The Blind Sword
grand tournament

Morning in a city that is in one of the largest kingdoms in the world, seen a crowd that does not occur on an ordinary day. There were even some people who came from outside the city, they were all present to witness an event that only happened once every four years. It is not about the election of a king or the marriage of nobles, but a gladiatorial battle between young witches.

In addition to being a place to show the public the potential of the witches who will protect them, this is also an opportunity for magic knights to see various superior seeds that can be forged in the future.

The tournament will be divided into several battles. The first and the opening in this tournament is the fight of various magicians who are considered untalented and do not meet the standards to enter into magic knights. This was because the grimoire or magic book they had was not enveloped. In their opinion, if the grimoire was not enveloped, the development of magic they had would be very slow, perhaps not even developing at all.

But there were still some cases where the users of the coverless grimoire could develop well, even on par with the higher-ups in the empire. So that they are still given an interesting opportunity to become the entrance to become magic knights. They still get a chance if they make an interesting appearance in this first fight.

"Was anyone willing to bet with me?" asked Yami, the captain of the Magic Knights black crow.

He was one of the seven captains of the magic knights in this kingdom. He was well known for his ability to lead armies and saw some superior seeds that could be developed. So that when Yami utters some provocation, there will be some people who will be interested to see who the seedlings will make a Yami dare to bet. Besides being famous for his ability in combat, he was already very famous for being very stingy to spend money. Although he is quite often seen betting in a fight like this, but it can be said that he will not bet if he is not confident in what is at stake.

"Who's your hero? If you make the nobles who are there, then it is absolutely meaningless" said one of the captains who was nearby. He had suspected that Yami only wanted to bet on some nobles who were already in the fighting arena.

Unlike some ordinary people who just obtained a grimoire, usually the nobles will be stronger in a fight. Although they had not obtained a grimoire, they had already obtained some training early on. So that in the first fight, the fight will lean more towards the nobles.

"Relax, I just want to bet on the blind who is there," said Yami, pointing at one of the participants who attracted enough attention.

This time there was a very unique scene in the battle area. It may never happen during this tournament. The reason is, at this time there appears a male with silver hair, which has a length of a boat, and most of his hair has been tied. There are some that are left unraveling. What attracted the most attention from these participants was the fact that the person had been blind. So that the spectators ended up being divided, there were some people who were mocking, and others felt pity because such a person still had to take part in such a dangerous tournament like this.

"O, it seems like a few days ago I heard that you did everything you could to get him to participate in this tournament, even did some things to make him participate in the grimoire blessing event held a few days ago. After you've done all that, don't expect us to bet" Albert said. He is the one who takes care of several things in the registration of the participants so that he knows the secret movement of Yami.

Albert was also one of the captains of the seven captains in the magic knight army, and became the right-hand man of the current King. With Albert's words like that, made all the captains of the magic knights start to be attracted to the blind man. Until now they all set their sights on Yami.

"Ok, ok, ok, I admit that the kid does have a little bit of ability. Whether you believe it or not, I'll bet on that kid. When he enters the main tournament, he can get into the semi-finals easily" said Yami. He uttered it with a bit of limp, because the plan he had arranged well was even caught by the person he thought was the most troublesome in this kingdom.

And in the end no one believed in his words, that the man he mentioned would have that much power. Even some of the captains there insulted his remarks by saying that he was too excessive in raising the young man.

Yet Yami did not care at all, and was still a little excited to see how the man named Aether was going to fight. Because, Yami had already seen how the boy fought without using a grimoire. Now with such additional strength, it should increase its fighting ability even further, even if only a coverless grimoire was obtained.

And evidently before the fight started, some people were seen directly targeting the Aether who seemed to be the weakest person among the participants. Supposedly after there was a shout to start the fight, they would immediately move to look for an opponent, especially now that the battle model they gave was a battle royal.

But right now, they were completely unable to move, as there was a force that they could not see continuing to press on their bodies with great weight. The sheer weight of the force caused all of them to instantly fall to the ground, and perhaps none of them could withstand that weight. It didn't take long for them to faint.

