" What is Hari thinking to challenge a 10 star magic apprentice, is he out of his mind " said a student
" I heard Hari and Daksh excepted the challenge because Bert promised to give them Mana stones if they last for a full 1 min in the boxing ring against him. " said another student
" Daksh and Hari must really be crazy to thing that they can last for 1 min against a 10 star magic apprentice with their 7 star or a 8 star magic apprentice strength . the are just like ignorant frogs viewing the world from the bottom of the well. " said a pixie hair girl
" Does Hari think he can win just because he can exhort 120% of his strength, doesn't he know by opening 10 star one becomes peak magic apprentice, it not only improves your strength but your agility, vitality and all 5 senses. Is the greed of a Mana stone so strong that you no longer care for your life. " said a plain looking girl
" why do you guys care, just enjoy, it is going to be fun to watch Bert crush them one by one. serves them right for being ignorant. " said, a student to his group of friends who are watching Bert and Hari enter the Boxing ring.
they all nodded in affirmation hearing the student as they all thought Hari is going to be beaten.
Seeing Relaxed and nonchalant Hari, Bert said " don't just give up easily please try to put up a good show for our fellow classmates "
" please don't start spouting some cliche villain dialogues like in some third grade drama, I am tried of them" said Hari with a yawn.
seeing Hari's uninterested face, Bert felt belittled and insulted.
' does he really think a 8 star magic apprentice can beat 10 star magic apprentice, uh Ignorance is bliss ' though Bert and sneered "Hari if you really thing I used my full strength in the test earlier then you are to naive, i used by my left hand for the test which is not my dominate hand. ha ha do you still think you are stronger than me. "
" it doesn't matter you are still not my opponent " said Hari while he was interacting with A.Q.U.A in his mind.
It did not matter if Bert was stronger than Hari as Hari made up for his lack of strength with years of experience, skills and A.Q.U.A. even though there is 2 star gap in both Hari's and Bert's strength Hari was not worried in the slightest as his experience and A.Q.U.A where enough for him to teach Bert a valuable life lesson.
Hari really doesn't care of the Mana stones, with his previous life's memories Hari now has different ways to get wealth, but he did not want his friend to end up humiliated and also most of it was his fault as in alternate life Daksh never runs in to Bert nor does Bert target Daksh. if not for Hari being to high profile in the test Bert would near care with the likes of Daksh and Hari.
" I really do not know just where you get your confidence from Hari, I just hope you maintain the same confidence after what i am going to do to you " smirked Bert and looked at Hari as if looking at his prey.
Hari did not bother to reply Bert's taut's as he is now busy understanding A.Q.U.A.
Combat training was newly introduced for the senior high school students to prepare them for Federal Magic Academy Entrance Exam. so many students were not so experienced in close combat training like Basic Training Technique which they practiced for almost 6 years.
Close combat training focused on basic military boxing, even though combat training is important for a magic apprentice students neglected it to focus on opening their life star. it was the same for the old Hari he only focused on Basic Training Technique never bothered to practice basic military boxing.
That's why A.Q.U.A was not able to find any useful file on Basic Military Boxing, since there is no Data on Basic Military Boxing A.Q.U.A won't be able to perform it, putting Hari in bind as he was depending on A.Q.U.A to exhert 120% efficiency in combat which was barely able to fill the strength gap between him and Bert, with out A.Q.U.A this gap will now increase exponentially. seeing no other option Hari decided to fight in old school way
Just when Hari was remembering his experience with Basic Military Boxing in his alternate life a prompt sounded in his mind and a panel appeared in front of his eyes.
" A.Q.U.A detected new files on Basic Military Boxing in local hosts ram, would you like to install Basic Military Boxing ? "
Hari thought yes and another prompt sounded
" installing new software Basic Military Boxing .....
new software Basic Military Boxing installed "
In the stats panel at Software column Basic Military Boxing was added.
"local host name : Hari Eshwar
Age : 17
Race : Human Magic Apprentice ( Star Opening Realm )
Software : Basic Training Technique, Basic Military Boxing
Star opening realm (8/13)"
Hari was totally impressed by new feature of A.Q.U.A, to further test it Hari tried remembering his experience with Basic Foot work, then another prompt sounded
" A.Q.U.A detected new files on Basic Foot work in local hosts ram, would you like to install Basic Foot work ? "
Hari replied yes and another prompt sounded
" installing new software Basic Foot work .....
new software Basic Foot work installed "
In the stats panel at Software column Basic Foot work was added.
"local host name : Hari Eshwar
Age : 17
Race : Human Magic Apprentice ( Star Opening Realm )
Software : Basic Training Technique, Basic Military Boxing, Basic Foot work
Star opening realm (8/13)"
Hari wanted to try again with a new skills but he suddenly he started to feel tired mentally as if he has just woken up from a bad hangover. then another prompt sounded in his mind, this time it was a alert prompt saying that host is suffering from minor headache due to excessive use of mental strength.
