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.

blue light suddenly enveloped the area. Standing next to each other, the twins connected their weapons together. A powerful current of magic power rose up around their weapons, heating up everything in

"Now!"

light enveloped the area. A majestic vertical blue beam shot in

SHIIIIING!

the beam was a

at the incoming attack, Jin's brows knit

took a deep breath. "Light eye.

attack, he tightened the grip of his daggers as he channeled all of

he slashed down with both

BAAAM—!

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

debris flew everywhere hindering

eagerly anticipated for the dust to clear out. Then, within a minute,

as before, was Jin. Though his clothes were a mess and cuts appeared all over his body, compared to

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

Jin was about to finish off his opponents, the whole

students. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, the trials will now shut down. Please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. I repeat, please stop whatever you are doing and evacuate the premises. For those who are

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"Damn it!"

attack. Raising his sword, he deflected two more attacks coming from his left

KWANG! KWANG!

eyes would look towards his right from time to

was careless, damn

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

a thorough check of the surroundings, he only thought that there were four people

more people hid around the area and

had been too

KWANG!

"Khh..."

parried another attack. Stomping his foot on the ground, Kevin raised

to cut down their

in number. The only way he could have a shot at winning was by reducing their number. Everyone here was weaker

"Huuup!"

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

"Kuak!"

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

Cwaaaaang—!

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

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

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

Cwaaaaang—!

by the small protective shield that

That's two

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

Therefore, taking a step back and glaring at his opponents, Kevin prepared himself

"Overd—"

—Click!

and was just about to use overdrive, abruptly stopped

"...you're here."

—Thud!

six remaining individuals. Behind him,

"Wh-at"

by surprise, everyone turned to look at Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren merely

—Kracka!

white hue shrouded Ren's body. Taking

of the [Keiki style] :

—Click!

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

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

wide, Kevin flusteredly looked at Ren. With a trembling hand, he

realize what you

out that Ren was practicing the Keiki style. He had just placed a

"..."

Kevin, Ren once again placed his hand on the handle of

—Click!

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

KWANG!

air. Staring at Ren, Kevin's grip

better answer me after this

Clank—!

opponents, Kevin's life was now much easier. In fact, now that Ren had joined him, he

the fight as Ren and Kevin were slowly but

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

Ren would be able to get

"...Do it!"

were sure of their

the remaining individuals

Fuuum—!

auras suddenly skyrocketed as a small gust of wind

"What's going on?!"

step back,