[Third Person POV]
After everyone left the arena, Arlo joined Ryujin and Lily. He made a silly face as he looked at Lily
"Don't you think there is a fine line between flirting and straight up harrasing your student."
"Don't tell me what to do Arlo. I am
not your girlfriend not your sister so you could order me."
The Champions were not the best of friends, specially these two. Both of them hated each other guts. Now Ryujin had to train with these two. Just the thought made his headache.
"There is no point in talking with you Lily."
"Then don't talk."
Both of them were sulking with each other. It was hard to believe these two were the estemed Champions.
Arlo looked away from Ciel.
"Any way. Lets not waste any time with such worthless discussion."
"What worthless!! Do you think talking with me is worthless? "
Lily got even angry. Ryujin was enjoying this show a bit now after all this whole situation was like that of a drama.
Arlo also couldn't control himself anymore.
"Huh! Do you always have to argue with me? I meant that least not waste any yime. I didn't say you are worthless."
Lily got closer to Arlo and shouted at his face.
"I don't argue with you. You always start the conversation like that. Just your presnece make me feel angry."
"My presence make you angry so what am i supposed to do disappear?"
"Yeah! Just like what you did 9 years-"
Lily stopped talking before she crossed a line. Arlo also lost his composure a bit. The past always stings in the worst spots.
The atmosphere got awkward real quick. Both of them were angry and ashamed of their behavioir but they just couldn't act composed when they were near each other.
"You guys are like the couples who are enemies at first in a drama but slowly fall in love with each other."
Ryujin was the first one to sepak and herdropped a bomb when he spoke.
"Its nothing like that."
Lily and Arlo said at the same time.
"See. You two even have the same thought process. Maybe you are not here to train me but to make me a mediator between your love quarrel."
Ryujin teased the both of them and was having quite fun doing so.
" You are wrong very very wrong. I wouldn't love his fave in a million lifetime."
"Same. Her face is just not my type."
Both of them denied Ryujin's allegation but Ryujin's sixth sense was on the apot.
'Heh! So both are hardcore tsunderes.'
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Lily and Arlo settled down their argument. It took quite a while and wasted a lot of their time...excpet Ryujin, he was enjoying every bit of it.
"Ahem. Sorry for wasting your time Ryujin. As you have been informed me and Lily over here will mentor you but you have every right to decline our offer."
"No! Its an honour to be trained by two legends."
Arlo and Lily smirked when they heard legends.
"You are a mage and can use a knife as well. Lily will train you on magic while I will refine your physical prowess."
"Ok."
Lily stepped infornt of Arlo. She walked towards Ryujin.
"Lets begin the training now, at first tell me-"
Arlo interrupted Lily.
"He is injured."
Lily was about to say something but Ryujin stepped up before their quarreling could start.
"I can train but lets not do it in excessive."
Lily just smirked at Arlo and he clicked his tongue.
"Ok. Then attack me using your knife. You are not allowed to use your Divine Ability but you can use whatever items and relics you have.On the other hand I will not use any weapon and only use my magic."
Lily wanted to test Ryujin's ability and talent. Obviously, he is powerful with his Divine Ability....so much that even Lily was hesitant to fight with him when he used Kairos.
'Lets see if the dragon is actually a dragon or just a lizard without his Divine Ability.'
Ryujin took of his jacket.He was wearing a white t-shirt underneath it.Both of his arm was covered in bandages. Lily clenched her fist when she saw Ryujin's state.
'How weak have we gotten for a kid like him to step up?'
But still she wanted to test him.
Ryujin took out his knife from the system ring and an item that he had created but didn't get the chance to use yet.
It was the hand wrap he made from the skin of the boss he killed in the Naga dungeon. He made it so he could use it on the mock test at first but he forgot about it.
'I am sorry my creation. I won't neglect you anymore.'
The hand wrap was white in colour. The wrap automatically moved out from the ring and started to wrap around Ryujin's hand. The handwrap was moving itself and was stacking itself on top of the bandages.
Lily and Arlo were impressed by how Ryujin was wrapping the wrap. Both thought that he was using his magic to wear the wrap
but it was the system that was doing the work.
