"Last semifinal!" Yang's voice resonated across the field. "Klein's team versus Ren's team!"
Lin watched Ren prepare to descend to the arena, her hands tightening. Her student had progressed enormously in recent months, but this battle...
Still she couldn't bring herself to suggest surrender, yet the thought of a crushing defeat affecting his motivation made her chest tighten with worry.
Taro and Min flanked Ren as they advanced onto the field. Their expressions showed determination despite the overwhelming odds they faced. The morning sun cast long shadows behind them, like omens of the challenge ahead.
What Ren had said last night...
It was a promise that, regardless of the outcome, this battle would be remembered…
And he intended to go by those words. freewёbnoνel.com
Klein stepped forward before Yang could begin the match. His golden lion manifested fully, creating a spectacle of light that drew gasps from the spectators. The beast's mane rippled with power, each strand seeming to capture and amplify the morning sun.
"Listen, everyone!" his voice carried across the field. "What you're about to witness is not just a battle. This is a demonstration of the natural difference between nobility and those who don't know their place!"
Feng and Astor smiled as their beasts partially manifested, the red cobra and rhinoceros adding their intimidating presence to the scene. The cobra's scales gleamed like fresh blood, while the rhinoceros's armor plates seemed to absorb light itself.
"No matter what tricks you pull from your sleeve, mushroom," Klein pointed at Ren, contempt dripping from every word. "No matter what pathetic strategies you attempt. The difference between us is fundamental, and today everyone will see it!"
The mushrooms in Ren's hair pulsed softly as he held his position. Min took several steps back but left his snake with Ren, while Taro stepped forward, creating an unusual linear formation that seemed to puzzle the spectators.
From the stands, Luna observed in silence, her shadow wolf rippling at her feet. Her cousins exchanged meaningful glances while the six new students remained motionless as always, but like everyone their attention was fixed on the unfolding scene.
"This will be a lesson!" Klein continued, his voice growing more theatrical. "A lesson about the natural order of things. About why certain boundaries should not be crossed, and certain... 'approaches' should not be attempted."
He glanced briefly toward where Luna sat before returning to Ren, the meaning clear to those who understood.
Yang studied both teams before raising his hand... but Ren's team seemed uninterested neither to answer nor even listen. Instead, they stared intensely at Yang himself, as if expecting something.
'Do they want him to defend them? Well, yeah the 'speech' was getting…'
"After this battle," Klein continued, cutting Yang's thought, "everyone will see the difference between a true noble and…"
"Begin!"
Yang dropped his hand, starting the battle if only to silence Klein. The golden lion's roar shook the air as the battle for pride, and something more, began. Experience tales with Freewebnovel
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Their positions seemed strange to observers, Taro and Ren at the front, with Min slightly behind. To the spectators, it looked like suicide.
"Poor things," someone murmured in the stands. "They don't even know how to position themselves properly."
"The lion's roar will paralyze them the moment it starts," another added. "It'll be a massacre."
Klein observed the formation with undisguised contempt. Were they really so stupid as to separate? Should he simply take a nap while letting his lion's power do the work? This would be even easier than he'd thought.
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