Nick grinned "I'm just here to have some fun." he said with a laugh. everyone nearby who heard nick all broke into a cold sweat as they imagined nick beating everyone here while laughing evilly. nick understood what was in everyone's mind so he spoke up again "picking on those weaker than me is no fun so you can all calm yourselves i wont force anyone to fight me since i want a true challenge." he said honestly. hearing nick everyone let out a sigh of relief. "but before that i need someone to fight my friend here so , any volunteers?" nick said while shoving jakob to the front. the man who came to test nick grinned "i wouldn't mind seeing what this friend of yours is like if you don't mind." he said while jakob looked at nick concerned. nick shook his head "you are about seventy five percent as strong as me whereas jakob here is only about half as strong as me thus him fighting you would be pointless since he would have no chance to win." nick said honestly. the man sighed "aye , that sounds about right ." the man said dejected. from a nearby group a very strange woman stepped forward. the reason she was very strange was that unlike most women who don't let their bodies become too muscular this woman looked almost no different than an incredibly muscular man with the exception of her face which bore striking feminine features.

"I'll fight him if you don't mind" the woman spoke with a surprisingly soft voice. nick raised an eyebrow in surprise before nodding his head "you'll do nicely be sure to treat him gently." he said with a laugh. jakob had a shocked expression as he looked at the opponent nick had chosen for him before looking at nick with a pleading face. "don't look at me like that you're the one who needs to get stronger and she's your path there , besides i told her to treat you gently so go on have fun." nick said with a huge grin obviously taking joy in his friends plight. like that jakob got his sparring partner before nick walked towards someone he had seen earlier that was sitting alone on an arena meditating with their sword laid across their l.a.p. upon seeing the direction nick was walking the man who tested him grabbed nick on the shoulder to try to stop him. "hmm, what are you trying to do?" nick asked confused why he was stopped.

the man pointed to the individual on the arena "that is one of the seven lotuses of this academy its a bad idea to try to fight her. " the man said nervously. nick was surprised to hear that the individual was a girl since the way she was sitting hinted at her being male but what really got his blood boiling was the title she held , one of seven lotuses each lotus was the strongest individual in their student tier with the first lotus being the weakest. "of the seven which is she?" nick asked the man curiously. the man could tell that nick had his mind set on fighting that girl so he spoke after sighing "she is the second lotus known as the silent sword maiden." he said honestly. nick nodded before he stepped forward confidently.