“Next participants, please make your way up to the stage.”

Standing opposite each other was class 6’s dagger wielding Vaalyun and class 2’s staff wielding Chasianna. After suffering defeat in the first round Vaalyun was determined to crush her opponent in the fastest way possible.

From Chasianna’s perspective, a prodigy such as Daeharice winning the first match was a natural occurrence. She’d personally trained against that monster and knew better than anyone how much potential he had just waiting to be unleashed. Now that it was her turn to fight, she was determined to prove that she had the right to stand next to such a prodigy on equal ground.

Sizing up her opponent, Vaalyun closely inspected Chasianna’s bo staff. An unusual weapon to use to try to kill your opponent. Besides its reach and weight it seems like more of a burden than anything else. Due to its length it should make it hard for her to move around freely. If I enhance my speed and agility with the wind element I should be get in close to point where she can’t extend her arms, making her weapon useless.

After coming up with a strategy, Vaalyun took up a reverse grip combat stance, waiting for the announcer to start the match. What she did know was that when she was sizing up Chasianna, Chasianna was sizing up her.

From her clothes, weapons and body type, I’d guess she’s from the rouge subclass. Fast and accurate but weak in endurance and defence. And from the look of her weapons, she needs to get in close to deal any real damage. If I keep her at a distance with my staff, I can wait until she tires out and then defeat her.

Seeing Vaalyun take up a combat stance, Chasianna readied her weapon and took up a stance of her own.

“BEGIN!!”

*CLANG!!*

*CLANG!!*

Before anyone could realise what had happened the sound of steels clashing against each other reverberated throughout the whole arena as both girls covered themselves in the wind element and clashed their weapons against one another.

She’s trying to get in close! Shifting her weight onto her right leg, Chasianna covered her weapon in the element of fire. Tightening her left hand on her staff and holding her right elbow close to her ribcage. She swung the staff with all her strength, breaking the weapon lock with Vaalyun, and forced her backwards.

*BOOM!!*

Once free from Vaalyun, she swung her staff wildly sending out multiple flame slashes.

*SLASH!!*

*SLASH!!*

*SLASH!!*

*SLASH!!*

*SLASH!!*

“Too slow” Seeing the flame slashes approach her, a mocking smile emerged on Vaalyun’s face as the wind around her legs started to rotated faster.

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

With impeccable agility, Vaalyun gracefully dodged all the attacks as if it was child’s play. “Your gonna have to do better than that!” Increasing her speed even more, she appeared in front of the staff wielding Chasianna and violently slashed at her.

*PING!!*

*PING!!*

*PING!!*

*PING!!*

“Soon or later your defence is gonna crumble! There’s no shame in giving up!” As she rained a barrage of slashes down on Chasianna’s staff, she covered her body in wind and disappeared from sight.

Shit!!

Dodging to the side, Chasianna barley managed to avoid the wind blade that appeared behind her.

“Run!!”

Charging towards her was the dual wielding devil covered in turbulent winds. “If you don’t give up I’m gonna end up slicing you up.” Her speed left the audience on shock as she appeared all around the panicked Chasianna sending multiple wind blades in her direction.

Facing off against the insane amount of wind blades attacking her, Chasianna felt her defence slowly start to weaken. Shit!! At this rate she’s gonna tire me out! Can’t let her control the flow of the battle any longer!

A savage glint crossed her eyes as an omnidirectional earth shield rose from the ground and protected her from the wind blades. Feeling her connection with the earth shield, Chasianna violently spread her arms wide firing the huge slabs of earth in every direction. Got you!!

Seeing the agile Vaalyun slow down to dodge, she gathered the fire element beneath her soles and used the explosive force to shoot towards her opponent.

*BOOM!!*

Crashing into the distracted Vaalyun, she swung her fire covered staff relentlessly at the weakened girl.

*CLANG!!*

*CLANG!!*

*CLANG!!*

*CLANG!!*

*CLANG!!*

Feeling like she’d broke out of a near hopeless situation, Chasianna couldn’t help but laugh. “HAHAHAHA!! Who’s struggling now BITCH!!” Applying more force to her swings, she drove back the defending Vaalyun. Taunting her with every swing brought her immense satisfaction as she felt like her performance was at the same level as Daeharice’s.

“Didn’t you say there’s no shame in giving up? Why don’t you take your own advice!” Drawing her staff back like a bat, the flames covering it transformed into an intense inferno as she swung it with all her strength.

“URGHHHH!!” Using her daggers to block the swing, Vaalyun felt body rise into the air as she was sent flying into the distance. As her body crashed into the floor she felt several of her ribs break. FUCK!! This bitch is insane!!

Seeing the sadistic smile on Chasianna’s face coming closer and closer, a flash of hate crossed her eyes. You hateful bitch! I’ll slice that pretty face of yours to the point that no amount of healing will be able to deal with the damage I’ve done!

Rising to her feet, Vaalyun took in a deep breath before wrapping the law of air around her legs and charged to meet Chasianna.

*SWOOSH!!*

The air around the area she was standing at previously turned chaotic as she met head on with the sadistic Chasianna. Before the two clashed, Vaalyun shifted her weight on her right foot and sidestepped Chasianna.

“What?”

A confused expression covered her face as she saw Vaalyun purposefully avoid their clash. I thought she was gonna face me head on?

Her momentum didn’t slow down as she passed Vaalyun. Realising that her back was open to her opponent, a sense of worry rose in her heart. Twisting her body, she tried to face Vaalyun. Unfortunately, she didn’t take into account the speed she was going at. Her sudden twist caused her to put strain on her ankle resulting in her accidently twisting it and falling backwards. Taking advantage of her precarious situation, Vaalyun landed on top of her stomach and wildly slashed at her face. Chasianna’s eyes widened as she felt the cold metal come into contact with her skin.

