It seemed like they were always ready to intervene at the exact moment. This time, the boy lost his advantage and had to think of another plan to fight them. The boy smiled when they came together against him.
Quick as lightning, he dodged the spearheading towards him with impressive footwork. This brought him face to face-with the blonde. The girl was quick to lunge at Kayden.
The boy responded with a strong horizontal blow at high speed, with enough force to make the rapier rise into the air. Before Kayden could land a good blow on her, a spear appeared in his peripheral vision.
The boy smiled, causing a bad feeling in both of them. Stepping back, he parried the spear with his katana and, at the same time, blasted a pop flash at his back to stop the blonde from coming at him fast.
Once again, he found himself in the situation of receiving a fireball directly in his face. The only difference is that this time his katana cut her in two and, surprising the spear user, he delivered a deadly blow to her neck.
This time, there was nothing she could do. Before the girl was beheaded, the judge removed her from the arena. Kayden didn't have much transcendence time left if he wanted to maintain a good physical state for the next fight.
So, even though several parts of his body were burning with burns, he didn't even lose concentration. Turning to the blonde, he used a concentrated beam to get the girl's attention.
He knew he didn't have many chances of landing this attack. Even though it was called lightning, it wasn't something fast. It traveled like a small bird. It was fast, but not very fast.
As soon as the two were close to each other, they began to exchange blows. Kayden focused on the side where the girl's shoulder was injured, and every time she defended, her hands shook.
Little by little, Kayden pushed the blonde to her limit. Kayden had already turned off transcendence and his body was starting to become sluggish in its movements. After using the spell for a long time, he learned to respect his limits and the rebound.
As long as it was not used for a certain amount of time, he would be able to heal normally, as if his body was just tired after a long marathon.
Using a combination of pop flash and concentrated beams at close range, Kayden made the girl almost exclusively defensive. Finally, after many blows, he caught her off guard as she was paralyzed by concentrated lightning.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he delivered a decisive blow to her chest that would practically divide her into two halves if it weren't for the judge's intervention.
"It took a while, Kayden", Astolfo's irritating voice rang in the boy's ears. This made him realize that the rest of the enemy team had already been eliminated. It wasn't surprising at all considering it was four against three.
But the impressive thing was that this battle didn't even last two minutes. It was extremely fast for a battle on the second day. The audience's screams entered the bubble, making Kayden look around in a daze.
There were thousands and thousands of people shouting his name and that of his colleagues. For the first time in his life, he felt one of the most intoxicating emotions humanity has ever had: fame and glory.
Not even alcohol or other drugs were capable of taking a person to this ecstasy of emotions. Moved by the heat of the moment, Kayden turned to the side of his school, where more people were shouting his name and that of his team and bowed.
Similar to an orchestra when a good show ends, his gesture led the crowd to scream even louder. Unfortunately, all good things don't last long. Kayden watched as the officer came to get them.
As soon as they stepped in, they were greeted by a completely enthusiastic director. For the first time, someone from his school had made it into the top thirty. There was no way to describe the emotion the man was feeling.
All he had to do was wave a fan and serve cut fruit in his mouth to Kayden's team. The next fight would put them in the top 10 or, if they were unlucky, they would have to fight again.
This time, they were able to rest for almost an hour before being summoned again. During that time, they watched several matches and practically knew the fighting style of all the participants in the championship.
Kayden was surprised that some of them were extremely experienced even though they were mere teenagers. Most were still average, but some escaped common sense, especially the mayor's son boasting his ninth rank.
As soon as they entered the bubble, they saw a team with four knights and a female magician. Each knight carried a giant sword, the only difference between them being the colors of their clothing.
Other than that, they were practically identical, all of their physical characteristics were simply identical, with no clear differentiation between them. It simply seemed like everyone was the same person.
Quickly, the five minutes of preparation given by the judge came to an end. This time, Kayden's team's tactic was to play slowly, since most of their opponents were melee, they would advance first.
And there wasn't anything else. The girl used an area acceleration spell on the four, causing them to run toward Kayden's team extremely quickly.
"Everyone is at least in the seventh realm," Kayden thought in surprise at seeing the speed of his opponents. His team only had two people in the seventh rank and Astolfo in the eighth. They were probably part of an elite school.
"Klaus, area attack. Solar and Lunar, speed on me and strength on Astolfo. Astolfo, your job is to deliver the final blows, I will create gaps for you", within seconds, a plan had been put together.
First, Klaus would paralyze his opponents with a hail of spells and then Kayden would step in between the four. It seemed crazy, but the more opponents he had, the better his technique performed, as he could simply take advantage of the remaining strength of a blow to deliver another at high speed.
As soon as his opponents got close to a certain minimum line, Klaus began to launch dozens of attacks against his opponents. Most were not fatal, but could easily weaken the affected area.
This short time was used by Kayden to activate transcendence and get close to his opponents. Right behind him was Astolfo. His first victim was the green-robed knight, a concentrated beam was thrown from his blind spot, paralyzing him instantly.
This opportunity was taken by Astolfo to strike his opponent's thigh, not causing a deep wound, but it was something irritating capable of slightly weakening the boy's movement.
Kayden walked past them and headed toward the other three. A smile appeared on the red knight's face, giving Kayden a bad feeling. He hadn't noticed, but he was quickly trapped in a triangle by the knights.