Entrance test (2)

"Ha! ha! ha! ha!"

A student was running through the woods, apparently running away from something

"ha ha ha! ugh!"

As he was running he tripped over a root and fell to the ground, he heard the grass move behind him, with fear in his eyes he turned to watch what was approaching.

What he was running from caught up with him.

[Student eliminated 500 points]

"Tsk, I didn't have as many points as I thought"

Complained a tall woman with hair as black as night and eyes as red as blood.

"This is not enough, if I want to be number 1 in the test I need more points."

With that in mind she started running through the forest at high speed without hitting any trees and killing any monster that came her way.

[Mana wolf eliminated 10 points]

[Goblin eliminated 15 points]

[Demonic tree eliminated 50 points]

.

.

As he continued killing monsters he came to an open field with many flowers, it was a beautiful sight but that didn't matter to him.

"There don't seem to be any monsters here.

Walking through the field of flowers, she felt a mana sign and headed there, when she got to the source of the sign she was confused by what she saw.

A cute little girl was sleeping on top of the flowers, her long light blonde hair was scattered on the ground shining in the sunlight, her eyes were closed making her long eyelashes more noticeable and her skin was like porcelain.

If someone could capture this scene in a painting and auction it off, they would surely make enough to buy a mansion.

"Is this some kind of trap?"

I couldn't understand how anyone could sleep in the middle of the ordeal so it was the only possibility.

"All right, I'll play along."

With his guard up he started walking towards the sleeping beauty.

1 step

2 steps

4 steps

7 steps

.

.

20 steps

I was already in front of the sleeping girl but .

Nothing happened.

No trap, ambush or surprise attack.

Nothing

"..."

I could only look at the girl who was sleeping super calm as if nothing at all was happening.

"How ridiculous."

As he was about to attack the seemingly sleeping girl, she opened her eyes and with a quick movement away.

"I knew I couldn't be-"

Before he could finish his words, he looked at the girl who had walked away a few moments ago, she had a dazed look on her face and a bit of drool was coming out of her lips.

'Was she really asleep!?'

*

'Shit, I fell asleep'.

While I was killing flies I came across this field of flowers, as it seemed safe I laid down to rest for a while but it seems I fell asleep.

'If it wasn't for my instinct skill this girl would have eliminated me'.

As I thought about this my mind cleared and I got a better look at the girl in front of me and when I recognized who it was my eyes widened from amazement.

"Isn't she one of the villains in the novel?"

Black hair, red eyes and wearing 2 black straight bladed shirasayas, it's clearly her.

Ria Kilmester, a future villain and a very troubled one.

She was obsessed with being the strongest but there was always someone stronger than her, in desperation she ended up allying herself with demons to gain power.

'Of all people I had to meet her.'

While I was immersed in my thoughts Ria unsheathed one of her swords and seemed ready to start the fight.

"Wait a bit please"

"Why should I?"

"That, because, umm..."

As I was thinking about what to do an idea came to my mind.

"I have a deal for you."

"What do you have that I can use?"

He asked as he continued to approach.

"This."

Touching the insignia on my chest twice a hologram appeared, seeing it Ria stopped walking.

[Noah 3800 points]

"If you defeat me, my points will naturally be yours, but if I win I want you to fulfill a request."

"Why should I? If you defeat me, my points will also be yours."

"I am not interested in your points, I already have enough qualification to enter the A class, what I want is a favor, if you don't accept, then I will just run away and believe me I am very fast and it will be hard to find someone who has as many points as me before the test is over."

"..."

Ria stayed in her place apparently thinking whether to accept or not, after a while she looked at me and said.

"Okay, I accept"

"Great."

Hearing her confirmation, I took out my katana from the dimensional ring and got into position, Ria also got into position to start the combat.

"..."

"..."

Fum

Clank

We looked at each other for a few seconds and then lashed out at the same time at high speed clashing our swords.

Clank

Clank

Our swords resounded each time they clashed and the flowers started to fly.

Ria swung her sword with precise and fast movements towards my vital points, but I managed to block them and counterattack.

I started to use Niako style moves to attack more aggressively combining paws with sword attacks. Ria made a lunge but by extending my legs I dodged it, and spun on the ground connecting a kick that caused Ria to back up.

'What a weird fighting style'.

Ria since she was little has trained with several masters and fought with several different opponents, but none of them had a style as weird as this.

'From what I could see, it's a style that relies on speed and flexibility to attack, then.'

