After the discussion, Theo and his group appeared on the same field that had yet to be expanded despite fighting more people.
Theo then looked at the opposite wall where the enemies entered the field.
He could see the confidence in their look, feeling they would be able to win this match.
When Theo and Laust's eyes intertwined, they both knew no matter who won this fight, they would go to the other team. After all, they needed to save the last spot for Alea and took a talented first-year student while they were at it. And both of them were reluctant to do it.
"It's been a while, Jay." Ellen waved her hand with a carefree expression, greeting the Vice President.
"You are always like that, Ellen. If you take things more seriously, this position should be yours…" Jay narrowed his eyes while fixing his glasses.
"I never wanted that position since it would just keep bothering me." Ellen shrugged. "It's a perfect position for someone like you. All I want is an easy win while getting all the benefits."
"Oi, you are just saying an awful thing for those people who have worked their hardest but can't achieve anything." Jay glared at her, releasing his killing intent.
Ellen shrugged. "I mean I am just lazy. Why do people get mad at me when I'm not even doing anything?"
"That's basically the reason." Jay clicked his tongue and shouted, "Start! Talking to you just makes my blood pressure go up."
"You are talking like an old man right now. You need to enjoy life more." Ellen smiled.
Jay ignored her while demanding her to start the match. But before she said anything, Phyrill stepped forward and shouted, "Hey, you Enchanter Guy. I'm watching you, okay?"
"…" The Enchanter furrowed his eyebrows before ignoring him.
Phyrill snorted and looked at Ellen in disappointment.
Ellen smiled and said, "Let's start then."
The count appeared again as they started preparing everything they needed for this fight.
Right before the count hit zero, Theo, Phyrill, and Sihan ran forward in three directions. Theo took the right edge to see who would come at him while Phyrill charged head-on. Sihan took the last place, the left edge, as his battlefield.
"!!!" This took the enemy team by surprise, but they managed to react almost instantly.
As expected, Sihan's opponent was the big guy, Kong Sovan.
Kong was the first to make a move as he raised the sword with both hands and swung it down, using the advantage of his height to pin Sihan down.
Sihan raised his shield to stop that strike, but a small crater appeared after that one clash, showing Kong's strength.
"You're going to fight me." Kong snorted.
Meanwhile, Phyrill needed to handle the Enchanter. His sword glowed and swung it from the side.
Phyrill used both his swords to stop this attack, only to find himself getting pushed back. Yet, the smile didn't disappear from his face as he said, "Powerful indeed."
Last but the most important match, Theo vs Laust.
"I have never thought that you can grow this much within one month." Laust released his killing intent while raising his sword. "Anyway, I am going to fight you."
Theo narrowed his eyes and thrust his spear to Laust's neck.
Laust took one step to the left and parried the thrust with his sword before it slid down the spear, heading straight to Theo's hands.
Before he managed to cut his finger, Theo changed his grip and pushed Laust to the edge.
However, Laust seemed to be improving as well since he used a lie to trick Theo.
Clank.
The clicking sound of their clash echoed as both of them seemed to be pushing each other with their weapons, creating a six feet distance between them.
This was the start of them trying to outsmart each other's plans.
Theo, who finally got a distance from Laust, turned around and continued charging forward, heading straight to Jay. "My business is wi—"
Before he finished, he saw Laust staring at him while moving toward Ellen. Their eyes widened as they thought the same thing.
'He is aiming for the magician too?'
With this thought in mind, the two seemed to have no intention of stopping in their tracks.
Laust's sword glowed as Laust himself waved the sword gently, releasing three arrow-shaped blue lights toward Ellen.
"Three Way Sword."
This was the same technique he used that almost killed Theo in their sparring match. And Ellen was there to personally witness it, so she summoned an Ice Wall to block all the three lights while preparing to fight him.
At the same time, Theo was looking upward and found three green wind spirals flew toward him, curving in the air. In that instant, Theo realized it was Force Control, and they were supposed to land right on him, so Theo used his Haste to outrun them as all three landed on the ground behind Theo.
However, Jay seemed to have predicted Theo's movement and shot one giant tornado horizontally to swallow Theo as a whole.
Seeing this movement, Phyrill, whose back faced Jay instead of Ellen, smirked and leaped backward before turning around.
"Wait… What are you doing—" Iv drew a gasp before realizing Phyrill's real target was none other than the magician.
He could only see Phyrill take off from his position, heading straight to Jay while realizing all of them had been lying this whole time.
"kh!" Iv gritted his teeth and turned around, but when he was about to catch up with Phyrill, he found another presence coming from another direction.
"What?!" Iv dropped his jaw as soon as Theo came into his vision, perfectly dodging Jay's magic. In other words, Theo's real target was Iv all along. Theo planned to stop him, so Phyrill could kill Jay.
Phyrill released his killing intent and said with bloodshot eyes. "Assassin's prey is magicians, so don't hold a grudge against me, okay?"
Theo struck his sword with his Focused Charge, pushing him back before Sihan came into his vision. Both him and Sihan said at the same time, "Phyrill!"
Those shouts were enough for Phyrill to stop in his tracks as a blue crescent-shaped light flew before him, creating a three-foot deep sword mark on the ground. The light continued and dispersed after hitting the wall.
Just like how Sihan described him, Kong was someone who would do one big move after another. And with just a slight gap, he would use that big move to stop Phyrill before taking care of Sihan again. "I don't think so."
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Every 100 power stones = 1 Bonus Chapter on the weekend.