The whole Inter-racial tournament was continuing without any signs of pausing, but something that was unseen was beginning to shift.

Above the ground, the whole arena was roaring with mana and also filled with ambition.

But just below it, the ancient chamber was whispering.

Professor Seraphim was standing just near the observation dais, her eyes were narrowing as she was reviewing the mana readings, they were streaming across a floating digital panel.

"Hm? Okay that's odd."

And besides her was Headmaster Dave Vorn (SSS-Rank) his was shrouded in mystery and his affinities were unknown.

His silver beard was twitching as he felt the surge too, it was a pressure that really didn't belong to the tournament or any or the participants.

"There aren't any issues with the barrier... it's stable," he said slowly. "But this ambient mana density... it's slowly rising."

Seraphim turned to him, her face was grim. "And this isn't coming from the students."

Veyra, who was standing just a short distance away from them, exhaled quietly. "No," she was agreeing with them. "The mana is being drawn somewhere."

Dave's eyes hardened, as something suddenly clicked in his mind. "It's the seals."

***

While they were busy focusing on the seals, the tournament was still progressing and it was now time for the next match.

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MATCH SEVEN

Eve von Silverwing (A-rank, Ice & Wind)

vs

Dragan (A-rank Dwarf, Wind & Earth)

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Eve held her rapier tightly on her left hand, her eyes were burning with determination.

'I won't fall behind the others,' she thought. 'It's my turn now."

Dragan grinned, wind and fist sized rocks were floating all around his body. "Let's have a blast shall we!?"

"BEGIN!"

The arena was booming with activity.

Wind against wind—Eve was gracefully performing strikes with her rapier in rapid succession using wind to increase the speed of her strikes.

Each strike leaved flakes of frost lingering in the hair while some brushed against the dwarf's hair.

Dragan was responding by blocking the attacks with the rocks and using wind to move his body out the range of her strikes.

Even was adapting fast though, she has trained daily for this.

She didn't chance him, not yet.

She just channeled a lot of her mana into this one strike.

Wind flowed beneath her feet as moved in a blank and arrived right Infront of her opponent, she didn't give him a chance to react and just said:

"Winter Storm—Freeze!"

She channeled wind and ice through her rapier and struck him at point-blank range.

A huge torrent of frost covered the whole dwarf's body which left him completely frozen solid.

After the attack she spun her rapier a bid before returning it to its sheathe.

She caught the gaze of her father.

Duke Michael von Silverwing (SS-rank, Ice & Water) was staring at with a proud look on his face.

Eve just nodded once at him and left the arena, but her was a faint smile on her lips.

Her friends were erupting into cheers.

"She's always elegant even when fighting." Duke said.

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MATCH EIGHT

Selena von Celestine (A-rank, Lightning & Water)

vs

Seren Faylune (A-rank Elf, Water & Light)

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"Good luck sis!!" Duke yelled at the top of his lungs when his sister stepped into the arena.

Selena just gave him a slight smile even though she felt a bit embarrassed, she looked a Adam and saw him looking right back at her with a smile.

She felt even more confident now that the person she admired believed in her.

"BEGIN!"

Seren was moving like flowing silk, water was bending effortlessly under her hill.

Selena answered by using sharp, crackling arcs of lightning, she was weaving electricity through the liquid constructs.

This was a clash of using technically precision, it was control versus aggression.

Seren attempted to catch her off guard by letting out a blinding light was also using water to bind her with a water lattice.

Selena just smirked, she slammed her sword on the ground and uttered:

"Flowing current."

A water of water mixed with lightning surged through the ground, it shattered the attack instantly.

It didn't stop there as it went towards Seren as she struck by a wave of water and electricity that electrocuted her leaving her unconscious.

"WINNER — SELENA VON CELESTINE"

The eleven faction was murmuring, they were clearly impressed by her use of water and lightning.

Selena walked down the arena feeling relief in her heart that she won match, she looked back at the stands and saw Duke celebrating saying:

"That's my twin!"

She facepalmed herself and looked at Adam as well, and Adam was just smoking that she won.

***

The whole atmosphere started to shift when a new name appeared, and that's when they knew that this next battle was going to be a though one.

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MATCH NINE

Finn (A-rank, Lightning)

vs

Azazel von Raevor (A-rank Royal Archdemon, Bloodflame, Darkness & Gravity)

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Everyone was tense, the demon prince was now making his entrance and the one he was fighting was a commoner from Class S.

Finn was at the arena his whole body was tense while his friends where cheering him on.

Azazel was descending with grace but his aura was heavy, a dark aura was flowing all across his body.

Finn swallowed once—then grinned.

"I guess, I'll be able to find my limit."

"BEGIN!"

The whole class was violent.

Lighting crackled all around Finn's body as his blitzed through the field aiming to strike Azazel on the stomach with his sword.

Azazel effortlessly dodged this by decreasing the gravity of his body with decreased his weight while also increasing his speed.

Finn was doing fast and precise strikes but Azazel was dodging then without much effort, he was only using his gravity manipulation and hasn't shown his other guards.

Finn was adapting through, each strike almost met it's mark and that's when he tried predicted the demon prince's next move.

Finn blitzed towards him again and aimed a strike, Azazel dodged but that was faint.

