Versus Freya

I wanted to decline since it was pretty bothersome but I had no other choice and just accepted the teacher’s orders and proceeded to front. Freya had a smug smile on her face and she was standing quite confidently in front of me. Meanwhile, my face remained neutral.

“I’ll show you just how powerful a mage born in nobility is, you countryside bumpkin. Hn! I shouldn’t have held back during the exam.” she said, well boasted.

I looked around and saw the gazes of Freya’s friends. Like their leader, they held smug smiles.

“Okay, each battle will be ten minutes long. Those who will not be able to participate today will have theirs tomorrow.” Professor Noria announced. “Remember, no killing or maiming. This is just a mock battle to gauge your magical power and abilities. The match will end if one party yields or loses consciousness. If there is no winner and the ten minutes had already lapsed, then it’s a draw. Understood?”

“”Yes professor!””

“Also, you guys can go all out. This classroom is strengthened for something just like this.” she laughed. “Considering you’re still first years, I don’t think you have enough strength to destroy the protective spells and barriers around and inside this classroom.”

I sighed once again. People really shouldn’t underestimate others. But I should probably apply that advice to myself.

“On your marks! Battle begin!”

I could feel energy gather in Freya’s hand and a green magic circle appeared on it. I could see the wind forming in her hands. It was the size of a person’s head. It was quite impressive for beginner mages, but she did say she was a noble. She probably already received mage lessons ever since she was a child.

All of a sudden, she threw the ball of wind at me. Since I enrolled as a mage with affinity to fire and ice magic, those two elements were my only options to attack and defend. Fire was weak to wind, so I gathered the energy in the surroundings and erected an ice shield in front of me.

Fun fact; even though they were called battle mages, the most they could do was throw spells at a target. Mages weren’t taught how to integrate their spells with their bodies, they weren’t magus knights. But by concentrating their energy like that, the spells they use were usually more powerful than magus knights’. Unfortunately for my opponent, I was bit of both.

When Freya’s attack landed on my ice shield, it created an explosion which shook the room. Fortunately, the shield was still intact, but it seemed like Freya was already expecting it. Once I took down my shield and the smoke dissipated, her hands were already glowing and then she threw wind blades at me.

I jumped out of the way to not get hit and skidded a few meters from my original position.

A big magic circle suddenly glowed just above her head and I could feel wind energy gather in it.

-Is she planning to barrage me with wind blades?

It wasn’t wind blades though, but arrows made of wind. I ran around the arena to dodge it. I was unfortunate to be hit by a few of them, but I stood my guard.

“As expected of the daughter of the Berialis Family!” exclaimed Professor Noria. “Such powerful wind spells!”

I already expected for a few teachers to praise her and disregard me. After all, I just popped out of nowhere.

“Don’t just dodge! Come and attack me!”

I smirked. “Let me grant your wish then.”

I stopped running around, and where I stopped happened to be in front of her. Her attack also stopped and just watched me with a smirk in her face.

“You were asking for it.” I said.

“Done running around then?”

“Let me show you how I became the first rank.”

I gathered energy in both my arms and transformed them into the elements I wanted; fire and ice, and mystic circles appeared in both my arms. My right arm was then engulfed by fire and ice started to encase my left arm. I could hear a few gasps from my classmates.

“You have dual attributes?” asked Freya in shock.

I raised my left hand and ten mystic circles, half a meter apart, appeared above me. I clenched my left hand to a fist and ice arrows started raining out of the mystic circles. Some even cut through the big magic circle above Freya’s head and it shattered. She then started running around to dodge my attack. With that occupying her attention, I gathered energy around my feet and I moved at lightning speed, stopping in front of her.

“This won’t hurt a bit, but a lot.” with my flaming fist, I punched the ground she was standing on. It created an explosion which threw her across the arena.

Because of the explosion, it created a lot of smoke once again. Once it dissipated I was the only one left standing in the arena. Freya was sprawled near the wall, unconscious. I cancelled my ice mystic circles as well as turned off my blazing arms.

“Never judge a book by its cover.” I muttered. “But then again in your case it was your prideful attitude that made you that way.”

