What ssage could Zaroth hope to send by showing the beheaded head of his opponent?
It didn't make much sense.
The answer was simple, even though the crimson mist had faded, its effects on Zaroth's mind still remained.
So he wasn't able to think clearly at the mont.
What could he hope to achieve by showing the head to the audience?
After all, the people had reacted strongly when they saw that he had killed before, and yet he had done it again.
Sure, it was much cleaner than before, as rather than making his opponent's head explode, he simply beheaded it.
But that didn't make it better; a murder was still a murder.
Not to ntion, Zaroth had locked his gaze with the emperor.
His actions stunned him for a few seconds, if he did them, it must have ant that he secretly wanted to do them.
'Because I want to!' This was the conclusion he ca to after several seconds of thinking.
He wanted to kill the assassin, so he did.
Now, rather than acting with regret when he killed his opponent, he was acting with pride!
In a sense, it was proof to himself.
Proof that he was growing, not just in strength but in maturity.
Also, a part of him thought that acting this way would make Althea more interested in him.
After all, he had just shown that he wasn't afraid to kill if necessary.
The emperor was silent for a few seconds, after which he stood up and announced Zaroth's victory.
Who, in turn, breathed a sigh of relief as he awaited the healer.
anwhile, David was still sitting on the ground with a smile on his face.
Sure, the crimson mist had sowhat hindered his sight, but that didn't matter.
He had a rough idea of what Zaroth was capable of.
"To be honest, I can't wait to fight with him," Spectral Warden spoke with a hint of amusent in its voice.
"Yes, it will be fun. Especially when I beat him," David eyes shined purple again.
David seemingly forgot the exhaustion he had been feeling all this ti.
*****
"Man, they were aweso!" one man exclaid with a smile.
"You tell ! It really was worth it to watch the fights live!" his friend agreed.
Both of the young n had spent a small fortune just to be able to watch the fights.
After all, the tournant was so popular that getting a ticket was extrely difficult.
So people bought the overpriced tickets and resold them at even higher prices, making the cost of already expensive tickets even more unreasonable.
Truly, human greed knew no bounds.
So most people felt a bit hesitant buying said tickets.
But their worry wasn't needed in the end!
The fights had exceeded all of their expectations!
Even though there were orbs that allowed them to watch the fights, it just wasn't the sa.
Especially when the battle between Grace and David happened—it was incredible
The way they flew from one part of the arena to another was like out of a fairy tale.
And these young people were just students!
Sure, there might be one or a few dead, but in the end, it didn't matter that much.
After all, once these students graduate, they would surely be scouted by the emperor and join the army!
This would boost the Draconian Empire's forces significantly, and surely they would be able to turn the tide of war against the Crimson Sun Empire in their favor.
"But man, the emperor is really a genius!" the first man replied.
"I agree. At the beginning, when the Purifiers left us, I kind of began to lose hope, but now seeing the power these young ones have is inspiring!"
Not only had the emperor made the most grand tournant in the world, but had even managed to stop the Crimson Sun Empire's advance long ago!
There were rumors that not only had the Crimson Sun Empire taken a few cities, but they had also been forced to begin retreating into their territory.
Waging a war and holding the biggest tournant in the history of humanity at the sa ti just to boost the morale of the general population was an incredible feat.
The people began to admire the emperor more and more.
Surely the man knew what he was doing; they could place their future in his hands, and everything would be alright!
"Oh… by the way, where is Nick?" the first one asked.
"You know that they sold too many tickets, right? Well, apparently because too many people have been gathered in one place, a lot of fights began to happen and stuff like that."
"So so of the guards stationed were forced to act and locked them up, as they had been disturbing the tournant."
"You an that Nick was one of these people?"
"Could be, could not, not sure."
"But doesn't that seem a bit extre? Locking them up, shouldn't they just be fined?"
Seeing the worry on his friend's face, the man chuckled and put his arm over his shoulder.
"What are you worried about? The guards are serving the emperor and acting upon his orders."
"So if they have been locked up, it has to be for a good reason."
"After all, how could the emperor be wrong?"
*****
'This is close to tens of thousands.' The thing that had taken the body of a raven soared through the sky.
The black mass hadn't been waiting all this ti. While it couldn't act against the emperor at the mont because the ti wasn't right, it was still able to observe the tournant as it unfolded.
One thing it realized was that with each new round, more and more people ca to watch, causing the arena seats to overflow.
Sure, at the beginning, it wasn't that obvious, but now it was apparent, there had been too many tickets sold.
Naturally, seeing that there were so many people present, the general population got angry.
They had spent so much money just to get this ticket, and now there was soone that sat in their place?!
They couldn't find a seat and had to stay on their feet despite paying a small fortune to get the tickets?!
It was obvious fights were going to happen.
And not just a few, there were hundreds of thousands of people gathered around the grand arena.
Not just in it, but in the vicinity, due to the grand event, and lot had begun to drink.
A lot had drunk too much.
A lot had begun fighting against themselves too much.
Curiously enough, the response of the guards was fast, almost to an abnormal level.
Once a fight started, it was put to stop in a matter of a few minutes. And as there had been disruptions near the emperor and his family, the guilty would have been arrested.
As a result, today at least ten thousand common folk have been arrested.
"Wait, please! My husband just had too much to drink! Do not take him away!" a woman in her forties pleaded.
"Sorry, ma'am, orders are orders. This man has caused a problem in the vicinity of the emperor, so we have no choice," one of the guards spoke.
"Then when would you release him?" she asked.
"Do not worry, he will not be in custody for long. At most, a few weeks," the guard answered with a smile.
The woman sighed with relief that her husband wasn't going to spend years in prison.
In normal cases, he would have, but it seed that the emperor was a rather tolerant ruler.
"Thank you," she said with a bow.
The guard chuckled as he told her that she should thank the emperor, not him.
The raven soared the sky as it watched countless scenes like this unfold.
It had beco a common thing.
The guards were going to start transported the rule breakers.
But rather than going to any kind of prison, they would always be transported to the emperor's castle.
Landing on the roof of a building, it watched as the guards escorted countless people into the castle.
It was like they weren't even trying to hide it.
And the thing that the black mass found most interesting, was that it had seen countless people enter the castle, seemingly just for a few weeks.
And had yet to see a single person being released from there.
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