"Come."
William muttered, his voice dry, devoid of any emotions, and his eyes cold and unblinking.
The cadets, who lined up in front of William, gritted their teeth in anger at William's taunt. Never in their lives had they been this humiliated.
'Oh my!' Aquila exclaimed inwardly, an amused smile blossoming on her battle-worn face.
'My baby is good at riling people up. But little William, they are the best cadets on the continent for nothing, you know.' She commented inwardly, her smile widening.
Unable to contain his anger, the cadet with lightning fists rushed towards William, followed by the guy with the titan's hands.
'I don't care anymore.' The lightning guy thought as he imbed more lightning mana into his fists. He reached William in a split second, aiming a punch at William's heart.
'Wind'
William, expecting the cadets reaction, stepped backwards, barely dodging the punch.
'Earth'
He imbued his hands with earth mana, making them heavy, and swayed his hand.
PAH
The slap echoed through the training grounds, sending the cadet rolling on the ground. But before William could pull back his hands, the cadet with the titan's hand, who was behind the lightning guy, caught it.
"Aaaargh!"
He yelled fiercely in determination and swung his arm, throwing William into the air.
"Nice"
The guy with the bow and arrow commented while firing an arrow aiming at William's neck.
William, airborne, sensed the arrow coming; he covered himself using wind mana and pushed himself slightly.
WHIZZ
The arrow grazed him slightly as he landed on the ground, but before he could catch a breath, the guy with the earth shield hit William in the stomach, sending him into the trajectory of the spear that the spear cadet threw.
William looked at the spear hurling at him. He prepared himself to use earth to block it, but
CRACKLE CRACKLE
The guy with the lightning fists poured all of his mana into his fists, covering his entire hands with lightning.
"Aaargh!"
With precision, he punched the tail of the spear.
BOOM
The spear accelerated, turning it into a blinding streak of light, whistling as it tore through the air.
William's eyes widened a little as the spear reached him. 'Wind'. He immediately used Wind Mana as he sidestepped.
CRACKLE
The remaining lightning mana crackled, grazing William's skin while passing by him.
William looked over to the lightning guy, expecting him to be disappointed, but was surprised to see him smiling.
BOOM
Seizing William's compromising position, the guy with the earth shield rushed towards William. Using his shield, he pushed William into the air.
For the first time since the beginning of the fight, William's expression changed as he saw the looming, massive hands hurling toward him.
BOOM
The guy with the titan's hands punched landed like a hammer, sending William crashing back to the ground.
BOOM
William hit the ground like a rocket, coughing out blood and his back arched up in pain. Dust flew everywhere, masking William's state.
The bow user, gulping nervously, looking at William, asked his comrades, "Did we overdo it?"
At his question, the rest of the guys snapped out of their stupor. Panic gripped their hearts as their bodies trembled, imagining the dire consequences of hitting a Spade.
The earth shield cadet looked over to the corner, expecting an angry Aquila.
"Eh?"
But what he saw wasn't an angry Aquila, but a crazy one. He gulped nervously as he looked at her. Her hair was floating in the air, while her red eyes burned like lava, and a grin adorned her face, baring her teeth.
Gulp
The rest of the cadets, too, gulped nervously, observing Aquila.
'We are fucked.' One of the guys thought,.
William, who was lying on the ground, slowly stood up, dusted off his clothes, and spit the blood in his mouth.
The cadets, sensing a movement, turned towards William; shock was evident on their faces.
"How is he standing?"
"Isn't he younger than us? How is he this strong?"
But their questions were met with silence as William stared at the cadets. A little demonic smile bloomed on his face, barely noticeable, but there.
"Nice," he muttered before sending wind mana to his feet and sprinting towards the cadet with lightning fists.
FWOOSH
'Let me take away the source of your power' William mumbled inwardly, reaching the cadet. William sent his fist, imbued with earth mana, at his stomach.
The cadet's eyes widened in shock at William's speed. He hurriedly sent mana to his hands and thrust them in front of his stomach, blocking William's punch.
William's demonic smile widened; he expected this move. He opened his fists and grabbed the cadet's hands with his earth-mana-imbued hands.
The cadet's eyes trembled in terror as he looked at William's smile.
CRUNCH
"Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!"
