After leaving the library I went directly to the academy training hall. The training hall was the size of a two Olympic food ball fields. When I got there I could see few students sparring with each others. And the most exciting part of the day is yet to happen.
In the book, Heroes of The Doomed World, There are six mentioned heroes. Lucas wasn't the only one who awakened a mythical rank potential. To give the humans and elves a fair chance of winning, the world blessed them with six heroes who awakened the mythical rank potential. The story revolved around Lucas only because he was the strongest amongst the six.
And today Lucas will be sparring with one of those heroes. And his opponent is, Claude Spencer. Although Claude may come off as a goofy guy, He is a monster of his own league when he wields his twin headed spear.
" Wait are they gonna spar. "
" Whoa, two of the top ranked students are going to fight. "
As I was lost in thoughts, I heard some students talking about a spar.
" He He. It's starting. " Snickering, I muttered in a low tone.
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" Hey Lucas wanna spar with me " A black and yellow haired boy asked the person next to him.
" Are you sure. I won't be holding back. " Snickering, Lucas said while picking up a wooden long sword.
" Ha Ha. Don't underestimate me. " Claude said while picking up a wooden pole himself.
As both of them drew their weapons at each other students around them instinctively made way for the spar that was about to take place.
Both of them inspected there opponent in a silent standoff. This went for about a minute. The first one to make a move was Claude as he dashed towards Lucas and thrust his wooden pole aiming toward Lucas' right shoulder.
Seeing the incoming attack, Lucas took a step backward slightly avoiding the thrust and did a sweep kick, aiming to off balance Claude. But in the last minute Claude did a front flip and perfectly landed behind Lucas. Giving no time to Lucas, Claude did a Downward slash Strengthening his wooden pole with the use of mana.
Lucas wasting no time spun around and hold the wooden sword in his hand in a back word position and aimed to block the upward slash. As the two weapons collided, Sheer power behind those attack sent shock waves rippling through the area.
The cadets who were watching the match from the side line had there mouth agape as they watched the spar unfolding before them.
" Is this really a spar between two first year cadets. " One of the cadets asked the boy next to him in a low tone, Bewildered by the sight unfolding in front of them.
" It hasn't even been 10 seconds since they started the spar, But I am pretty sure that they have clashed more than 10 times already. " He said without moving his eyes from the battle in front of him.
" Sigh. Well that's the normal reaction when they see two first year cadets fight each other like monsters. " I said to myself in a low tone.
From the corner of my eye I could see the weapon art instructor and even that indifferent Professor Aurora watching the spar with interest. Well they have seen battles far greater than this. But still seeing two first year cadets fight like monsters with such fast reaction speed is unheard of until now.
In between this week, professor Aurora and Weapon art instructor will take in Lucas and Claude as there Disciples.
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Snap.
Jumping high above and strengthening his weapon with the help of mana, Lucas brought down his sword with a smile etched on his face.
Smiling faintly Claude brought up his weapon to block the attack that was coming from above. But as the both weapons clashed a huge sound of a wood snapping reverberated across the training hall.
" Wanna continue. " Lucas asked snickering while looking at Claude who had his weapon broke.
" Even if I wanted to I can't. In a battlefield if your weapon broke, that means you loose, Unless you are confident in hand to hand combat. " Claude replied faintly laughing.
They both laughed after that while shaking hands.
" Don't worry next time I'll defeat you. " Claude said smiling.
" You bet. Ha ha. " Lucas joined him and laughed together.
" That was an amazing fight Lucas, Claude. " While they were laughing, rest of there group came and congratulated them. The first one to congratulate was Olivia with twinkles visible on her eyes.
" Yes you two. That was a really captivating spar. " Cathline said while touching her cheek innocently.
" Yes. " Freya said from the sideline with her usual indifferent way.
' I should have bought some popcorn to watch this drama. ' I thought to my self and walked towards the furthest back of the training ground.
I summoned a water bottle from my storage ring and drank it until it was empty. Then I took a deep breath and summoned the Naginata I got from the librarian.
The spear was as long as my height.
' Well, I am not bragging, But my height is 6.1 He He. ' I thought to my self while a creepy smile crept on my face.
" Why are you smiling creepily " Suddenly I heard an indifferent voice coming from my left.
" Argh- cough cough. Oh hey Freya when did you get here. " Startled from the sudden voice, I almost screamed but quickly change it to a cough to save face.
" I am just here to return your handkerchief. Here. " She said while handing me the handkerchief I gave her yesterday.
" I remember that I said you don't have to return it. " I said while confused.
" You were sweating today as you entered the class room. If you did have so many handkerchief like you said yesterday, Why didn't you wiped the sweat before entering the class. " She said to me indifferently.
" Well, I didn't had the time to. I was already late when I got to the class. " I said to her as matter of factly while shrugging.
"_"
" What ever. " She said while walking off.
After she left I looked at the handkerchief that was on my hand. It gave off the same scent as Freya. The smell of vanilla mixed with strawberry. I stored the handkerchief in my ring and focused on the task at hand.
I took a deep breath and tried to move my body like the way the blind sage moved his body. But half way through, my head started to get dizzy. And what made me bewildered was the fact that I couldn't place my foot where I intended to. It felt like my eyes were playing tricks on me.
As I was contemplating about what to do, I suddenly remembered the words that the blind sage told me before performing the weapon art.
" when you train this technique don't use your eyes, It'll be misleading, just follow your heart and forget that you ever had eyes to begin with. "
Those words echoed in my head as I got the gist of what to do.