Luca's P.O.V
I walked out to the arena while staring around the area. 'Whoa, they cleaned up the place... Huh, oh no'
I sighted Paul waiting just around his entrance while glaring at me with killing intent. But I just ignored it and pointed my left hand at him with my usual boredom expression on my face.
"Em, excuse me, I think you forgot to clean this shit stain right over there," I said as this triggered Paul, making him stand straight and reach for his sword.
"Why you bastard, how dare you insult me? Just because we lost the first round doesn't mean you can act cocky and think you can win!" Paul resorted out and started to make his way towards me, as I just stood there and stared with a non-amused expression on my face. "I will cut you down with my sabre and gut you like the pig that you are, this place shall be your grave!"
I just cracked a smile at his comment while he was pointing his sword at me, I placed my right hand on my katana and just continued to smile. "You know... I don't even know which one is more sad..."
I then hardened my eyes and glared at him.
"a dipshit like you... Or that twig you call a sword... And that cocky attitude you see is just an assurance that I've already won." I announced, but then Paul exploded from this comment and immediately started to charge at me with his sword out. "Wait you fool, they haven't even given us the go-ahead."
"I don't care, all I want now is to cut you down!" he charged at me, getting closer and closer but I still kept my ground and kept calm.
'Not now...' I thought to myself as I started to reach for my sword... 'not... Now"
"DIE! PIG!" Paul was now about to land a hit on me... Until.
"READY... FIGHT!" the general announced as a blast of air erupted from the area to reveal that I had already parried his attack with my sword... But the hit from that sword... The force could have done some real damage to me. I stared at the gaping crater made on the ground by Paul's sword... Though from the size of the sword, it would have been a lie that something that small was able to cause that much damage.
Paul tried to swing it at me, as I stood by his right side and yes it was like the sword was heavy, but... It was still light and the way he moved it was pretty skilled. I tried my best to keep my distance as I just kept on parrying his attack and evading, though it kept on getting harder to keep up, his moves Though rough were causing a lot of damage to the floor beneath us and limiting my movement.
"This fight is taking far too long than I hoped.' I thought while making a fast strike and making sure to keep him at bay for me to make a swift retreat back from him with about a distance of 10 feet between us. I landed with a squat and stealth my sword back as I readjusted my eyeglasses. 'Though I don't want to act recklessly, I wish not to keep the fight any longer... But how?'
Back at the observation room
Author's P.O.V
The General squinted his eyes as if trying to figure out what was going on in there...
'The Luca kid is just going on the defensive, evading and parring... He hasn't even landed any hits yet... Though Paul might be reckless, the destructive capabilities of his sword are quite amusing... It's not even giving Luca the time to attack... Let's see what he has in mind' the general tried to analyse in his mind as he became even more intrigued in the fight. The students were all in awe as they witnessed the battle in front of them
'though... They both are well-skilled... There's no doubt about it.' The general then Focused his attention on Luca who remained there and continued to observe Paul in the distance, Paul eventually tried to land a hit on him but Luca just kept on trying to maintain his distance from Paul. "That boy Luca... Aims to end this battle in just one strike... Still looking for the right time to strike."
The general then grinned at this and focused more on the screen in front of him.
In the 12th representatives waiting room
"Why is he running away?" Rin roared out in anger, as they all stared at the screen, although Trinity seemed to be meditating and controlling her mana presence in some sort of exercise way. "he can't be afraid of that twig right?"
"I don't think that's the case here Rin, maybe he's trying to just think of a way of dealing with this guy," Mark said with an unsure tone, but then dante came along beside Rin and squinted his eyes towards Luca in the screen.
"That Luca... Always lazy as usual." dante concluded and headed back to the couch to rest, as Mark and Rin turned their back to face the screen and we're now looking at dante with confused expression on their faces.
"What do you mean dante?" Rin said with a curious face, as dante just stared back at the screen and grinned at Luca's still bored expression on his face.
"he doesn't want to overdo himself Rin." dante said while still staring at the screen until he suddenly faced both Mark and Rin. "he wants to end it in just one strike."
Back to the battlefield
Luca's P.O.V
I kept on trying to dodge his attack, but then he stabbed his sword to the ground and caused the floor to shatter and lift into the air, This made me lose my footing and instantly get charged at by Paul
'damn it" I thought, as I tried to maintain my stability.
"YOU'RE DONE FOR PIG!" he cried out and started to bring his sword down at me, but I immediately turned and dodged the attack instantaneously this shocked Paul and then I proceeded to land a kick to his abdomen. Paul coughed out spit and skit across the rough ground into a chunk of stone from the shattered ground.
"You need to calm down and attack with sense," I said while maintaining my stance after the kick I delivered to him.
"SHUT UP YOU FOOL!" a roar from Paul erupted from behind the rock as I immediately felt a sense of danger and suddenly flipped up in the air to dodge a wind-based attack It shaved some bit of my tip hairs in the process and gave a clean cut to all the chunks of stones around the now rough terrain.
Paul came out and started to swing his sword at a distance from me, as the sword he held kept on releasing sudden shockwaves that could slice through virtually any object in the area. I tried to dodge and evade as much as I could but apparently, the rate he swung the sword was at an enormous speed.
"YOU CAN'T RUN FROM ME PIG!" Paul called out again and immediately sighted me on a large chunk of rock at a distance of 18 feet away, Paul just grinned at this and jumped into the air brought his sword up above his head and shouted. "GOTCHA!
"Weapon technique: infusion!"
"VERTICAL SLASH!"
A sudden gust of air blasted out of his sword and came down upon me, though I tried to dodge, my taking off foot still got in the way of the attack and got harmed. The clothes around my right leg were blown off and the rock I was on before exploded into many pieces, but then as I was up in the air, I changed my expression to a focused look and saw that Paul had no way to defend his self as he was still falling from the sky.
'Time to end this' I thought as I held my sword handle and started to use some of the rocks around me as a ledge to move better and faster.
'It seemed that if this fight continues, he will keep on finding new ways of using his wind attribute to limit my mobility... Indeed his techniques are rough... The power and resilience he holds is very remarkable.' I thought while making my way towards him, as he tried to create more wind attacks at me but I gracefully kept on dodging and evading while still reaching closer to him. 'Though it was obvious from the very beginning... I just didn't give a damn'
I finally jumped off one of the rocks close to him and before I knew it everything became slow as my breathing became harder and faster... Breath control, as I was now in his front ready to land my finishing strike.
"I can't let this fight continue any longer," I said and was about to draw out my blade... Until.
"Stay away!" Paul said with a bold voice, as I Immediately felt the air around him turn very thick and before I knew it a blast of shockwave surrounded him and launched me off him at blinding speed, though I used my sword to guide me from it but still felt the impact of the ground on my back.
'I see... So there's still more to this guy then... Alright,' I thought as I got back up from the ground and grinned...
"Let the real battle begin, Bring it on twig," I said with just enough loudness to make him hear it, This made him angry and charge at me.
"BEGONE YOU PIG!"
General's P.O.V
"yep... This just got more impressive." the general commented with a grin also.