( Yuuki's POV )
Charl's transformation would have seemed unfair to some, but it was designed to be used with our new triple core, and now Charl was fighting on borrowed time.
Charl had the weapons and the skill to aim at both girls at the same time, so Cecilia stayed close to Momo, who focused only on blocking Charl's attacks, while Cecilia was behind Momo's shields, she released her drones, and she used her lasers to chip at Charl's shields.
Dodging was pointless because her energy was going to run out soon anyway, she chose to take the drone shields to give Laura a clear shot, she released the armor on her lower arms revealing her pile bunkers and she fired the two energy-coated metal stakes at high speed, Momo's first instinct was to block but the energy coated spikes break through most of the drones.
Momo saved a couple of drones that could not stop Charl's attack, she and Cecilia tried to fly away but one of Momo's boosters was pierced and she lost a massive amount of her flight ability, Momo quickly lost altitude and Charl moved to finish her off, Cecilia aimed her laser rifle but didn't have to shoot, Charl's unit ran out of energy and her unit couldn't move no more.
That didn't look good for Laura's team, but she had finished charging her railgun, and she fired a huge laser, both Cecilia and Momo were within the attack radius, they used their long rapier and the drones they had left to take the attack.
The rapier was absorbing the energy of the attack but not fast enough, she was taking damage and with her back against the wall they tried a desperate maneuver, Momo used her remaining drones and her unit's shields to take the brunt of the attack and the moment her unit could not continue, Cecilia released the energy stored in her rapier, two powerful lasers collided and a shock wave sent them crashing against the wall.
A smokescreen rose where they impacted, and from there, the two immediately flew straight at each other, Cecilia with her rapier and Laura with her extendable energy blade.
The two final attacks collided in the center of the stadium, and after a loud impact sound, the siren sounded, and Chifuyu announced the result of the battle.
Chifuyu: [ That's it, the winner is... Team Cecilia. ]
From the stands, I could see that Cecilia's rapier reached Laura's shoulder, while her attack fell slightly short of reaching.
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After Cecilia's victory, it was Origami's turn again, and she faced some regular students, so the fight wasn't difficult for her, but there was no time for congratulations, I had to prepare my unit for the next battle.
Between fights, the units' energy was not fully recharged and repairs were only minor, I used some spare parts from the IS training to replace my sub-arms but these were not going to hold up as well as the originals, Ichika's unit didn't have much damage, his unit only exhausted its energy in the previous battle, so when I finished with that I left the hangar, and I ran into Cecilia.
She had her arms crossed and a proud expression on her face, similar to when we first met.
Yuuki: Oh Cecilia, shouldn't you be preparing for our fight?
Cecilia: I wanted to tell you that things aren't like last time, I also planned to win this fight, so I don't want you to hold back.
Yuuki: you have nothing to worry about, I'm going to come to you with everything I have, Miss Elite.
Cecilia put on a small smile when she heard the old nickname I had given her before, and without exchanging any more words, we headed to the runway, Inside the arena, I threw one of my guns at Ichika.
Ichika: What's this for?
Yuuki: You waste a lot of energy swinging your sword, try that.
Ichika: Thank you.
I had my eyes on Cecilia, and when the siren sounded, I flew at high speed towards her, Cecilia used her rifle but I deflected her attacks with my tails followed by an ignition boost to get behind her But Cecilia could see that movement coming, and she used her rapier as it passed to her right.
Cecilia: I told you things weren't going to go the same way.
I put on a smile as she was able to block my attack, and on the other side Ichika was shooting at Momo, His aim wasn't very good but the worst thing was that Momo was deflecting the shots toward me, I was using my tails to defend myself but when Cecilia cut one of them I gave her a Spartan kick and I flew backwards, near Ichika.
Ichika: Sorry, I'll stop that.
Yuuki: No, do that again, when Momo is deflecting attacks, you need to close the distance.
While I was talking, Cecilia fired some lasers that I redirected to Momo with my sword, she used her drones to deflect the attack, and at that moment, Ichika could see that she was defenseless for a moment, we exchanged a nod and resumed the fight.
The two of us flew towards Momo while shooting, Cecilia tried to intervene in our strategy, but I kept her distracted, Ichika used ignition boost when she was deflecting our shots, and with a swing of his sword, he was able to pass through her shield, and put her out of action.
Things turned in our favor, and Ichika turned around to regroup with me, but before he could, he was shot down by Cecilia's drones, I didn't even notice when she deployed her drones.