Chapter 48: Leo vs Kayn (1)
On the day of the match, as Leo made his way to class, the students that he passed said to him, "Good luck, Leo! I know you'll beat that arrogant bully!"
During homeroom, Professor Jasmine asked him, "How are you feeling? You have a match with a magic student today, right?"
"Yes, I do, and I feel great." He said with a smile.
"That's good to hear. I'll be there to watch your match, too."
"I'll try not to embarrass myself." He joked.
Once class ended, just as Leo prepared to leave the classroom, he suddenly realized something.
"Umm… Jasmine, where am I supposed to fight Kayn? We didn't agree on a specific location…" He asked her in a slightly embarrassed voice.
Jasmine smiled and said, "All matches are held in the Magic Arena. Do you know how to get there? Actually, you can just follow your classmates because they'll be heading there as well."
"I understand."
Leo realized a few moments later that he didn't need to ask Jasmine such questions because Kayn was right outside his classroom the moment he stepped outside.
"I hope you're ready, Leo! Meet me at the Magic Arena in two hours! I would fight you right now, but we need to let the audience grow first!" Kayn said with a wide smirk on his face.
"All right. I will see you at the Magic Arena in two hours." Leo nodded.
Once Kayn left, the time of Leo's match with Kayn spread throughout the academy like wildfire, and students began showing up at the Magic Arena way before the fight even began to acquire the good seats.
Leo made his way to the Magic Arena an hour before his fight with Kayn.
"Wow, there are a lot of students here." Leo was dumbstruck by the sea of people outside the Magic Arena, almost as though he was going to a worldwide sports event.
"There are rarely this many students who would show up for a fight between students. Only fights between witches would gather such attention." Lilith said to him from the sky.
"Make way! Leo is here!" One of the students there shouted when he noticed Leo trying to get inside the Magic Arena.
The students there made a path that led straight into the Magic Academy for him.
"T-Thanks…" Leo quickly entered the Magic Arena.
The Magic Arena was a massive, oval-shaped building that looked exactly like an indoor sports stadium. The interior of the building also resembled that of a stadium.
While Leo was looking around the stadium I walked towards him put my hand around his neck and said, " I will be watching the match from the first seat, Leo. Just try to not kill that Kayn. Okay?"
My sudden arrival startled Leo as he jumped away in shock.
"Good luck for your match." I walked away towards the audience seats.
"Thank you..." Leo muttered with a confused face.
Once it was almost time for his match with Kayn, Leo approached the empty field.
After taking a deep breath, Leo entered the field.
"It's Leo!"
"I hope you lose!"
The arena exploded with noise the moment Leo entered the field, making him feel as though he was a celebrity or something.
Some people cheered for him, but a majority of them did the opposite by cursing him.
Leo could feel his heart throbbing like a war drum. This is the first time that he's ever been in such a spotlight; it felt surreal to him, almost like he was in a dream and a nightmare at the same time.
"I'm impressed that you didn't just run away, Leo!" Kayn said with a grin on his face.
"Why would I run? According to some people, this isn't the first time that we've fought, and you've never won against me." Leo smiled back.
The grin on Kayn's face was wiped away by Leo's remarks, and his eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.
"Don't get so cocky!! Even that girl won't be able to save you today!!"
Hearing his words, tick marks appeared on my forehead.
"Hey Leo, I have changed my mind. Don't go easy on him just beat him as brutally as possible." I said to Leo telepathically. Telepathy was a spell I learnt a few days ago.
Leo gulped nervously after hearing my words.
Suddenly, another figure walked into the field.
When the students saw this person, they all expressed surprise.
"It's the Headmistress! What's she doing here?!"
"I think she's going to personally oversee their match! Heavens! I don't think I have ever seen this before!"
"Headmistress." Kayn bowed to her in a respectful manner when he noticed her presence.
Leo also greeted her, "Good afternoon, Headmistress."
"Hello, Leo. I will be the judge of this match if you don't mind." Eve nodded, but she seemed to only acknowledge Leo's greeting, which infuriated Kayn, but there was nothing he could do but accept it.
Leo found this quite amusing and laughed inwardly.
"Once the match begins, the two of you will fight until either one of you loses consciousness or surrenders. Any questions?" Eve said.
Eve said to them, "If you have any artifacts on your body, leave them with me now."
"Here you go." Leo handed her the only artifact on his body, the Spatial Ring, after taking out his training sword.
Kayn also handed his own Spatial Ring to her.
When neither Leo or Kayn said anything, Eve nodded, "Then we will begin the match."
"Stand in your circles and wait for my signal."
Leo looked around until he saw a black circle about 20 meters away from his location.
Once he was standing inside the circle, he was about 50 meters away from Kayn.
A few moments later, Eve spoke in a loud voice that echoed throughout the arena without the help of a microphone.
"The match between Leo Magnus from Knight Class 2-A and Kayn Graham from Magic Class 2-A will now begin!"
"Once I blow this whistle, you may start the fight!"
After counting to three, Eve blew the whistle.
Kayn immediately raised his hand and pointed his palms at Leo, and he started chanting in a low voice.
Meanwhile, Leo started running towards Kayn at his full speed, which actually looked slow in the eyes of the audience because they were used to seeing Leo move at a much quicker speed.
Kayn must chant his spells and gather his mana, which requires time, especially since he was preparing for a Tier 3 spell right off the bat.
Once Leo was almost in front of him, Kayn finally finished his spell and shouted, "Water Barrage!"
<Congratulations. You have copied magic affinity : water affinity>
<Water affinity upgraded to EX+ rank>
I successfully gained my 5th affinity. Now I had space, light, dark, wind, and water.
Leo immediately stopped his movements to prepare for the incoming attack.
Over a dozen water balls the size of a watermelon suddenly appeared before Kayn and started flying at Leo.
Leo was shocked when he saw these water balls coming at him.
Compared to the speed of Miss Camille throwing her magic spears, these water balls paled in comparison, and Leo was able to keep track of them with his bare eyes.
After doding the first one, he immediately dodged the second, then a third.
A few moments later, he started moving towards Kayn again.
Kayn pointed his finger at Leo and hastily shouted, "Water Bullet!"
A small water orb flew at Leo, who was only a few steps away from reaching Kayn.
Leo twisted his body right before the Water Bullet reached him, narrowly dodging it.
After dodging Kayn's Water Bullet, Leo took the final step he needed to reach Kayn with his sword.
With his hand tightly gripping the sword, Leo performed one of the most difficult combos for the Formless Sword Dance that he knew, striking Kayn all over his body with 11 consecutive and connecting strikes in a quick session, sending him flying like a broken ragdoll.
Kayn coughed up blood after falling down. He could feel that some of his bones had broken from Leo's attack just now.
However, before he could even get back up, Leo was in front of him again with his sword already raised.
"Continue..." I said to Leo telepathically. My face had a smirk but my gaze was cold.
"Wa-Wait!" Kayn subconsciously raised his arms above his head in a defensive manner, but a leg came flying at his chest when he was expecting Leo to strike down with his sword.
"Agh!"
Pain immediately spread throughout Kayn's body, who felt like his chest had been crushed by a boulder, and he coughed up even more blood.
"I am not done yet!" Leo continued to strike Kayn without mercy, releasing all of his built up stress from training and everything else at once.
The audience were dead silent at this moment. They were all shocked by the brutal beatdown of Kayn, and some of them couldn't even believe their eyes.
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