A huge impact destroyed the area, and suddenly Carolina stopped her power as she gave a little pinch on the right side of Arcus's cheek.
"Good work you have done a great job in fighting me and forcing me to use the huge extent of my power, I like guys who are strong, so if you pass this exam I am sure you will pass because you gave me a good fight after all, then join my squad I will take care of you," Carolina says as she gets closer to arcus's right ear, her eyes shining like black pearl along with her white fangs as she was talking.
Arcus tried to speak to her flattery, but that information was almost too much for him. Firstly, a few seconds ago he was about to die at the hands of this fierce opponent and now the same girl had a bewitching smile making his heart skip a bit, Her cute white face along with her facial expressions were too much for even Arcus, normally he goes out with many woman none of them had that much attractive aura like her.
Arcus didn't realize it yet but he had a thing for strong women and now that he had been defeated by one, instead of feeling defeated, he had developed a feeling that he wanted to be strong like her.
"wait why are you not speaking did I hit you too hard with my last attack, let me give you a check, I hope you don't get a fever or something I can tell this is your first time going all out," worrying that arcus may have got fever due to being low in magic Carolina gives him to check with her hand.
arcus felt his heart race much faster than as soon as she touched his head, all of the pain in his body vanished, to make sure his heart didn't burst out of his chest he decided to speak, "No lady Carolina I am ok, even though at one point I thought I might die thanks to you, but believe me I am doing fine right now, however, I can't move a muscle now."
"What can I say, I have to admit I got a little ahead of myself by using that much power on the trainee, but you can't blame me for everything You were super determined to defeat me, so as a reward, I will give you a piggy ride back to our friends, then will you forgive me for being rough on you right?"
Listening to her first few lines, Arcus felt happy that she was honest about her mistake, which made her charm shine more but as soon as he heard her say piggy ride to his friends, his mind went blank he did not hear a single word after that
"Wait, so I can get that lucky today, first I got to fight with her and learn a lot from her, now she is even offering me a ride, she is an angel, " Arcus was thinking about being lucky but suddenly a train of thought came to his mind, 'hu, but how will that work even though her build is good but she is half of me size, even if she gives me ride easily since she is so strong but what will happen to my mind how will I handle being so close to her, is it ok if I touch her? she is not doing to get angry, right?'
Cat girl was looking at his reaction and she noticed that Arcus was getting red face while thinking something, "Hey hey, don't go thinking I am giving you permission to touch me as you want, I will throw you in the river just like before."
Seeing her devilish smile, Arcus speaks hesitantly, "No way I am not that kind of guy, I was just thinking will you be okay, I mean you are half of my size."
"oh this half of your size just kicked your ass that had a few moments ago, don't worry but were you not thinking something naughty?" carolina asked him with surprise.
"Hu Well to be honest I do, but I will control myself I promise, we don't have any other way either."
Carolina did not accept such an honest reaction from him, her heartfelt little excitement at his answer, "Oh wow such a cute honest reaction, guess what if you join my squad, then it might give you a better chance than this, so make sure to choose mine."
"Hu what kind of deal is that and what kind of better chance," Arcus couldn't control asking questions to her.
Who knows you have to join first to know, Here don't waste time let us go; Carolina helps him stand up and then climbs him on her back.
Arcus did not have any strength left in him so he barely stood up with her help, and pausingly climbed on her back, Even though she had a strong body she felt super soft to him her arms were slender yet strong, and her black hair were sometimes touching his face, she had beautiful sweet fragrance but it hardly looked like she ever takes care of herself because of her scars on her hand and front body, indicating that she never runs from a fight, she is a natural beauty and one thing arcus felt deeply about is her way of showing herself, she did not try to hide her scar, instead she shows them openly, normally woman are super cautious about their looks but she didn't care about that.
after reaching half of the distance Carolina felt bored because Arcus was not speaking a thing, so she spoke to him teasingly: hey dude make sure to control your body parts if I feel something popping out on my back you will die today;
Even though that was a joke from her side she didn't know that she had pointed out something that had been not in his mind because he was busy looking at her characteristics but now his mind started to think in that direction, he thought to himself: it is ok my little brother, please control yourself once we get home I will get you best girl in town;
Somehow he managed until they reached to resting area, he felt that these few moments were more dangerous than his complete battle with her.
Luke and Sasha felt relief as they saw their friend was okay and even looking fine because he stood up as quickly as possible as soon as they reached to them.
but they did not know, that his life was on line he was barely holding himself back.
Looking at how quickly he jumped up from her, Carolina spoke: What happened my junior Now you have the strength to stand up, Were you faking it earlier, Huhu answered me; she poked him with her finger on his face.
Sasha and Luke were looking at both of them with surprised looks and thinking when did they become so friendly, they did not know about the conversation that happened between them after the match, since the screening ended with a battle.
