Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(1-3VOL)

Vol 3/Chapter 43 - Encouraging Competition

"Are you going to join the competition?"

I glanced at the front of this line of people. That should be the signup spot for martial arts. I didn't expect Aetina, who is usually so timid, to have the confidence to challenge those contestants with eight or ten wings. When I first met her, she was quite wary of Nicola and me, who only had six wings.

"I didn't come for myself, I'm mainly here to sign Nicola up... "

She quickly clarified when she saw me and Cyra.

"Nicola? She's the one who wants to join this martial arts tournament?"

I didn't expect things to go this way. I immediately looked around, but I didn't see any shadow of her.

"Where is she? Why didn't she come herself?"

"She probably went to see Reed again?"

Aetina smiled and said.

"When we were sparring today, she heard me mention this tournament and said she wanted to participate but didn't have time to come queue, so she asked me to help sign her up, because the martial arts competition will end tomorrow."

"And you just agreed?"

I was admiring Aetina. To be willing to help with troublesome things like queueing, she pampers Nicola too much. Where's the teacher's demeanour?

As for Nicola, how can she be so busy that she can't even find time for this? I must go to the library later to see what she and Reed are up to.

"It's alright. I have nothing to do anyway. Besides, Lady Elara specifically instructed me to try my best to satisfy your requests. So I came to help along the way."

Aetina didn't seem to mind running errands at all. She waved her hand casually as if it was no big deal.

"Nicola only has six wings. How can she possibly beat those top contenders with eight or ten wings?"

Cyra asked in bewilderment. Although in her eyes, Nicola counted as overpowered, and her swordsmanship was better, compared to those top contenders, she should still be far from their level.

I held the same view on this. Nicola's current strength was mainly due to the Condensation Sword. It was obvious she wouldn't be allowed to use it in this competition. Even if weapons were provided, they would be distributed evenly by the organizer, like those swords from the weapon racks below.

"I've reminded her already, but she was very determined and confident"

Aetina could only sigh upon hearing this. But she still made an effort to explain the tournament to us.

"Although the rules don't restrict by rank, there are only so many ten-winged angels in the whole of Edenmere, and most of them hold high positions, so they usually don't participate. So six wings still have a chance."

"So you mean Nicola has a chance at ranking?"

I was intrigued to hear this. Removing the insurmountable gap posed by the ten-winged angels, it did seem a lot more manageable.

"It's not that simple."

But Aetina shook her head again and analyzed for us.

"Although Nicola has decent talent in swordsmanship, her skills are still too raw and she hasn't trained long enough. She definitely won't have an advantage over eight-winged angels now. I think she should have the right mind when participating this time, focusing on learning."

"So it's still going there to get beat up!"

Cyra curled her lips in disdain. We saw many angels get injured in the matches earlier, some quite seriously, though thankfully there was a medical team on standby. So no life-threatening situations occurred.