"Don't be afraid. There's absolutely no way that I'll lose to him." Jerrick said with confidence that in the semi-finals he would go through to the finals to face Mariel.
"But you must be careful too." Bellany tried to warn her friend with good intentions.
"You can trust me, lol." Jerrick said, showing off his muscles with a great sword in hand.
"I'm counting on you." Mariel said with encouragement.
"If I defeat Chaos, after the Tournament is over, can we go on a date together?" Jerrick immediately offered a plea to her.
"Never!" Mariel replied.
Knock* knock*... There was a knock on the door to the waiting room.
"Mariel, Mom and Dad are coming to visit you." the male officer walked in while Deric and Claudia followed behind him.
"Dad! Mom!" Mariel said and hurriedly embraced her parents tearfully and introduced the other friends one by one.
"Hello, Deric and Claudia." Other friends said hello at the same time.
"Hello, Deric and Claudia could have met me on the first day of school. Jerrick, may I introduce myself as your son-in-law in advance?" Jerrick said with respect.
"Oh, it's Jerrick. We remember you. What should we do, Claudia?" Deric turned to ask his wife's opinion.
"We could let our daughter decide for herself." Claudia said, immediately turning to look at Mariel with a smile.
"Never!" Mariel answered immediately. This made everyone laugh and enjoy it.
"Don't worry, one day I will win your heart, Mariel." Jerrick said with hope.
"So, is there something urgent about Mom and Dad coming to see me? " Mariel turned to ask her parents, but she was pulled away from her friends to go somewhere nearby for talking in private with her parents.
"I watched this on television. The competitor named Chaos from the 4th ranked school is quite dangerous." Deric warned.
"This school taught dark magic too. Mom and Dad were quite worried that you would not be able to handle it. Everyone knows that this kind of magic has often hurt people a lot." Claudia explained.
"Claudia's premonitions are very correct as always. We came to see and warned you to be careful this guy." Deric said.
"Don't worry. I find a way to deal with him." Mariel said with confidence.
"In fact, we believed that you would be able to handle him but we still worried about your friend over there." Deric said, turning to look at Jerrick who was still talking to the others about the semi-finals that were about to start.
"Don't worry. Jerrick is strong enough and I'm pretty sure that he'll beat the guy who named Chaos." Mariel replied.
The atmosphere in the semi-finals became more intense. Cheers echoed loudly in every area of the stadium. The competitors recovered their full strength and were ready to continue fighting until the finals.
Mariel has to meet a rival named Sevas, a male student from the 3rd ranked school. The battle between these two people is very close. Each side used various strategies until they were exhausted. Mariel had a slight advantage over her opponent because she was more knowledgeable about elemental magic but was still at a disadvantage in terms of strength as she had to try to avoid direct attack. Otherwise, her own Qi will be lower than that of Sevas, but she chose to use her strengths in agility. She was so agile in attacking the opponent continuously that he was unable to respond as he had hoped.
"Why did you so fast?" Sevas said in frustration after continuously trying to slash his sword at Mariel, but he missed the target several times in a row.
"Because you are too slow, my dear." Mariel said, countering the sword attacks and it caused Sevas's continuous skills had to be stopped.
"It's not over yet!" Sevas still didn't give up in his efforts and time was starting to run out, until he had to start pulling out his special skill and using it before he never had a chance to use it again.
Qi Power began to form around Sevas, becoming a physical force that was several times stronger. He held the sword tightly with both hands and his blue eyes flashed, indicating that his body was filled with enormous power.
Scorching!!!!
Sevas swung his sword at Mariel with just one blow, causing her to stumble back even though she had already used her defense. Both of Mariel's hands holding the Dragon Slayer Sword were shaking non-stop by the pain from the attack a moment ago.
"Wonderful! Gathering all your power and adding it to your entire body until it caused a state of insanity, but this method is quite risky!" Mariel praised this idea.
"I must defeat you. We'll find out if my power runs out or you'll lose first!"
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sounds of swords colliding loudly throughout the stadium combined with the people's shouts of cheering made the two competitors even more excited.
