Chapter 6 - Stella, The Champion (1/2)

Five chosen people were locked in a large rectangular shaped room, and only one could emerge victoriously.

If magic hadn't been forbidden by Oliver, Stella knew she would have finished off all four others in the first ten seconds. Since she had been practising with weapons for the past few months, she felt that this would be an excellent opportunity to train.

Atilath knew that everyone there should be quite capable; however, she still believed that no one would be as formidable as she was, so she didn't hesitate too much to run to the nearest opponent.

Wallace, when he saw the short-haired girl running towards him, prepared to receive her and activated his knife-type Panspermia Weapon. If he could make a choice, he would have liked to fight first against the half-beast, but Atilath was certainly a formidable opponent.

When Atilath got within a meter of Wallace, she used her <Morning Perspicacity> ability, which allowed her to teleport behind the boy.

The clang of the knife colliding with Wallace's armor resounded throughout the hall. Timm!

”Holy shit, that's not fair!” Atilath shouted and used the <Night Perspicacity> skill to get back to where she was two seconds ago.

There is a difference between physical and magical gene abilities. While physical skills give you a small advantage, magic skills can literally destroy buildings with a move, so only they were forbidden.

When Wallace heard the girl's clank and scream, he turned back, and when he saw that she was no longer there, he understood what was happening. The man's body barely reacted in time to turn around again, and when he did, he saw one coming towards him. Wallace was quick and put his arm in front of the blade; the sound of tearing flesh was not that unusual to him. Cratch!

Despite having almost his entire body covered in armor, the joints were still a weak point and practically a target today, so Wallace was not scared when he was stabbed. Quite the opposite, Wallace drew his arm back, and since the knife was still stuck, Atilath lost her only weapon.

'Was she really going to kill me? She's crazier than she looks.' Class-D thought.

Wallace took the knife from his left elbow, turned it into a sphere again, and threw it out of the room through an open window.

”Now you'll only have your hands to fight with!”

”And you think that will be good for you? Hahaha!”

Atilath knew that her opponent was already aware of her teleportation abilities, but she would not have gotten this far being a prudent girl. Wallace and Atilath looked each other in the eye, and so one began to run towards the other.

”Aaaaaarghh”

”Aaaaaah—”

Their screams began in unison. However, Atilath had been hit by something while running, which interrupted their shouting.

”Not taking too long there, are you?” said Stella to Wallace, after throwing the boy archer at Atilath. ”That way, you'll be defiling the honor of the Noble Academy.” She was debauching Wallace.

”Why did you come this way?!” He exclaimed angrily and, without much thought, slashed with his knife in Stella's direction.

The woman sidestepped easily and, with the same sidestepping motion, took the opportunity to grab Wallace's arm, which was holding the knife. At that moment, she applied so much force that the boy's arm bone made a loud noise. Crackk!

”Arghhhhhhh! Damn you! I'm out, I'm out!” Wallace screamed in desperation as he watched the bone in his own arm stick out.