Henry vs Davis

Kyle returned to his seat, with the surrounding crowd slightly fearing him and continued watching the tournament that day, as the other match must've ended as well and he had no business back at the dormitory.

Kyle took notes of everyone's battles and analyzed how he could defeat them, which he found pretty easy to do.

Cole, Dale, and Hector, the winners of groups A, C, and G respectively each won their battles pretty easily, yet they still felt overwhelmed by how quickly and easily Kyle did it.

Kyle went back home after making sure who his future opponent was as their tournament bracket was also decided on the first day.

His future opponent was the winner of Group B, Alex Blane, son of Marquis Blane. Although he didn't stand out among his group, Kyle knew better than to underestimate him as it wasn't because he was weak, just that his opponents were that strong.

On the way back to his dormitory, Kyle heard a couple of students chatting about the battles today, he got slightly excited as he expected them to be talking about him, so he got closer to listen in on them.

"Today's battle was epic!"

"I can't believe Hunter was defeated that easily though"

"I guess Davis was just that much stronger, huh!"

'What??? THAT Hunter lost easily to Davis? But from what I saw, it was clear that Davis was struggling against the puppets much more than Hunter was. Oh, right! Professor Stacy told us something about the elements' weaknesses and strengths. F*ck, I should've paid more attention in class,' thought Kyle as he heard such shocking news. He had seen Hunter fight two times, and although the first time he was completely defeated by Henry, he still shouldn't have lost that easily according to the data he gathered on both of them. That would've only been possible if Davis was hiding his true ability.

Kyle continued on his way home. Luckily, he could see tomorrow's battle between Henry and Davis as the time of their battle was different from his.

The next day, he rushed over to the arena where the tournament for the main families took place before going to his arena.

Kyle took his seat and was excited as Henry was going to fight as a 4-circle mage, something he has never seen before.

"Start" announced the Professor.

Henry instantly teleported behind Davis with the spatial sword in his hand, yet was met with multiple fireballs as Davis jumped away "Hah, I knew you would do that" snickered Davis.

"That's doing nothing to me!" replied Henry as he slashed his sword erasing the fireballs launched at him.

"Oh, I know that!" said Davis as he continued casting. Although space magic is overpowered, it depletes mana quickly. Davis wanted to use that to his advantage and deal with Henry easily after.

"You dumbass, do you really think I would let you do whatever you want?!" exclaimed Henry as he closed in on Davis enough to be able to use 'seal', yet before he could Davis dodged it.

Henry fired multiple spatial balls to follow Davis around as he was running around the arena. He teleported in front of him after cornering him with the balls with a sword in his hand as he said "Did you really think running away would prove to be useful against me?"

"No, but this will" Davis opened his mouth only to find a fireball inside it. Henry raised his hand as he instantly sealed the space around it, yet it was already detonating which made both of them still feel a part of the explosion.

Davis fell down to the ground, unconscious, while Henry suffered serious injuries to his arm. "You persistent bastard"

The Professor instantly took both of them to the infirmary where both of them were treated by a 7-circle medic mage.

There are many sub-classes that mages can become after reaching a certain level. For example, battle mages can become magic swordsmen, magic spearmen, and so on, while alchemists can become barrier casters, crafters, and so on. While clerics can become medic mages, paladins, and so on.

A person can become more than one but that's rare as each sub-class can take a lifetime to master.

The crowds were all cheering as they watched the best battle of the tournament so far take place with some of them feeling bad for the participants' injuries like Kyle. 'That was a serious injury, I hope they're both fine. OH, sh*t, I've got to go, my battle's about to start soon,'

As Kyle was rushing to his arena, he noticed a lot of people rushing with him, with some even going to the arena of the commoners' tournament. Those were either the participants or the audience, 'I guess the semi-finals of the main families' tournament needs at least that many people watching!'

Kyle ran straight through the path that leads him to the arena and was waiting for Alex Blane, his opponent.

The Professor appeared in the sky ready to announce the start of the match, yet noticed that Kyle Fowler was the only one ready in the arena, with Alex Blane nowhere to be seen.

"Is that the Blane Family's crest on that flying carriage???" exclaimed one of the countless people present in the crowd, as he noticed the carriage coming from outside the Academy.

The Professor had already noticed that carriage from miles away, and had a displeased look on his face, it was the same 3-star artifact that the main families possess.

At the Academy's gate, two advanced mages got out of the carriage while carrying Alex Blane. They carried him straight to the arena in a couple of seconds, representing the might of their house.

Although the Professor in charge was indeed displeased by such a scene, he still couldn't do anything as they didn't break any rules if you consider those two guards his maids, as young nobles of higher nobility can enter with two maids.

Upon reaching the arena, the two guards put down Alex, and left back to the audience, giving him space to fight.

"What is this bullsh*t?" asked Kyle, unpleasant with such a show in a serious tournament.

"Hmph, Obviously people like you that belong to the lower class wouldn't understand our family's doing. Don't get cocky just because you've won against a couple of weak ants,"

Kyle raged as he heard such a thing and upon the Professor announcing the start he rushed at Alex with a punch aimed at his face. Alex cast 'air impact' on his face which lowered Kyle's punch strength as he released the compression with a headbutt, which sent Kyle multiple feet back.

Kyle was surprised by such a use of 'air impact', yet didn't care as he rushed to him once again with ice missiles coming out of his knuckles.

This time, Kyle went all out as he reinforced himself with mana and hit Alex with a barrage of punches that he could neither block nor dodge.

By the time Kyle stopped, Alex was already a bloody mess with his face unrecognizable.

The Professor let a slightly satisfied face slip before retaining his usual cool mode as he announced Kyle's victory, then carried Alex to the infirmary as needed.

Originally, Kyle planned to defeat Alex in a similar way he defeated Leon, yet the amount of disrespect Alex caused him didn't help him in doing that.

Luckily, Kyle still maintained his aura of mysteriousness, as he only used one skill, a unique one at that, as no one would've expected ice missiles to be used as knives coming out of one's knuckles.

Now, he was feared even more than before as he showed such a sign of anger.