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.

enveloped 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 majestic vertical blue beam shot in

SHIIIIING!

was a beautiful light blue

at the incoming attack, Jin's brows knit

a deep breath. "Light

skill, light eye, Jin's world suddenly 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

down with both daggers. He was trying to

BAAAM—!

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

everywhere

wondered as they eagerly anticipated for the dust to clear

appeared all over his body, compared to the twins

He was the victor.

—WHIIIIII! —WHIIIIII!

off his opponents, the whole building

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 unable to leave, an instructor will quickly come

***

"Damn it!"

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

KWANG! KWANG!

look towards his right from time to time. Right where the portal disc was

was careless,

sent so many people in one area. They must've added additional support at the very

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

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

had been

KWANG!

"Khh..."

attack. Stomping his foot on the ground, Kevin raised his sword and

need to cut down their

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 he got

"Huuup!"

was about to execute a special

"Kuak!"

confused, Kevin took advantage of this situation and swiftly

Cwaaaaang—!

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

a second, and it threw everyone off. Needless to say, Kevin took advantage of his opponent's confusion and

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

Cwaaaaang—!

by the small protective shield that

Haaa. That's two

opponents. Kevin wasn't conceited to the point that he

no choice" Therefore, taking a step back and glaring at his opponents,

"Overd—"

—Click!

just about to use overdrive, abruptly stopped whatever

"...you're here."

—Thud!

on the ground was one of the six remaining individuals. Behind him, was

"Wh-at"

Ren. With cold and apathetic eyes, Ren

—Kracka!

a white hue shrouded Ren's body. Taking advantage of the confusion, Ren attacked once

the [Keiki style]

—Click!

line drew in the air. With a large thud, another

—Thud!

"R-ren, you!"

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

what

that Ren was practicing

"..."

once again placed his

—Click!

opponents were prepared as two of the four opponents stood next to each other and

KWANG!

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

it, Ren, you better answer me after

Clank—!

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

and Kevin were

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

Ren would be able to get rid

"...Do it!"

when Ren and Kevin were sure of

at each other simultaneously, all four of the remaining individuals took out a black

Fuuum—!

as a small gust of

"What's going on?!"

step back, Kevin