Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 11 The Top of the Karuza High

Karuza High, the Gymnasium.

"Yawn!" A silver-haired young man in a white Karuza High jersey stretched his arms above his head and let out a loud yawn.

At the back of the jersey, the number "1" was displayed in bold black font.

"Yo!" At that moment, a blond-haired young man entered the gymnasium with a grin. He wore the same jersey with the number 2 on the back and dragged his backpack behind him.

The silver-haired young man turned to look at him and lazily waved. He had a lazy look on his face with drooping eyes and a relaxed posture.

"I told you to stop with those video games." The blond-haired young man sighed and scratched the back of his head. "If you had put the same effort into martial arts, you would be Martial Fighter by now."

"But martial arts are boring." The silver-haired young man said lazily. "Nath, do you know why the coach wanted us here so early?"

Nath looked at the lazy-looking young man and shrugged his shoulders. "No clue. By the way, did you heard what happened yesterday, Ryan?"

"Hmm?" Ryan raised an eyebrow and shook his head. "No. Did it happen after school? After school ended, I went to play games."

"Of course you did..." Nath sighed and rubbed his forehead. "Dominic apparently lost to another first-year. The whole school is talking about it, y'know."

"Dominic lost?" Ryan's lazy look slightly disappeared. "Interesting. I didn't think anyone from the first year was a match for him."

"Hehe, Karuza High will be in good hands once we graduate." Nath grinned.

The door of the gymnasium opened and a man with round belly entered. He was wearing a tracksuit and holding a clipboard.

"Coach." Ryan and Nath nodded.

"Good, you're already here." The Coach said while scratching his head. "Others should be here shortly."

While the coach didn't look anything special, he was the coach of Karuza High's Martial Arts Team. He had been one for ten years now.

At his peak, he used to compete in various big martial tournaments overseas and even won a few of them. He got settled in Irio and ended up becoming the coach.

"Coach Jin, why are we here?" Nath asked. "The training is not supposed to start so early."

"The principal wants us to meet someone." Jin said.

"Someone?" Nath frowned.

At that moment, three figures entered the gymnasium. They looked vastly different from each other.

One was incredibly muscular and tall, nearing two meters. He also had a buzzcut and looked way older than other students—he could be easily mistaken for someone in his early thirties.

On his jersey, number three was in bold black font.

Right next to him, a young man nudged his glasses up his nose. He looked quite intellectual, but also quite weak. He was short—way shorter than the two and had black bowl hair.

In his jersey, number four adorned the back.

"Ryan Lee." Ryan said in a lazy tone. "I am the first-ranked student."

"Nathaniel Waters, but you can call me Nath." Nath said. "I am the second-ranked student."

"Klaus Kohn, third-ranked." Klaus said shortly.

"Timothy Howe." Timothy said and nudged his glasses. "Fourth-ranked."

"Denton Kyles." Denton said coldly with a sharp look. "Fifth-ranked."

"Kiernan is here to get to know each one of you. In the future, he will be a very promising member of Karuza High's martial arts team." Azer said.

"Nice to meet you, Kiernan." Jin walked over to him and offered a handshake. "My name's Jin Reece; I am the coach."

"Nice to meet you." Kiernan grabbed the hand and shook it. 'What a powerful grip!'

"Well, now that we have met, I have some better things to do." Denton said and grabbed his backpack from the floor.

"Oh, like meeting with your thousand girlfriends?" Ryan said mockingly. "Don't act like you're going to class. We all know you aren't."

"None of your business, Ryan." Denton spat out.

"Denton, behave!" Jin roared out.

"Fuck off." Denton slung the backpack over his shoulder and headed to the exit.

At that moment, Azer said. "If you leave, you will be replaced by Kiernan."

Denton stopped in his tracks and turned to him with red eyes. "What did you say?"

"You heard me." Azer said calmly. "You will be out of the team if you leave."

"An eight-ranked garbage is replacing me?" Denton scowled.

"Well, you are not really needed, are you?" Azer looked at him with a smile. "If either Ryan, Nath, or Klaus gets injured, Timothy will replace one of them. What's the chance of two getting injured? Slim to none."

Denton narrowed his eyes and dug his fingers into his palms, resisting the urge to argue. He knew he was most likely not going to fight in the representation match.

However, he didn't care.

He was on the team because of the prestige. It would open up some doors for him after he was finished with school. He could get a well-paying job in Irio and have a stress-free life.

"Tch." Denton dropped the backpack to the ground and sat on it.

"Good." Azer said with a smile. "What about we have a match?"

"A match?" Jin raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, three-versus-three." Azer chuckled. "It can be good practice for everyone. Now with Kiernan, we have six people."

'Oh?' Kiernan chuckled. 'That's why he wanted me to meet them. He doesn't know the extent of my strength, and he hopes this can shed light on that.'