Chapter 53 - The Event(3/?)

Although time was running out, Ethan had still something to say

"Don't intervene in the fights"

Hearing his words, Ais stared at him for some seconds

"Then...why am I here?"

With a smile, he answered while holding her hand

"Because I want to make them see.."

Confused by his answer, he understood he had to specify at least the important parts.

"Well.. I'll..."

"I understand..If it's what you want to do..."

Without replying, Ethan looked towards the entrance of the arena.

'A month ago I wouldn't have even had a chance to win..now...'

Deciding to focus on her for a moment, he added

"What do you think of my plan...?"

Thinking about it for a second, Ais reconnected all the pieces together.

"I think..it's a good idea. I personally don't mind...the only thing I want is to see you win"

Holding her hand tightly, Ethan embraced her while his thoughts were ruminating on her words

'I'll surely...win this game'

In the event's perspective, the situation was completely different. Although in the different fights there wasn't the action that took place at the beginning, the situation was still pretty lively.

"Come on! Make that Lygerfang beg forgiveness!"

With this shout from a person in the crowd, everyone else adopted the same kind of thought, Shouting on their own.

"Yeah, he's right! Make that Lygerfang bow down to you"

"You can do it!"

Although he was getting this type of encouragement, the tamer didn't mind

'You want to see me make the Lygerfang beg for his life? Of course, there are strange people in Orario...mah, I'm sorry Lygerfang-san, the crowd asked for it'

Increasing his power, the tamer did exactly as they wanted to see. With their excitement clearly shown on their faces, Ganesha was a little worried about the situation.

'Although I can do nothing to make the tamer be more gentle...it's still too violent to make this monster surrender in this way...'

"Is everything ready with the boy?"

Hearing his question, She replied while sighing

"Yes, I made him wait at the entrance of the arena..."

With a satisfied nod, he added

"What do you think...of the situation?"

Being asked such a strange question, Shakti stared at him for some moments with her arms crossed on her c.h.e.s.t.

"What do you mean? I think..."

Focusing on the show, she saw the tamer and the monster fighting

'Wait..he's not...suppressing his strength? Doesn't he know that the monster will die if he continues..?'

"I was thinking the same, but look, he isn't inflicting any mortal blow to the monster. That means he's listening and allowing people's ideas... I know it's not a bad thing but still..look"

Hearing his words, Shakti looked at the monster

"It's almost to the point of dying..it's not even reacting anymore"

Nodding, Ganesha added

"What do you think I should do?"

Seeing his overly serious expression, Shakti was doubtful

'The tamer isn't doing anything wrong..so we can say he just finished his job and that the monster subdued...'

Understanding another time what she was thinking, Ganesha nodded again

'I knew, I should've done it before...'

"AAND, Congratulations to Egan for this splendid success. As you know, I'm GANEEESHA and I judge the monster as subdued!"

Hearing his words, the tamer stopped his actions while everyone in the crowd looked at Ganesha before someone started to clap his hands.

"I think..we should congratulate for the show!"

Without hesitation, they followed the person's words while in the Loki Familia, the situation was different.

Looking at Finn, Riveria asked

"What do you think?"

Locking eyes with the tamer, Finn had a thoughtful expression

'I wonder..why? I don't feel comfortable with the situation...but even if..the tamer didn't anything really wrong, the purpose of the show is to entertain the crowd, not look at the methods used for that result...'

With a sigh, he answered

Hearing his words, everyone looked at him. With a nod, Lefiya added

"M-Monsters aren't a l-living being...but... Don't you t-think it's a little sad to torment them in this way?"

Being a 'hot' topic for some in the familia, Lefiya was fortunate Bete wasn't there.

"As you said, monsters aren't living beings but just mana constructs. There isn't life in them."

Adding this, Riveria sighed while Lefiya returned to look at the tamer in the arena.

'I said it myself.. I should just ignore it..'

Repressing her thoughts, they saw Loki with a smirk on her face.

"It's finally time.."

Hearing this, She focused even more on the arena

'She completely ignored our conversation...'

Seeing the crowd stopping to clap, Egan said

"I hope this show entertained everyone... I'll see you in the Monster Feria"

Turning towards the exit of the arena, Ganesha understood it was time for the important part of this show. With a howl, he shouted

"The event of today is near the end! How has it been so far?"

Hearing his question, the crowd was slightly confused but, knowing the character they were interacting with, they knew the show was entering its important part.

"I see..."

With another laugh, he continued his speech

"It's finally time, for the special event with the Loki Familia participation! In particular, of the new rookie adventurer that has made himself known in the last week!"

Without hesitation, the atmosphere changed

'Oh, that adventurer?'

Although someone didn't know exactly why he wanted to participate in such an event, some of them

had clearer ideas. In particular, one of them.

'It's finally his time? I see.. I won't hesitate to crush him'

Staring at the entrance of the arena, the man clenched his fist while someone else had different intentions.

'Honestly, I think people are judging too harshly. They're driven by the common opinion but it seems like nobody seems to understand this rookie may be prepared to face them all... Level 2 in a week? Why nobody seems shaken by the news? In Orario people are really stupid...'

