At long last, Selena had finally landed a blow on Alexander who slid backwards at a short distance. The force behind punch was not strong enough to completely overpower him, but it had enough power to rattle him. It was an improvement based on how the match started initially.
"Yes!" Rai in excitement exclaimed as he stood to his feet.
"A clean hit! A clean hit! Selena has finally landed a blow!" Ford screamed at the top of his voice into the megaphone.
Alexander became furious, in the very least he had been playing with her all this while.
"You dare touch me peasant?" Alexander uttered softly with a low voice as he placed his hand on his right chin.
Selena had a smile on her face, she was happy with the progress that she made by finally being able to successfully land a blow. "I'm just getting started." She replied as she tightened her fists.
Alexander stood tall, the once laughable and tolerable facial appearance he had put on disappeared. All that remained was rage.
"There's a difference between luck and skill, yours is merely a case of me completely letting my guard down." Alexander said as be joined his two palms together.
"Don't get cocky, you inferior lifeform. Absolute Zero." He added.
High levels of wind pressure surrounded both of them swiftly, the wind grew colder and colder and soon a huge dome created entirely out of ice enclosed both Alexander and Selena.
Ford's mouth was left hanging open, the megaphone he held in his hand had fallen to the ground as he tried to understand what he was looking at.
Rai's eyes twitched several times on hearing the incantation "Absolute Zero". In this medieval world, they knew absolute zero to be an ability to freeze someone or something solid. But to Rai who had more indebt understanding to the concept, absolute zero is the complete stoppage to the motion of atoms. If a human being is ever to be frozen at absolute zero, he or she is considered lifeless.
"Stop!" Rai exclaimed on his feet as he knew the end results of what was about to happen.
The temperature within the dome dropped rapidly around Selena, Alexander possessed the ability to control the temperature within the dome so he was careful enough to not let himself be exposed to such dangerous temperatures.
Selena felt colder and colder by the second, her arms and legs became numb due to the constant exposure of her body to the cold. She jammed her hands together attempting to transmutate but it was of no use, the temperature within the dome had dropped all the way to -190.12 degrees Celsius. The movement of atoms had slowed down thereby her transmutation was rendered near ineffective.
"Now then.." Alexander dashed forward at Selena who struggled greatly to move as she shivered in the cold. He sent a blow towards her stomach and swiftly towards her right cheeks.
"Selena!" Rai exclaimed as he ran downwards towards the dome, even for an exam this was going too far, Ford knew this as well but there was nothing he could do as no law had been broken yet.
Alexander proceeded with a series of blows and kicks to the stomach and face of Selena driven entirely by rage. She spat out blood and groaned loudly in agony as she fell to her knees. Refusing to allow her a moment of rest, Alexander quickly grabbed her by the neck once again and lifted her in the air.
"Do you now realize your place in this world?" He asked, indirectly requesting for her to submit to him in order to end her suffering. The temperature had fallen down more than before to -210.89 degrees Celsius, it had almost reached absolute zero which meant any moment from now Selena would wind up dead.
"I-i'm... not done...yet." She stammered attempting to catch her breath and get a feel of her body as blood dripped from her mouth. Alexander scoffed, utilizing his ice construct abilities.
He imitated her previous ability and created a gauntlet out of ice. Using this weapon, he unleashed a barrage of blows at her which caused her to spew a large amount of blood on the ground.
"Selena!" Rai exclaimed as he leaped from the last step and aimed a blow at the dome. Given how reinforced the dome was thanks to the rapid drop in temperature, the structure of the dome became more firm rendering it difficult to break through.
Rai punched the dome repeatedly in order to save his temporal student but it was of no use, Selena couldn't even stand on her feet anymore. From afar princess Abigail watched with utter disappointment and displeasure, she couldn't interfere with the match even if she had the power to do so. For one this was no way to treat a lady.
"Do you finally realize your place in this world!?" Alexander exclaimed once again.
With a very faint and dull voice, a severely beaten Selena replied. "N-no..I won't... give up yet. "
Alexander scoffed, he raised his right fist before swiftly delivering one last blow to the stomach of Selena. She was driven into the walls of the ice dome and crashed into the ground.
She became unconscious, her body giving up after all that it was put through. "Selena!" Rai shouted out with heavy concerns as he still attempted to break through the dome.
After confirming from the other side of the dome that Selena was immobile, Ford declared with a heavy heart. "Your winner...as a result of a knockout.. Alexander." He spoke softly with concerns.
The nobles cheered him getting to their feet as the winner of the match was declared. Alexander sighed, the dome swiftly dissipated and evaporated as cold steams or vapor. Rai rushed to Selena's side and checked on her condition placing his hands on her body. It felt incredibly cold and numb like someone who spent days trapped in ice water.
As the steam cleared completely, Alexander stared at the two commoners and scoffed before turning to his back and walking away from the people he considered insignificant life forms.
"Wait just a second you bastard." Rai spoke loudly in an angered voice.
Alexander halted, he turned around and faced Rai. "Huh? Are you actually talking to me?" He asked refusing to believe the fact that it was him Rai had addressed like that.
Rai gradually stood to his feet, his fist slowly coiling together as he added. "Do you think you're going to get away with this?" His deepened voice echoed through the arena. As he turned to face Alexander, his eyes displayed anger and hostility. He unsheated his katana and clutched the helm tightly.
"Oh?" Alexander uttered, he found the fact that Rai had the intentions of fighting highly amusing given how badly he had beaten his apprentice.
"Do you really intend on fighting me?" Alexander laughed softly as Rai stared at him oozing with bloodlust.