"Let's decide on a Combat field!" Jack said out loud in front of everyone.
"A Combat field?" Mariel asked curiously.
"Yes it is. You are a new student, so you may not know yet. Follow me!" Jack said, leading Mariel to the middle of the field where was set up a white stone pillar about 100 centimeters there.
Wink*
When Jack touched the white stone pillar, he closed his eyes for a moment. The pillar slowly glowed white and spread out to form a dome large enough for a group of about 30 people to stay inside.
"Follow me!" Jack said as he walked ahead of Mariel until he passed through the transparent barrier dome, where the people outside could see the situation inside.
The dome then shot a white light towards both, targeting their bodies and was covered their school uniforms that they were wearing.
"This white light is a kind of magic power that coats our school uniforms to prevent them from being damaged or torn from a battle but it doesn't protect our bodies. Therefore, if you get attacked or injured, you will heal yourself. Lol" Jack said while laughing.
"So, can we fight yet?" Mariel asked, smiling confidently.
"Calm down, sweetheart. I haven't finished telling you the rules yet. The battle will have a total of 3 rounds and whoever wins 2 times first will consider the battle to end immediately. There will be weapons of every type for each of us to choose only 1 from them, choose the one that match to your class." Jack said that there were more than 10 types of weapons around him. He took out a medium-sized sword and prepared for battle.
Mariel looked around and saw that there was a large sword, a medium sized sword, a small sword, an assassin's claw, a magic scepter, a healing staff, a large, medium, and small bow. Nevertheless, there was a hammer and another spear to choose from these lists.
"Which one should I take?" Mariel seemed to think for a moment, stood and considered the various weapons around her.
"Pick one! You'll lose to me anyway." Jack stood with his arms crossed, waiting for his opponent with a slightly annoyed expression on his face.
Mariel smiled and reached out to pick up a magic scepter, then immediately turned to face Jack.
"Why did Mariel choose a weapon that wasn't match her class?" Claudia asked Deric curiously.
"She might not be serious yet and probably would like to know the other side's true abilities at first." Deric said.
"Mariel! Why did you do such something so risky like this?" Beatrix said with concern.
"Let's make an agreement first. If I win, you must become my boyfriend right away, Lol." Jack said while laughing at her.
"I agreed for your request! but if I win, you must promise to stop messing with me and my friends forever." Mariel immediately said.
"I agreed!" Jack agreed, and then they stood facing each other. Each side prepared to fight until a signal sounded.
"Round 1 begin!" An announcement from the barrier dome echoed throughout the area.
"You are just a female mage and you come to fight with me. Jack, the best swordsman in the second-year class, you are defeated!" Jack said and cast his fire magic power on the sword and rushed towards Mariel with speed.
"!!!!" Mariel was a little stunned that Jack was able to reach close to her so quickly.
"That's it! Brother Jack's lightning-fast attack!" his henchmen in the group shouted in excitement at their leader's first move.
The sound of the fire magic sword's power slamming into Mariel's chest. Jack had a smile as his opponent was hit so easily.
But...suddenly, there was nothing in front of him and was only fire magic that hit the barrier dome wall until it received a fair amount of damage.
"You are still weak, Senior." Mariel said as she floated nearly a meter above Jack. She used wind magic to create a small storm to lift herself up to avoid the attack from Jack.
Mariel immediately shot a ball of fire magic from above Jack.
"Ouch!" Jack boosted his power and slammed into the fire magic ball until the two forces clashed, causing Jack to stumble back slightly. Mariel stood on the ground and prepared another attack.
"So you stumbled back, Senior." Mariel placed the magic wand on her shoulder and sneered at seeing her opponent stagger back.
"I will beat you up!" Jack used his power to the max and fired several moves at Mariel in anger.
Mariel tried her best to defend. Even though she used a weapon that didn't match her own type, she was able to defend from fire sword attacks very well, until Jack became more and more irritated.
"Fire Pillar Barrier!" Mariel hurriedly conjured up a spell to block Jack's fierce sword strikes, causing flames to scatter throughout the area where they fought.
"Take this!" Jack reached his full power again and slammed the side of Mariel's body at close range once again.
Mariel suddenly had a serious look for the first time because she probably wouldn't be able to dodge this attack, so she quickly switched to water magic and then she conjured a large water magic shield on her magic scepter to block this attack.
