My Soul card is a Reaper

"Argh…" They screamed in pain at the same time. Meanwhile, the tigresses roared while trying to free themselves from the bind.

Raydon then appeared behind one of the sisters and tightly pressed the dagger on her throat, "Give up or else I won't hesitate to slit your throat." He said to the girl.

Both of them looked quite surprised as they were captured by their opponent so quickly when they were actually expecting to win.

Soul energy surged in both of their bodies. The twins didn't heed his warning and tried to escape from the chains.

Without a change in his expression, Raydon motioned his hand and his dagger turned into something like a wisp of dark energy. The throat was cleanly sliced.

"Arghhhh" As she grabbed her throat, her sister's eyes widened and she screamed, "Ella! Ugh…"

Raydon quickly made his next move and pierced her neck from behind.

*Thud* Thud*

Both of them fell onto their knees and collapsed onto the floor. 

The incident stunned everyone for a moment. They didn't expect Raydon would be so bold and ruthless that he would kill his opponents for the sake of winning.

Azzy rose to his feet just like the others, but not in shock. He pushed his leg against the floor beneath him and flew toward the field as the proctor shouted in rage, "How dare you…"

Before he even got the opportunity to attack Raydon, Azzy already reached him and blocked his way.

"You… get lost from my path." Ricardus roared in anger with evident of killing intent. He even raised his fist to punch away Azzy but the latter swiftly caught it and then make half a turn, ending behind him and pressing his arm against his back, "Calm down, mister. Look at the girls. There's no loss of life force and blood wasn't actually drawn out either."

Only then did Vice Principal Ricardus realize that the girls didn't die but just collapsed unconsciously. The best part of the evidence is the fact that the white tigresses are still kicking around. If their masters died, then, they should have disappeared by now.

As Azzy released his grip, Ricardus went to the girls and checked their condition. After freeing them from the chains, he announced Emerald Academy's win, and the girls were taken to the infirmary.

"Okay, the first match is concluded. Now, onto the next… Hmm?" Ricardus was about to call for the next set of participants as Raydon and Serestia also left the field but then he saw Azzy didn't leave from the earlier spot.

He paid attention to the troublesome visitor and asked, "Mr. Gary, aren't you going to leave the Arena? We have battles to conduct."

Azzy put his hands behind the back and replied with a question, "Is that it? Don't you think you should be apologizing for your earlier actions? If I hadn't intervened, you would have assaulted a teenager in a fit of anger. Is this how the Dragon Academy does things?"

Ricardus furrowed his brows, feeling that this guy is trying to cause trouble once again. 

The others curiously watched the scene from their places. A teacher asked Aaron to stop Azzy but the white-haired fellow stayed silent as he felt it is best if he leave Azzy to his own devices.

Back to the arena, Ricardus silently stared at Azzy. The latter returned the stare with a calm gaze.

As the both of them entered a staring contest, Alan Tauris finally intervened by landing beside the old man and requesting in a calmer tone as if he was negotiating, "Mr. Gary, we'll sort this out later. Let's first complete the tournament."

Azzy didn't back down from his demand. Looking at Alan, he then replied, "When it comes to delivering justice to my people, I don't waste time. So, Mr. Ricardus, if you would proceed with an apology to my student, we'll continue with the tournament. What do you say?"

There's a reason why Azzy was acting like this. He didn't forget the incident when this old man joined the supreme realm expert to attack his school back then. Although he got defeated in one move by the Jinn, still, the animosity was clear.

Vice Principal Ricardus' face reddened deeply and he wants to beat up Azzy but he is a host and any misadventure from him will only shame his academy. Swearing revenge in his heart, he turned toward the Emerald Academy's participant section.

"Student Raydon, I apologize." He bowed deeply while clenching his fists.

Azzy nodded with a smile, "good. I'm satisfied. Let's continue."

He flew away without dragging the matter any longer. However, Ricardus was shamed in public. He wouldn't sit around too.

He slowly said to the young man beside him, "Alan, I need you to do something for me."

The competition resumed while Azzy returned to his seat. Flora almost scolded him that he is quite reckless, but then as he said that he would do the same for her, she blushed a bit and looked away in embarrassment. Snivy couldn't help but grin for a moment as she observed her junior.

Meanwhile, in the participants' section, Serestia started arguing with Raydon. She was displeased with his actions of going alone.

"You are the one who proposed to me, Leveret. I only promised you of the victory using whatever means."

"Then, you shouldn't have agreed to it and go ahead with participating in the solo category if you never intend to work with me, Raydon. If you have agreed, you should be responsible."

"Fine, you just want to be a part of the action, right?" Raydon proposed that each one will take care of one opponent and will not interfere in each other's battles until the end.

Serestia puffed her cheeks in frustration. "You…" She doesn't mean it that way. And duo battles cannot be won in such a method. But, in the end, she agreed to it.

The semifinals arrived as the rest of the three matches concluded. The other team comprised of a team from class 10-A lost to the team from Heavenly Academy.

It's a team comprised of a couple with Magnolis surname. While each of them isn't necessarily better than the twins, they weren't underestimating Raydon like his past opponents.

As soon as the match started, they took out a couple of skill cards and poured their soul energies into them.

The skill cards lit up and disappeared into their bodies, temporarily increasing their soul realm to the Upper Elite realm.

Then, the both of them summoned their Arcana, one is a large bull with three horns and the other one is an earth golem.

The boy took out a rank-9 lance and mounted it on the bull while the girl took out a rank-10/earth-grade bow as she landed on the shoulder of the golem.

Meanwhile, Raydon and Serestia summoned their respective Arcana but they didn't take action. Instead, they went in separate directions, increasing the distance between them.

Everyone expected their opponents to split up as well, but both the three-horned bull and the earth golem went in the direction of Raydon, bringing a grin to his face.

Gripping the handle of the white dagger tightly, he mumbled, "Good. Let's get going…"

"Soul skill: Arcana Extraction."

A blinding flash of light appeared before him.

*Roar* 

A powerful roar then echoed all over the arena, shocking everyone including Azzy.