After he was done he looked at Lily and asked her.
"So how do we decide the winner?"
" To think you want to win even in this situation. Alright then."
Lily then drew a circle around her.
" Get me out of this circle in 10 minutes and you win otherwise you lose. Is that ok?"
"That sounds vood to me."
Arlo just stayed back to watch the fight. He was worried and excited at the same time.
'How will he fight when he is unable to his best weapon?'
Lily gave Ryujin a taunting smile.
"Now! Attack me Astrik's Dragon."
Ryujin immediately rushed towrads Lily. He swung his knife towards her head but was immediately pushed back.
Ryujin was fast for someone of his rank but for Lily and Arlo he looked like a turtle. Lily could clearly see each of his movement and predict every moves of his.
This time Ryujin fired a wind spell towrards her. The spell was immediately stopped infront of Lily and disappeared.
Ryujin then casted a fire spell but the same thing happened. Lily was getting bored a little.
"Is that all there is to your power? I am disappointed if that is the case."
He didn't reply. He was calm and collected...cause there was no need to rush. He needed a single chance and his sixth sense was already giving him millions of possibilty to win against Lily.
This time Ryujin poured a little bit of his mana to his handwrap and increase his strength. Lily could clearly see him doing that.
'He will throw his knife.'
And as Lily predicted Ryujin threw his knife straight at her. She used her magic to repel the knife back but for some reason the knife wasn't being repelled.
Lily had to dodge that attack. A bit of delay and she would have a sratch on her preety face.
' I am sure he didn't use anti magic so how was my magic repelled?'
Ryujin didn't use anti-magic. He didn't know how to do that unless he used Rune language.
Lily was ready for another attack but her she could feel another attack from the back. She ducked and the knife missed her neck. She took a closer look at that knife and saw the knife attached to a small string.
Ryujin grabbed the knife and the string absorbed back itself in the handwrap.
'So he coated the string with mana as well. Thats why even if the knife was repellled the string's strength pushed it forwards. Pretty impressive.'
Then two magic circles formed around Ryujin's hand. He was going to cast a wind magic and fire magic simultaneously.
Lily was getting ready to block the attack but instead of firing the spell Ryujin rushed towards Lily.
Lily used his telekenetic powers to push Ryujin but he stood his ground. His speed got even slower. He enchnated his shoes with haste spell but still he couldn't break across the tremendous force coming his way.
He rotated his body and the pressure around him was going away. Lily was shocked seeing Ryujin's mana application.
'He countered my mana by using his own mana and used centrifugal force to push away my mana.'
Ryujin was rotating like a spin top and was near Lily. Before he could swing, Lily increased her mana output.
"Arghhh!"
Ryujin was about to be blown away and even Arlo was ready to stop the fight but Ryujin used his spell.
" Ignition."
The fire was larger than a normal ignition spell because it was a combination of wind magic and fire magic. He used an ignition spell and once the spell was fired used the wind magic to enhance the fire.
Lily's whole body was engulfed in fire but soon the fire disappeared and Lily was still inside the circle without any injuries on her.
'The ability to synergize two magic spells is hard but his execution was near perfect.'
While Lily was admiring Ryujin's spell, he wasn't infront of her anymore. She couldn't sense his presence.
"Swish"
The sound of knife cutting through the air reached her ear. She turned back and saw the knife near her neck. The knife was again attached to a string. Lily grabbed the knife and Ryujin rushed towrads her.
He swung his fist at Lily. Lily tried to grab his hand as well with her palm. Just before the impact Ryujin opened up his finger and pressed it on Lily's hand. For a second the whole mana in Lily's palm disappeeared.
'Shit. Mana overload.'
Ryujin saw his chance and got his hand closer and just punched her stomach. Lily's whole body was covered in mana but still he was pushed back.
She moved only a few meters but that was enough she was out of the circle. Lily let go of the knife. . There were many moves she could have done to block that incoming attack. She could have thrown the knife back at Ryujin but had she decided to go easy on him and now she was defeated.
There was no anger in her face for her loss but only excitment.
' Excellent control on mana and his knife. Strength is on the low side. I might just have laid my hands on a SS-rank in making.'