37 Chapter 37: The top

As James sat with everyone he noticed a tan-skinned girl approaching them. She had a black long sleeve shirt on which was a lil big on her as the sleeves went past her hands. As well as red shorts, and sneakers on. James recognized her as the girl who Austin had a fight with earlier on in the matches. 'Her name... it was... Cora right? I'll just wait for her to say her name just in case I'm wrong.' Speaking of Austin, as well as the others, except Isaiah, they had all returned awhile ago and were fully healed. The school has some way to heal them quickly it seams. Which is good. The girl sat next to them and smiled, "Hey, I saw your brothers matches, your both really strong huh. hehe too bad he lost the match with the Princess." James nodded without saying anything in response. Jess and Nicole both stared at her confused, probably as to why she came over here suddenly. She was sitting at a table with her friends, so for her to suddenly come over here was odd. James simply didn't care as to why she had come over. He was just waiting for his turn so he could get this match over with. But also so he can test how far he's come so far. Austin piped in after a bit of silence as no one said anything. "So this is Cora, She's a friend of mine,"

Everyone greeted her. Nicole and Jess started talking to Cora as they moved to the same side of the table. Ben, Austin, and Will started talking about playing games after "school" was over for the day. James sat and read a book on his phone while he waited for the time of the match. Only occasionally looking up or listening to what the others were talking about. From what he saw, the girls had been getting along. Which made James smile slightly but no one noticed it. 'Jess could use some more friends. So-' His thoughts trailed off as he heard a that the time for the match was now. Locking his phone screen he put it in his pants pocket and got up. "Whelp, I'm up."

Jess: "Good luck," she said smiling.

Ben: "You got this man!" Smiling and giving James a fist bump. Austin and Will both gave him a thumbs up with a smile.

Nicole simply nodded in agreement and said, "We'll be cheering for you,"

James leaps down into the arena once again as he had been doing. Cuz he wouldn't be his dad's son if he didn't show off at least a bit. His hoodie was unzipped at the moment so the sides would wave around a lil. As he falling down his T-Shirt cam up slightly showing off his abs a bit. Which did not go noticed by the girls in the seating area. Something he did find out while his friends were in their matches was that their lil group had seemingly got a lot of attention. both in school and outside as the matches are shown to TV live. So basically cuz his group had displayed a lot of potential already, especially him and his brother, there were people who "fangirled" over them. So basically more things to have to deal with in his day to day life. James sighed at this but also smiled. It would be way worse if he was still in hell instead, where he is royalty. Levina came out and stood in front of him. 'I wonder if dad has more wives then just mom...Wait am I supposed to eventually get more sense I'm the prince too? I don't know much about the way royalty works there now that I think about it.. What do they even do?... Whatever ill figure it out eventually.'

Levina grabbed her katana and drew it. "My name is Levina Solano, age 17, level 11 ." She said calmly staring intently at James. In the crowd, there were a lot of people talking after she said this. One student seemed excited and yelled, "She's apart of the Solano Clan!" James sat there for a moment after hearing this and processing this information 'Solano...clan...ah.. I see, so it's like this. Now that I think about it wasn't that Axel guy from something similar? That would explain why the two of them are so well trained even in this day and age when most people didn't think of swords as much more than just cool things in movies or stories.' James smiled slightly once again and drew both his katanas himself. He felt a shiver run up his spine and goosebumps. 'man, this feels like if I was in an anime or something' "My name is James Morningstar, age 17, level 11."

Some student: "Wow they're both level 11 already? That's crazy! No wonder they are so strong!"

In an instant Levina appeared in front of James slashing quickly, leaving James with barley a chance to block the blade. Using one blade to block her sword in time, he swung his other sword from the side. Levina ducked and kicked him sending him back a bit. 'Damn she's quick...heh' James was happy, he finally had another person who could go head to head with him. Considering it was highly unlikely she would know cultivation as well, her strength was impressive even for a level 11. But it still fell short compared to his. James ran up and slashed at her and sliced into her side. Levina Winced in pain but didn't lose focus and cut his arm leaving a gash. James jumped back and looked at her. he wound started healing slowly right away due to his regenerative abilities from his fallen angel blood. This was something he unlocked once he reached level 11. Although it wasn't enough to stop him from dying or anything, it would be able to stop him from bleeding out. He wasn't really worried about that though at the moment.

