The second day of the exam began.
~Destruction Waves Slash~
Charles launched a large wave-like slash at me. However, I also launched an attack to block it.
~Advanced Glacier Strike~
Our two attacks clashed. However, the exchange of blows was short-lived, as Charles's wave slash slowly began to freeze after being hit by mine. Seeing his frozen attack, Charles immediately used another technique.
~San Fulgen Arts Water Technique: Rain Sword~
Several water swords appeared around Charles. Then, Charles immediately moved toward me, jumping over his frozen wave slash. Charles prepared to attack me.
~Destruction Water Slash~
Charles attacked me with a water slash from close range, but I immediately blocked the attack with my sword. As I blocked the attack, the water swords surrounding him began to attack me. However, before they could reach me, they were shattered by other water swords that suddenly appeared. Charles, who saw this, was surprised, but he understood what was really going on after seeing several water swords surrounding me.
"Looks like I have to charge you for using my family's technique, Rid," Charles said.
"Please don't be like that, Charles," I said.
"I was just joking," Charles said.
Charles and I continued our match. Meanwhile, on the other side of the training arena, Irene and Leandra were fighting each other. Leandra fired small and medium-sized magic balls at Irene, but Irene managed to block them all with her rapier.
"It seems it won't be easy to defeat you, miss," Leandra thought.
Currently, only two teams remained in the arena: Irene and I, and Charles and Leandra, as the other two had already fallen. One of the fallen teams was the team Irene and I fought on the first day. In this exam, the same teams could face each other again the next day.
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Back to my fight with Charles.
Currently, Charles was using the ~San Fulgen Art Water Technique: Aqua Longsword~ technique, which increased his water sword five times its original length. With a sword that long, his attack range expanded. Then, Charles launched a slashing attack at me with his long sword.
~Aqua Destroyer~
I prepared to stop the attack with my technique.
~Secret Sword Art: Aqua Slayer Slash~
I launched a slash at the long water sword, and it instantly shattered. The water coating the sword fell to the arena floor, seemingly losing its power. Charles didn't seem surprised to see his water sword shatter. This was because he had experienced this many times during his sparring with me. When Charles' water sword shattered, I saw an opening in Charles' defense. I immediately darted towards Charles and launched an attack.
~Secret Sword Art : Roaring Dragon Slash~
Charles was struck squarely by the attack, sending him flying against the training ground wall. Charles fell to the ground.
After defeating Charles, I looked over at Irene, who had been fighting Leandra. It seemed Irene had also managed to defeat Leandra. Leandra was lying on the arena floor with chunks of ice stuck to her body.
"Even though she's fighting her own assistant, Irene still doesn't hold back," I thought.
With Charles and Leandra defeated, Irene and I won again on the second day of the exam.
In other matches, Noa and Chloe also won, even though they were in the same match as Kotaro, Julie, Enzo, and Lotta. Meanwhile, Lily also won today's match, even though she wasn't teamed with Glenn, her current partner.
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Second test of the third day.
Irene and I won again on the third day of the exam. We defeated Enzo & Lotta, and Lily & Glenn, who were also in the same match with us. In that match, Enzo didn't seem as serious as usual. Furthermore, defeating Lily was quite difficult, as her agility and strength had improved compared to before. That's what allowed her to win the first and second matches, even though she wasn't working with her partner. But in the end, Lily was defeated by Irene. Lily lay on the arena floor with chunks of ice stuck to her body.
"Yesterday it was Leandra and now it's Lily. It seems Irene really isn't holding back, even against her own assistant," I thought.
Then in another match, Noa and Chloe surprisingly defeated Charles and Leandra's team, who were in the same match as them. This result gave them their third victory in this second exam, just like Irene and I.
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Second exam, day four.
Coincidentally or not, on this final day, Irene and I were in a match with Noa and Chloe, which meant we were going to face each other.
After the other two teams lost, Noa and I fought.