Ria sheathed her sword, and stood in position with one leg back and one leg forward, one hand firmly holding the sword and the other ready to unsheathe it at any moment.

The mana began to run through her body concentrating on her sword, Noah who felt the mana concentrating himself became alert but it was too late.

Ria with a quick movement unsheathed her sword and an arc of green light shot towards Noah at high speed.

[Skill: Wind Blade].

The attack came within inches of hitting Noah full on, but he managed to move his head to the side to avoid it by millimeters, leaving a cut on his face that began to bleed.

Without giving Noah a chance to compose himself Ria sheathed and unsheathed her sword at high speed sending more energy slashes.

Using his instinct and reflexes, Noah began to run towards Ria while avoiding the cuts, some of which managed to hit him lightly, causing minor wounds all over his body. When he was close to Ria, she stopped attacking and ran towards him.

Clank

Their swords clashed again and another exchange of blows began.

Clank

Clank

Clank

But Ria seemed to have become quicker and sharper in her movements, blocking Noah's kicks and managing to connect some blows.

Clank Clank!

Ria connected a strong blow that Noah blocked with his sword but forced him back.

"ha...ha...ha...ha."

Noah took advantage of the distance to catch his breath and think a bit.

"That's not how I should be fighting."

My body is small and doesn't have great strength, but here I am, trying to fight head on exchanging attacks with someone taller and with a firmer build than mine.

Niako style relies on speed, reflexes and flexibility to attack in a frenzied manner from all directions and in an unpredictable manner, not for head-on power fighting.

"Fiuu~"

Letting out a sigh to calm herself she took off the armbands she was wearing, she hadn't taken them off since the test began to improve in actual combat.

When the bracers released his wrists, his body felt much lighter and the mana ran with great ease through his body.

He stretched his legs and jumped in place to get used to the new sensation and when he was ready.

Fum!

"!!!"

He started running at great speed around Ria, he was moving so fast that only a blur and a trail of electricity were visible.

[Skill: Lightning Steps]

Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank

A deluge of attacks fell on Ria from all directions, she did her best to block them but a few managed to cut her off

Noah took a big leap as he spun in the air, he took advantage of that rotation and gravity to perform a strong sword attack from above.

Clank!

A gust of wind that lifted several flowers appeared from the force of the attack, and Ria's hands went a little numb. But taking advantage of the fact that Noah was in the air with no chance to dodge, she repositioned herself and made an attack that went straight towards Noah.

But using his instinct skill, he rested his hand on the dull part of the sword and dodged it, taking advantage of that foothold he spun in the air and connected a kick to Ria's face.

" Phew!"

When his feet touched the ground he ran again at high speed around Ria.

"Tch!"

Ria unsheathed her second shirasaya and got into position.

Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank

This time she was able to block all the attacks that hovered over her with the help of her second sword, while blocking the attacks she started to move the mana mor her body.

[Skill: Light steps]

Fum!

With an increase in her speed she ran towards Noah to initiate the counterattack.

Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank, Clank

As the two moved at high speed across the field of flowers causing them all to fly through the air, they clashed their swords so fast that sparks flew.

Cuts began to appear on the bodies of the two but they continued to cross their swords relentlessly.

Clank!

With one last sword strike they parted and caught their breath.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!"

The two were tired and with cuts all over their bodies, but by the look on their faces neither was planning to stop now.

*

In the teacher's lounge, everyone was watching the fight with utmost attention.

"Th-they're amazing are they really just first year students?"

exclaimed a young teacher

"That's Ria Kilmester right? She's the granddaughter of the head of the Lotus Guild."

"She's definitely that old monster's granddaughter."

Said Cintia as she looked at the girl through the screen.

"But I'm also very curious about that student that's fighting her, she has a fighting style I've never seen before."

She said passing her gaze to the blonde haired girl, a male voice spoke to her side.

"I've never seen a fighting style like that either in all the years I've been alive."

"Wow, for an old man like you to have never seen anything like it for sure it's a unique style."

"Hey don't call me an old man! I'm still someone young."

'Ha young guy, this guy is like 300 years old'

"Come on, come on guys don't fight, you're going to miss the fight!"

Mirilda said trying to calm them down.

"Looks like it's about to end"

A teacher commented and all attention turned to the screen on which the fight was being shown.

The image showed the two girls gathering a large amount of mana in their bodies and preparing to attack.

[Skill: Lightning Impulse]

[Skill: Blood Frenzy]