Chapter 25

Chapter 25,

Apprentices' Tournament

Third Person's POV

Every single year, a certain event is held in every capital containing seventy participants each. It is known to be the Apprentices' Tournament which is where novice knights, knights who want to get stronger, or commoners that wants to be a Knight joins to get a Master to train them.

If they win the tournament, they might get a high-ranked Master to train them and get stronger in a nick of time. But that's not everything. They can use their apprenticeship to get a Apprentice Rank because of their master's influence. With the high rank, they can access great privileges.

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On the battlefield, Koshiro evaded the attack, but his posture is broken. Before he could regain, another attack went for him, and it landed directly on his chest, throwing him away, making him cough up blood.

[System: System can now be activated to assist the user from here on. Do you wish to activate?]

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Koshiro wondered in what's in front of him, abd just tapped since it sounded good to him.

[System: System is now activated. You will be assisted by the system until you turn off ]

With that, information came flooding into his head about his Powers, and it made him pause for a second. In that second, he leaned how his skills worked.

"Quite open!" Dave gave another blow on Koshiro's chest making him cough more blood.

Koshiro's held his hand out towards Dave's direction and chanted, "Wind that blows, wind that sings, sing us your broken melody, Echoes of the Winds!"

Dave was stunned and couldn't move because of the spell and his ears are ringing like hell. His vomiting blood and his ears are bleeding from the outside, slowly dripping from the impact

"What the hell's with that spell?!" Dave asked angrily as he stood up.

"Earth, grant me strength and protection!" Slowly, the flow rose into him and formed an armor, and a sword also rose up from the ground without a particular color, "I can't loose to someone as weak as you," he added an insult as his sword went brownish in color.

"Earth Sword Art Form Two: Earth Sword," he attacked Koshiro with a swing towards the ground, and Koshiro dodged by jumping back. While he's still in midair, spikes near where the sword smashed appeared, striking towards Koshiro, but he barely managed to evade it in the last second.

Dave attacked continuously, and Koshiro managed to dodge them, but not in time. He was wounded in different parts and his clothes are mostly torn apart, revealing a little part of the upper body, which is his bellybutton. Koshiro fell on the ground shaking.

"What? I expected a lot since you picked this one. Isn't he just a weakling," Ireena mocked Koshiro.

"I believe you have a reason for choosing him, my best friend. Don't let me down," Feiro added.

Riven gave a big, creepy grin, "You'll take back your words later. I dare you to mock him more," his words left the two frightened, but it wasn't shown fully on his face.

"If you can't lose to someone like me, then I won't also lose to someone like you. I have to get stronger. I cant let anyone die I front of me. Never again." Koshiro forced himself to stand up.

'Should I call it as win for Dave?' The EMCEE thought as he looked with pity at Koshiro's poor state.

Koshiro tapped his sword in his body and it slowly healed, but it won't heal his magical powers, and he knows of that fact. Even though his sword is green and can heal, the way it healed him is extraordinary. Indeed, it can heal others fast enough, but it can't heal the owner at that speed, and it gave everyone who knew of it a shock in his face.

At that moment, a thought crossed Koshiro's mind, 'What if I asked for power from the Gods instead of the spirits?' his thought lit a light of hope in him.

By then, he began chanting, "Aeolus, the god of the airs and the winds, give me your support," the ones to heard his chanting shocked them, "Wind Rampage" with his words, the place was covered by strong winds that almost everything was pulled to it.

Who would've thought that he would plead for power from the gods? Of course it's hard to do that, but he has Aeris, who is Sylph's brother. Sylphid is is close to the Gods of Winds and Airs like Aeolus and other wind gods like Boreas and more.

The wind pulled Dave closer to Koshiro and he lifted him while the violent wind gives off some cuts on Dave's body, despite having an armor that was perished by the blowing strong wind.

"Stop, Koshiro Wins the first battle," the EMCEE stopped the fight and the wind calmed down, and Koshiro dropped Dave down who was unconscious now.

Riven spoke at the two who was dumbfounded by the turn of events, "What? Don't tell me you can't say anything to him?" He laughed.

"What was that?" Ireena couldn't say anything more.

"What was that right now? That was. . . How do you say it. . .? Astonishing!" He laughed with his clown's voice.

Koshiro, who was finished went back to the room where the others was waiting from, walking while he sways from side-to-side They were watching from the top of the Stadium from where some other Master and Apprentices can watch and rest while the battle continues.

