*SWOOSH*

The Firearrow pierced the thick smoky air, charging towards the Prince. Eyes widened, hearts racing, thudding a faint war drum, breathing, was a hard thing to do, their faces hinting astonishment. Knees trembled, the ones who were on their feet struggled to maintain their stance, while the seated having vibrating feet.

Round opened mouths released gasps while some gulped, after seeing the prince's life in danger.

As for the prince, struggled to stand, exhaustion aching his royal body while trembling maintained it's stance, getting his body to vibrate in fear.

His eyes widened in astonishment while the princess helped him in glaring at the upcoming attack.

"KAID!!!" the princess yelled his short name as she got scared by the attack that had to defender. Her eyes trembled, while tearing up, her body shaking like jelly. Her heart was no longer pounding, it was vibrating.

Akirion's eyes were filled with rage, his face solid, his mouth with the absence of emotions as he got driven by rage.

Suddenly his eyes widened, looking at the prince who had his mouth closed but his body screaming for help. Akirion's mind raced less than a second, with a gasp that escape his mouth.

Suddenly the arrow pierced the empty thin air, without the prince's screaming royal body infront of the attack. *Boom* the arrow left the walls shaking, leaving a great hole that resembled the shot of a firearrow.

Eyes raced to the hole, searching for the minced and grilled Prince, but shamelessly, he wasn't there, only an empty dark cave, filled with smoke.

Gasps arose from the arena, screams following the loud exclaims. The winter struck the whole arena as the crowd got shaky. Their mouths and hands vibrated, a faint heart beat pounding in everybody with eyes trembling as they darted around searching for the prince.

Nobody cared about Akirion, since he was the one who initiated the attack that landed the Prince into the unknown.

Eyes were busy searching for the prince who was lying down with Akirion. They were both out of the stage, the prince half conscious, the princess holding his head, trying to get him to open his sleepy, tired eyes.

"Kaid?! Kaid, wake up, please, wake up! Don't leave me, please… pleaseeee! Kaid, please, open your eyes!" the princess sobbed, tears streaming down her face as her voice cracked with despair.

Kaid remained silent, his words locked inside of his chest. The princess got more than worried, her eyes darting around, her tears falling on prince Kaid's face.

Akirion was lying on the other side, his eyes glaring at the empty, clear blue sky. His face was filled with relief but his body aching as the pain throbbed his back.

"Kaid….!" the princess continued but suddenly, a voice growled beneath Fiana. Her eyes widened, a flash of astonishment spreaded across her face.

"What did I tell you about calling me Kaid?" smoothly and softly, he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

The princess' face bloomed with happiness, her lips curled up, her shiny teeth glowing in the sun that was approaching the golden colour of the evening.

"Thank God, thank God, thank God?! I'm glad, I missed you."

The what? I was here with you, wasn't I

You are right, but your heart was playing hide a and seek with me.

Oh sorry, I was just resting my eyes, don't worry.

Many eyes escaped the hole as they found the prince. Eyes filled with tears, screams hidden behind their chest after seeing the prince happily grinning as he spoke with his sister.

Their pounding hearts eased, their minds cooling as the storm of battle faded. Round shaped mouths turned into smiles as mischief rained in the arena, getting everyone happy.

The medics ran to help the prince who was laying on top of the princess's lap. He denied help, trusting his drained strength to help him up when he's ready.

Everyone was craving for the rewards that Akirion was going to get , since the Prince got away from his seat to give Akirion and the other two their rewards. Since their minds were calm ready for anything, so they now carved to see the rewards and then go.

But the exhausted Prince was down, with no energy to rely on. His energy was swallowed by the Firearrow that he shot at Akirion, leaving him totally left alone.

The Prince struggled to stand up, but for the nice helping hand from the princess he was able to stand on his trembling feet. He then thanked Akirion for saving his skin, that was going to be roasted like a chicken.

He gave Akirion a hug, giving the emotional ones a hard time in holding back their tears since the beauty of the prince's love touched their hearts.

After the boring hugs, a sudden sound of snapping fingers echoed throughout the arena, sending slightly faint shivers down their back bones.

The Prince's hand was held high, a bit clenched, after he snapped his two fingers.

Three savants entered the arena with three trays, carrying three deferent types of parcels.

