The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 48: Tournament B-3

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Ren's figure was standing, knocking on the door of The King's Area. After Ren knocked on the door, Derrian opened the door from the inside.

"Mr Dirvaren, Your Majesty requested that you enter directly, there is no need to bother knocking on the door first." Derrian said it with a bit of trouble.

"really..? In that case, next time I won't knock on the door, this is also a little troublesome."

"Yes, of course...." Derrian nodded.

Ren and Derrian walked into the room again. King Esdagius was the first to notice Ren's arrival, he immediately turned his head towards Ren and smiled at him.

"Is your business done..?"

"Of course, it was just a small affair." Ren nodded.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Dirvaren. The person who will be competing this time is quite interesting."

"Interesting..?" Reply Ren while sitting back in the place that had been provided before.

"Pulse.. You see, the person over there is believed to win this Tournament by various parties."

King Esdagius appointed a man who was in the Arena, a man wearing a striking red Armor. His face can be said to be quite handsome, suitable when mentioned as the face of a man who likes to cause problems.

The aura he exuded looked like one who liked to underestimate others. With the look of her sharp eyes, it added to the annoying impression she had. Right now, the man was standing holding his long Spear.

Upon seeing the man appointed by King Esdagius, Ren furrowed his brows. Ren felt even more strange as the people in the room nodded in agreement to the King's statement.

'From my point of view, he has absolutely no qualification as a winner..'

Although at first glance the man does look strong because he is wearing a sturdy Armor and Magic Weapon in the form of a spear that glows red dim.

But, Ren could sense mana, he knew how big and how pure mana was.

'The amount is ordinary, and his Mana has no purity.. In fact, I felt a weirdness in his mana..'

Ren held onto his chin, he watched closely the man in the Arena with both glowing red eyes.

At the same time, Ren was completely unaware of the slightest bit of Princess Sylna who was watching him. Not only was Princess Sylna the one who noticed Ren, but a woman with glazed eyes did the same.

Ren's attention was still fixed on the man appointed by King Esdagius.

"King Esdagius, who is that man you're talking about..?"

Someone who is believed to come out as the winner of this Tournament must be a strong and famous person. It was this reason that led Ren to ask who exactly the man was.

"I had expected you to ask, that man is Arniga Radulart, a Knight from the Neighboring Kingdom. He was also nicknamed Flame Disaster because of his habit of causing trouble in various places." The king explained with all his heart.

'Flame Disaster, is it true that she is as strong as the nickname she bears?'

Due to King Esdagius' explanation, Ren felt a little wary. The man wearing the spear could have been a very strong man and could hide the power he had.

This time Ren decided to ask Princess Sylna who was in the seat next to him.

"Ehm.. Princess Sylna, do you know anything about this.?"

Princess Sylna flinched, it was obvious that she did not expect Ren to ask her. Ren also understood the reaction of Princess Sylna, from what Ren knew, it seemed that Princess Sylna was a shy and did not like to socialize.

Immediately, Princess Sylna regained consciousness from the shock. With a strange and exaggerated manner, he said to Ren...

"S-I don't know about him at all, Mr. Dirvaren.... But, if you are very curious, let me m-search for information about in-he later...." Princess Sylna said while looking embarrassed.

"Mh... Can I count on you, Princess?" Ren replied, a warm smile appeared on his face.

Of course Ren had realized that Princess Sylna would not know anything about that Man named Arniga. However, Ren deliberately asked that Princess Sylna be a little better at socializing.

A Princess of a Kingdom must be good at it. Although he would not be one to lead the Kingdom directly. However, one day he must marry someone important from another Kingdom so that the relationship between the two Kingdoms goes well. A Habit of the Fantasy World...

"Then King Esdagius, who was the enemy..?" Ren changed his question to the King.

"I don't know about him, maybe just a wanderer who's eyeing the big prize of this Tournament?" King retaliated.

"so.." Ren nodded deeply, there was no way to prove the strength of this Man named Arniga other than by looking at his fight head on.

'Flame Disaster, let's see if your abilities are the same as the nickname you bear.'

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"Haha! A stroke of luck to this great me! to be able to finish off a person nicknamed Flame Disaster!"

The bald man who had an abnormally stout and muscular body shouted loudly. From the words he said, it was obvious that he was an arrogant person.

But Arniga was the same arrogant person he was. Arniga responded to the bald man with a defiant smile.

"What's wrong with your body? you can still be called a human... Pfftts. Don't you look like a monster?" Arniga laughed at the bald man before him.

