Ria’s perspective
Three hours went by.
Max and Kakashi came back with different expressions on their faces.
Max still had a calm face while Kakashi had an unlike dishevelled face.
“What happened…?” Rui asked.
“You happened to see something not meant to be seen. Don’t worry, we have already dealt with it.”
“I see.”
After that, we walked back to our group meeting place.
It was Kakashi, Eigi and I who walked to the room.
The same was located on the third floor of the ship.
The door number was 305.
After reaching the third floor and door 305, we knocked on the door waiting for an answer.
A moment later, a woman came and opened the door.
She had brown hair with blue eyes.
She opened the door with a bright smile on her face and welcomed us in.
“Hi!” She said as she smiled.
Eigi also smiled back.
This gave her the impression that we were all alike since we all tolerate each other.
“Hello, madame. How is your day?” Eigi asked the woman.
“My day has been going fine. And yours?” She asked, facing all of us.
“I am good, nothing bad has happened and I hope it skips all of us.” I said.
“Good, too.”
After the brief intro, the Miss showed us a seat while we could sit.
In the room, four of our classmates were already there.
Jim, Florence, Deborah and Isaac.
Two girls and five boys but the other classes who were in their lower and upper grade were there too.
In short, there were seven students from my class including me, seven students from the lower grade.
The grade which is a year late than us, the same year Eva is in.
Then, we have the second and third year whose combined number is twenty since they have dropped out students and expulsion students.
All of our combined number was fourteen plus twenty making= 34.
“Well, this is a lot of students. I wonder how bad this exam can go.”
But from the crowd, I somewhat sensed the presence of someone watching me from behind, but I didn’t turn back, instead I faced forward.
“So, you are the kid who broke one of my underlings arms. You know, you got guts to do that, But since you are strong and… smart. I will give you a chance to join my squad and win this exam.”
“Thanks but no thanks. I have a lot of things to do deal with.”
I can use him to achieve some of the small things I need to take care of, immediately.
“Huh!” He said, a bit of rage appeared on his face.
“You heard me. I am busy.”
“You must be overestimating yourself, because you managed to damage one of my henchmen you think you can say all that you want and get what you want from it. Perhaps so, you look exactly like the person to do that.”
I held his lower shoulder with plenty of force to break with, then I darkened my eyes.
“Listen, get out of my way. Fraud!”
“Huh!” He seemed composed but fearing for his life.
“What did you say!?”
“If you get in my way again I will make sure to break your ribs and bones. I am not joking.”
Words said at-most certainty is enough to make a strong man cry.
No matter how strong you are, a person with enough strong aura can make you see your place.
“Iiiccchh. This does not align with my goals and line of working. But since you insist I will back off right here. ”
I turned my gaze and watched the tag which contained his name.
His name was Condo Rioko.
Condo Rioko.
An upperclassman who has many girlfriends then his own age.
He is fourteen years old but people say that he has dated over thirty women.
From kindergarten to royal academy grade 9, this is how many women he has dated that have been seen.
Which naturally means there might be more than people know.
Women who he didn’t show in public.
From there, I went to bed.
But I walked, I was a young girl around my age tip-toeing around the area which we slept in.
The person seemed incredibly familiar.
She had the same green hair as the girl from before.
She knocked on the third door to the left in the front.
Right away, the person opened quickly and allowed her to go inside.
The person who opened the door face was covered so I couldn’t see his face.
Rui came with Lee to see how we were doing.
“I guess. But shouldn’t we ask the others to see what they want?”
“That is a good idea.”
We all went and knocked on Eigi and Kakashi’s door.
They all said yes and we went to the backrooms to practice.
“Ready! Fight.”
The fight was between Kakashi and Eigi.
Eigi immediately started with elemental magic.
In his hand, he cast a fire spell in his right and water spell in the order.
He dove forward as fast as he possibly can.
“Kiilllhuum!” The sound effect of the special eye awaken could be heard.
In that moment Eigi was on guard, it almost seemed like he knew what was going to happen.
Kakashi then dashed forward in a zigzag line.
His objective was simple.
He wanted to confuse Eigi but Eigi wouldn’t allow that.
Eigi changed his magic spells from water and fire to lightning and wind.
He then in a brief moment focused his mana and spread it throughout his body.
After that moment, something changed.
“I have activated my sage mode too.”
“You seemed to have mastered it faster than I expected, Good job.”
This time, Kakashi dashed at an insane speed.
Kakashi’s speed was faster than anything I have seen with my naked eyes.
Kakashi then surrounded his body mana then manipulating it to create a light sphere.
“Kiren.”
Multiple lightning threads and lightning pins were created and launched at Eigi.
At the same time, Kakashi himself was also on the lose chasing Eigi.
“Water slashes.”
