The World We Do Not Know - 173 An Eye for an Eye

Daniel, one of the three hunters that was sitting in one of the three chairs, he eyes towards Faust while observing his body language and trying to evaluate his spiritual power. The advanced captains and maybe some captains who are sensitive to auras are able to calculate the spiritual power of the individuals standing before them.

Strangely, Daniel did not sense any aura or spiritual power from Faust. And as he is examining Faust from top to bottom who is facing away from him, he catches Faust turning to his left and glaring back at him, with an unknown hunger hidden deep in his eyes.

Faust’s face is facing forward but his eyes are glaring at Daniel from the corner of his eyelids.

Daniel widens his eyes at the fact that Faust is not looking away even after their eyes meet each other. “How can he stare at me like that?” Daniel whispers under his breath, being surprised by the guts of Faust.

No one in their right mind would glare at Daniel, a royal and the currently strongest person. “He is not looking at you, it’s just his hair is on his eyes.” Leviathan clarifies to Daniel. Who, upon looking closer realises that the sharp hair strands of Faust are over his eyes, due to the shadow and Faust’s standing posture, it looked as though Faust is eyeing at Daniel.

“It’s true now that you say it.” Daniel agrees with his keen confirmation. *”Did my eyes deceive me or did my son fool me?”* It did not sit right with Daniel, he for sure caught the glare of Faust but agreed with his son just in case.

*”He is the man I need to take down one day! Him! That monster-like being! I will take you down one day.”* Faust is so intimidated by the sudden appearance of Daniel that he forgot the position he is in and looked right into the eyes of Daniel with the hunger for Daniel’ throne. He wanted the House all for himself.

*”What were you thinking staring at my father with those fierce eyes Faust!”* Leviathan caught him staring at Daniel. But for some reason, Leviathan took pity on him to save him.

He wanted to know what Faust’s motives. Unless he is fully aware of those, he does not want Faust to die a pitiful death in the hands of Daniel, Leviathan want to see more of what Faust can do.

“Let the festival BEGIN!” Daniel announces to the whole Arena causing a huge roar back from the audience being hyped for more action that is yet to come.

There are two members chosen by the twelve families to this second round. Two martial artists represent their branches, one comes out to fight and the other is a substitute.

From Tsumugi’s family, Faust and Elton are the two martial artists chosen and enrolled but Faust is the only one who will be fighting.

During the squad matches, Faust did not fight in the last three matches. He supported the three of his squad to do all the fighting. Which is why the three of them are exhausted and wounded with bruises.

But the three of them accepted to it knowingly, they knew that Faust is the only one who needs to fight on entire day two, hence they let Faust rest and support them while they did the physical labour.

The martial artists from each family are different from the four-member squad that participated in the first round of festival. But for Tsumugi, due to her lack of soldiers, Faust and Elton who are exhausted from the day one has to fight on day two as well.

Whereas, from other branches, new people come with full of energy and spiritual power.

“I’m sorry Faust! For leaving everything on your shoulders.” Elton apologises for being weak. He is not able to use his chain whip anymore and his spiritual power is still exhausted. Which resulted in him to sit on the sidelines for all the matches of today.

“Hehe don’t worry, my shoulders can carry the world.” Faust puts on his black cloak as he moves forward with a strong posture, ready to take on the world.

The first match is hard on Carlo’s house. They have to face off against the old minister who opposed Queen Uzume while making Faust a captain. The old Minister’s house the branch of gluttony is also one of the reputational houses.

In this martial arts round, every house picks a captain class to represent their house, unless the house does not possess a captain class martial artist. So the majority of the participants are original captain class unlike Faust, who became a captain in a short route due to Tsumugi’s sacrifice.

“It’s going to be a battle between Geroge from the Carlos house and Ranada from Gluttony.” The host yells his lungs out introducing the contestants of the very first match.

“How long has it been my old friend!” George greets his old friend Ranada who, previously, worked in the house of Carlos but was baited by money and taken by the old minister.

“Try not to die! Give up when you can.” Ranada mocks him in a confident tone.

“Begin the first match!” The host starts the match and instantly the two of them rushes towards each other in one leap.

Both of them swing their hands at each other at the same time, George swings his right hand aiming for Ranada’s face, ranada dodges it by tilting his head to the right. Similarly, George dodge’s Ranada’s right hand the same way.

George’s right arm is on the left shoulder of Ranada and same with Ranada’s right arm on George’s shoulder. Both of them at the same time wraps their right arms around each other necks which pulled them both closer.

*Thud*

Both of their left fists clash together near their abdomen, while they try to choke each other with their right arm. An air bubble is visible covering both of their hands up to their wrists, as a result of their spiritual powers clashing against each other.

“AHHHHHHHHH!” Both of them puts all of their strengths to break the other one’s neck. The aura can be seen building around them. From their feet, a green transparent force is raising to their necks around their body. Both of their spiritual powers collide in between both of them and none of their force seems to overtake the other. It looks evenly matched for the moment.

Both of them let go of each other’s necks, leans back on their hips, lifting their right leg up in the air. Both of them throws a kick at the same time, they kick each other’s foot, cancelling each other’s kick which sends both sliding back a few feet on their legs.

“I see! You have been doing well all these years.” Ranada utters narrowing his eyes, he gives penetrating stares to George.

The martial arts of both George and Ranada is the same. Geroge used to learn under Randa as Ranada is his senior, which is why both of them attack each other with the same moves.

The whole arena became quiet witnessing the power of the two. Seeing two professionals fighting, cancelling each other’s attacks with the same moves really surprises most people watching and inspiring most of the younger generation.

“The real captains are on a whole another level.” Faust’s eyes open wide as he reads each and every move of both.

Faust, Yuki, Jericho are the captains of younger generations, who barely entered the captain class. Whereas, George (29) and Ranada (32) have been captains for nearly a decade. They are more advanced than the younger generation of captains.

And this thing is pestering Faust, apart from being advanced, they also possess the gifter weapons that are more advanced than most of the normal equipment. The gifter weapons have the capability to bring forth the full capacity of the elemental stones.

Not only that, those weapons can hold multiple elemental stones at the same time and possess a different weapon or ability within them.

“Well, I definitely surpassed you. After you left and chased behind money and fame. I have been perfecting the techniques.” George opens a small portal on his right side, pulling out a thin short staff.

“It was nice knowing you.” Ranada in rage over the insult pulls out his short black staff from his portal.

*I will show you why money is important.” Saying that Ranada turns the one end of the staff in anti-clockwise, and the whole staff is broken at ten places, making it seem like a wooden chain. And at the gaps that the wood is broken, chains of two-inch length appeared and the broken wood starts glimmering in green.

“A gifter weapon!” George thinks to himself as he takes a position and with full of confidence, he leaps forward.