Chapter 19: Chapter 15: Afternoon Battle Practice
"Let's go, Eliza. Having you to become my combat magic partner sure is better."
Following the instructions of their professor, Arias and Elizabeth paired up. They went to one side of the field to separate themselves from the rest of their class to immediately begin their combat practice.
"Yes princess, for I shall never hold back against you."
"Fufu…That's right. This practice will be meaningless if you will hold back."
"Then shall we have one Royal Cream Pudding for our bet?"
"Royal pudding huh… Okay, I'm in."
Arias chose Elizabeth to be her opponent, not just because of their friendship but also because she thinks Eliza is strongest in class 1 aside from herself and Regis.
'I wonder who paired up with Regis?... There's no suitable opponent for him in our class.' the thought flashed in Arias mind before she finished her warm-up and focused her attention on her opponent.
Standing ten meters away from each other, both of them began to gather mana. Arias, who's already at the Intermediate Level of Master Magician and peak of Advance Level Knight, easily able to gather a vast amount of mana which is most likely enough to blow up a whole mansion into rubbles.
Comparing to Elizabeth who is at the peak of Advance Level Magician and the peak of Elementary Level Knight Master. Her gathered an amount enough only for her to utilize her magic arts. But in terms of tenacity, vitality, and speed, Elizabeth has the upper hand.
—It was the difference between the level of being a knight and in the level of being a magician!
"Let's begin. Here I go, Eliza!"
"Here I come, <Tempest Mail>!"
Arias in her <War Goddess> mode against Elizabeth whose body is emitting a thick coat of surging mana <Tempest Mail>. The two anti-personnel magicians clashed fiercely trying to overwhelm each other.
Just like the two, other students also begin their combat practice. Some are engaged in ranged magic and close combat magic battle, but there were also some who fight in the way of their specialty.
Everyone was trying to do their best to show off to everyone around them and also to gain their favor, especially to their professor, who is said to be a genius in using range magic arts and close combat magic arts, the so-called successor of the Witch of Time Axel.
But as they fight, some of them noticed that their professor is missing and some felt something strange in their surroundings.
*--BOOM!*
Suddenly, a loud booming sound can be heard randomly on the field; near the northern exit, on the center field, on the backdoor, etc. The students who noticed it suddenly stopped fighting and keenly observed their surroundings.
Arias and the others, who were adept on moving on very fast motion, looked dumbfounded as they watch the two, their professor Robert and their classmate Regis, engage in a serious battle.
Every time the two launch an attack, a loud explosive sound could be heard—
**BOOM!**
"Isn't that a sonic boom?!" exclaimed in surprise by Elizabeth while the other students can only look agape on what's in front of them.
"What the heck is happening here?!"
"Isn't that professor Robert fighting against that Regis?"
"I can barely see them. They move too fast!"
"How can they fight like that?"
Regis and Robert are now moving in the speed where no normal magician and knight can achieve. Even Arias can only barely follow their movement.
'To think that I want to have a match against that guy…'
As she watches the fight, Elizabeth's self-confidence bit by bit is being drained by the explosive sounds. The other students paled when they saw the spectacle in front.
Robert and Regis, the moment they started to fight, they reinforced their body with mana which increased their speed, power, and endurance.
Each attack from them is too fast that it causes a sonic boom which can instantly kill their opponent if it will hit unguarded.
"Hey Regis, are you fine showing this level of your ability in front of them?"
"Oh, that? Don't worry about it. Everything I do is for me to decide. A trivial thing like this doesn't really matter to me." said Regis with a smirk etched on his face. Like he cares about others opinion.
"I thought you will say that. Well then, let's take this to the next level."
Just like Robert said, he increased the rhythm of their exchanges of blows. Every clash of their punches and kicks, the stronger and faster their attacks become. Most of his students, trying their best to follow their movements to watch, already stopped on the combat practice and focused on them.
But on the other hand, his opponent suddenly became quiet.
'Hmm… I feel something amiss. Am I forgetting something…?'
In Regis' line of sight, Arias' figure slightly entered and the voice of a young girl can be heard calling his name in his mind. His body turns rigid in a split second.
[Big brother..?] [Where are you?~]
'Oh! I almost forgot! Reena finally wakes up. That's right... I should bring her here to introduce her to Arias.'
Regis enthusiastically thought about the meeting of the two most important people to him.
'I should go right away before I forget about it again.'
On the midst of the high-speed exchanges, Regis suddenly stopped his tracks, resulting him being hit by Regis and was blown away to the nearest wall.
*BANG!*
Regis' back bounced back from the reinforced wall and fell face down because of the impact of Robert's attack.
Not expecting that result, Robert ran towards Regis' form who was lying face down. Not that he's worried about him. He just wanted to appear very caring to his students.
"Hey, are you all right? Why suddenly stop?" asked Robert as he hovers over Regis.
"I'm okay. I just remembered something quite important."
Regis slowly got up and dusted his clothes.
"So, shall we continue?"
"Sorry, but I'll retire for now. There's something I need to do."
"Okay… It was short but I enjoyed it. Let us continue this some other time." a
"Sure, but don't expect the same thing will happen."
After that short conversation, Regis immediately left the field in a flash of black lightning.
"....."
"He was hit, right?"
"Yeah… It's also a solid one."
"Then, how can he move like that as nothing happened?"
"I dunno…"
The remaining students don't know how they will react to what they just watched.
A classmate was cleanly struck by a ground-breaking punch but was able to stand up like nothing and left immediately because he said he has something to do.
THE HECK WAS THAT?!
Noticing the gazes of his students, Robert instructed his confused students to resume their combat practice.
But on the other side of the field, a pair didn't follow the instruction—Arias and Elizabeth's pair didn't resume their combat practice.
Without asking her partner, Arias walked out off the oval field wearing a curious face and sat at the empty bench. While facing downward, Elizabeth followed Arias back.
She knew it all… She knew that Regis wasn't really affected by the attack. He was just blown away—just blown away without taking any damage.
'But why did Regis decided to leave so suddenly?' this thought repeatedly floats in Arias' mind.
From the pair of students on the field.
'How can he be that strong…?!' A blond guy among the pairs of students clenched his hands and a menacing look flashed in his eyes.
Brent Galius Gloucester bit his lips as he thought about their difference. He's been planning to ask Regis to a duel since yesterday. They will have a match but from the looks of it, he will definitely lose.
Resolving herself, Brent Galius stepped forward and approached their professor.
"Professor Robert, can you please become my battle partner for a bit?"
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