Otherworld Adventure

From the very start of the main stage tournament, Eli seemed to be always on edge. Like something was chasing after her. She tried to act normal, but her friends could completely see through her.

They"ve been spending so much time with each other that a small change like this was easily discernible. Lucia was the first to walk up to Eli and give her a tight hug.

"GYUUUUUU~"

"...uhm... Lucia? What"re you doing?" Eli asked as she was surprised at the sudden hug.

"Hihi~ relax Eli. Remember, you"re strong! Much stronger than anyone else here in this tournament! So relax and do your best," Lucia a.s.sured. "Don"t worry about your father or your family! Just remember, you"re doing this for yourself. You have nothing to prove since your friends here already know."

Lucia whispered the latter half and it caused Eli to widen her eyes at the girl. She smiled and her tensed expression loosened up.

"Thanks, Lulu."

"Hihi~ no problem~"

Lucia let go of her and Velicia and Fina stepped up to give their friend some words of encouragement. Eli happily received them and turned towards her party leader.

"I"m going."

"Yup, break a leg."

"Huh?" Eli"s mouth dropped at the "insidious" words. Cecil saw this and explained in a fl.u.s.ter.

"I-It"s a figure of speech! It means to do your best! Not actually go and break legs," Cecil said with a strained expression.

"O-oh! Okay! I"ll do my best then!"

"Yup, off you go now."

Eli exited the room and went into the hallway. Just before she made her way up to the stage, she took a deep breath to recompose herself. Her friends were right, she was way too tense. She had no longer had anything to prove.

She already proved her strength to her friends, so all that"s left was to showcase her improvement to her family.

Eli"s eyes burned with a determined look, "this isn"t the finals, nor is it the National Tournament. Let"s just do things moderately."

She grinned and an air of confidence began to exude from her body. She powerfully stepped her way up to the stage.

The audience which was still roaring with cheers began to quiet down when they saw Eli"s figure striding up to the stage.

The aura she exuded was... indescribable. Even the King had to widen his eyes in astonishment when he saw his daughter. He smiled in approval as he bore witness to his daughter"s change.

The Little Kings were also surprised seeing this.

"...Lucia, what did you say to her?" Velicia asked.

"N-not much... I only told her to not be so tense..."

"R-really? Then... how come she"s like that?!"

"How am I supposed to know?! But... her next opponent"s going to have a hard time..."

"Hehe... this match should actually be a finals match, but who would have thought they"d meet this early in the tournament!" Cecil smirked as he eyed Eli"s opponent.

It was actually the Student Council Presdient, Zephyr Arks, Eli"s brother. It was no wonder why she was so tense.

"AH! It"s him!" Lucia exclaimed.

"No wonder she was so tense earlier!"

"Geez... this should be a finals match... did the academy make a mistake?"

Fina and Velicia looked on worriedly at her friend, but seeing the confident aura around her, they were able to settle their worries to some degree.
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"Don"t worry. She"s going to win. I know it." Ainz said as he eyed the stage. "She has to, there"s just no way, no way, that she"d lose to that b.a.s.t.a.r.d of a brother."

Ainz clenched his fists and yelled, "DO IT! BEAT HIM! BEAT HIM INTO THE GROUND ELIIII!!!!!"

The audience had quieted down so Ainz"s cry had rung sonorously throughout the stadium. Everyone in the room was surprised with his sudden outburst. Even the boy himself froze in his tracks, when he realized what he just did.

"Oooohhhh shiiiiitttt!!!"

"Wow, Ainz... I didn"t know you..." Lucia covered her mouth as she begun nudging and teasing the boy.

"Nonononono! It"s not what you think! She"s my cousin! My cousin!!!"

"Yeah~ and Cecil"s my brother~"

"WHAT?!!" Ainz cried with a mixed expression of horror and shock.

"Foster brother." Fina added quickly.

"O-oh...huh?"

Down on the fighting stage, Eli"s previous confident aura had vanished as her face began to turn red as a tomato. "Th-that dumb idioooot!!!"

Zephyr who was standing in front of her turned his eyes to the waiting room on the ground floor that housed all the Kings. He quickly found Ainz and eyed him coldly.

