Rise Of The Dragon Emperor

The start of the battle royale saw all four houses starting in four different quadrants of the square martial arena , with the third year's making the inner lines of the Quadrant against the other houses front liners , and the weaker first years occupying the outermost parts of the arena , closest to the elimination line.

This was the set-up of almost all houses every single year , however this time around , the green house led by Percy took a different approach .

They had their strongest third year's near the elimination lines and the weaker first years towards the innermost lines.

This was a very dangerous move to make , as the start of the event was usually the most chaotic with everyone charging into enemy lines like crazed bulls , with those at the back lines feeling the most pressure as they had no room to maneuver forward , usually resulting in many eliminations.

Hence should the green house suffer a pushback , then their third year's would be in trouble and should they be eliminated early , the chances of green house winning would drop significantly .

Outside were the viewing stands where the housemaster's and the fourth and fifth year students sat in their respective house area's and looked on seriously and with bated breaths towards the event.

The house captains stood on special platforms installed with voice amplification tools , as they guided their houses during the events .

Ronan was excited as it was easily seen with his body language as he jumped up and down at the front lines of the red house , waiting for the start signal by the principal to go wild.

He had obtained the do as you please free card from captain Yami , as even though he was a first year , he was the mad-dog of the red house as his only task was to eliminate the enemies without caring about team play.

Nitin was eyeing Ronan from the very start of the event as he instructed the level 140 master Deckard to do his best to humiliate Ronan infront of everyone.

As he stood in the middle of the pack inside the yellow house , he sneakily looked at Maddy who stood two rows ahead of him , as he admired her features from behind.

' Do me this favour , and i will give you my body for five years ' Nitin said in emotional voice , as he made a deal with Deckard , who confidently replied ' Just sit back and give me the control of this body kid , the job will be done '.

He had absolute confidence in beating the piss out of Ronan Draco , in extremely humiliating one sided beatdown .

As the countdown of ten seconds finally started , captain Yami shouted

" RED HOUSE , FORMATION ! ".

Every red house member took their assigned stance , as the front liners prepared to charge , while the back liners leaned forward supporting the men infront of them forming a chain , and trying to make an impenetrable wall!

The red house looked extremely threatening at this moment , as their well synchronised stance made the other houses eye them in fear.

While every house moved towards the edge , the green house frontliners actually retreated a bit from their initial lines , as they compacted near the rear , baffling the other house members.

As the countdown continued to tick down , the house members all had nervousness and anticipation build inside their stomachs as they waited for the chaos to begin.

5...4....3....

Ronan had his tongue out as he looked at the blue house members diagonal to him with an crazed expression as he was ready to rumble exactly when the countdown would reach 0 .

2...1....0!

As soon as the countdown hit 0 , there was absolute pandemonium , as the red house front liners clashed into the other houses around them and the same could be said for the other houses.

However in that one second , Percy Draco did the unthinkable , as he had prepared an extremely powerful spell before the event started , which he released exactly when the countdown hit 0

Percy had chanted the spell , Flame wall , as exactly around the green house's quadrant a 5 meter tall flame wall arose , preventing any other house members from madly rushing into their quadrants , as the front liners who were planning to rush into the green house's side all had to take an unexpected pause as they barely managed to save themselves from having third degree burns.

The control and power displayed by percy helped their house survive the most critical initial moments of the event , as the green house members from the viewing platform roared and cheered in approval!

Even the teachers and principal were impressed by this genius move by Percy Draco , as he successfully defended the green house's numbers!

However at the same time , while the red yellow and blue all bashed strength with each other , Ronan Draco had taken a huge leap as he landed right into the middle of the blue house territory with his spell.

' Thunder Wave ' , Ronan said as his landing saw him transmit a powerfull thunder wave that stunned and burnt opponents near him , as he tore through the opposition with style and vigour.

Kicks , thunder sparks and punches were thrown around like water by Ronan , as he single handedly dismantled the blue house middle lines , putting incredible pressure on the backlines as he eliminated a few every second due to indirect influence!

Yami who watched this situation from the outside felt his heart come into his throat as one of the only two instructions that he gave Ronan was to not get surrounded by too many opponents and fight people stronger than him alone , yet right at the very start of the event the idiot jumped right at the centre of the enemy lines.

Usually rushing into enemy lines alone was a confirmed way to be eliminated early , however no first and second year student was able to hold a candle to Ronan's speed and thunder elemental power , as those who came in physical contact of him were zapped by thunder damage.

Only a minute into the event and Ronan was able to rack up 50 direct eliminations while he had over 200 indirect ones , making the blue house bleed numbers wherever he went.

Undoubtedly he was the most eye catching performer at the moment as everyone in the viewing platform watched his one sided massacre as only pure joy and elation could be seen on his face as he tore through his opposition like paper.

Ronan's kicks sent the enemy's flying over the martial platform , while his uppercuts left them dazed and stumbling for balance as they bumped into other house members , crumpling their balance as well.

" STOP RONAN DRACO " , shouted the blue house captain who had a frown on his face looking at the situation as he urged the third year's to deal with this menace .

Although Ronan could beat the weak first years like they were rag dolls , the same could not be said for the trained third year's , hence when Yami saw that the third year's were all charging towards Ronan's direction , he too had to make a call

Yami shouted " RONAN BAKA , FALL BACK TO THE RED SIDE NOW , OR ELSE I WILL PERSONALLY WHOOP YOUR A** , ONCE YOU COME OUT ! ".

Ronan who was busy ploughing his way to the outermost edge of the blue house , heard captain Yami shout at him and felt shivers run down his spine.

He instantly kicked the two blue house members around him in a perfect Mid-Air split as he turned towards the red house side and used the five point thunder strike to consequetively strike thunder in a straight line , opening his path up towards the red house.

When terrifying purple lightning hit the martial stage in quick succession , many first year olds wet their pants in fear as the whole stage felt the vibrations , as many blue house members were injured and many abandoned their positions to evade the attack , opening a clear path for Ronan to retreat.

Ronan dashed through the opening with incredible agility , as the blue house captain could only watch on with his jaw open as one single red house student made his way from the outer edge all the way towards his own house unopposed.

However who dared stop Ronan Draco? Or even more , who had the capability to achieve it?

Ronan easily made his way back to the red camp , as after retreating he gave a innocent smile to Yami with a double thumbs up sign , as Yami expressionlessly stared daggers through Ronan's soul.

He made it clear that he should never ever try such tricks again.

Ronan avoided eye contact after this reprimand , as he pretended to help teammates as he focused on the enemies inside the red quadrant, trying to hide from the heat that was on his back.

However even Yami had to admit in his heart that Ronan Draco was just something else , as when he looked back at the destruction left behind from his rampage at the blue side , he realized that Ronan had completely single handedly toyed with an entire house and came back to the home side as if it was nothing.

He wiped sweat off his forehead as he glanced at the housemaster , giving her the look of ' You have gotten us quite the character ' , as the duo exchanged a knowing smile.

There were still over 70% of the participants left inside the arena , and the next few minutes would see that number cut down to only 50% , it would be then that the real contest of skill and teamwork start . However at this moment at the most eliminations leaderboard there was only one name at the top which was

1. RONAN DRACO ( BHAKTI ) : 124 Eliminations

2. RAFA AROLI ( DHARMA ) : 21

3. HINOSHI UGARA ( GYAN): 19

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At this moment , nobody was even marginally close to Ronan Draco!