"Surrender!" Sevas shouted loudly as he continued to slash his sword. Mariel, on the other hand, chose to remain calm and not give up on the onslaught.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
There is only 1 minute left in the final match. Sevas's insane strength was beginning to deplete, combined with the sweat that was pouring out of his body, it was very clear that his body was exhausted to the point of exhaustion. Mariel didn't let this opportunity slip away.
Mariel pushed her power to the maximum and used a fire sword to counter Sevas until he could hardly resist any longer.
Scorching!!!!
A single but powerful attack caused Sevas to instantly fall backwards and fall to the ground. Then, Mariel jumped up off the ground and grabbed the sword with both hands until all of its power was concentrated in the Dragon Slayer Sword, causing it to glow a fiery red color and cover the entire arena.
"It's over!" Mariel said as she slammed her ultimate flaming sword down at Sevas, who was using his sword to resist with all his remaining strength.
Clang!!!!!!!
A loud noise spread throughout the area until it caused a cloud of smoke to cover their bodies inside. Suddenly, the smoke gradually faded until a scene appeared in front of people: Sevas laid down and panting heavily from exhaustion. As for his sword, it was damaged so badly that it broke into pieces all around him. Mariel stood in front of him with a triumphant expression on her face.
"The first winner who go through the final for the Swordsman class is Mariel from the No. 1 School!" the judges' voices announced, as well as cheers from the crowd, including 1st school students.
Mariel gently grabbed Sevas's hand and pulled him up from the ground. He Looked at his sword that had been destroyed by his opponent and it could no longer to be used, it was a sign of complete acceptance that he had been defeated.
"You're really good. I hope you win in the final round." Sevas praised and caressed Mariel's right cheek with concern.
"Thank you very much." Mariel responded with a smile.
"If you want to have a traveling companion with you. You can always contact me every time." Sevas said immediately invited her.
"I'll think about this." Mariel replied, trying to preserve the other's kindness.
While walking down from the battle arena, Mariel touched the brooch once and the outfit changed into a cheerleading outfit as usual in preparation for cheering on Jerrick who was preparing to fight for the next round.
"Aren't you going to rest first ? Mariel." Bellany asked, worried because her friend had just finished fighting recently.
"It's okay, I can rest later. Now, I want to stay and support my friends first." Mariel answered.
"I'm so happy and full of encouragement now, Lol." Jerick said after walking out to the arena.
Jerrick walked onto the arena without any fear of the other person who was already standing there. A male student who was smaller than Jerrick but had fierce eyes and didn't afraid of the opponent who is taller than him and smiles at Jerrick with an irritating attitude.
"I heard that you finished one of the strongest swordsman class last round but I'm sorry that you'll have to end your fight this time." Jerrick intimidated his opponent as he turned his sword to full power.
"Lol, you really are so inexperienced, do you think that you can defeat me?" Chaos shouted loudly with a mocking expression.
"I'll show you!" Jerrick said with fury.
But Chaos's eyes suddenly turned bright red like blood and revealed a secret technique that few people knew about. Black veins bulged all over Chaos' face and body as enormous power flowed throughout his body.
"Dark Body Technique skill!!!" Deric said in surprise. Claudia also had a serious expression on her face.
"What kind of skill is it ?" Mania, who was sitting next to them, asked curiously.
"This technique belonged to dark magic that normally requires an adult to practice it successfully because it took a lot of effort and perseverance to practice. It could be said that...this skill is suitable for people with evil hearts inside. I never expected that there would be first-year students who could successfully complete this skill." Deric explained.
"I'm starting to get really worried about Jerrick now." Claudia said, apprehensive.
Scorching!!!
Jerrick rushed forward and slammed his flaming sword at Chaos, but he was shocked because the fire magic energy suddenly disappeared in a strange way when colliding with his opponent black great sword.
"In front of this Dark Berserk Sword Your sword is just a toy!" Chaos said with disdain.
Clang!
"Ouch!" Just one hit that made Jerrick spit out blood. The hands holding the sword began to tremble in fear and it began to take over his mind and slowly lost his confidence.
"Lol, I will defeat you in a short period of time. Your skill couldn't be compared to mine!" Chaos said as he slammed a dark berserk sword song heavily at Jerrick.
Jerrick tried to use various defensive techniques to fight without giving up, but he was only able to resist the continuous attacks and was unable to fight back at all. It was like an apprentice swordsman fighting against an expert swordsman who had his powers being clearly outclass.