~Twin Wind Ballista~
Noa threw two wind spears with both hands, and they were aimed at me.
~Secret Sword Art: Wind Slayer Slash~
However, I managed to destroy both wind spears with my slash. However, as I destroyed Noa's two wind spears, Noa quickly darted toward me. He was now enveloped in a dense wind magic.
"~Magic Martial Arts~ huh?" I thought.
Noa immediately tried to attack me with a punch enhanced by his wind magic.
~Great Wind Impact~
The blow was aimed at my head. But I quickly blocked the attack with my technique.
~Secret Sword Art: Wind Slayer Slash~
I launched a slash at the blow, and it was blocked by my sword. However, suddenly the wind magic surrounding Noa's hand, which had been used to strike, vanished. Noa was shocked to see this.
"Why did the wind magic surrounding me suddenly disappear?" Noa asked.
"You seem to have forgotten that this technique of mine can cut and destroy certain elemental magic, Noa. If I can dispel the wind magic covering your spear with this technique, it's not impossible that I can also dispel the wind magic surrounding your body," I said.
Noa was still shocked to see the wind magic surrounding her hand disappear. Seeing this, I immediately attacked Noa.
"This is the end, Noa," I said.
~Glacier Strike~
Noa was struck squarely by the attack, sending him flying backward.
Meanwhile, moments ago, on the other side of the training ground, Irene and Chloe were fighting each other. Chloe was currently fighting with her two daggers made from fire magic. Then, Chloe used a technique of her own.
~San Fulgen Art Fire Technique: Fire Dagger Illusion Movement~
After that, Chloe immediately attacked Irene with both daggers.
"You may have seen this illusion technique when I fought senior Nadine in the previous academy tournament. But during our sparring, I decided not to use it. This was so you couldn't counter this technique of mine, Irene. If you've never faced this technique, you wouldn't know how to counter it," Chloe said.
Chloe continued to attack Irene, but Irene managed to dodge all of her attacks. Realizing this, Chloe was shocked.
"How can you dodge all these attacks? These attacks are mixed with illusions, making it difficult to perfectly dodge them," Chloe said.
Chloe then noticed Irene's face. It turned out Irene dodged all of Chloe's attacks with her eyes closed.
"You dodged all of those attacks with your eyes closed?" Chloe asked, surprised.
"That's right. As you said, since I've never fought you using that technique, I definitely wouldn't be able to counter it, as I don't know how it works. I know it's dangerous because it severely injured Nadine during the academy tournament. So if I can't counter it, my defeat is certain."
"However, Rid told me about the weakness of your technique. He said that it incorporates illusions that can trick the opponent's vision, and that's where it's weak. He said it's useless against opponents who don't use their vision to counter it. That's why I decided to close my eyes when dodging this technique. With my eyes closed, I can focus on dodging your real attacks and not have to worry about illusions messing with my vision."
"By the way, Rid brought this up after watching your match against Nadine. So after that, I decided to practice dodging attacks with my eyes closed to counter this technique. Because I knew we'd definitely face each other again, and you'd definitely use this technique. And because of that, I'm now quite used to it, dodging attacks with my eyes closed," Irene said.
After hearing Irene's explanation, Chloe continued to attack Irene with her technique, even though Irene managed to dodge all of them. Then, at one point, Irene blocked Chloe's two fire daggers with her rapier, causing them to slip from Chloe's grasp. Seeing this, Irene immediately attacked Chloe with her own attack.
"This is the end, Chloe," Irene said.
~Glacier Strike~
Chloe was struck squarely by the attack, sending her flying backward. At the same time, Noa was also sent flying backward by my attack. Noa and Chloe collided, their backs touching. Upon seeing them collide, Irene and I immediately rushed towards them, preparing to attack them both.
~San Lucia Art: Freezing Air Slash~
Our slashes struck Chloe and Noa squarely. They both fell to the ground.
-To be continued
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