"Mina, he is…"
Emma was stunned for sure, she never thought to see her husband battle so soon in the tournament. He may have done that because he was the main host of the event, but somehow she had a bit of suspicious.
How on earth did he end fighting Ilian?
"He is a jealous freak," she murmured when somehow the eyes of the Duke suddenly landed on her making a thousand spectators cheer when they saw him smiling.
"Did you see?"
"The Duke smiled, he… he smiled… towards here!"
"To whom? He was looking this side."
"Maybe towards us!"
"Keep dreaming…"
"But, isn't this side the VIP room of Miss Gia?"
"That… that is true…."
"Oh my! He was smiling at her."
The bunch of silly girls from behind were keeping screaming and spreading rumors, that will easily reach the top floors of the VIP rooms. A beautiful woman in red fighting clothes will hear them and her cheeks will
"I didn't know I will have the opportunity to clash swords with the Great Duke Liam Kobach, at least not this fast." Ilian was surprised when the staff of the tournament called him to fight without previous notice. He was even more surprised when the Duke was announced to be his contender. It was his usual routine to prepare himself in silence before the combats, and he thought that like in the previous years, the top rankers would be the lasts to pass. However, he didn't imagine that he will be the first sacrifice of the mighty Duke of Avalor. "Don't worry, little boy, I won't be that hard with you," Liam smirked, but the taunting words came as a wonder and at the same time, a bad omen for Ilian. It was not the first time they exchanged fists on a fighting platform. They had met in the same tournament many years ago, but the Duke had never spoken any unnecessary words during the battle, he was fast and clean with his moves. No mercy nor playfulness hid in his eyes.
The battle of the two mighty dragons ended fast as Liam quickened his speed and attacks with his sword. It was true that he had better ability controlling the dragon fire and the ancient magic than many, he was even considered a genius. It was also true that it was difficult to see him fight in close combat using some weapon so many inclined to think that he was not confident in his abilities, but what they didn't know was that he had lived long enough and had battled so many wars to know that once a sword was taken out, the worst consequences can only come out from his hands. Even more, his teacher was the great and wise Master Jin, the old dragon seemed to be an easy-going type of elder but he was a merciless teacher too. Liam had experienced firsthand the cruelest type of learning. That old man never stopped himself from letting him experience the pain and hardships of a soldier in battle that only had his sword as a supporting hand. Master Jin was a teacher, but
The host announced the battle order. There were twenty warriors on the White group, and there would be ten combats in total, however, the number of combat circles was five. The last ten warriors will have to wait until a circle was available.Emma was in number eight on the combat positions so she decided to sit near the circles and enjoy the show. The ones winning would be her next opponents if she managed to pass the first fight and if she did, then she will enter the rankings, that was her main purpose in the tournament. She had enough confidence in her abilities to pass the first fight but from there it would be difficult to climb up.Even more when the place on the ranking board was decided by the number of points she gets in the next battles. The ones to give the points were a concealed panel of judges, however, she knew somehow that Master Jin was one of them. Though, she didn't know if that would be good for her or not."Next combat!" the host announced
"Silver fairy?" Emma giggled at the strange nickname, she didn't think she looked like a fairy. They were people with delicate faces, enticing to the humans but compared to the luriems, the fairies didn't like to lie or set traps. They were good fighters in physical combat and great users of nature magic."I am sorry, Miss Mina, it is just that…" the young lad was now red to the ears from the ridiculous name he just called her. In front of his goddess, he just made a fool of himself. "The… the others were calling you that way, that's why I called you that, please don't be mad at me.""No, it's just strange," Emma was now noticing the stares around her, they were from the male fighters that were unconsciously driven to her, but every time she turned around to see them, they hid their faces or look another place. Even some fighters in the arenas were trying to vie for her attention and were battling fiercer. Emma was astonished, she didn't know she had that
The woman in white uniform didn't make the first move, she didn't even make the effort to get in position, she only smiled mockingly at Emma. However, Emma didn't want to waste time in a battle that early in the tournament so she threw the first punch.Still, her movements were not fast, instead, they were kind of disappointing for the white-dressed woman and the ones looking at her.Maya didn't make that much effort in defending. She even dared to smirk at Emma's poor performance. She was moving so slowly that Maya's dragon eyes could see every movement with ease."What a disappointment," Maya said while moving to the side to dodge the silver-haired woman she dimmed a waste of time. "It is said that the fairies are quite good in physical attacks, I was waiting for an opponent on the same league as Allen, heh… and you dare stand next to him, ridiculous."Emma didn't understand the voice filled with resentment of the woman looking down at her, but i
Maya's eyes glowed with darkness, not more the yellow dragon eyes but a dark glint inside her look made her face turn into a crazed creature."No," she said, "No, I am not the one who should give up, I am not the one to surrender and beg!"She started to scream louder and a dark mist grew around her body."Stop it, contestant Folk," the judge intervene, "stop it now or you will be sanctioned."However, it was too late for the woman to stop. Her figure was now covered in that strange mist, then an enormous green creature appeared from within it. It was the form of a dragon with bright green scales and yellow eyes."Stop her!"Emma didn't think that someone could be that reckless in the tournament, with all those fighters and the Duke's knight ensuring the protection of the participants and the audience.Then a terrible growl echoed in the entire hall and the dragon directed her gaze towards Emma and with a deep breath, it
Emma was amazed at the beautiful sight, she couldn't believe that such a wonder existed down the stadium. It was not a small thing but a treasure under another treasure."This is beautiful," she smiled and turned to look at him.However, she never expected to see a more enchanting sight than the enormous garden and pool. The admiring gaze towards the small house that was built to mix with nature couldn't compare with the view of her husband that was now wearing only a white robe, a soft white robe that couldn't cover the muscles of his arms and chest.Some drops of water were running down his hair and to his chest, it seemed that he just came out from a magical pool."Liam," she whispered and then turned her head to the side with a blush on her face. At that moment she thanked the mask she was wearing for hiding her shameless face.His perfect body with his exposed chest was a sight to behold for the innocent Emma. She couldn't help but blush from
After some hours of enjoying the energy inside the garden, Emma knew it was time to go up for her second battle. She knew it will be more difficult than the first one as now, no one would fall for her fragile and weak act."I have to go now," she said to the angry man on the side. "Liam… sigh."She leaned forward to the Duke that was seated on the side sipping a cup of wine and kissed his furrowed forehead."I will go, darling," she smiled when she noticed the blush on his ears.However, he acting as if ignoring her, as a way to get back at her for giving him the cold shoulder a few hours ago. The shameless man was trying to have his way with her and lure her to a delicious moment just the two of them alone, but his dear wife was set on winning her next fight and she won't do it with him as a distraction.So she decided to shove him off and resort to threats of cold showers for a week if he dared to lay a finger on her. The dragon had to ret