And at this time in the fighting stage there was only a blind man left who was not expected to be the winner in this fight.

"I've won, haven't I?" aether asked casually, and only got a small nod from the fight referee back then.

It took them a few seconds to understand what was happening, as well as the captains of the magic knights. Supposedly after the fight, they would recruit a winner in the fight, but because they realized that Aether already had a closeness with Yami, they could only see Aether's departure at that time.

"Stop the pleasantries, all I want is my gift," he raised one hand to ask for payment. It seems that he did some pleasantries to Yami, and it seems that Yami has absolutely no problem with Aether's nature as such.

"This, just a gold. If you're still interested in the grand prize, you have to win the next fight. Surely there's a choice where you don't participate in the next fight and certainly don't get the prize you want," yami said while throwing a bag of gold that was a gift from the victory.

After that they immediately separated because they had their respective busyness. They already had a covert agreement so that when it did not show too much their closeness, and Aether did not need to need an answer about whether or not Aether would participate in the next fight, because money is not Aether's primary goal right now.

After he was far enough away from the colosseum, not long after another man came to see him. This time he was a male figure who seemed to be as good as him. He was a short black-haired man with a face slightly more handsome than Aether, but with a fairly tall body. It will look older than its original age.

"We get a thousand gold coins" said the man named Diablo.

And not many people might have thought that he was actually a slave that Aether had bought by chance, and had now become a loyal follower to Aether by this time. When the fight wanted to start, Diablo came up with an idea to participate in the gambling fight in this colosseum.

"It looks like we're not going to get the same thing tomorrow, but today was good. Moreover, coupled with the winning prize money, we should not have to think about the money problem for several months. So it's good for the next fight, we use all those memories to make you a new weapon" Aether said.

"Thank you, but before that, as you might expect, there are indeed some people who seem to be from the Sidenreng Kingdom who will be involved in the next fight, indeed, and there's a good chance that it's a pretty important person in the kingdom because one of the guards around him is already a Magic Knight Captain in the kingdom, "report Diablo.

"If it's like that, you should be prepared, because I'm pretty sure to get to know the person you're referring to is already that magic knight's level, so be prepared because we'll give you a few words of welcome," said Aether gave the order.

"Even just knowing that he was here already made the wounds on his flesh tremble with excitement," he muttered holding the scar on his forehead. The scar forms an X and is interconnected with both eyes, and it is predictable that the wound is what makes Aether's eye currently blind.

While Aether was having a conversation with Diablo, they did not know that the person they were referring to was currently having a secret meeting with the Magic Emperor in the country.

"I remind you, if there really is something going on with your little princess, I want you to stay out of it altogether" said the Emperor.

He knew the person who was right now beside him. He was a general from across the country, with a very high loyalty to his country. Until now he felt the need to provide some threats, although he came here only to evacuate one of the princesses from the country where he came from.

"Yes, I understand. As long as you can still guarantee his safety in a crucial time," the man replied to the Emperor. Although he was currently in front of the Emperor, there was not a single look of fear on his face. Even though the person in front of him is currently getting the title of being one of the most powerful humans on earth.

It was because of all the complicated relationships, where when they were young they had once established a bond of friendship, and on one occasion the Emperor of Gowa was indebted to this man before him.

"Yes, yes, yes, all you have to remember in this empire is that he is a nobody, so don't mess around, or our agreement here will be void by itself. And a little reminder for you, because there are some people who have known of your arrival in this place, and I can assure you that he has all the grudges against you," the Emperor said after that he told his old friend to leave.

Not long after his departure, Yami appears and reports on a request from Aether to the King.

"As long as he has not shown whether he is indeed more deserving of support than Sidenreng's representatives, we have absolutely no need to interfere in their dispute" Raja told Yami.

For the time being, he did not want Yami to interfere in the matter that occurred between Aether and the Sidenreng representatives.