The Author's POV

In a different area of the dome.

SHIIIIING!

A black dagger pierced through the air in a lightning-fast manner.

KWANG!

Colliding with the metal body of a rapier, a defeating sound rang out, creating hot embers that scattered out.

At the same time, the dagger clashed with the body of the rapier, appearing on the right side of JIn were two twin swords. Raising his left hand, Jin slashed with all of his power.

KWANG!

Once again, a powerful sound rang out. The result of the clash ended up with one person getting pushed back.

"Brother!"

"...He's strong."

Nicholas muttered. Next to him was his sister, Aerin.

Lifting his sleeve, he wiped the blood that trickled down the edge of his lip.

Turning his attention towards his sister, Nicholas asked.

"Aerin, are you injured?"

"No."

"...Good. I'm afraid we have to go all out. We might lose if we don't."

"I agree."

In response to her brother's words, Aerin nodded her head.

"Haaaat!"

Then, with her brother next to her, she charged forward. Their speed was not something anyone could follow with their naked eyes. Within seconds, they were already in front of Jin.

Thrusting forward with her rapier, Nicholas accompanied her movements as he thrust his twin swords forward.

Claaaang—!

This time, it was Jin's turn to be pushed back. The twin's attacks were meticulous and calculated.

Alternating between each other, with no lag in their movements, they both aimed for the most vulnerable part of Jin's body.

Be it heart, lungs, head, liver; they aimed for all of the important organs. To make matters worse, because of how synchronized their attacks were, to Jin, it felt as though he was facing three opponents at the same time.

Slowly, cuts started appearing all over his body. For the next minute or so, Jin was slowly but surely being driven towards a corner. To the spectators, it looked as though he was about to lose.

But.

"Tsk."

Jin suddenly clicked his tongue. Almost instantaneously, a tremendous hue wrapped around his daggers.

Taking a step forward, his body suddenly melted into the darkness.

SHIIIIING!

Appearing right in front of them, Jin thrust his daggers forward as he performed an odd combo. His first strike was a powerful strike that shot up like lightning, followed by consecutive strikes that could seemingly sever rivers.

With each strike, the dagger's pattern became more and more eccentric. At one point, one of the daggers followed a path that was similar to that of a snake. Almost impossible to predict.

Under the barrage of attacks, Aerin and Nicholas both cooperated with each other and tried their best to defend themselves against Jin's weird attacks.

However, they knew that they were once again at a disadvantage. Even though they were going all out, they were still losing.

"Khhh...Aerin"

Pushed back, Nicholas painfully groaned.

"Yes, brother!"

"Let's use that."

"...but—"

"If we don't use it, we will lose. There is no point in saving it."

Nicholas quickly cut her off.

It became painfully obvious to him that they were about to lose. Their opponent was just too strong.

"Understood."

Biting her lower lip, Aerin nodded her head as she raised her rapier in the air.

twins connected their weapons together. A powerful current of magic power rose up around their weapons, heating up everything in their

"Now!"

area. A majestic vertical blue beam shot in

SHIIIIING!

beam was

incoming attack, Jin's brows

took a deep breath. "Light eye.

slowed down. Looking at the approaching attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of his mana towards them. Within seconds, the dagger dangerously glowed as all

a step forward, he slashed down with both

BAAAM—!

everything within the vicinity. It was soon followed by a

flew everywhere hindering the spectator's

to clear out. Then, within a

and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to the twins that were on the ground struggling to get up, Jin looked to be

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

Jin was about to finish off his opponents, the whole building turned

whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. I repeat, please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. For those who are unable to leave, an instructor will

***

"Damn it!"

Kevin bent his neck slightly as he dodged a sword attack. Raising his sword, he deflected two more attacks coming from his left

KWANG! KWANG!

his right from time to time. Right where the portal disc

was careless, damn

many people in one

this option into consideration, given that he had done a thorough check of the surroundings, he only thought that there were four

sort of artifact, four more people hid around the area and waited

been

KWANG!

"Khh..."

his foot on the ground, Kevin raised his sword

to cut

an eight vs one scenario. He was at a severe disadvantage in number. The only way he could have a shot at winning was by reducing their number. Everyone here was weaker than him. As long as

"Huuup!"

when Kevin was about to execute a special move, something strange

"Kuak!"

individuals suddenly tripped. Though confused, Kevin took advantage of this situation and swiftly

Cwaaaaang—!

by surprise, the individual was unable to defend himself. Stabbing towards his back, a shield suddenly appeared on the student's body as he fell on the

it threw everyone off. Needless to say, Kevin

his opponent flustered;y tried to block the attack. Unfortunately for him, it was a faint. Right

Cwaaaaang—!

the small protective shield that all

Haaa. That's two

rid of six more opponents. Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he didn't know that the only reason he had

have no choice" Therefore, taking a step back and glaring at his opponents, Kevin prepared himself

"Overd—"

—Click!

who was struggling and was just about to use overdrive, abruptly stopped whatever he was doing.

"...you're here."

—Thud!

was one of the six remaining individuals. Behind him, was Ren's

"Wh-at"

turned to look at Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren merely glanced at everyone present before placing

—Kracka!

in the air, and a white hue shrouded Ren's body. Taking advantage of

first movement of the [Keiki style]

—Click!

a beautiful blue line drew in the air. With a large thud, another student was eliminated,

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

at Ren. With a trembling hand, he pointed

what you have

the whole world had just found out that Ren was practicing the Keiki style.

"..."

Kevin, Ren once again placed his hand on the

—Click!

too familiar clicking sound rang out in the area. Unfortunately, this time his opponents were prepared as two of

KWANG!

sound of metal colliding rang out in the air. Staring at Ren,

Ren, you better answer me after this is

Clank—!

Kevin easily parried the incoming attack. Only needing to deal with two opponents, Kevin's life was now much easier. In fact, now

more apparent in the fight as Ren and Kevin were slowly but surely gaining the upper hand against

dominated his opponents. His lightning-fast attacks were not something his opponents could easily parry. Slowly but surely, wounds were starting

Ren would be able to

"...Do it!"

sure of their victory, something unexpected

of the remaining individuals took out a black pill from their mouths and

Fuuum—!

skyrocketed as a small gust of

"What's going on?!"

a step back, Kevin