Eigi while having his sage mode on created a water circle that expends.
Using mana, Eigi created long lines that could cut through hard and sharp materials, This includes objects with mana in them.
Eigi then created multiple of those lines.
“Spin.”
The arms rotated slashing every lighting threads and pins that got close.
“I have you now.” Kakshi said as pointed his hand near Kakashi’s neck.
“How?” They all questioned how he got there so quickly.
The method is very simple.
Kakashi’s stars have the ability to teleport anyone to a different location no matter where and distance.
As long as the user has mana and the stamina to maintain it, it would work.
All kakashi did was create a destruction, then teleport to Eigi’s blind spot.
Game over.
But Eigi could have avoided that, he just let it happen for some reason.
“That ends this round. Next.”
Lee pulled out four leaves, we all pulled.
The people with the two shortest thin leaves would fight meaning that the last two would also fight after this.
I gently pulled the leaf out of Lee’s hand.
“I got a short.”
“I did too,” said Rui.
“Next up is Rui vs Ria.”
“Do you want anything to use?”
“What do you mean?”
“Like a non sharpened sword, baton, or anything that would make you have a slight advantage.”
“Sure, I will get the non sharpened sword.”
I didn’t really need it since I am sure of my abilities.
But.
Rui is a different case, his mana rods will give him an edge.
“It is okay if I use an eye ability.”
“Sure. Just keep yourself safe.”
“Start.”
Immediately, Rui stretched out arm.
Mana flowed throughout his body, which, in the call, about the famous mana rods.
It shot at speed that rivalled Kakashi’s speed but faster since it ignites on the vision or view of the user.
Since, Rui was staring at me, the rods which he produced came flying at me.
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“Clash, clash, clash.”
I lowered my centre of gravity.
One rod flew from right but I slash it with the wooden sword.
“It is not breaking.”
“He filled it up with mana, which means it has strong durability right now. But can he fight and maintain that concentration until the very end.”
“I guess we will have to wait and see.”
I dashed forward while slashing away incoming mana rods which were continuously fired at me.
I guess I have to use my pure ability.
From there, I activated my pure eye ability which allowed me to face through objects, mana and physical attacks.
Rui created lightning dragons made with incredible concentrated mana.
“Alese.”
The lightning dragon dashed to strike me but I already had a counter attack.
When I was younger, I created a seven headed water dragon.
Dad was the one who forced me to create that in the spare of the moment.
“Raining dance. Heads of the dragon, awaken.”
I created a large scale water current, then using mana manipulation, I formed their heads and tails.
I stretched my arms to where the lightning dragon was coming.
Then boom.
“Boom!” A loud explosion was heard.
But I took off flying in the air using astral art.
“This is enough. Let’s make one a draw. If we continue like this, we might destroy the facility.”
“Yeah, you are right.”
Lee and Alfred went next.
Looking at them, I knew one thing.
“This is going to be a hand to hand combat. Isn’t it?”
Lee and Alfred took their stance.
Lee raised his right hand in front curving it into a v-shape, and the other behind.
Meanwhile, Alfred tighten his fist.
“Begin.”
Both boys rushed at each other.
Lee raised his right leg after seeing Alfred ducking below him.
Alfred using his speed momentum he had at that time revised the situation.
“This is going to be hard.”
Both boys took four steps backwards, then five, then six.
They both started walking from right to left, each time going the opposite way of the opponent.
Lee jumped in again.
This time he threw his fist at him but he dodged by fainting to the left.
Alfred after seeing his chance spun in the air midway and slapped Lee five times simultaneously.
Lee in frustration came up in again, but just to get knocked down again.
“While, that was short.” Kakashi said.
“You know that Lee doesn’t fight well at night time?”
“Oh yeah. I completely forgot.”
“Lee has a quark that always hits him when it is night time. His mana drains faster when it is night time, so he has to sleep or continuously absorb mana.”
“So that is why he lost?”
“Pretty much. Now, let’s all go to our dorms and sleep.”
From there, we departed and went to our rooms but someone followed me.
“Rui?” I asked, staring in the direction he was standing in.
“I thought you wouldn’t notice me in the shadows but I guess I was wrong.”
“You sure don’t know how to keep yourself hidden. Do you?”
“I am not that type of guy. I only want to speak with you. It is about your power. You don’t have to answer me but please do.”
“…Sure I guess.”
“What are your powers called anyway?”
Rui’s question seems to have to deal with my powers and abilities.
“First of all, my power is called astral arts. Using this, I am able to manipulate all the elements.”
I explained at a surface level to him.
Astral arts have more than manipulating the element.
Using that, we can heal, fly and do things out of the ordinary.
“Is that the question you wanted to ask?”
“Yeah, thanks.”
Then he left.
I also went into my room and slept.