The entire lab was in a pin drop silence, everyone was tight-lipped at the show of the exchange between Isaac and the clone. It was like the final movement of the world cup.
Unaware of all the attention he has been receiving Isaac inside the simulation was on cloud nine and had already forgotten about the timing requirements of the first challenge.
You can't blame the guys though cause for the first time in his life, Issac had entered a fight and he was still standing after so much exchange, so his mind wasn't in a state to remember all the minor details.
One thing that he is still capable of feeling now is confidence, which was something he always had a lot in, but couldn't express. Not because he was afraid to do it but because he was restricted to do so.
He had no freedom.
All those problems, pressure, and the people around him ( except his mom) seem to one way or the other always want to keep him restricted and deprive him of his freedom.
This had been the case for his entire life back on Earth, throughout his life he always felt like the world itself wanted to cage him, chain him and he felt pressured, and suffocated.
He always felt like all those things back on earth had been trying to strangle his neck on a tight leash and obstruct him.
[Issac: Why do I feel that these words are double based (double meaning) ???]
[Author: No way man! it's just your imagination. ]
But after being summoned to this new world, he hadn't felt like that, not even once. At first, he thought it was due to his near-death experience and emotional breakdown but even after months the feeling hasn't appeared, not even once maybe it's a physiological thing or something else.
Well, whatever the reason may be, he hadn't felt this free in his entire and this freedom was like giving him wings.
Isaac had always been a Genius, a one that was brilliant, attentive, and hardworking. But his bad luck had always restricted him but with the restriction lifted he felt free.
Like a tiger that had been caged but is now released with additional wings and one on its back.
So with all this excitement and stuff, the dude just forgot that he was in a fight against an 'A' veteran adventure, and his arrogance had clouded his thoughts, and without even knowing he had fallen into the enemy's trap.
Clark's clone which had been having a hard time hitting or finishing off Issac had come up with a plan to restrict Issac's movements and finish him up with one slash.
And not just that Clark's clone was also having a hard time controlling its anger because the rat in front of it had raised its sword not even once during the entire battle.
This was a great humiliation to its existence because as a clone of a proud 'A' rank warrior it wasn't even able to make its opponent (that too a fucking noob) raise his sword, but even at such humiliation, the clone hadn't lost its cool.
Because It had already noticed that the brat in front of it was floating on cloud nine due to being able to easily dodge its attacks.
So the Clone had planned to use this chance and corner the rat which had been enjoying itself so it had manipulated the rat to slowly walk into its trap.
And before he could notice, Issac was led by the clone by the nose to the top of the highest sand dune in the desert.
As soon as the clone was sure that Isaac won't be able to avoid its blade, it immediately used the strongest attack it muster with all its strength.
The Clone jumped up in the air and raised the blade on its hand to the highest to perform a downwards slash with all its body weight and gravity making it the most deadliest attack it had ever performed on these challenge matches so far.
Seeing that he had been cornered and trapped Isaac didn't panic, he was sure that he could escape because his instincts hadn't warned him yet.
And this after a long Battle of cat and mouse for the first time in the entire match, Isaac was made to raise his sword to defend himself.
As the sword descends on Isaac's face he lifted the sword he was holding in his right hand till now, raised it up to his head, and placed it horizontally in front of his face with his left hand as a support on the blade of the sword ready for the impact.
He planned to use the weight and force of the clash between the two blades as fuel to propel himself back from the clone and create distance between the two.
But just as the blades meet and Isaac bent his body to use the force to propel himself.
But suddenly he felt death, his instinct screaming that he was about to die.
And when Isaac wanted to know the reason for the Waring he saw the clone once again raising its sword again to perform the same jump slash.
The clone seems to have already predicted his next move and had been planned this from the very beginning, it knew that Isaac would use his sword to defend and he will then use that impact to create a distance between them.
So the clone had also planned to do the same, it used the same impact force in the clash to once again raise its sword high up above its head and Crouched a little to make a leap to follow up and finish off Isaac for good.
Seeing that he had once again fallen into the clone's trap Isaac wanted to escape but alas he was already halfway done with aviation and only his legs were still planted on the sand.
Now, even if he tried to stop his retreat in the midway he couldn't and would possibly end up dead.
