Team

"Why are the four of you looking at me weirdly"

"Come to think of it Yu-na, I'll support you from behind today"

Ling Shu smiled at Yu-na as they slowly entered the arena ground, the group had finished raiding three dungeons yesterday and already had a clear sense of chemistry.

"You can do it Jung Yu-na"

"If you lose I'll beat you up"

Yu-na flinched and then looked at Eun-woo and gulped.

"It's fine, if you can't handle it I'll go in directly besides didn't you want to beat up Eric yesterday?"

"Well Yes and why'd you ask that? we don't even know who we'll deal with"

"Then go first we'll follow you behind"

Ling Shu then pushed Yu-na as they entered the Arena grounds, as they came forward they saw that their names and faces were now displayed on the large screen atop the arena, some seniors had come and wanted to watch Eun-woo, the others had begun to pity who their opponent would be as they had three of the top ten students in their year.

Some already felt like they knew who their opponents would be and were not disappointed as soon as they saw Lee Jun-ho's team coming out from the opposite of the arena.

"Yu-na? what are you doing there? I thought you'd be sulking around?"

"Shut up Eric"

"I guess this'll be easy then since it looks like you're just canon fodder."

The Arena was open an field battle with nothing in between, just two teams facing each other, Eric laughed as he thought why Yu-na was at the front and not Park Eun-woo like they had expected, Lee Jun-ho and Eunha thought differently and wondered why the four of Sowon, Eun-woo, Ono Hayami and Ling Shu were behind her.

"Sowon-unnie"

[ Fortify! ]

[ Invigorate! ]

[ Undying! ]

[ Mind Spark ]

Sowon and Eun-woo buffed Yu-na from afar which alarmed the rest of Lee Jun-ho's team before they could ready themselves they had heard a shout from Yu-na.

"Die!"

Yu-na shot forward at their direction as they saw her turn golden, Eric was suddenly grabbed by the neck as Yu-na flew high above the arena shocking every observer including some of the professors.

"Damn You!"

"Shut it!"

Yu-na let go of Eric and pummeled him mid-air as he was going down not letting him take a breath

"When did she learn how to fly!?"

Ling Shu was somewhat unnerved, she imagined that if Yu-na shot at her like that in an instant she wouldn't be able to react like Eric.

Fan Mei, Lee Jun-ho's teammate, who had the same occupation with Ono Hayami tried to support Eric as Yu-na was just playing with him in the air tried to shoot arrows to disrupt Yu-na flow but Ono Hayami also shot out arrows to intercept them.

Yu-na wasn't bothered as Ono Hayami would shoot out an arrow every time Fan Mei would giving her freedom to do what she wanted, she eventually got tired of beating Eric black and blue and punched his face one last time breaking his face, she then threw her towards Fan Mei's direction but was caught by Lee Jun-ho.

Yu-na didn't waste time either and shot towards his direction as he was still holding an unconscious Eric, as she was nearing towards them Zhao Yi, blocked her path.

"Halt!"

"Out of my way!"

Yu-na conjured her new spear that Eun-woo gifted to her and lunged towards Zhao Yi blasting him away from her path as they crossed spears.

[ Heal! ]

[ Iron Grip! ]

Eunha tried her best to wake Eric and buff Lee Jun-ho as Yu-na stopped in her tracks, Lee Jun-ho immediately brandished his sword as Yu-na looked at him dead in the eye.

-

"Should we uhm, intervene?"

Ling Shu asked the Sowon and Eun-woo as Ono Hayami was busy intercepting arrows from Fan Mei since earlier.

"You can have a go at it if you want I'll support you from behind."

Ling Shu nodded and equipped her gloves, and jumped in to join Yu-na fight Lee Jun-ho.

"You look happy?"

Sowon asked Eun-woo who had two spears in each of his hand, she felt that each spear had a different aura, she saw how Eun-woo picked the one with a bloodthirsty aura and the other was stored back to his ring.

"Don't mind me"

Eun-woo then threw the spear towards Zhao Yi, the spear then caught fire as it hurled towards him, Zhao Yi tried to block the oncoming spear but was blown away again as it burned his hands making him unable to continue fighting, the spear then disintegrated and appeared again in Eun-woo's hands.

"All right this is annoying"

Ono Hayami complained as she stopped firing her mana arrows and decided to store the bow and instead brought out a sniper rifle, she then aimed her shot towards Fan Mei's joints to disable her.

Fan Mei's eyes widened as she didn't expect that Ono Hayami would resort to using a gun, before she could run away Ono Hayami had already shout out three bullets hitting her knee joints and achilles heel as she slumped down to the ground.

"Don't get distracted!"

Yu-na yelled as Lee Jun-ho dodged her slash as he was looking at the state of his team but was ambushed behind by Ling Shu.

"Tehee!"

Ling Shu kicked Lee Jun-ho's spine and Yu-na connected with a punch on his plexus knocking the air out of Lee Jun-ho's lungs, the two backed off as they stepped away from Lee Jun-ho.

Lee Jun-ho was gasping for air as Cha Eunha came near to help him but before she could she was already tangled up by vines casted by Sowon immobilizing her, Lee Jun-ho looked at the state of his team as he saw Eric who was now waking up but was barely recognizable, Zhao Yi who was rolling in pain, Fan Mei who had fallen to the ground and Eunha getting rooted.

