Chapter 21 Sinbad Vs Cassim

So after thinking about the recent events about his brother's growing merchant company and the time when he proposed some of the technologies and Designs in new magic tools and other machines. Designs for the various games he presented to the council, which Alibaba thought can help raise the atmosphere of Balbadd, which was a very serene and calm country and a stale one as Alibaba saw that this country has very few sources of entertainment.

Alibaba decided to discuss this topic later with his father due to him now thinking of new ideas for the economy of Balbadd and focus now on the interesting purple-haired contestant he was currently observing now. After waiting for a while, the Announcer finally found the purple-haired teen's information and then said,

"Your Third highness, I now have found the information about that contestant you have asked me about. It seems here that the contestant is a Parthevian. Citizen and Named Sinbad, other info about him, is currently 14 years old. According to records, he is the son of an ex-patriot of Parthevia, which died about 7-10 years ago. Besides that info, no other information can be found after leaving his hometown and receiving that scimitar from his recently deceased mother when he turned 14 years old 5 months ago. Aside from that, this contestant seems to be a fairly skilled swordsman."

When Alibaba heard this, he nodded at this information and thanked the announcer. After saying this information, the Announcer just saluted and now returned to his position to do his job and announce information about the battles in the coliseum currently being held.

Alibaba then thought, 'Huh, so according to that info, nothing out of the ordinary seems to be seen by that guy named Sinbad, but why do I feel a strange feeling of familiarity with his rukh even though I'm sure that I have never interacted with that rukh in my past life as Solomon nor as my current life as Alibaba. But I'm sure that Sinbad's Scimitar has no ordinary scimitar similar to those dungeons that appeared recently. I feel a sense of familiarity with the rukh inside it, which is much stronger than Sinbad's.'

'If my third eye is correct, although I can't point who among them is there, I'm pretty sure that one of my household members as Solomon back then. Hmm, Base on his current contest results, I'm pretty sure he would win this competition really easily; it wouldn't be too much fun if he wins this easily, so how about this.'

As Alibaba thought of this, he then told Casino, who was hidden near their location, if an assassin or attacker tries to attack himself and His Father King Rashid and Mother, now known as Queen Anise. When Casino saw Alibaba's signal for him to approach, he quickly went towards Alibaba's location as he said, "Your Highness Third Prince may I ask why you have called me over while I myself in on duty." Alibaba then replied with a scheming look on his face, "Hey Uncle Casino, where is Bro Cassim? I have a great idea to spice up this competition."

When Casino saw Alibaba's mischievous look, he sighed as the third prince. However, smart and wise, still acted like a kid sometimes and often pulled pranks, and seeing his pranking face. He instantly knew he was planning something.

Seeing that the King was just right beside them, Alibaba also had to say this plan to his father, who was since the completion was very stale and not that entertaining aside from some certain battles. Alibaba planned to allow Cassim, who was merely a 6-year-old, to participate in the completion. At first glance, this suggestion would be a gigantic joke to any people who don't know Cassim personally, but unlike the predicted and common answer if a person who doesn't know about Cassim, King Rashid thought it was a great idea.

The Reason that King Rashid thought it would be a great idea was because he himself knew how capable Cassim was already, even if he was still a 6-year-old. These last months after Casino was first recruited into Balbadd's Royal Knight due to his win in the decree's first competition back then. Cassim had also trained intensively in saber skills and body strength. And This month, when Alibaba had also befriended Cassim back then. Unknown to King Rashid and Casino, Alibaba had also imparted to Cassim some sword techniques and the guide to use Ki. Which when Alibaba tested Cassim's talent in Ki, he was actually fairly talented in it.

So due to the strengthening effects of Ki on Cassim's body and advanced sword techniques from Alma Torran, which Alibaba taught him. Cassim became a fairly strong combatant and was even able to pair with Knight-Captain in skill alone.

After talking about this with Casino and King Rashid, Alibaba made Cassim join the completion; however, as a disguise was told to be just a pretty short teen in the information recorded for the completion.

When Cassim, who was in the collegium and his little sister in the stands watching the completion, heard that he could join in the completion of Alibaba's magic tool, which was similar to the device that Alibaba gave Hakuyuu back then when he left Balbadd. Cassim had gotten the second prototype of the device since he was one of the closest friends of Alibaba in the palace, so that's why he was given the second prototype, which was connected's to Alibaba's original Magic tool.

Despite being underage, the least minimum age degree to participate in the completion, he became ecstatic immediately as he dragged his sister Miriam out of the stands of the colosseum and headed to the participant's area.

