As Raiku finished recalling, he continued to lightly spar. Looking at Nell he felt a weird feeling, he didn't know what it was, but he liked it.
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Later that day, in the evening.
In the colosseum, at the center with a raised platform.
Two old middle-aged men were standing in front of a ten-year old boy and girl.
The young boy taller, was about 5'5 and the girl 5'6, they stood together.
Raiku with his iron sword far too long to be called a sword sheathed hanging by his waist, and Nell with her spear hanging on her back.
While Draga, Mary, Yaris, Samus, Loid, Clara, Kaegar and almost everyone stopped their work today. To watch the event, as Draga allowed them today a free day, to watch it. So, everyone came and sat on the stands on the private colosseum.
In the past years of the history of this palace, this was the first time so many people had come to the colosseum.
"Raiku, Nell it's been 3 years. Today is the final test, to see if you have the right to graduate and not shame our names."
Lubert and Clement stood there holding their Iron sword and spear smirking slightly.
"What better way to test that than a battle of teacher and student" he said lightly,
"Who would like to go first?"
Raiku and Nell glanced at each other, in unison they said, "Both of us",
They had decided to graduate together at the same time or moment.
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Standing In front of Lubert, Raiku took a deep breath as he remembered everything that had happened. In these past three years, he had killed several thousands of Voris beasts. And accumulated experience fighting and mastering the basic 8 movements. Yet he was never once taught any martial arts except fighting life and death battles. He stood holding his sheath with the sword in it as he watched Lubert.
Nell, the same. Quiet as ever she stared at Clement, raising the spear in front of her while standing stably not showing any openings. After fighting for three years with beast and some spars with her teacher, she had found this base form to suit her. Through countless fights this form, the fruits from her fighting left no openings.
Raiku breathing in, he was calm. After fighting for three years and Draga's influence from the orbs, he had become a bit colder towards everyone else and calmer. Though he didn't show that to Nell~
Nell, on the other hand had become a bit different, she was still quiet with everyone; but she had become a bit chattier with Raiku even teasing him.
Standing on different platforms, cut by their teachers. Raiku waited as he stared at Lubert's movement. Normally fighting at full strength like this Raiku wouldn't have fought if he didn't have to. But their cultivation was suppressed, even though he could still potentially die as this was a fight and not a spar.
He had realized that when his arm almost got cut off while Draga watched, he said lightly
"Fights are a do or die"
Ever since then he had treated every fight as a do or die. While Nell followed his example.
"Begin."
Suddenly, Lubert Jumped as he slashed down with his weight.
BOOOM
His sword falling on the ground forming a small crater, though he suppressed his cultivation his body was still already refined!
Raiku dodging it, moved to his side about to thrust. Soon enough though he was forced to parry as a long sword heavily smashed on to his sword in the next second.
CLANG!
Pushing back, Raiku jumped back. But Lubert immediately up the pressure as Raiku was assaulted by constant attacks, not letting up even a single bit of opening to retaliate. The more Raiku parried, the more he was pushed back as he felt the strength of the attacks becoming stronger.
"Martial arts??" Raiku thought,
That's right, Lubert was using Martial arts to continuously beat down Raiku.
Raiku gritted his teeth about to do a risky move as he prepared to pivot and dodge, suddenly
[Tiger King's Fury]
"ROAR"
A tiger's roar sounded out with the sword, as every sword strike felt like the might of a tiger bite! Raiku instantly felt his arm getting numb from the attacks, as all the preparation he did to counterattack was ruined by the good timing of Lubert.
"Heh" Lubert smiled,
Raiku silently waiting as he was getting suppressed even more suddenly thrusted out with his sword, his sword sliding off and bouncing off Lubert's sword as it was pushed away, slashed at Lubert's face or so he thought.
Lubert suddenly positioned himself to grab Raiku's sword with his armpit, Raiku realizing this old tactic suddenly twisted with a horizontal slash.
"Oh" Lubert dropped his legs falling as he narrowly avoiding or so he thought, when a sword aiming to pierce his head came. He moves his head again narrowly dodging but as if the sword had eyes followed his head as it was about to land on the ground and a drop of blood flowed.
"I win." Raiku said smiling as he panted and dropped the sword to a corner. His arms numb from the parrying and attacking and changing movement suddenly on his attacks. He moved his head to look at the other arena with Nell still fighting.
"Indeed" Lubert said happily, he was proud his student could defeat him at such a young age. Which showed his genius potential for the sword!