When the referee gave the signal William immediately ran to attack Lucas.
Clank
Their swords clashed and William continued his attack.
Clank
Clank
Luke was just defending, keeping his distance, dodging or blocking the attacks, even this was difficult because of the great strength of his opponent and considering that his arms were not in the best condition.
"Come on are you just thinking of defending, won't you make me apologize?"
As he said these words, William's speed increased, he used mana to enhance his body and kicked Luke in the chest sending him flying.
"Puagh!"
Lucas was short of breath but William didn't brain his attack.
Clank!
He immediately ran and attacked Lucas with his sword, however the attack was stronger than the previous ones and Lucas' arms couldn't resist.
Bang
He had no choice but to deflect the attack to the ground and then backed away while breathing heavily.
"This is a one-sided beating."
"Well that's to be expected."
"Yeah, what idiot in class D would agree to a duel with the third in class C?"
The people in the stands watching the fight felt a little bad for Lucas, but others thought he deserved it for being so impulsive.
"Lucas..."
Leila who was watching the fight had a very worried look on her face, she had seen Lucas train for the 2 weeks without a break every day and go to the library to check methods for mana circulation.
She didn't want the boy who did so much just for her to leave the academy, but she didn't want him to get hurt either, so she could only pray that they wouldn't hurt Lucas so much in this duel.
"I told you I would lose."
Said Ria who was watching the duel together with Noah.
"The duel isn't over yet."
"Are you blind? look at him, he's clearly going to lose"
"Well... I'm not so sure about that"
Noah said as a smile appeared on his face.
In the arena, William was still attacking Lucas relentlessly, but a gleam appeared in Lucas' eyes.
"Right!"
William swung a sword that Lucas dodged.
"Left"
William attacked and Lucas deflected the attack with his sword.
"Up, diagonal, kick, feint, horizontal, right."
Every attack William threw Lucas either dodged or deflected.
He had already figured out his pattern.
This annoyed William who started attacking with more force and speed, but still Lucas managed to dodge his attacks, this finally ended up angering William.
"Damn it!"
"Now!"
Lucas who saw an opening in William's attack got into position and clenched his hands tightly to throw a punch.
"Heh! Do you think a punch from you can cause me any-"
Before he could finish his words, William sensed something was wrong, the mana around him began to concentrate on Luke's fist, and sensing the danger he quickly improved his body to resist the blow.
BANG!
Lucas' fist impacted directly into William's stomach, sending him flying and rolling several feet across the ground.
"Puagh!"
He held his stomach with both hands and carved out a mouthful of blood, but Lucas tempo was in the best condition the bandages on his arm were torn and his hand was bleeding.
Onlookers watching this scene were speechless, they didn't understand what had just happened.
"But what the hell was that?"
"That's the strength of a D student?"
"Impossible, look at his hand, he clearly used more force than his body could handle."
Everyone started to wonder what had happened, Leila also had a big surprise on her face, she didn't know Lucas could make such a powerful attack, but she also felt hope.
"Lucas... he can win!"
"What a..."
Ria who was standing next to Noah was also surprised.
Noah on the other hand just watched the fight with a smile on his face.
"The protagonist's main skill, explosive enhancement."
It consists of using the standard method of absorbing mana but in a specific area of the body, this way you can perform a more powerful attack than normal, although it sounds very simple it requires a lot of concentration and management of the body's mana to achieve it, but it carries a huge burden on the body, especially now that he developed it recently, he can't control the amount of mana he absorbs and although the attack is devastating his body can't withstand it.
"Cof...damn...son of a bitch."
William who was on the ground could barely speak, although he improved his body with mana the damage he received was enormous.
"Surrender"
Hearing these words William was enraged like never before in his life, he the son of a rich family and the third of class C did he have to surrender to a poor boy of class D?
"Don't even dream of it!!!"
William's body began to release a large amount of mana and he slowly stood up with a look of hatred towards Lucas.
He then shot out towards Lucas while concentrating all his mana into his sword, this attack was intended to kill.
Luke used his explosive enhancement ability to gather mana in his healthy arm to defend himself, and as their swords were about to clash a figure appeared in the middle stopping the two swords with his bare hands.
"Calm down."
It was Professor Nobu.
"Clearly we said no lethal attacks right referee?"
The referee who had been stunned by the sudden situation came to his senses and said.
"Hu... yes, For breaking the rules of the duel William Korf loses, the winner is Lucas!"
Everyone in the stands was surprised, they never expected Lucas to win, and even if it was by disqualification Lucas had already surprised them with his new technique, and some didn't see it as far fetched that he could win.
Leila when she heard the referee's words automatically felt very happy and excited, and when Lucas looked at her and gave her a smile her heart started to beat faster and her cheeks blushed.
"Well, I'm done now, do you want to go get something to eat?"
Noah stood up and started walking to leave, Ria who saw this ran up to him and yelled out.
"Wait! How did you know I would win?"
There was absolutely no chance for Luke to win, but in the end something unexpected happened and he ended up winning the duel, I wanted to know how he knew he would win.
"Mmm. I don't know, it was just instinct."
He said while having a smile on his face.
"Sigh~ alright, you win this time."
"Let's eat Riri, you're paying of course."
"I know, and don't call me that!"
After the duel the students of class D started to respect Lucas and the other classes except class A started to pay attention to him.
As for William, when asked to apologize, he said he had no reason to apologize to a scumbag like that and ended up being expelled for not complying with the terms of the duel.
A happy ending I guess
For my part after the training with Nobu-san I realized something.
"I also need a technique to cover my weaknesses."