The Tournament Continues....

"Did you see my battle?" I asked although I knew the answer. I hoped to hear some praises. "Yeah! It was awesome, son! You have proved yourself worthy of that weapon of yours." My father praised.

I had a little conversation with him. Then his phone rang. He looked at it with a tensed look. I wondered what the matter was. He attended the call. Without greeting the other person on the line, he listened to him. "Ok. I am coming." He said. Putting his phone in his pocket, he grabbed his coat kept on the hook of the door. "Blaze, I am going out. I will be back soon." He smiled. "But where are you going?" I enquired. His smile vanished and he looked down on the ground as if wondering whether he should tell me. Then he did a weird thing. He looked back at me, smiled and without saying another word, opened the door and went away.

I was shocked. He had never reaction in this manner ever before. I didn't understand why he couldn't answer my question. Filled with curiosity, I was standing there.

It was night by now and we had had dinner. It was around 10:10 pm and I decided to sleep. I usually used to practice with Magnum but the astonishment that my father had given me led me to sleep early. I wasn't able to practice.

The next morning, my father woke me up. I didn't notice him coming back. "Get up, son! You are yet to become the champion." He said. That was a good way to catch my attention. I got up and went to the bathroom. I bathed and came back to dress up.

As usual we took off to Foster stadium at 10:30 am. I entered the stadium and went inside the hall. The tournament continued. A lot of battles took place. People around 250 had secured their places in the tournament and I was one of them.

In today's matches, a lot of warriors got out and I was safely securing my place. I got to battle once which I won very nicely. This time, I did not rely on Magnum's power alone. My practice and strategizes were paying off. Oliver was also skillfully winning matches. Around hundred people had gone out of the tournament in the end of the day. 150 people were still left and day 4 was over. Rock Flames wasn't lying when he said the tournament will last for a week, next Sunday.

The people of Darknor would be very busy this whole week for watching the Warrior Battle Fest showing live on the T.V.

Tomorrow was Thursday and my battle was the sixth. As usual, warriors were selected randomly. I was fighting against a guy named Pierre Li. I searched for him in the hall. He looked of my age. He looked at me and brought a cunning grin to his face. After winning many battles, my confidence had grown a lot. I grinned back at him.

Oliver was always getting tough opponents but he defeated them very skillfully. I hoped we would not battle for some time or else I was sure to lose. I needed time to think of new strategizes and also to bond with Magnum.