Hundreds of arrows continued to rain down on the arena, one after another. Each arrow had enough power to crack and shatter the floor it struck. So what would happen if hundreds of arrows rained down on the arena? The answer is, the entire arena floor was destroyed by the rain of arrows. Not only the floor, but the walls on each side were also damaged by the arrows. A cloud of smoke began to cover the arena, even though the rain of arrows hadn't ended. The more arrows hit the floor, the thicker the smoke became.

  Not long after, the rain of arrows stopped. The haze that had previously enveloped the arena dispersed and dissipated due to the rain of arrows. Instead, a thick cloud of smoke enveloped the arena. Because the smoke was so thick, it was unknown what happened to Senior Gretta and Senior Alisha. The audience wondered about this.

  A few minutes later, the smoke that had enveloped the arena slowly began to dissipate. On one side of the arena, the shadow of a figure stood in a cloud of smoke that was slowly dissipating. The shadow turned out to be Senior Gretta. She stood there, holding her right abdomen with her right hand. Her entire body was covered in serious wounds. Furthermore, she appeared to be gasping for breath. The audience, seeing Senior Gretta still standing in the arena, were shocked. They hadn't expected her to survive with such severe injuries.

  "Huuufffttt......hufffttth......because of the technique I just used, I didn't have enough energy to block or dodge all the arrows. As a result, I was hit by several of them, leaving me injured like this. What's not meant to kill? If I'd been hit by all those arrows, I would have died instantly. My three clones were instantly destroyed by the rain of arrows."

  "Huufffttt......well, I'm seriously injured because I didn't have enough energy to dodge all the arrows using that technique, but as a result, I managed to slash Alisha's true form. I saw her about to fall to the floor earlier, doesn't that mean this is my victory?" Senior Gretta said breathlessly.

  "You... seem very confident, don't you, Gretta," said Senior Alisha.

  On the other side of the arena, not far from Senior Gretta, a shadowy figure emerged from the smoke. It turned out to be Senior Alisha.

  "Alisha?!?!!" Senior Gretta was shocked.

  The audience watching was also shocked. They were surprised to see Senior Alisha still holding on despite the numerous slashes on her body from Senior Gretta's previous attack. She also appeared to be panting, just like Senior Gretta.

  "I thought you had fallen and been hit by a hail of arrows you made yourself, Alisha," said Senior Gretta.

  "I... almost fell earlier, but I... immediately got back up and avoided the hail of arrows I created. Since I created the hail of arrows myself, I could... easily predict the direction the arrows would fall and avoid them with just a little stamina," said Senior Alisha.

  "So now you're back up to thwart my victory, huh?" said Senior Gretta, preparing to re-wield her sword.

  "No. 'Thwart' isn't the right word, the right word is 'postpone,'" said Senior Alisha.

  "What do you mean?" asked Senior Gretta.

  "I didn't get back up to...thwart your victory, but to postpone...your victory. The reason I postponed your victory...is because I haven't congratulated you yet, Gretta. Congratulations...on winning this tournament," said Senior Alisha.

  After saying that, Senior Alisha slowly began to fall to the arena floor. She fell to the arena floor and immediately lost consciousness. The audience watching were shocked and silent. Senior Gretta was the same. Senior Alisha had truly collapsed, not getting back up after several minutes. Seeing this, Miss Nora immediately announced the results.

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  "The final match of the womens academy tournament between Gretta Schwartz and Alisha Lesher, won by Gretta Schwartz," said Miss Nora.

  The initially silent audience began to cheer after hearing the announcement.

  Meanwhile, Senior Gretta remained silent, staring at the unconscious Alisha. Then Senior Gretta began to speak.

  "I finally managed to win against you, huh? But I don't know if this can be called a victory or not. You could have fallen immediately after my previous attack, but you tried to get up just to congratulate me. It seems like you did that on purpose, Alisha. After congratulating me, you just collapsed. It's as if you deliberately let me win. Oh my, you,"

  "*Huuufffttt, this victory doesn't make me happy, just like when I won against Irene," said Senior Gretta with a sigh.

