It was the first time Anna had met up with Raze. She had a call from her captain Harvey telling them they had an important mission.
They had traveled to the Lethal Bite Clan, and that was where Raze was handed over by none other than Marcus Ford, a captain of another squad who had been in the Demonic Faction for quite some time. Since he was here, he was more likely to recognize Raze or at least recognize his skills.
On top of that, since she hadn't been given a call and hadn't seen Harvey, her squad wasn't asked to be here, so if they were to see her, she knew there would be a lot of questions asked.
'Out of all the groups, they had to send out this one…no that's not true. If it's Alter, there will be more than just Marcus's group, there will be quite a few placed in this giant crowd.
'Thankfully, they're sitting on the opposite side, so they won't see me, but I have to be careful that there could be others.'
When going to sit down in her seat, a flap of silk fabric, golden in color, wafted in front of her face. And she soon saw a young man sitting down right next to her.
Next to him, another man was holding a drink and passing it on to the man wearing golden silk clothing.
'Who is this flashy person?' Anna thought. Using her system, she started to do an analysis, and she was surprised that she had gotten an answer. Because it meant that this person that was now sitting next to her wasn't a nobody.
"Ah, it seems that your eyes have recognized me," the man said, touching his forehead and getting into a posing position as if he was getting ready to be painted.
"I am the infamous Bubble!" the man claimed.
A strange name even for the world of Pagna, but it was part of Bubble's image to try and do anything he could to stand out and get his name out there, and it had worked, with everyone in all factions knowing of Bubble's news reports.
"So you are here to look at the event, I guess it would make sense, so you can report it to those that are unable to see it," Anna replied.
"Correct, but what I also find interesting is this." Bubble pulled out a small piece of paper that had several numbers on them.
Anna, looking at it, knew what it was because everyone had been given a sheet. They were betting odds. The whole reason why the event hadn't started yet, the Light Faction with how righteous they claimed to be.
They were allowing the participants to bet on who they thought would win. In their morals, they saw nothing wrong with it, as it was all a form of entertainment.
On their part, they thought it was fine as long as the event was completely fair, and with the Light Faction running the event, they felt like it was extremely fair.
"So, who do you think will win this time? The Light Faction seems to put a lot of hope into them winning the group category and also this person named Hanna on winning the single category," Bubble stated.
Looking at the list of names, Anna saw the name 'Jake' and she placed her finger on the sheet.
"If I were you, I would pay attention to this person. If you put money on him, I'm sure you will get more than you imagined," Anna answered.
Bubble thought it was interesting and before he decided anything, he wanted to see what the participants looked like first.
After a few minutes, finally coming out from seemingly a square in the ground, a platform was being raised.
On the platform, three individuals dressed in long white cloth covering their bodies and wearing large white masks that were three times the size of their heads covering their entire faces.
"We welcome everyone from far and wide who has come to today's Martial Arts Tournament," a voice said.
It wasn't shouted but spoken calmly, and yet everyone could hear it due to the Qi that was being used when spoken.
"The three clans of the Light Faction, the Aurora Clan, The Illumination Clan, and the Dawnblade Clan, have been involved more than ever to make sure that this event is the greatest that it has ever been in history."
"The events we have prepared will push the students of each academy to their limits. Showing us the growth of each of our factions."
"This event continues, to also keep the peace between our free factions, that the Kingdoms, and the empires are all thankful for."
"Before we go ahead and explain the details of what the event will be, I would now like to introduce the contestants of all of the clans today!"
The front glass of the large booths that were placed on the ground floor was starting to lift. Each of them had a Light Faction warrior leading the students, informing them to follow in a straight line as they walked out onto the field.
The crowd started to cheer as loud as they could, even harming their vocal chords at the event that only came around once a year.
It meant a lot to the factions but it was also a time of excitement for all.
Bubble when looking at the people that were entering, his eyes had opened wide.
'That's… I can't believe it… that's him, I know that's him because he's in the same disguise as he was before, that's the Dark Magus!'
Looking at the sheet and seeing all of the participants of the Demonic Clans, Bubble had figured out that the Dark Magus was the one that was known as Jake.
'How did this woman…' It then clicked in Bubble's head; he had seen her as well. She was one of the people that were fighting against the Behemoth Clan.
At the same time, on the ground floor itself, as Raze walked out, it had been such a long time, but when looking across he could see them all.
Those in the Dark Faction that he had been separated from. For some reason, when seeing them without even thinking about what he was doing, a smile had appeared across his face.