The moment they arrived at the top of the slope, Orion and Aurora noticed a steep decline. Aurora adjusted her speed again while Orion guided her subtly and together, they glided down the slope.


    Now, they were moving in a fluid and controlled speed, then they noticed a series of banked turns.


    Aurora tilted her body and she tried her best to adapt to the angled surface. Orion also maintained his bnce while also ensuring they remain centered.


    Meanwhile, the crowds in the arena were still watching the scene from their seats, including the twenty female elves who had be Dahlia''s closest friends, thanks to Orion.


    All twentydies currently had their eyes glued to the screen and they were silently praying in their minds for Orion to make it to the next round.


    So far, a couple of students had made it to the next round, mainly because they had tamed a beast in the mortal rank and not one in the transcendent rank.


    However, their performance in this particr section wasn''t really good and so far, only the Subus princess and Lion prince had sessfullypleted the challenge for the second section.


    But while the girls werepletely focused on what they were watching on the screen, A beautiful nature elf joined everyone in the arena and she sat beside a gorgeous dark elf.


    "How many rounds are there?" She asked the dark elf.


    While she was heading over to the arena, the nature elf had been hearing everyone talking about the first and second round of the tournament, so she decided to ask this particr question.


    Since, she had just arrived, she missed when Ganesha addressed Orion and the rest of the contestants before they left the arena.


    "There are three rounds but the first round is divided into five sections," The dark elf exined. "So far, Prince Galdur haspleted the first section and right now he''s about toplete the second section as well,"


    The dark elf continued to exin further but she became silent the moment  she noticed Orion and Aurora approaching a near-vertical incline. This would be thest challenge for them in this section and they were able toplete it with ease, and the moment theypleted the second section, they moved on to the third section and the girls noticed a series of towering hurdles in front of Orion and Aurora.


    "This task looks like it will be difficult toplete,"


    "Yes, it does," The dark elf replied.


    "What are they going to do in this section?" The beautiful nature elf asked the dark elf.


    "They''re going to leap over every hurdle in front of them and it will be  done while they''re mounting their beasts?"


    "What?!!" The beautiful elf with green colored hair and eyes eximed while everyone continued to watch the screen.


    They could see Orion as he got ready for his next task. Orion was very familiar with the hurdle leap in front of him.


    It was simr to what athletes do in his previous world where they would sprint over long distances with the hope of jumping over a series of hurdles lined up in front of them.


    However , the only difference was that the barriers weren''t of equal sizes and the beast tamers were expected to remain mounted on their beasts while their beasts jumped over from one hurdle to the next.


    Each hurdle was higher than the other and the girls noticed as their prince''s eyes gleamed with excitement, and boy does he look hotter than ever.


    Orion guided the reins perfectly as he and Aurora approached their first hurdle and Aurora responded instinctively with her powerful legs bending downwards beforeunching upwards. Read thetest on mvl


    Orion''s body lifted with her and together, they both soared over the first barrier, clearing it by inches.


    The girls were in awe but Orion wasn''t done yet.


    Next, was a double hurdle which was having two barriers spaced closely together. Aurora swiftly tried to build up momentum while Orion leaned forward to adjust his weight on the bird.


    Unlike  the previous hurdle, Orion and Aurora were able to clear the double hurdle with ease and the crowds erupted into cheers but there was still one more hurdle to jump over.


    This final hurdle was the highest one yet but Orion and Aurora remained unfazed. Aurora ignited herself as she tried to fuel her strength but with the help of the saddle, Orion could also feel how nervous  she was for this particr hurdle and he whispered a few words of encouragement.


    "You''ve got this, Aurora."


    It was strange to hear this from Orion, but Aurora was really d he tried to encourage her.


    A few minutes ago, they were enemies but now, Orion was seeing her as his most trusted allie and Aurora didn''t want to disappoint him, and so with a mighty leap, Aurora cleared the final barrier,nding smoothly on the other side and Orion patted her neck with a smile on his face.


    "Amazing, Aurora. You''re unstoppable!"


    Aurora smiles and leaned a bit more to him for Orion to give her a good pat on her neck.


    Of course, she knew she was amazing but it felt even better to hear someone say it and praise her as well.


    ''Maybe it wouldn''t be so bad to have a master,'' The phoenix thought to herself.


    After what she had seen so far, the elf prince definitely looked like someone worthy to be her master.


    He had all the right qualities she would want in a master but aside from that, he also had lots of delicious snacks for her to eat as well, and who wouldn''t want to have a good supplier of food by their side.


    ''No, no, Aurora, focus,''


    ''Freedom is more important,''


    ''Freedom is all I need,'' The phoenix shook her head and tried to focus on what''s more important right now.


    Food can always wait but the most important thing right now was her freedom and that was all she wanted.


    And so, with that out of the way, Orion and Aurora moved towards their next challenge.