Absolute Soul
58. Final Round Begins

A few days passed since Haikal and Heru visited Salvia in the hospital, nothing has changed in their daily lives in the past few days. Perhaps the only thing that changed was the attitude of Edward who finally came back after being absent for almost three quarters of a month.

Edward usually talks a lot and looks down on his classmates, but after losing against Haikal, Edward becomes more silent and silent. Edward often went out of class with his group of friends during break time.

"You're great, yeah, Haikal. Of all people only you can conquer that person," said one of the 1-A class students while looking at Edward who was stepping out of class.

"really? I don't feel that way" Haikal replied, looking at Edward's back.

Different from his classmates who were happy when Edward left the class, Haikal actually felt the opposite. He was troubled by Edward's old attitude towards the new.

Although Edward's new attitude for him was quite comfortable, Haikal was still disturbed in his heart. It can be seen from the expression of Edward who since he returned to appear so disappointed and sad, sometimes also angry.

"Maybe he was just disappointed and angry at him who had been defeated by a commoner like me," Inner Haikal felt himself thinking too much. In the end Haikal considered Edward still dissolved into his defeat against the commoners.

Just after Haikal finished thinking about Edward, Heru patted him on the shoulder, "Haikal, today we are going to see Salvia again?"

"Hmm. I don't think it's necessary, we can let him rest. It's not nice for a girl like herself to accept such a rude way on, is it?" Haikal raised his eyebrows looking at Heru.

"True," Heru just remembered Salvia's body structure is different from his body and Haikal, after all Salvia is not a Warrior-type Blazer so it can not continuously accept the rehabilitation method that Haikal recommends.

Haikal nodded slowly before getting up from his chair and intending to go home right after the bell rang, "We better focus on practicing for today. The final is two days away."

Heru agreed to Haikal's suggestion. Even though both of them were already strong in the size of a first-rate Blazer candidate, strong alone was not enough to defeat the Verna group that contained a genius all over.

Verna the Witch Queen who has extraordinary magic power, Jack of All Trade who is able to adapt to any fighting style, then Cecil the Jade Daughter who is the master of the Jade Phoenix, who is the master of the Phoenix, one of the rarest Soul Arc Summoner types.

If entitled to choose, then neither Haikal nor Heru want to fight Cecil given his unreasonable healing ability despite being at the level of Blazer candidates.

In the group Cecil is indeed the weakest individual, but since the rise of the Jade Phoenix, he was anticipated by many parties even though his strength was not much. His healing power was the most troublesome thing if it were to be said.

"But, the highest possibility against him is me, right?" Asked Heru while smiling wryly.

Haikal laughed dryly in response, "Sorry, but that's how it's best."

Heru sighed unable to complain, he only shrugged for a moment indicating that he had resigned himself to the worst situation against Cecil and tried desperately later.

Haikal may be scheduled to play Jack because their promise at the beginning of the tournament is very much awaited by the audience and makes the tournament even more exciting. It is unlikely that the school will not interfere in the lottery later.

"And we must not let our guard down, there is a possibility that Blackout will attack the academy at its peak event" Haikal warned.

"Don't worry, I won't be that easy to forget," after Heru's uneasy feeling Haikal suspected that he could easily forget the fact that Skymaze Academy was likely to be a target for Blackout wasn't small.

Haikal only gave a small smile in response to Heru's dissatisfaction before starting to prepare to practice his inhuman training menu as usual. This time Heru was able to follow the Haikal practice although not perfectly thanks to the use of soul energy.

Without feeling two days have passed, the final round as well as the last day of the Welcome Tournament was held so lively. The event was opened by Veindal who as usual welcomed the entire audience with his old and boring speech, making most of the audience bored and ended up protesting.

"For so long no see, ladies and gentlemen! We haven't seen each other for a month!" Excited the host while waving his hand to all the audience who seemed to be present more than the previous stages.

The final round of the Welcome Tournament has always been the highlight of events and tensions. Although it was not until killing each other, this year's tournament experienced so much difference from the previous year.

The main cause is the existence of the four best geniuses of Wulodhasia in his generation, namely Salvia, Edward, Verna, and Anna—although two of them have fallen.

Secondary causes? Of course due to the figures of the hidden golden eggs that have just revealed themselves in this tournament. Who else if not Haikal, Jack, Cecil, and Heru whose names these days can not stop being talked about in the Blazer circles? Especially Haikal and Heru.

Heru's name did not soar as high as Haikal who became the best dark horse in the Welcoming Tournament this year, but since the success of both men toppled a Blackout member who attacked them, Heru's name sounded more often talked about.

"Without more pleasantries, let's welcome to the west! The seeded group that from the beginning continued to win without significant difficulties even though they were both against another seeded group, the Verna Group!" The host pointed to the west side arena gate.

There was a pair of girls, one with bright purple hair who was pigtailed in two while the other girl with short green hair was in the style of a bob, followed by a handsome, attractive blonde man who was able to win the heart of any woman.

They are Verna Galvoria, Cecil Vermillion, and Jack Calvin.

"Verna, finish them off with all your strength!"

"Jade Daughter Cecil, press those ordinary people with the power of your Phoenix flames!"

"Jack, I bet a lot on you! Make sure you win!"

Verna's group was greeted with great fanfare by most of the audience. No wonder considering that Verna group has never been recorded to lose any fight since the tournament so that the win rate is very high.

"Ups, attendees don't just pick this side because to the east we have a group that has continuously surprised us all since the Welcome Tournament started!" The host pointed to the east gate of the arena, "Let's welcome the group full of surprises, the Salvia Group!"

As the host blabbed, Haikal and Heru figures could be seen stepping their feet lightly towards the arena floor. Most of the audience greeted the two excitedly until they finally realized one thing.

The host frowned seeing only Haikal and Heru coming, "Haikal, Heru, can I tell where Salvia is? Is he still in recovery?"

Haikal smiled slightly in response to the host's question, "True, Salvia is still in a period of self-recovery."

Haikal's statement managed to provoke the discussion of the spectators, even small to large Guilds joined the heated discussion. Because without Salvia, even though Haikal and Heru have great power, still can not win only with incomplete members.

The host broke out in cold sweat hearing Haikal's statement, "So, Salvia's name needs to be omitted from the lottery list, huh? Ba—"

"Wait!" Not yet had the host finished his sentence, Haikal had interrupted first surprising everyone who heard it, "Let's wait for Salvia for at least one act."