Chapter 16: Let the Festival Begin and First Match

And so with a few fire works explosion, the festival began. The merry streets filled with decorations and abundance of people sounded the start of the festivities. After a good two-days worth of rest after their hellish training the group decided to enjoy while they could the joys of the festival.

Frank and the princess split up from Ace and Isabella. Each pair enjoyed their break to the fullest while exploring the stalls and attraction on the streets and in the Academy. During the Festival, from the 1st day upto the 2nd day students and people alike enjoy the treats and spoils of the Festival.

On the 3rd day, it is the Magical experiment, theories and applications display at the academy, on the 4th day it is the individual duels tournament and finally on the last day it is the class competition. As the festival continues the group prepares for the fateful day with anxiety and excitement.

During the duel tournament, Ace participated and won all his matches and obtained the prize money. And finally, during the night the group prepared their minds for the challenge ahead. "So do you think you can win this?" as if sharing the same opinions, Rotsguard and Ryu asked the question to their respective partners. "Of course no questions needed" confidently answered Ace, "I don't know but I feel like it's not impossible to seize victory." Answered Isabella.

Finally the day arrived for them to show their mettle in the Class competition. "Welcome one n' all to this year's Interclass team competition. I shall now explain the details. First this is a battle royale between each classes team. Magic will be used to teleport the participants to an artificial space where the goal is to gather the most points and of course interference between participants is allowed. To obtain the points you either defeat the other teams or you find the treasure situated somewhere on the map." Said the commentator.

He continued "A barrier will be erected to prevent fatal damage. Every participant was given a badge, it's enchanted so that if the damage incurred surpasses a certain threshold it breaks signifying the disqualification of participants which is worth 20 points. And also losing one's badge equals disqualification but if it was taken by a different team they also gain 20 points. The treasure is worth 60 points. The first part is a battle royale with classes challenging classes in their respective years where each year has 5 classes and the second part is the battle royale between the winning teams from the first years to third years. Now may the battle begin!". And thus the Class competition started.

The first years were transported in a swamp. "Okay guys this the beginning so let's win this!" said Frank. And so the group agreed to look for the treasure and if they ever encounter opponents they would engage and so they started moving.

"Canyon Break!", "Black Blade!", "Wind Cutter!", "Frost Bite!" stated the group fighting. With long ranged attacks being fired a pure explosion of magic, a battle was being held between Classes 1 and 5. "Iza buff us with wide area healing, Frank make them lose footing, Princess continue with the assault and I'll deal the final blow." Directed Ace telling his teammates on their actions and just as told the group eliminated two members of the opposing team "Shadow Arcane: Izanagi Ryuken" stated Ace taking advantage of the chaos to take down the leader of Class 5's team earning their first points.

"Wow we really did it, if we continue like that victory is in hand." Said Frank happy about their win. With a smile the group continued to advance and with the team's strength they managed to overtake the competition by beating all the other teams. And so with few hours of rest before takling their next challenge, the team will now advance to the next step of the Class competition.