Chapter 55: First Fight

The tournament started as the proctor announced the first teams to fight, which weren't us. This time, in this tournament, there are 10 strong teams who are probably in the foundation establishment, level 3 to 5. Most of them were martial artists, few were spell oriented since it is weaker in general. But I could see disciples wielding staves, so there must be some people here who learned magic.

Anyway, after a few teams fought, it was finally our turn to battle.

My teammates decided to make black capes without me for the tournament, and I deadpanned as I landed on the stadium with my cape waving behind me.

I didn't agree to this but they put it on me anyways.

Then Scarlet, Randy, and Alice jumped down behind me, posing in certain ways.

With her hands spread wide on my left, Scarlet yelled in a very enthusiastic voice, "Left Black Wing!"

And with Randy's hands spread wide on my right, he yelled in a forced way, "Right Black Wing!'

Then, behind me, with her arms raised, Alice yelled, "E-Ei!"

It is now my turn but I didn't want to do it, it's too embarrassing.

Scarlet nudged me with her foot, and I sighed.

"Front Head, Black Delta! The H-Heroes!"

You have to understand, I had no choice.

*Boom!* *Pew* *Pew*

And then a lot of fireworks erupted behind us, courtesy of Randy over here.

I don't think I can show my face in front of my family again, this is too embarrassing!

"OOOH!! The Heroes have just shown us their booming introduction!! Is the team they are up against, the Dark Monarchs, will also have such a flashy intro!?" The proctor yelled on his mana-powered mic.

I looked at my teammates with a look that said, 'See!? That could've been us! Now my team name is taken!'

But they didn't notice, to which my face became even more deadpanned.

Even though the name "Dark Monarchs" is edgy, it's still way better than the name "The Heroes"!

I waited for the opposite team to appear, and they did… after making us wait in that awkward pose for 3 minutes.

I'm gonna make you bastards suffer for this…

They appear, wearing the same black dogi as us.

(Note: Dogi is short for "Gi" which is the same clothes that Goku wore)

Wasting no time, the one in the front introduced his team, "I am Mane, the one on my left is Cale, and the one on my left is Darren. Behind me is my brother, Dane. We are the Dark Monarchs, for this title is rightfully ours from the moment we were born! Even though they fought the undead, our opponents, The Heroes, are simply stepping stones in our way to the top!!"

Quite the bold statement there, let's see if they aren't just barking with nothing to back it up.

"Those bold words came from the leader of Dark Monarchs, ladies and gentlemen! Now, let's see if he can back up his words in front of the four-year-old who helped the elders defeat the undead that came to our sect!" The proctor said.

Mane flinched a little after hearing that last part, but he still stood strong.

"Alright, the battle will start in three, two," My team was already agitated, as I could see them taking their stances, "one, go!"

The three behind me dashed towards their respective opponents, with Scarlet taking two on.

Our plan is for me to wait for an opponent to defeat them and come for me, which I know is not likely. Alice, even though she is a bookworm, I still brought her to the patriarch from time to time to watch me train so that she could also learn. From what I've seen so far, she has started to read less and trained more in this month.

And also, her opponent is quite weak, having just reached the level 1 of the foundation establishment stage.

Scarlet, though, is strong. Her addiction to superheroes aside, she can probably take on all of them in a 1v4 and still come out on top. Her cultivation had reached level 6 of the foundation establishment, which is rare for someone her age.

"You think you can tank my beloved bombs!? You f*cking imbecile! My bombs are eternal, and eternal can only mean art! My art is eternal!! Hahahahaha!!"

I swear, he's a pretty laid back guy but when it comes to his bombs… it's just straight up fanaticism! And don't get me started when someone insults his bom—I mean, his art.

I swear to the father above; I have not seen a person so dead in front of Randy. I had to stop him from murdering the poor disciple who insulted his art this week, he almost ripped his arm off!

Anyway, I just gotta avoid the topic of his bombs and I'll be alright. I just feel sorry for the person who's going to insult his art next.

As I stood there, watching the fight go on, I yawned.

This is too boring.

"Aaaahh! My balls!!"

Look at that poor guy, Scarlet just ruined his future. I don't remember his name, I didn't listen to them earlier, after all.

"This is a one-sided match, folks! The bold words coming from Mane earlier seems a bit untrue now that I see his family jewels destroyed by one kick from Scarlet! Since this is going to be a pretty short match, I'm going to pick two teams to fight in the next round!" The proctor said, quite amused at this scene.

Yeah, I, too, am amused. Playful Monkey has a ball-crushing technique that I haven't used on anybody, because it requires me, using my hands. And now that I mention it, Master Yule seems to hate dirty tricks, calling it cowardly.

I just watched Alice kicking that guy's ass.

"Ei!" She dealt the last finishing blow by smashing her heel into his head.

The guy's eyes rolled to the back of his head, and fell down with a thud.

Honestly, disciples here are so arrogant that they would name their team after titles such as "Emperor" or "God". I mean, I don't care about them, but man, at least be a bit humble to name your team simple names. And that's coming from a child who thinks "Dark Monarchs" is a good team name.

Yawning, I said, "I guess that's that. Didn't even have to step in,"

"Yeah, you have the easiest job out of all of us," Randy said, pocketing his bombs into his storage ring.

"It's not my fault Scarlet just had to hoard all the opponents to herself," I shot back.

"Hey! At least praise me for defeating two of them on my own!" She said, walking towards me.

"Why?" I asked, confused.

A bit red, she said, "Just to motivate me, you know?"

"I mean; why do you want praise from a child? I don't know, but this seems a bit weird to me," I said. I've had this suspicion that she is a bit of a pedo, since she always tries to take my attention. But 10 years olds can't be pedos, right?

…right?

She pouted, "You're so mean sometimes, Auguste!" She said in a playful way.

Ignoring her, I turned to Alice, and said, "Are you all right?"

She nodded, "Y-Yeah, just a b-bit tired a-and all."

I smiled at her, finding the doqi on her quite cute, "Let's go and have ourselves some water to drink, I'm sure you're quite thirsty."

"O-Okay," She agreed, and we left the stage, not seeing the dark look that Scarlet was giving us.

After the medical team took the Dark Monarchs, the proctor said.

"Okay, folks! The battle is finished, so let us have the next teams come down to the stage! Team Hollow and Team Lake, please present yourselves!"

Later...

The day ended after the first round of the tournament met its end in a grand battle between two top D-Class disciples, which left the stage in ruins. It seems like the proctor planned this because those two teams fought last.

Tomorrow will be the start of the second round, where five teams will be pitted against each other in a battle royal. The last team standing, wins. Only until 10 teams remain that the rank battle will start, where we're going to be dropped into a large underground land, a few hundred meters into the ground.

The mountains or the city, the only maps in the sect. The weakest team will be able to pick which map to use, and it's not that hard to choose between them because there are only two.