Everyone in the magical weapons class began facing off against each other. Looking ahead, Kayden could see a male student coming towards him with both of his hands covered in water. He was a student who had a tidal class ability, one that allows him to form and control water at will.
Seeing this, Kayden had quickly teleported out of the way of the attack, and appeared right behind the student.
"Hah! You really think I'm that slow, do ya!" The student laughed, quickly turning around and delivering a punch, however, his punch had somehow managed to clash with Kayden's, with both meeting at the center between them both.
"Unlike others, I'm not here to play any games, and soon enough, I will challenge you, and take that goddamn position for myself!" He yelled, laughing like a madman as he began swinging and kicking repeatedly, using his ability to make his movements more dangerous and allowing him more opportunities to win against his opponent.
For one, it his water comes in contact with his opponent, he is able to control his opponent's movements, pretty much making them do as he pleases. Also, he is able to force the water into his opponent's body, making his control over his opponent much stronger and last longer.
Kayden had learnt about these trucks during the time he would spend at home researching about abilities. Knowing what his opponent was capable of, he had to make sure that he didn't come into contact with the liquid.
But that was easier said than done. There was barely much room to teleport to since it was occupied by a large number of students, and despite the large size of the room, he wasn't allowed to go too far from the other students, else the instructors would consider it an automatic disqualification.
He wouldn't be able to face off against any of the second years if that was to be the case, so he had to be careful with how far he would teleport from the other students.
Also, it wasn't like his artifact had an infinite amount of Mana that would allow him to continuously use it. Though he could transfer his Mana into it using the Mana control technique, for how long would he keep on evading? If that was all he did, then he would still eventually be beaten by either his current opponent or someone else. So, he needed to attack.
'With the way I am now, I don't really have much in terms of skills that can help me attack in combat. So far, all I have are my Mana, and those two skills i.had unlocked by completing quests. I really wish that the next time I receive a quest, that I receive one that grants me an offense skill that would help me out in situations like this,' he thought, using the skill to teleport once again.
Reappearing a few feet away, his eyes briefly locked with one of the second year students. Patricia was glaring at him, a deep frown on her face. She wasn't hiding the fact that she was displeased by being here. In fact, she never ever did anything to hide her emotions around here.
Not focusing on his current fight, even thiugh it wsd just for a brief moment, had cost him, as a wave of water had splashed him right on the face.
"You fool! I can't believe you actually just let me douseyiu with this water. Now, I am able to control you as per my will. Get ready to be my puppet now, wolf boy!" The boy yelled, laughing to himself as he began to show what his ability was truly capable of.
'Shit! I can't believe I had let my guard down. What's so special about that girl's face that made me pause for a second? Whenever I look at her, I feel like puking. She reminds me of a glowdown version of Kayla! Wait, why did I just think of Kayla right now of all times?!' Kayden was screaming at himself internally, and as he was unable to control himself, his head had turned, facing the direction of the red haired first year.
"What?! Even now! Now that I have control over your entire body. You still dare to look away from your opponent!" The boy yelled, creating more water and splashing Kayden with it. "Now, with this much amount of water in your body, I can make you do almost anything you're capable of.
"Now that you're nothing but a puppet, let the puppet master get to work! Haha!" The boy began to laugh, as he started to move his arms about.
'Wait! What's going on?!' Kayden's eyes suddenly returned toward stbe student standing before him. 'This boy, he's using his ability against me. But what do I do now? He's the one in control now. He can pretty much make me do whatever he wants now.
'Damn I'm such an idiot. How could I let myself get distracted so easily and during such a crucial moment?! Am I getting sluggish or something?' Kayden thought, realizing that he currently had no sort of comtrol over his own body anymore.
"Now, let's see that form that makes you one of the strongest, shall we? I hope you don't grow an appetite and decide to bite my head off while I'm here moving your sorry arse left and right. Wouldn't want anything bad to happen to poor old me, would ya?" The boy said.
'Of course, we wouldn't want anything bad to happen to such a nice person like you,' Kayden was resisting the urge to roll his eyes, despite the fact that he had no such physical urge to do so currently.
'I guess big bad wolf wants to play, only that this time it's an idiot that's calling out his name,' the next moment, and Kayden began to transform. Fur coated his skin, and his other physical features began to alter in accordance with the energy coursing through his body. It would always have this sort of effect on his body whenever a transformation was initiated.
[Host has transformed into a werewolf]
[Mana is currently being used to sustain this form]
[Once you have reached your Mana limit, the transformation will ultimately be cancelled]
Kayden had fulky transformed, and right as the student was about to force him to do something, another student had suddenly appeared, delivering a powerful kuck to the side of his abdomen, catching him off guard as the force behind the strike had caused his body to collapse against the floor.
"Ahh, I guess you're the first on my list of students needing a beat down," the student said, as he continued moving his arms.
"You must be crazy if you think you can beat a student like me," Shawn said, taking a fighting stance. "I know I don't usually say stuff like this a lot, but you must be freaking high if you think you can go up against the titan two and remain the same. I will show you why fools go to you when they are running low on foolishness," he said, glaring straight at the student.
'Man, Shawn really is on a roll with his trash talk, huh? Oh well, glad to see he's not all books. He actually knows how things work around here. Abd who knows, now that he's gotten involved, maybe there's a way for me to great out of that student's control,' Kayden thought.
'Hang on, what if I try using Mana control. However, instead of using the technique to control my Mana, what if I'm able to use to locate any foreign substance in my body, then draw it out, similar to how we would create mana aura? If I'm right, then I still have a chance in this fight,' and so, he began to concentrate, hoping that he could pinpoint exactly where the liquid was located in his body.
"It doesn't matter whether you're Titan two, Titan four, or even Titan one! Once my water touches you, you'll be under my control! Say bye bye to your sense of free will as you become my all powerful puppet!" The student yelled, as he had prepared to use his ability once again.
'If I teleport away from this attack, then maybe you can use that as an opportunity to somehow blindsight him and knock him out. I could just beat the crap out of him, but then what would happen if that water comes in contact with my body? I can't have what happened to Kayden happen to me as well,' he thought, as his body suddenly disappeared, causing his attack to miss completely.
"The fuck did he go off to?!" The student yelled, and the next second, he could feel an intense pressure radiating from right behind his body. Quickly, he turned around, only to have his face grabbed tightly, while being pushed forward and download, and his entire body now laid flat against the floor.
Reappearing right beside him, Shawn had his eyes wide open in shock upon seeing the person currently pinning the student against the floor.
"I guess everyone just wants to fight this kid today," he said, as the next second, he had gone off looking for someone else to take out of the royal rumble, not wanting to mess with the student who had just interrupted his fight.
"What did you say about being able to go up against the titan one?" Kayla asked, her eyes glowing bright yellow.
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I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. This is the second chapter I'm posting today.