Chapter 59: The Tournament

"Power... I gave you power as a gift so you should just use that. Kill, get angry!" language of a voice.

Constantine then saw a shadow enveloped in a bright blue flame. Little by little he saw the true form of the shadow and he was very surprised to see himself covered in blood. And in spite of everything, a frugal smile with death and evil was still on his lips.

Constantine suddenly opened his eyes and trembled as he looked at his hands. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it did not have any blood stain and it did not burn blue. He wiped the accumulated sweat on his face and forehead. That sweat was so cold. He got up and left his room. He went straight to the kitchen to drink water. He sighed deeply several times.

"I do not know when these nightmares will end. I have been fighting him for many years."

He clenched his fist. Hopefully, he just died when that demon posessed him. But it did not happen.

"Why me?!" he was still disgusted with his language.

He glanced at his arms. His body was full of tattoos of holy-symbols. Because of these, it is unlikely that Satan will never again possessed him. But some percent of its power finally merged with his body. That is why he swore that he would never use that ability. He considers that curse on his personality.

The next day... Grimm was confused looking at his two teachers. To Clemen and Orphen. The three of them are already in the opening of the Exorcist School Guild. The two accompanied him there because he was going to take the exam and he would compete later in the tournament. They were just at the opening when he felt the threatening looks on them.

"Grimm, as I said... Just keep calm here at school. Learn to control yourself." Clemen reminded.

Orphen smiled.

"What not to hit? When you are challenged, go ahead. They are the first ones. Show who and what you are. If you just keep quiet, those bullies will not stop you. Give them severe body aches to carry."

"Listen to me. When I tell you not to hit them, do not." Clemen immediately opposed.

"Hit them."

Grimm was still in the middle and he no longer knew which of the two he should follow. There are also disadvantages to having two teachers.

Annoyed, Clemen turned off the cigarette he was smoking and looked sharply at Orphen.

"Do you want us to just fight so that Grimm will not be confused about who he will follow?"

"Hmp! All right! As long as I'm the winner, I'll be the one to follow!"

Clemen and Orphen moved away from each other. After that, they quickly punched each other. But before the two could reach out their fists Grimm quickly intervened. He both held the fists of his teachers. The surroundings shook and there was a circle on the ground where the three of them were standing. They got more and more attention.

"You two stop, please! Don't fight because of me!" Grimm's rebuke.

His two teachers smiled.

"We're not fighting!" Clemen smiled back.

He lowered his fist and Orphen did the same. They can say that Grimm's physical ability is even stronger than before because of his training in the use of power. Orphen's blows were no joke.

Grimm scratched his neck and looked at his two teachers angrily.

"He said, they are not fighting..." he said annoyed.

They heard footsteps approaching and saw Constantine with his student Kief coming.

"You arrived just fine, the exam is about to start." Constantine opened it to everyone.

Clemen frowned as he noticed the concern on his brother's face.

"Is there a problem? Rusty?" he suddenly asked.

Constantine simply shook his head and hesitated to look at his younger brother's face.

"Not Rusty. This is just the past, nightmare." Constantine's short answer.

Clemen nodded and suddenly became serious. He turned to Kief.

"Kief, can you accompany Grimm to the exam? Please watch him too and avoid trouble, do not shoot at those who try to rush you. Avoid trouble."

"I understand, Father Clemen. I will take care of Grimm." Kief replied politely.

He turned to Grimm.

"Let's go."

"All right, Kuya."

Grimm went with Kief. They walked inside the school together.

"You are alert." Kief briefly warned him.

"Okay."

Grimm just walk casually but he feels the surroundings. Many students and some guild teachers watched them as they walked to the room where the exam would be held. Just a moment is FGH! It rained arrows all around them but only a strong wind blew them all away. He knew that his companion was the one who caused the strong wind but from what he saw it did not even move. He swallowed. According to Father Clemen, Kief Sunstone is the leading student here. He is number one in rank.

"Don't hit them. Ward off or just avoid their attacks. As long as they don't rush us face to face, we will do nothing."

"I understand."

From above a whirlwind of fire plunged into them. Grimm moved quickly. He wrapped a thick mist around Kief and him. The strong fire disappeared and many were shocked. Because of that the attacks on them stopped. Kief smiled.

"The size of what you're improving, Grimm. Keep it up."

"Thank you, Brother."

"By the way, how is Rusty? I heard what happened..." Kief just hung up on what he said.

Grimm smiled sparingly and took a deep breath.

"She's fine. We're fine."