“Battle finish! Winner, Luna Hysi!” announced a shaken Professor Noria. “It had only been five minutes. Attend to Student Freya and send her to the infirmary!”

Professor Noria made her way to me with a stern look in her face.

“They told me another dual-attribute mage enrolled in the magic arts department.” she said. “And another one from the Celestine Territory too.”

“Is that a compliment professor?”

“I’m not sure. But I’ve met a student like you before. Remember Eliza Castea?”

“The name’s familiar.” I answered.

“Student Luna, that last attack you made, it wasn’t that of a mage. That was a technique used by a magus knight of a fire attribute.”

I did not reply to her statement and just stared at her.

“Interesting.” Professor Noria smirked and turned away from me. “Let’s proceed to the next battle!”

Since we only had an hour for each class, only four more battles were accommodated. The other six battles would have to continue the next day. As for Freya, she stayed in the infirmary the entire day. I heard she had her magic energy exhausted and her body was also lightly injured.

Mages and knights really had a lot of differences. Even though mages (apart from magus knights and there’s only a few) had a lot of fire power, they don’t train their bodies enough. A mage’s body without magical energy to protect him/her is rather weak. Meanwhile, knights focused on strengthening their bodies to hone their techniques and be compatible in using combat magic.

I hit Freya with a flaming fist. I doubt she was already at the stage where she could coat her body with a barrier to protect her from physical attacks.

After the classes, I returned to the dorms. I was going to give the book I borrowed from the library a read. Unfortunately, a male upperclassman stopped me.

“You! Are you Luna Hysi?” he called. He had two other guys with him. And the crests on their uniform indicated that they were fourth year students of the military arts department.

“Why are you looking for me?”

“You dare ask that? You sent my sister to the infirmary on the first day!”

-Oh, so he’s Freya’s older brother.

“And? Are you here to avenge her?” I asked.

“Take a guess.”

“Brandon, I don’t think that’s a good idea.” said one of the students with him. “Didn’t you say you’ll only meet her? She’s the first ranker of the magic arts department first years and has a dual attribute. We’re going to get into trouble with her.”

“What are you afraid of? She’s just a first year. Brandon, you can totally take her on!” retorted the other one.

-Wow, they’re like the good and evil sides of him.

“I don’t want any trouble senior.” I said.

“You should’ve thought of that before sending my sister to the infirmary.”

“It was a mock battle. The only way to win is either to let my opponent surrender voluntarily or knock her unconscious.” I replied. “I’m pretty sure she won’t surrender so I had no other choice but to knock her out.”

Of course, the senior was already beyond reason. The important thing for him was that I beat up his sister.

I suddenly felt energy gather around him. He was activating combat magic to strengthen himself. He was going to attack me. I wasn’t just going to stand and wait to be attacked so I circulated my inner energy inside me, gather the natural energy around me and strengthen myself.

“She can use combat magic?” asked one of his, Brandon’s, henchmen.

-Oh? Is that how it looked to them?

“Isn’t she from the magic arts department?”

I felt a familiar aura come closer so I stopped gathering energy. I felt a hand on my shoulder and saw Torii.

“Don’t you think it’s embarrassing to gang up on a female first year, Senior Brandon?” she asked.

““Student Council Vice-President?””

“I suggest you take your petty revenge with you. I’m saying this for your sake.” Torii said and leaked some magic power. I could feel the wind pick up some speed.

I noticed Senior Brandon and his friends go wide-eyed and immediately ran away.

“Student Council Vice-President?” I asked.

“Yeah. And Luna it’s just the first day of school, but you already got into trouble?”

“It’s not like I wanted to be in one.”

“I heard what happened though. Good job on holding back.”

“Are you kidding? It was hard holding back when I’m so used to giving it my all during my hunts.”

She only tapped my shoulder. “We’re dealing with humans here, not monsters. So try to hold yourself back sometimes.”

“Got it.”

“Good.” she nodded her head. “Come little sister, it’s time to have some catching up.”

“Sure.” we made our way towards the girls’ dormitory.

A/N:

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