Naoki woke up from his bed and stretches a little bit, he then opened his curtains breathing in the fresh air.
"Ah, A new day time to go to school." Naoki said
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*RIIIING*
"And this is why magic is relevant to our lives."A student said
"Nice work James." The green haired teacher said
"Thank you Ms.Beatrice" James said
"Now for the announcement, next week there will be a test for what you have learned for the last month,but unlike other test this will be a practical one not a written test so make sure you will be ready."Beatrice announced
"Ugh...."
"noooooo."
The students at the room were all grumbling at the test some are not confident on their skills some are just very nervous.
"Oh god this is gonna be so annoying." Angela annoyingly said
While they are all grumbling someone from the room yelled at them.
"Shut your traps you worthless nobles! If you can't do the test just drop out! I've seen commoners do better than any of you worms here!" Miguel yelled across the room
The students then bad mouthed him and his ego but Miguel didn't pay attention to it.
*Murmur*
"Who does he think he is" a student murmured
"Yeah I know right."
Just besides him a purple haired boy talked to him and calmed him down.
"Um Miguel I think you should apologize to them." A purple haired boy said
"I won't apologize on saying the truth Brick!" Miguel said
"*Sigh* this is gonna be a long week" Brick muttered
*RIIIING*
*Crack* A boulder was shattered by a teacher with his bare hands
"Alright we've been learning Mana Enhancement for a week now, I'm sure Ms.Beatrice already said to you guys about the Practical Test next week. I just want to say that I wish you all good luck on the test."The brown haired teacher said
"For today's lesson I will hold a few sparring match and I will choose using a raffle box."
"Oh no I hope sir Jack won't draw us."
The students were scared from being drawn from the raffle box for they might face a strong classmate
"First Fighter Miguel Avarice." Jack said
"We're screwed....." The students said in unison
While the students were all gloomy Jack began to draw his next student to fight
"Alright second fighter Shin Naoki." Jack
The students gasps at this one because they will now witness the fight between the weakest student vs the strongest student from their class.
"Both of you come up to the platform." Jack said
The students gathered even though they knew Miguel will win they still want to see this match
*Holds*
Miguel picked up a wooden sword from the table with many different types of wooden weapon
"Pick your weapon worm.." Miguel said
"I won't pick one it's not my style."
"*Hmph* your arrogance will be your downfall."
'wow him of all the people talks about being arrogant' the students thought
Jack come up from the platform as the referee for this sparring match
"Fighters ready? Fight!!" Jack yelled
*Whoosh*
Both immediately Vanished from their positions their Insignia glowing giving them immense power.
*Whack*
Both clashes at the same time creating an impact between the field.
[Body Strengthening]
[Grand Pummeling]
Naoki released a barrage of punches towards Miguel, but Miguel easily parried all of them.
"It seems like you forgot about what sword style I'm using Worm!" Miguel mockingly said
Miguel using his Family Insignia {Avarice} where only a few noble families can pass down their Insignia to their offsprings .He can quickly perceives where his opponent going to attack like a gold line aimed at his body and greedily uses this advantage to dodge or parry their enemies.
Miguel then used the momentum from one of Naoki's punches and repelled it towards him
[Eastern Sword Style:River Current]
He swung his like the river releasing water magic from his sword and used it to hit Naoki.
*Blegh*
*Tsk*
Naoki after getting hit immediately retaliate with another attack to hit Miguel.
[Raging Jab]
*Crash*
Miguel quickly use his mana to reinforce the wooden sword to block the attack. But he was still knock back from the force
'*tsk* I have to give it to him that was a good jab if I was a little late I might put myself on a rough spot.'Miguel thought
'no worries I just have to go for the offensive now.'
Miguel uses his footwork and closes the distance between him and Naoki.
Naoki continuously threw a barrage of punches at Miguel while he keeps parrying it.
[Body Strengthening]
[Raging Jab]
Miguel uses this opportunity to parry his attack and land a counter-attack
[Eastern Sword Style: Tidal Cut]
Miguel lands an attack on Naoki knocking him to the ground.
"Heh told you that arrogance of yours will be your downfall."
Miguel turned his back and was about to leave when Naoki roses up again and throw another punch
[Mana Enhancement]
[Justice Smash]
!!!
Miguel Startled at this immediately turned around and tried to stop this attack
[Mana Enhancement]
Miguel using the tip of his sword manage to stop Naoki's Attack
[Eastern Sword Style: Whirlpool Thrust]
A wave of water comes out from his sword and threw Naoki across the wall making a crack
*Blegh!*
Naoki was then finally knocked out of conscious
*Whoosh*
Jack immediately goes toward Naoki to check if his okay and called Angela for help.
"Angela healing now!" Jack yelled to Angela
"Yes sir!"Angela said
Angela quickly heals Naoki after taking a serious blow from Miguel. Meanwhile Miguel was shock from that sudden attack from Naoki,when Brick come up to him and asked if his okay.
"Miguel are you okay dude?" Brick asked
*Hah* * Hah* 'What was that? his look on his eyes and that power ...' Miguel thought as his hands were shaking.
Jack called in one of his students to help Angela and take Naoki to the infirmary.
"Alright now that's been taken care off let's continue to our next fighters." Jack said
The Sparring Match still continued even after someone was injured Jack knew he still needs to teach the students and give them battle experience for their future.
*Meanwhile at The Infirmary*
*Gasp* "where am I?" Naoki woke up after getting hit by Miguel
"You're at the infirmary two of your classmate brought you here" the black haired nurse said
"This is the 2nd time you came in here with a serious injury your lucky that was a wooden sword not a real one." the nurse said to him
The nurse continued to scold Naoki and his reckless behavior meanwhile Naoki just keep apologizing to the nurse
"I'm sorry miss I will try not to do it again."Naoki said
"*Sigh* Well it's time for your next class so go on your good to go." The nurse said
Naoki got out from the infirmary and walked through his next class.
'I need to get stronger every fight I ever did I always leaves with terrible injuries. Maybe I can ask Fannar and Elvin for some tips.'
'I also need to train for the duel they said that depending on my duel I might ranked up for my performance,Though it's a bit strange.'
Naoki remembered something when he asked Fannar about the ranking system in the guild.
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"Oh the ranking? Well it's very hard to rank up even when you're Rank F it's hard to rank up to Rank E. Some even took a year to rank up there."
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"If what he said was true how come when they defeated those Ents they were able to rank up so quickly" Naoki muttered
"Whatever I just have to try harder than ever if I ever want to rank up as an adventurer." Naoki proudly said to himself
[To Be Continued]