Chapter 77: It's A Date

The participant with plaque number seventy-five should step forward

The man said after all the plaques were distributed.

Grey looked at the plaque in his hand, and twenty-nine was boldly written on it. He was not the only one who check his plaque, the rest of the participants also did the same. The few weaker ones prayed they were the ones who got the lucky number.

Grey had no problem with not skipping this round since he mainly came here to test his limits against others. With the upgrade in his earth element, hes stronger compared to the last time he battled, but it didnt mean he could defeat a student in the Ninth stage yet. But he was sure he might be able to fight Alan to a draw now.

Alice also didnt have a problem with this, after all, she was a battle maniac. She might even feel sad if she had to skip this round. Reynolds and Klaus didnt really care also, if they had it, theyll just relax and watch the battles, if they didnt, theyll fight.

Grey looked around to see who was going to step forward but didnt see any movements from the crowd, he subconsciously turned his head towards Klaus and his expression changed when he saw Klaus smiling stupidly.

Klaus stepped forward and showed his plaque to the man in charge.

Reynolds mouth twitched a little when he also saw this, since Klaus stepped forward, it only meant he got the lucky number again.

Crap! How come he always gets it?

He wasnt the only one who had this thought though, everyone who came from the Lunar Academy who witnessed the tournament was also dumbfounded. They had witnessed Klauss terrifying luck during the tournament which allowed him to skip two rounds. But witnessing it once again was just shocking.

They could only smile bitterly and curse their poor lucks.

The second round soon began, Greys battle was among the last set for the day. Although he hoped to battle with a student in the Ninth stage, he didnt get it. His opponent wasnt weak though since she was in the Eighth stage of the Arcane Plane. After a long battle, he was able to obtain victory.

When the group who attacked Grey saw him, they were stunned, especially the one who lost an arm. Grey was perfectly normal, they knew too well how many injuries Grey sustained during the battle, he wasnt even supposed to be able to fight, talk less of beating someone in the Eight stage. Regret suddenly washed him up once again, he regretted following them to attack Grey. If he had just stayed where he was, he would have been perfectly fine. Unfortunately, theres no medicine for regret.

Of the seventy-five participants left, more than half of them were in the Ninth stage, the number in the Sixth stage was only four, with Klaus and Jonas being two of them.

After getting through this stage, Grey knew his chances of advancing once again was very low since the participants left were mostly in the Ninth stage. Even though he really wanted to fight with them, he knew he wasnt their match yet.

The battle soon got to Reynolds turn, his opponent was surprisingly Jonas. Given the way he hated the Starlight Academy, Grey was sure he would try to beat Jonas up badly. Well, so they thought.

When the battle started, Reynolds didnt even try to hold back, he unleashed a strong attack towards his opponent. With his strength, coupled with the stage advantage, he should normally be able to completely overpower Jonas.

But

Boom!

Both fighters were pushed back by the impact of the first clash Reynolds retreated three steps backward from the impact of the attack, Jonas on the other hand retreated five steps before he was able to get his footing right.

The result of the first clash stunned Reynolds, although he got the upper hand, it was just merely. Grey was also surprised by it, he didnt think Jonas would be able to almost fight Reynolds to a draw given the grade of his element. But it didnt surprise him too much since Klauss grade was also purple, but he could battle with those who had blue grade and a higher stage too.

Hes pretty strong

Klaus stared at the battle before commenting.

Yeah

Grey replied calmly.

The battle went on with Reynolds holding the advantage most of the time, but there were a few times he nearly lost due to his hotheadedness, but luckily, he was able to calm himself and slowly grind down his opponent. The advantage of having a higher stage soon started to play out, and just as expected, Jonas lost.

Reynolds came back to his seat after the long battle, he was feeling exhausted, luckily, he won the battle.

To think you almost lost against a student from the Starlight Academy, who is even a stage lower

Klaus said in a mocking tone.

Reynolds looked at Klaus and felt speechless, sometimes he felt like just beating him up. He knew Klaus was just playing around, but it didnt mean he couldnt beat him up still.

You want to try?

He said with an inviting gaze. If Klaus made the mistake and agreed, he will definitely show him a thing or two. But the next thing Klaus said almost made him cough up a mouthful of blood.

Please, like I havent defeated you before

Klaus said with a scoff, particularly stressing the first word he said.

Grey looked at Klaus and didnt know what to say. He still didnt remember when Klaus defeated Reynolds.

What are you looking at? Do you want me to beat you up again?

Klaus looked at Grey arrogantly.

Grey looked at Reynolds and they both nodded, they seem to have come to a conclusion about how to deal with Klaus.

On seeing this, Klaus couldnt help but freeze,

Gguys, you know Im only playing around right?

He stuttered while trying to butter up his friends, which ended in a failure.

Grey didnt even bother to look at him and drew closer to Reynolds, seemingly planning out what methods will hurt Klaus the most.

Klaus almost wanted to cry but no tears came out, he was already cursing his big mouth inside. He totally forgot about their sparring sessions, given his strength, he might be able to struggle longer than Jonas against Reynolds, but it didnt change the fact that he would get his ass whooped. Against Grey, he didnt even have the chance to struggle for more than three minutes.

Damn you! Do you think Im afraid?

He suddenly shifted his gaze over to the laughing Alice, and an idea struck him.

Hey, want to spar with me today?

Alice stifled a laugh when she heard Klauss offer. Klaus has always been scared of sparring with her, she didnt expect he would take this route to escape from punishment from Grey and Reynolds.

How about next time? I can see you already have plans with Grey and Reynolds

She said trying to hold back her laugh.

Nono, today is good

Klaus said with a shaky voice. Only after continuous persuasion did Alice finally agree.

Okay fine

Alice agreed helplessly. She didnt think Klaus was such a persistent person.

Great, its a date then

Klaus said without thinking. His arrogant look once again returned as he looked at Grey and Reynolds,

Hmph! They think they can bully me, but Im one step ahead of them.

There was no way Grey and Reynolds would object to him sparring with Alice, all he had to do now was spar with her for some days. By then, Grey and Reynolds would have already forgotten about their evil scheme.

Alice however lowered her head shyly when she heard Klaus say the word date, she blushed unknowingly with her heart beating like crazy.

Hey, are you okay?

Klaus asked when he suddenly noticed Alices strange behavior.

Alice nodded, she didnt dare to raise her head though, she covered her face with her hands and her imagination started running wild. It was only after some time had passed was she able to calm her racing heart.

The battles for the day soon ended and the group went back to their residence. When Grey and Reynolds went to call Klaus over for their sparring session, they saw him coming out of his room with a victorious look. Just as they were about to call him,

I have a sparring session with Alice today

He said as he walked past them with a smirk,

Lets see how you will beat me up

Klaus gladly went over to Alices place for their training session. Although he was still beaten by Alice, it wasnt to the extent Grey and Reynolds had planned for him. They soon ended their sparring session and he volunteered to show Alice around. Although Alice was from a big family, she didnt travel frequently, this was only the second time she had been to Capital City