How mighty that jump was.
How destructive this attack could be if it touches Scott.
Ben had no intention of slowing down or holding back his attack, with his primary aim of disciplining Scott.
Scott was staring at Ben from way below without any defensive layout to protect himself from this magical attack.
Ben swerved at him, diving down towards Scott's position while holding his lightning ball. Scott could not feel his legs anymore as it was natural for him to be afraid of Ben's magical presence became magnificent and the lightning attack was a very strong one after he became serious.
"Why can't I move?".
"Why is my body numb?, why is it not answering me?".
The more the question Scott asked himself, the more Ben got closer to him.
And by the time Scott's head got clearer a little, all he could see was Ben almost in front of him without him having no guard even as far as lifting a finger, he was totally helpless.
And out of nowhere, Logan came thrusting his hands as shield in front of Scott. Upon seeing the foolishness of Logan, Ben did not hesitate a bit as he increased the output of his lightning.
"Let's see if he can go against this".
"Skrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"
"Booooommmmmmmmmmmm"
The battleground felt a tremendous hit on her as so the people who were also watching.
The surrounding became shrouded with dust after that fiery attack. Anticipation, suspense filled the air.
"What happened?"
The dust in the atmosphere began to clear up and surprisingly what everyone saw was definitely not what the predicted.
The tussle of strength was still ongoing.
Logan and Ben were still at it as Logan had initially weaved off the earlier attack against him.
"What did he do to protect himself". That was the question that lavished out of the audience's mouths.
But Logan was in his knees because of that attack. The force Ben put into that attack was not a mere one as it even went as far as Logan's knee breaking into the floor and ripping the ground.
"What monstrous ability he had", someone said.
Ben looked at Logan posture as they tossed their physical prowess and he chuckled. He released his hand and stood upright as he said "we will see again but definitely not today".
He began to make his way out of the battleground as he remembered something, he turned his head looking at him and said
"Get stronger for me, will you".
He was talking to the one behind.
Yes, to Scott.
He walked out as he smiled, "that was fascinating. Good to release a bit out of me".
But there was Scott, angry, vexed, gutted, irritated at himself. He could not look up to the crowd. He was sad inside but could not just cry.
Logan helped him up to his feet and asked if he was okay. But the anger did not allow him to speak, knowing fully well that he could break down into tears. He just simply nodded his head "yeah".
Joining his friends, the crowd began the applause.
"Who were they applauding, Scott thought".
The applause continued, as has Scott went to his friends spot. Eunice hugged and said "they are applauding you. You did not win but still you well great just until the end".
"Eunice, I froze. I was scared at that last moment".
"Fear is natural but we can decide when we want to be afraid and when we don't want to be. You were scared of what you saw and the fear seized you but what you have to do now is to make sure you live and go beyond that".
Those words of encouragement sunk into his head and he hugged her without even caring about her back side.
"Thank you very much".
Scott began bowing to the audience, appreciating them for what they saw in him.
A voice sprang out, "Why are you bowing?, you did not do shit. The applause is for Logan".
"That pinched a lot but I will make sure I get past this and become more stronger", he said.
Logan didn't really care about what the audience were doing but his friends insisted that he should show his appreciation. Instead of bowing, he just waved his hand at them but he didn't wave for long".
It was a long day for everyone as they also had in mind that the second stage of the competition was almost here.
When the boys reached their dorm that evening, they could do nothing but talk about the battle scene mostly Scott's and Logan's. They first turned to Logan, adamantly asking him how he got up there but he said "do you guys really want to know, I am sorry but you will have to fight me".
And there, the hunger to fight Logan was growing within all of them including Scott.
After they had finished with Logan, now it was Scott's turn. He stared at them for a while and he started with "it was an easy one guys. At first, his magical presence scared the shit out of me but I had to summon courage to cope with the situation".
They all laughed at him.
"He is definitely strong but he does not respect people or even rate people. I would love to fight against him again and this time it will be very different. I can guarantee that I would have become stronger than ever, he would not be toying with me on that day".
"Yes, you will".
They burst into another round of laughter.
"But did you guys not see the punch I gave him. It was a clean hit to his face. Did you guys know how many secret training I went in order to master "Breaker" technique. I really must applaud myself for even inflicting some pain on him", Scott boasted.
"But it still ended in your defeat though", one of the boys said silently.
"Who said that?".
Just as he said that, a sharp pain trampled upon his head as he used his two hands to rub his face. It was not very painful but indeed it was something that troubled Scott.
"What caused this pain? Was it the damage of the battle or the overthinking during the battle".