We make our way in the middle of the stadium. The crowd here is huge! It’s bigger than the crowd we saw in the last two rounds. There are even cameramen and even news reporters I see all around the place. Not to mention, even the Generals from The King’s Court are here.

“Wow...I never expected to see so many people here.” Jack says.

“Nor did I but we are here...In the middle of a huge crowd.” I say.

Our surprise faces really looked silly since it was the first time we had seen this many people. For Izumi, Elena and Luke, this seems to be a normal thing. I guess it’s because they are royalty and are always connected to some kinda huge crowd.

“Hello everyone, it’s a good day to meet you all.” I see an unexpected face pop out from the King’s room. That face was of Ulric, the headmaster of the academy.

“I am Darlion Ulric, the headmaster of the academy and I am glad to meet you all.” It seems there is some kinda charm in the way Ulric speaks. He is so calm and collected and people seem to be captivated with it.

“I hope you all can enjoy this day today here because we will be having two matches in this very stadium.” Oh, now I see why there is such a huge crowd. Normally, we would have been divided into 4 stadiums and fight but since there are only 4 teams left and this is a huge occasion of the semi-finals, Ulric decided to use this stadium for both the rounds.

“May I say this, once the people who win today move into the finals, the finals will be a battle royale. That means teams Vs teams will fight non-stop. No tag non-sense or no help from words. Help them on battlefield.”

Battle Royale...That means that we will have a hard time to fight 16 people when we only have 6 people ourselves, Tsch!

“Now, I will of course be your commentator for the evening since I have been asked by the gorgeous King himself to keep an eye out for each and every contender.” Ulric says as he smiles.

“The King almighty sits right behind me in this room watching the match. So you better put on a good show for him.” Ulric says.

What if I don’t put any kinda show for him?

“Now, Class 1-A Team 2, please step up and even Class 3-B step up.” Ulric says as we move forward in front of the ring. Our opponent will be a tough one but I can hear people roaring in the crowd but the roars aren’t for us. They are all for Flesty and her team. Now that’s demotivating.

“YOU CAN DO IT DAN!” I hear Carly’s voice in the crowd. I guess she has recovered from the trauma from yesterday night. I smile and nod.

“WE WILL BE CHEERING ON FOR YOU!” Even big brother Sam is here. I didn’t expect him to be here after what happened this morning but I guess...That’s fine.

I can see even old man Jake and even Taani and Big Sis Brake, Shirogane and even...Pears? They all are here huh? I can work with that. If they are here to cheer on for me, I definitely have to win.

“We will win this no matter what.” Luke says.

I nod, “Yeah, we will.”

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“Now Dan, I hope your students can survive my slaughter.”

There is an evil aura that I sense by Flesty, I don’t know why but...This doesn’t seem right.

“Both the teams, please send a participant from your team.” Ulric says to us.

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“I will be your first opponent.” Isn’t that...Luke’s brother, Rook?

Luke steps in, “Izumi, Sir Dan, can I fight him?” Luke asks as he looks at Rook who is waiting in the middle of the ring.

“I guess, you do have some kinda black blood with him...Sure, you can fight him but can you defeat him?” Izumi asks.

“I can!” Luke says with a determined face.

“If you can defeat him, we trust you. Go and get them and win this round for us.” Izumi says.

I nod, “She’s right, we will win against them.” I say with a smile.

“Aight, we will definitely win! I will make sure we win.” Luke says as he enters the ring.

“I see both the brothers are here to fight. That’s right folks, these two are from the Inach family, the little one from Class 1-A’s team 2 in Luke Inach and the big one is from Class 3-B, Rook Inach. Who do you think will win?” Ulric questions the crowd.

The crowd starts rumbling around.

“We will find out in 3, 2, 1...”

Everyone’s eyes are glued in the middle of the ring, even the crowd’s eyes.

“Let the battle commence.”

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