Amelia VS Ector (1)

"Humph, pervert!" Said Talia with a snort before turning to Amelia.

"Who is your opponent ?"

"Ector" replied calmly Amelia.

"Eh, what ? So soon ?" Asked incredulously Talia.

As if not believing what she was hearing, Talia looked at the screen to confirm if what Amelia said was the truth and indeed here opponent was Ector.

It should be noted that Ector was a close second after Jonathan, so his strength wasn't to be underestimated.

"Sigh, you are really unlucky, girl" said Talia.

"Why are you saying so ?" Asked Amelia with a puzzled expression.

"Because you are going to fight Ector so soon!" 

"I don't necessarily think that it's a bad thing, in fact, it's the contrary" replied Amelia.

"What do you mean ?"

This time it was not Amelia that replied to Talia but Alex.

"There will be no break between each fight, and it's not like each battle will take more than thirty minutes. It might not even take one minute for some battles to end. In this situation, it's better to fight a strong opponent while you still have more mana. It's something that everyone should have realized by now. You should use that brain of yours more often, Talia."

"Hey! I use my brain all the time! It's just that if she fights a strong opponent right now, even if she were to win, her mana reserve would be low, which may cause her to lose to even a weakling!" explained Talia.

"Well, that's also a possibility, either way, it still comes back to the fact that you need to better manage your mana during fights" replied Alex.

Just as he finished speaking, Adrian said, "by now all of you must know your opponent and when your battle is going to happen".

The participants nodded.

"Then, let's start right away with the first fight. Beside the ones who are going to fight, I don't want to see no one else in the arena" ordered Adrian.

Just as he finished speaking, the screen displaying the different battles changed and the faces and names of those that were going to fight right now appeared.

"Sigh, it's as I said, you are really unlucky," exclaimed Talia upon seeing who was going to fight the first battle.

Not understanding, Alex glanced at the screen, which read:

**Ector Eswald VS Amelia Eswald**

'Well, I guess my battle will be the last of the first round,' thought Alex.

His position and that of Amelia were on either extremities of the card of fights, so if Amelia's fight was the first, then his own would be the last.

"Well, I'm going, good luck Amy," said Talia before taking off towards the seats that were arranged for those participating.

"Sooo, what do I gain as a reward if I win against Ector?" asked Amelia innocently the moment Talia disappeared.

"It's not really fair of you to ask for a reward for a fight that you already know you will win, is it?" asked Alex with a chuckle.

"Still, what do I get?"

"Hmm, let's do something else. If you win all your fights and join me in the final, then I will do anything you want."

"You promise?"

"Yes."

"Then don't come crying later when I tell you to do something," said Amelia while waving her hand as she walked towards the center of the Arena.

Meanwhile, Alex walked towards the seats made for the participants and sat next to Talia.

"Why are you sitting next to me?" asked Talia with a hint of hostility in her voice.

"Would you calm your tits? I just sat here because I wanted to. If you don't want to sit next to me, then go sit elsewhere," replied Alex with an irritated tone.

"Humph!"

Meanwhile, in the center of the Arena where Amelia and Ector were facing each other.

"The rules are the same as the fight between Alex and Nox. I will be the referee of the fight, so you two can go all out without worrying about lethally hurting the other," explained Adrian.

"Ready?"

The both of them nodded then Adrian exclaimed:

"Start the fight!"

The moment he gave the signal for the start of the fight, Adrian disappeared, leaving only the two fighters at the center of the Arena.

"You should give up right now, Amelia," said Ector the moment Adrian left.

"Why would I do something like that?" wondered Amelia with a puzzled expression.

"Not to sound arrogant, but you might end up badly injured, and I don't want to hurt you," replied Ector honestly.

"Don't worry, it won't happen."

"At least I warned you."

At the same moment, in the box designed for those watching the fight.

"Who do you think will win?" questioned Grace to no one in particular.

"Who knows, both of them are talented youth," replied Candace.

"That's true, but I think that Ector will win," said Victoria.

It's not that she was against Amelia because she was the granddaughter of Grace - she was not that petty - it's just that in the minds of those present, Ector was above the others beside Jonathan.

"I don't agree; Amelia will certainly win," said another person, to which someone else responded by saying that it was Ector who would win.

Just like that, people became divided, one part saying that it was Amelia that will win, the other saying that it would be Ector.

The same thing was happening in the participants' seats, with one part - mostly composed of women - supporting Amelia and the other part supporting that Ector would be the winner.

"You have been strangely silent for a moment, John; who do you think will win?" asked one of the twins.

"I don't know; we will see in just a few minutes anyway," replied Jonathan.

"What a boring answer," replied the other twin.

Seeing that they wouldn't have a decent answer from Jonathan, the twins resumed their talk about who will win.

Talia glanced at the calm Alex, then asked:

"And you? Care to make a guess on the winning side?"

When people saw that it was Alex that was questioned, everyone concentrated on what his answer would be.

Without them realizing, their attitude towards Alex started to change the moment he had humiliated Nox. Before, they wouldn't have cared about his answer, but now, although they wouldn't necessarily take what he said seriously, they at least wanted to hear what his thoughts were.

Without even bothering to look at Talia, he asked:

"Why would I need to guess while I already know who the winner would be?"

"And who is it going to be?"

"Amelia," replied casually Alex.

When they heard Alex's answer, everyone turned their heads, having lost interest as Alex's answer seemed biased.

Alex didn't care about what they were thinking; he said what he needed to say. If they don't believe him, then they would see for themselves later when the fight ended.

As for him...

'Hey system, show me the status of Amelia.'