The Third Duel in the afternoon of the Wednesday are even easier as I found myself leveled up at the moment I wake up in the morning. This time, I found Isabell Mirsha the Holy elf standing in the middle of the Arena as a referee. So, all the three seniors I just met on the quest on weekend are truly taking care of me well, huh? Even the peace loving elf appointed herself to oversee my match out of concern. If the future presents itself, I will make sure to return their favor someday....
Well, let's get back to the duel. On this afternoon, I am fighting against another Level 17, an Ox Beastman (It is a Minotaur!) wearing a reddish bronze armor and wielding a labrys (A bipennis, or two headed axe). His attack are swift and decisive. As expected when I see his class, Gladiator. He must have been getting used to duel in the Arena.
He throws his axe like a whirling boomerang right at the start of the battle, trying to interrupt my spellcasting. But that is not enough to hinder me as I step aside and sling my [Lightning Bolt] that have become my popular trademark among the students to him. He tries to evade but his big, bulky body are not fast enough to outspeed my [Lightning Bolt].
As his body is jolted in surprise, I try to cast another [Lightning Bolt] but his whirling axe turned around behind my back and almost slashed me from behind had I not put a [Barrier] Spell that I have cast to protect my body from before I went to the Arena. With my enemy losing his weapon that have fallen to the ground with a single thud after having lost its momentum, I go on a lightning spree, raining [Lightning Bolt] upon [Lightning Bolt] to the Oxen Beastman, flooring him to the ground with his body limping and jolting non stop from the electric shock. He even drools and urinates on the Arena as he have lost control of all the muscles on his body.
I take his aero dynamic labrys as my prize of winning and I promised to auction them to fellow students as usual, again with the base price so they can decide to themselves how much they can pay to vie for that thing.
The Fourth Duel are at noon on the Thursday. At this time the spectators in the arena have become even more crowded and the amount of viewers are the greatest compared with the previous days. It seems that my winning stroke against the senior students despite being a newly admitted student in the Academy rose the interest on everyone in campus. I can see all the Seven Elders take their seat in the most prominent area on the spectator seat, many senior students are also watching over the arena, their number has almost exceeded the number of students in the same year as me.
The atmosphere are quite solemn as the presence of this many senior students and also all the Elders on the campus make the new students behave and does not dare to cheer too loudly. In the middle of the Arena, a red scaled draconic humanoid, known as the Dragonborn who clad in a white robe armor and held a single spear stood as a referee for this duel. He is one of the senior teacher of the Martial Might Faculty.
Opposite me stood a Black Panther Beastman, Level 18 Swashbuckler. A pair of red crescent blades are attached to his hands. He smirked to me while showing his two long, saber tooth alike fangs. Is he trying to intimidate me? If so, then I am very sorry, your smirk just make me wanna punch his face even more. It epicly failed, man!
I brandished my sword with the sharp end of it crossed over the ground. The black pantherman also make a stance like a professional boxer, with a crescent blade attached on each arm. As the draconic referee shouted to mark the beginning of our duel, I shot my [Lightning Bolt] that is evaded by my enemy with his quick movement. So fast! He may be the first one to be able to dodge my [Lightning Bolt]. I immediately casted [Speed Boost] spell on myself to increase my speed by one stage.
With our speed matched against each other, my sword and his two blades clashed in a quick skirmishes as strikes over strikes are executed in the highest speed achievable by us. I can see the hint of surprise in the eyes of the phanterman. He he he, first time seeing a human who can match your speed? Here, come play with me a bit, I still have many tricks to show to you.
Suddenly, the pantherman jumped back to make some distance from me. As he posturing in a stance, his aura rised sharply and his dual blades glow with murderous glint. Oh, a Martial Art? Interesting. Thank you for showing it in front of me, though. After I take a single look on how to do it with my eyes, I only need to integrate the vast amount of knowledge in my mind to replicate a similar skill. Hue hue hue, thank you for the free lesson.
I decided to keep the newly learned skill in my memory as I prepared another Martial Art I have learned on my first week on campus with the dragon Sisters. After all, it is better to use the skills you have been familiar in a fight rather than a new learned skill, right?
So as the black pantherman pounced himself towards me while brandishing his hand sword, I also took my stance and gathered all my power on my sword.
"Take this! [Shadow Edges]!!!"
"Hmph! [Shockwave]!!!"
I parry his right blade with my sword that send a powerful shockwave rippling through his hand and wreak havoc on his body, destroying his stance, and thwarting his second attack that is about to be launched with the blade on his left. A gargled murmur can be heard when my opponent's body are sent flying and crushing heavily on the ground.
Seizing the moment, I leap in front, chasing his fallen body and pommeling my sword hilt right on his face, uprooting four of his teeth and breaking his nose and jaw. The referee shouted to me, making me stop my attack and jumped to the back with a very unsatisfied attack. Hey, that fella are still conscious, technically, the fight have not ended, right?
But the draconic referee seems to get my intention to "play" with my enemy. He sent me a strict gaze before declaring me as the winner, making my opponent who have barely been able to stand staggered and fall over on the Arena ground....