First Day of School(3)

Brennan's next class was combat. Of course he was not very excited this class, as it would be a class the nobles dominated at. Only the richer families were able to afford teachers for it, because there was more demand for magicians. Of course there were the merchant families and such, but the nobles had more money to use for buying teachers. But as a magician it was important to learn these skills, which is why they taught it at school.

"Welcome to class boys...and girls. My name is Mr. Horace and I will be teaching your combat class." A burly man with a deep, rich voice and short brown hair said. His refined muscles showed through his tank top and his legs were bursting out of his shorts.

"Let's get right into it. To begin, use a weapon of your choice and have a 1 on 1 match." He led them to a room filled to the brim with wooden weapons. "Those of you that have never learned proper technique, this is just to see where you're starting, so feel free to pick whatever feels comfortable." Brennan picked up a bow and drew the string. He then tried a sword, daggers, and pretty much everything, but nothing felt right for him. In the end nothing felt right so he ended up going in barehanded.

They stepped onto the field at the center of the school. There were other classes on the field, practicing magic and other things. The field was very big so there was still plenty of space for their class. They formed a large circle to watch the fights.

The first 2 students went up. One was holding a guandao while the other had a pair of short swords. They took defensive stances and the match started. The second student started first, keeping his left hand back and advancing with the other. He dashed 3 steps and put his left leg forward, striking from the right side. He then switched the sides, attacking with his left side and stepping forward with his right leg. He continued to push the first student back multiple steps until he was forced onto the defense. The first student then swung his guandao side down, forcing the double sword student to block with both swords.

"You can do it Lewis!" Someone cheered the double sword student on from the side. Lewis directed the guandao to the left with his left sword, putting the first student to the side.

"Today's the day I win Theo!" Lewis swung his other sword towards Theo's exposed side, but was surprised to see that it was easily dodged. He continued advancing once again, parrying the heavy guandao strikes and striking at the exposed sides. But after a few rounds of the same strikes, Lewis was tired and started slowing down. Theo started counter attacking with heavy strikes, breaking through the double sword defenses and eventually forcing Lewis to the ground.

After the match was over everyone looked at Mr. Horace to see what he thought.

"Good for events and stuff, but if you went against demonic beasts you wouldn't stand a change. Pretty, but not practical." Some people agreed with him, while others held curious faces.

"Ooh ooh, let me fight Lawrence." Angela jumped up and down in the crowd while raising her hand.

"Lawrence are you okay with that?" Mr. Horace asked

"Yeah sure, I don't see why not."

They both headed into the middle of the circle of people. Neither had a weapon in hand, and they stood still.

"Okay, start."

Lawrence put his right hand out, faced his palm forward, and a ball of purple mana formed. The ball thinned out into a purple one-handed broadsword with lightning whizzing around it. He then grabbed it and took a defensive stance, preparing for Angela's attack.

Angela did the same thing with her left hand, forming a red longbow. She pulled back the bowstring with 2 fingers, and an arrow extended from between her them.

And then she fired the arrow and it sailed towards Lawrence. Lawrence dashed to the side, purple lightning flashing at his joints and increasing his speed. Angela fired more and more arrows, while Lawrence slowly closed in.

The fire element has less speed, so there is no way for Angela to beat Lawrence with arrows. But suddenly, she had an idea. She continued shooting more arrows, and he continued dodging. Once Lawrence was only a few feet away, He gathered mana in his feet and zoomed forward. She let go of her bow, which disappeared, and pulled out her short sword.

It looked like it would end up like the last fight they had in the dorm, and Lawrence was about to swing his sword when Angela stepped back and let go of her short sword, sending it flying towards Lawrence.

Because of the close distance, Lawrence was unable to dash to the side in time, and had to turn his body to barely avoid the sword. As he turned back to Angela, a line of red appeared on his nose. Except this time when he turned towards Angela, he was greeted by a fist that went straight into his stomach. The time he took to dodge the sword allowed Angela to catch up to his speed. The punch sent him flying up and he landed with a thud on the grass.

Angela put her hands up in celebration, but was interrupted by a shock to she felt at her feet. When she looked down she saw that there was a magic circle under her, and her feet were bound by lines of purple lightning. She looked back up and saw Lawrence getting up onto his feet. He had a look of victory on his face.

But before any of them could celebrate a loud sound came from around them

"Attention everyone. Teachers that have experience fighting demonic beasts please report to the Principal's office for an emergency meeting. Students are free to go for the day or stay with the remaining teachers. That is all."