Hearing his name but not processing the words, Licht raised his hand and dropped it soon after. He expected to be skipped over, seeing as he was on scholarship and didn't need to participate in the exam.
"YOU FUCKING BRAT, GET DOWN HERE!!!" Dale yells. Ignoring this, Licht turns to his side and curls up. Murmurs begin once again and Dale fumes down below.
"That kid is dead."
"He has no middle name. Isn't he just a commoner?"
Elizabeth scowls as she sees this. She didn't like Licht's attitude. If a big shot like her, actually had to take the exam; why shouldn't he?
She saunters proudly towards Licht and reaching him, she stands with her arms crossed. Licht pays her no mind, causing her to get annoyed. "Get up. The examiner called for you."
There is no reply, "I said," she begins even louder than before. "Get up, you filthy commoner! Be over and done with your examination, so we can all leave!"
No reply once again. Elizabeth clenches her teeth, "Do you know who I am?!" She screeches. At this moment, Licht had had enough, "What the fuck do you want from me?! Can't you fucking see I'm trying to get some rest?!"
There is an eerie silence after this outburst. Someone had actually dared to raise their voice against the royal family! "H-how dare you..." She growls out.
Licht rubs his head, as he felt a headache begin to form from all the shouting. "You know what? Fine. I don't care what that old geezer says anyway."
Licht gets up and marches down the stairs. He sees Dale and snarls, "The old man said that there wouldn't be any trouble."
He finally gets to the bottom and huffs, "I'm here. Now what?" Dale looked at Licht dazed one second, but furious the next. 'That's the kid that bumped into me this afternoon!'
"It's you." He growled out. Licht scrunches his brow, "Huh? I don't believe we've met." With that single statement, all his anger and headache are forgotten.
"Brat! You ran into me at the market!"
"Hmm? I don't recall any of that. Are you sure you have the right person?" Licht, in all honesty, could not remember when it had occurred. He saw no reason to remember it, seeing as it was not significant to him.
Even Dale faltered for a moment, before regaining his senses. "You brat! Like anyone would forget a kid that looks like you." He growls out.
Licht nodded slowly, "That is indeed true." Yes, there was none like Licht anywhere in the world.
"How dare you mock me!" Dale charges to a nonchalant Licht. He slashes at Licht with his sword, "Movement Magic: [Teleport]." Licht sighs out as he suddenly appears a distance away from Dale.
"What? He didn't use a chant?"
"Is he a noble?" Voices of impressed teens were heard by Dale.
Dale growls, "The fire that burns my enemies and causes suffering; Fire Magic: [Hell's Flame]!" He yells as red flames appear around him. "Go," he orders as the flames fly toward Licht.
Licht gives a cynical smile, "Poor you. You messed with the wrong person. Ice Magic: [Ice Wall]." A cold wind passes and the wall is instantly formed. The flames hit and sputter out, only melting a small portion of it.
"Next, Ice Magic: [Ice Needle]." A dozen ice needles appear behind Licht, and by simply twitching his finger, the needles of ice suddenly surround Dale before he can make a move. Dale turns pale as he stumbles before falling.
Licht comes from behind his ice wall and retrieves his ice needless and stores them as mana. His lethargic face is void of all interest. "Twas fun while it lasted, I guess." Licht turns and walks back to the stands.
"Impossible. Me, a famous C-ranker. A rank many have struggled to get. Overwhelmed by a kid? A commoner at that! Impossible!" His murmurs soon become yells.
"Pfft. What a baby," Licht is close enough to the first stair when he senses moving mana. He jumps into the air and sees a scorched patch where he once stood. He passes a questioning glance at Dale but realizes that he seems to have lost all reasoning. His eyes were already blood-red and unfocused.
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!" He bellows as he dashes madly to Licht. To the others, Dale seemed like a blur, and they were confused by his sudden increase in power. This, however, lighted a small spark of interest in Licht. Licht could easily tell, what skill Dale had as he could feel the mana in the environment rushing towards Dale.
"Is this what they call a berserk skill?" Licht muttered absent-mindedly as he dodges Dale's attacks. Dale roars, piercing Licht's ear-drums.
Licht's ears felt wet from the blood, but after a while, the pain was no more. "Ah. So, he has a contracted beast. The wolf, I should believe."
Licht constantly teleported around, confusing the wolf-man. He remembered Viscar's words and quote, "You can do anything you like, kid, but you can't kill anyone."
Meaning Licht could not use the same move he used years ago when fighting the wolf for the first time.
"Weapon System Commence." All Licht wanted to do was take a nap.