The Reincarnation Room
First Match

"Ooooh!"

The sound of the audience cheers exploding filled Sirius Dome. Floodlights from different angles danced and finally converged to highlight both entrances.

Contestants from both sides exited the entrance at the same time. Their bodies were highlighted by the light of the lamp, and appeared on the giant hologram screen above.

Ryan and Cecily Wong walked slowly from the entrance of the Arena on the Left.

At the same time, live broadcast commentators began to introduce the participants to this match.

"Gentlemen, let's first look at the pairs of contestants from the left side. They were the contestants of the Seventh Institute Jie Long, Ryan and Cecily Wong!"

"As an Alumnus of Jie Long, I used to hear Cecily Wong's name a lot. Even after graduation, I still hear it a lot."

"Yes, that's a natural thing. After all, Cecily Wong was the fourth rank of the Jie Long Seventh Institute. Moreover, he was the second disciple of Banyuu Tenra, and managed to become the Runner-Up Phoenix Festa before with Zhao Hufeng. He was one of the strong candidates of the Phoenix Festa winner!"

"On the internet, a lot of people talk about it. They thought that if Cecily Wong continued to cooperate with Zhao Hufeng, then the Phoenix Festa Championship would fall into their hands."

"But this time Cecily Wong's partner was Ryan. What the hell is going on?"

"This is weird. After all, Zhao Hufeng had only once followed the Phoenix Festa. According to the rules, he could still twice more to follow the Phoenix Festa. Moreover, Zhao Hufeng's age was also still within the scope of the Festa's rules."

"It's completely opposite to Ryan. He still doesn't have a rank. He had also never once dueled at the Seventh Jie Long Institute. And also, he just entered school this year."

"However, according to the news, Ryan is also a student of Banyuu Tenra. So, even without the rank and record of a duel, he still could not be underestimated!"

"You could say, she was a contestant full of mysteries. He can be an interesting hot topic!"

Thanks to the chatter of these commentators, Ryan's identity turned into one of the mysterious contestants, which made the audience's enthusiasm increase.

Hearing this, Ryan and Cecily Wong who were walking side by side, looked at each other and could not help but laugh.

"So Cecily .." Ryan said with a half-thinking face, "It seems like people weren't expecting me. They all said if Big Brother and Senior Brother Zhao join again, then you guys will clinch the Phoenix Festa champion this season."

"Don't underestimate yourself. Other people certainly don't know, that you've been training hard for these two months." Cecily said with his lazy face, "You're no worse than Hufeng, it's just that you've never been serious."

At the same time, Ryan and Cecily had entered the arena.

From the opposite direction, two participants wearing dark-colored uniforms with a predominance of black gray, slowly also entered the arena.

The uniform, telling everyone, that the two participants were one of the worst schools among the six schools, the Rewolf Black Institute.

This black-colored outfit confirmed the characteristics of his extremely hard school. The law of the jungle applies in that school.

The two Rewolf disciples with sinister looks looked at Cecily seriously. They don't think Ryan exists.

Clearly, these two Rewolf disciples only regarded Cecily as a formidable foe, and completely ignored Ryan.

Soon, the emblems of the four people in the arena were simultaneously luminous.

This is an automatic dueling function, a function that can only be used during Festa only. With this function, the participants no longer need to go through the process of declaration and approval of the duel as usual.

After which, the mechanical sound of the school badge rang.

"The game begins."

As soon as these words were heard, the two participants from Rewold instantly let out a loud voice. "Yeah!"

At the same time, both of them activated the Axe-type Lux and the sword-type Lux. Quickly, they sped towards Ryan and Cecily Wong.

Their speed, in Ryan's eyes was only equivalent to the usual speed of a Reincarnator with an Authority Level 5.

Therefore, Ryan and Cecily Wong looked at each other and immediately determined the strategy they would use.

Since they had been training together for two months, both the morning exercises in the practice room and the evening exercises in Cecily Wong's room, were performed in the same room, now Ryan and Cecily Wong can understand each other with just a glance.

After understanding the strategy taken, Ryan just stood still in a place not moving.

While Cecily Wong, he took out a piece of talisman and threw it high into the air.

Blitz Blitz Blitz

The next second, the sound of electric shock began to sound. This was the sound of electric sparks coming out from the talisman above.

Suddenly, there appeared a flash of lightning from the talisman. This flash is so dazzling.

Like a storm, these flashes of lightning charged out like arrows falling from the sky and directly struck fiercely in front of the two Rewolf disciples.

Booms

A huge explosion was created within the arena. The bodies of the two Rewold disciples were shrouded in a powerful lightning current. 

"Aragh!" The two Rewolf disciples groaned in pain. Black smoke began to pour out from their charred skin. After shouting for a while, the two of them finally collapsed unconscious.

Seeing this, the spectators became silent. They didn't expect the first game to be like this.

"Game over. The winner, Ryan Herlambang x Cecily Wong."

After that mechanical sound echoed throughout the Sirius Dome, the audience immediately cheered loudly

"Ooooooooh!"

Ryan and Cecily waved their hands at the audience. The audience gave them a big applause.

The first game of the Phoenix Festa preliminary round, won by Ryan and Cecily without any injuries. You could even say this match is really insta-kill.

