Another World Mall

"Uoohh!"

The cheers erupted one more time as the two fighters showed their faces in the arena.

"Libation Fiesta!"

"Clovis!"

"Defeat the enemy!"

"Complete victory!"

The moment the fifth battle ended, the Libation Fiesta's reputation had soared. They had completely captured the heart of the people in this country. There were not many people who supported Tesron to begin with, but those who disliked him couldn't say much after a lot of people in this country had been defeated.

Now that the Libation Fiesta had shown them something different, their support became even greater.

They kept chanting Clovis' name in the arena, wishing him to defeat Tesron.

Clovis' plan was to have Aileen turn around the situation before they won with a score of 4-2. That situation would create a spark in the people's hearts.

However, the result of the previous battles had surpassed Clovis' expectation. He had taken the first step to reach his goal by establishing the Libation Fiesta.

By making it this famous, Clovis had taken the second step. And to make sure his boot was planted firmly, he had to defeat Tesron.

Clovis could see the hatred and frustration on Tesron's face, telling him that he would crush him.

Clovis stood one meter in front of Tesron while saying, "It's an honor to face the rumored Tesron Khalika Melesviet."

Tesron gritted his teeth. He didn't even bother to shake Clovis' hand as he simply said in a cold tone. "Blades don't have eyes. Don't expect me to show you any mercy!"

Clovis looked at his hand in disappointment before taking a few steps back. "That's a shame, but I plan to win in this fight."

The referees were a bit more anxious, considering this battle might end up becoming unpredictable due to Tesron. On the other hand, only Alan knew how important Clovis' identity was.

There was no way he would let anything happen. Even Ezekiel watched the match carefully, making sure nothing could go wrong. If anyone tried to do something, he would immediately break the glass and head to the arena.

Fortunately, Carrick seemed to be occupied with something. At the very least, Ezekiel couldn't find him in the arena.

With the two of them ready, the general gave a signal to Utaha.

"This is it. The final battle. The two participants are ready. Let us begin the countdown!"

The people counted together as their voices echoed in the arena.

"3."

"2."

"1."

"GO!"

The moment both of them heard the signal, they leaped toward each other. Clovis had one long sword and one short sword as his weapons. His affinity was Blood.

Meanwhile, Tesron had a one-edged blade in his right hand, similar to Jay's weapon. His affinity was actually his Brain.

With such an affinity, his unique ability could be developed further. That was why people called him the chosen one.

His luck was so high that he had the unique ability and affinity that could create a synergy with each other. And Clovis had to defeat such a person.

Both of them charged at each other and swung their swords at the same time. Using his blood affinity, Clovis sped up, planning to overwhelm Tesron with his speed.

Meanwhile, Tesron moved so smoothly, making it look like he moved extremely slowly. However, each movement was precise. He skillfully struck Clovis' long sword from the side to deflect it before tilting his body to the right to avoid the short sword. After that, he tilted his sword and swung down, hitting Clovis.

Clink!

To Tesron's surprise, he heard a clicking sound instead of nothing as his sword slashed Clovis' flesh. In fact, his eyes were witnessing something unexpected.

At the last moment earlier, Clovis actually spun his blade and put it in his sword's trajectory, blocking the blade. He did it at the last second when Tesron had made enough movement to not be able to stop it anymore. In other words, even with Tesron's ability, he simply couldn't shift his strike.

However, it was not enough.

"!!!" Clovis jumped away. Despite putting his sword in front, Tesron's blade had reached him, grazing his body from the left shoulder to the left chest. If not for that sword he put in the trajectory earlier, it might not end with just a graze.

"W-What?! In just a single clash, Clovis has taken a hit!" Utaha gasped, panicking.

"…" Principal Vhalor couldn't help but smile wryly. "It can't be helped. That Tesron simply saw his movement thanks to his ability. Clovis has done something clever, such as utilizing his speed to block Tesron's attack after he releases it to the point where he can't cancel it, but that's not enough.

"Seeing the future is not something you can defeat easily." The principal sighed. He didn't have much hope of defeating Tesron.

Even though Clovis had shown something brilliant, he just couldn't bring himself to get excited.

"!!!" Tesron, on the other hand, looked shocked. 'This guy…'

Tesron looked at Clovis, realizing something. 'He's like those people. They're using this tactic in order to block my attack after I see their next move.'

However, the people who challenged him like that would end up losing because they couldn't keep up. The only people who could win against him were the ones with an overwhelming strength that his unique ability couldn't keep up with, which was basically a Tier 7 or above master.

"I see. I can do that. Maybe my chance of victory is higher than I expected." Clovis smirked, taunting Tesron.

Tesron jumped straight at him while shouting, "Even if you can block it, you won't be able to escape a crushing defeat. I will show it to you!"

Tesron waved his blade toward Clovis while looking at Clovis' movement through his eyes. He could see Clovis would try to block him with the short sword and put his long sword as another insurance.

But at that time, Clovis suddenly smiled.

Clovis' speed increased ridiculously as he struck his blade with his long sword instead and hit him with the short sword.

Cling!

One clicking sound echoed in the arena as the people couldn't help but widen their eyes in shock.

A wound appeared, stretching from the right chest to the left chest, but this time, this wound didn't appear in Clovis' body. It was Tesron who got injured.