Chapter 55: Illusion Sword (1/2)

Chapter 55: Illusion Sword

“Deceit, sneak attack! It was definitely because Taigel wasn’t paying attention!”

“Taigel didn’t even use his trademark ‘Spider Web,’ it’s not fair at all.”

Some second year students, probably close with Taigel, started shouting gloomily in the stands.

“You have to focus all your attention and observe your opponent’s every movement when the match begins If you were in the middle of a fight during a real mission, would you still babble about not paying attention?”

“A win is a win. Ayrin’s skill was obviously a close-combat skill with a bewildering effect. You got bewildered, don’t you blame anyone else but yourself!”

“It’s a given the opponent won’t let you take out your trademark skills in a real fight. The issue rests on you and your own strength if you can’t use it.”

These people were immediately met with an unanimous suppression from the rest of the Holy Dawn students in the stands.

“So powerful!”

“He actually only needed a single move to knock out his opponent!”

Almost every freshman, after the initial shock, cheered and yelled even louder.

Rowan’s face became a little unsightly.

Ayrin’s strength far surpassed his expectation.

What made his expression turn even more unsightly was, Ayrin surprisingly waved a fist in his direction as he walked back to the rest area, and shouted out loud amidst the surrounding cheers:

“Did you see that, I’ll beat you up just like that!”

Explosive crackling sounds came from the joints of Rowan’s hands. He almost shout out loud just like Ayrin.

“I have to beat every opponent! Join the team!”

Ayrin’s gaze had already left him by now. His eyes actually fell on the selection field below, fell on the surrounding stands, fell on the clamoring Holy Dawn students.

He liked this feeling!

He liked the hot-blooded feeling when facing an enemy.

Liked the feeling of causing his supporters to erupt in cheers.

He liked the feeling of fighting for his own dream!

“His progress is indeed faster than I thought.” On the edge of the dome on top of the arena, Liszt couldn’t resist rubbing his chin and smile. “Also, he had a hot-blooded look that seemed to enjoy battles.”

“Better than I thought. He was born to be a battlemaster,” the Rui of few words also said with a nod of his head.

“You guys didn’t let me interfere and teach him.” Minlur said, very depressed, “It’s a real pity.”

“This is only the beginning.” Teacher Ciaran said with a smile. “Chris didn’t progress so fast either back then… Do you guys remember how many years it’s been since we last felt so much excitement when watching a freshman fight?”

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“You actually used my Reverse Pile!”

“What about it, I did it pretty good right? Do you have anything else better, you might as well tell me too?”

“In your dreams!”

Thus Ayrin and Kybaver spoke to each other, but their eyes kept busy, watching without interruption the duels in the fields below.

“Bora!” “Bora!” “Bora!”

The sound of cheers and encouragements burst out all of a sudden, so explosive it seemed about to flip over the entire arena dome.

Ayrin couldn’t resist pulling on Kybaver next to him. He ask, “What’s going on, is this Bora very strong?”

Bora walked into the field, a lanky boy sporting a long braid and a handsome face.

“It’s the strongest student out of all the third year students, and also the one publicly recognized as the most powerful candidate among those participating in the selection.” Kybaver looked at that handsome boy with a little reverence in his eyes. “They say his father is a powerful elite arcane master. As to himself, he not only has a powerful “Earth Spike,” he also learned materialization skills. It’s said that his enemies clearly know which arcane skill he will use, but it’s still very difficult to defend against him. Also, he carries on the tradition of his clan and follows their philosophy. They don’t learn too many arcane skills, but seek to bring out as much power as possible from those they learn. Many teachers already believe that, apart from an accident, he will certainly come to occupy a main spot in our academy’s team.”

“Specialization without learning too many skills?”

Ayrin’s gaze immediately locked tight onto Bora. He didn’t hear what Bora’s opponent was called. He could only see it was a short and robust boy wearing a headband. His eyes were a little small, and his face looked hard and serious at this time.

“Begin!”

The entire arena went quiet as soon as the referee teacher’s loud shout rang out.