Zephyr scoffed and directed his attention back to his sister.

"So...you"re going to beat me into the ground?"

"Uh... please don"t listen to that idiot..." Eli responded with a strained look on her face.

"Hmph. I"d like to see you try." He scoffed.

"..."

Once the referee asked the two if they were ready, Eli pulled out her rapier and readied herself. Her brother waved his hand and extracted a large black great sword from his spatial ring.

Zephyr eyed his sister coldly. It was like he was looking at a monster. Killing intent was clearly present in his eyes and even his body somewhat exuded it.

Lucia who in the waiting room frowned when she saw this, "Is he treating her as an enemy?"

Eli flinched when the killing intent was directed at her. She felt goose b.u.mps rise on her arms and a chill ran down her spine. She began to waver, but then her eyes focused and sharpened.

She glared back at her brother, and then the air began to grow heavy. Everyone around the stage began to feel suffocated.

Cecil was already off his seat as he walked forward to the front of the room. Everyone turned their attention to him and only saw a large, almost maniac, grin on his face.

"Hahaha! She did it! She actually did it!"

"W-what did she do?" Anixio asked feeling a little suffocated.

Ever since Eli regained her composure and pointed her blade at her brother, the atmosphere turned really heavy and suffocating for some reason.

"Weapon Intent...she actually awakened her weapon intent." Cecil said with a grin.

"Weapon?"

"Intent?"

The twins asked.

"NO WAY!"

Everyone turned their attention towards the girl who shouted. It was Lucia. She had an incredulous expression on her face as she eyed Cecil. Then she turned towards her friend who was on the stage and confirmed it with her own eyes.

"Hahaha... Oh gosh..."Lucia said, she felt a little conflicted, but happy at the same time.

She had been trying to learn to awaken this intent from Cecil for almost a year, but then her friend beat her to it and she only learned about this Weapon Intent from Cecil only a couple of months ago!

"Are you kidding me?!" Ainz yelled.

"No...That"s genuine weapon intent alright... man, she actually did it!" Cecil exclaimed. He was without a doubt elated.

Everyone in Little Kings was surprised when they heard Cecil confirm it. It was unbelievable! Before it was only Cecil who had it, the party even thought that it was going to be impossible for them to even attain it themselves, but now Eli had proved them wrong.

It was possible, and she was the living proof of this possibility. Velicia and Lucia began grinning and their fighting spirits had ignited.

"I WON"T LOSE!" Lucia yelled.

"ME TOO!" Velicia echoed.

The two pumped their fists in motivation and returned their attention to Eli who was on the stage. Since she had suddenly acquired the intent, then they might be able to pick up clues on how to obtain it themselves if they watched her fight.

The other Kings were puzzled at their elation and motivation. They had no idea what they were talking about. But they were most astonished at how these 5 individuals weren"t affected by this unknown, suffocating pressure.

"Y-you guys can"t feel this? It"s like a boulders have been placed on my chest or something..." Audrey grimaced.

"Huh? Well no, I mean—ah! That"s right! Cel, Eli still doesn"t know how to control her Intent yet!" Lucia said in realization.

"Hm? Oh yeah... I better step in then." Cecil said in realization. The boy then walked out of the room. It was clear where he was headed.

The audience felt suffocated and many began to feel faint, but suddenly the oppressive atmosphere suddenly vanished.

When they turned their eyes back to the stage, the two combatants were still standing in place, but they saw another person close to the stage.

It was Cecil, and the boy had a beautiful silver spear resting on his shoulders. Was he going to jump in the stage and fight?

The referee who had finally regained his bearings turned to eye Cecil questioningly.

"Ah, don"t worry about me. I"m just here to stop the Intent from flowing to the audience. You know, that heavy feeling you felt on your chests earlier." Cecil said with a grin.

The referee was a little skeptical, but seeing as Cecil had no intentions of doing anything other than standing there, he only nodded in response. "Okay."

"Hmhm~"

He turned towards the two on the stage and finally announced the start of the battle.

"Elizabeth Arks vs. Zephyr Arks! FIGHT!"