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

*SLASH*

A gleeful expression covered Vaalyun’s face as she covered Chasianna’s face in a multitude of cuts and gnashes. Blood oozed out of her wounds as pain was written all over her face. In her eyes rage and hatred erupted. If looks could kill Vaalyun would have died ten times over by now.

“What’s that look for? I gave you the chance to surrender earlier but you ignored my goodwill. If you have anyone to blame, then blame yourself for that arrogance and lack of skill!” Seeing the hateful look in Chasianna’s eyes, caused her to feel uncomfortable.

Looking deeply into Vaalyun’s eyes, Chasianna grit her teeth and put emphasis on every word. “I. WILL. KILL. YOU!!”

*BOOM!!*

The law of fire erupted out of her body and sent a shockwave out towards the audience. Vaalyun’s danger instincts kicked in as she barley managed to avoid the eruption of flames spurting out of Chasianna’s body.

How the fuck does this bitch still have the energy to fight!!

Looking at the flame covered elf, a shiver went down her spine.

Walking out from the flames, a red haired elf with orange eyes locked eyes with her. Her skin was covered in a myriad of black tattoo-like symbols that seemed burnt into her flesh. Her face was covered in cuts and blood that gave her a ominous appearance.

Her steps were light but caused the ground beneath her to slowly melt. The air around her was shaking as if it was reacting to her presence. The temperature suddenly shot up as Vaalyun felt beads of sweat roll down her face.

Who is this?

Shaken up by the appearance of the strange girl, she didn’t notice the hate filled gazed aimed at her.

Feeling a warm sensation below her, she quickly did a backflip, dodging the sudden eruption of fire shooting out of the ground. In her place was scorched earth surrounded by steam.

Visibly shaken, Vaalyun focused her gaze on the redhead only to see her showing off a disgusting smile.

CHASIANNA!

Feeling a similar sensation beneath her feet, she quickly avoided another eruption of flames only to discover the place she was standing at now gave off the same amount of danger as before.

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

*BOOM!!*

Somehow managing to avoid every fire eruption around her, Vaalyun’s figure could be seen jumping around the courtyard. From the eyes of the audience, it almost seemed like she was playing, the floor is lava.

…

“I-IS THAT AN ELF KING BLOODLINE!!” Feeling shocked, Daisha screamed at the screen and swerved her head to look at a stunned Rhina.

“I-I think so.” A dazed look appeared in her eyes as she watched Chasianna take on a similar appearance to herself.

The elf king bloodline was a rare transformation that only elves with the highest compatibility with certain laws could achieve. For generations only a few individuals were able to unlock this power. Although she had previously seen her sister use it, that was over 90 years ago so her sudden shock of seeing another individual activate the elf king bloodline was understandable. Not to mention that the girl’s highest elemental affinity was the same as her.

Looking at the screen, Kira felt nothing but disgust at the transformation. Just knowing that it was that bloodline residing in her body that caused the death of her family , the defiling of her mind and body and the loss of trust in humanity made her hate the power and those who use it. (including herself)

It was only after she met that young man who had the same look of hate and sadness in his eyes that she slightly let her guard down.

Where are you.

…

Shit! My body won’t be able to hold out much longer!

Her continuous amount of dodging was causing her body to enter into a quick state of exhaustion. If this carried on, Vaalyun feared that not only would she lose the match, but also her life.

Even the announcer was looking concerned but didn’t know what to do. Should he stop the match, No! no one had been injured or surrendered. Even if that transformation was unusual it wasn’t against the rules. Having no choice but to continue watching the match, he felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

The audience on the other hand was riled up! The majority of them had never seen such a transformation before and to them, this felt much more exciting than the first match!

From Daeharice’s point of view, he didn’t know what to feel. Happiness?, Sadness?, Anger? At first he furious after seeing Vaalyun cutting up Chasianna’s face. But now? All he saw was Chasianna toying around with her which left him confused. Why drag it out so long when she was clearly superior to her opponent? Not to mention he didn’t know how to react to her sudden jump in power. Although he felt like he could still defeat her, knowing that the gap between them had closed due to a transformation, left a bad taste in his mouth.

…

“Maeve what is that?”

Recalling her knowledge from the countless amounts of books she’d read. Maeve quickly figure out what she was looking at. “It looks like an elf king bloodline.” Squinting slightly she paused before continuing. “From the way she’s using her power I’d say it’s probably her first awakening.”

“First awakening?”

Realising that she was being too vague, Maeve slowly explained it to her friend. “When someone with an elf king bloodline feels an intense amount of emotions, their connection with the law that they have the highest affinity towards will be severed. When that connection is severed all that power left inside the body will be forced out and will try to forcefully restore the connection. By restoring the connection, a sliver of the law itself will reside within the body and cause the body to mutate in order to contain the sliver. The first awakening is when the body releases the excess amount of power outside while the inside restructures itself. Depending on the emotion used to sever the connection, the power released outside the body will either run rampant as we are seeing now.” Maeve directed her gaze towards the screen. “Or in some cases, the power could be gentle but intense.”

Confirming that she understood, Azariah nodded. “What if they fail to restore the connection?”

“Then they can no longer use that law ever again.”

…

She collapsed…That psychotic bitch tried to roast me alive then collapses like its nothing! What the fuck! Now I can’t slice her up because the match is over. Shit! Can I even slice her up with my skills anymore! That crazy power she was using was fucking outrageous! Fuck! I bet that bitch holds grudges. Maybe I should leave the island. No! If I leave then I’m out in the open. But what if she does something to me at the academy but they let her go because of her potential? Shit!! That’s actually a possibility! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vaalyun returned to her team with a solemn aura covering her body.