The Victor

I looked up at the person who declared the victory. It was none other than the city lord himself.

"I won. Finally. Thank god for that." I took a huge breath.

"Wait, what?"

The crowd was deafening. They could not take it anymore. Who would have thought that I would be the one to win? The Cai and the Bai family's were just too powerful. Even my own family wanted me to get the third place and nothing more.

I looked at my father. He did not know whether to cry or to laugh. On one side, I won the martial gathering. But on another, this was going to get dangerous for me. Everyone in the city would know that I was a force that existed, and that would make my life that much harder.

The dust settled. I looked at the judge who had fallen into a crater. This was the first time that I used this attack with full throttle, and this was a result that I certainly did not expect.

Cough! Cough!