The roar of the crowd was deafening.
Thousands of voices screamed in excitement. Thousands of hands clapped and waved. The arena was packed to the brim with nobles, commoners, officials, and Beast Tamers from every corner of the land. Banners fluttered in the wind. Music blared from the horns. The tournament of the century had finally begun.
And Kael was standing in the center of it all.
He wore a mask. A simple black mask that covered his face from his nose to his forehead. His hair was hidden under a dark hood. His clothes were plain and unremarkable. He looked like nobody. He looked like nothing. That was exactly what he wanted.
He had entered under a false name. The Ghost Tamer. It was fitting. He was a ghost. A nobody. Someone who did not exist. Someone who could disappear into th