"Where all your arrogance has gone from just now? Lol!" Chaos shouted in satisfaction as he single-handedly chased Jerrick down with his superior strength.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Jerrick's condition began to get worse after trying to hold on for nearly 10 minutes. His body was covered in wounds and blood was flowing from the body, but he still hadn't given up on this battle because he still believed that he had a chance to come back and win. He just wanted to be able to find the opponent's weak point.
"Jerrick isn't feeling well, Mariel." Bellany said but Mariel still believes that her friend can win.
"I believed that Jerrick is going to win." Mariel said.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of the two swords continuously clashing with each other. It was like there was light at the end of the tunnel for Jerrick as he found a weak point as Chaos attacked him.
Jerrick hurriedly concentrated all his power into his sword and narrowly avoided Chaos's massive attack. Then he hurriedly slammed his sword into the other's stomach with full force.
"I got you!!! Lol." Jerrick shouted with extreme joy because he believed that this final attack could definitely knock down the opponent, but the most frightening thing had already happened.
Chaos slowly looked at him with expressionless eyes but giving off a spine-tingling feeling that couldn't be described. Blood flowed from his mouth, but it was not as important as the Dark Berserk Sword that was glowing with black fury.
"I'll kill you!!!" Chaos said as he slammed his sword into Jerrick's chest with full force back.
"Ahh!!!"
Jerrick cried out in pain because he used all the power to his last attack a moment ago. There was not enough power left to block this action from Chaos.
The sound of bones breaking is loud. This caused Jerrick's body to begin to no longer respond to his brain's commands. He fell to the ground and the opponent began to attack him non-stop without mercy.
The sight of Jerrick's body being slammed with a sword by Chaos, causing severe wounds all over his body, caused a horror scene for the people whose watched this fight. Many people had to cover their faces in fear as they shouted to them that it was enough.
"Stop, I said stop!!!" The referee saw the bad posture and rushed in to stop the fight immediately, but it was too late.
Chaos clenched his left fist with full dark magic and punched Jerrick's face with all his might, knocking him unconscious and his face distorted. Several teeth were broken, and the nose was deformed.
"Jerrick!" Mariel said and rushed out of the cheerleading booth onto the arena, holding Jerrick's unconscious body in her arms with concern.
"What a poor guy, it should take a long time to recover, Lol!" Chaos said with satisfaction.
Mariel stared at the opponent with angry eyes. Bright red eyes appeared, like Chaos's, until he could feel a cruel aura radiating from Mariel's body.
"With eyes like this, do you want to be another victim of mine?" Chaos asked.
"Then we'll see!" Mariel shouted back without fear.
A field medical team rushed to take Jerrick away from the battlefield. As for Mariel, she touched the brooch and immediately changed from her cheerleader outfit to swordsmanship outfit and cast the Dragon Slayer Sword for the upcoming final battle.
"Both of you, the final match will start in one hour, wait for it!" the referee said.
"Hurry up and check on your friend at first, silly. Lol." Chaos laughed happily and walked back into the waiting room on the other side.
Mariel rushed to the infirmary to check on Jerrick's condition, as Jerrick's parents were soon on their way.
Mariel held the other's hand tightly in concern and said in a trembling voice.
"Don't worry. I will defeat him for you, I promise!"
Suddenly, Jerrick slowly opened his eyes and turned to look at Mariel with a distorted face, while the medical team was still closely caring about his injuries.
"Ma..ri..el....You...will...win." Jerick tried to encourage her.
Tears that slowly flowed but were filled with the strength that was sent to her. Mariel gently kissed Jerrick's forehead for his encouragement this time. Then she walked out of the room and gave Jerrick a thumbs up as a guarantee of the final round this time. She will definitely win this final match.
At the final battlefield for the First Year Swordsman Class, Chaos and Mariel stood face to face with their swords at their highest magical power.
"The first-year swordsmanship competition has begun!" The referee announced in a loud voice that echoed throughout the area.
Clang!!!!!
The sound of the Dark Berserk Sword and the Dragon Slayer Sword colliding with such full force that it made a loud sound and shook the entire arena.