The Sanctuary: Chapter 30

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Chapter 30

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The excitement boil as the competition heats up. Cameras are rolling as the footages of the ongoing competition are broadcasted in the whole city. Netizens are going crazy as they supported their favorite schools while dissing the others.

Currently only the single matches are being conducted while the group matches will be held after three days. It is arranged as such so that the participants can focus on the single competition and also allow those who are articipating in the group match to recover their strenght.

Among the ongoing single matches, one participant stands out.

Flowing silver hair, a cold but beautiful and pure looking face and well proportioned body, Dianne stood out among all competitors. Sword at hand, she coldly gaze at her opponent. Her poor opponent on the otherhand is already shaking both of fear and because of the effect of her ability, [Diamond Dust].

[Diamond Dust] is Dianne's first awakened ability. An ice based elemental power that cold instantly freeze a weaker opponent. Though just a level 1 ability, [Diamond Dust] is among the rarest and most powerful on said level—easily overpowering even some weaker level 2 abilities. Comparing it to other ability like say Dylan's [Misdirection] is like comparing heaven and earth—absolutely pointless.

Dianne's opponent tried to shake off the ice forming in his body but unable to do so. Several minutes later, her opponent is already kneeling while intensely shivering.

Seeing Dianne's opponent as such, the referee ended the match, giving Dianne an easy victory.

The audience and netizens abuzzed with activity after Dianne left the stage.

"Wow! She's really gorgeous!"

"Yeah, not to mention strong too! The fight's over before we even know it."

"Fight? More like her opponent just shiver and lose!"

"Hahahaha! I know right? It's too one sided!"

"I wonder if miss Dianne will go out on a date with me if I asked her?"

""""Keep Dreaming! Not in a million years!"""

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While Dianne's match had concluded, Dylan's match had just begun. His opponent is from the seeded school, Myrttle academy named Freddy. And just like Dylan he too is a level 2 Blessed—a soldier class known for his offensive and defensive capability.

Though not as popular as Dianne, Dylan's match also garnered a lot of attention not just from the crowds and netizens but especially from scouts of rival schools. And this scouts are not only from F city but other cities as well. One could even say that Dylan's match is drawing more interest from experts compared to Dianne. All because Dylan have a very mysterious ability that had no known record whatsoever.

Feeling pressured by the calm Dylan, Freedy made the first move. He swung his broadsword with such force that it is cutting through the wind.

bang!

The tiles on the stage crashed due to force of Freddy's strike but his opponent, Dylan is nowhere in sight. Feeling intense danger from his back, Freedy jumped backward and used the large broadsword as shield. Only to be startled when Dylan's knife passed through the sword without resistance.

silence

Sweat covering his whole body, Freedy gulped after seeing a dagger inches away from his throat.

"I-I give up..."

Hearing Freedy's surrender, Dylan looked at the still stunned referee, who after being glared at snapped out of his reverie and declared Dylan's victory.

Dylan then lowered his dagger and gave his opponent a polite nod. He then jumped off the stage amidst the silence from the audience.

Once Dylan was gone the activity resumed, and like waking up from a dream, everyone started talking. Things like, "what is that?", "his too fast!", "who is this guy?", and similar sentiment are being spoken nonstop. Even the netizens watching are no different, amazement and confusion filled their conversation.

"He's too strong." a scout from a certain school murmured.

"This is going to be a problem. I better report quickly..." said another.

One by the one the scouts left their seats but while the others are leaving, two people remained seating.

"He's much stronger than what the rumor say." said a guy with blue hair wearing a cap and shades.

"Yeah, it seemed physical attacks are pointless against his ability." nod a cap and shades wearing blonde haired guy.

"So elemental attack will work?"

"I'm not certain but it's a possibility. If not then spiritual attack definitely will."

"Spiritual attacks huh... those are rare. I don't think our school have someone like that."

The two cap wearing guy discussed animatedly. Thinking of a way to defeat Dylan's mysterious ability.

"Damn it! If it wasn't for that ability of his, that guy's nothing!" exclaimed the blue-haired guy.

"... Aren't all Blessed the same? All of us depend largely on our abilities. So no point in dissing the guy. Besides... you've seen the earlier videos of his fight in the virtual arena. Even without that mysterious ability of his, his win-loss record is pretty decent." explained the blonde haired guy.

"Tsk! I know that. By the way how about the chick Dianne? Can we beat her?"

"Sigh. Most likely not, she's too strong."

The two guys stayed silent after that. The two monsters from Tanhausser academy is giving them too much pressure.

"The single match is probably a lost cause."

"Yeah... our best bet is probably on the group match. Let's meet up with the others."

"Right."

The same scene could be seen through out the coliseum, scouts and spies are reporting to their respective schools. The previous battles had convinced them of the power of Tanhausser academy's trump cards. Most of them agreed that Tanhausser will dominate the city competition and are warning their schools to prepare for the regional competition. Yes, these scouts and spies are from the seeded schools from different cities.

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"There seemed to be more scouts from another city compared to last year." said Tanhausser academy's vice-principal Marian.

"That's to be expected. If I'm on their shoes, I'll send as many scouts and spies as I could. Both Dylan and Dianne are too monstrous to be ignore after all." answered principal Collin.

"Is this okay? Being to known could backfire on us."

"Don't worry. Those two kids should have expected this already and won't show much of their true abilities. Also, since most of the attention were focused on those kids, our other students would be able to hide and conserve most of their powers."

"...That's true. Hopefully this will help them perform better."

"Have faith in them, they know what to do."

The two highest ranking persona from Tanhausser academy then focused their attention on the ongoing matches.

After their respective matches, Dylan went to watch fatty Jing's match while Dianne went to watch Liz, unaware of the fact that the schools from other cities are clutching their heads in frustrstion while trying to think of countermeasures against them.

Soon the first day of the competition ended with Tanhausser academy's overwhelming performance.

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to be continued

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