On the fourth day of the Nolan Holy Spirit Open Tournament, the matches were still being held at Kroshiel Magic Academy.
Inside the lounge of one of the four semifinalist teams, Breaker of the Seas.
"W-what do we do, Captain? My legs are shaking."
The archer, Ke Ya, clutched his trembling legs with both hands. Not only were his legs shaking, even his voice had begun to quiver.
"Ke Ya, I don't even blink when I run into Lava Serpents while hunting. What's gotten into you today?"
Luo Na, Yevirk Serpent's strategist, sat across from the archer and tried to reassure him.
"I can take down those snakes with a few arrows, but outside..." The archer pointed toward the lounge door. "There are a full ten thousand people out there! And hundreds of thousands more are watching this match on the magic net. My mother even brought the whole family here to cheer for me today. If we lose... wouldn't that be humiliating?"
"Ahem, I understand how you feel. It seems my lover's parents came to watch too," Luo Na said with a light cough.
"Luo Na, are you looking for a fight?"
Hearing Luo Na mention his lover at a time like this, the archer's nervousness instantly turned to anger. But Luo Na ignored him and looked toward Morris nearby.
The Chaos Demon swordsman was the quietest person in the entire lounge. He simply sat cross-legged in a corner, silently lowering his head as he wiped the longsword in his hands.
"What about you, Morris? Is anyone watching for you?" Luo Na asked.
"My family died long ago," he said in a completely emotionless voice. "I only entered this tournament to carry out the captain's mission."
"What do you mean, carrying out the captain's mission?! Luo Na, I'm telling