School Rocks!

"And that concluded our lesson for today," said Professor Groover. For the last couple of hours the Professor had been droning about gods and magic and how the fabric of creation was created from one magical intent from the Supreme god.

Damien found the lesson to be quite boring, and he found himself dossing in between the droning. He was the only one bored to death by the lecture as half the class was also in dream land. But unfortunately for him,he was sitting in a lone section of the class room where D class students were placed. The rest of the classroom was pretty much evened out across the other power placements. So it came to noones surprise when throughout the lecture the Professor noticed him and had sent a gush of wind to him,waking him up from his siesta.

"I expect you to be extra attentive young Damien, especially with your level of power",Groover had said. The remark had triggered laughter with the rest of the class as this was the highlight of a boring lesson. Thankfully, for the rest of the lecture Damien was wide awake.

After class, Neville joined him on their way to their rooms. Neville,it seemed, had enjoyed the lecture. His enjoyment became evident when Neville mentioned that Damien will become as strong as a god soon.

"I am sure of it!", he said when Damien laughed at the somewhat impossible but possible outcome.

"Whatever the case Neville, don't let anyone here you say that. I will be bullied for the rest of the semester," he winked at him.

To his credit, Neville was good at keeping secrets and guarded the one about Damien's power. Also, after close to a month at the school, he hadn't come across any serious bullying, thankfully.

As the strode across the school grounds,a cluster of students drew their attention. There was a commotion there and Neville pulled him to check what was going on.

It appeared to be a duel that was about to start. There was a girl and a boy about to fight. Damien recognised the girl to be 3rd grader Saline who had rescued them from the bully Boris. The same Boris who was now challenging her at the centre of the crowd.

"You embarrassed me last month Sal when I was talking to the newbies. If I remember well you said you could have a duel with me at anytime." said Boris,removing his clock and rolling his sleeves. "It's now time for me to regain my honor,I have been training since then for this very purpose!",he shouted. Saline appeared to be merely annoyed by the challenge," Go practice some more ,Boris. You are challenging an A class mage whilst you are still a B class mage. Why don't you do the statistics first before challenging someone clearly more powerful than you are?", she said,crossing her arms.

"You are my ticket to my next placement baby,let me just show you what I can do".

Unofficially, ones magic status could be increased by challenging a mage stronger than you. If you won that battle you gained an unofficial change in your status. The status becomes official during the testing phase that occurred every month end at the school.

"Let's just get on with it,Boris",Saline said tying her hair. She then strode towards him and stretched had right arm "let's do the contract then".

Boris grasped Saline's arm and she did the same and the simultaneously uttered the binding spell.

"By and under the gaze of Deanna,may this battle decide our strengths and make me worthy of her praise. may this bond be severed only if I yield or I lose my ability to keep fighting!", they shouted in unison. A black band appeared on both of their arms as the contract took effect.

"Lose my ability to keep fighting?",Damien said to Neville,who was trying to get a better view.

"Isn't that a very grey area?If you are dead you do not have the ability to keep fighting!",

"Well,that's the point.", said Neville "Though these battles rarely come to death. The teachers are aware of every duel challenge so they are always watching close by",

"Oh, I see ", said Damien.

A barrier of mana suddenly covered the duelists as they prepared to fight. Makes sense,though Damien. Their intents could kill the onlookers that's for certain.

Sal was the first to attack,eager to finish the fight and go to her room. Boris deftly stepped into her swing whilst imbuing his right hand with fire. Saline responded quickly by pushing a gust of wind between them and lightly landing a safe distance away from him.

Boris,the summoned a fire weather sword and swung heavily at the girl who nonchalantly dodged to the side, pulling out her training staff. She was a great fighter. The fight didn't take long as it quickly became apparent who the stronger mages was. Boris held his own but the difference in power was too apparent.

The fight eventually climaxed to the end,Sal appearing suddenly behind Boris and punching him with an energy imbued fist to his spine. Luckily, at the last moment,Boris had covered his body with mana and the effect served to cushion the blow which just knocked him out.

The band in their hands disappeared ,concluding the fight. "Somebody take him to the infirmary," said Saline,when the mana dome disappeared. The onlookers were already dispersing,some shaking their heads at the foolishness of challenging an A class mage in the first place.

Neville was excited as they got back to their room. "You should challenge someone Damien,I'd you get to a better class you won't stand out as much",he offered throwing himself onto his bed.

Damien shrugged,"I don't see the reason for a fight with anyone now. Challenging someone could draw even more attention to me. Better people to classify me as weak for now",

Neville conceded and dropped the conversation, turning to a book.Damien stared up remembering how beautiful Saline looked when she was fighting.Her technique was impressive but not perfect,he mused. He remembered how the fight appeared to be very slow for him. When she was throwing a punch he could see he could have punched her more than fifteen times in the instance she was throwing it. The thought made him chuckle. Would be good to test himself out with a very strong opponent one day.

Unbeknownst to him,the day was quite close for his wish to be granted....