Chapter 9

I woke up to Rez furiously knocking on my door until he decided to teleport inside and punch me in my gut. I was in such a deep sleep that I couldn't even wake up to space rift crackling.

"Mate, don't you think that's kinda harsh," I said "Oh god that hurts, just kidding I barely feel any pain and what I feel is just for the sake of knowing if I'm hurt," I said chucking.

"yea I noticed," said Rez sarcastically

"anyways it's a Sunday morning, why wake me up now? is there something important?" I asked, getting serious

"Uh...it's not a Sunday it's a Monday, and it's also the first day for the tournament of towers," He said

"You kidding me right? I asked nervously

"Nope," He said grinning

"Oh I know," I said as a genius idea popped into my mind

I closed my eyes and when I opened them I was in a familiar golden space,

'Since time stopped outside I can take my time here,' I thought

I took a long hot shower and put on my usual battle gear and got back to the real world.

Rez jumped back to suddenly see me fresh in my gear and not in my pajamas

"oh, you entered pocket dimension didn't you?" He asked with a raised eyebrow

"Totally, but for now we have a bigger worry, GET TO THE STADIUM BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS" I yelled as we both bolted out on the way pat the forest I got an Idea.

"Rez this'll feel weird but bear with me, I said as I slashed a couple of boars on the way and then used their flesh to meet with my and Rez's leg.

"Whoa dude what the hell!?" he said as he plunged forward at an incredible pace

I Zipped past him and in just a few seconds we were at the stadium panting for breath.

"Hi Railan," said Gem wearing her light blue armour from when I fought her.

"H....hi," I said panting but I took a few deep breaths and returned to normal though the same couldn't be said for Rez he was still struggling to stay still, well you can't blame him after all he just traveled like 120 km/h using his feet.

"I like your full black gear but it doesn't seem that durable" Gem said

"Oh it's durable alright," I said smirking

"okay well good luck, I wanna fight you again so don't lose," she said before walking away

"I'm...te-... telling y...you sh..she like you," Said Rez

I slapped the back of his head and said "shut up and also they are going to explain the rules of the tournament right now so shut up"

"yea whatever you say," he said as he slowly regained his composure

'WOW we have a lot of stamina' I thought 'i mean you can't recover that quickly can we after running that fast'

"Ladies and gentlemen we at the axel academy warmly welcome you all to the 85th Tournament of Towers!" Yelled a booming voice which was done by the headmaster, he was a balding man who had wrinkles all over his body face, he wore a white shirt and black pants. He wore glasses and had 2 daggers strapped to his belt. He was a retired S-rank Axel user and used daggers as his main weapon.

The crowd cheered as he said this. "Now the rules are as follows, The tournament will be in a knockout format, There will be four blocks A, B, C, and D, in each block 16 students will fight, 2 against each other and 8 matches will take place in one block for the day and in 4 days the first round will clear up.

The way to win a battle is if the opponent forfeits or if you deal a fatal blow.

I thought Teleporting was Loius' Axel but turns out his axel can let him see if a fatal blow appears, Teleporting is just general magic, but unlike axels, they have major drawbacks like, You can teleport over a small radius and you have to stay in one place and it takes quite some time to activate, but since he activates it and waits until a fatal blow, it doesn't matter.

All of the Elite 9 from the school would be participating, they were all 3rd years and were crazy Strong, no one could stand a chance against them except themselves inside the elite 9, It's a leader and the First seat of the Elite 9 is

Valarie Fexigon or more famously known as the Ice dragon of Mount Lexington.

Her family is a prestigious one who all have really strong Ice axels. there were rumors that said that Valarie was the chosen heir to the family.

"And this year we have more first years than ever before," Said The headmaster.

"tch" a boy next to me clicked his tongue, "Stupid first years, They are all so weak, I'll let them know their place," Said a boy who looked a little older than me with a large bushy eyebrow, sunken in eyes and a sturdy and bony body.

'I hope I get matched up against him, I'll show him true pain before Teleporting him out' i thought with my sadistic desires surfacing.

"What's with the creepy grin?" asked Gem

"oh! I didn't know you were here, well I just hoped I would be matched up against that guy so that I can proceed to beat him to a bloody pulp, he thinks first years are trash" I said looking at the guy, he had Dark brown hair and was wearing brown thick leather armour. he used gauntlets as his weapons and looked really annoyed.

"ugh I hate this kind of people," Gem said

"Yea me too," I said awkwardly, I mean she was kinda cute with her pink cheeks and pale complexion.

"Hey if you aren't busy wanna come to get some lunch this afternoon?" she asked confidently

"Umm thanks but I need to be training with Rez during the time, I appreciate the thought," I said looking away 'maybe Rez was right, She has a crush on me, wait no, she must've just wanted to talk about academy stuff, yeah that must be it' it though nervously, This was one of my first interaction with a girl and I mean it.

"oh okay," She said looking confused

*** Gem's point of view ***

'What the heck!, I just asked a really cute guy on a date and he just rejected me!?' I thought 'I mean but why I'm cute right, no maybe not' I thought, I could feel something, I dunno what it was, it just made me want to go out with him, normally I would turn down numerous 'Confessions' but when I ask someone I'd get a NO?

maybe I should stop thinking about it, wait I could probably see how they train and where.

Will I be a stalker then? Nah I'm just seeing how that train Right