A Brief Moment Of Respite

(Alpha Star System- Planet Gaia)

(Hydrean Forest- Private Lake)

"Wow! As you can see Qiana the heiress of House Abazin has defeated the number ten ranked student!"

One of the commentators nearly jumped out of her seat in excitement as yet another candidate from Zrudread University had exceeded expectations.

Sophie leaned against a nearby tree and watched the screen of her wrist communicator. She was currently streaming the Inter University tournament.

There was a part of her that didn't want to watch but an even larger part wanted to cheer for her friends.

On the screen she could see a slender dark-skinned girl slumped on the ground with her head removed from the rest of her body.

Dark shadows swirled beneath her feet and an inky black darkness had filled the arena where they were fighting.

Qiana stood at the edge of the darkness and calmly tucked her knife back into her storage ring without any reaction to what she had just done.