Chapter 51 – My Titanium Dog Eyes!!
What a drama queen, always so over-the-top and pretentious. Is she here to compete or to strut her stuff?
Aileen’s lips curled into a derisive sneer as she stared at the gold-haired girl on the other side of the arena.
“Still planning to flaunt your persona in front of everyone? Don’t worry, very soon, I’ll make sure your true colors show, and you’ll be on your knees pleading for mercy while licking the soles of my shoes!”
“We studied together, and I don’t want to ruin our relationship completely,” Aileen said sarcastically, her voice low enough for only the two of them to hear in the noisy arena.
“I’ve always been magnanimous. If you kneel down right here, right now, and apologize to me, my family, and the entire school, I might forgive you. Otherwise…” Aileen tugged at her whip, licked her lips with a predatory gaze directed at Tillysha.
“Pretty soon, you’re going to feel some pain… my whip has quite the sting, you know.”
As Aileen spouted off her trash talk before the match, Tillysha, adjusting her firearm, completely ignored her.
“…What a waste of an opportunity.” Aileen’s expression darkened for a moment but quickly returned to normal as she watched Tillysha cleaning her g*n barrel, her mouth curling into a mocking smile.
“Dependent on a firearm, are we? To reach this point, Tillysha, as a Divine Princess, you’d be better off not competing. Truly embarrassing.”
Tillysha hadn’t awakened yet, nor did she possess Divine Authority, something Aileen knew well since Fland had shared every detail of Tillysha’s profile with her before the match began.
Without even being able to manifest a Divine Realm, it was evident—not just a wild child, but also of a very lowborn lineage. Aileen’s disdain was clear in her eyes.
“Is that… a firearm in the hands of that Tillysha person?”
“Looks like it. She can’t possibly be planning to bash people with it, can she?”
“Am I misunderstanding the whole Divine Princess thing? Divine Princess? Using firearms??”
The sight of a Divine Princess wielding a firearm was absurd enough to make anyone laugh or cry.
Most Knight-tier or Ranger-tier Divine Princesses would augment their Divine Authority and Realms with melee weapons, but never had there been one who used firearms.
To make matters worse, firearms ranked low on the weapon hierarchy, leading many Divine Princess spectators to scoff at Tillysha’s weapon.
The observing tutors shook their heads continuously.
They thought that a Divine Princess resorting to using firearms was either stupid or had an utterly useless Divine Authority that couldn’t even match a firearm.
“Uh… oh well…” Brice, who had evaluated Tillysha during her Divine Princess examination some time ago, and her colleague Balos, watching from the mentors’ seats, could only silently root for the misfortunate girl.
Fland, smirking in disdain at Tillysha, had chosen to dissuade her from continuing, just to avoid unnecessary complications. He wanted Dillin to have no shred of hope left and be completely abandoned. Now, it seemed his efforts were unnecessary—this wild Divine Princess couldn’t even step into the arena without holding a firearm. Just like that blind Divine Son, they were truly the perfect pair.
Since this was the case, all that was needed was to crush the self-confidence of this wild Divine Princess. In ten days, both Dillin and this wild Divine Princess would undoubtedly leave Coleman.
After adjusting the firearm and touching the dagger at her waist, Tillysha stared at her brazen opponent, the brunette Divine Princess, who stood like an insurmountable wall.
The wall blocking her wasn’t Aileen herself, but the massive mountain named ‘Divine Authority.’
Tillysha had never thought that she’d one day enter the arena as a Divine Princess to challenge others of her kind. Despite obtaining the qualification, the immense gap was something she could never bridge.
But…
Praying was meaningless; relying on侥幸was just an excuse for lack of determination. Since she had stepped onto the arena, Tillysha wouldn’t say ‘defeat,’ nor would she concede.
Facing the unbeatable opponent and unyielding rules, Tillysha held her head high and remained calm, her determined gaze piercing through the ugly scar on her face.
“With the contestants ready… the match begins!”
The atmosphere in the arena instantly became heavy, as though weighed down by oppressive gravity.
This atmosphere could not be perceived from the audience seats. The situations within and outside the arena were incomparable. Every movement was under numerous eyes, requiring constant vigilance against the opponent while gathering and analyzing their information, rehearsing their attack patterns to defend accordingly. Every expression and subtle action of the opponent required additional caution.
This was the battlefield of Divine Princesses!
Compared to Aileen, Tillysha had a natural disadvantage, but she also held an edge that no Divine Princess ever possessed.
The golden butterfly hair clip glimmered with a blue glow as Tillysha immediately activated her Divine Analysis Technique. Aileen’s data appeared before her eyes.
Aileen Cadifin.
Strength: Yellow Sapphire
Speed: Green Sapphire
Jumping Ability: Green Sapphire
Endurance: Yellow Sapphire
The numbers were only slightly above average among the Divine Princesses Tillysha had encountered before. But Aileen didn’t seem to be a Knight-tier Divine Princess, so her strength levels were sufficient for her type.
Looking at Aileen’s whip, Tillysha inferred that she was likely a Ranger-tier Divine Princess, akin to Brin.
Then…
Tillysha couldn’t detect Aileen’s Divine Realm or Authority.
This wasn’t due to Aileen’s Authority being stealthier than Princess Filisia’s; it was because Aileen simply hadn’t manifested them.
Detecting such unmanifested Divine Authority and Realms consumed much more spirit energy.
What’s the meaning of this?
Aileen’s smug grin told Tillysha everything.
She intended to utterly humiliate Tillysha, so she wouldn’t activate her Divine Realm or Authority.
Tillysha leveled her firearm and aimed for Aileen’s head.
Naturally, Aileen wouldn’t sit idly by. She had already moved as soon as Tillysha made her move.
Her figure darted about erratically, moving at high speed in an unpredictable trajectory.
Just witnessing her green sapphire level speed, Tillysha already found it difficult to keep up.
Aileen’s goal was simple: to interfere with Tillysha’s aim.
In this situation, Tillysha didn’t dare to fire recklessly. The firearm only allowed one shot in a short period, and after that, it would be useless. She had to hit with this one shot.
But how easy was that? Without alchemical drugs and without Divine Authority, Tillysha was at a loss.
Her offensive method was far too monotonous, and she had revealed all her information to her opponent while knowing nothing about Aileen in return.
She was already losing the information war.
Aileen quickly closed the distance to Tillysha, a smirk on her lips but without lifting her whip. Instead, she clenched her fist and delivered a devastating punch to Tillysha’s stomach.
Pain stricken, Tillysha let out a “pfft” and was sent flying, rolling several times on the ground.
“Ah, seems she’s utterly useless,” John said through a mouthful of apple, wrinkling his nose from his seat in the audience.
What tier is this Divine Princess even at? So weak…
John used his Divine Analysis Technique on Tillysha.
Name: Tillysha XXXXX
“Hmm? She does have a last name,” John squinted, trying to see the surname following her name.
“Let’s see, Tillysha Ja… Whoa!”
Before he could finish reading, a burst of golden light radiated from the text, searing his retinas like a searing fire.
“Are my eyes still intact?!” John rolled around in his seat before regaining composure, only to meet the skeptical glances of the surrounding students. All he could do was offer an awkward laugh.
Looking at Tillysha again, John swallowed hard.
Her name was unreadable even by someone at his level, so was it a malfunction with the Divine Analysis Technique, or…
Was this girl’s identity something extraordinary??
