Anastasia was able to prevalent against Krill and his Shadow demon and continue her flawless winning streak until the finals.
Similarly Floyd easily beat all of his opponents without a hair leaving his head, I,too, won all my battles but so did many others as well.
Then a long awaited round happened. Floyd versus Anastasia.
There were only around 20 competitors for the ten talents position so it was only bound to happen that Floyd and Anastasia would fight.
"Two of the most talented people are going at it who do you think is going to win?" Jessica asked Andrew, the chairmen.
"The princess of the dragon kingdom and the sleeping genius of the Aquinox Academy. There's no way to figure out who will win, you can only watch and see what'll happen." Andrew said.
The two students appeared in the middle of the arena grounds as the three second count down started and everyone waited in belated breath.
"3...2...1. .Go!"
Floyd didn't summon his Shadow demon and ran straight towards Anastasia. Anastasia summoned here Shadow Demon instantly and jumped back a little letting here Shadow Demon meet Floyd head on.
Anastasia's Shadow Demon threw it's hands forward at Floyd's torso.
Floyd took the attack head on and used one hand to grab the Shadow Demons attack mid-air and then kick it sending the Shadow Demon back a few steps.
Moving forward Floyd gained ground and moved towards the Shadow Demon.
Anastasia then supported her Shadow Demon by using her energy to form a blue energy barrier in front of her Shadow Demon, stopping Floyd's punch in it's tracks.
The barrier broke the next second but the one second that it was up gave Anastasia's Shadow Demon enough time to move and send a kick aimed at Floyd's leg.
Floyd jumped up and effectively avoided the kick but then hit his head as Anastasia had set up a barrier above cutting him off.
Jumping from the ground Anastasia's Shadow Demon took advantage of Floyd's slight moment of shock upon hitting the barrier and grabbed Floyd's leg before spinning him in the air and using all his power to send him back down towards the arena's stone ground.
Floyd hit the ground at an incredible speed but he was able to land on his feet despite the amount of force applied to him that had made him go flying.
"Is he a cat. How'd he land on his feet!" a student said.
Floyd looked up at the Shadow Demon descending from the sky. Ignoring Anastasia's Shadow Demon Floyd rushed towards Anastasia herself to end the fight.
Anastasia seeing Floyd rushing towards her she commanded her Shadow demon to return to her Shadow and then she moved forward towards Floyd.
Anastasia punched out at Floyd and met Floyd's fist head on.
Floyd's physical power was strong enough to be on par with a Shadow demon- much more powerful than a normal human- but Anastasia was strong enough to take his punch.
The collision of their fists was replicated as they threw another punch at each other over and over again until Anastasia's Shadow demon materialized and took on Floyd once more.
The shadow demon kicked Floyd before he could react and then grew a tail on the lower part of it's back before it moved closer to the middle of the arena where Floyd had landed and was somehow standing.
While moving towards Floyd the shadow demon noticed purple lightning sparks coursing around Floyd and conducting from his head to the ground.
The lightning started faintly and was only barely visible but only moments later it started to exponentially increase and it appeared that Floyd had summoned a whole lightning storm to be infused within him.
Suddenly Floyd disappeared from where he was and appeared right in front of Anastasia's shadow. He then jumped up right above the shadow demon's head before raising his leg and downward and hitting the Shadow demon right on the head.
The shadow demon face planted into the ground and sent a loud banging sound throughout the arena as the stone floor slightly cracked from the sheer force.
Anastasia's Shadow demon then dissipated into a liquid like shadow that instantaneously returned to Anastasia signaling the shadow demon's defeat and it's need to recover.
Floyd looked at Anastasia before appearing right behind her and punching the back of her head with the same amount of killer force he used to take down her Shadow demon as well as the same amount of speed.
Floyd's fist was only a few inches away from Anastasia's head and she couldn't react in time to block it, therefore the teacher, Jesica, stopped Floyd's attack with her hand and then yelled.
"Floyd Renvlair is the winner."
Releasing his purple electricity Floyd was then teleported out and so was Anastasia who had just come to terms with her loss.
*****
After Floyd's fight the battles continued on and Anastasia won every last one of them after with Floyd having a perfect score of no losses. I ,on the other hand, lost three of my battles one to Floyd, another to Anastasia and the last one to Krill Nimbus.
All in all, I still was considered one of the ten talent ranked at four a significant increase from the last time when I was ranked at 8 in the ten talents.
Waiting in the elevator until it opened I stepped out and opened the door to my room then laid on my bed before the door to the room closed behind me.
Since there was no school after the ten talents selection most of the students spent their free time hanging out of just returning to their dormitories, like I did.
I then opened my status.
[Azriel Viala - Demon Child of misfortune,death,and suffering
Age:16
Demon Shadow:Medium-Ranked(Evolution 4%)
Potential:Supreme(Superior)
Abilities:None
Status:
Strength: 8 Speed: 12
Stamina: 10 Intellect: 5
Misfortune: 666 (9999 is the max)
Instinct: 15
Demon Shadow Assimilation: 15%
(Average human stats are around 2 to 3)
Items: Caved Crown, Crowned Double Horned Goblin Core, Horned Sword.
Talent: Misfortune of Death(Lead those around you to death by misfortune.)]
[Shadow Demon
Evolution:High-ranked (limited to Medium-rank)(Nerfed)
Assimilation: Child (15%)
Health:100%
Abilities: None
Physical Features: Sharp claws, Bladed hand, tough skin, double-horns.
Talent: Pure Adaption ( Adaption is key)
Potential: Sentience, Supreme-rank(Evolution), Superior-rank (Assimilation) ]
My status hadn't changed which was to be expected.
Closing my eyes I slept and transitioned into the next day.