Spear Of Retribution

"Welcome to the Empire's annual swordsmanship competition!" A man in a blue robe went to the stage in the arena.

"The winner of this competition will be sent to the main city of the Empire and will be competing to become the winner and be able to grant their chosen wishes!"

"The fighters will fight according to their numbers given, so let's welcome numbers one and two!" 

The crowd claps and cheers as the two players went out from both sides with their armor and swords ready.

Both of their faces show courage but at the same time, nervousness and fear is hiding behind their eyes.

"Remember the rules of the competition! No killing of the opponent! Make him surrender to win the round! The competition will commence now. Fighters fight!" The mc yelled and went down to the stage and the side as he will watch the fight as well.

Geraldine is currently sitting between the crowd as she doesn't want Alexjin to see her as she might distract him. She wasn't looking at the people fighting but her eyes are scanning the crowd.

She felt tinglings on her skin, as if someone is looking at her. She still couldn't forget what happened to the couple at the store and as she thought before, the person who killed them is probably in the crowd or one of the fighters.

Timepass by and the number of fighters started to move and it's Alexjin's turn. He went out with a serious face while holding the tiny necklace in his hand.

Alexjin's face twitch when he saw his opponent, it's a tall man with his muscles bulging out and holding a thick long sword, the man also has a huge scar on his face, adding to his intimidating aura.

But instead of Alexjin focusing on his opponent who was eager to devour him, his eyes went to the crowd to look for Geraldine but no matter where he looks, he wasn't able to spot her.

Then a swift of wind went on his way but it isn't a regular wind that passes by, it's Geraldine's magic, whispering for him to focus on his fight instead of looking for her which makes Alexjin smirk.

"You look like you'll break with a single slash of my sword," The opponent smirk and intimidated Alexjin with his thick sword, he thought that he could at least scared him a bit.

Alexjin focused on his mana and touched the diamond gem of the dragon's sword and instantly, it changes in size, "Less talk, let's fight."

He extends his sword and points at the opponent's neck and went to his battle position. 

His opponent was pissed that he wasn't able to intimidate Alexjin, he yelled so loud and dashed towards Alexjin with fury burning in his eyes.

Alexjin could easily dodge his attacks as he realizes something when the fight starts. That his opponent is indeed much larger than him but it also makes his movement more slower which is why he could easily dodge his attacks.

His opponent does most of the attacks while Alexjin just evades and defends himself while looking over to his weakness. It didn't take long before his opponent is a sweating mess and his energy is starting to go down.

This time, Alexjin took the attack with full force, he wanted to strike his sword away but the opponent was able to defend his attack. Now both of them are facing each other with their swords grinding.

It was the battle of strength which is a disadvantage of Alexjin but instead of forcing his way to winning, he used it to his advantage. He makes his opponent put too much strength on his sword then when the time is right, Alexjin took a swift turn to the side which makes his opponent lose its balance and fall on his knees.

Then Alexjin uses that opportunity to put his sword on his opponent's neck. It means that the fight is over.

"Number 15 is the winner!!!" The mc announced.

The crowd was silent for a few sec, some are cheering and some are complaining about how the fight is boring and ends so fast. they thought that it would be an interesting fight and the huge man will be the winner but it's the opposite.

Alexjin went away from the arena and took a seat in the room where they are staying.

"That was a boring fight eh, you should at least entertain the crowd a bit so they would take your side and cheer for you," Niso said as he approached Alexjin.

He already finished his battle with a commoner who was trembling in fear that he might hurt Niso. He used that advantage to win his round then went to observe his other opponent, especially Alexjin who caught his eyes.

Alexjin didn't answer him and went to look the other way.

"Now that I've seen you closer, you are a handsome boy, a beauty I haven't seen in years," He said and went to touch Alexjin's cheeks.

Aexjin's body hair stands up upon feeling Niso's flesh on his cheeks, it made him instantly stand up with a disgusted look on his face.

"Leave me alone!" Alexjin raised his voice and was about to go away when Niso's hand grabbed his arm to stop him then he went to whisper on his ears.

"Don't forget my offer, I could give you a good life and maybe a last name hmm," Niso closed his eyes as he smelled Alexjin's body scent and had the urge to lick his sweat that was falling from his back.

"I'm not interested and please stop touching or talking to me," Alexjin shakes his arm and went out of the arena to get some fresh air.

On his way out, he bumps into a person who was wearing a black cloak that the hood is covering its face.

"I'm sorry," Alexjin apologize and look at the person he bumps.

The person only nodded its head and went inside the arena. This makes Alexjin thought that the person is also a watcher of the fight.

He still has to wait before he could fight again in the semi-finals then to the finals of the competition.

He wasn't confident enough to win the competition but he wanted to at least go up to the finals even if he will not win. It will be enough to make his master proud.

After a while, Geraldine came into his view, she was walking a bit fast to reach his spot.

"That was a good fight," Geraldine said as soon as she reached him.

"Thank you but the others think otherwise. Should I make the fight a lot more interesting to the crowd, master?" He asked, confused whether he will make the fight longer.

"Hmm, why would you think about what others think? let them be bored or what and you don't need to adjust to their point of view. Just do whatever you want even if you finished the opponent in one blow, it's fine," Geraldine patted his head twice before sitting next to him.

"Master, I bump on a weird guy when I came out of the arena," Alexjin said when he remembered what happened.

Geraldine chuckled, "What do you mean by weird?"

"Well, he wears this thick black robe that covers his body entirely, even his face on this hot day. He was a bit taller than me and he hurriedly went inside the arena," He explained.

Geraldine's eyes bulged upon hearing Alexjin's words which makes her skin crawl for no reason, "Do you know where he is sitting?"

"I don't know master, I just saw him entered, well I don't actually know his gender but that person is quite feminine but I also think he was a male for how he dressed," Alexjin chuckled but then he saw Geraldine's facial expression.

"Master, is everything okay?"

"Ye - yes, I'm okay, maybe a bit dizzy? It's so hot inside the arena," she giggled softly while trying so hard to make it seem like she wasn't thinking about what he said.

"Go inside and wait there, the semi-finals will be held soon,"  Geraldine pushes him up.

Alexjin didn't want to enter yet as he is pissed on Niso's face, "Master, I don't want to go inside, there's this person who keeps on annoying me," He pouted cutely, thinking it would take effects on Geraldine who looked at her with bored eyes.

"Who is it?"

"Niso Guansa, he said he is the 2nd son of the Baron Guansa and he also offered me a last name and become his knight," He said with annoyance in his voice, making Geraldine chuckled.

"Let him be, just whoop his @ss when he'll become your opponent, okay?" Geraldine patted his shoulder and push him to go back inside.

"I will, master," Alexjin forced a smile while scratching the back of his head and went inside with a loud sigh and prepare himself for seeing Niso's face.

As for Geraldine,  she is currently thinking about what Alexjin told him and decided that she'll be stalking that person.