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.

the area. Standing next to each other, the twins connected their weapons together. A powerful current of magic power rose up

"Now!"

light enveloped the area. A

SHIIIIING!

the beam was a beautiful

staring at the incoming

He then took a deep breath. "Light

the approaching attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of his mana towards them. Within seconds, the

step forward, he slashed down with both daggers. He was trying to meet their attacks

BAAAM—!

within the vicinity. It was soon followed by a thunderous explosion that rang throughout the whole dome. Almost all of

debris flew everywhere

won?' Everyone wondered as they eagerly anticipated for the dust to clear out. Then, within a minute, everyone finally got their

mess and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to the twins that were on the ground struggling

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

finish off his opponents, the whole building turned red, and

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

***

"Damn it!"

dodged a sword attack. Raising his sword, he deflected two more attacks

KWANG! KWANG!

he was fighting, Kevin's eyes would look towards his right

careless,

snooping. If not they wouldn't have sent so many people in one area. They must've added additional support at the very

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

he was wrong. Using some sort of artifact, four more people

been too

KWANG!

"Khh..."

Stomping his foot on the ground, Kevin raised his sword and looked

to cut down

could have a shot at winning was by reducing their number.

"Huuup!"

was about to execute a special

"Kuak!"

Though confused, Kevin took

Cwaaaaang—!

unable to defend himself. Stabbing towards his back, a shield suddenly appeared on the

all happened within a second, and it threw everyone off. Needless to say,

as his opponent flustered;y tried to block the attack. Unfortunately for him, it was a faint. Right when it was about to hit him, Kevin's sword magically reappeared by his

Cwaaaaang—!

the small protective shield

Haaa. That's

did not last for long once he realized that he still needed to get rid of six more opponents. Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he didn't know that the only reason he had gotten rid of the two opponents was

back and glaring at his opponents, Kevin prepared himself

"Overd—"

—Click!

and was just about to use overdrive, abruptly stopped whatever he was doing. The edges

"...you're here."

—Thud!

the six remaining individuals. Behind

"Wh-at"

at Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren merely glanced at everyone present

—Kracka!

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

of the [Keiki

—Click!

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

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

flusteredly looked at Ren. With a trembling hand, he pointed at

realize what you

that Ren was practicing the

"..."

again placed his hand on the handle

—Click!

this time his opponents were prepared as two

KWANG!

colliding rang out in the air. Staring at Ren, Kevin's grip

you better answer me

Clank—!

life was now much easier. In fact, now that Ren had joined him, he was

and Kevin were slowly but surely

dominated his opponents. His lightning-fast attacks were not something his opponents could easily parry. Slowly

minute, Ren would be able to get rid of

"...Do it!"

were sure of their victory, something unexpected

the remaining individuals took out a black pill from their mouths

Fuuum—!

small gust of wind swept

"What's going on?!"

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