For the next two days, Peter continued his training and was improving his coordination, between his swordsmanship and my spell casting.
One evening he was training in the training ground in the palace, casting spells at the same using different sword skills that will increase his combat ability. King Mark was standing on the balcony of the third floor of the palace watching him train with a smile on his face.
Peter decided to test the king's domain ability to see how powerful it was. He cast the spell and reduce gravity on his body and jumped 5 meters into the air, then increased it as landed with a downward slash.
"Wow, this is amazing," he said truly amazed by the power to control gravity. He activated it again, increasing the gravity on my sword, I felt that the wooden sword could not take it; cracks began to appear on it, so he threw it away and turned my bracelet into a black sword.
When Peter tried it again, the weight increased and the mana within the sword responded to his creating a faint purple glow around the sword.
"Hey Peter, you up for a spar before you leave for the academy," Alex said as he walked into the training ground. He was already wielding his wooded broad sword. Peter looked up and saw the king looking down on them and he knew the king wanted both of them to spar.
"Ok Alex, one last spar," Peter said turning the sword into a wooden black sword.
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Peter and Alex squared up facing each other.
"Begin!" they heard the majestic voice of the king and dashed at each other. Peter knew that he was facing a third-stage aura knight, so he had to give it his best.
"Pak" their wooded sword clashed and Peter took three steps backwards and that was impressive because Alex was bigger and stronger than he was.
Peter closed the space between them in a split second and made a side slash which Alex parried before sending a fist towards Peter's face. Peter saw the punch coming, and due to his dragon strait, he could see it slower which gave him enough time to dodge to the side and give Alex a whip kick with his right leg. Alex blocked the kick with his sword and both of them stepped back sizing each other up.
"Come on Peter, I know this is not your best and I have seen your spars, I know you haven't used all your strength," Alex said and signalled peter to continue.
"Ok then, here I come," Peter said and tapped into his dragon's core. He sprinted before jumping into the air coming down with a downward slash and Alex attacked with a slash meeting Peter's sword halfway.
"PAK" the clash of the sword was loud and the force from peters attack made Alex bend his left knee to balance himself. He was surprised by the amount of strength Peter put behind the attack. He pushed peter back to balance himself but Peter did not give him that time and charged at him again.
The two of them exchanged blows for like two minutes and they were no one with an upper hand. Alex slashed down and peter moved to the left to counter, but midway through the attack, Alex changed the direction of the sword and it followed peters movement. Peter had to stop his counterattack and blocked the incoming sword with his and was pushed back from the force of the attack.
"Peter, why not use your magic, it will help you with your coordination, between attacks," Alex suggested as he prepared to attack.
"That won't be fair to you," Peter said readying himself. Alex then released his battle aura and covered his body and sword.
"Don't worry, I got it covered," he said and launched with a thrust with an incredible speed but Peter still saw it coming. Soon a fireball shot towards Alex and he pierced through it not stopping his movement, but that little distraction gave Peter cover to dash to Alex's side casting another fireball to attack his legs.
Based on how fast Peter's casting speed was, Alex did not see the second fireball until it hits his left thigh, stopping his attack a little. Peter stood three meters in front of Alex, with his sword ready to attack and a thunderbolt and fireball at both sides of him.
They both charged at each other again, but this time their speed increased greatly, trying to end it in one go. Alex attacked with a side swing and Peter halted his movement, letting the sword pass inches away from him before bringing down his sword to hit Alex's right shoulder. Alex moved to the side allowing the sword to pass him, but was attacked by an incoming thunderbolt and moved most of his aura to his face blocking the spell.
That is one advantage of gaining an aura; you can use it to block an incoming attack, from a magic attack to a physical attack. Alex took two steps after blocking the spell and Peter gave him a whip kick at his right shin to shake his balance. Because of the aura, the kick was not that effective but it did make Alex lose his balance a little and Peter made a downward slash. Alex bent his knees as he blocked the attack with his sword, but took the opportunity to punch Peter at his midsection.
Peter took three steps back and Alex used the chance to get up. Peter sent two fireballs to Alex, which he deflected to the side with his sword and dashed to Peter. They met head-on and exchanged blows with Peter mixing in both magic and sword attacks.
"Time to end this kid," Alex said and gather aura to his wooded sword, which means he is about release an aura sword strike. Peter knew he could not take on the attack, so he wanted to try a sword technique he has been practising 'thunder clap'. The skill gathers current on electricity to his sword, which he can release in a split second or use to boost his speed and attack his opponent.
Current began to circulate through Peter's body and electricity was moving around him like tiny white snakes. Alex dashed forward with full speed in forwarding thrust and Peter channelled mana in his boot, he use flames like a rocket shot forward with a right swing.
"SWORD THRUST!", "THUNDERCLAP!"
Two voices were heard before the two of them met each other's attack head-on.
"BOOM"
The attack sent shock waves around the training ground, shaking some of the trees. Alex was sent back ten steps and was on his left knees, there was a straight line on the field, which was made by a sword trying to stop him. He did not expect Peter's attack to be so strong that he was sent flying and even his sword was cracked after being covered in the aura.
Peter was sent flying five meters away and was on his knees with his right hand holding his sword trembling and two golden circles behind him means he has advanced into his second circle.
"I didn't expect your last strike to be so powerful, if I didn't put enough power in my attack, I would be having a bloody right hand right now," Alex said and tried to get up resting his weight on his sword. Peter was still on the floor, he was exhausted and panting heavily.
"Any more of your aura attack and I will pass out right here right now," Peter said as he looked at Alex walking toward him. He was tired, the difference between an aura knight and a beginner was so large, but he managed to close it a little with the help of his dragon physique and magic.
"Don't beat yourself up, you did quite well facing his sword attack and you even advanced to the beginner's last stage and got to your second circle, I must say you are a monster," the king said from the balcony. His voice was so clear, that you would think that he was beside us.
"Thank your majesty for this opportunity and sir Alex, thank you for all the training and spar section, I will never forget it," Peter said and bowed to the king and then to Alex. Alex helped him advance quickly and improve his sword art to the point he is now, even though he was been trained in the sword king realm and knew various techniques, if not for the spars he will not be able to tap into those swords art.
"Go and show those cheeky bastards what real swordsmanship looks like, I can't wait to hear about the destruction you will cause," Alex laughed as he patted Peter's shoulder, they both walked away from the training ground and Peter went to his room to take his bath and change his clothes.
"The academy, I hope you are ready for me," Peter said before he slept off.