But even when death was approaching him, Issac didn't panic, he had the same crazy smile on his face.
And the next stunt that Isaac pulled was the one that showed the two old monsters ( Clark and Leonie) that the Guy in front of them was not just any random genius but a true battle Genius.
Not being able to dodge or stop in the mid-air Isaac immediately used his legs which were still in the sand, he used the toe part of his leg to slightly dig into the sand and flipped on the face of the clone who had both its hands high above its head unable to defend itself.
And due to this sudden change in movement, the trigger of the propulsion was affected which will lead to a future where Isaac falls with his back on the ground so he will lose his footing, and by the time the clone will also be already done with the little prank Isaac had pulled on it.
As with the imminent threat remaining, Isaac had still not escaped his death. Everyone believed that this was the end.
But to prove them wrong Isaac under everyone's disbelief raised the sword in his hand above his head while he is in the mid-air and used the weight of the sword and coupled it with the force of his sword to perform a perfect summersault.
But even so, the weight and force were still not enough, so when he was halfway done with the flip he planned the sword into the sand and utilized it as footing to rotate himself.
And when everyone saw his excellent display of skills everyone started having doubts about whether he was actually the real Isaac or if some alien had replaced him, Even the clone was dumbfounded.
As soon as he landed on the ground Isaac immediately stood up and raised his left hand and showed bring it on gesture while taunting the clone,
"Is that all you got??, Come at me, you silly old fart, Let's dance!!"
[Author: why are you gay?]
[Issac: shut up you bastard who are you calling gay? your gay, your entire family is gay ]
[ Author: Same old counter, Come man try something new, or should I send you a copy of my *How to roast others in 30 days* or something. ]
And when the clone heard the mocking and arrogant voice of the somewhat skillful slippery rat, it couldn't take the humiliation and slid down the dune and once again tried to perform a diagonal slash.
Isaac who had until now been dodging the attacks of the Clone suddenly lifted the sword in hand and tried to make a match diagonal slash which resulted in a clash and a confrontation between swords.
Even though Isaac's slash had a form it wasn't a proper slash but it could be considered the best for a newbie and right now it was obvious he lacked proper battle experience so the clash was a little awkward.
During the first clash between the two, the clone was able to overwhelm Isaac by a large margin, and it remained the same for the initial few but soon the changes started taking place.
The clash of swords continued at a fast pace but the winner didn't remain the same. At the first few Isaac only won 1 out of 10 but soon the ratio started changing from 1 to 2 to 4 to 6 in no time.
So after an intense uninterrupted confrontation of might for the duration of a full 2 minutes the clashes finally came to end.
And the clone and Isaac stood facing each within a few meters of distance the result of the battle was already pretty much evident.
Because the conditions of the two combatants were not the same, And even though one of them was breathing heavily, he was still able to stand with his back straight While the other person was already out of breath.
You may have already guessed by now, that the person who was out of breath due to the clashes was none other than the clone, and the person who still had energy was obviously Isaac.
Well, you can already see that coming miles away cause while the clone was running around like a dog in the park, trying to finish its opponent in one shot but alas, unfortunately, it couldn't and its opponent had been just dodging the sword slashes in a minimalistic manner which lead to the outcome in the loss of Clarks's clone.
But the clone didn't give up it once again stood up with a straightened posture and took a deep breath and decide to take a gamble and win it or at least go down in style.
After catching up its breath the clone used all of its remaining energy to try for one last time and with a gaze at the blazing spirit of his opponent, Issac also got ready to use the one move always wanted to use but couldn't.
And without any warning, both adversaries whizzed at each with all their might at a fast pace, both had confronted for one last time.
The confrontation wasn't like that flashy ones from the movies, It mostly looked like both of them walked past each other.
But before anyone could express their doubt, the clone slow lost control of its body and with a
*thud*
the clone kneeled down and as on has its knees hit the ground It's head which was intact on its body suddenly detached itself and fell down rolling the ground while a thick red stream was gushing out of the served body of instructor Clark's clone.
None of the students was able to see how or what Issac did, to cut down the head of the clone but the two old monsters obviously knew what had happened.
It was a skill, to be exactly a quick-draw sword skill that Isaac had asked about.
The 'Star slicers' sword style 1st form:
*Signature of the Slayer*.