The fire magic sword hit the water magic shield and its power was destroyed. Only a cloud of smoke was left floating around.
"Can you use all of fire magic, wind magic, and water magic together?" Jack exclaimed in shock because he didn't expect this first-year female student to be so knowledgeable about many types of magic.
"I got you!!!!" Mariel shouted.
Ouch!!!
Mariel stabbed Jack's stomach with her magic scepter and shot a water magic cannon that spun into a wave and hit him squarely in the stomach until he is bleeding, and his body flew far away and hit the ground.
"Mariel wins first round! " A loud announcement echoed throughout.
"Isn't that a cyclone water cannon? That's Unbelievable!" The four henchmen said at the same time unexpectedly.
"Excellent! Mariel." Deric praised while Claudia stood happily next to him.
"It isn't over yet." Beatrix said.
"Round 2 begins!" The voice announced again.
Jack slowly stood up with his back to Mariel as he was thinking about something in his mind.
"What is the matter with you? Don't turn around and continue fighting? Senior." Mariel said.
"Come to me!" Jack said defiantly even though his back was still turned.
Mariel was cautious, cast her water magic power on the magic scepter and rushed towards Jack. The aim was to shoot water magic at his back and defeat him in one move.
"I got you! What???" Mariel shouted but she felt a bad premonition that was about to happen.
Jack dropped his sword to the ground and used magic to summon something that slowly revealed itself in his right hand. It was a large sword that was Jack's individual sword. As well as accelerating the power of fire magic to the maximum and immediately turning to defend.
*The sound of fire magic and water magic clashing loudly*
As a result, Mariel was thrown far away and received some injuries from this action. The Qi in her body was completely agitated. As for Jack, his body staggered back only a little.
"Lol! how about you? Sweetheart. This sword can double the power of fire magic, so your water magic, can't harm to me at all." Jack shouted with satisfaction.
Jack boosted up his power once more and rushed forward, slashing at Mariel until she's barely able to defend herself. Mariel's magic scepter began to be damaged because she couldn't fight against this fire magic. Moreover, being just a basic weapon would naturally be at a disadvantage to weapons with much more power and efficiency.
The power of the fire magic sword slammed into Mariel's body until the bruises and burn marks became more and more evident.
"Take it!" Jack shouted as he slammed the power of his magic fire sword at Mariel, who quickly used her magic scepter to conjure up a protective water shield once more.
"Oh my…" Mariel cried out helplessly as the fire magic sword slashed through the water magic shield and caused a large wound in the middle of her body.
A lot of blood spurted out, but Jack still didn't stop attacking, using his left fist to punch Mariel in the face, causing Mariel's body to fly far away until she slid on the ground.
"What's the matter with you? Don't insult other so much!" Jack shouted angrily.
"Round 2, Jack wins!" The voice announced again.
Ouch*... Mariel coughed up blood but slowly stood up, blood continued to flow from her own chest without stopping.
"Give up and heal your wounds. You are just a woman. You can never beat a man like me! Lol." Jack said with a laugh.
"Senior Jack is the best, Yeah!" four henchmen shouted with joy.
Jack turned and gave his henchmen a thumbs up with a confident expression. Then he turned to look at Mariel again, but he was shocked because she used healing magic to heal her body until her body returned to normal.
"What? You can use healing magic too!" Jack said in shock.
Mariel took a deep breath before smiling coldly, then she slowly turned around to face Jack again.
"A woman! A woman! So what? Do you want to know how serious I am?" Mariel said with a laugh so terrifying that Jack felt strange goosebumps.
"If there is something good, show it! Don't waste my time!" Jack said defiantly but he began to feel more and more afraid.
"He was really asking for trouble." Deric said with a smile.
Suddenly, the atmosphere seemed to fluctuate and make them feel uncomfortable. In the sky, small black clouds began to appear above the barrier dome, until many people noticed this anomaly.
Mariel clasped her hands together in the center of her chest until sparks appeared around her. A red light like flames slowly flowed from both arms to the rest of her body.
"What is happen?" Jack said with confusion.
