Team Twilight's first match is against Team Westside.
Their natural strong body and different color made it evident that they are from the mysterious Western continent of Zalfari.
Zalfari is located on the other side of the world, spanning a little more than 8 million sq. kilometers, excluding the waters. Compared to the supercontinent of Xynnar, which has an area of over 78 million sq. km, it is indeed very small.
Fortunately, the largest nation in the world, Freyles is only about 3 million sq. km. This is the reason it was given continent status about a few millennia ago even though the region was comprised of hundreds of islands.
The continent of Zalfari has over 100 million population and yet, their importance to WAMO or the rest of the world for that matter is quite negligible.
The commoners living on Xynnar treat the immigrants like barbarians.
The officials treat them like second-class citizens.
The police look at them as criminals, every time asking for ID and questioning their purpose of loitering around.
The soldiers in a few countries wouldn't even permit them to enter the portal points citing reasons of security.
The governments weren't interested to form diplomatic relations with the west.
In the past, several kingdoms even colonized them. If not for WAMO, the people of Zalfari would still be slaves.
With people from the west working in various fields and making name for themselves, the situation improved a lot but still, some countries wouldn't want them to progress because they fear their strength. After all, it is believed that a common citizen who is an adult can easily beat up a rank-3 Arcana Master just through fists.
And if it is some bodybuilder or wrestler, it is known that their physical strength would rival that of a rank-4. What if they were Arcana Masters? How strong they could be?
It was such fear that made several nations put them away and make the west stay poor so that they wouldn't get the necessary resources to become stronger. But then again, this kind of treatment made the countries from the west stay united. All of them have different rulers but they have a common military structure, currency, and everything.
Team Westside is one of the teams representing the west. Each of them from a different place but their respective governments brought them together about six months ago and gave them rigorous training.
With heavy responsibility riding on their shoulders, the team sent its strongest five to the field. On the other hand, Team Twilight sent its main members, leaving behind Azzy and Estella to only cheer from outside the barrier.
Unlike with the Champions League, there was no habitat here. It is just a simple elevated platform made of concrete with 200 meters in length, 200 meters in width, and about three meters in height.
The platform was covered by a translucent barrier, which does nothing but stay as a boundary. That means the attacks could even pass through it. So, in a way, there's no security for the participants. Then, what's the use of a barrier?
It was only for the proctor to decide on which player is out of the battle. If one mistakenly exits the barrier, they can't rejoin their teammates again.
Both the teams entered the barrier and waited for the signal.
As soon as the whistle was blown, everyone summoned their Arcana. Team Westside is full of summoners. Each of the summoning beasts looked like a behemoth. One is a giant rhino with three horns. The second one is a giant elephant but with four tusks. The third one is an armored crocodile. The fourth one is a giant turtle.
And the last one is the biggest of them all, a fu*k**g dinosaur. The leader of them owns a Spinosaurus that looked very menacing.
Even though each of them is only at peak-rank-5 except for the spinosaurus that is at low-rank-6, all of them looked absolutely dominating to the spectators. Compared to them, the Arcana of Team Twilight looked like a joke.
Claire and Gideon are sword users, Mia has an Oak tree, Louis has a bow in his hand, and Calder's Arcana is a shield. So, if one ignores Mia, it is more like a battle between summoners and weapon users. However, there wasn't a speck of worry on Azzy as he was confident that his team would win. As for whether his teammates think the same, it is doubtful.
Claire quickly passed the instructions to the rest of the team, "We'll go with diamond formation. Louis, I'm counting on you."
Louis nodded and took the central position. Claire moved to the front and Mia moved to the back. Gideon and Calder took the positions of right and left. Louis was in the center of the formation.
Louis pulled the string and made the first move as the other team's leader gave an order for the attack. It was actually a normal energy arrow that was conjured between his fingertips, although with a slight twist.
The five beasts with an average size of 200ft started rushing towards them with their respective owners mounted on top of them. The concrete platform started to shake because of their heavy movements. Louis, on the other hand, had conjured an arrow but did not shoot it as if he was waiting for the right time.
Claire and others were also staying in their spots and kept glancing at Louis from the corner of their eyes. It would be a lie if they say that they are completely calm. There was always this tension due to uncertainties in battle. And the Spinosaurus itself looks quite intimidating.
The five beasts with their masters, lessen the distance between them by atleast 30 meters per second. In just five seconds, Team Twilight is already in their attack range.
Leader of team Westside, Dannell Lowe ordered his dinosaur, "Spinee, shred her into pieces."
*Kraaaa*
It let out a roar and rushed towards its target, the captain of the opposite team. Dannell's aim is clear. He wishes to kill Claire and inflict psychological damage on her teammates.
Once they win the match, it doesn't matter to him whether Team Twilight becomes stronger to take revenge or collapse due to the absence of the captain. He was confident that they wouldn't likely meet again unless they end up in the top 8.
Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have any info on Claire or others except for basic details that were shown on the board, earlier.
Louis finally released the magical arrow. The arrow traveled over Claire's head and went towards the spinosaurus.
Claire's eyes widened in surprise and she couldn't help but abruptly turn her head, "seriously?"
Louis let out a mysterious smile and then, gave a nod.
Meanwhile, sensing the power in the incoming arrow was only of low-rank-5, Dannell didn't take it seriously and ordered his beast.
"Spinee, destroy it."
The spinosaurus raised its forelimbs, showing off the might of its powerful claws. It swiped at the arrow just when the arrow was about to hit it.
Unfortunately, neither Dannell nor his beast tried to probe about the layer of dark energy coated over the energy arrow.
As soon as its claws made contact with the arrow, the latter was indeed destroyed but in return, it unleashed a tiny portal out of nowhere and sucked the entire beast and its master into it like a black hole.
By the time Dannell and his teammates understand what was going on… the beast and its master were teleported outside the barrier.
"What the hell…" The rest of the contestants got up on their feet in shock.
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