The screens showed both team's initial position. The E class had 3 men and 2 women, same as C class. However it was only in team constitution, Ed had inspected each and every one of them during the tests and he could tell there was a big difference. Unless his classmates were hiding their true power like him, they would stand no chance.
Both teams rushed out to search for the other team's flag. C class, however, had 1 of the boys hide nearby to scout in case their flag was found which was the logical choice. However, E class rushed out in a team and didn't even split out to cover more grounds.
Soon enough they met with 2 of C class's team. One of c class' boys used earth wall to block the others view of him while his friend was charging his magic as a fireball. E class rushed towards the earth wall to destroy it and didn't even consider it being a trap.
As soon as the wall fell down, the other man released his fireball and the other team's members couldn't dodge, one of the men took a direct hit and fell on the spot while another man and a woman got some burn injuries.
Since they weren't paying attention properly their opponents took the chance and hit them with some more magic. Three members of E class had to resign in less than 5 minutes into the battle. Although the other two members that were left seemed smarter than their teammates and chose to flee, they soon met up with other members and lost. The battle didn't last even ten minutes and a victor was already decided.
The injured ones were carried to the infirmary inside the academy and were given some pills to help with their injuries. Other than the man who was hit directly, the others' injuries weren't too serious and would only require a night in the infirmary to heal up. It wasn't a battle to the death so injuries such as these were within the academy's calculations.
After the battlefield was set up once more, two more teams headed out. This time it was decided by drawing straws instead of the teacher's look of doom. Ed's team was going to be the last one; the next team going out had 3 women and 2 men while C class had 4 men and a woman. The battle went the same way except this time E class was able to take down one of the men from C class and lost by having their flag stolen.
The next two matches had better performance overall with E class using the weaknesses they saw from the previous matches and one of the teams almost managed to steal the flag, only to be stopped in the nick of time. E class's morale was at its lowest right now, their only hope was Ed's team but they didn't have many expectations. The remaining team had almost the highest ranking students from C class.
"Let's decide on a plan before starting." Ed proposed to make a plan, a serious one instead of playing around.
"Can anyone here use earth magic?" Ed scanned his teammates and waited for them to answer.
"I-I can!" Stephanie answered him with seemingly all her courage.
"Good, we'll have you stay near the flag and create earth walls around it. Although others might discover it faster they'll take time to break them all down. Also, try to make some pitfalls and have them hidden around the area." Ed had given her some points that would help her defend the flag better.
"Why don't I protect the flag, I can beat down anyone who comes!" Ellie seemed eager to protect the flag and forgot one of her weaknesses.
"Although you are the strongest one here physically, you can't use magic so you need to be near your opponent. Everyone knows this from the physical exam and would use it against you. If they were to meet you they would only need to use ranged attacks to draw you out and have one of their teammates get the flag." Ed gave her a convincing answer and she couldn't rebuke him so she accepted his orders.
"Me, Emilia and Ellie will have to spread out and search for the enemy flag. Hayato I would like of you to stay and help Stephanie in case she has to stall multiple opponents or can't handle it anymore. I'm sure you can do it" Ed gave out orders for the rest of his teammates and they all accepted. He didn't notice but he was acting as a seasoned leader which was thanks to his many battles with Raikou and Suika.
"Try not to fight multiple opponents and in case you're cornered it's okay to resign without getting hurt. This is only a mock battle and we still have a full year to improve in case we lost this one!" Ed's team and he had gotten to their designated area and were only waiting for the starting signal.
Soon enough, the signal sounded and they rushed out. Stephanie followed Ed's orders and made a couple of pitfalls while disguising them with magic and erected a couple of earth walls around the flag. Hayato hid among the trees where he could have a clear view of the situation at the flag.
Ed, Ellie, and Emilia all rushed out while Ellie had something to ask of Ed.
"How do I get past my weakness?…" Although she didn't seem willing, she still asked Ed. She had her pride but losing was worse than asking or advice from someone.
"Since this is a mock battle you can act as if you are out of QI or pretend to be injured. That will cause your opponent to drop their guard and approach you. Otherwise, you can use your QI as an armor and withstand the attacks. I don't recommend this way, however" Ed also didn't make fun of her or anything, which she was used to since she couldn't use magic, and answered her with the best he could think of right now.
"But since you are so strong you can just use your power to break the ground and rush at your opponent when they are staggered. It won't work if your opponent is smart and can read your actions"
"I see" After getting her answer Ellie went in another direction and followed the plan. Ed also accelerated and started looking for the flag; however what met him was not the flag but one of the other team's members. It was the same for Ellie and Stephanie.
Hello everyone! I noticed that a lot of people didn't like the idea of Ed hiding his powers so i will be taking it off. However it may seem forced so please forgive me.
In case of any mistakes or inconsistencies please point it out and i'll fix it asap! Enjoy^^
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 see…Let 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.
"I wasn't the one who made them, but it was my teammate so it might as well count as me" Hayato gave him an answer and assumed a fighting position.
He was fighting barehanded since his opponent was as well. "Stephanie in case you get a chance try to trap him inside your earth traps and we'll keep him there until this finishes." Hayato gave her some secret direction since it would be faster that way. The man didn't seem to hear them since he was focused on the stains on his clothes.
Hayato and the man started fighting and immediately injured one another. They had both taken a hit to the face and staggered backward. Hayato recovered first and hit the man to the face with a kick; however, he withstood it and countered with a punch to the face. Hayato reacted fast enough and dodged with a jump to the back. The man had a wide missed punch and lost his balance which caused Hayato to rush in at him, jabbing him twice in the face.
Hayato seemed to be using a martial art from this world which was concise and without any wasted movements, different from the man's who needed to hit to do heavy damage without any regard to the opponent's style or movement speed. The fight continued this way for a while until it seemed like the man was falling forward.
Seeing this Hayato thought that he was fainting so he stopped but it was a mistake since the man jumped forward and caught Hayato's collar with his left hand.
"You can't run this time!" The man flexed his arm and withdrew it to his side with his fingers pointing downwards. "Seismic palm!" Suddenly he rotated his hand and struck Hayato stomach causing him to spew out blood. He was feeling a lot of pain and was about to fall down when Stephanie caused the earth under the man to open up and both of them fell down.
"G-Good job Stephanie!" Although Hayato was in a lot of pain he still bore with it and complimented her. She then caused some of the earth to surround the man and bind him allowing Hayato to escape.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you since I thought he was falling down!" Stephanie looked like she was feeling regret not being able to help Hayato and causing him to be injured, however, it wasn't her fault at all so Hayato didn't mind and thanked for her timely assistance instead. The two had to create some new pitfalls while having to listen to the man's objections.
"Let me out of here! My clothes are getting dirty, it's hard to breathe! Hey!" He didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.
At another location, Ellie was currently being bombarded with magic from far away.
Hey everyone! As per your requests Ed will be showing his power more and more from now on!
In case of any mistakes please point them out.
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