Closing his eyes, he understood his theories were somewhat right.

'The person you're going against..probably isn't a kid'

Turning around, the person came out of the stands with a smile on his face

'I want to meet him in a different context..'

Seeing this person going towards the exit, Riveria looked at him for a second before looking away.

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Still waiting for his time to come, Ethan was having some intense 'moments' with Ais

'I know, it will be time to face up to the crowd soon, but...'

Holding her tightly, he heard her say

"Is everything..okay?"

With a nod, he answered

"Yes..just a little anxious.."

Understanding, she returned his embrace while time passed quickly.

After the tamer finally subdued the last monster of today's event, they heard Ganesha say his congratulations to the last tamer. Some minutes later, it was finally his time to shine.

"It's time, you can enter the scene, Ethan!"

Hearing Ganesha's shout, he distanced himself from Ais. Still holding her hand, he smiled again while heading towards the entrance.

"Let's go..."

Following him without uttering a word, the two entered the arena while everyone else was speechless.

'T-The Sword...'

'P-P-Princess!?'

'Why?!?'

With the thoughts of the shocked people clearly showed on their faces, Ethan gulped before looking at his surroundings.

'Ah... I see. So this is what someone feels having the attention of so many people on me'

Staring at them, he continued to advance towards the centre with Ais. Inhaling, he saw some of them recover from their shock.

'What a coward..using the sword princess even at today's event..'

'Isn't he ashamed of himself?'

'The Sword Princess chose such a scarecrow as her man? Is she sane?'

Sighing, he looked down for some seconds.

'I see. With them, misunderstandings are just the way they see you... In that case..'

Holding Ais' hand tightly, Ethan inhaled another time.

"Nice to meet everyone. As you surely know, I'm Ethan"

Staring at them, he continued

"You may think I'm here today to let all of you understand or make official the relationship I have with Ais..."

With a smile on his face, he continued

"Well, that's not why I'm here."

Hearing this, they were still speechless but few of them were already ready to contest. With an evil smile, a person asked

"Then why are you here? To entertain us? Do you at least know where you are?"

With his smile growing larger, Ethan replied to the man

"You guessed right. One of the reasons that brought me here is to entertain all of you"

Releasing her, Ethan's smile slowly faded

"It's not your business what my relationship with Ais is. The only thing you can talk about is the fact I'm a rookie that isn't powerful enough to be a member of the Loki Familia, I allow you all to make you judges today"

Shocked by his answer, the man that asked the questions sat down again

'The relationship with Ais...'

'Isn't our business...'

'Then..why is he here in the first place?'

With someone angry, while someone else interested, they had all their attention on him.

"I will prove to you that I am worthy of being a member of the Loki Familia"

Even more shocked, someone had difficulty containing laughter.

Inhaling another time, Ethan knew he had to continue like this.

'It's more difficult than expected..keep calm'

"You're curious? I won't keep you on the thorns for long, but I need to explain to you what I have in mind first"

Hearing his words, Ganesha was surprised too

'This boy...knows what he's doing...'

Smiling again, Ethan continued

"You will all have an opportunity to stop me...basically, we'll play at a game where all of you can fight against me.."

Hearing his words, Everyone had no more words to add. The first to react was Tiona

'That's so manly...'

Without losing time, he added

"I talked with the Captain of the Ganesha Familia that accepted to help me. The only rules you'll have to follow are two. First, a limiter on your level. To make it simple, everyone that is 2 or more levels above me can't join in the game, so you'll have to watch. Everyone else is allowed to do what they think is right. The Second, this event will last 5 hours and It will be my win if you can't make me to lose the will to fight"

Although she wanted to explain about the show, Shakti just added

"Ais...won't be allowed to help Ethan"

'Is this kid insane? There isn't a rule about how many people can make a group against him at once..doesn't that mean..'

'The whole stage will be his enemy..'

The thing they didn't know, was that Ethan was prepared to face such an outcome. If everyone decide to enter the arena stupidly as a group, he'll use his [Avian] at max power to make them all unable to fight.

'Although using 100% against one level 3 is impossible otherwise the person will die, nobody said I couldn't use the 100% while dispersing all the attack around me. It's risky for the surrounding but I don't think they will be so stupid to try and face me with that strategy'

With his smile growing, Ethan saw their shocked expression. Deciding to help dispel this shock, Shakti added

"Please, Everyone if you want to participate you will need to specify it first at the various staff members that will come right now. I guess it will take at least 15 minutes, use this time to prepare..."

Hearing the Captain of the Ganesha Familia, they saw the staff entering while asking who wanted to participate with a sheet and a paper in their hands.

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(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(A/N: I needed to break this chapter as well. Sorry if Cliff-kun is so harsh today...I still need time to specify things so maybe tomorrow's chap won't be fights yet..I'm not entirely sure tho)

(Alternate Titles: "This whole situation is scary yet funny", "That random intelligent fellow? OwO?", "Use your 100% against everyone...you're really a genius Ethan")