Martial Arts Worlds - Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Mugenryu
The members of the Karuza High were standing on the ring. Six of them were already wearing their medals around their necks.

“Congratulations!”

The mayor of the city placed a medal around Kiernan’s neck and then shook his head. Thousands of the spectators erupted into cheers and applause.

“We’ll be expecting great things from you.”

He said with a smile.

“Appreciate it.”

Kiernan looked at the medal on his neck and caressed it gently. It was just normal to the touch with cheap materials, but it felt nice to actually win something.

In the audience, a pair of bearded fellows looked at Kiernan with greater interest than most. They clearly had a great eye that was able to see something that others didn’t see.

“Martial Champion in such an insignificant place. Our boss sent us here to look at him, and I must admit, it wasn’t for nothing…”

“He is a great fit for Martial Academia, that’s for sure. Seventeen-year-old kid with an extraordinary talent. His talent is already quite nice for someone from a tier 2 and 3 country.”

“He’ll most likely participate in the Junior Martial Arts Championship. We can see more of him there.”

…

World Sea, Mugenryu.

In an island that was eternally shadowed by the night, it was surrounded by raging, dark waters that were trying to climb up the walls of the island, but to no avail.

The island of Mugenryu had large architecture in the middle of it all. It was big, dark blue in color, and smooth like glass on all sides.

It didn’t have any windows. It looked like a big box.

It was surrounded by an enormous park that was the rest of the island. Stone paths wound through the park, and small lanterns hung from the branches of the trees, lighting the way for everyone.

Mugenryu was one of the rare night islands, like Nightingale. However, it was also home to the world-famous Martial Academia!

The whole academia was split into five floors.

Trash, Low, Middle, High, and Special Class floors.

Everyone started from Trash Class.

Like the name suggested, those students would be nothing but trash until they polished themselves and fought their way to the next class.

As students advanced to greater classes, it also brought some benefits. Such as improved living benefits, better food, and much greater training facilities.

The Martial Academia was all about bringing others down so you could advance. It was a constant battle for power and recognition.

Those with talent might’ve come from great families, and where they came from, they were the greatest talent, but in Martial Academia, they were reduced to nothingness, and everyday talents would get crushed in this competitive environment.

At this very moment, on the highest floor of Martial Academia.

“I understand. Very well.”

Kael said, the call then ended, and he put the phone away.

“You received news?”

Godfred asked.

“The twins called from New Rakuya. You visited that place about a year ago, didn’t you?”

“Yes for that Johan boy. I still don’t understand the reason why you sent me there for that kid. He might’ve been a great talent in that country, but he has shown that compared to others here, he is pretty mediocre.”

“I am also from a weak country, like you know. I guess I am being soft for those who also come from a similar situation.”

Kael said, and then interlocked his fingers.

“I think you know this person—Kiernan Hunter.”

“Yeah… he definitely made a memory. Gave a scare for Johan and almost beat him despite being much weaker in rank.”

“I had twins go check him out. He has reached Martial Champion already without reaching the Age of Growth. They think of him as an impressive one.”

“That’s not bad at all.”

Godfred said in surprise, but it also made sense since Kiernan had already almost defeated Johan about a year ago.

However, the bottleneck between Martial Fighter and Champion was really hard to break without being on Age of Growth, which was why it was so surprising.

Those who come from strong, wealthy families usually have some medicine to help them go through it without Age of Growth, but Kiernan clearly had nothing like that to help him.

“I’ll reserve a letter for him. No need to rush with inviting him.”

Kael said, and started writing a letter.

…

“How do you decide what technique you will be using?”

Julian asked, leaning against his chair with a hand-sized ball in his hand, and then hurled it across the room.

“Experience.”

Kiernan caught the ball and tossed it back.

“You’ve so many techniques, though. How can experience help with so many of the techniques?”

Julian asked, rolled the ball in his hand, and hurled it through the air. The ball flew with insane speed.

With Sweeping Catch, Kiernan caught the ball from the air and rolled it in his palm.

“I do have a selection of techniques that I prioritize. I try not to make things too complex, which is why I don’t have that many defensive skills. I just use Rendering Edge as a priority defensive technique.”

He then tossed the ball back to Julian.

‘Sweeping Catch…’

Julian tried to mimic his movements, reached out his hand towards the ball, but it whizzed past his fingers and smashed into his face.

“Ah, shit!”

“What’re you doing…?”

Kiernan looked at him with a shake of the head.

“I’ll go stuff some paper into my nose.”

Julian said awkwardly and went to get some toilet paper to stick inside his bleeding nose. He hoped that would stop the bleeding.

At that moment, Kiernan heard the front door open, and he went immediately downstairs, just in time to see Karma return home.

“Is it done?”

Kiernan asked.

“Mm, it is done. He’ll be gone for a very long time.”

Karma said with a deep sigh.

It was going to be big news tomorrow—the well-respected principal Bernard was sent to jail for arson and attempted murder.

“When are you guys leaving for the training village?”

“Tomorrow. No time to waste, I guess.”

Karma nodded and then went to make some food. He expected the two to be quite hungry after excessing some energy on the representation matches today.

Despite the fights ending very early, the preparation for those matches already took some energy.