Seeing this prompt Hari came to know that the price of the new feature of A.Q.U.A is his mental strength. Just as Hari was about to make more observation's on the new feature of A.Q.U.A....
"Tring..." the bell rang out, and Hari heard coach Kirit's voice "Fight!"
Hari and Bert stood opposite to each other 1 meter apart as soon as the bell rang Bert made his move without holding back, Hari heard a swinging sound as Bert threw his fist towards his head, as Hari Dodged Bert's attack he heard another prompt..
" A.Q.U.A detected hostile environment surrounding local host, threat detected, would you like to A.Q.U.A to engage with the threat?"
" permission for full access "
Hari did not hesitate and granted the full control to A.Q.U.A, he suddenly felt a whirlwind in side his body. Then, he found himself returning to the gray space again.
" full access granted "
" initiating threat elimination process "
" locking on to the threat , lock successful "
" running software Basic Military Boxing "
" running software Basic Foot Work "
seeing Hari dodge his full force punch by an inch Bert smirked and said " what happened hotshot weren't you saying you are stronger than me why are you running now."
Getting no reply from Hari Bert was ticked, at least earlier Hari had a surprised expression but now his face has become totally expressionless as if he has no feeling just like a puppet.
After closing in on Hari again Bert threw another punch with his right fist at Hari's left chest, in response to the punch A.Q.U.A move to the right using Basic Foot Work and threw a punch at Bert's throat using basic Military boxing.
Even though Bert was a noble he wasn't rised to be a heir so he didn't receive any prior training in combat or various skills and technique's. he was a amateur he had never fought in a real spar with a expert, in all his previous mock spar's Bert spared with his lackeys who were already weaker then Bert and lacked skills. so, Bert would always win by just charging in blindly with his brute strength with no technique or strategy.
Inside the gray space Hari was watching A.Q.U.A fight with Bert on the display screen. the screen pointed out all the week points in Bert's stance, offence and defiance, it also pointed out the vital points of Bert to aim for to obtain maximum damage.
Hari was amazed how A.Q.U.A executed Basic foot work and Basic military boxing in sink with perfect control against Bert's offense, even he himself couldn't have done it better.
When Hari dodged his punch for the second time Bert was at lose, he was surprised as how could a 8 star magic apprentice match the speed of a 10 star magic apprentice. what happened next caught Bert off guard, Hari not only dodged his punch but also countered it by throwing a punch in return aiming at his throat, Bert's sense screamed asking him to dodge but his body did not responding finally he felt a throbbing pain at his throat soon everything went blank.
As soon as A.Q.U.A hit Bert's throat, Bert lost his consciousness and fell on the floor on his back. soon a prompt sounded in the gray space
" threat disable, wheather to eliminate the threat? "
Hari replied no and gained back the complete control to his body again and looked at the unconscious Bert lying on the floor.
the group of students surrounding the ring were all thunder stuck, what just happen before them was like a miracle, a 8 star magic apprentice K.O a 10 star magic apprentice in a single move has never happened in the history of the high school.
out of all the students Daksh was the most shocked, his timid little best friend gave him one shock after another today first in the Basic training hall, then during the strength test now this, Daksh was not able to recognize his friend any more.
" good fight! you really crushed Bert. " said Daksh, hearing this all the students started to laugh and praise Hari for winning.
Suddenly the combat hall became completely silent , Coach Kirit had entered the Boxing ring and went t o check on Bret, after checking that Bert is still alive and has no major injures he turned towards Hari and said " Good Fight! " with a small smile.
A team of combat hall staffs carried away Bert as Coach talked to Hari.
" if I am not wrong than both your Basic Military Boxing and Basic Foot Work have reached perfection along with your muscle and bone control. " said Coach as he scanned Hari with his eyes
"yes" replied Hari
" um! good! good! ... here are your rewards, you have earned it, 8 mana stones. hope you are able to open all your stars before the Federal Magic Academy Entrance Examination with these mana stones" said Coach as he handed Hari mana stones.
" thank you coach" Hari did not hesitate to pocket the mana stones as he thanked coach. after handing the mana stones to Hari turned and left.
Seeing Hari gain 8 mana stones many students sighed in envy, those who previously ridiculed Hari for being ignorant felt ashamed. some students even started to have dark thoughts towards Hari but soon discarded them as even though present earth is not as it used to be before but it is still the same for the week with more overbearing rules and laws, if one did not fellow them they would bare the consequence unless they had the strength to do otherwise.
under the watchful gaze of the Students Hari made his way towards Daksh.