Chapter 89 - 3.29 Final Stage
In half a day, Altair became the most discussed topic throughout the Alaze Kingdom. Everyone talked about his two-seconds-match record and as a result, more and more people came to the quarterfinals just to see his performance. It was so crowded that no space could be filled in the school yard. In the end, the Emperor ’kindly’ dispatched his Elite Guards to maintain the order. It caused quite a huge uproar as people started to speculate whether Altair had already attracted the Emperor’s attention after one match. And of course, he was also gossiped together with Oliver, the newly acknowledged Prince of Alaze who was said to have been engaged to the member of royalty from another kingdom.
Thus came the questions; would the Emperor recruit Altair into the Elite Guards? Was Altair involved with Prince Oliver in any way? And...the royalty people talked about, could it be Altair?!
Emperor Bernard smiled when he heard the report from the guard. Everything had gone as planned. Just as he expected, Altair was a superior and excellent Alpha and he didn’t disappoint. Just his performance at the elimination stage was enough for the Emperor to acknowledge him as Oliver’s suitor and if he kept this up, then Bernard didn’t mind announcing their engagement as soon as the competition ended.
He could be in-laws with Versatine’s royal family and his reputation in Alaze would soar even higher. Hitting two birds with one stone hadn’t been so easy.
In the quarterfinals, Lu Yizhou’s opponent surrendered as soon as his name popped up in the generator. Thus, he went to the semi final smoothly without even having to do anything.
In the semi final, he fought twice and won twice. His opponents were doomed to fail from the start. Lu Yizhou’s figure was instilled in everyone’s memory that day. The horned and winged beastman stepped on his fallen opponent, the binding around his hands came loose and the white cloth fluttered wildly along the wind. Even then, he showed no signs of fixing it.
Lu Yizhou emerged as the first place among the top 50 who would give the last fight on the last day of the festival.
And Ryan, the eighth.
It was a far cry from the original plot where he placed 23rd. At first, Ryan indeed deployed the strategy of saving the best for the last however, after having seen how Lu Yizhou fought and how popular he became in the span of six days, he was getting antsy. Anxious. Intimidated. He couldn’t wait to prove himself in front of the crowd—the students who had witnessed his fight with Altair that day, the spectators who came to see Altair, the Emperor, everyone—that he was also a remarkable Alpha that didn’t lose out to Altair except for their beast sign. Ryan learned that deliberately hiding his strength was a stupid move when his opponent was none other than the winged beastman who shook the entire kingdom with his strength and grace.