True King's Ecstasy

"Delvi, why did you get so riled up? Was she a strange power user?" Velian was surprised to find that instead of just defeating her normally, she just pushed her out of the arena putting up a flashy fight.

"Not really, she said something I don't want to hear, so I thought maybe I should teach her a lesson," Delviny said with a smile, but she didnt really care about what Kyla said.

She already accepted her relationship with Velian and right now, she didn't really care about what other people say about it, unlike Sariya and Daphnia.

"Fine then, but don't get too heated, we have to find a way to deal with those unknown power,"

They couldn't even finish what they were talking about, because they heard a guard walking up to the stage where they were sitting observing the other fights that are currently going on.

"Your Highness, a group of adventurers request to see you, should I ask them to go back?"

Velian thought it was the Blazing Sun group, but surprisingly it wasn't.

"Who are they? If it's someone we don't know, ask them to go back, I have noontime to waste with their small talks," Velian said wanting them to leave but hearing the guard's next words, he changed his mind including Delviny.

"It is the woman, our lady fought in the previous round and her group," He said and Delviny looked at Velian with a neutral look.

"Ask them to come, but make sure they don't have anything suspicious with them, don't forget women should be checked by women guards," Delviny permitted since it looked like Velian didn't mind.

Soon the door opened and four people came out of that door. One was a man with a large build and a handsome face.

The other two looked like they were teenagers, most probably close to Velian or Aiko in age.

And the last one, who was the woman that Delviny fought, she caught Velian's attention, as this was the first time he saw a woman with this kind of a build in a long time.

She was none other than Kyla, the same woman who had fought with his sister in the tournament. She was a sight to behold, with a strong and muscular build that was complemented by her undeniable beauty.

As they approached, Velian took note of their serious expressions and knew that they were here to discuss something important.

"Welcome," he said, his voice steady. "What brings you all here today? I hope you're not here to cause a problem."

Kyla stepped forward, her gaze unwavering.

"We've come to speak with Your Highness and your sister about a matter of great importance," she said her tone firm.

Velian nodded, gesturing for them to follow him inside. As they made their way towards the sitting room, he couldn't help but feel a sense of apprehension. What could this group possibly want from them?

Once they were seated, Kyla spoke again while looking at each other. The arena was lively as always, but these two groups were busy trying to observe each other.

"We've heard rumours about something bizarre happening," she said, her voice low.

"There are records about playing people disappearing, and there have been reports of strange magic at work."

Velian's sister, who had been silent until now, spoke up since this wasn't what shebexoecrsd to hear from this group.

"What kind of magic?" she asked, her eyes narrowed.

Kyla hesitated for a moment before responding.

"It's hard to say for sure, but from what we've gathered, it seems to be some kind of plague.

And our magician girl here felt something strange, so we decided to search about this and we found so much evidence that humans are part of this,"

Amos also kept looking at the people in front of him. He didn't know why Kyla decided to give this valuable information to this group, just he knew there was no turning back after this.

"And, why do we need to know about this? It's not related to us if I guess tight you said, you're from the Union Dukas area, and we are not in a friendly relationship with them,"

Kyla looked at Amos and Ellena for confirmation and suddenly dropped another bomb.

"There's an adventure group called 'The Blazing Sun' in this tournament, and our mage felt the same feeling from them, just like how she felt when we observed those ruins, and they used to be normal adventurers,"

"But recently, it feels like they got a sudden power up and they have been missing for a few months before this tournament started,"

Kyla kept explaining, while Delviny and Velian both listened to her with interest when they heard some clues.

"Did your group get any weird requests or offers in the past?"

Delviny questioned, as she felt things were slowly getting untangled. They just have to find the missing part, and Velian would be able to face this strange power with confidence.

Amos and Kyla both went silent for a minute, as they tried to remember everything that happened.

"When we were doing a task in the Union, we got invited to an event called The competition"

Amos said looking at Velian.

"It is weird because there was no place or time that would happen and the prize was anything we wish,"

Kyla also added some information to his words.

"It is not something anyone would try because it was shady and we didn't even know about who the organisers are,"

Velian knew they were on the right path.

"Competitors! Competition! Now this,"

Velian muttered to himself.

At least now, he knew that something was happening unknown to him and it really bothered him. Andriya talked about competition and now the Union of Dukas has public requirements for this, things were slowly starting to build up into one chain.

Still, one thing really bothered Velian about this meeting.

"Why do you decide to tell me all this? Money? Or maybe you're trying to deceive me? Or any other reason?"

Hearing Velian's question, Kyla looked at him with a little smile.