Unorthodox strategies

Author's Note: Sorry for the giant blocks of text, the correction AI was messing with me today

"Jean, come here," Kayden gathered the three of them. "Tomorrow will be our second fight. I've been analyzing our opponents. Let's use strategy number 2. They are 4 combat mages and a knight. We shouldn't have too many problems."

Strategy number two was something that Kayden drove into the minds of all three like a hot iron. It was placed so that they could perform their tasks quickly and robotically. Without them knowing, Kayden was training them for this, like soldiers who obeyed orders without thinking. That's what he wanted; his commands were to be followed without hesitation.

"You can rest until tomorrow." With all the warnings given, Kayden decided to give his team a little break. He couldn't kill them, could he? At least not much. They still have to be able to fight the next day. Carlos celebrated as if it were the biggest victory of his life. He would continue screaming if it weren't for a slap to his head by Kayden.

"Stop being retarded." The group had already gotten used to the extremely cheerful and warm bald man. "I'll wait for you tomorrow," Kayden said goodbye to his new friends.

Again, Kayden's team was in the arena. This time, his team was a little more relaxed. Kayden's intense training gave them some confidence. And in the meantime, they realized that Kayden was strong. Very strong. Whenever any of them tried to escape or fight Kayden, the boy barely made an effort to capture the fugitive, almost as if they were children.

The other team was completely unbalanced. Again, Kayden felt a glaring lack of experience. This was becoming common in this place. The only ones who meant anything here were the elite students. These gained their place by fighting; their teams were mostly made up of sycophants and ass-kissers. Pathetic. But Kayden couldn't expect much from teenagers; In fact, I couldn't expect much from anyone. Humanity tended to be mediocre and repetitive, driven by carnal and superfluous desires.

The arrival of the other team snapped Kayden out of his stupor. They were all dressed in the same purple robe. Without a doubt, it made a good impression. Kayden made a mental note for him to arrange something similar.

"The rules are the same as always," Lucas' voice was heard across the arena. "Do your best." As soon as the judge started the round, Maria began to create water around her in an uncontrolled manner. Liters and liters were being generated in the air. The other team was cautious. They saw the attrition tactic used by Kayden's team. So they just waited; it was better than wasting his energy prematurely.

"Are you going to build a pool with all this water?" One of the opposing magicians made fun of the situation, causing contemptuous laughter around him. Kayden's team's popularity was not very high, their combat style was cowardly in the eyes of the other students.

"30 seconds, Kayden," Maria said, breathing heavily. The boy knew what he had to do and it was to buy time.

Turning to one of the mages from the other team, he spoke in a mocking tone. "We found the team clown." His tone caused the people around him to let out uncontrolled laughter. No one expected a response from the swordsman. Normally, low-ranked teams didn't have that much courage.

"I'll show you who the clown is here, trash!" With a standard third-rate cliché villain speech, the opposing wizard began to conjure a fireball. Jean frowned, didn't they have to buy time?

Before the fireball was fully fired, one of the opposing mages realized what was happening.

"Hey! Stop it, he's teasing you." Kayden smiled cynically; they fell like ducks into your trap. The next few seconds began to pass slowly. Animosity was beginning to build, and while Kayden's team was calm and relaxed, the other side was anxious. They didn't know what all that water was that was getting close to a hundred liters.

"I'm ready, Kayden," Maria gave the boy the signal. As soon as Kayden heard this, he raised his sword as high as possible. He did it slowly to attract attention, and when it was at its highest point, an absurdly concentrated Pop Flash erupted, blinding practically all opponents directly. Simultaneously, Jean and Maria began to turn all the water into steam.

Within seconds, the entire arena was filled with a kind of fog, obscuring everyone's vision. Nobody knew what was going on inside. Only a few flashes of fire magic were released sporadically.

"Transcendence," Kayden's voice gave the signal for his team to finish plan two, which was nothing more than taking the opponent's vision and attacking quickly and efficiently. As discussed earlier, their targets were combat mages first. Kayden started running to where he remembered one of them being. He hadn't thought about how uncomfortable it would be inside this fog; it was hot and sticky. Their quick footsteps were heard by the opponents, but unfortunately, they were not able to discern exactly where they were. His randomly thrown spells were just a signal for Kayden to find his location.

Carlos was right behind with his hands encrusted with rocks. The time Kayden spent training caused them to develop a certain silent synergy. Kayden released a concentrated beam in one direction which was soon followed by a scream of pain.

The boy didn't waste any time and headed towards another opponent. His vision was poor, but he was sure he only needed to get close to any wizard to end the dispute.

Carlos gained momentum and jumped at the paralyzed wizard, with a decisive blow his opponent fell unconscious to the ground. Once again the fog became silent, the opposing team's heart was out of control.

They tried to scream each other's name, but it seemed like their words were falling on deaf ears. It wasn't just a simple feeling but a spell from Jean that prevented certain sounds from being heard.

Unfortunately, this happened to everyone in the arena, but as Kayden's team had the advantage they didn't care.

The seconds began to pass.

Kayden started whistling.

There was only silence in the arena and Kayden's whistle, slowly a simple whistle began to cause panic among the magicians. It was the only sound they could hear.

Finally, one of them couldn't take it anymore and released a burst of flames towards the sound that was matched by a concentrated beam from Kayden.

Poof!

The sound of an unconscious body collapsing could be heard, there were 3 opponents left. A wave of panic began to take over their hearts. Again the sound of whistling was heard by them.

They didn't know what to do, they were wet and sticky, totally uncomfortable, they could barely breathe properly, and any mistake and they would be attacked mercilessly.

Little by little, anxiety and fear took over every inch of their bodies. Once again one of them couldn't resist and cast a spell denouncing his position.

Poof!

Another body fell to the ground. This time by a lethal blow from Kayden's katana. The opponents lost track of time. The whistle, the damned whistle, was heard again. Everything seemed to be going well for Kayden's team.

But the boy was doing his best not to collapse, his spell was demanding on his body and he was getting dangerously close to the limit of its use, he had to finish this quickly.

"I give up"

"I give up"