By the time the disfigured body of Braxton (real name unknown) fell on the ground, his life is already lost.
And now, both of the lives of the demons were claimed by Azzy.
This is what Azzy and Leah came to an agreement on beforehand. Back during their time in the waiting room, when they are discussing the strategy, Azzy insisted that he will have to be the one that finishes the demons.
Leah knew that he is a necromancer and his necromancy ability will let him gain two skeleton bodies with rank-7 physical strength. So, she made a deal that she will control the Arcana born from the fusion of Vajra and Excalibur in the future, and in exchange, whenever, they intend to kill someone, Azzy will take care of the last attack.
As a result, Izaru ended in Azzy's control but just for this match, he gave it up for Leah because he knew that he was getting a better end of the deal. After all, she was only getting temporary control while he was receiving permanent benefits.
"The winner is team Camelot." The Proctor announced at the top of his lungs, earning a loud cheer from a large section of the audience. The others just clapped while feeling bad for the twins who died. But then again, they weren't the first ones who died. During the past couple of hours, a lot of deaths have occurred.
As Leah and Azzy made their way to the exit, the Proctor placed the corpse in a separate storage card. In the space, there were 18 more of them who died in the tournament in this arena.
With their battle is over, they didn't leave for the waiting room but directly exited the Arena and went for a tour. Of course, both of them didn't forget to expel the opponent's blood spilled on their bodies using the cleansing skill card. It is only a 1-star card but is quite usable.
As Leah is an alumnus of the academy, she acted as the tour guide. Azzy followed her.
<strong>About an hour later;</strong>
"That is the legendary tea house I mentioned before." Leah pointed at a normal-looking wooden house, which is located on the top of a hill. Both of them were standing in the outer garden where the visitors are allowed to roam around.
Unfortunately, the inner garden and the tea house are currently restricted to everyone. So, Leah couldn't take him up there. But then again, the place is pleasant enough to relax around.
Both of them took a seat at a coffee shop and chat for a bit while having a beverage. Although Leah prefers tea, just for today, she went with Azzy's taste and tried iced coffee.
"So, what do you think of the academy?" She asked him and took a sip.
"It's nice. Whether it is the buildings or even a garden like this, everything has a history. More than an academy, it looked like some kind of tourist destination. Our academy cannot even be compared to it." Azzy praised the Heavenly academy as he was genuinely impressed by it. However, he didn't rule out the bad things too. "If only the modern facilities were allowed here, it would have been nice. Unfortunately, any type of electronic equipment is banned in Arcana world."
Leah let out a sigh in response, "well, we can't do anything about it. The union of Xynnar is quite adamant on this."
For a while, they talked about this and that. Both of their cups were empty and it is time for them to go to the Arena to watch the rest of the matches from the audience section.
Just as they left the bench and were about to return, Azzy spotted something above her lips.
"Um, Leah… The cream…" He pointed at her.
"Hmm?" She wiped it with her hand. There's nothing.
"Not here, it's here…" Azzy pointed at her upper right part of the lips.
As she failed to wipe it off again, contrary to her perfect girl image, Azzy just stretched his hand and wiped it off casually and continued to walk as if it is nothing. "Okay, let's go."
However, for Leah, it caused a little bit of disturbance in her heart. Usually, when seeing such a scene in a movie, she would feel cringed as a viewer and even term it as nonsense but upon experiencing it herself, it ended up as a heart-fluttering moment for her. Maybe, it's because it is Azzy or maybe, it is because no one dared to do that act to her until now. The reason might be anything but she couldn't help but stare at Azzy's back for a few seconds. "Now that I think about it, his shoulders are quite broad."
"What are you doing? Let's go." Azzy turned around and said to her.
Seeing Azzy behaving normally, Leah shook her head to throw away unnecessary thoughts and followed him.
Time passed away. By the end of the evening, only about 42 matches were finished.
Now, the 43rd match is going on. Judging by the time, it will be the last match for the day. So, the remaining 26 matches will be concluded on the next day. That means Azzy and Leah will get enough rest until the Afternoon before they go on to fight their next opponents.
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<strong>World of Gaia; </strong>
<strong>Central Academy, Silver city;</strong>
Unlike the senior division battles, the junior division, specifically, the group category, the format is quite simple due to the fact that only 86 teams registered themselves.
86 teams were divided into four Arenas with 20, 20, 20, and 26. The teams in the last batch fell to a disadvantage with more competitors. But then again, nothing can be done about it because they were the ones who registered late.
For Twilight to get to top-8, all they have to get to the top 2 of the table. Because there are six other winners from different groups allotted to the same Arena, Twilight then had to win two battles in a row.
The top two teams of each Arena will go to top-8, which will only be conducted once duo and solo category matches were over. They will get a lot of time to prepare. As for whether Azzy gets to participate with his friends, it depends on his own schedule and the opponents Twilight had to face. But with Estella on the team, he was more relaxed about their chances.
Coming to the present, the last match of the day is going on at Arena-B. It was between Team Twilight and Team Dragon Riders. This is the 6th match for both of these top 2 rankers, although it is a second battle between them.
In the first battle they fought during the morning, Dragon Riders barely managed to drag the battle until the 10-minute timer and draw the match.
That's why Claire made a decision that she didn't like. She replaced Calder with Estella, boosting up their offense.
Surprisingly, the Dragon Riders also replaced one of their main team members with a substitute who had yet to battle until now. Everyone only knows that this guy is a mid-rank-5 and possesses only one single attribute of darkness. So, no one put special attention to him and treated him like an extra.
Both of the teams entered the barrier and the 1-minute timer for the preparation had started on the screen.
Claire formulated the strategy, "Louis and Mia, both of you will team up; Gideon, you and me will be the vanguard. And Estella, take care of the enemies from the skies."
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