In front of the hallway leading to the contestant lounge, there was a slightly wider room. The room is a press conference room, commonly used by journalists as a waiting room while waiting for the winners of the game to pass.

So, when Ryan and Cecily walked out of the hallway, a large number of reporters immediately swarmed over them.

A flash of camera light from the front immediately enveloped Ryan and Cecily. The voices of the reporters began to fill the place.

"Contestant Wong, can you answer my question?"

"Wong Contestant!"

"Cecily Wong contestant!"

One by one the voices of the reporters were heard. This makes the atmosphere a bit rowdy. 

Cecily Wong could only scratch her hair and somewhat impatiently said, "Sorry, I'm a bit tired. If there is anything you want to ask, please directly ask my Seperguruan sister."

"Eh?!" Ryan who intended to escape from the crowd was immediately shocked by Cecily Wong's remark.

Unfortunately, Cecily Wong has managed to distract the Journalists, so all their eyes are on Ryan.

"Contestant Ryan, I heard you were a student of Banyu Tenra. And this time, you pair up with Contestant Cecily Wong. Did this happen because your Master has acknowledged your strength?"

"If so, can we think that your strength is above Zhao Hufeng?"     

"I heard you haven't had a duel since entering Jie Long, why?"

"Is this Jie Long's strategy to hide strong contestant information?"

One by one the questions went into Ryan's ears, making Ryan's forehead slightly wrinkled and also feeling somewhat helpless.

Although the winner of the match has the right to say 'no-comment' as an excuse to refuse, but it will make the Journalist write something at will and make the winner's name ugly in the public eye.

If the news written is true, then Ryan doesn't mind it. Moreover, Ryan did not care about fame at all.

However, if the news is written incorrectly and the Journalist deliberately fries it in order for other schools to antagonize Ryan, then something serious will happen.

It could be, in the next match, the committee will vigorously make Jie Long face a very strong opponent. Of course Ryan wanted to avoid that, to hide his strength even longer.

Therefore, Ryan could only submit to answer one by one the journalist's questions.

"I paired up with Senior Brother Wong because of Master's orders."

"My strength and that of Senior Brother Zhao are not much different. Teacher just wanted to give me a chance to add experience."

"For the dueling issue, I didn't do it because I was concentrating too much on training. Anyway, I just walked into Jie Long. There's still so much I need to learn."

Although Ryan answered their questions, but Ryan did not reveal important information. Moreover, Ryan wanted to immediately finish this interview, because he saw Cecily Wong was no longer able to hold back his sleepiness.

Until finally, one of the Journalists raised his hand and asked, "Since Contestant Ryan entered Jie Long, he said you always train every day, even duels did not have time. Have you never rested and relaxed a little?"

"I don't have time to relax." Ryan conditioned his response. "Then, I've been to Sylvia's concerts before."

Hearing Ryan's confession, the atmosphere became even hotter.

"Sylvia? Could it be Sylvia Lyyneheym?"

"Could Contestant Ryan be a fan of Sigdrifa?"

"Could Contestant Ryan follow the Phoenix Festa for wanting to attract the attention of His Highness Diva?"

 "Contestant Ryan, please answer our question!"

The enthusiasm of the journalists suddenly became greater than ever.

Ryan, who was the first time in his life to receive an interview, was quite surprised by the reaction of the reporters.

These reporters are really sharp. Since they did not get any interesting news from Ryan's mouth, they immediately turned to gossip news. 

When Ryan thought about how he should answer, Ryan suddenly remembered how Sylvia's attitude always teased him. The corner of his mouth could not hold the curve anymore.

Ryan then replied, "I'm Sylvie's best friend, so it's only natural that I'm watching my friend's concert."

Ryan's answer was, it caused a pretty big storm.

~***~

Now, in every corner of Asterisk city, there is a giant hologram screen that broadcasts live an interview.

It wasn't an interview with Ryan, it was an interview with Sylvia.

At the opening ceremony of the Phoenix Festa, all OSIS Chairmen from six schools were required to attend the event. And this includes Silylvia.

Therefore, after Ryan finished the interview, the reporters immediately stormed Sylvia.

After all, Sylvia was a world-famous Diva. Therefore, his presence at the opening ceremony became the spotlight of the Journalists.

However, as it is now known that Sylvia has a relationship with Ryan, this interview is naturally more about her relationship with Ryan.

Getting a question from the Reporters, Sylvia responded to everything with a perfect smile.

"Ryan is really my friend, and our relationship is pretty close."

With this statement, Ryan's populartity instantly skyrocketed.

Obviously, before the game, Ryan wasn't a famous student. But, because of Sylvia's statement, Ryan's popularity rose, and made headlines in various media.

A lot of people are starting to second-guess the relationship between Ryan and Sylvia. They completely forgot about Ryan's power issues. Of course, this is very helpful for Ryan to hide information about his original abilities.

But, Sylvia's statement made one of her die-hard fans in Jie Long come running over Ryan.

"Guarant sister, what happened?!"

In the Sirius Dome attendee's special Lounge, Zhao Hufeng forced his way into the room and approached Ryan in anger.

"Since when did you know Sylvia-san? Why don't I know?!" zhao Hufeng said as he gripped Ryan's neck and shook his body. This caused Ryan to roll his eyes.