Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Eon's POV: ]

After my match with Tia, the others also fought their duels.

There weren't that many attractive fights after that, and everyone was still taken aback by what had happened during Tia and my duel.

They at first could not understand how we were not visible to them, and those who understood what was happening a little, knew the thing happening was not simply use of some skill or some technique.

'Some sharp ones caught onto the fact that we were simply moving in a certain way that was making it seem like it was not visible to their eyes.'

But even they could not understand what had actually happened in that place.

There simply wasn't any information on them and those who did had the information on what had happened in there kept it all to themselves since the fact we were fighting in the ZONE would be too absurd for the others to know.

Even Tia for once acted smart and did not reveal what had happened during our fight.

'Time passed… Hide and Ezra fought, and destroyed an arena— earning a warning and notice from the teacher for the competition.'

Though, neither of them had any special reaction to it since both of them were hairs to one of the most powerful forces of this World.

Paying a little for these kinds of things was no big deal for them. What really mattered was the fun that they had while fighting.

It wasn't expected but both of them enjoyed the fight where they openly showed their bloodthirsty sides and the genuine desire to kill the other.

'It wasn't shown in a negative manner— it was more of a friendly 'I'll kill you' kind of thing that a few of us who knew both of them well could understand.'

Hide was a player and admired the beautiful ladies.

Ezra was already with Prince Alph but he still asked her for dinner every chance he got and that annoyed Ezra more than anything else.

She did not hate the guy since he was the most funny and miserable guy she knew, so though they had a good friendship, she always looked for the chance to beat him up.

And though he did not like getting beaten up by a pretty lady, the fact that she beat him up while insulting him and his family every chance she got annoyed him as well and he wanted to hurt her in a 'safe' manner.

'The two of them were quite an item in this little group of ours, but they were pretty fun.'

They made things fun and refreshing, and thanks to them, we had a chance to laugh a little even in complicated times like this one.

'Their fight was fun, but even more fun than that was the fight between Captain Alpha and Chry.'

Both of them were sword users but since Captain Alpha was a magic swordsman who also possessed many other talents, a pure swordsman like Chry should have been an easy target for him… but that did not turn out to be the case.

'He underestimated Chry and ended up losing to a pure knight who had only been training for a few years.'

Firstly, he ignored the fact that despite the big size of Chry, he was a knight that purely focused on speed rather than strength.

Secondly, he was not a long sword user like Prince Claud or the rest of them but a rapier user, someone who used sharp pointed strong and flexible weapons.

'Chry's main strength was his speed and his weapon handling techniques. Just to deal with highly superior opponents like Captain Alpha, he had devoured his heart and soul and learned sword dances and sword arts that were not usually practiced at an young age.'

Additionally, thanks to the repeated fights that he has had with me and the rest of us in various different forms and with the near life threatening experiences he had had with the creatures our house, he knew very well just how important a calm mind was in the fights.'

He knew how to fight and he knew how to deal with the opponents that were stronger than him…

'Captain Alpha knew he was special but, he had no experience actually fighting Chry seriously.'

His third mistake was thinking Chry was the same as the rest of the students that he has fought while in the academy…

'Chry was not here to play around or enjoy the academy like the fee of us.'

He was purely here to make a name for himself and he was not going to let go of any of the opportunities that he got in his way.

'The first midterms were the first opportunity to shine for him.'

He was going to use any means necessary to get a great result in this test… and that was proven when Chry openly used his EFMW in his fight against the Captain of the previously best house.

'He used his skills openly as well and from the start of the battle, he fought at a speed that was genuinely invisible to the naked eyes.'

It wasn't like what Tia and I were doing. He wasn't using some trick to make it seem like he was invisible.

He was like lightning… when he moved, he was invisible but after his movements, only a trail of lightning was left in his wake and when Captain Alpha got into contact with this trail, he got hurt.

'Chry's fighting technique was not as simply as shooting arrows, swinging sword, or simple sword movements that one could make with a pointy sword.'

He incorporated complex techniques that the teachers and judges present were stunned to witness.

The Aura utilisation method he used was so complex that they were stunned how it was even possible to use Aura the way he was using it.

'Chry had a gifted physique. Something that allowed him to have a kind of stamina and Aura movement capacity that humans usually could not possess.'

Though the what made him win the battle against the most talented student of this batch was not the fact that he used all those complex things… but how he did not underestimate his opponent.

'He knew he was facing an opponent that he would never win against in a fair battle.'

So he took advantage of Captain Alpha's ignorance and hit when the iron was the hottest.

'Captain Alpha had difficulty dealing with him from the start since he did not see that kind of assault coming.'

And as the battle progressed, with Chry perfectly taking advantage of his opponent's following mistakes, the battle was concluded after twenty minutes of constant struggle.

He defeated the captain of the previous number one house and silenced the entire arena…

'But of course, his close friend Quin cheered for his victory in the completely silent room.'

It was a fun battle to watch. And, though the captain was disappointed with his performance, he understood his mistakes and accepted them.

'He thanked Chry for the fight and asked him if they could fight once again if they get the chance.'

And since Chry had no reason to decline him, he accepted his friend's invitation.

After that… the second round of the test began.

{ "The third round will begin shortly. Please get ready, everyone." }

In the second round, we all had to fight three kinds of creatures. Three same kinds of creatures.

'The first one was a pack of strong wolves, creatures that had skills and strength of a (Yellow) ranked creature.'

Students had to fight three of them, and though it was a piece of cake for many of us, things were not the same for the normal students who did not know how to handle real creatures.

'It would have been different if these creatures were simulated or something, but these were the real creatures that they were fighting. Something that splashed blood when they were attacked.'

Not all students had experience dealing with creatures. So, those who fought actual creatures for the first time were in quite a difficult situation.

They somehow dealt with them but many students could not handle even one of the creatures and had to forfeit the round.

'This was still just a test so if they absolutely could not do it, even the teachers did not have any chance but to take them out of the arena.'

But unless they had fainted or were severely traumatised, they were kept in the enclosed space with the actual ferocious creatures.

'The second creatures were a group of six insects, something even more difficult to deal with thanks to their innate connection and teamwork.'

Additionally, these insect creatures were as ugly as they could be. Something Rein genuinely found cute, but something that traumatised a few more students.

'The last one was a single creature that resembled a teddy bear. Something cute and adorable and something that seemed completely harmless.'

And yet, we were asked to kill it— so those with a high morality or dumb beliefs refused to do it.

'They did not want to kill a creature that looked so harmless.'

But, if they knew about this creature like the few of the other students did, they would know they were one of the most ferocious species that was recommended to be killed on the spot.

'As they grew up, they became more aggressive than any other wild creature and there are always reports that outside of their natural habitats, they were widely known as the (Crimson Bears of massacres)— beings famous as the destroyers of villages and other creatures' habitats.'

They were not here to teach us some kind of lesson.

We were told to kill it and after evaluating the situation, we had to kill it. There was nothing more to it. In their younger forms, they were as easy to kill as a rabbit.

If the students couldn't even do that they deserved to be graded negatively… but, well, it was understandable since most of us are still, at the end of the day, young children.

"Ready, everyone?"

Two rounds of the test were over now, so… only the third one was left.

And, since this round was going to be about showcasing what we have learned, this was going to be the easiest part of this difficult practical test.