The people in the crowd cheered as the supre commander, and I got on the platform.
One of the event organizers offered a sword for the duel, but I declined, saying that I already had my weapon, pulling out my bo from my void pocket.
The worker stood perplexed for a mont, asking if I was really going to use a wooden staff to fight the supre commander, who apparently had a greatsword.
"It’ll be fine," I replied with a smile as the man exited the arena.
When another worker brought Thorne his greatsword, I realized it looked pretty heavy, making wonder if the old man could even swing that thing.
"Never thought I’d have to teach a kid a lesson in front of so many people." the supre commander said with a sneer.
However, his words bored , making yawn before the fight had even started. It wasn’t my intention to annoy him at that ti, but he looked quite offended after seeing falling asleep at the arena.
"Let the fight comnce!" yelled the host.
Not even a second after the battle started, the supre commander muttered a chant that I couldn’t hear and boosted his speed, launching towards with his sword held high for an overhead attack.
Nonetheless, even though he was fast, I could still see him clearly, allowing to avoid his offense without much effort.
An attack ca from the left, so I just took one step to the right.
He followed up by slicing to the right, so I simply stepped back.
He moved forward, trying to stab , so I deflected him to the side with my bo and kicked his ribs, making him roll on the ground for a few ters before he quickly stood back up.
Seeing that Thorne was chanting sothing again, the thought of rushing and kicking him out of the arena before he could cast anything crossed my mind.
I an, I couldn’t hear what he was saying, but I was sure he was chanting one of those long-ass prayers that they said before casting a spell.
However, I rembered that I wanted to give the guests a spectacle since this was supposed to be a festival of so sort, so I decided to allow the supre commander to cast his magic.
During that brief period of ti, I used sound magic to listen to the knights talking amongst themselves as they watched the fight.
"Is this the kid that the guys from the 7th were talking about?" a random knight said.
"Yeah, the sa kid that defeated Commander Garret..." another replied.
"Oi, is that really true, though?"
At that mont, their conversation was interrupted by Commander Valentina of the 7th, who was feeling better after drinking my healing potions.
"I was there. I saw it with my own eyes," she comnted carefreely.
"Must have been a good fight!" another knight said.
"No... It wasn’t." Valentina continued. "Garret never had a slight chance against Ichiro..."
’Heh, you are right, Valentina. And just like Garret, this guy doesn’t really have a chance against ...’ I thought after eavesdropping on the knights’ conversation.
Seeing that the supre commander was done chanting his spell, his greatsword suddenly caught on fire and got surrounded by flas.
With an arrogant sneer and a drop of sweat coming down his head, he asked if I was scared now.
"Huh? Scared of what? You took all that ti just to light your sword on fire?" I asked with a hint of sarcasm and confusion.
’I an, did he really expect to be afraid of that?’ I pondered.
Angrily, Thorne launched at again and waved his sword frantically in all directions, sending fire waves all around the arena that burned the sides of the platform. However, none of his attacks even grazed my clothes.
’Well, at least it looks pretty flashy...’ I thought, mindlessly avoiding his attacks.
Jumping away from his onslaught, I placed my hand on the platform and used earth magic to create an earth wall that blocked the fire waves.
Then, I kicked the wall while still using magic and made it slide straight to the supre commander, who tried avoiding it but wasn’t fast enough.
Honestly, I could have kept pushing the wall until Thorne was out of bounds, but then again, not flashy enough.
After getting hit by the wall and landing on his rear, I made the wall crumble and decided to show him what real fire magic looked like.
I held my bo in a horizontal position, and the tips lit up with vibrant blue flas—a combination of air magic to create gas and fire magic to ignite it.
Although, I did exaggerate the amount of MP I poured into it to make the glow brighter, astonishing the crowd.
’Alright, good. Now it’s a show!’ I thought.
The supre commander didn’t seem too fazed about my magic and ran towards to close the gap between us.
Nevertheless, I used my bo to counter all his attacks, and after leaving an opening, I slamd his chest plate and smashed it into pieces as he was sent flying back, barely managing to stay on the platform.
As Thorne slowly stood back up, I was done playing around and decided to end the match once and for all.
Gently floating above the ground and looking down at the supre commander, I raised my hands and summoned dozens of lightning that began destroying the sides of the arena that were out of bounds.
I wasn’t trying to hit my opponent. I was just showing him the difference in power between us. It had never been a duel for . Instead, it was a way for to embarrass the man.
After the bolts of lightning desecrated the sides of the arena, the spectators stayed silent along with the royal family while Thorne looked up at with a terrified expression.
The only people that seed to be carefreely smiling were my companions, lina, the maids, and Reinar. But they already knew the extent of my magic, so it was normal for them not to be impressed anymore.
Slowly descending back into the arena, I stared at the supre commander sitting on the ground.
"Do you surrender?" I asked with a cold expression, trying to intimidate him.
To my surprise, he accepted my proposal and lowered his head, saying that he, indeed, surrendered.
He must have thought that I was going to kill him or sothing, but all I was going to do was push him out of the arena to make him lose if he declined.
Nonetheless, it worked out, and after the host declared the winner of the match, the arena went crazy with cheers.
I floated back up to the king’s booth, where he congratulated on my victory.
"It’s nothing, but I guess you are going to need a new supre commander," I told the king.
"It seems that way." the king replied before laughing out loud.
"Why? Do you want the position?" he continued.
"Huh? No... That sounds like a lot of work." I replied, making the king laugh again.
"Fine. Any recomndations, then?" he asked.
Seeing that this was my best chance at changing the knight culture in the kingdom, I told the king that Commander Thomas of the 4th would make a great Supre Commander.
He hadn’t participated in the tournant, but it wasn’t because he was weak. In fact, he was the strongest of the 4th, with Harvey coming in second.
The reason why he didn’t participate was that I told him not to and asked him to put the rookies instead to showcase the power of the order, and it worked.
"And who would take care of the 4th?" the king asked.
"Isn’t it obvious, King Leon? Of course, Harvey should beco the commander." I replied with a smile.
The king heartily laughed again, saying that Harvey was the winner of the tournant, and as the strongest knight currently in the kingdom, he couldn’t see a reason to keep him at the sub-commander level.
Completing the paperwork would take a few weeks, but my work wasn’t completely done.
Now that the other knights had seen what my training routine could do, they all asked for the sa regi. If this had happened months before, I would have declined.
However, now that the 4th had broken their curse as the weakest knights, I thought it would be acceptable for all of the knights’ orders in the kingdom to be just as powerful.
The best thing is that I wouldn’t need to train them myself.
When I first started with the 4th, I did hands-on training with them for a few weeks until they got the hang of the routine and were able to follow it without around.
It was pretty much the sa with the 7th and the 2nd, who already followed my training regi. Of course, they hadn’t been doing it as long as the guys at End Town, but they were still stronger than the rest.
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