Capítulo 23: Fighting against the strongest
The atmosphere among the students became tense, when they saw the strength of the man in front of them, they raised their guard, observing every movement with great attention.
*Bite*
The man in hakama in front of them looked totally unconcerned, as if he didn't have to worry at all about these students in front of him
"Tch!"
Voosh-!
Three students seemed to come to a silent agreement and lashed out at Takehiko at the same time
Stretch-!
One of the students tensed his bow and then releasing his hand shot a precise arrow that was headed towards Takehiko.
Swoosh-
Takehiko without moving from his place tilted his head slightly so that the arrow passed just a few centimeters away from cutting him
"Ahhh!"
"Ahhh!"
The other two students taking advantage of the distraction attacked Takehiko at the same time from opposite sides trying to corner him
But...
Voom-!
With imperceptible speed, the students received a hit to the face that sent them rolling for several meters before they came to a stop
*Bite*
"Second and third"
He said disinterestedly as he continued to eat his apple.
Woosh-
A shadow swallowed the unconscious students carrying them to a safe place.
"Crazy..."
The students tensed up even more at the second demonstration of the man's extraordinary strength
"Sigh~, don't they plan to move?"
He asked in annoyance as he took the last few bites of his apple.
"Well then..."
Throwing away the remains of the apple he looked at the students with a more serious countenance.
"I'll go."
Voosh-!
"!¡"
In front of the students' eyes Takehiko disappeared.
"Where is he!?"
"I don't see him!"
"Where did he go!?"
"Sigh~, I can't believe this alone is enough to make them lose their calm"
A monotone voice echoed calling the attention of the students, when the students looked at the source of the voice they were shocked.
It was Takehiko, who was in their midst and no one had noticed until now
"Fuck!"
The nearby students tried to move away
But...
Voom-! Voom-! Voom-! Voom-!
With imperceptible movements, Takehiko instantly knocked out four students who were close to him.
Woosh-
The shadows swallowed them up and disappeared.
"What the hell are you doing?! Attack, if we all attack together we can defeat it!"
At the words of one student the others snapped out of their stupor and charged forward.
"Completely disorganized"
Takehiko just watched as the students approached him without any change in his expression.
"Ahhh!"
Voom-! Voom-! Swoosh-! Voom-!
Dodging the student's attacks with utmost ease and knocking them all out with one hit, the student's numbers dwindled considerably as the shadows of them carried them away
"Thirteenth, and, um...I don't know, I've already lost count."
Boom-!
As he tried to remember how many students he had knocked out, a fireball reached him.
"Mm, since there are fewer people the mages started to act."
Emerging from the smoke completely unharmed, Takehiko watched the mages begin to conjure spells.
"Water snake!"
"Wind sword!"
"Frost bullet!"
The mages fired several simultaneous spells powered by their wands and staffs.
Wands and staffs are items that allow mages to better control and condense their mana, they also empower their spells thanks to the mana stones embedded in them
While wands are used by combat mages oriented to fast spells. Staffs are more appropriate for mages in the rearguard who cast more powerful spells that require more preparation.
Boom-! Boom-! Boom-!
Dodging the spells Takehiko ran towards the mages.
"Pendragon style! Dragon Rise!"
Standing in front of Takehiko, Leticia wielded her sword in a low stance to then perform an upward movement.
Clank-!
"Huh?"
But the attack could not be completed because Takehiko parried the sword using his bare hands.
Voosh-!
"Ahhh!"
When Takehiko moved his hand to knock Leticia out, Kein appeared behind him swinging his sword.
Swoosh-!
Moving his head to the side Takehiko dodged the attack, then, using Leticia's sword as support he spun around and threw a kick at Kein.
Clank-!
"Kugh!"
Kein managed to block the kick with his sword but was still dragged several meters.
'But what crazy strength he has!'
Kein being able to feel his arms numb after that kick, looked at Takehiko with admiration.
'This guy is amazing!'
Kein was always someone who admired strong people, his grandfather was the strongest person he knew, but after coming to Athena academy he met one strong person after another.
And his senses were screaming at this moment
That this person in front of him was the strongest!
'And what's wrong with this guy?'
Takehiko on the other hand was confused by Kein's attitude.
Crackle- Voom-!
Under Takehiko's feet a pillar of golden flames erupted and engulfed him completely.
Voosh-!
But stomping on the ground he completely dispersed the flames as he turned to look at the culprit.
"Dammit"
Beatriz who was holding a wooden staff didn't seem very surprised that her attack failed.
Bam-!
Slamming her staff against the ground, she conjured another five fireballs that began to spin, increasing more and more in speed.
"That doesn't look good."
Crackle-
Takehiko tried to move to stop whatever Beatriz was preparing, but when he looked down, he could tell that his legs were frozen
"Now!"
Anisa, who had a wand shouted and the next moment out of Takehiko's shadow, came Akiyama wielding a katana.
Clank-!
However, Takehiko, with a finger, managed to stop the sword's advance.
Voosh-!
Kein and Leticia took the opportunity and attacked Takehiko at the same time.
Voom-! Voom-!
Repeating the same story as before, Takehiko with imperceptible movements, hit Leticia and Kein, but unlike the other students, they were not knocked unconscious after taking a hit, although they did take a lot of damage
"Oh~"
Takehiko looked shocked at this fact and let out a slight exclamation of surprise
"Move aside!"
