Before the blade reached the opponent's head, he was removed from the arena. Thanks to the judge's intervention, his only injury was a broken wrist that could be easily healed by any magician healer.
With no time to waste, Kayden turned to watch the battle. Klaus, with the support of the support mages, was holding his own against the two offensive mages of the noble team. Only the nobleman and the blond knight were left.
Kayden quickly turned to the blonde knight who was heading towards Astolfo. Using a concentrated beam with a low mana cost, the boy ran after the blonde. His spell was just to draw attention and take focus away from Astolfo's opponent.
And he did exactly as he intended when the knight turned to Kayden in surprise. He thought his companion would be able to buy a little time, at least enough for him to put pressure on Astolfo in a two-on-one fight.
He no longer had time to be surprised when the katana came like a torpedo into his side, forcing him to use the sword as a shield. When he tried to retreat, the next blow came even faster, forcing him onto the defensive.
Each blow he parried was soon followed by another even faster one. It seemed like the katana didn't need to build up strength for the next strike. That was very true. The technique the boy developed was based on his movements being reused.
Seeing that he would soon be eliminated, the boy decided to use his mana technique. Normally, knights specialized in cultivating the body, but most, at least those who had some talent, practiced some mana technique that could help them.
In the blonde's case, it was a wind technique capable of increasing his speed and reflexes. What demonstrated that he was using this spell were small green breezes surrounding his entire body.
Not only that, but he began to counterattack Kayden's blows. For the first time in a long time, Kayden was enjoying a duel. Without using his strength to end the match, he just took advantage of a fight using his techniques.
Unfortunately, all good things don't last long. Kayden received a small cut on his leg from a piece of metal. This finally made him notice that their fight lasted long enough for the other team's metal mage to get away from Klaus.
Not only that but Lunar was also removed from the fight, leaving this fight a four-on-four.
Sighing, Kayden decided to end their duel. The first thing he did was start putting his eighth rank strength against the blonde. Furthermore, it used several concentrated rays to slow its movement and open gaps in its defenses.
"He was joking," that's what the knight thought as he saw Kayden start to give it his all. His morale completely plummeted, as while he was giving his life to win the duel, Kayden was just taking it easy.
His defense fell in quality along with his morale and, in just a few exchanged blows, he was already full of cuts on his body. Even with the metal mage raining attacks on Kayden, he was still doing well.
Little by little, his blows were getting closer to finishing his opponent. Until a small slip in the blonde's posture caused a fatal attack by Kayden towards his neck.
Simple and easy, another opponent was removed from the match. At that moment, the advantage was completely on Kayden's team. The boy turned around and ran towards the metal mage at high speed.
The problem was that several pieces of metal were coming towards him, making it impossible for him to get closer effectively. Little by little, the boy began to take his fight closer to Klaus.
Without the woman noticing, they were practically next to each other, with Kayden reuniting with her team while on one side was the metal mage and on the other the lightning mage.
"Take care of the metal mage," with a quick command, they switched positions and Kayden found himself facing a new opponent. This time, it was easier to get closer, since there was no spell the mage could cast against him that would keep him away.
Well, there were several beams and balls of electricity being launched at the boy, but they were not able to slow down his movement, mainly because of his large size, making his trajectory predictable.
And while Kayden also threw his lightning, further disrupting the mage's life, finally, after a few seconds, he managed to get close enough to make it a hand-to-hand fight.
When the boy approached, his speed was too great for the girl to keep up. The first blow was horizontal and, even though she retreated, she still suffered a deep wound on her waist.
Without mercy, Kayden conjured a concentrated beam at point-blank range and, when his opponent was paralyzed, he performed a horizontal cut that would have split the girl in two if the judge hadn't removed her from the arena quickly.
When Kayden turned to watch the battle, he was surprised to see that only Astolfo was left, Klaus and Solar managed to eliminate the metal girl alone. The boy smiled to himself.
That was a good team. Even though Kayden and Astolfo did most of the fighting, their team was still able to hold its own when necessary. When he started to interfere in Astolfo's duel, he received a shout from his friend.
"Don't come, Kayden, I'm going to show this trash that he's just a little shit", Astolfo's tone was intoxicated. Kayden did not doubt that he lost himself in the emotions of battle and, oddly enough, this was common for Astolfo.
Astolfo and the noble were dripping with blood. While the nobleman had a ghastly-looking gash on his left leg, Astolfo had a large gash on his chest. Kayden didn't even know how the boy was still breathing.
Their movement was already weakened. Astolfo was barely defending himself while the nobleman wasn't even able to lift his ax properly. After a few minutes, the fight became boring for everyone watching.
It took a while, but finally, a winner had triumphed in this duel. The nobleman smiled victoriously when he saw Astolfo being taken out of the arena. Unfortunately, their happiness was short-lived.
Kayden threw a blow through his blind spot that ended up removing the nobleman from the arena. With the nobleman gone, Kayden's team celebrated their victory. They had entered the placements to receive the prize.
Even Kayden was happy this time. If he correctly utilized the prize, combined with the remaining mana stone, he could reach the eighth rank within six months. His cultivation speed was frightening.
Of course, he couldn't train or do anything else in his free time. It would practically be 16 hours of cultivation a day, but this way he could advance an absurd position for his age.
On this path, even reaching the wizard level before the age of 14 was not out of reality. Then an officer came to them to take them to the VIP area. This time, they no longer needed to fight that day.
Because those who qualified only needed to fight on the second day of the championship and there were only two fights if they were lucky. Otherwise, it would be three matches. The top ten could compete in the state championships against other cities.