Arthur and Kiara were face to face in the arena that was about 50 meters in circular shape.
"Let's see what you're capable of Arthur" thought Kiara with a smile. She was curious about Arthur. And on the other side he was standing.
"Let's see how much I've improved," he said as he got into combat stance.
In the last few days he had been training his skill with Emily, he was almost advancing the level, his only concern was his combat, as much as he was training he was still little compared to the others, his punches were weak, predictable, his kicks were wide, unnecessary, so he doubted he could win.
'Maybe I have a chance, after all people always trust her skills, so she must be like them, her combat technique must not be much' he thought.
Kiara then ran forward at a surprising speed, arriving in front of her in a few seconds. Kiara launched a frontal attack with an open hand on Arthur's chest, who defended himself by crossing his arms.
"So you can defend yourself"
"I learned a few things" replied Arthur
His arm was completely fine, he barely imbued his body with magic which made him realize that her control over the mana in her own body was horrible at worst, unlike him where that was her only difference from the others, her ability of imbuing his body with magic was very advanced.
With a sloppy punch Arthur counterattacked, hitting Kiara's arm and she took a few steps back.
"Ugh this strength, your mana control is excellent"
"Yours not so much" Arthur replies with a smile
"Humph" she made an embarrassed face, he'd found out so quickly.
Running forward she lunged forward again, seeing this Arthur attacked with another punch, but this time his punch only found the air, Kiara had slid across the floor and was behind him, so she punched him in the ribs, even Arthur tried to counter. attack more she simply dodged or simply defended with what appeared to be some kind of martial art, even though Kiara's attacks weren't strong, they were starting to show their effects on Arthur's body, he wasn't willing to use his healing ability .
If he threw a punch she would dodge and attack twice, if he threw a kick she would dodge and attack, he was running out of steam.
Outside the teacher was watching curiously.
"Even though her mana manipulation in the body is horrible, her fighting skills are excellent, besides that it says here that her skill is related to the wind element, so with the correct teaching she can go very far" he told the Tablet he was on his hand, he was evaluating both.
"As for the boy, his fighting ability is horrible, but his control over the mana in his own body is excellent, however he has a healing ability, which is a shame if he doesn't learn to fight and use magic equipment on expeditions or during an attack he can be defenseless as his attacks are easy to predict."
In the stands, few people were paying attention to the duel, most here knew how weak Arthur was, Kiara was quite skilled, but when it came to mana manipulation she was terrible, most of those who were attentive to combat were the boys who were dazzled by her beauty, few people had dared to talk to her since she arrived at school, her withdrawn way made people confuse with arrogance, but in fact it was just shyness, even some girls were jealous of her beauty.
The only reason that led Kiara to talk to Arthur was the need to get close to someone, but as she was new to school, many things prevented her, fear, shyness, after all she was from a small school, so when Arthur arrived she thought it was his chance to make friends with someone who also didn't know anyone at this new school.
***
In the arena the fight continued.
'If I don't land any blows on her this fight will last all day' thought Arthur
"Your martial arts skill is horrible" Kiara said smiling
"I say the same about your mana manipulation" Arthur replied
By the time Kiara pulled back a bit to rest it was Arthur's turn to step forward, he might not know Martial Arts but his manipulation was the better of the two so he would bet on that.
"Damn" Kiara said as I sold Arthur closer, she knew that if Arthur's attack hit her body she would feel it.
"This will only work if you get it right," she said.
With a quick spin she landed a kick in Arthur's face that kept him firmly in place, he tried one more blow to Kiara's face but she managed to defend again.
"Would you hurt a girl?" she asked
"I think it's clear who is hurting whom"
Arthur was having a bit of fun, he knew he needed to improve in martial arts, as with his new skill that allowed him to teleport it would be very useful to use it with a weapon.
Seeing Arthur's smile, Kiara once again wondered why Arthur was getting stares.
"Let's get this over with," she heard Arthur say.
He had retreated to the other side of the arena and she could tell he was gathering mana for his next attack, she was no idiot.
'It won't be that easy' she thought.
Even though her mana handling wasn't good, she was confident that she would only need to tire Arthur out and then deliver the final blow.
"Hmm? Is he not tired? As? Using that amount of mana to bolster his body he should be tired by now" she said.
Arthur then rushed forward his next attack contained as much mana as he could currently gather in his body and it was all he had left, contrary to what it may seem, boosting his body with mana would also consume the user's mana. Seeing the screen in front of him and the amount of mana he had Arthur decided that this would be his last attack if it didn't work he would have to give up.
***
Running towards her was Arthur, Kiara knew he was a bad fighter, but even so she was wondering what she should do, his attacks weren't doing much damage and he didn't look tired.
"It's just practice" she said to herself, there was no need to worry so much, it was still the beginning of the school year too, Kiara then ran forward, and Arthur punched her with a motion of her hands she dodged her hand. direction of his punch, and her other one didn't make contact with Arthur's belly, but he didn't seem to care too much, as she came face to face with Arthur she saw his knee going up then with a single jump she went a few meters up.
"Why didn't I feel any mana in his attack?" she asked herself before landing
Arthur wasted no time shooting before Kiara even landed on the ground.
"Which-?"
Before Kiara hit the ground Arthur moved so fast that even before she hit the ground her face was hit with a kick so hard that she flew a few meters to the side, moving in the air was possible for her, but that would be against the Duel rules imposed by the teacher.
"Bumf"
"How embarrassing, getting knocked out by a useless guy like that," said a boy in the stands.
"End of duel" shouted Professor Joseph
Arthur immediately ran towards Kiara, reaching her side he used his healing ability, and the blood on her face started to dry up and she soon opened her eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be that strong" Arthur said extending his hand to help her up.
"Aggressor" she said with a smile on her face as she took his hand.