'I don't need any fake cheers.'
[Spirit Knight : Level 1]
[Defeat the spirit knight]
[Exp : 10]
In a blink of an eye Leo beheads the knight.
[You have gained 10 exp]
[Defeat the spirit knight]
[Exp : 20]
Similarly, the second knight was defeated in an instant.
[You have gained 20 Exp]
The real match was now starting...
[Spirit Knight : Level 3]
[Defeat the spirit knight]
[Exp : 30]
Leo cautiously walks towards the knight as he holds the sword.
The knight had no other choice but to engage, Leo observes the movement of the sword.
The sword was coming towards his chest from the right side, Leo defends it and throws his sword towards the knight's head.
The knight had no other choice but to defend it, while he was distracted, Leo jumped up high and smashed the knight.
[Congratulations! You have defeated the Knight]
[You have gained 30 Exp]
"What was that?" One of the viewers spoked out of shock.
"Look at his movements, you can notice that he forced the knight to purposely engage first. Like a lion cornering it's prey." A mysterious guy in red cloak spoke with great interest.
"Do you think he can defeat the level 4 spirit knight?"
"Who knows."
'Leo Mizaki, despite being so talented, I had never heard of him even in the clan. Where they keeping him as a secret from the world until today.'
'It wasn't a waste coming here afterall.
[Spirit Knight : Level 4]
[Defeat the spirit knight]
[Exp : 40]
The spirit knight started emitting strong energy just as the previous match with Aiden.
The public's expectations on Leo was different from Aiden, as they had already expected that he was gonna win as compared to Aiden.
Their faces showed great confidence and optimism as if Leo was destined to win the match.
'Those bastards...' Aiden woke up but he seemed to be highly exhausted from his previous match.
'I used up too much of my swordsmanship spirit earlier.'
Swordsmanship Spirit was a form of energy that only a few number of people could use at such a young age. It was an energy produced by one's inner powers and were then converted in material power.
One could say it was a power that mostly came from your mental rather than physical.
The same was for Spirit Knight, it was formed by the instructor's spirit who happened to be sitting besides Lian in the centre.
"And you're?? Ron? What are you doing here?"
"You collapsed right after your match, and I brought you up to the healer. Hey you did great out there, I would like to fight with you someday."
Heeeh?
Aiden lightly laugh it out
"Anyways, why's the crowd so silent? Did that Volgan guy scared everyone in the crowd or something?"
"Ohh you don't have to worry, it's actually quite the opposite."
"Sorry"
Ron carries Aiden's right arm on his shoulder and takes him to the arena.
"I'll explain to you on the way."
The crowd was expected at the same time confused.
'Why is he directing his bloodlust towards us.'
'Was he forced to participate in the test or something...'
'....'
Spirit Knight was completely reformed.
This time Leo emitted his spirit powers on the edge of his sword.
It was very precise emitted on the edge of the sword, the amount itself was less but sharp.
For a minute he stood in defensive formation as he condensed the energy into the very tip of the sword's edge.
"What possibly is he trying to do?"
"Could it be he is trying to use spirit powers just like that commoner from earlier."
"But I can't sense any spirit powers thought"
"Don't tell me he is using aura."
"But isn't aura even harder to use than spirit powers?"
"Well all we can do is just watch."
Spirit powers weren't that easy to spot if it's quantity was less, just like trying to spot a small object from miles away. Unless you have a sharp eye, if you have that is!
'This should be enough, not too much of spirit energy but it's more effective than stupidly wasting your energy like how Aiden did. A simple and effective method perhaps."
Leo was more calm then he ever was.
He was not overconfident nor was hesitant. He was simply being rational as always.
'I had to learnt it the hard way. Back in my past life there were so many variables that nearly easily killed me countless times, I was just lucky to survive till the very end.'
Leo starts having a flashback of the time when he literally survived till the very end. All his loved ones, his mother, father, friends....all of them died before Leo.
Hufff...
As Leo takes a calm breath, he rushes towards the knight.
Leo immediately switches the sword over to his left hand as soon as he gapped the distance between the knight.
"He's full of openings, at this rate the knight can easily attack his blind spot"
The crowd silent watches the scene with great interest.
'After Mirage'
Leo uses a magic for the first time.
Except for the knight no one else could witness the magic unless he or she was a veteran magician.
[You have used magic for the first time]
[You will be given 10 points as a reward]
'I could still defeat this knight but that would ruin my endurance for the next match, not to mention my stamina stat is low. As a result I had to lean on additional support. I feel disappointed at myself.'
'The knight's movements are predictable but it's hard to follow up with my weak body.'
As soon as Leo get's close to him, he uses After Mirage. The knight could see two people, as he tried to defend against both of them by swing his sword at both of the bodies. Leo slightly backs off.....in that very moment the sword in his hand vanished.
By the exact time Leo had backed off the real sword was falling from the sky, and the very edge of the sword's highly condensed spirit pierced through the knight's helmet.
Even though Leo had already warn the crowd with his bloodlust earlier, they couldn't hide their excitement.
The crowd got very noisy.
"Genius..."
"A true Prodigy...."
"I'm so blessed to watch such a magnificent match."
"I feel enlightenment."
It got noisier
Alas the last level of the test.
'Only a handful of people in the entire nation ever won this test. And one of them was my eldest brother Reiner.'
'Can I be able to win this? My body is barely better than it was before. Although I did my very best to save as much energy I need, I'm still not very optimistic about the next match.'
Reiner Mizaki, the first son and one of the most gifted people in the entire nation. Even someone of his calibre had a hard time winning, as what off me who has a third rate body.
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