Chapter -29

A fight with a charm user is one of the trickiest to deal with. But this was not anything brutal. What every audience here expected was to see Rank 2897 surrender on his own without even realising it, which is the most common outcome in a fight with a charm user. In the worst case, he will faint or collapse from a mental attack.

Charm is one of the most rare affinities. How does it work? First of all, the caster uses his spell on the opponent. If the opponent is too strong, then the spell may backfire. So the caster uses a light spell first.

They plant a seed in the opponent's mind. Such as a fake memory, an artificial feeling, or an emotion that was actually not supposed to be there.

The next step is to make a command related to the seed. Depending on the seed, the spellcaster can influence the opponent by a certain amount.

It could be like planting a fake memory that the caster and the opponent were actually very good friends, and then the caster requesting something. Such as asking for him to raise his hand and say he will surrender. The opponent, in his weakened state of mind, thinks this is normal for a friend to make such a request, so he accepts.

Of course, unless the request itself is so weird that he starts questioning his existence and somehow breaks free of the brainwashing,

***

'This body is moving on its own. Damn, this body is moving on its own. Do something system.'

[You are currently under the effect of a charm technique.]

'I know damn it.'

[Search for suitable skill is ongoing.]

No matter what I try, my body won't make a single movement that doesn't count as dance. What's more, it's dancing on its own. At this moment even my soul sense has became completely useless.

My eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the girl who is the cause of all my troubles, laughing mischievously and enjoying the show from afar. And the biggest sarcasm is that she is playing some kind of music on her watch that matches the rhythm of my moves.

She could have just make me walk outside the ring, which would disqualify me. But in order to show off, she is making me dance instead. Her purpose was toying with me from the beginning.

"Forget the duel; she is straight out humiliating me."

My attention went to the crowd. Everyone was laughing at me. Not just one or two of them. Almost every single one of them mocking me and recording the dual. This is very humiliating. The whole hall was filled with their chuckles , giggles and snickers.

From what I have learned about charm, a charmed person cannot think rationally. But I think my mind is completely fine. And I am not feeling any weird emotions like a charmed person is supposed to feel. It's like my whole body is listening to one command, "Dance". But my mind is completely fine for some reason unlike a normal charmed person.

Suddenly, I realised it. I am not a normal person. My soul is slightly strengthened by my ability.

"You wanna dance? Then let's dance."

Without stopping dancing, I stabbed my sword towards her. The girl shrieked at my sudden attack. I sheathed my sword and moved two steps closer to her. I unsheathed my blade and swung it at her two times in the same rhythm as the music she was playing. She dodged by a hair's width. This is the rank 2 Swordsmanship I got using my ability to steal memories.

The crowd went silent at the sudden turn of events.

"What are you..akk.."

The girl tried to buy time and make a new hand sign.

"Wait, let's slow down!"

As if I can let her make a new command. She will definitely command me to freeze. I have already memorised the dance move and the beat of the music .

She is already too powerful for me to handle at her current level even without using her main ability. And if she uses her ability and transforms, all her basic stats which are lower than mine will completely surpass mine. Then it will definitely be my loss as I would lose the only advance I have over her now. I need to attack without stopping so she doesn't get the time to transform or use another hand sign.

Every duel has a 3-minute time limit.

I just needed to hold this fight for another minute for her to run out of time, and then it would be a draw.

But suddenly the blue screen popped up.

[The opponent is using a charm technique that bewitches the opposite gender.]

[Gender change is currently not possible. A suitable skill has been selected instead.]

[ Congratulations. You have received the rankless skill 'Gay Mode'. ]

[Since the host is already charmed, the skill has been automatically applied.]

[Congratulations.]

[You are gay now.]

[The opponent's charm has been successfully removed.]

"( ⚆ _ ⚆ )"

****

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"

A sudden scream made every kid in the training hall feel their soul shake.

Even two minutes ago, everyone was laughing and joking about rank 2897 . Suddenly, the turn of events made everyone excited when rank 2897 started fighting back. He was easily pushing back his opponent with greater strength. But suddenly, out of nowhere, he started screaming.

"AAAAA! GETS THIS SHIT OUT OF MEEE! AHHHHH!!"

Damian and the group pressed their hands against their ears from the scream.

"Ahhh, so loud," said Diana.

"What's happening?" asked Novalie as she instinctively activated a defence technique to protect the group.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?" Shouted Gavin.

"Such a goliath roar. This is the one I have heard before," said Damian. Back then, he thought it might have been a senior. But he never thought that it would be someone in the same year as him. Just one scream made him feel like the whole world was shaking. He suddenly felt very humbled by this power.

"Just what kind of ability is this?" said Holmes, looking at the hundreds of kids groaning on the ground outside the protection shield. Because Novalie quickly activated her shield, the group was less affected. But it was not the same for the others. He noticed that some even fainted. Looking at the scene, the words automatically came out of his mouth.

"Absurd. This is pure absurdity."

Mr. Luke and Ms. Violet were equally shocked by this. Mr. Luke quickly activated the ear protector system on the ring right after the impact. So the time of effect was minimised outside.

But that was not the same for the inside of the ring. Rank 2854: Charlotte Isabelle has already entered her fox transformation to protect herself. She was groaning on the ground and holding her head tightly. And Rank 2897, Kardama Drogo, was jumping around, screaming, and tearing apart his shirt. Since the ear protector was on, nobody heard what he was saying. Or, to be more precise, nobody heard him cursing the 14 ancestors of the system.

"What the hell was that? Why didn't you activate the ear protector beforehand?" angrily asked Ms. Violet

"I didn't know he had this kind of ability. His profile says he has a B+ physique and close to no mana in his body. He was selected because of his exceptional talent with the sword. He chose to keep his abilities hidden. And we found no record of him using it before. So I never thought his ability would be anything like when he had almost no mana. " Mr. Luke replied as he was rechecking Rank 2897's profile.

There was an option to keep their abilities hidden. If someone asked Mother AI to keep their talents, potential, ability, or background hidden inside the academy to avoid trouble, even the professors wouldn't be able to discover it. Only the Mother AI will know the details, and if the person dies, he can take his secrets to the grave. No one will ever find out.

"With this kind of ability, he can easily shake the battlefield. Exceptional talent at sword but has no mana. It's a shame; I could have at least made him a magic swordman if he had even a little talent with magic." Ms. Violet said as she checked Rank 2897's profile.

"Hmm. There are records of him showcasing his swordsmanship at the selection test three months ago. Back then, he completely mastered a rank 3 sword art. such an unbelievable achievement for someone only 15 years old. But the sword technique he uses now is rank 2 swordsmanship. And his proficiency is quite good, as if he had been practising for years. Did he reach such a level in just three months?" Asked Mr. Luke.

Suddenly Ms. Violet noticed Mr.Luke creepily grinning from ear to ear as he wrote Rank 2897's name on the <List of Promising Students>, where there are only two names. Damian and Kardama.

Meanwhile, Kardama was still shouting and jumping around inside the ring, cursing at some invisible entity.