Complete Defeat

" Let the battle between Arthur Bermudez and Alice Evania begin!! "

The announcer yelled, stretching his arms out as all Alice could do was smile nervously as she stood in opposite of the academy's strongest

" What are you waiting for? Attack "

Arthur ordered, his arms seemed to be asleep, his expression resembled that of a bored child, and all his assumed weaknesses were out in the open, due to the fact that he didn't even put up his guard

" Are you underestimating me? "

Alice questioned, with an irritated tone and visible anger spewing from her glare

" Yes "

Arthur replied with simplicity, before yawning, scratching the back of his head, to then glare back at her with extremely cold eyes

" You bastard.. "

Alice whispered, proceeding to slowly unsheathe her rapier, her red sanctuary energy engulfing her weapon along with her body. She had hoped this would intimidate Arthur, but all she got from him was a small sigh of boredom

" You'll regret looking down on me! "

She screamed, proceeding to dash forward while moving her rapier to a side, giving herself a bit more of a mobility increase, before disappearing in a blue, appearing behind Arthur with her rapier glowing a bright red

" First Level: Rapier Thrust! "

She yelled, pulling her arm back to then hurl it forward, targeting the tip of her weapon toward Arthur's back, but to her surprise, it was blocked, by a small piece of ice which crumbled the moment it made contact with her rapier

" Hey she's kind of fast "

An spectator commented while scratching his chin, looking down at the battle with a smile of satisfaction on his face

" Yeah, but, I wouldn't put her on the same level as the other swordsman before her, still though, she is undoubtedly fast "

A woman added, watching over the match with a bit of interest as well

" You thought that would work? "

Arthur questioned, slowly turning to face her, looking down at her with boredom

" Or course not, if you were that easy of an opponent, I'd be highly disappointed in you, but I figured something out "

She replied, before disappearing in a swift soundless blur, appearing above Arthur, her rapier glowing as a smirk grew on her face

" First level: Rapier Thrust! "

She yelled, hurling her attack at the boy, which was once again blocked by another block of ice, and as soon as it was, Arthur looked up at her

" Haha! Your slow reaction time proves that I'm faster than you, even if it's for a few seconds! "

She announced, to the surprise of the audience, who were mostly all amateurs at fighting

" Seconds? "

An spectator questioned, raising her eyebrow at the girl's comment

" Yeah, what difference does being faster by a few seconds even amount to? He still blocked both of your attacks, didn't he!? "

A man yelled, booing at the girl, as the other spectators, who felt somewhat annoyed with the girl's arrogance, began to wish her an ill fate

" So what Arthur, you scared? "

Alice questioned while landing on the ground, looking up at the crowd who wanted her to lose for a few seconds before turning to look at Arthur, who said nothing and simply stared at her

" The fact that you're saying nothing proves that I'm right "

Alice added, looking up at Arthur with her hand and weapon shaking, to her surprise though, Arthur smiled, before pointing at his chest

" Right here "

Arthur uttered, before looking down at his own chest, which seemed unguarded

" Strike me right here, I won't use my ability to block off your attack this time, so hit me as hard as you possibly can "

Arthur ordered, smiling as he stared deep into her eyes as if to say ' you're nothing but a feeble bug '

Not only Alice, but the entirety of the spectators were surprised, gaining nothing but laughter from Shu who watched over the match with interest, and extreme insult from Alice, who had shaken away her sense of awe

" You fucking... "

Alice, whispered, before proceeding to spread her legs aggressively, squeezing the handle of her weapon tightly, as it began to glow, brighter than the previous times, not only that but her eyes also began to spew a similar colored energy, while he haired flew intensely due to the fact that she was gathering a great amount of energy

" Last Level: Deadly Thrust! "

She yelled, hurling her weapon forward with all the strength she could possibly muster, as the wind focused around the rapier's tip, due to the speed at which it was going. The ground below her feet cracked at the flex of her muscles, and finally, the thrust landed.

The moment the tip made contact with Arthur's chest, a huge and loud explosion of air and energy was formed, which would spread across the arena, burning and cracking it, as it spread.

The crowd couldn't help but cheer at this beautiful sight of destruction, they lived for the thriller of fighting, and this explosion was able to fill their desires, the only downfall being, that it was temporary.

The moment the energy and air vanished, the eyes of the spectators were widened by their sense of surprise before they began to cheer at what they were seeing.

Arthur was there, completed unscathed, not even his clothes were affected, he simply stood there, bored out of his mind.

" Was that truly all you could do? You're pathetic, like a dog who barks but doesn't act "

Arthur, said, insulting the girl's attack, who now found herself in fear, she feared the light in which she looked at Arthur, a giant with no weaknesses, but her fear grew even more, as Arthur slowly raised his right hand.

" Here, I'll show you what true strength looks like "

Arthur whispered, as sparkles of ice began to surround his hand, and soon the hand was then coated in a hardened cold ice, which made Alice shiver

" Skaði's Pillar "

Arthur added, ending his speech, before a small marble of ice formed below his palm, and then, that small marble would soon fall on the floor, the moment it did, the entire field was trapped in a pillar of ice, which froze Alice completely