The day ended with me having a 22 consecutive win against different opponents…Shiki on the other hand joint the line three more times. He actually was the only one to be able to dodge my initial Shunpo+earth chattering blow. While he did dodge it he couldn't come up with a follow up as I just shrugged his useless attempt and reused the same combo but this time appearing behind him.
Nassi refused to join the line even after he was asked by Shiki…repeatedly.
Kaori who came to the Coliseum a bit late starred in wonder at what was happening and she too decided to join…she tried to erect a barrier of water to counter my frontal assault but it just shattered once I coated my right hand with ice magic making the water she created brake like glass. I hesitated a bit as I have never hited a girl before. but before I could say anything she gave up. She said that she only wanted to test the strength of her water magic against my attack and if that failed there was no need to keep fighting.
Then he came…probably he heard the commotion one of the called five monsters came and joined the line.
He respectfully stood in line at the last position. But once the students saw him they all cleared way.
Making him approach the stage and entering the arena.
This guy…he looked simple. Not too buffed nor too slim just average…with average looks and average height he even wore average looking glasses and had an average haircut. He had a small book on his right hand which he was keeping close to his chest and his left eye was fixing his thick average looking glasses.
"Hello there Asura-san. It seems that you are enjoying yourself. So may I join in on the fun?"
…why say that when you already are inside the ring…
"Well if you say so…"
The judge who seemed a bit more serious this time called upon the start of the fight.
The second the words Fight Start left his mouth my hyperecognition skill activated. With time slowing down I noticed that the average looking dude used a spell that was fast…so fast that I could only use Shunpo to dodge his initial attack as he pointed his index at me and few wind bolts were sent toward the location I should have been in a few milliseconds ago.
Not leaving the chance he gave me, an opening was created once he noticed that I already dodged his attack and a startled expression appeared on his face.
I used Shunpo and closed the distance between us. Trying to use the earth shattering blow I noticed a smirk on his face. The blow hit 'nothing'… no I was sure I struck at him but his body just dissolved.
This is a cloning technique?
No. he appeared to have blinked to another location as my eye copied his spell. The thing I stuck at was his after image…so this guy is able to use a similar version of Shunpo but it relied on magic instead of muscle and spiritual energy. He uses magic to 'push' his body from place to place. Not very fun as the use of mana is ridiculous… almost 1200 Mu per use.
I can use Shunpo for a far less cost and for a much better results.
His ability was not as fast. As it needed a quarter of a second to activate which in my opinion is quit long. This is why he blinked a far distance away probably for him to have enough time to reuse the spell.
Once I used my Shunpo appearing right at his side he teleported about 30 meters away from me. knowing that he will do that I chased after him again. The speed at which I was catching up to him, was increasing. As every time he blinked he would find me right where he would appear. Closing in on him each time a panicked look started to show on him…I thought carefully this time he probably is baiting me around as to prepare some sort of trap as he didn't use any spell except for this blinking from the beginning of this high speed chase.
Stopping at the middle of the arena. I turned my face around looking for anything inconvenient. And I was right. There were feint traces of mana that I was able to see thanks to my right eye lingering in the air…these were not here before. He must have been 'feeding' his spell mana when we were playing tag.
Looking at him I understood that he knew I was on to him, he then smirked and snapped his finger making spear sized bolts of air appear in the sky. Hundreds upon hundreds of arrows just materialized and even more so did after them…when did he ever have time to cast such a spell…I didn't even see a Mahojin…this is less than an A class tier spell…amazing.
The spears were aiming at me. I walked a step to the side noticing that the tip of every spear in sight slightly moved to my new position. They were all held in the air…waiting for a chance to pounce at their prey…I am being hunted…I laughed at the thought.
With another snap and a muffled "Go" from the guy in front, the spears gradually started descending row after row of spears landed at the location I was standing on I dodged and moved running using Shunpo and even rolling over away from the never ending stream of spears being thrown at me…this was fun.
The guy didn't seem to be suffering from fatigue even after using a spell this scale. he is yet to break a sweat.
I took a chance.
The next time I used Shunpo I appeared in front of him. Aiming with my right hand a bluffing blow that forced him to use his blink in order to dodge my attack. Not letting this chance go I kept on chasing him even if I was chased by his stream of spears. Every spear on contact made a deep penetrating hole on the platform of the arena. This would take a considerable amount of HP if I take a few of them head on so I have to dodge. I forced the guy to a corner he can't blink away from there as if he tried to appear behind me he will be greeted with his own volley of attacks. Stuck between the external borders of the ring and the incoming me, he had no choice but to brace himself. In a last attempt he summoned a Mahojin that created a thick wind wall in front of him, he probably thought that if the wall was able to slow me down even for a second the arrows will hit my back before I could land another hit. He couldn't be more mistaken.
Charging my earth shattering blow and in an attempt to blast him away with his own spell and right before the contact.
A strong and loud feminine voice was heard. "Both of you stop right there."
It belonged to a beautiful looking girl. With long red hair akin to orange which I never seen before. Her eyes were hazel with sharp green in them a small nose and some cute looking freckles on its side. She had a height of 175cm. She is a third year because the tie on her neck was red in color.
She was accompanied by two other girls almost the same height as her and a freakily big looking guy.
The girls were also on the beautiful side…I don't remember noticing any plane (ugly) looking girls in this school…weird.
The girls were following a few steps behind the girl that spoke they too had the same tie color even the big guy. All of them were third years. One of the girls was wearing a wizard hat on her head…it looked really cute as she was …petit in size I can't believe someone with the body of a 12-13 year old to be a senior…
The other one had a detached expression on her face as if she was not interested in the least cool beauty type of presence. As for the guy…he was simply big… more than 2meters tall with tanned skin and a serious face…the type of guys you would try to avoid bumping into while walking down a street.
At that moment the average looking guy stopped fueling his barrier with mana and canceled the spears that were still numbering hundreds even after the insane amount that was already launched at me.
I also stopped my fists. I could have won this if they didn't intervene…I will have to ask for explanations.
The judge seemingly annoyed with the intervention asked the girl.
"Vessma-sama even with your authority as the student council president you cannot stop a duel without proper procedure…this fight has yet to end."
She looked at the judge in a serious manner then sighed.
"…I know sir but I needed to stop this farce as you know we don't want to be seen as bullying the freshmen so I needed to stop this before the boy gets hurt."
Hoo…me? Get hurt? Hah now that's a good joke…I was wining this for god sake.
I said, in apparent annoyance facing the girl.
"Hey you…on what basis you presumed that I was being bullied. As you can clearly see I was in perfect control of the match since the beginning and even right now I have this guy backed to the wall…or edge"
She squinted here eyebrows raised her chin and pointed haughtily with her finger and with a harsh tone she said.
"How dare you talk back to me like that…why would an insignificant person like you even be allowed to attend Albion…Just because your master had stupid luck and ended up being one of the great seven do you think that a school for mages will accept a half brain barbarian and a no name like you. I will make sure that you are expelled for this…now kneel before me and apologies so that I may reconsidered myself."