"Gahaha....!" The bald man laughed loudly.

The response that the Bald Man gave made Arniga feel astonished. Supposedly, one would get angry if he was insulted, but this bald man instead laughed.

"I do crave the body of an incredible Monster! It's just that I was unlucky to be born as a human!" The bald man continued his sentence without the slightest embarrassment.

"Huh? Not only is your body strange, it turns out your brain is even stranger..."

Arniga did not continue his underestimating attitude. He thought it would be useless if it provoked the emotions of someone who had lost his wits.

"Whisper you! let me show you the power of this great Lord Orgo!"

The Bald Orgo man grasped both of his large axes. The horse - The horse he prepared even resembled a monster, it seemed like he who yearned to become a monster was indeed a reality.

While Arniga, he used a strange body pose. He stretched his left leg straight forward, while his left hand touched the ground of the arena. The spear he used as a weapon, he held using his right arm straight backwards in a Horizontal position.

The match was about to begin, a Jury from the Tournament was seen standing up and preparing to count down.

"Three, Two, One... Get started!" The jury shouted.

With a countdown as a sign of the start of the match. Orgo moved first, he ran towards Arniga who was still in the same position.

Dam up! Dam up! Dam up!

Every pound of Orgo's leg caused a resounding sound, proving that his body had tremendous weight.

Orgo ran like a running monster, he did not pay attention to the slightest variety of gaps that he had. He only prepared two large axes to slash Arniga.

After Arniga entered into his attack range, Orgo immediately swung to swing his axe.

"Gaahahahh! Feel this!"

The two large axes Orgo swung down, heading towards Argina who was still in that position.

People imagined the figure of Arniga who would be split by the two big axes. The jury that saw this stood up immediately, to stop the match as quickly as possible. Yet.....

Swosshhhh!!

Clank's! Clank's!

In just a moment, two streaks of light formed in the air, regarding the attack launched by Orgo. Simultaneously, an unbelievable sight occurred. The two axes of Orgo, bounced away towards the corner of the arena.

All the spectators looked up and stared as if in disbelief. It was not Arniga that was split, but Orgo's axe that was bounced away. Arniga's counterattack was so quick, the spectators could not see Arniga's movements in the slightest.

"My great attack, dispelled...?"

Orgo spoke softly, watching an impossibility unfold before his eyes. His attack was repelled by Arniga with ease, the more surprising one was... Arniga, don't change his position one bit.

"How-How, maybe...?"

Orgo's heart was overwhelmed by a distrust of what was happening. Many times he tried to deny what he was currently experiencing in his heart.

"Eh..?"

"A Monster is just a Monster, no Monster scares me, I exterminate and exterminate them." Arniga began to rant something unclear.

A great killing Lust was unleashed by Arniga, making Orgo's body tremble in fear in an instant.

"Yes...!" Orgo screaming.

"Feel the technique that the master taught me, [Consecutive Attack]!."

Dwushh!!

A blazing fire emerged from Arniga's spear. Then, in an instant the fire spread and wrapped the entire Arniga Spear. This view made the spectators who witnessed it amazed.

Arniga moved, he approached Orgo with a unique move. Like a dance that is deliberately slowed down, Arniga twirled his spear. The fire that was trailing the Spear created such an amazing show.

Oh wow! Wooshshhhhhhhhh!

Arniga's movement is accelerating as time goes on. Until finally, Arniga's attack reaches Orgo.

The Orgo who could not move due to the killing Lust unleashed by Arniga, bounced into the air. It should be impossible for an abnormal body like Orgo to be condensed that easily. However, Arniga's strength proved it this time...

"Grahh!!"

"Grahh!!"

It wasn't enough for just one strike, Arniga did it many times. Orgo suffered a terrible fate, he continued to be bent into the air. In fact, Orgo had no chance to touch the ground. Arniga will continue to bounce it back into the air as Orgo's body approaches the ground.

Arniga moved quickly to all sides of the Orgo Body. Not giving the slightest chance for Orgo to inhale. He does it continuously.

"Gahhhhhhhh... Gahh's... Uhhh.!"

Even so, Arniga's attack did not appear to be intent on killing one bit. Arniga only attacked Orgo with a blunt part of his spear. He had only made a few burns caused by the blazing Fire on his spear.

Orgo's condition grew more miserable as time went on, although Arniga did not attack fatally but it still caused continuous injuries. If this is left for longer, Orgo will inevitably die.

"Stop...!" A jury member shouted to stop Arniga's attack.