*Your swordsmanship level has now increased to 3*

'... Nessie can you hold the notifications until after I'm not in a fight..'

*sure! But only if you ask nicely~ *

'You're kidding me.'

*Nope*

'....'

*Aw common, how hard is it for you to just ask?*

'...I hate you so much sometimes'

*you know you love me :3*

'...'

'...ugh.. fine...Please Nessie can you hold them until later...'

*There you go hehe*

'sigh...whatever.'

Dashing up to Levina he kicked, but she moved to the side dodging it. The two clashed against one another over and over. The sound of the blades hitting one another rang out throughout the arena. This kept going for a while they were both covered in small cuts and sweat. Levina smiled and looked at him. "Ok, time to use this. James, you are strong, so I shall go all out now. And ill show you my true power, as well as how I got my nickname."

James gripped his swords tight and was completely focused on her. 'She's gonna probably use her magic now. So now the real fight begins.' Levina pointed the blade of her sword at James and took a deep breath. Slowly lil crackling sound was heard. little by little it got louder and louder. around her streaks of electricity were found flashing. And then she appeared behind James faster then he could even notice. Throwing himself to the side he barely dodged the blade swinging down on him, leaving a cut in his back. 'Shit. She's way faster then I thought she'd get.' Before he got a chance to think she was already bringing the blade down on him again. Flinging himself off the ground he got up and readied himself once again. 'Although she's fast, it must be very draining to constantly use that magic. If I can just last a few more times I should be ok.' As he thought this she appeared in front of him and her sword slashed into his, although it caught him off slightly he was still stronger than her. The problem with this...Was that there was no give in the swords, and cuz she struck it so quickly with a lot of force, it went through the blades. '....Shit.' James had now effectively lost his two swords.

*Good job, now u don't have a weapon*

Leaping back he dropped the now broken swords, 'Nessie, now is not the time for your criticism of me.'

*Are you sure? Seams like a great time to me,*

'Yes. I'm sure. damn it. My only chance now of winning at all is using my magic. damn..'

James activated [level 2 lightning armor]. A flash of lightning appeared around James. the light disappeared as quickly as it appeared. The Azure draconic like armor appeared on his arms covering them and his shoulders in it. Black spikes came off it with little bits of electricity streaking off it. James clenched his hands and sighed. "I guess I'll have to rely on this for now." The drawback of the armor is it took a decent amount of mana to make, but it doesn't constantly consume mana to keep it after it was made. So it was defiantly worth the effort in making it. It also had the strength of steel.

Everyone stared at James in shock. James also possessed magic? What kind was it? all kinds of questions were being asked. But James could care less about that. He simply had to win. He already showed off more then he intended to. But it was also getting a lot more fun then he was thinking the fight would be. "Alright, Levina. Let's finish this." Levina nodded and dashed up to him. James had gotten a bit more used to it, so he could he up better then he could before, though it was still hard. As the Blade came down he put his arm in front of it and the sword bounced off the armor. Quickly he followed it up by punching her in the stomach landing a clean blow. Levina coughed up blood and fell to the ground but got back up quickly. Levina kept striking at James but as it went on the better James got at blocking the attacks, and soon none of them were coming all that close to hitting him at all. James gripped the blade in his draconic hand and strikes it with his other hand completely shattering the blade. James grabbed Levina and slammed her to the ground and hit her in the stomach once again but this time subduing her. Levina was unable to get up after that punch and was into much pain to attempt to get up. James had beaten her. The armor on his arms disappeared and he slowly walked up to the table with everyone. The staff brought Levina away to be taken care of. James had won and was now the number 1 in the school. Although Levina was close, but not close enough with him. When he sat down at the table before anyone could ask anything he laid his head on the table and passed out from exhaustion.

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