Journey Of A Legend

Back in the Arena, Greg and Emma walked back to Joe and Mila, and together they watched the fights below.

There were a lot of interesting matches, especially the one where Gerald's team was fighting.

Back in Nexus city, Chris told them that they weren't the only team from the Academy who will participate in the tournament. There was another team, which members were Gerald, Eric, Steve, and the mysterious fourth guy Roy.

It was already their third fight and Roy was the one who started as a substitute.

"Maybe he is a healer? Or some kind of supporter?", thought Greg with a confused face as he looked at the guy next to Cloud's clone.

He was an average looking guy with a calm expression. There wasn't anything special about him, which could tell the reason why the principal was so fond of him.

"Hey Joe, did you see him before?", asked Greg as he tried to remember back.

Joe looked at Roy and a while later he shook his head.

"No, never. This my first time to see him too. But somewhat I feel he isn't as simple as he looks."

As the two were thinking, suddenly Mila next to Joe started to talk.

"Now that I see him like that, I feel like I saw him before, but where?"

"Where?", asked Greg curiously.

However, Mila couldn't answer this question and could only shrug.

"Don't know, but I'm pretty sure I saw him once."

Hearing this, Greg was a bit disappointed, but because he couldn't do anything he just turned back his gaze to the fight below.

On the stage, Cloud started the fight, however, the moment his staff hit the ground, Gerald's team just stood still.

"Why aren't they doing anything?", though Greg with a confused expression, the next second he gaped in surprise.

Suddenly Eric and Steve's figure disappeared from sight making not only the spectators confused but the other team too.

As they were thinking about what they should do, things were already too late. 

Eric and Steve appeared behind the two of them and hit them unconscious, while the third member of the team got hit by one of Eric's needle.

And just like that, without Gerald's help, they won easily.

"Round 3, Winner: Team 141"

Seeing the easy win, Joe and Greg were a bit surprised, but after they thought about it, it was only natural.

Eric's invisibility was top notch if it came to surprise attacks, while Steve's imitating ability makes everything even worse. He can easily copy anyone's power, but only for 50%. However, only this 50% is already enough for him to use Eric's invisibility ability and knock the other team out easily.

"Interesting strategy that's for sure.", said quietly Joe on the side.

After Gerald's match fights after fights went by and finally it was their time.

However the moment the silver light teleported them to the stage, Greg's and Emma's eyes widened in surprise.

In the opposite team before them, out of the four, they recognized two. They were the twins from the Duo fight, one in black, while the other one in white clothing.

Next to them, there were two more, both of them were guys. One wore nothing but ragged shorts, showing his muscular upper body, while the other guy held a strange-looking book in his hand with an expressionless face.

When the twins noticed Greg and Emma, their expression darkened in an instant.

Seeing their reaction, the muscular guy looked where they were looking at and asked the girl in the black clothing, "Is he the one you have talked about Sandra?"

"Yeah, he is the one."

Hearing the answer, the guy nodded and asked the other twin, "Can you remember anything that he did to beat you, Sarah?"

The girl named Sarah started to think, but in the end, she could only shake her head.

"No. The only thing I remember is that he somehow appeared behind me and hit my neck with his palm. Other than that, nothing."

The guy hearing this nodded and put his gaze on Greg's body.

"He doesn't seem to be physically strong. He uses some trick to enhance his physical ability, but except for that and his firepower with his good dodging skills, there's nothing else. Just leave him to me. The other guy and the female are yours.", said the guy as he looked at the twins, and the next moment he looked at the guy with the book.

"As for you Noah, this time you will be our substitute, understood?"

The guy named Noah looked up slightly and without a word, he started to walk toward Cloud's clone.

Seeing as they chose their supporter as a substitute, Joe looked at Emma and nodded.

Knowing what he meant under the nod, Emma smiled and walked to Cloud's side too.

Seeing that both sides were ready, Cloud raised his staff as always, and with a hit on the ground, he started the fight.

In an instant, as the signal was heard, the twins started to run toward Mila and Joe, while the guy just calmly looked at Greg.

"He wants to fight me 1 on 1? Why?", thought Greg and looked toward Joe's direction.

"You go and fight that guy. If I'm right he is in the body system, so the best match against him is you. Mila and I will fight with the twins, you don't need to worry about us."

Hearing this, Greg nodded and started to run toward the guy, but the moment the guy saw this, be started to smile with a wild grin and said, "Come!"

*BOOM!*

*CRACK*

The moment he said that the platform below his feet cracked and a terrifying aura broke out from his body, while a transparent red dragon appeared behind his back.

"What the hell is that?", thought Greg as he looked at the creature, but he couldn't think for too long, because suddenly the guy appeared before him out of nowhere.

"?!"

With incredible reaction, Greg dodged to the side, but he was a bit late and the punch, made a small wound on his cheek, making it bleed slightly.

"Just only by that punch? What is this guy's ability? It's definitely not as simple as a physical enhancement.", thought Greg and jumped to the side again, dodging another crazy punch.

*BOOOM!*

*CRACK*

Just like before, a huge crater appeared on the stage, while another wide wound appeared on Greg's body.

As the continuous explosions happened one after another, more and more people started to look toward their stage with excited expressions.

He doesn't want to use Alice's powers, because that way he couldn't temper his body and make it to level up to the last level.

While he dodged attacks after the attack, making wounds one after another on his body, Joe and Mila were fighting too against the twins.

Mila used her fire abilities against Sarah's mist, while Joe used his lightning to counter Sandra's whip attacks.

Both sides seemed to be equal, but of course, Joe was the one who held himself back. It wasn't sure why, but it seemed he was looking at Greg's direction from time to time. Maybe if he was in a dire situation, so he could help him in an instant, but there could be another reason too.

As he used his thunderbolts to deflect all of Sandra's attacks, the experts looked at him, while the Saint squinted his eyes and said, "Is he the one?"

As he asked this, Cloud appeared next to the old man and nodded.

"Yes, he came from the same place as his friend, but he has the legendary white Soul Stone, which can control thunder, storms, and even weathers, but the last one was just a gossip."

As he said that, Cloud looked at the man next to the Saint. He was the legendary figure who had the same white Soul Stone, so he was curious to see that man's reaction.

However, he needed to be disappointed, because the man was as calm as ever and only looked at Joe's direction once and the next second looked away like he just saw something boring.

Down on the stage, Greg dodged all the punches and kicked from the guy, but no matter what he always came out with a wound somewhere on his body. Slowly there was no part on his body where he wasn't bleeding from. 

"This can't go on like this. Hey Alice, what do you think, should I try and catch his attacks head-on?", asked Greg from Alice as he dodged again from a kick.

As an answer, Alice didn't answer instantly but stayed quiet, and only after a while did she started to speak.

"His Guardian's power gives him power from Ancient Dragons. With them his physical power is unimaginable and if I'm right he only uses half of his power at the moment."

"So does that mean I shouldn't try?", asked Greg with a bitter smile.

"No, on the contrary, you should try. Breaking through the fourth level into the fifth is much harder than the previous three attempts. With an opportunity like this, maybe you won't level up, but it will help you a lot."

Hearing this, Greg nodded and stood still in an instant.

The guy seeing this was surprised a bit, but still didn't hesitate to kick toward Greg.

Watching as the huge leg came at him with tremendous power and insane speed, Greg readied himself for the impact, while he crossed his arms before him.

And the moment the leg hit him...

*KA-BOOOOM!!*