He was chilling with David.
I said,
"Yooo, your wounds have been healed, huh?"
And he said,
"Yoooooo, somebody proud of defeating me," and laughs.
I said,
"I came here to check on you."
He said,
"Nah, I'm okay."
I said,
"You were really cool out there. If it wasn't for the 6th stage, you could have had a chance, bruh."
He said,
"Actually, I didn't know I had that stage. It's more like I leveled up. Poor me thinking I can beat you."
But then I said,
"You're already the strongest in terms of mage. Have you ever been in a war or a dungeon fight?"
He said,
"Nah, not many times."
I said,
"Go there with the ones you call the strongest your age, and see how you can know your worth."
He said,
"Forget about it, broo. Even dragons fly and attack, even defend hand-to-hand when they are in fights. This all high and mighty mage act must be stopped. It's the reason why everyone is cooked when they get into war, ruins, or dungeon. In your case."
Then I said,
"We're on the same page."
And he said,
"You're really strong broo. How are you able to do all this?"
Then I said,
"I can't say it's not luck, but I have luck helping me out."
Then he said,
"It's hard work, right?"
Then I said,
"Ever since class began, I didn't sleep a single night. Only 3 hours. The rest I'm training myself and my physique."
He said,
"So that's your secret."
And then I said,
"Yeah. Training."
Then he said,
"Well I trained my ass off to perform this much, broo. But next time as well, promise me to win."
Then I said,
"Well, if we stay alive, why not?"
Then he said,
"What do you mean by that?"
And his reaction was pure, so he couldn't have been the traitor.
When we were fighting, he said out of nowhere,
"Kurai," to me.
Then I said,
"By the way, who is Kurai?"
Then he said,
"Wait... what? Do you know him?"
Then I said,
"Nah, you just called me Kurai when we were fighting, so I wondered who that is."
And he said,
"It's someone I knew a year and a half ago. He really is a nice kid, but he has very good body reflex, strength, mana, and a lot of things. That's why whenever I fight someone strong, I remember him. Sorry if I offended ya, bruh."
Then I said,
"It's okay. I just wanted to know, broo."
He said,
"Okay, good then. See you."
After a while, I came to realize I only have this tournament time.
After that, all what I have been doing—my plans—everything will end thanks to a certain traitor.
Well, life is good in its own way.
And if I'm forced to live like this, then I got no choice.
Then the next week, the fight began between the Verdantia and Werde Kingdoms.
The ones to begin it are Rim and Lyra.
They had already picked each other from entering in the first place.
I'm watching with our group here.
And now the fight just began.
Rim began to control the sand and created an unstructured place that looks like a sponge with so many holes, even underground.
And then the fight began.
We can only hope to see the results.
Somehow they are fighting each other in there.
It's still very interesting.
The way she created it was totally unexpected.
But then, 25 minutes later,
A very huge tree reached even us, and Rim was defeated.
Well, it all happened underground.
In a puzzle made by a 17-year-old girl.
It doesn't matter anymore.
The next fight began after a short while:
Jayden vs Faysal is the question.
Faysal ran toward his enemy and used a technique called Mud Manipulation.
And it was because of the tree.
It was taken from the tree that it was created—it has water—and using it, the underground water came to it.
Then he made quicksand on the enemy.
Funny how Jayden laughs and creates a tree to get out of it.
And then Jayden said…
Tree Realm: Breathing Tree — and a tree monster came.
They attacked Faysal. He kept going on and on. And then he himself said:
"Earth Realm: First Stage, Upside-Down!"
And then, as usual, the earth land raised and flipped upside-down into the air, attacking and all.
He wins.
Every fight is boring after me and Dante. It is, actually.
The winner goes to the Werde.
After seeing the match, me and Kai ran to Verdantia baddies, those 3. And I was surprised to see Rajin passed before us as well.
Then I said,
"What is he doing here?"
Kai said,
"He came here to see Roxy. They're kinda getting close a bit too much. Did our fan-purpose scam work?"
So we just initiated a conversation.
Confidence.
That's kinda fire.
I got next to Lyra and said,
"You did your best. Besides, you win, right?"
And she said,
"You trying to cause a problem here?"
Then I said,
"Just kidding."
Kai sat next to Talia and said,
"You good?"
And she said,
"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks."
Then they began to talk.
Just as we saw, Rajin was awesome with her.
Days later, I was walking to meet Minha.
And I saw that the next group will be:
Shadow users vs Thunder magic users
Tamers vs Water magic users
And finally,
Light magic users vs Aura farmers
Now weeks later, I'm gonna fight the light magic users.
That's when I'll go wild.
The first fight is just up the corner ahead. I must train ki as much as I can.
Then I began to walk straight to the library to meet Minha.
Yosuke said,
"You're really weird."
I replied,
"And why is that?"
He then said,
"It's because you're getting into the library, and you're going up against the strongest magician."