Finn disappeared only to reappear behind him to end this but—

Finn's knees buckled, an immense pressure weighed down on his locking him in place.

"That was impressive human, but your not the one I want to break. Now begin!"

Azazel said as he increased the pressure on gravity around Finn which slammed him on the ground rendering him unconscious.

He then looked at Adam for a brief moment flashing him a grin before leaving the arena.

"WINNER — AZAZEL VON RAEVOR"

The arena was filled with complete silence.

Then came the applause.

Adam looked at Finn's unconscious body and sighed 'He just faced the wrong opponent, he did well.'

***

While people were busy cheering, something far below, something ancient was shifting.

Under the layers of enchanted stone and sealed arrays, there was a massive eye, long sealed, it fluttered.

It wasn't awake yet.

But it was aware.

The mana that was being drained from the tournament was seeping through the cracks that were too small to notice.

The olds runes were dimming.

And something deep in the darkness, a whisper was echoing.

"Soon."

Adam's brows furrowed as he felt the shift.

His chest felt heavy, just for a moment.

It wasn't out of fear.

But it felt the shift.

It was very similar to what happened four months ago during his mission.

'This, it can't be,' he thought to himself.

But soon the entity will awake, and when it does chaos.

Everything was progressing as planned for the cult while people were being called an Adam couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that he felt.

"I should get more skills and try fusing them."

"System open the system shop."

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*** SYSTEM SHOP ***

{System Points: 150'000}

[Skills]

[Weapons]

[Armour]

[Potions]

[Bloodlines]

_______________________________

Looking at the array of options Adam decided to select the skill tab, he wanted to gain new skills and also fuse some of them so he can have a better arsenal of attacks

{ SKILLS: }

1. Fire World Domain (S+ rank)

• Creates a domain of fire that covers a range of 50m, inside this field the users fire attacks are increased by 100%

SP: 20'000

2. Ice World Domain (S+ rank)

• This skill covers an area of about 50m in ice and frost, this creates a pseudo world of ice where the user is able to control it at his will. The users Ice attacks are increased by 100%

SP: 20'000

3. Wind World Domain (S+ rank)

• This creates a windy world that covers a span of 50m increasing the users wind attacks by 100%, the user is able to control this domain at will being able to manipulate the wind inside the domain like an extension of his won body

SP: 20'000

4. Teleportation (SS rank)

• By using the users space element they are able to teleport to an area they've been to or to a place that has been marked with his mana with ease. The distance depends on the amount of mana that has been expended

SP: 40'000

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Looking at the skills presented Adam was pleased this was skills that he wanted currently and decided to purchase all of them.

Remaining SP: 50'000

For now I won't fuse these two domains I'll fuse them when i don't have a choice and it'll be my trump card.

"Status."

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STATUS SCREEN

Host: Adam von Athelion

Race: Primordial Royal Dragon

Age: 16

Level: 50 [500'000/1'000'000]

Class: Dragon Sovereign

Rank: A+

Talent: EX

Bloodline: Primordial Dragon Bloodline

Physique: Dragon God Physique

Affinity: Space, Ice, Fire, Wind

Title: Bastard Son, Dragon Sovereign, Dragon God's Heir, Child Of The Primordial

HP: 9'900 / 9'900

MP: 9'900 / 9'900 [+???]

[STATS]

Strength: 1'700

Speed: 1'750

Stamina: 1'500

Constitution: 1'600

Intelligence: 1'800

Free Stat Points: 20

SP: 150'000

[CLASS SKILLS]

• Dragon Sovereign's Swordsmanship (A+/EX Rank, Passive)

• Dragon Sovereign's Mana Cultivation (S Rank, 1st, 2nd of Four Pieces)

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[SYSTEM SHOP]

[FUSION]

[SKILLS]

• Dragonis Swordsmanship (D Rank, Passive)

• Regeneration (SS Rank, Passive)

• Dragon Transformation (SS Rank, Active)

• Dragon Roar (SS Rank, Active)

• Dragon Breath (S Rank, Active)

• Partial Transformation (S Rank, Active)

• Sovereign's Aura (S Rank, Passive/Active)

• Space Slash (D Rank, Active)

• Collapse (S Rank, Active)

• Status Immunity (S Rank, Passive)

• ???

• Fire World Domain (S+ rank, Active)

• Ice Word Domain (S+ rank, Active)

• Wind World Domain (S+ rank, Active)

• Teleportation (SS rank, Active)

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[INVENTORY]

• Sword of Bahamut (A Rank, Growth-Type Weapon)

• Dragon Sovereign Armor (A Rank, Growth-Type Armor)

• ???

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While Adam was busy looking over his status screen something happened that made everyone fall in unnatural silence the moment the names appeared.

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MATCH TEN

Adam (A-rank, Space, Ice, Fire & Wind)

vs

Rhyzar (A-rank Dragon, Lightning Scale)

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"Huh?" Adam was puzzled, he heard dragons were observes so he was surprised when one was called to the fight him on the next match

Sensing everyone's confusion the Dragon Envoy Ardyn Veylith spoke with his increased voice using mana. "I have personally asked the match directors to set this match up, we are quite curious about this human you see," he said while looking at Adam. "So we want to test him by having him fight against one of our kind."

Adam saw this and couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "I see how this is."

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