But before Cassim was about to arrive in the participant's area, he remembered that non-participants weren't allowed inside, so that he couldn't bring Miriam with him there. Still, he suddenly got a great idea as he said to Miriam, who was now the same age as Alibaba. "Hey Lil, sis, how about you head over to Dad's location for now since I can't bring you inside the competitor's area. And I'm sorry Uncle Rashid and Alibaba would allow you there since they like you anyway, especially Queen Anise, who thinks of us as her kids."

When Miriam heard this, she just nodded and ran towards the place where Alibaba, King Rashid, Queen Anise, and her gather spectating the completion. And when the guards who were guarding the hallway of the completion that leads into their location saw Miriam, they just let her in as the guards both knew who Miriam is and seeing the special pin on her dress, which they knew was the symbol of the house of Casino their Chief Knight so another reason they let her in.

So after Miriam arrived in the location where her father was spectating the completion with the Royal Family, Casino, who was guarding very attentively, was very surprised when he saw his daughter suddenly appearing in this place. As he was about to tell her to go back, Anise just stopped Casino as she said, "Oh Miriam-chan is here huh, well let's just let her stay here, General Casino since after all, due to my son's idea, Cassim-Kun had to go join the completion leaving poor Miriam here alone."

When Casino, Alibaba, and King Rashid heard this, they just let Miriam stay here since they thought that she wouldn't cause any problems by staying here. Then Alibaba said, "Ok, mother, of course, will allow Miriam-chan here, and we can even play for a bit while the boring battles happen anyway."

So after that, Miriam had stayed beside Anise for most of the completion while also often going over to Alibaba's seat and playing some games with him. He read some books as well that Sahbmad's Company had published recently.

And While this was happening in the Royal Spectating Section, various Battles had already been done in the competition of Sinbad, who the crowd first thought would easily lose the first round against a gigantic barbarian but defying everyone's expectation, Sinbad managed to defeat the Barbarian with swift moves and impressive scimitar skills. Due to this, with now having various applause among the crowd, especially with the female side, Sinbad managed to reach the Semi-Finals about to face the Disguised Cassim but in this fight known as Massic.

When the crowd first saw the Disguised Cassim/Massic, they thought that the much larger opponent would trounce Sinbad's first match. But Shockingly, to the surprise of the crowd using his Ki Cassim, was able to compare to the Opponent's Strength despite his stature and along with the combination of his impressive Saber Skills and some special techniques which made some people thought that Cassim to be a Magician/Swordsman was the special Ki Attacks he made with his Saber to form Ki Slashes to his enemies, which the crowd saw as magic even though they didn't know what type it was. And after several fights, Cassim had reached the Semi-Finals and about to Face Sinbad in the Battle.

Currently, the Announcer was saying, "Good Afternoon to the crowd, and thanks for waiting for this fascinating Semi-Finals match between two underdogs of the competition, coming from the right side of the arena the, Purple-Haired. Scimatarist and general 14-year-old Ladies-Man Sinbad ."

As the Announcer said this swiftly, Sinbad quickly arrived in the Arena with a broad grin while holding his Scimitar on his Shoulder. then after appearing on the stage, the Announcer said, "Well, on the other side, a similarly young yet short underdog with strength comparing to a wild beast's Massic."

When Cassim heard the announcers comment about his height, he was ticked off for a bit but decided to comment on this later as with a much faster Speed's than Sinbad's entry, he appeared on the stage, but due to the cloths surrounding his body, non of the crowd managed to see his face.

When Sinbad saw Cassim look, he laughed a bit because he was arrogant due to his recent dungeon capture. He then said to Cassim, "Hey little kid, you're clearly younger than me by a bit, but you seem to be pretty strong compared to me when I was your age but don't think you can defeat me. You have no way of being able to defeat me and getting in my way to get that cash prize for this competition, so since you younger than me, I'll give you a chance to surrender so you would get heard."

When Cassim heard this, he became angry quickly due to him being a kid; he was still a bit naive even if his mostly much maturer than kids near his age. then Cassim said, "Stop talking and let's get this fight started since although you seem to be pretty skilled with that Scimitar, there is no way you have the strength to be able to my physical strength even if I'm shorter than you know."

Seeing that Cassim wasn't backing off, Sinbad just smirked as he thought, 'Well then kid seems your tougher you look but, you can't beat me with just that. Let's see if you're even worthy of me using my djinn on you."

Then seeing that both contestants are getting ready to fight, the announcer just said, "Well, it seems like the two contestants are ready for the Semi-Final Match. Start the battle in 3...2...1 Fight!"