"It would be nice then. She looks like my sister. I was orphaned early by my parents. They are both exorcists. Sir Constantine and Father Clemen have been my guardians since I was orphaned. Because I see you are close to them, I will consider you a friend too. Don't be ashamed of me if you need help."

"Thank you, Brother. I am too. do not be ashamed of me when you need help."

"I expect that."

They entered a room and Grimm was a little nervous when everyone looked at him. He swallowed.

"Come in. I'll watch over here next door. I’ll make sure they don't do anything to make you hit them. I'll take care of it."

Kief smiled mischievously and as a result he became infected. They seem to think the same. When they are really provoked, well...

"It's good that you arrived on time, Grimm Redshade. I will give the exam. Are you ready? "Janna asked with a smile.

"Y-Yes, M-Ma'am." Grimm's language is somewhat limited.

Of course, he knew it had a past and his teacher Clemen. He sighed. The examination has already begun. They all made pentagrams. At first, it was just basic to the hardest. Janna was amazed to see Grimm and the pentagram he made. That is for the release of power. That is a tremendous advance compared to others with it. It looks like Clemen did a different kind of training here. And she was curious to know what his new abilities were because she heard that Orphen was now teaching him as well. She approached the young man.

"Is there a problem?"

The young man was obviously nervous as she approached. She smiled at it.

"Nothing, I will just give you the result of your exam. You pass, Grimm Redshade. And you have the highest score in this exam."

Grimm can’t believe as he looked at the good teacher.

"R-Really?!" he said in amazement.

"Sure. The pentagram you make is very advanced. After all, that is at the level of exorcist veterans. And at your young age, you did those things."

Grimm felt a different kind of joy. He suddenly became very proud of himself. Because at school, his grade was always on average and he never went to the top. It was a blow to the moon or in simple terms... Impossible.

"Yes!" he was blown into the air with joy.

Kief, who was watching in the corner, was applauded but Grimm's smile immediately faded when he saw other students staring at him sharply and frowning.

"Arrogant!" remark one of them.

He was a little upset but he just didn't hit it. Meanwhile... Constantine sighed steadily after he told Clemen and Orphen about his dreams. It had been almost a week since that had happened in his dream. And he thinks, that's not normal anymore.

"All creatures, with the ability to be good or bad and I think, Brother... There is a force that pulls you to be bad. Anyway, that's your own. It is up to you to decide which path of your personality will prevail. I hope you do not make mistakes." Clemen advised.

Constantine folded his arms and looked seriously at his younger brother.

"I try not to make mistakes. So I'm strong because of my daughter Rusty."

"That's right." Orphen agreed.

Grimm and Kief arrived smiling. Grimm was holding the paper on which his exam results were written.

"Oh what?" untag ni Clemen.

"I'm the top!" Grimm's excited language.

"Really?!"

Excited Clemen took the paper Grimm was holding. He was not so surprised by the result. He really meant to teach Grimm in advance because he can handle them. Also, alliance groups within the school will definitely be concerned. He grin evil. Next, he will have even harder things to teach Grimm. Orphen noticed Clemen's strange grin.

"Don't smile like that. I suddenly doubted if you were really a priest." his comment was annoying.

"Why, what's wrong with my smile, huh?"

"You look like a killer." Orphen answered bluntly.

Constantine just shook his head and smiled. He knew in advance what his brother had taught Grimm so it became top suddenly. His youngest brother is really stubborn. It made a big mess again. But he was curious to see what Orphen had taught Grimm. And he will know that later in the tournament.

"Grimm, make a pentagram on me." command of Constantine.

Grimm swallowed and looked at the man. It was staring at him earnestly.

"A-All right..."

He took a deep breath before he made the pentagram. Sir Constantine looked at it and swallowed hard. Then it turned to Clemen.

"The level of this pentagram is professional ah?" he doubts commenting on his younger brother pretending.

"Pretend you still. I know you love the Alliances to be annoyed here. You, aren't they making fun of you yet, huh? "Clemen asked mischievously.

"Think about it, no one is dying yet."

Constantine just made a joke of that thing. Their chat stopped when the bell rang in the arena. After that, they saw the students and teachers leave the school building and went there. Signal that the tournament is about to begin.

"Come on, the tournament is about to begin." Orphen retorted.

He was excited because he wanted everyone to see Grimm's ability. Even he, really admires this boy and he does not know what kind of luck hit Clemen and he found Grimm.

"All right!" almost simultaneous language of all.

Orphen approached Grimm.

"Give your best ah? Don't let us embarrass. Don't hold back. Show me what you can do." he was still excited by the language.