Re: Love & Magic

The man shrunk his neck and snorted to try and put up a strong front before looking away.

Zevien looked at the man’s seat number and internally laughed before walking toward the man.

“What?” the man asked as a bead of sweat formed on his forehead.

“That’s my seat,” Zevien grinned as he pointed at a seat beside the man.

‘Fuck…what a bad day. Sigh,’ the man sighed and gave way to Zevien. He thought he would lighten the atmosphere by joking but didn’t know Zevien would pull out a dreadful aura with his powers.

But Zevien was not here with this outfit and style so that others could make fun of him or joke about it; he was here to strike fear in others with this appearance and make fame for the individual known as Alucard.

He was sure that one or two people from the Magic Guild headquarters would be helming the contest, and this contest would be broadcasted for the general public to see. So, he had to take this chance and win this contest overwhelmingly.

After a minute, an air hostess approached Zevien and spoke politely, “Sir, can you suppress that strange aura from your body? It’s a bit disturbing.”

“Disturbing?” Zevien narrowed his eyes, “for who?”

“Some passengers complained about it by sending messages, so…,” the hostess said with a weak smile.

Zevien stood up and looked around while sneering, “oi, oi, who are these spineless cowards, eh? If you are scared of this simple aura, you better get off the plane because you might just wet your pants in the real fight.”

The people sitting around flinched, but nobody moved or even looked at Zevien. Still, they all cursed him in their hearts. If they responded to Zevien, then it means that they were the cowards.

Seeing no one responding, Zevien grinned at the air hostess before saying carefreely, “I think some people just sent prank messages to you since, as you can see, nobody seems disturbed by the aura.”

The air hostess suppressed her chuckle and nodded with a smile, “mister is right. Sorry for disturbing you.”

“No problem,” Zevien nodded before activating his Digi-watch and reading some news.

‘Ahh, were there not other people in this Starlight city that could complete tasks before this joker?’ the man beside Zevien thought, ‘he is sure to be made fun of when we reach the avenue of the contest.’

In total, Lopax country got fifty quotas to participate in the Rookie Skyward Peak contest. Those quotas were given to people who completed the tasks of the magic guild branch in their respective cities. The first fifty people who completed the tasks got a quota.

Zevien didn’t need to complete any because of his connection with Raven, who was the vice-head of the magic guild branch in Starlight city. Despite being the vice-head of the magic guild branch in the city, she had more authority than even the head due to her personal power and backing.

In total, fifty people from various cities in the Lopax country would participate in the contest against people of other countries, and only the top five in the contest will get rewards.

Ten minutes later, the flight took off after all the passengers had arrived.

…

After six hours, they landed in Skypearl town, which was under the jurisdiction of the Magic Guild. The town was near the Lankrena region.

After all, the Skyward Academy didn’t belong to any particular country but belonged to the Magic Guild, an independent organization of the Gaia continent with its own constitution and the sole force having a solid connection to the Astral Land.

To travel safely to the Astral Land, one must travel through the path created by the Magic Guild.

The contest avenue was a giant stadium just two kilometers away from the airport.

The participants got off the plane and met with the guide who was waiting for them.

“I am Maxum, and I will be your guide for this contest. The first round of the Rookie Skyward Peak contest will start in an hour. So, let us hurry to the stadium,” Maxum said to the participants while glancing at Zevien briefly due to his unique appearance.

“I’ll go ahead if flying is not prohibited here,” Zevien said with a smile.

Maxum raised his eyebrows but then nodded, “sure. Those who can fly can go ahead and land inside the stadium directly. Others, get on the bus.”

Zevien flew up and moved towards the stadium a second later. Three more unfurled their magic wings and flew towards the stadium, two women and one man.

The person who stood beside Zevien in the plane conjured helicopter-like blades on both hands and flew up after raising his arms upward. Zevien looked back and was surprised, ‘I guess he can also attack with those blades.’

“Meow~This trip also seems exciting, nyahaha,” Tarto appeared on Zevien’s shoulder and laughed, “though are you sure you can win as you wished? All of them can use tier-2 spells, but you can’t.”

“I have a disadvantage against others regarding spell tiers, but my physical body and mobility are higher than most, especially when I internally cast Somatic Anger,” Zevien smiled.

“So, my physical prowess and the martial arts I have learned can easily let me win unless I also encounter someone who invested much of their time in martial arts,” Zevien said as a glint passed through his eyes, “nonetheless, I will be giving more than 100% in this contest. I have to win overwhelmingly, and for that, I must go beyond my normal capabilities.”

Zevien increased his speed and flew past everyone before landing inside the stadium. The stadium was also filled by half, and people were spectating all participants at the center of the stadium. So when Zevien arrived, he raised a commotion due to his appearance.

The participants from other countries chuckled and laughed after seeing him, but Zevien remained silent this time. He didn’t hold back on his aura and wore a bloody dark-red coat around him that was a mixture of the vampire form’s aura and shaman seed’s aura.

After a while, the other forty-six participants from Lopax country also arrived in the stadium. Seeing them, a man with a bulky and muscled body of seven feet height laughed, “yo, trash from Lopax country, I didn’t know you also brought a joker with you.”

“Heh, that’s a good thing. At least, we can have some laughs and giggles as he jumps around.”

“Hahahaha.”

Many participants laughed while some minded their own business.

The people of Lopax country steered away from Zevien as they didn’t want to get lumped together with him.