  Then, a few moments later, several staff members began arriving at the arena. They began carrying Senior Alisha on a stretcher and taking her to the treatment room. Meanwhile, the two remaining staff members approached Senior Gretta. They asked if Senior Gretta wanted to come with them to the treatment room, even though they already knew Senior Gretta could use healing magic. They asked as it was their duty, seeing Senior Gretta, who was also quite badly injured. Whether Senior Gretta wanted to or not was up to Senior Gretta, as long as they had done their job.

  "I'll accompany you to the treatment room. "I'm extremely exhausted right now, and it seems I can't use healing magic to heal my wounds right now," said Gretta's senior.

  Then she also went to the treatment room, accompanied by the two staff members.

  Meanwhile, because the tournament arena was currently heavily damaged, the next match was postponed for a few minutes.

  -

  In the audience seats where the upper-ranking nobles were seated.

  "Seeing his abilities makes me want him even more as my daughter-in-law," said Commander Oliver.

  "He's always like this after watching Gretta compete," said Queen Kayana.

  "Hahaha, that's only natural. After all, who wouldn't want a great daughter-in-law? By the way, besides Gretta, Alisha is also very strong. Wouldn't it be better if we invite them to join the royal army directly, dear? After all, they are now in their fourth year. They will soon graduate from this academy, and after that, they will surely begin working in society," asked King Albert.

  "You're right, our kingdom desperately needs strong people like them. We'll try to invite them later, who knows, they might want to work as royal knights after they graduate," said Queen Kayana.

  "Sorry to interrupt your conversation, Your Majesty the Queen and King Albert. But I'd also like to invite them both to join Duke San Quentine's army," said Duke Remy.

  "I'd also like to invite them to join Duke San Minerva's army," said Duke Darwin.

  "They'd be better suited to join Duke San Angela's army," said Duke James.

  "It seems you three are also interested in inviting them to your army. I have no problem if you three also want to invite them both. But don't hold a grudge against me if I manage to recruit them," said Queen Kayana.

  -

  In the participant waiting room.

  "Senior Gretta finally won the academy tournament for womens. Their match was very intense," I said.

  "Next, I'll be the winner of the academy tournament for mens," said Senior Vyn.

  "Have you finished reading your book, senior?" I asked.

  "Yes, I've already made preparations for the final match. I'm amazed you don't seem prepared for the final match, Rid," said Senior Vyn.

  "If by preparation you mean practicing and studying old and new techniques, I already did that this morning. And I think it's enough to beat you, Senior," I said.

  "As usual, you're very confident," said Senior Vyn.

  -

  A few minutes later, the arena was back to normal. In the center of the arena was Mr. Alan, ready to announce the next match.

  "Since the arena has been repaired, let's move on to the next match. The next match is the final match of the mens academy tournament and also the last match of this tournament. Let's see who will compete in this match," said Master Alan.

  The match schedule was displayed on the projection. Senior Vyn and I, who were in the waiting room, immediately went to the tournament arena after seeing the match schedule on the projection.

  "As you can see on the projection, the participants competing in the final match of this mens tournament are Vyn Laterza, a fourth-year student, and Rid Archie, a first-year student. Let's welcome these two contestants," said Mr. Alan.

  The audience began to cheer and applaud. Then, Senior Vyn and I entered the arena. We immediately faced each other.

  "Previously, you were always confident and said you would be the one to defeat me, but let me emphasize that I will be the one to win this tournament for the second time," said Senior Vyn.

  "One victory in this tournament is enough for you, Senior. This time it's my turn to win this tournament," I said.

  "You say that with a confident face, huh? Let's see if you can still maintain that natural confidence, because I'm going to erase that confident face of yours later, Rid," said senior Vyn.

  -To be continued