Then I said,
"It's none of your business, is it?"
Then he said,
"Well technically... I better get to the library. Good luck."
Then I said,
"To you too."
Then we passed each other, and I got into the library. After I read some pages, Minha came, and she said she had been doing a lot of stuff in her hand and asked that she got new information.
She said,
"I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but the principal says that at the last group's fight, everyone who is in this academy must be present."
Then I said,
"Why?"
She said,
"I don't know. But he was smirking about how it will be a very amazing ending."
And I said,
"Okay then."
I left him out.
She said,
"Is there something going on?"
I told her,
"He just wants to mess around. The old man is funny as hell. Let him do what he wants. Any unusual behavior like this, just name it."
And we talked about nothing for a while. Then I left.
I got into the dorm, and Kai said,
"This time around, I'm gonna use all my powers and I'm gonna show you how traumatizing I am."
And we all said,
"You better train hard for that."
Then we left.
And just like that...
The first fight began.
Everyone is watching silently.
The first to begin the fight are:
> Taeyang vs Yosuke
They saw each other.
And just as me and Dante did...
They shook hands and got back to their place.
And when the explosion exploded — Taeyang just fell on his shadow backward and used:
> "Thousands Raven Attack!"
Yosuke used Lightning Grip and he grabbed the light and began to shoot it with the ground as a rope.
And the moment he rolled it — it turned into a net and exploded the ravens.
He said,
"Lightning Manipulation."
Then he silently moved to the center and just stood.
Then out of nowhere — Taeyang got out and said:
> "Shadow Manipulation: Hell Palm!"
Then hands out of his shadow — big ones — struck the ground and tore it apart, and held stones all over the stage up in the sky.
And the shadows of the stones made so many shadows —
Even I'm the shadow itself.
Then he got back and launched himself from the shadow void into Yosuke's back.
Yosuke knew — so he used Thunder Shock to stop him from reaching.
But Taeyang got caught and swallowed by another shadow hand.
Then he began to attack from other directions.
But when he got caught — he got absorbed by the nearest shadow.
Slowly — he began to become faster and faster and faster and faster — until we could see 10 up
to 20 versions of him around Yosuke.
Yosuke began to dodge one by one.
He was using lightning manipulation.
Then — we captured an unbelievable moment shot...
We saw when Taeyang attacked — Yosuke jumped, and they both rolled on each other's back.
And in that moment — they both used lightning and shadow manipulation and made a sword to stab each other, but it repelled.
Then Taeyang to the shadow on the ground — and Yosuke to the sky.
Then they both used their swords and clashed mid-air and they both fell.
And when they did — Taeyang used the shadows and threw himself to Yosuke.
And they both at that time used their Realms.
> Taeyang said:
"Shadow Realm: First Stage — Shadow Panther!"
And panthers began to form and then run around.
> Yosuke said:
"Lightning Realm: Third Stage — Thunder Claw!"
and then he said
"Lightning Realm: Second Stage — Lightning Speed!"
Then his hands were like a claw — made of thunder — and his legs the fastest ever.
They all ran around and clashed — again and again.
Suddenly, in just a second —
> Yosuke said:
"Lightning Realm: Fourth Stage — Blink!"
and he put a hole in Taeyang's chest in a blink of an eye.
The match ended.
He went back walking — his leg was busted as well and all.
We all were impressed by their fight — it left me shocked.
Then...
> Aoi Shi vs Eunji
You would rather not see this for now.
Same goes for Minho and Hyunwoo.
What matters is:
> Sayaka vs Rajin
They stood straight, ready to fight.
Rajin got his standing prepared and saw her.
He was definitely getting into the flow.
She stood up.
Then Rajin used:
> "Lightning Realm: Lightning Speed!"
And approached her — but her shadow began to cover her.
He attacked — but nothing worked in combat style — so he floated up into the sky and said:
> "Thunderstorm: Lightning Rain!"
The clouds darkened — and lightning began to rain and destroy the stage.
She began to walk — then slowly ran to him, even up in the sky — by stepping on her shadow.
He began to attack her — and since she is athletic, she began dodging them.
The moment she reached him — she was about to attack him and he said:
> "Thunder Blast!"
She avoided that — and then covered him with shadow — and then layered it again and again.
Then she attacked him with the shadow — she tried to stab him by creating a spear by standing him, and she smashed it — kinda, but not really.
We all heard him say:
> "Storm Realm: Seventh Stage — Ultimate Unity!"
And he himself became thunder.
But unlike Dante who became flame itself and lost control — Rajin perfected it.
Even though…
Then he flashed behind her and slammed her here and there.
He absolutely dog walked her and threw her out.
He walked out.
He was stronger than the 8 themselves — he is absolutely the strongest.
Such pure hard work.
He went down, and Roxy almost lost herself.
"Look at him... is that really Rajin?"
She was saying.
Well… I can't blame her — he is really strong.
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