"OK guys it is time for the second battle," reivant spoke from the other side as he walked by the noisy group, "You two can rest now, Carolina you look pretty fine Go and report his data to that dam Edwar and you injured guy Go to that resting area in right, both of you his teammates help him."
listening to his order Luke answered militarily with a loud voice: yes sir, so do I also get ready for my battle sir?;
"Yes my sword is also itching to go all out, but who knows what kind of weapon we might decide to use, I beat it is not a sword, no newcomers dared to challenge me for dual with my sword until this date," Reivant spoke with loud and disappointment look
He walks to a certain distance before looking at Luke and then gives him a cold, chilling smirk as if he is saying Can't wait to go all out on you.
Sasha felt a chill down his spine as she looked at Reivant, Looking at Luke she asked him, "Luke this guy has his vibe as he will kill you if he gets a chance to, So be careful."
"Yeah I know Sasha I can feel it, it is going one of the hardest battles of my life, If this guy is not even top-ranked yet even though he knows a lot about magic and even ancient history, then what people above him will be like, this kingdom is no joke, they are powerful that is why they have survived fighting those monsters," Luke fills her with thoughts that have been going in his mind.
After taking Arcus to the medical camp, he returns to get ready to fight by doing some warm-up with his double-aged sword before he leaves Arcus in the hands of the medical team, his friend asks him to win no matter what and Sasha standing behind him hits on his shoulder and gives nodes as she agrees with arcus, that makes Luke more determinant than ever.
Just like that both of the opponents walk to the battlefield, mostly filled with nothing but plain ground, There was nothing that could be used to hide or even cover from enemy attacks.
a well-situated ground for a person like Luke because he mostly fights without hiding or taking cover because according to him the best defence is just to analyse your opponent and attack on their weak points.
but the problem is reivant he is a mystery to Luke, he only knows that he has a legendary sword that can amplify his fierce attack on his opponents?, will he use it, how much powerful is his attack? different questions were jumping into his mind as he was walking towards battle.
However, reivant seems pretty chill, he does not even seem to be worried about his fight in the slightest, he is even enjoying himself as he sees beautiful scenery around him.
Luke decides to think about becoming mentally prepared for the upcoming battle instead of thinking about his opponent.
As both of them walk by the deep forest following a trail that has been naturally made, they reach a wide ground with a little bit of greenery.
reaching a destination Reivant takes a look at his surroundings and says,'' Good place to fight, you can see your opponent from far away making your battle direct and easy, well it does not matter what kind of battle is it, I will not let you win young guy but I liked your techniques in previous battle I might have to use my full power on you."
Luke listening to his confidence talk along with his praises, he replied," I will try to do my best, I am not saying I will defeat or something but I will complete my promise to my friends."
Reivant gives a surprised look to his future enemy and smiles as if he has heard something pretty good," Wow son for a newbie you are pretty confident, I am starting to think I might lose." he says jokily.
As their talks were going on, Edwar from the other side spoke to a new team that was going to fight, "OK good that last battle was not half bad I might change my viewpoint of you new guys if you win, so all the best you guys know the rule, now choose your weapon,"
Reivant looks at Luke as he hears about choosing a weapon to fight and speaks," Choose it, young man, It might help you win against your future senior, You can boost about that when you join the army, but let me tell you that has been happen only ones, so let us see if you are lucky and strong like that person."
Luke thinks about his offer and he also wants to ask about that one person who has been able to reach such a feat, but he decides to give more focus to his upcoming battle, after thinking a while he replies with one word 'sword'.
Reivant surprised by the choice he had made, asks Luke," Are you sure, Don't you know I am super good with my sword and if I use my sword, there is no way for you to fight."
Luke thought about the things that Reivant had asked but he had a reason, he is good with many things, like the spear he used in level 1 or even mace(extremely top-heavy, so much that it would be impossible to use effectively as a weapon. but can cause huge damage if used correctly, the best weapon against sword ) and many more.
but when he asked himself about the weapon he had been using since he first joined the army, only the sword came to his mind, he learned about the other weapon because he wanted to become a perfect soldier who is not dependent on one weapon, however, when he uses the sword he feels like it is part of his body.
"Sir it is final I have my reason, I want to fight with a weapon that makes me feel like I can give 100% even if I have to admit defeat in front of you because of that,"
Reivant feels excited as he feels overwhelming determination and his will to fight with everything he has, "OK good finally a true warrior, Let us see if you can keep your word about giving your all or it is just a word coward who likes to speak big things."
Edwar stops Reivant to speak further as he cuts down his negative talks," Stop it don't spoil my mood, just fight and be done with it, you are always so dramatic."
"I am not, it is you who are boring and don't know how to enjoy life, Just look at this opportunity, I might get to see a great fight with this guy, just like carolina had it with his partner and as I have seen his talent he might show me something more amazing."
ok ok you battle freak just get over with it I have other things to do as you know how busy I can be," Edwar replied to reivant with a big yawn.
Reivant doesn't speak further as he knows it is futile to talk with this guy.
Both of the opponents take fighting positions and Edwar says to start a fight.
Luke attacks head-on with his sword and Reivant also takes a defence stance with his sword to tackle it........................<..>