‘Sigh! I don’t have another corn or anything else to eat. I can’t possibly enjoy a fight without something to snack on,’ I expressed my worries internally as I watched Leon with my exasperated eyes.
‘I fucking need something to eat!!’
But I can’t go in the middle of the match so I had no choice but to wait. I unwillingly settled on my seat after that.
***
Two students stood on each side of the arena. One was Leon from class A; the guy rumored as the strongest first-year student of this batch, he was an S ranker, had a magic system, and the protection of “the plot armor”.
On the other side was a boy named Canon; he was also called the strongest but unlike Leon, he was the strongest swordsman in his own class only.
The guy had a perfectly built body, his arms were muscular and his six abs were highlighted on his shirt. Due to those muscles, he was able to apply more force in his attacks than the students who were on the skinny side.
His hair was short and colored in grey and he had a tanned skin tone. In short, he didn’t look like a boy whose age was 15—according to his body, someone would say his age was around 20 to 25.
He held a rather big and broad sword in his hands; right now he was resting it on his shoulder as he held its hilt with his right hand. While completely opposite to him, Leon was holding onto a slim and long sword that looked fragile.
(A/N: From here on this fight is written by loli_pop so the decrease in quality is expected. No offense loli_pop ^-^)
They were looking at each other and both were all smiles. The referee announced the start of the match and the duo shifted into a battle posture.
Though before attacking Leon passed him a warm smile as he said, “I’m fortunate that I got the opportunity to fight with you. I don’t want to hurt you but it’s what the academy says, so please forgive me if I gave you any severe injuries—though I’ll try to hold back. Now, I hope we’ll get along.”
His tone was nice and calming, it never sounded like he was saying anything toxic, nope, not at all.
Canon just nodded to Leon’s long speech and then pointed his sword toward him.
Leon raised his sword too and began walking toward Canon. He was holding his sword lightly with only his right hand and was swinging it in the air. Canon also moved as he went toward Leon.
𝐟𝘳𝑒𝗲𝘸e𝒃𝘯𝒐𝐯e𝚕.c𝒐𝒎
Neither was running but just walking toward each other normally, even so, the pressure in the arena was too much. As they were in close range the first one to rise his sword was Canon.
He moved his toward upward and then he let his hand loose and stopped applying any force, leaving everything to gravity. But as the sword was about to come down slowly it suddenly lit up and released a bright yellow light, soon his bade was dyed in the same color.
The blade then quickly came down as Conan moved his hand downward with utmost force; it was so quick that most of the people who were watching the match were only able to see a blurred motion.
A loud crashing sound was heard all across the stadium and a dust cloud formed around the duo when the dust settled though the figure of Leon was revealed.
He had his sword horizontally in front of his face and was blocking Canon’s huge blade with it. The force from Canon’s attack had caused his feet to get drilled deep into the ground but other than that he was perfectly fine.
Out of the blue, the girls in the audience started screaming and cheering for Leon; they were all first-year girls and most of class A. Leon turned toward them and passed them a smile.
Then focused on the fight again and looked at Canon and said, “I’ll end this quickly. Again sorry if I end up hurting you.”
A second after that Leon’s sword emitted a blinding red light that swallowed the both of them in it for a second, when the light disappeared Leon’s blade came into view. It was red-hot like it’s just been taken out of the oven.
<strong>-Zap!</strong>
Leon disappeared from his place and before Canon could understand anything he appeared behind him, his speed was so fast that no one, literally no one was able to see him moving.
As soon as Canon sensed Leon’s presence behind him he turned, slashing the air with his blade from the right to the left.
<strong>-Clang!</strong>
His blade was stopped by Leon’s, this time Canon looked surprised because had applied a good amount of power behind this attack. “You are good,” he said roughly.
The next moment, a sound of metal scraping was heard as Leon moved his swords rightward, and then all of a sudden he applied the force in his attack, Canon’s big blade was thrown away in the process. It flew and then crashed to the ground, digging itself in the soil.
“What?” Canon mumbled in surprise.
His blade was heavier than the normal sword yet Leon threw it away so easily. Now he believed that his title of “the strongest” was not just for show.
The girls in the audience once again exploded into cheer, Leon turned toward them and waved as he a warm calming smile appeared on his face.
The referee announced the end of the match, and both of them left the arena.
***
‘Cringe! Fucking cringe! I know this was coming but I never knew it’ll be so bad to see it in real life.’
This fight has gone exactly as loli_pop had written in his novel; it was so accurate that it was disturbing.
Other than that, the class’s morale and motivation were down again. The guy who was supposed to be the strongest swordsman in our class was taken care of with such ease. Thanks to that we lost another match. Now the score was 2-7.
‘But anyway, I should probably get going since it was my chance now,’ I thought as I got up from my seat.
