[Theo Volts - First place: 1500 Points.]
[Manuela Smith - Second place: 145 Points.]
[Reese Tribiani - Third place: 136 Points.]
[Nelly Carvalho - Fourth place: 131 Points.]
[Bruce Fiask - Fifth place: 128 points.]
[Dylan Leon - Sixth: 122 Points.]
[Lora Aguiar - Seventh place: 119 points.]
[Lacy Sousa - Eighth place: 115 Points.]
[Thomas Jefferson - Ninth place: 111 Points.]
[Maxwell Queen - 10th place: 110 Points.]
When the time was up, the result came out on the big holographic screen.
"It's over, the first stage of the blacksmith tournament is over!" Presenter Afonso shouted.
"Applause! Applause! Applause!"
"Wow, this kid is so promising in the Martian arts, and he's also a brilliant blacksmith."
"Wow, Theo, you were the best!"
"Applause! Applause! Applause~!"
"Even after 4 hours, he didn't sweat!"
"It makes me think that maybe he wasn't even doing the best of him."
"Wow, he came in first with a big difference from second!"
"He is on the path to success. And it's yummy, too. "
"I am moved, he managed to forge all weapons in perfect quality."
"Yes, even the three emperors seem totally surprised."
"Remarkable. Where did this genius come from?"
The applause and praise did not end for a long time. Everyone was very excited about the result, they stamped their feet on the ground, making the earth shake, it was surprising, even in the tournament of martial arts, the public was not so agitated.
'I can not believe...! No, I refuse to believe...! What kind of humiliation is this...?' Bruce Fiask, he looked at Theo in disbelief. It was like looking at a freak of nature.
Like Bruce, other participants in the top 10 left the arena almost lifeless. It was a very big difference between them with the first place, that shook their self-esteem too much.
Manuela Smith approached Theo, and she said passionately: "Theo, you are amazing!"
"Thank you." Theo smiled, making Manuela Smith blush.
Not wanting to stay in the limelight for too long, Theo said, "I'm leaving now, until later."
"Okay... See you later." Manuela Smith smiled.
The girls in the audience screamed.
"Ahh, stay a little longer, Theo!"
"Yes, let us appreciate you a little more!"
"Mm, I'm going now, I'll be back tomorrow." Theo said in response and left, heading for the ark.
A wave of sighing occurred in the audience.
When the arena was empty, presenter Jeffrey flew into the center of the arena and announced: "Now that the alchemy and blacksmith tournament is over, let's continue the martial arts tournament!"
"Yessss!" The audience screamed excitedly.
*
"Theo, you're back..." Yuki got up from the chair and went to him.
"Mm." Theo responded with a wave and hugged her.
"Theo, there are five sh.i.p.s acting strangely close to us, and I have a bad feeling about that." Yuki said.
"I felt it too, because of that, I came back quickly." Theo replied.
"I felt it too, it seems to be the clans who were offended by you, Theo, and were just waiting for you to come back." Mizuki said.
"Mhm, I already knew that at some point they would attack me, but I didn't expect that they would act now." Theo said without the slightest bit of fear.
"Whatever. Emma is tired of just watching the tournament." Little Emma looked like a little Valkyrie going to war. Her fighting spirit was very high.
"Yui is also bored, let's fight!" Little Yui shouted.
Within the ark, none of them were afraid, it was safe to say that the possibility of losing did not cross their minds.
"But, aren't they afraid that emperors will interfere? After all, fighting in the Naga empire is strictly prohibited." Shina said.
"Shina, don't you see the formation of their sh.i.p.s?" Seeing Shina nod, Ariana continued: "I foresee that they are thinking of creating a formation through this and not letting others interfere, it can be said that they are strong enough to accept the consequences. That's why they decided to act."
"Makes sense. But it doesn't matter, they are fools because they don't know who they are dealing with." Shina said, unconcerned.
"Yuki, Klin, Jka, Lilith, Zania, Nanda, Aine, Kelly, Alice. You can all be in charge of the ark, it has weapons that are easily controllable, and just in case I'm going to give you information on how to control this." Theo said.
"Yes." They agreed in unison.
Theo then passed on the knowledge of ark control and ark weapons.
"And you girls, are you looking to have fun?" Theo smiled.
"I wouldn't be left out of this, even if you wanted to, Theo." Ariana laughed.
"I'm ready." Shina said with fire in her eyes.
"You can count on me." Mizuki said.
"Yui will end their race!" Little Yui raised his right arm and gave a war cry.
"Emma too!" Little Emma imitated Little Yui.
"I will do my best to kill Theo's enemies!" Zaika clenched his fists tightly, showing determination.
"I am ready to fight." Zaira was also determined.
"Hehe. My team is very determined, I think we are going to do a show now." Theo joked: "I'm just afraid that because of us, the spectators of the tournament will only pay attention to us."
As soon as Theo finished speaking, a barrier covering the entire area near his ark was formed.
*
"Look, there's something weird going on up there!"
"A formation?"
"Isn't that Theo's ark ?!"
"Oh my, are they going to start fighting up there?"
"We can't let that happen." Emperor Naga said, rising from his seat.
"I think so too, but Emperor Naga, don't you think they thought that too?" Emperor Fisher said.
"Yes, it would be strange if this barrier was not strong enough even to stop our attacks." The Emperor of the Beasts agreed.
"..."
"It doesn't matter, we at least have to try." Emperor Naga said.
"Dad." The little rabbit girl next to Emperor Naga looked concerned.
"Don't worry, my daughter, I'll be fine." Emperor Naga stroked her head and smiled.
"En." The little rabbit girl nodded obediently.
*
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