Born Op
Copyright© 2025 by Traverse
Chapter 18: Anthony Vs Tiara
***VVIP AREA***
If a pin dropped right now, it would be as loud as a drum, such was the silence that permeates here at this very moment.
Everyone was just too surprised to speak, what they have witnessed in a space of twenty minutes between the top 10 was just too much and unthinkable.
The Dean stared at Null Collins for a second, but that second was too long for someone of their level.
Null Collins was busy smiling, though he was shocked he decided not to show that and just had a smile on his lips as if he always knew his grandson was always that strong, but he was just shocked as everyone.
The Dean spoke “How did you train your grandson?, such mana control shouldn’t be possible for his age, are you sure he is still human”
“Such battle sense as if he has been battling all his life, this is another point, at this rate would we have anything to teach him” said the Vice President.
Collins replied as he kept smiling “My son was the one that trained him since he awakened, I didn’t even contribute aside helping him pick a cultivation technique, asides that only Michael and his wife knows the remaining details” he spoke the truth, but he also lied his son trained his freaky grandson, when he knows nobody trained his grandson as his grandson requested that, but he couldn’t just say that out loud right, he simply just linked his monstrous son to his freakish grandson, as a lion can’t birth a dog.
The Dean and the Vice principal just kept quiet and didn’t reply, nobody knew their thoughts.
***VIP AREA***
Mitchelle hasn’t reacted since this examination started from round one, though there was still no expression on her face, but now her heart was beating wildly.
She too was a mage and could understand how profound her son’s control over the element and mana were, and he came this far without her and her husband help.
She was happy for her son’s progress but was sad for not helping or at least teaching anything, her son already said his physique allowed him to follow his path alone, but at least he should ask questions once in a while, but he didn’t.
The worse part was she didn’t know her son was this good, she was conflicted, happy for her son’s progress but sad for not even helping in anyway.
Michael was the same as his wife, he was already too shocked from his son’s sword abilities in the second round and now his magic abilities wasn’t any thing less, he marveled at his son’s mana control, he felt he wasn’t talented enough compared to his son, he remembered sometime ago when his son said he would make his name sound in the Academy walls but he just laughed it off.
He sighed ‘Looks like I would have to train harder quickly so my own son won’t be stronger than me, also l would have to increase security against those cult and other family, after this I’m sure he is at top of their assassination list’
It wasn’t that he didn’t want his son to surpass him, but he still has his pride as a father and as an awakened, even if his son surpasses him he won’t let him have his way easily.
The other patriachs were looking at Anthony with different lights flashing their eyes and minds, if they allowed such a monster to grow the power balance of the human domain would shift
The other races in the room looked at Michael and Mitchelle only thinking ‘Two monsters giving birth to a bigger one’
Some people from other races just smile, cause they knew the other human patriachs won’t let this just slide, they will they would send assassins or try to supress him starting from the academy, such was their human nature.
Michael and Mitchelle knew what was going through the other patriachs minds, they have been through their own share of assassins, as they were both monsters in their own league.
But they didn’t reply them at this moment cause they won’t bother scheming in other for a revenge, they will just lay waste against whoever it was, whoever made a move better hide all evidence cause once they got any lead, the human domain would vibrate in the NULL family’s name.
****The ARENA****
Anthony and Tiara stood facing each other, Tiara didn’t speak, she just stared at him.
Anthony smiled and said
“I can tell you have been hungry for the first rank since the very beginning, I don’t know why you are so eager, but I will give you five minutes, I will battle you in that five minutes, if you can’t win I will end the match immediately the five minutes passes, also if you land a single hit on me it’s my loss”
Tiara looked at the arrogant human who made such declaration with the same smile she saw since the beginning of this round, she felt he was looking down on her, but she didn’t bother replying him. She simply took out her sword and took a stance and said, “after you”
Anthony smiled and took out his katana and looked at her with his deep blue eyes.
They both moved at the same time and their swords met each other and there was an implosion but none of them moved, they looked at each other, Anthony still smiling.
They crossed swords and sent shockwaves everywhere and sparks kept flying off as their sword clashed together, they further destroyed the already destroyed arena.
They appeared 15 kilometres from their original position, Tiara took a stance and activated a technique
[Sword Technique: Space Type: Dimensional Cleaver]
She swung her sword down leaving a blood red trail that slashed and moved through space to Anthony’s head.
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