".

Before Konstantin could answer her, Lady Olenna said, "They met ten years ago when the knucklehead went in a quest to the Kederawen kingdom and visited the royal capital".

Konstantin nodded and said, "I met both him and his master the golden swordsman and Hey Olenna I'm not a knucklehead and for your info...".

Suddenly, Before Konstantin could continue speaking, a huge yell comes out of nowhere and everyone stopped speaking.

"Aideeeeennnnnn!"

An enraged voice came from far behind as someone appeared. A young man with wolf ears was standing and pressing his left arm or at least what remained of it.

This the young man was none other than the man from the same group as Saya, group 8. He is the young demi-human, the nameless titan number 8. What is different from last time is that the young man is missing his whole left arm.

Number 10 who looked at him felt true fear because he saw one of the upper titans, the one rumored to be the craziest among them is missing an arm right now.

A man who was standing beside him said, "What happened? Sir. isn't that demi-human number 8? He lost an arm and it seems he has also suffered some internal injuries".

"Yes, I can see that. It seems that all of us underestimated Aiden's strength completely. It seems that he fought him and lost an arm and right now he's going for revenge. We need to fight him with all three of us to have a chance of winning. Go search for thirteen and tell him to come to me".

"Yes Sir".

Aiden wasn't present in the hall so it was useless to call him. Konstantin and the others also wanted to know what is going on now but then they noticed someone coming towards them.

A girl with blonde hair came running towards Emelia and yelled, "Young Miss!".

Emelia: "Saya!".

Emelia was worried all this time because she wasn't able to find Saya and she feared that she might've lost her life but when she saw her, she felt really relieved and immediately went running towards her.

The moment they reached each other, they immediately hugged and Emelia became happy again. She then started also tearing up and said to Saya, "where were you? I almost thought that the worst happened to you and I didn't want to lose my best friend".

Saya who started wiping her tears also smiled and said, "I'm sorry young miss. I really felt terrified and also worried that something might happen to you but when I saw how you won the first trial, I also felt relieved".

Emelia felt puzzled and asked her, "You saw me? How did you see me?".

Saya smiled a little bit and her face became a little red as she said, "This whole time, I was with Aiden and he protected me from that man".

Emelia: "What? you were with Aiden too? wait a moment, Aiden is here?".

"Argh".

At that moment, everyone was distracted again by the Titan number 8 voice as they looked at how he was completely controlled by Aiden right now.

Aiden appeared behind him and twisted his right arm and controlled him while not letting him move. He smiled and then said, "Seems like the little magic beast still doesn't know when to stop. I must acknowledge something, you're slightly tougher than I thought. I'm sure that Hu Zhao will let you participate in the second trial".

Number 8: "Arghhhh. Damn you. I am gonna kill you and then rip you apart otherwise I won't deserve to be one of the descendants of the divine beast Moon Wolf".

"Unfortunately, your arm is already ashes and I can't give it back to you so better search for another goal".

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