Lee Jun-ho stood up and took a deep breath, Yu-na and Ling Shu readied their guards as they saw Lee Jun-ho's eyes turn crimson red, but both of them felt a hand on their shoulder, they looked at who it was and nodded as soon as they saw Eun-woo, the two backed off and returned to where Sowon and Ono Hayami were leaving Eun-woo and Lee Jun-ho alone.

The professors wanted to stop the fight as they saw it was no longer necessary to continue but as soon as they saw Lee Jun-ho's aura shift they thought otherwise, even the upperclassmen were intrigued as they looked at Eun-woo and Lee Jun-ho.

Eun-woo had swapped out his spear with Murasame, he didn't wield it and instead Murasame floated around Eun-woo, he then raised his hand as a spell circuit appeared he then pointed it to the ground and released the spell

[ Ice King's Domain! ]

The surrounding then turned into a field of snow as the temperature immediately dropped to subzero levels, Sowon had already covered the rest with spells to avoid being frozen including Lee Jun-ho's teammates as they were currently incapacitated.

Nothing was heard as the arena was silent, Lee Jun-ho stood his ground as he looked at Eun-woo with bloodshot eyes. Lee Jun-ho looked at Eun-woo who also looked like he was telling something to his sword, he didn't mind as he was confident in his skill as he had forcefully raised his expertise.

Lee Jun-ho immediately turned into a blur teleporting behind Eun-woo, everyone was astonished as they saw how he arrived behind Eun-woo and thought it was over, some had already expected it would end that instant but they heard a clang.

"That sword is unfair!"

Everyone saw how Murasame had instantly appear and blocked Lee Jun-ho's strike, Lee Jun-ho repeated his actions and teleported to Eun-woo's side but to his surprise Eun-woo's sword would arrive and block his strikes.

The spectators could only see a blur as Lee Jun-ho was too fast and had reached an S rank level speed, they heard numerous sounds from the swords clashing with Lee Jun-ho appearing in a different direction every second but Murasame would keep up with him while Eun-woo was just standing in the middle with arms crossed.

Lee Jun-ho's onslaught of strikes would last for another couple of minutes before he arrived meters away from Eun-woo panting and tired, his eyes had returned to normal, Lee Jun-ho stared at Eun-woo wondering if he would ever take him seriously or was his strength only because of his teammates and abundance of artifacts.

As Lee Jun-ho was trying to gather himself he soon felt his feet turn cold as he looked at it his feet was locked in place, soon ice began to form around his feet making him immobile again, he couldn't move his lower body nor destroy the ice, he then felt a cold sensation near his arms, it was then the ice had reached out to both of his arms and trapped him.

Eun-woo then grabbed Murasame in front of him, he covered it with ice energy as his fingers touched the blade, he then slashed the space in front of him creating torrents of ice coming towards Lee Jun-ho.

Lee Jun-ho braced himself for impact as he closed his eyes waiting for the oncoming pain but he didn't feel the impact, he opened his eyes and saw that spikes of ice were mere inches away from his face, he then took another deep breath as he was soon released from the ice and slumped to the ground.

Eun-woo undid his spell as the temperature and surroundings returned to normal, he then returned back to where his team was and they left the arena together, Lee Jun-ho then saw medical staff enter the arena and took some of his teammates to get treated.

"Student Jung Sowon"

Sowon released her spell on Cha Eunha before she left along with the others and Jung Yu-na returned to her normal form, while Ling Shu happily strutted away and Ono Hayami stored her sniper rifle.

-

"In terms of skill and power I guess student Park Eun-woo is number one, even though student Lee Jun-ho forcefully raised his skill level along with his stats it's was still not enough"

"But you have to consider those crazy artifacts, if it was any other student I'm sure Lee Jun-ho would have won"

"Then we also have to account his numerous skills that are yet to be seen, him creating a climate of snow was surprising to say the least at least we can confirm he excels in Ice, Lightning, and somewhat in Fire energies"

"How do you plan to train him professor Lee?"

"I've already arranged that no need to worry about it"

"Then we won't bother about training his team then"

-

"What do I get this time Eun-woo?"

Ling Shu laid on the couch as she grabbed her phone while the others sat elsewhere.

"Yu-na did all the work this time, If anyone should be rewarded it would be her, besides"

Everyone then looked at Jung Yu-na which made her flinch.

"When did you learn how to fly?"

"I don't know? I just went with what I felt, I do like the feeling of pummeling someone in the air"

"Good for you, well catch"

Eun-woo threw a ring at her and Yu-na instantly caught it and tried to open what was inside.

"It's new spear!"

Yu-na looked at the majestic spear clad in gold and looked at it like it belonged to hers from the beginning.

"Its [ Gungnir ] It's not compatible with me so I'll give it to you I'm sure you-"

Before Eun-woo could finish his sentence Yu-na was wrapped in another golden aura that blinded everyone in the room, as the light subsided they saw Yu-na was in her valkyrie form and her then translucent wings were now on full display.

"What just happened?"

"Hey! Why don't you give some cool artifacts like Yu-na!"