On the stage...Arran and Brianna stood across from each other. They both stared at the other with different feelings in their hearts.Right now, both Arran and Brianna were overwhelmed with feelings. Of the two of them, Brianna was the one who was feeling the most pressure.A sense of trepidation overcame Brianna as she registered the kind of situation she was in.Looking at Arran, who was standing on the stage calmly like he always did, the pressure that Brianna felt in her heart seemed to increase even more.Feeling her body tremble lightly, Brianna did not know what she should do.As Brianna was standing motionless on the stage, she suddenly heard Arran speak.Arran asked her, "How are you feeling... nervous?"Brianna was surprised when Arran suddenly talked to her like that.Thinking about his question, Brianna had to admit that she was really nervous at the moment. It was pretty obvious from the fact that it seemed

Arran was frozen solid into a large block of ice. This was a very shocking development! the audience could not believe that this was the outcome of the clash between Arran and Brianna.It should be known that ever since Arran participated in this tournament, this was actually the first time that anybody had seen him suffer any damage.In all of Arran's previous fights, he had always seemed so relaxed and laid back and his battles had been done with ease. No matter what sort of abilities of skill Arran's previous opponents had used, he had always seemed to take it all in stride... never being forced to a corner or go all out.Even in the previous elimination rounds of the chosen ceremony, Arran had not really suffered much damage before.The closest Arran had come to use his full power was when he had been facing the undead skeleton during the third elimination round. That time was the only time that Arran had ever been made to go all out and even then, Ar

Following Brianna's detonation of the ice tornado, a fierce storm brewed on the stage.Arran and Brianna were both swallowed by the storm and their figures were consumed entirely.Through the thick blanket of ice and snow that rampaged on the stage, neither Arran's nor Brianna's figures could be seen.By now, thirty seconds had already passed, and the deadline of Brianna's transformation had come.This fight had only lasted for only thirty seconds.So far, this wasn't the shortest match since the entire tournament began, but as far as general standards went, this match carried the most impact... much more than even Carrum's match with Joyner Wellington had.The ice storm on the stage lasted for a few minutes before finally dying down.As the powerful winds of the stage gradually fell silent and things gained a semblance of normalcy, gradually two figures could be faintly seen through the slowly calming storm.One of these figur

"So what if my powers are borrowed! As far as I'm aware, there are no rules against using borrowed powers in this ceremony. If there were, do you think you would still be standing where you are right now and running your mouth off to me?""You'd have been scraped from the very beginning!"Arran was unperturbed...He didn't care if others knew his powers were not entirely his own, but were actually borrowed. It was not like it was against the rules, either.If there was a rule against using borrowed powers, then most of the participants in this ceremony might as well pack up and leave and not participate anymore. This is because, out of all the participants were, most if not all of them were using one form of borrowed power or the other.Strictly speaking, a natal weapon was a form of borrowed power. Although this is a power that only one person could ever use in their lives, since natal weapons are bound to their owners for life, it was still borro

Clang!Clang!Boom!The fight between Arran and Carrum continued, and as time passed, it greatly intensified. With both parties making wild moves and aiming for each other's lives, the battle had entered a white-hot state.Neither Arran nor Carrum could afford to be careless at this time. The two of them brought forth all their ability to make sure that their opponent was dead.Compared to Carrum, who had lost his reasoning, Arran was facing more pressure from Carrum's attacks than Carrum was.Unlike Carrum, Arran could not afford to lose his reason in this fight, neither could the fight as recklessly as Carrum was. Not only did Arran have to keep a level head, but he also had to make sure that he didn't lose this fight due to some low-level mistake.Fighting against Carrum was like fighting against an enraged bull. It did not matter how Arran attacked or what kind of maneuvers he made, Carrum mostly ignored Arran's attacks, insisting