Beatrice, who had finished with the preparations for her spell, shouted.
A huge wheel of fire was spinning intensely behind her, spewing out a hellish heat
Leticia, Kein and Akiyama stepped back, making way for Beatrice to cast the spell.
"Hugging ring!"
Vooosh-!
The huge ring of fire was shot out and rolled at high speed towards Takehiko.
"Mm, pretty good."
Takehiko just watched it calmly and slowly raised his hand and a white-colored energy surrounded it.
Wooosh-
The ring of fire crashed into Takehiko's hand but it didn't stop spinning, The students flapped and covered themselves, overwhelmed by the hellish heat it emanated, but Takehiko didn't seem to have any major problem
Voosh-!
Then, with a wave of his hand, the ring of fire dispersed completely.
"It can't be..."
Beatrice watched, shocked, as her most powerful spell was neutralized in such a simple way.
Crack-! Step-Step- Step-
Breaking the thread that immobilized him, Takehiko began to walk towards Beatrice.
She was pale-faced and sweating profusely; she had put a lot of mana into that attack and still hadn't recovered.
Step-Step-Pam-
"Hmh?"
Takehiko continued walking until his foot hit something.
When he looked down, he could see a gray-haired boy lying on the ground and
Sleeping?
"..."
Takehiko watched the boy closely
Breathing, heartbeat and muscle movement.
'It looks like he's really asleep'
Everything in his body indicated that, indeed, this boy had fallen asleep in the middle of this battlefield
"Hey, kid, this is no place like for-"
Swoosh-!
His words were interrupted by a blade that flew towards his head, Takehiko, moving slightly, managed to dodge it and it flew past him
Woosh-!
But surprisingly, the blade changed course in the air, heading towards his head again.
Clinck-
Takehiko, however, caught it using two fingers without any problems.
'A thread?"
When Takehiko caught the blade, he realized that it had a thread attached to the handle.
Voosh-
The boy who was "asleep" spun around and stood up quickly, drawing the blade back to him.
" Well, I seem to have missed."
He said in a monotone tone that his empty black eyes were wide open but there was no visible emotion on his face
The boy looked at Takehiko for several seconds without moving a single finger, After a while, he lifted his arm and combed his hair backwards.
Voosh-!
After that, he lunged at Takehiko head-on without stopping.
Woosh-!
While running, she threw two blades directly towards Takehiko.
'A frontal attack?'
Clank-!
While thinking about this, one of the blades suddenly changed its course and collided with the other, causing it to deflect sideways.
Voosh-!
Immediately afterwards, the gray-haired boy lunged forward with a dagger; the blades from before also changed course again, attacking him from both sides.
In this way, Takehiko teats after covering his flanks.
But...
Voosh-!
Takehiko, using his footwork, slipped between the free gaps he had and positioned himself behind the gray-haired boy, grabbing his arm that had the dagger that pinned him down.
"Not bad, kid; you forced me to use a technique."
Crack- Crack-!
While Takehiko was congratulating the boy, he did something he didn't expect.
He let go of the dagger in his hand and caught it with his free hand, then dislocated his shoulder and spun around, trying to stab Takehiko.
Swoosh-!
Takehiko avoided the dagger, but the gray-haired boy immediately changed his grip and tried to stab him again.
Crack-!
Takehiko, with a hit, broke his arm.
With his arm broken, the boy dropped the dagger but didn't stop.
Clank-!
Using his mouth, he grabbed the dagger and lunged at Takehiko again.
'As I thought, he can't feel pain'.
Takehiko had broken his arm to confirm this.
There are people capable of dislocating an arm without much trouble after arduous combat training; however, even for those people, there is a small moment of preparation before doing it in the middle of a fight.
'But he did it without hesitation.'
There was no moment of preparation or hesitation, When his free hand grabbed the dagger, he automatically dislocated his shoulder to attack, and when I broke his arm, his eyes didn't move an inch; they were always fixed on me
"I don't know whether to praise him or feel chills."
Tak-
Nimbly moving his hands, Takehiko pressed the side of the gray-haired boy's neck and he fell unconscious seconds later.
Woosh-
A shadow swallowed him up and Takehiko gave him a glare before returning his focus to the students.
"This guy is a monster."
"How many students already fallen?"
"They really want us to defeat this guy?"
All of the students were fearful and didn't dare to approach
"Sigh~, looks like there are only a few decent people, though I admit there are more than I expected."
Takehiko started to walk towards the students with relaxed steps
"Uaagh~, I want to sleep."
BOOM-!
Suddenly, a huge explosion occurred where Takehiko was standing
"Hmp, you're all a disgrace."
A man with blonde hair and blue eyes started walking around, talking with an arrogant tone
"I can't believe assholes like you dare to call yourselves nobles or elite students; you really make me vomit."
"What did you say, bastard!?"
"Shut up."
Voom-!
An enormous pressure began to suppress the students; many of them couldn't take it and ended up fainting, being swallowed by the shadows and taken to safety, reducing the group of students to less than half
"What...is this pressure?"
Kein, leaning on his sword, was doing his best not to faint under the enormous pressure he was feeling as he watched the blonde-haired boy walk with his hands in his pockets
"Oh, so this is you."
Takehiko walked out without a scratch from the huge explosion that hit him
"The greatest genius ever seen in the history of magic."
He said as he looked at the boy, who was approaching step by step towards him with absolute confidence
"Alexander Von Einzhart
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