A simple grin kept his handsome face intact, hiding his lack of strength behind his smile. He took out a nice looking, legendary sword from one of the tray. It held a nice golden line around the handle while the silver covering the blade.

*Wow* such words whirled around the arena as they glared at the nice looking sword that was mostly for the number one who won the event. In this case, Akirion was the number one, with the outstanding win against all his opponents. The nice looking sword was then landed on his hands.

Cheers boomed, many stood up their teeth sparkling with their eyes filled with mischief. Their claps thundered throughout the arena, screams the thunderous noise.

Akirion's face bloomed with happiness as he finally got his hands on a legendary sword. But, his grinning face suddenly got solid as his *c* shaped smiling mouth became an *I*. His eyes that were filled with mischief widened, hinting a big shock but nobody noticed him.

His mind started racing, his heart thudding like a war drum from a distance. His face showed astonishment as he was filled with flabbergasting visions playing infront of his eyes.

He saw a legendary hero, the Elysian or, the world saver who fought with the demon lord and almost defeated him. The demon lord wasn't killed, because he used some hallucination spells on the hero and escaped his death.

The hero was seen carrying a sword, fire chipping, burning everywhere, with the world looming with darkness all over as the sun was already spending it's off. The sky was nowhere to be seen, only the darkness, with no sign of a moon or star.

The vision showed a very scary gigantic human like guy, with a scary mask. It wasn't a mask, but his scary face. The mask thing was showing bones all over, hinting that, it's face was like a mask.

His aura was was darkly intimidating as it looked greyish like, sharing the colour with a bit of blue, and it caused Akirion to vibrate in fear, his heart trembling.

His leg were vibrating like he was in a winter cold, his heart thudding loud.

As for the hero, he was standing, his eyes on the gigantic beast. Akirion was viewing the scene behind the hero. The hero's hands were were hardly clenched, the other one holding a sword tightly. His veins were pushing the skin up, intimidating lines all over his hand.

The vision was flashy, only spent less than a minute, but Akirion observed a lot during those seconds nobody realized Akirion's reactions during the vision, only, their eyes widened when they saw him handing the sword over to the professor who was standing right next to Akirion. He passed the sword with his right hand while the left one grabbed his head that was playing frightening moments of the last hero.

His eyes were tightened, his jaw gritted as he tried to get rid of the fierce visions. His trembling face was filled with astonishment and fear, as his face screamed in agony for help, with his mouth sealed.

He suddenly collapsed, his right knee making an impact in the ground as it clung deep into the dust while the left one was up. His right hand helped the left in iradicating the fierce film that was playing before his eyes.

The professor didn't hesitate to grab the sword that was pushed to him. He started to admire the sword, his mind lost as he felt excited for touching the legendary sword that he never dreamed of touching it since it was very expensive, his monthly wages were never going to reach the right amount to buy it. So only his wishes were fulfilled.

His fake smile for pretending to grin since Akirion was receiving his reward suddenly changed into a genuine grin, stretching his lips from ear to ear. His mind filled up with silly thoughts that were merely scary.

'This sword is said to be sharp.' the professor said, while swinging the sword a bit. He added, ' I can finish all of them here by just making a round while swinging it.' he sneered, following his rude mind, forgetting his favourite Akirion who was suffering.

Some got thunderstruck by the sudden movements that got them asking - filling Akirion's head with too many questions that got him almost irritated since his mind was like pierced by a needle, pain flowing over his body.

"Akie! What happened?" Elina asked, her eyes widened, also darting as astonishment filled her body.

"Akirion! What happened?" the same question prevailed but coming from many different people since they were all flabbergasted.

Questions rose up as many asked, including his classmates who were cheering, happy for his success.

With no words from him, he stood up with his body back to normal, surprising everyone who was there. The gasps whirled over the stage as they got astonished by his strong body that came from shaking a minute ago.

They even failed to take those questions out, the simple ones like *what happened* didn't come out either, only the princess who asked about his well being.

The princess who was standing right next to the corner found a way to ask something else.

"Are you okay Akirion?" the princess asked, with a smile blooming on her face while mixed with astonishment but tried to keep it real.

Akirion made a pure handsome smile and replied her, 'Yeah , I'm better than ever, ' he said, while touching his black hair. His smile prevailed, and it made the princess to gasp, as astonishment his handsome look made her heart to fastly beat.

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