Chapter 104 - Time is up (1/2)

With Slyvia's shield now broken, she could only rely on her speed and the additional Ki. With fierce determination, she infused her legs with Ki and kicked it up a notch. With speeds much faster than she was used to, Slyvia dashed towards Jack. Jack responded with a horizontal slash towards her neck. She ducked and slashed across Jack's body vertically with all the strength she could muster.

She jumped backwards to avoid any counterattack. Jack started to feel a strange itching sensation on his chest. He looked down and noticed a long red scratch mark across his body. No blood had been drawn but for the first time ever, people witnessed Jack receiving an injury.

”Harry, are you watching this?” Cherry eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her skull from what she had just seen.

”I didn't think there was anyone in the school who would be able to hurt Jack. If anyone had a chance, I would have thought it had been Ray. It looks like we might have underestimated the second years.”

On the other side, the second years were having the complete opposite reaction.

”Slyvia did all that and she just caused a scratch?” Dan shouted. ”His body must be made of steel.”

Slyvia looked at Jack and bit her lip. Even with the use of extra Ki she still wasn't able to hurt Jack enough to even draw blood.

Slyvia had no time to rest. She knew she was under a time limit. She came in attacking Jack whenever she could, avoiding big swings and going in at just the right time to attack.

The audience was at the edge of their seat. They could tell that one big swing from Jack's giant sword would end the match at any moment.

Dodge, strike, dodge, strike, dodge, strike. This pattern repeated itself but still, there was no luck. Jack's body was just slightly red from Slyvia's successful hits.

”Stronger, Faster.” Slyvia thought in her head with each strike.

”Was Slyvia always this strong?” Monk asked.

The rest of the team had seen things they never thought Slyvia could do. Her speed looked better and she looked stronger. Even though Slyvia had the help of Ray's Ki, it meant nothing if the person wielding it wasn't skilful enough to use it.

”Time's up,” Ray whispered to himself.

Slyvia went in for one more strike and as she did, suddenly, shooting pains started to ring through her body. It felt like someone was tearing her muscles from inside out.

”Just a little more.” She said.

Jack saw Slyvia had slowed down greatly, he went for another swing and thought this was the end.

*Clash

A big cloud of dust was swept up as the giant great sword made impact. When the dust finally settled, Wilfred's hand was holding the giant great sword in place while Sir K was carrying Slyvia over his shoulder.

”And we have a winner, Jack Dem!”