"Cosmo and Layla, you are both starting first and just so you know, enigmas are not allowed in this fight. I want to see your pure physical skill."
Cosmo and Layla stepped forward, Cosmo grabbing a bo staff from the weapon rack and Layla a wooden dagger and a short sword.
"Testing out Cosmo from the start," Noah aka glasses said from beside me. "He's not a good match for Layla, her strength is in her enigma."
Cosmo spun the bowstaff at an amazing speed as he got a feel of the weapon while Layla watched him from the side. She had a look that said 'do I really have to do this?' While Cosmo on the other end was bubbling with excitement.
"Get into the Center," Arlder said. He then traced his hand in a circle as his hand moved over the spot on the ground the area began to depress until a wide circle was formed. "Begin."
Cosmo wasted no time as he charged forward swinging his bo staff in a wide arc almost catching Layla in the face but she was fast enough quickly evading the strike.
She thrusted her dagger towards his stomach and he leaped back dodging the blow before quickly resuming his attack.
'If she manages to tag him with her dagger it would be considered her win but it would not be easy after all, Cosmo wasn't even taking the fight seriously,' Luck thought as he watched the fight.
Cosmo playing around with his bo staff and Layla avoiding most of his attacks and trying for a counter attack but Cosmo would block each strike with his staff.
"30 seconds left." Arlda said wiping his eyes as he let out a yawn.
The speed of the spinning staff increased considerably as he began to switch the bow staff from his right hand to his left and back in a well practiced motion.
'Good he's finally beginning to cook.'
He slammed his staff against her short sword and she twisted it to the side almost scoring a hit on him with her dagger.
She was finally moving darting from one side of the ring to the other evading cosmos attacks and trying to land hits of her own.
Cosmo in one powerful swing slammed his staff towards Layla but she was suddenly gone from that spot, the staff bouncing against the ground scattering dirt.
She wasted no time suddenly behind him skilfully rotating her sword that was now racing towards his back that was wide open.
Cosmo propelled himself forward and almost out of the ring as he narrowly escaped her attack. "Woah that was way to close."
He began to bounce from foot to foot like a boxer Layla on the other hand began to swing her sword switching the position of her sword and dagger in a blur.
And then they both charged the ground on which they stood suddenly vacant as they closed in.
"Time up!" They both froze in place as Arlda looked at the rest of the class as if considering who would spar next.
"Next time show us the good stuff at the start of the fight." Then they both suddenly fell to the ground finally relieved of the invisible force that kept them in place.
"Noah and Prince, it's dancing time."
Noah stepped forward from besides him and Prince from the opposite direction both staring at each other before picking their weapons. Prince had a wooden broadsword and Noah a glaive.
"Oh wait a minute, doesn't your enigma allow you to see into the future? How will we know if you use it or not, hmmm." Arlder pondered.
"You have my word, I will refrain from using my enigma in this fight."
"It doesn't matter either way," Prince said as he firmly held his blade.
"Alright whatever, begin!"
Prince's broadsword sliced through the air richocheting off Noah's glaive that somehow managed to not snap due to the force of the attack.
Noah closed the distance between both of them thrusting his glaive forward but instead of stopping the momentum of his broadsword in order to save time he rotated it in the air the sword doing a 360 in the air and still managed to block the attack on time.
They both leaped back giving themselves time to recover before engaging once more. Noah swung the glaive with practiced presicion each strive violently slamming against the wooden broadsword that Prince used as a shield marking the weapon with each strike.
One of the strikes dangerously came close to Prince's head earning a gasp from the crowd just as he kicked his broadsword forward Noah's arm getting caught in the path almost knocking the glaive off his hand.
Noah recovered fast as they both went against each other in full force a fury of slashes and deflections as the both pushed each other towards the edge of the ring just before the other managed to recover and push back.
Prince handled the broadsword like an extension of himself, his movements unexpectedly swift for a weapon of that size while Noah's attacks were always precise and well timed.
Prince stepped back putting his strength into his right foot as he jumped forward, his broad sword raised forward.
Noah was in the air his glaive replacing his position as he used it to gain altitude. The glaive was split in two but he was now behind Prince the remaining part on the glaive pressed against his neck as he panted heavily.
"And we have a winner! Not bad, not bad it looks like you guys are already well attuned to using your weapons. Now for the next fight."
"Luck, you will be going up against. Let me think, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Ella of the Earth clan."
'Yeah he definitely didn't think about it just now.'
"I don't think that is a fair matchup Sensei," Layla said. She had returned to her position next to me after her fight. "This is his first day at the academy and he hasn't even gone through the basics yet."
"I think it is the perfect match up," Ella said, walking into the ring.
'This girl is truly a bully isn't she? How could she agree to fight a newbie like me!'
"Anyone in the elite class should be bold enough to not chicken out of a fight right Luck?" She baited him.
"What do you think Luck? This is your first day you can choose to decline.".
There was a ghost of a smirk on Arlder's face as he said this, he sure as hell knew Luck was not going to back down.
"She is the strongest in our class, only a little behind Cosmo in martial arts," Layla warned.
"It doesn't matter though does it? After all, she can't beat me."
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[A/N]
Ella and Luck are finally going to get to swing at each other. Who do you guys think will win?
Also what do you guys think about the other students, any favourites yet?