Martial Arts Worlds

In the raging waters near the Black Rock Island, a small, yet durable-looking fishing boat easily cruised over the towering waves.

With sweat falling off his face, the fisherman, who owned the boat, looked at the scary-looking island in the distance.

"I think we're here!"

Leaning against the railing with a raincoat's hood covering his head, the agent of the Human Government looked over from under the shadow of his hood.

"Good…"

The agent walked inside the lower level of the fishing boat and saw a gray-haired young man sitting at the corner, gazing out of the window.

"Mister Hunter, we've arrived at Black Rock Island."

The agent said with respect in his tone.

The Human Government assigned every humanity representative their very own agent to take them safely to Black Rock Island.

This agent was Martial Emperor, with a powerful ability to transfer death to somebody else, and thus, if they happened to get attacked and Kiernan died, he could take his death away from him and give it to someone else.

It was of utmost importance that Kiernan and the rest of the representatives reach Black Rock Island safely, as they couldn't afford to lose any of them.

While he was Martial Emperor, he still treated Kiernan with utmost respect, as he recognized his talent and his current value to the Human Government.

With him being High Stage Martial Grandmaster, he was going to be one of the strongest cards that humanity had at their disposal.

"Okay…"

Kiernan looked through the window at the approaching island and saw that there were many ships already docked.

Every other representative had already arrived, and so had the witnesses of the tournament, such as some camera crews to broadcast the tournament all around the world and members from Animal Kingdom, and Humanity.

Tomorrow, the tournament would officially start with the first match. The next day, another match. In total, this tournament could last seven days if it went all the way to the end.

Thus, there would only be one match every day.

In that moment, the fishing ship docked at the Black Rock Island.

"Thank you for your service."

The agent paid the fisherman a large sum of money—more money than he had ever seen in his life before.

It was because they wanted to traverse to the Black Rock Island without attracting too many eyeballs and thus rented some fishermen to take them there.

It was a risky thing to accept by the fisherman, as if they got attacked, he could die, but he did it because of his own loyalty to humanity, and thus, got paid well.

Kiernan and the agent hopped onto the black rocks of the island and made their way up the steep hill.

When they started approaching the black castle, the Beast Lords appeared at the watchtowers of the castle.

"I've brought the final humanity representative!"

The agent shouted with a serious look.

"…"

The Beast Lords didn't say a word, retracted their auras, and just walked aside.

They entered through the gates, made their way into the castle, and walked down its many hallways lined with rocks and tapestries.

When they arrived at the throne hall, they saw that the stage had been set—there was a big ring in the middle of the throne room.

It was shaped like a boxing ring with ropes on all sides, and chairs placed around it for spectators.

It had been well-lit, and the camera crews were currently putting their cameras in place to find the best angles for the match.

At the end of the throne room, there was the majestic throne—it was empty—as Beast King Vladimir was nowhere to be seen.

"It's him…"

"Everyone is here then…"

The camera crew noticed the agent and Kiernan—they were all human—so of course they wished for their victory.

However, they had come across Animal Kingdom's representatives already, and they were all monsters.

They just couldn't understand how in the world humanity could win this.

…

Black Rock Island, the Castle, the Humanity's Meeting Room.

"…"

Every representative had gotten seated around the long table, and they were only waiting for couple more people.

The agents of the representatives were also present, as well as some other important members from the Human Government.

"Yawn…"

Imperius yawned loudly, crossed his legs, and looked across the room at the curly-haired man—Xerxus Stroud—who also came here with Antigone.

Thus, in total, there were four members of the Martial Order present in the castle.

The agents and everybody else were gazing between Xerxus and Imperius. They thought that they would start fighting at any moment.

In that moment, the doors banged open, and the agent stepped inside, followed by a gray-haired young man.

"Heh…"

Imperius crossed his arms.

Xerxus nodded briefly, and Antigone smiled at the sight of him while she was enjoying her late-night snack.

The human representatives all looked at Kiernan, nodded briefly, and turned back to the head of the table.

"…With that, everyone has arrived."

Victor Daumont Le Juste said.

He came here as the Human Government's representative, as he was a powerhouse of True Immortal rank.

With him here, if Beast King Vladimir decided to go berserk out of nowhere, there was at least someone that could stop him.

Kiernan sat at the other end of the table and saw as the projector cast light at the back wall, showing pictures of Animal Kingdom's representatives.

"Tonight, we will take a good look at Animal Kingdom's representatives. It might go a little late, but that's fine, as all of you have plenty of time to get a good night's sleep, as the first match will start later in the evening tomorrow."

Victor said.

In that moment, the projector changed the picture, and this time around, it was showing the picture of a tall, broad-shouldered man with pale gray eyes, long red hair, and sharp teeth like a shark.

He was wearing a dark frock coat with fur lining with silver buttons and black trousers.

'…This must be the Beast Prince Arazimir that I've heard so much about. A powerhouse of Martial King who stands at the pinnacle of the world's talent currently.'

Kiernan thought with a serious look.