A bone-crushing sound followed by an ear-piercing scream echoed through the training grounds as William crushed the cadet's fists.
Before William could inflict more damage to the lightning fist guy, the cadet with Titan's hands came behind William with his hands open, trying to throw William like before.
'Heat'
William muttered inwardly, his hands heated up in a split second and glowed in eerie red. He swung open his arms before closing them swiftly. He caught the Titan's hands in the middle.
"Aaarrrggghhh!"
The guy with the Titan's hands howled in agony as his skin burned and his blood sizzled upon William's touch. William then punched the guy's hands, transferring all the heat in his hands into the cadet's.
'Wind'
He then used wind and rushed towards the guy with the spear. The spear user looked at the incoming William in sheer terror. His hands trembled as he mustered all his will and threw a spear at William.
William dove in response to the oncoming spear. 'Cold'. He sent the ice mana into his hands. Upon reaching the cadet, William placed his pale blue hands on his torso.
A bone-chilling cold immediately spread through the cadet's torso, freezing his blood and muscles. Tiny razor-sharp ice shards formed inside him. A small movement was all it needed to tear the cadet's muscles and shred his organs to pieces.
The cadet, understanding this, stood like a statue. Not moving a single inch. His eyes showcased the horror he had experienced.
William, not wanting to give the group a breath of time, turned around and looked at his next prey.
The bow user trembled in fear, tightly gripping the bow. His body shivered in terror as he saw William staring at him with a demonic smile.
'W-What is this monster!? H-How is he so powerful? And why can he use so many different kinds of mana?'
Various kinds of questions filled the cadet's mind, but he knew he wouldn't get any of the answers from the demonic bastard smiling at him.
William slowly walked towards the bow user, his smile widening as he enjoyed the look of fear on the cadet's face.
"You have forgotten about me!" The guy with the earth shield muttered while hitting William with his shield from the side.
William's smile turned into a grin as he caught the shield. A look of surprise adorned the shield user's face as he listened to William's words.
"Have I?"
The cadet immediately leaped backwards and raised his shield, expecting an attack from William.
But even after a few moments, William didn't attack. The cadet slowly peeked out from behind the shield and looked at William.
William stood at his place and didn't take a step. He just smiled and watched the shield user cower and hide behind his shield.
'Why didn't he attack me?' The shield user was confused. But William's next words answered his questions.
"Let's break that shield of yours, shall we?" William muttered and dashed towards the shield user.
'Earth'
Imbuing earth mana into his hands, he repeatedly punched the cadet's shield.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
The shield cadet was sent flying backwards due to the force behind William's punches. But William caught up to him using 'Wind' and continued punching the shield.
CRACK
The shield cracked under his relentless assault and cracks webbed across, unable to withstand William's might.
BOOM
The shield cadet's eyes widened in surprise as he watched his shield breaking into pieces at William's last punch.
The cadet kneeled in resignation, unable to continue on with the fight. His fighting spirit took a massive hit at his defeat.
"Now, you are useless." William muttered coldly, killing off the cadet's remaining self worth.
William then slowly turned towards the bow user, his eyes glinted in amusement as he watched the cadet aiming an arrow at him.
"S-Stay Where you are!" The cadet warned, but William didn't stop, his smile widened in amusement, feeling the fear in the cadet's voice.
"S-Stay where you are, I will really shoot you!"
STEP STEP STEP
But William didn't stop; he walked slowly as if teasing the cadet, daring him to shoot.
FWOOSH
The cadet released the arrow nocked on his bow. It traveled in the air, tearing through it. Aiming its head at William's chest.
But it didn't hit him; instead, it just plopped on the ground in front of William. The cadet didn't pull the bowstring with enough strength for the arrow to travel far enough to reach William.
"HAHAHAHA!" William broke out in laughter, unable to contain his amusement.
'Ah!'
The cadet let go of his bow in surrender, his hands shaking in fear. He said,
"I give up.".
The moment the last cadet gave up the fight, William's entire demeanor took a U-turn. Light returned to his amethyst eyes.
His cold demeanor melted away, the demonic smile on his face disappeared, and a small, innocent smile blossomed on his face.
'Wind'
He sent wind mana to his feet and rushed towards Aquila. He immediately hugged her upon reaching her and asked,
"Mother, how did I do?"