After the written test they were taken to an arena. It consisted of a huge ground which was surrounded by stands with a large no. of seats.
"Hey when will be our first match ? I just want to fight so badly." said Asta.
"Ours is the third one i.e the next one. By the way, you aren't a battle freak are you ?" asked Max.
"Huh!? Of course not. I just like fight strong people." replied Asta.
"Hey, that's exactly what they call a battle freak." said Max while placing his hands on his face.
"Hey come on lets go it's our turn." said Max.
"Hehe.... At last...."
"Hey now don't get reckless. Before going in we have to make a strategy, so that...." As Max trying to figure out a strategy Asta rushed inside the arena. " What... Hey, where are you going ? We haven't even discussed our strategy."
"Well I have already thought of one." said Asta.
Max was surprised on hearing this. He had always thought of Asta as an idiot. Max followed Asta in the arena as well.
"So what's the plan ?" asked Max.
"Simple!!! You stay behind and I will charge ahead and fight alone." said Asta while grinning.
"What the hell!? Are you serious!? You call that a plan ?" said Max now angered on his idiocy.
While they were still arguing their opponents came in the arena as well. Their opponents were twins. They were as tall as Asta and had muscles on them them as well which showed the amount of time they had spent on practice.
"What do we do now ? They are one of the most strongest participants this year. We can't...." Max was interrupted by the referee who said "Now get ready." and gave the signal to start the fight. Max who thought that they were gonna lose stayed back without even sheathing his sword. Whereas Asta rushed at their enemies with a twin blade in his hands. He utilised the momentum gained through running and jumped but he didn't do the classic upwards to downwards slash and instead thrust his sword at one of the brother's chest causing him to step back and at the same time blocking the second brother's sneak attack from behind with the sword on his waist even without unsheathing it and at the same time twisting his body in mid air and swinging his twin blade wildly at second brother's chest causing him to become unconscious. The first brother used this opportunity to swing for Asta's neck but Asta was waiting for the exact moment and while dodging his sword he came closer and drew his knife swiftly and pointed it on the first brother's neck. Max who had lost all hope stood at his place dumbstruck by the one sided match. While their opponents used strengthening magic Asta hadn't used any and still he won by a landslide. Everyone in the stands was simply amazed at the battle prowess of Asta. Just like their first match Asta and Max won all of the matches till the final in which their opponents were two girls out of which one was a mage. Asta charged at the mage ignoring the other girl. He attacked continuously on the mage while dodging all of the attacks from the other girl. The girl with the sword attacked him from behind but Asta suddenly moved to his left causing her sword to strike at the mage's stomach and at the same time pointing his sword at her neck. In all of the matches Max stood at his own place now filled with admiration for Asta. The referee declared that the winners of the final were Asta and Max.
Agter winning the match Max asked "WOW!!! You are so cool!! You won all of the matches without using any magic. By the way, why didn't you use any magic while fighting ? It would have been even easier if you did."
"Well... The thing is I cannot use magic." said Asta.
"What!? For real!? It's my first time hearing something like that." said Max. Actually Asta could use magic, but his magic was insanely strong. That's why his father had told him not to tell anyone about it.
After winning the final match Asta and Max left the academy. The results were to be announced tomorrow. Asta went to the inn, where his uncle was waiting for him. He was very happy when Asta told him that he won the final. Asta had always admired his uncle.
The next morning Asta left for the academy where he found Max was standing near the result board. Max saw him and came running while grinning. He said "We both passed, And guess what, We got the first place."
"Huh!? Of course we would!! After seeing my brilliant plan they wouldn't have been able to resist themselves from giving us the first rank." said Asta with a smirk on his face.
"A-Are you kidding me!?? You call that a plan ? I would have called that a suicide plan. If you weren't this strong you definitely couldn't have won." said Max with an angry face.
"But I won every battle without even getting a scratch, didn't I ?" explained Asta with an innocent face.
"That's just..... Oh just forget it." said Max with a frustrated look.
"By the way Max, why are those twins glaring towards us as if they are looking for a fight."