"It's a great honor to fight against you with my new sword. Come out! Dragon Slayer Sword!" Mariel shouted as the Dragon Slayer Sword appeared on both of her arms, then she lowered both hands and raised her right hand towards the hilt of the Dragon Slayer Sword. She raised this sword high above her head until a red flame shot through the barrier dome and into the sky. The black clouds split apart, and this indicated the enormous power of this sword.
The students were shocked by this phenomenon. Even Jack, who began to feel an ominous feeling in front of him.
"Are you a female swordsman too?" Jack said in shock.
"Round 3 has begun!" Another voice announced.
Mariel turned her fire magic power up to the max and charged at Jack, slamming the power of her fire magic sword with fierceness and force.
"Ouch!" Jack hurriedly used his sword to defend closely but because the destruction power of the Dragon Slayer Sword was so strong, his own sword even had cracks on it.
"I am serious now, Senior." Mariel said in a normal voice, but it felt terrifying.
Clunk! Clunk! Clunk!
The sound of swords clashing could not stop. Ten moves passed with Jack clearly at a disadvantage. Jack's sword had cracks on it and was broken in so many places that it was close to being shattered.
"I can't fight back." Jack said.
As for Mariel, she slammed several fire magic swords non-stop with angrily.
Wounds all over his body from being hit by fire magic without stopping. Jack couldn't fight anymore, and his body became so exhausted that he collapsed on the ground while resisting Mariel's insane attacks non-stop.
Mariel jumped over him, holding onto the Dragon Slayer Sword tightly with both hands and radiating all her fire magic power towards the sword. She prepared to finish this battle on him in a final attack.
"It's over, Senior!" Mariel shouted and slammed a large fire magic sword at him.
"I will not lose to you!" Jack doesn't give up, rushing his remaining strength to deal with it and slamming his sword back as well.
Clunk!!!!
The sound of fire magic colliding with full force until a red light shone brightly throughout the area.
"Ah!!!!" Jack cried out in pain. As a result of this fight, his sword was shattered and melted into ashes. Nevertheless, it also gave a long, serious wound from the top of his right arm all the way down to his palm. Blood spurted out non-stop like a broken pipe.
Mariel looked shocked. She hurriedly put the Dragon Slayer Sword into her right arm, then she came to check on Jack's condition immediately, with a not good expression on her face because she fought too violently and caused him to be seriously injured.
"I'm so sorry, I'll take care of you right away." Mariel said, quickly using healing magic until Jack's wound began to heal better. As a result, the blood stops flowing immediately.
Mariel touched his arm and using healing magic to heal his injuries, made an impression on Jack like he'd never felt like this before in his life.
The tenderness and warmth he received began to make Jack's heartbeat erratically.
Mariel nursed Jack's injuries until they were completely healed and helped him to stand up again. This ended the battle between them.
"Round 3, Mariel wins!" A loud voice resounded. Then the barrier dome slowly disappeared until everything returned to normal.
"I'm sorry that I acted inappropriately but you're really good." Jack said, looking slightly embarrassed.
"It's okay. Please, don't act like this with any other woman again." Mariel said, giving her a heartfelt smile.
It's like Cupid shoots an arrow straight into Jack's heart, causing him to fall completely in love.
Mariel turned to leave the field and looked at him with a smile.
"And don't forget your promise. You have to stop messing with me and my friends, goodbye." Mariel turned and said, winking with her left eye once before rushing towards Beatrix while leaving Jack standing still like a statue.
"You are very talented. I didn't expect that you are the 2nd generation of the Dragon Slayer Sword." Beatrix praised.
"I'm flattered. Let's go to the female students' dormitory together." Mariel said, holding Beatrix's hand towards her parents, who were waiting not too far away.
Jack was still standing there without realizing that his henchmen had already surrounded him.
"Senior Jack, what happened? Stand still." One of his henchmen said as he waved his hand in front of his face.
"I made up my mind! I'm going to make Mariel to be my girlfriend!" Jack said in the middle of the group.
"But you promised to her that you… Ouch!!! " his henchman said, but before he had finished speaking, he was hit by a punch on the tip of the chin, causing his body to float away.
"Keep your mouth shut! For me, when I meet someone like her, I won't give up!" Jack said, clenching his fists.
"I feel strange." Mariel said as felt like something sent a chill down her spine, it made her feel scared. But in the end, she didn't pay attention to this feeling anymore.