"Koshiro! Are you okay?" Gin worriedly approached Koshiro trying to transfer magical powers and Mana into him.

"Gin, you'll fight next, you need to reserve your Mana and Magical Powers. I'll go heal him. Besides, we don't want you exhausted right?" Goro said making Gin click his tongue on him.

"How about you? Didn't you know that the higher the level of Heal, the faster you can heal someone or transfer Mana and Magical Powers?" Hiruki spoke from behind, "Added to it, I'm the healer here, aren't I?" Hiruki smiled at Goro making him stand back and let Hiruki do the work.

"Oh, aren't you scared of the healer?" Gin teases.

"Aren't you the same? You fear him, too, don't you?" Goro fought back with the same, annoying tone.

"Huh?! You want a fight?!" Gin snapped.

"The one to loose his cool looses," Goro added.

"Fine! Let's settle this, once and for all!" Gin lit up a fireball.

"Take it somewhere else," Koshiro sighed.

He was now awake. As expected from the healer. They can't possibly heal his this fast if it isn't Hiruki who did the work. Fast and clean. No visible wounds or scars left. Not a single trace.

"Koshiro!" Gin called out.

[System: The system's is now turned off, you did a good job!]

[System: For winning a battle, player will receive some few rewards. Rewards are only a little since it's no real-life battle. Your first reward is a huge amount.]

[ is now Lvl. 15! is now unlocked, you can now use any Wind Spells and Magic.]

[Your is now in ]

[Your in now developed into ]

[Tap for more. . .]

Looking at the great achievements Koshiro's eyes sparkled in delight. This was one big catch for him. Exited, he tapped the last Message.

[Player is now at Lvl. 12]

[You have obtained ×2 ]

"Hiruki, when's your birthday?" Koshiro asked shocking him and the others felt the same way, too.

'Is this it? No, this can't be, he's not the type to do so. He's dumb, after all. No, Hiruki, you shouldn't tell him that!' Hiruki thought as his face was a little red.

On the other side, Got thought, 'What is this plot twist? Is this a confession? Is Koshiro that way? Waiiiit!!!'

"Y-Yes?" Hiruki asked while his voice was shaking.

"Is this that story development?" Hela blushes as he talks on the back.

"When's your birthday, I ask," Koshiro repeated.

"8th March. I-Is something wrong with it?" Hiruki was still blushing.

"March 8. . . Isn't that Next week in real time?" Koshiro was shocked himself.

"Why do you ask?" Gin asked.

"Nothing special. It's a secret," Koshiro faintly smiled.

Everyone thought, 'No. There's definitely something special. . ." no one tried to voice it out.

"Next Battle will be starting. This one's gonna be exciting!!! The Great Sorcerer who studied and learned the Tome of Beginner Spells, Gin. And The Twins that's known for Mastering a hundred Intermediate-level spells, Mana and Maria.

"Oh, he's gone! That was fast," Ireena said while looking for Gin, who was how at the ring.

"What's wrong, you three?" Riven asked at the three, who was in deep shock.

"Is my students that pretty to catch the attention of your boys?" A girl who appeared laughed boyishly.

"Oh, Athena. You're as pretty as always," Ireena complemented her.

"Incomparable to you," she smiled back.

"Isn't that. . ." Goro couldn't finish his sentence.

"To think that the prey will come to the hunter's side. We have to take her as an ally now," Hiruki faintly chucked cunningly.

"Don't tell me that you have a dark plan. Don't dare kidnap those twin and do something inappropriate!" Riven gave the two a smack in the head.

"Well then, we're gonna catch those two girls with a boy's soul within them!" Koshiro insisted.

"Boy's soul? What are you grumbling about?" Riven was now, annoyed.

"Mana and Maria is my classmate and one of our friends! Got a problem with that?!" Goro snapped.

"This battle will be interesting! I fight between the two suckers!" Koshiro laughed at the two.

Indeed, that's a fact. Mana, Maria and Gin was the ones who had the lowest progress in RoK. Not to mention that Koshiro was mostly the one to help them raise their level by telling them some tricks and plans.

"Does that mean I have to use it again?" Hiruki sighed with no energy.

"Don't worry. We'll do it after the tournament, so that you could get one rest after. Now, let's watch first," Koshiro smiled.

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