Chapter 50: The battle begins (1/2)

Ed's opponent was a man with blond hair as well. He held a sword in his hand and looked ready to fight. Ed remembered him since it looked to him that he wasn't taking the tests seriously either.

”You're Edward, right? I saw that you got into a fight with that Norris, man I'm glad someone showed him his place, he's so stuck up that he annoys people with his presence hahaha” The man started laughing and looked like an amusing guy, starting a conversation with someone he was about to fight.

”Since you know my name it would be rude of me not to ask for yours” Ed didn't seem to mind his opponent's laughing and simply asked his name.

”My name is Leon I'm from Avalez kingdom” The man introduced himself and assumed a stance with his sword.

”Nice to meet you, Leon, I hope you take it easy on me” Ed showed a smile that he didn't mean and used a normal sword instead of his legendary ones.

”I would like to ask of you not to take it 'easy' on me Ed. I saw that you overpowered that Norris with a single strike; everyone in the academy could easily guess you were hiding your powers in the test. It's meaningless to try and fool me with cheap sword skills” Leon had given Ed some news that he didn't want to hear, his act of laying low had been found out in 2 days in the academy.

'Then I wouldn't have needed to lay low either' Ed was now regretting his choices since it was harder to hold his powers back more than he thought.

He wanted to hide his sudden power up in the last month since he left his home since it was too fast by this world's standard; he had achieved King Establishment in that period of time which most people needed years to accomplish. Now it would harder to explain himself since he was found out.

”By the by, how did you hide your cultivation?” Leon had asked the question Ed didn't want to hear about right away.

”I used a relic that I got from my father” Ed lied without wasting a second and even involved his father in his lie.

”I seeLet us fight anyway” Leon didn't seem to believe him and simply asked for the fight to start. Ed followed suit and withdrew his Ame-No-Murakumo and Muramasa and took a stance with them. He didn't use Susui since there was no need. Leon could feel that Ed got serious and was feeling pressure from his two swords so he got serious.

In another location, near Ed's flag, a person was climbing up from a hole in the ground. It was a man from Leon's team and he was covered in dirt.

”This is just awful, who would put these in this place?!” The man looked around as if searching for other traps. Seeing nothing he just gathered some power in his palm and striked the ground.”Seismic strike!” The power he showed was beyond everyone's expectations since he sent shockwaves around the area, causing even the earth walls to shake.

Hayato who was standing from far away could see that this man was too much for Stephanie alone so he decided to come out of his hiding and fight alongside her. When the man saw him he seemed mad and started speaking fast.

”Were you the one who did this? Why would you do it? Now all my clothes are dirty, how can I wash them now?!” If Ed was here he would have remembered his mother's rapid questions.