Every single person in the audience was terrified by Nathan's sheer presence.

"Is this the strength of SSS Rank hunters?" a participant trembled.

Arman was sweating as he pushed back the aura of two SSS Rank hunters who weren't even trying to hurt others.

The difference between SS and SSS Rank was huge.

This was why SSS Rank hunters were so revered throughout the world; they were the ultimate powerhouses of humanity, needed to counter the rare occurrence of SSS Rank dungeons.

"Ar-Are they gonna fight?" a girl stuttered.

The crack kept getting larger around the barrier as all the present high-rank professors tried to stabilize the situation.

"You think I am afraid of you?" Dalton spoke.

"I always got irked by odd numbers," Arthur said as his mana kept flaring,

"But today, you gave me a chance to change it," Arthur said as he gripped his greatsword.

Lucas, Livia, and Nate were being shielded by Arthur, Sylvie, and the Seymour couple. Livia looked at Nathan's greatsword with awe. She and Lucas, unlike Nate, were almost fine despite the aura of fear Nathan was passively releasing in his surroundings.

She was more excited to see Nathan fight, not knowing that if Dalton and Nathan did fight, her own life would be in danger.

"Watch your words, Nathaniel Greville!" Dalton spoke as he glared at Nathan.

Dalton was a proud man and previously ignored the incident between Asher and Elena because Elena was the one who instigated it. But today, Asher had directly insulted his family in front of the whole world.

"Try me," Nathan said as he raised his sword, while Dalton did the same.

"Can you two gentlemen stop?" an old man spoke as he appeared between Nathan and Dalton.

As the old man appeared, both Nathan and Dalton's pressure, which was releasing due to their presence alone, was suppressed. Everyone, including the professors, could now breathe, knowing the man who had appeared.

"Hah," Arman breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the old man.

"Finally, the principal has arrived," a professor spoke as he looked at the old man.

Nathan and Dalton both looked at the old man, who had greyish hair and black eyes, wearing a white suit. He had a short beard, and looking into his eyes, you could see the wisdom behind them.

He looked older than Nathan and Dalton, but his presence was like a dragon. Although he appeared to be weaker than Nathan, he was the current strongest human in the whole world.

"Tch," Nathan clicked his tongue.

"If you want to fight, do it somewhere else. This is my Academy, and I expect you to remember the rules that were declared by the high council," the old man reasoned with Nathan and Dalton.

"So, I request that you go back to your rooms or leave this island and carry your little fight somewhere else," he smiled as he looked at Nathan and Dalton. Nathan and Dalton both took their weapons back and disappeared.

"And, Miss Ria Adler, am I right?" the old man looked down, making Ria look up.

"The rules of this tournament were clear, and it is your own fault for losing!" His calm voice made the crowd, who were scared by Nathan, feel a bit more relaxed."And if you will get your chance next year to compete again," he spoke.

"And if anyone else still has problems with Miss Alyssa Astaria, they can leave the World Academy," he spoke. Alyssa was still looking down, with her illness still messing with her thoughts.

"Professor Arman," the old man looked at Arman.

"Take both of our winners to their rooms and give them their gifts," he spoke.

"And I announce the end of this tournament. To the new students, we will meet again at the opening ceremony in the next two days when you will enter the World Academy," the old man spoke and disappeared into thin air.

Professor Arman quickly signaled Gazil, who was still digesting what had happened just now.

"Ah, so I hope you enjoyed the tournament!" he spoke.

"You guys follow me," Arman said to Asher and Alyssa, who were still in their messed-up state.

"Miss Alyssa?" Arman called.

"Hello, Miss Alyssa!" he spoke a bit louder.

"Alyssa, Alyssa," Vanessa spoke to her while touching her shoulders.

"Ah-yeah?" Alyssa immediately looked up as she breathed heavily.

"Please follow me," he repeated as Alyssa and Asher quietly followed Arman.

"I hope she is fine," Vanessa looked at Alyssa, not knowing what to think of her.

"It will be tough for her inside," Vanessa sighed as she saw another staff who was guiding them to another exit.

Ria clenched her fist and stood next to Elena and Eva.

"Even if she won, why should we listen to her?" Ria muttered.

"Who told you we should listen to her?" Eva replied.

"What do you mean?" Elena was the one who questioned her.

"You are forgetting who is the president of the current Student Council, Elena," Eva said.

"Yeah, she would definitely help us against both that Greville bastard and that ugly bitch," Ria smiled as she remembered who the current Student Council president was.

"Do you think so? Don't forget he is the heir of the Greville family!" Elena spoke.

"Outside of the World Academy, inside we are just first years same as the others," Eva smiled.

They spoke more about the topic as they left the stage.

"Woah, this tournament was indeed quite different from the others," Lishia spoke as she stood up to leave with Rewilh but stopped seeing Rewilh, who was still sitting deeply thinking about something.

"What happened, Father?" Lishia asked.

He looked at his daughter and thought about something."Lishia," he spoke.

"Yes?" Lishia replied.

"Make sure you stay away from the factions inside the World Academy," he spoke to Lishia with a serious look on his face.

"Okay," Lishia replied quickly.

"I am speaking as the King of Halcyon, not as your father," Rewilh repeated.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lishia bowed. But joining one of the factions was her plan, but if her father was so against it, she could not do it.

Rewilh stood up and left with Lishia.

In another VIP room,

"Matthew didn't perform that well," a person spoke.

"Well, what could he do in front of that monster of a kid," another replied.

"Tell the chairman about all of the events that happened," he spoke.

"We can help the Rothschild against the Greville if everything works out," he continued.

In the Rothschild VIP room,

"Now we have no reason to back down, Filia," James looked at his wife and spoke.

"Sigh, I wanted to avoid this, but don't involve the kids in this," Filia looked at James.

"Don't worry, this will not turn out like it did with the Garcia family," James assured her.

James opened his phone and typed something while they left the room. The arrangements were done for them in the way that when they took the teleportation portal, they would not meet other VIPs.

In the Greville VIP Room:

"Good that the principal stopped them," Verina Seymour said.

"That old man is just crazy, but I don't know why Asher stood up for that girl," Arthur said, confused by Asher's actions.

"Maybe he wanted to help her," David reasoned.

"Hmm, knowing his personality, I don't think so," Sylvie said, speaking of Asher in a rare negative manner. She did not want Asher to be involved with Alyssa.

"I think we should warn him, Arthur," Sylvie said, looking at Arthur.

The twins were confused as to why they were thinking so much about Asher helping one girl. Even though Livia did not like Alyssa defeating Amelia, she did not like people demeaning her so much.

Lucas, on the other hand, was thinking about something else. While everybody was looking at Nathan and Dalton, he was closely watching Asher. He was the only one who was watching him at that moment among all the people present.

The whole time, Asher was only looking at Alyssa with a gentle look on his face that Lucas had never seen before. But what was even more strange was that he could see a weird purple light near Asher's neck region which disappeared shortly after it appeared. However, he did not pay much attention to it. He was more surprised to see Asher's face, which was different from his usual indifferent expression.

He wanted to talk about it, but he didn't know if Asher would appreciate him discussing all of this without even knowing why both Arthur and Sylvie were so concerned about Alyssa.

Asher and Alyssa were following Arman through a long corridor without speaking. Even Arman was uncomfortable due to both of them not asking him anything.

They arrived at the room and entered after Arman and they saw two sofas and a table with some snacks and a special drink.

"Have a seat," Arman gestured towards the sofas and Asher and Alyssa sat on opposite ends.

"Take this special drink, this will help your guys, especially you," Arman said as he looked at Alyssa.