Chapter 26: Tournament (2)

"Start!"

Perseus aimed both his guns at his opponent as several orbs of arcana appeared and all fired simultaneously, His opponent was then caught off guard and summoned a weak barrier that couldn't resist the attack and cracked.

The attack ended, Perseus rushed in and shot once to the his opponent's face, but his opponent this time foresaw the attack and blocked it, but what caught him off guard was then a rune circle appearing behind his back and a light beam shot out of it and incinerated him.

The judge then stopped the match and announced Perseus victory, the crowd then cheered very loudly

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"Next opponent, speedy Nicky, what kind of name is that?!" Perseus exclaimed

"Well I don't think that your next opponent is going to let their guard down like the other 2" Nova responded "And speedy huh, you might want to think of some way to counter that"

"Speedy, that means that my opponent is small and nimble, but at the same time, they will lack strength and attack power, one blast of my full power should take them out or at least get the judge to interfere and announce my win" Perseus pondered

"Wow, Elliot, you should start thinking like him, he has a plan for everything" Ace nudged him "If he puts this much effort into wowing Eliza like you do, he might actually do it and steal her from you"

"That's a horrible vision" Elliot shivered "But good luck, to you and Emma"

"Thank you" Emma responded "You better not lose till I get to kick your butt, Perseus, and I can finally prove that once and for all that I'm better than you"

"Umm...Emma, you got a spider on your hair" Perseus pointed out

"What?! Where?!" Emma then screamed and frantically tried to get it off but then stopped as she saw that the rest was laughing at her and the other people at the arena was also staring at her, her face then quickly turned red from embarrassment.

"Oh man, I can't believe you fell for that" Ace laughed "Look even Siege is laughing"

"I hate you!" She shouted as Perseus

*****

"How's he doing?" An old man asked Albert "The one you're so interested in?"

He is about 190cm tall, grey hair, cyan eyes, has little facial hair and wears a suit.

"Guild master Aenon, I didn't realize you were here" Albert got up and saluted

"Relax" Aenon chuckled "You're not a soldier anymore, you can stop with the salutes"

"Sorry sir, force of habits"

"Well?"

"He's doing well, though like the rumors, he uses a dual pistols, which is a strange set of weapons to use for a fight"

"I'm sure that he has back up weapons as well, no?" Aenon raised an eyebrow as he spectate an ongoing match

"Of course" Albert nodded "A sword, and a short sword based on the situation that he's in, he's also adept at them. He's being trained by the weapon master, Craig Steel, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was to be very adept with other weapons"

"For a 10 year old, he's definitely impressive" Aenon then turned to him with a serious face "Any more news of the fragments?"

"No sir, but from the recent one, and from what Nova Silver reported, they had a ca that stands out from the rest"

"What makes them stand out?" Aenon was now curious

"He mentioned that Perseus heard some sort of voice in that cavern, it told him to 'We must never be assembled, we must never be together' and 'Lives will be lost', and Perseus told him that those were the exact words"

"It really is more troublesome than we thought" Aenon sighs "I might just be the busiest guild master of all time, I know that it might be a hallucination from how tired he is, but please take that warning, keep all the fragments in different places, this case is still a mystery to us, so I'd take any advice as long as it helps"

"I already have, guild master"

"Good" Aenon smiled

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"Want to make a bet, professor Woods?" Anthony said as he toss a gold in the air

"May I ask what you want me to bet on, headmaster?" Professor Woods asked

"Perseus and his opponent, nicknamed speedy Nicky, a rather flashy name, I would love to bet on Perseus"

"Well from your confident look, I have no doubt in my mind that I would lose the bet, so I would respectfully like to decline the offer"

"That's too bad, I wanted a bit of excitement "

*****

Perseus opponent was a slim girl who was doing warm ups at the opposite side of the arena. She was 160cm tall, orange hair, blue eyes while wearing light armor. Perseus then took out gauntlets to which surprises Nicky.

"I heard you use pistols" she shouted "I doubt you would stand a chance if you want to grab me, there's a reason why my nickname is speedy"

"I know, just wait and see" Perseus grinned

Meanwhile in the audience...

"Well those are the special gauntlets that he requested" Luke said "I had to make it quick, luckily Eliza helped or else, I would've never made it on time"

"Even the armor that he's wearing was made to counter his opponent's speed" Eliza added

"Is it enchanted and is able to boost his speed then?" Axel asked

"No, we're not that talented, but you'll see" Luke replied as the match then started