The screams from the jury made Arniga surprised, because his position had already launched an attack, Arniga was unable to stop him.

Swosshh! Bawm!

Arniga launched his final attack from the sky. The Orgo who could not resist, smoothly landed on the ground in a miserable state. Orgo was unconscious, Arniga's attack did not give any mercy.

With a completely unsatisfied face, Arniga stuck her Spear on the ground. He watched the unconscious Orgo closely.

"Tch.. Weak."

"The winner of this match is Arniga Radulart!"

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In the Audience Seat, an Ice-blue haired Female Knight was sitting watching the Arena, she was the female Knight who had competed earlier, Ilvina Alrunin.

"Miss, that guy looks strong..."

Next to her, a Woman wearing a servant's outfit spoke.

"Arniga, Flame Disaster. I want to fight him immediately." Female Knight Ilvina, completely disregarding the worries of her servant.

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'Hoo... This time a Flame Elemental Knight huh.'

Different from the Female Knight Ilvina who has a Special Job from the Elemental Knight. This man named Arniga was just an ordinary Elemental Knight, even so for the standard of the Aulzania Kingdom it was already quite high.

"Raku-but"

Ren intends to ask Rakuza's opinion on this. However, Rakuza stopped Ren's words with a hand gesture.

"Mr Dirvaren, you'd better ask someone who looks like they're going to cry..." Rakuza whispered to Ren and pointed at someone.

"....?"

Ren felt clueless over what Rakuza said, with Ren immediately turning to see who Rakuza was pointing at.

When Ren turned around, it turned out that the figure appointed by Rakuza was a woman. Both of her eyes were glazed over, she looked like she was about to cry.

'Nirlayn..? I really forgot about him, he hasn't Iwhat the hell is that why he's sad?'

Ren's heart felt a little guilty, he had ignored Nirlayn for quite a long time. With all her heart, Ren decided to talk to Nirlayn.

"I'm sorry Nirlayn, I didn't mean to ignore you in the least.." Ren's words were filled with a guilty tone.

"You don't have to think about it, I'm not sad one bit. Not at all."

"Ugh..." Ren felt his heart hurt by Nirlayn's reply.

'I knew he was really going to cry. Lucky Rakuza told me.'

In reality, Ren had absolutely no idea why Nirlayn would cry from being a little ignored. Ren realized something of this, even though Nirlayn was a woman who was quite strong in terms of fight and strength. But his heart is still the heart of a woman, it cannot be denied in the least.

Ren immediately turned towards Rakuza, to ask for help from a subordinate of his. However, Rakuza seemed to have prepared a response to Ren's actions on this one. Rakuza just stared at the Arena, with a blessed face. Rakuza deliberately ignored Ren in the least.

'Rakuza, I'll return this later...' Ren directed an eerie smile at Rakuza.

Rakuza's body trembled, she felt her entire body goosebumps, all of it caused by the Sharp gaze that came from Ren.

Ren doesn't notice Rakuza any further, he immediately turns back on Nirlayn.

'How I'm having trouble just facing something like this...'

The whole corner of his brain Ren used, to get the most appropriate solution to Nirlayn's attitude.

Unfortunately, no matter how far he searched, it was all in vain. Every choice he finds must have its own risk.

'Tch.. There is no other choice...'

Gathering all sorts of courage to protect his heart, Ren spoke....

"Nirlayn, I have to admit this. Maybe, for now and beyond, I will be more and more ignoring you, but at that moment, I expect you to hold on and always remind me.." Ren said with a bitter smile.

'Oh my goodness, what did I say..?'

In disbelief filled Ren's brain, how could he possibly say something as vague as that.

'I am not responsible for what my mouth says, not at all.' Ren spoke to himself inwardly, trying to deny what he had just said.

To avoid an unexpected reaction from Nirlayn. Ren turned his gaze to Arena. Elegantly he did the pose of crossing his legs and holding his chin. Try to look no matter as big as possible...

"Ren-sama, you are right. I am too carried away by my own feelings." Nirlayn's tone was filled with regret.

An answer from this Nirlayn, made Ren's heart feel relieved instantly. However, right now he had to act according to the Plan...

"Hm... Good." Ren replied with a cold tone as if he did not care much about it.

The attitude of these two people was not noticed by anyone from the Kingdom of Aulzania. They were busy watching Arniga win the match amazingly.

Might as well... Only Rakuza with her blessed expression realized the dramatic atmosphere between Ren and Nirlayn...