"Oh, it is my turn" Malik said as he stood up.
Lucy had been pouting since earlier because of the frustration from the sparring.
Malik took a battle stance and prepared for the battle.
"A tanker huh? I wonder how many attacks it would take"
Balor charged as he said.
Boom.
He threw a straight punch but Malik blocked it with both hands.
"Hoo"
Boom.Boom.Boom.
Balor then attacked consecutively with great speed. A normal huner would have broken all the bones of the hands if they were to take that.
But Malik seemed to be doing fine.
"Earth spike"
Spikes gushed out of the ground from both sides of Balor.
Boom.
Balor then broke them with his fists.
"Gr"
Malik took the chance and punched Balor who was busy dealing with the spikes.
Boom.
It sent him flying.
"Wow. he is strong"
Lucy was impressed.
"Hehe, you have a very strong physique"
"Earth axe"
Pieces concrete from the ground flied into the air and formed an axe in Malik's plam.
"Wow, you can make weapons from the ground?"
"Fire fists"
Flames also appeared at the fists of Balor.
Whoosh.
Balor charged at Malik with tremendous speed. Malik then swang the axe horizonally to attack.
Balor leaned his head backward a little just enough to dodge to the attack and threw a right upper cut punch at the guts.
Boom.
Flames came out from the back of Malik.
"Gr"
Malik swang again without minding the damage done to his body.
"Wow"
Balor had to desperately back off.
Whoosh.
The axe spinned and flied toward Balor with tremendous speed.
Boom.
Balor punched it to destroy the axe.
Malik made an enormous sword out of concrete now.
"Grr!"
Then he charged toward Balor and attacked with the sword.
Whoosh.Whoosh.
Balor dodged all the swings swiftly.
"The speed difference is too great" Lucy commented.
"He is just going to tire himself out at this rate" she continued.
"....."
Noah was just observing the battle.
Boom.
"What?"
Balor's foots fell into the holes on the floor and the holes closed up which made him unable to move.
It was a trap set up by Malik.
"So you were luring me into this by doing all those pointless attacks"
"Huff-huff, I win"
"No, my hands are still free and you haven't finished me off yet"
"What? You want me to kill you?"
"Haha, you think you can?"
"Grr"
Malik swang the sword horizonally to cut the head of Balor.
But the attack was repelled by a punch from Balor and the sword was completely destroyed.
Boom.
Balor then punched the ground to set himself free. The floor cracked and flames erupted from the cracks.
"Haha, you will need more than that to defeat a S ranker"
"Grr"
Malik did not know what exactly to do and tried to attack with a right punch.
"Haha"
Boom.
Before his punch reached Balor, he was sent flying by the right straight punch from Balor.
"Next one"
Balor said as he scratched something on the grading paper.
"Huff-huff"
Malik came back to the seat.
There were blood on his face.
"Did you break any teeth?" Lucy asked.
"No" Malik said as he wiped the blood from the lips with hand.
"He is in another league" he said.
"Well, he is a S ranker"
"I didn't expect them to be that strong"
The examinees went to the arena one after another and fought Balor.
"How can he still fight?"
"That is ridiculious"
"He's been fighting since the start"
"I wonder I will be like him if I become a S ranker"
"Keep dreaming,haha"
The audience was chatting carefreely.
But that is true. How can he not get exhausted after fighting all these people. He is a monster. It would be impossible for me to fight all of them one by one for a long time.
"Plate number 36"
The glasses girl from before's turn.
"The weird girl from before" Lucy said.
"I think her name was Casmine Fedrek"
"What...? How do you know that? That is creepy"
"N-no, I was making friends with the potential allies for phase 3 and she is one of them"
"Phase 3?"
"It will probably be a team battle"
"Wow"
These two are already buddy-buddy.
Casmine took out her magic wand and got ready for battle.
Mages are always in disadvantage against fighters and tankers who are melee attackers.
"Fire ball"
She swang the wand as she chanted the spell.
A fire ball the size of a basketball flied toward Balor.
"Fire element huh?"
Balor repelled the fire ball with his fist.
"Flames cord"
A burning chain came out of the wand and hit Balor.
Boom.
It exploded when it hit the target.
Boom.Boom.Boom.
It hit Balor consecutively with great speed.
Whoosh.
Balor charged toward Casmine while blocking the attacks.
It is over if he reach her. Keeping a comfortable distance is the key in battle for mages.
"Ack"
Balor aimed at her face with the right straight punch.
"Wow, he does not really have mercy" Lucy said.
Boom.
Balor stopped.
His body was shackled in fire chains coming out of the ground.
"Good, you did not forget about defending"
The chains wrapped him tighter.
Suddenly the whole body of Balor started burning with huge flames.
"She is really going to kill him" Malik said in surprise.
"No. that is not her flames. He is burning himself to break free" Lucy said whithout taking her eyes off the battle.
"Let's see whose flames are hotter"
The burning chains started to melt.
Boom.
The chains broke.
"Fire Fists"
Balor then threw rain of fire fists at Casmine.
"Earth wall"
Boom.
With the shaking sound of the ground, a wall pushed out of the ground and block the fire fists.
Boom.Boom.Boom.Boom.
The wall was barely blocking the attacks.
Boom.
It broke.
Balor personally destroyed the wall with a punch.
"Thunder strike"
Boom.
With the sound of the deafthening lightning sound, a blue lightning came out of the wand and hit Balor.
Balor blocked it by crossing the hands but it did some damage.
"It hurts"
"Thunder strike"
She shot it again.
Whoosh.
Balor disppeared from the place he was standing and appeared behind Casmine. Then he threw a upper cut punch at her.
"Ack!"
She did not have any defensive spell this time and closed her eyes because of fear.
Boom.
A huge thunder stroke from the sky. People could die just from the impact alone. It completely destroyed the arena.
After the dust fell, a standing figure could be seen.
It was Balor. He was still standing with blood coming out of all his body.
Casmine was passing out on the floor.
The audience was silent.
"She is strong"
"The impact could have killed us if it weren't for the magic circle"
"Is Balor okay? He is bleeding"
True. That attack was dangerous. Just like Damini, she is using lightning magic and her magic efficiency is excellent. The soul energy pool witch hat and a wand which multiply the magic power into a certain degree . They are all normal items which can be bought anywhere. She does not seem to have unique item and she is this strong.
"Ah" A sound came from Balor.
"Are you okay?" Joe called out to Balor.
"Yes, but she is not okay. She was caught up in her own magic"
"I will bring her to the infirmary. So can I leave the exam to you?" he continued.
"Leave it to me"
Balor then held Casmine in the hands and went to the exit.
"Okay, wait a moment. I will go get the staff to repair the arena"
Joe said that and also went out of the exit.
"That was crazy" Lucy was impressed.
"Next is your turn right?" Malik asked Noah.
"Wow, you are lucky that you only have to fight an A ranker" Lucy said with a little jealousy in her voice.
"...."
Joe then came back to the arena.
"Then, we will continue the exam"
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