The First Round

Aldrich looked around the Arena and noticed that his group was filled with the weakest participants from all the groups. He noticed a bunch of nobles, but they hadn't even reached one star.

Meanwhile, several students and teachers were seated In the stands, curious about how this group will play out.

"This might be Andre's work", Jones, a third-year student in the academy, spoke to the guy sitting next to him. The man was Adrian, Andre's older brother and a four-star warrior. He was said to be the potential successor of the Crom family and was one of the strongest students of the third year.

"This way, Aldrich's public reputation will fall if he tries to single-handedly go against all the commoners, and even if he qualifies to the next round, his teammates will be so useless that the other groups will dominate him", Jones continued praising Andre, hoping to curry some favour from the Crom family.

He noticed that Adrian suddenly got up, "Why are you leaving?" he asked.