Martial Arts Worlds

Fifth Volume - For Humanity.

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Martial World, Capital City.

Traffic was crazy; every street was jam-packed with cars and pedestrians, and those who had been living in the Capital City their whole lives had seen nothing like this.

Young faces with their parents were touring the city, and everywhere one looked, they saw many young men and women.

They had come from all around the Martial World to participate in the World Martial Arts Draft, and most of them came with their parents.

It was because they just couldn't send their children to a foreign place all by themselves.

Thus, in Capital City, with a total population that had been half a million, it skyrocketed to five million, and it was still rising.

There weren't even enough places to house all the people!

Watching the chaos from the top floor of the Eye Tower, a slick-looking man took a sip of his coffee and listened to the cars honking.

"It's mayhem over there. Maybe it would've been wiser to split the World Martial Arts Draft into several cities."

A glasses-wearing man said from behind him.

"It wouldn't have mattered. Tomorrow, the selection will start, and those millions will be gone in a matter of minutes.

"Ninety percent of them won't even make it to the first selection round."

The slick-looking man said.

"It's a nationals season, but here they are, competing for an honor to represent all of humanity in the tournament."

The glasses-wearing man said with a sigh.

He believed that if he were in their shoes back in his childhood, he would be feeling ultimate excitement.

The honor to represent humanity was second to none, but that also brought pressure, as losing wasn't acceptable.

If they lost, they would be etched into the annals of history as eternal losers, but if they won, they would become legends that would be remembered for years to come.

"Why did Beast King suggest a tournament between the younger generation? I would've thought that he would've preferred the older generation with him and all the Beast Lords."

The glasses-wearing man asked.

"Beast King Vladimir is not worried about the old generation. He already knows everything he needs to know about them.

"The younger generation, on the other hand, is less predictable and more dangerous. He wants to know if there is a potential Martial God among us humans."

The slick-looking man said.

"Martial God? Someone like that doesn't come every day."

The glasses-wearing man said.

"Well, the thing is, Animal Kingdom has someone other than Beast King Vladimir who has shown Martial God potential.

"Who?!"

"That's the problem. This 'who' is Beast King Vladimir's son, Beast Prince Arazimir, and he is young enough to participate in this tournament.

"I've heard that he is already a Martial King, and he only entered the Age of Growth about two months ago."

The slick-looking man said.

"What?!"

The glasses-wearing man exclaimed in shock.

He thought that since there was someone like that participating, how does humanity have any chance of victory?"

"How can we win?"

"The tournament is won by the side that achieves four victories first. In the best-case scenario, we will win swiftly without having to go all the way to the final match against Beast Prince Arazimir."

"What if they choose to send their stronger fighters first?"

The glasses-wearing man asked.

"The good thing is that they won't. The pride of Animalkin has always been their downfall, and they won't rely on cheap tricks such as that to win."

The slick-looking man said.

"I've also been wondering…"

The glasses-wearing man walked to the window, looking at the bustling city below, and asked.

"Couldn't Human Government choose the seven fighters from the Junior Martial Arts Championship? It happened just recently, and we got a good understanding of our best talents."

"The thing with the Junior Martial Arts Championship is that it's not a tournament that has all of humanity's best talents.

"One representative per country. Thus, even the strongest, God Island, which has hundreds of world-class talents, was able to send only one representative.

"If the best talents were truly in that tournament, none of tier three, four, and five would've been able to participate.

"God Island alone could fill the entire Junior Martial Arts Championship roster and be of much higher quality in terms of talent.

"However, now with World Martial Arts Draft, every single talent from every country is being summoned for selection.

"We will now truly select seven of our best. No doubt about it!"

The slick-looking man said passionately.

"Ah…"

The glasses-wearing man nudged his glasses up his nose bridge and nodded thoughtfully.

"Currently, Animal Kingdom is also in the middle of choosing their seven best warriors. They aren't going to take it easy on us.

"This is also a matter of pride to them, and losing to a human to them is worse than death. If even one of their fighters loses to a human, they might take their life here and there."

The slick-looking man said.

"They don't really care much about humans, huh…"

The glasses-wearing man said with furrowed brows.

It truly angered him, but everyone knew that Animalkin were stronger, as the moment they were born, they were genetically superior.

They were also thrown straight to the jaws of danger, and from very young age, they had to fight to survive.

It wasn't like in Martial World, where humans fight in a sheltered environment, with all the rules and referees.

While Animal Kingdom's population was not even one percent of Martial World's, they were still able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them as equals.

It was because they were strong!

In the history of the world, there had been fifteen known Martial Gods, and Animal Kingdom had been able to produce seven of them.

The Elf Kingdom had produced six, and lastly, humans have produced only two Martial Gods, but that's only those who were known.

It didn't include someone like Mercedes, who had been forgotten by history, and no one was even sure whether she ever became Martial God.

"This is Beast Prince Arazimir's chance to show his legitimacy for the future throne. There is only a possibility to have one Martial God at times. There has never been more than one.

"It was because the heavens themselves don't allow that, so for Beast Prince Arazimir to become Martial God, he would most likely have to fight his father, Beast King Vladimir, for the throne.

"This tournament is a godsend opportunity for him to show all of Animal Kingdom that he has what it takes to fight for the throne."

The slick-looking man said.

"There is a lot riding on this. Not only for humans, but for the Animal Kingdom as well."