"Hello Mr. Rask, I am Professor Clark, one of the dueling professors. Welcome to my dojo."
"Nice to meet you, I’m Tyler."
"Alex, please step forward."
The bulky second year student walked toward the center with cheers and whistles from the crowd. He was good looking, shorter than Tyler but much more muscular and had his blonde hair short and spikey. He flexed for the girls and reached out to shake Tyler’s hand, which was a pleasant surprise.
"Good luck mate." Alex said while shaking his hand firmly.
"You as well!"
"Alright, you both know the rules. B rank Tyler Rask vs A Rank Alex Quay begins in 3-2-1-FIGHT."
Tyler was thankful for Sophie’s tip because Alex immediately transformed into an eight foot tall muscular blonde haired werewolf. His blue eyes were now much larger and he leapt across the room with great speed.
’Not what I expected him to look like, but whatever. Let’s see what I can do.’ Tyler thought as his staff formed in his hand.
He initiated his link with Ash and several of the students gasped, some even cheered at the sight of his now fiery red wings, allowing him to dodge the oncoming attack.
Alex quickly recovered and took a large swipe at Tyler, who didn’t completely evade it and felt his jogging pants rip and slightly grimaced as the nails dug through his skin.
[You are currently at 175/200 HP.]
’Just from a cut? Jeez.’ Tyler thought while using his right hand to close the wound to avoid any unnecessary damage.
He flew around the circular area casting a wide variety of fire magic, all easily blocked by Alex, howling with frustration. He wanted the fight brought to him but Tyler wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction. Tyler was taken aback when a bolt of lightning flew past him rapidly.
’I didn’t even see him form that, he can cast magically quickly.’
Tyler swerved before a lightning bolt hit his staff. He received an unexpected notification.
[Your staff has gained power.]
"So that changes things. Should I let him power up my staff for a bit while I dodge him? I feel good."
"Yes, do that." Ash said calmly. "Keep looking for an opening. I know he’s quick but try to see if there’s a counter."
Tyler continued to block the lightning bolts, allowing them to hit the staff and it felt like the weapon started pulsating. He had an idea he hoped would work.
’System, next time he attacks me, send all the stored power back at him.’’
Tyler watched closely and noticed Alex was left handed, which is why he was missing where the lightning bolts were forming. His opponent did a good job hiding his southpaw technique.
When the bolt struck his staff, he sent back a much larger charge at Alex, who screamed in pain when it knocked him over. He quickly jumped back on his feet angrily and swatted at Tyler, who was on the offensive.
Claws met the metal staff and Shadow came out of his chest, biting Alex’s leg. She was knocked away, Tyler recalled her as he watched the wound heal like nothing happened. He saw Alex smiling. Tyler was grinning. This was fun for them.
"Nice healing ability you have there." Tyler yelled in a complimentary fashion. This got the crowd going again and he noticed almost every one was standing on their feet, including his girlfriends who were all holding hands, refusing to look away.
Alex lept at him again but Tyler flew sideways and got a clean swing with his staff. He saw Adam pop open his mana potion and drink it afterwards.
’Looks like I’m ahead.’ He thought before he hated himself for letting his guard down temporarily. Alex hit him directly in the stomach with a lightning bolt and Tyler went flying into the back wall.
[100/200 HP. You are low on mana.]
’Do I have enough mana to heal myself before I drink the potion?’
[Yes.]
Tyler healed himself then quickly downed the potion while flying through the air to an angry howl from the werewolf. This was nothing like the placement matches his group experienced. This one had been going on for more than 5 minutes and it was tense, but Tyler was enjoying every second.
"Sure you don’t want to use me yet?" Vivian asked excitedly.
"I don’t want to reveal my ace if I don’t have to. I thought he’d be weak against fire but I just am not strong enough yet and I can’t exactly let Ash out when I’m using his wings."
"You’re plenty strong. He has good magical resistance and is good with hand to hand combat. Keep your distance and keep firing away." Ash encouraged him.
Tyler didn’t know, but Ritsu was analyzing the match. As the daughter of the King and Queen, she studied combat strategy and was often sent out to settle disputes between factions. She was an experienced tactician.
"Tyler, when he uses his lightning magic, there’s a two second window where you could get him with a firespell on the right side of his neck." Ritsu said calmly. "You have to absorb his attack with your staff then quickly fire. Get closer to him but don’t let him land a claw strike."
"Thanks Ritsu!"
Tyler darted quickly through the air and Alex let two lightning bolts fire in rapid succession. Tyler flew right at them, swatting one with his staff then blocking the second one. As soon as the second bolt hit, he cast a fireball at the right side of the werewolf’s neck and it knocked him over. He fired off two more fireballs that were both impressively blocked by Alex, who leapt back onto his feet.
’Damn will this guy stay down?!’
They were at a standstill. Alex wouldn’t shoot lightning and Tyler was darting around the air, searching for an opening.
"One of you needs to make a move before I call a draw." Professor Clark yelled. "You each have 30 seconds."
"Alright Viv. I’m going to fly towards him. Make sure your charm lands. Ash, I’m going to deactivate our link as soon as I get close so I can link with her so she can use my eyes. That will work right Vivian?"
"Genius." Ritsu exclaimed.
"Let’s do it!" Vivian reassured him.
As soon as he got close, his wings disappeared, Vivian used Tyler’s eyes to cast a charm on Alex and Tyler landed a powerful kick from above in the center of Alex’s chest, causing the dojo’s floor to break.
’Deactivate link.’
This broke the charm spell quickly and Tyler cast two fireballs at Alex, but Professor Clark threw up a water wall and called the match.
"Match, Mr. Rask!"
The crowd was stunned and silent, aside from some whispers.
"Did Alex just lose to an unknown first year?"
"The kid can fly?!"
Tyler smiled at the cheers coming from his group as they sprinted toward him. He happily hugged his ladies and fist bumped Adam and CeCe.
"Great match bro! Helluva win. I don’t think anyone realized you used a charm, either. It just looked like he was caught off guard by your wings disappearing and the speed of the kick from the free fall." Adam said quietly.
Alex transformed back into his human form and approached Tyler.
"Great move mate. Didn’t expect you to bail on your wings and that increase in speed got me. Keep up your training, you will do well." Adam said with a slight smile.
"Thanks Alex you are a super tough opponent. I’m lucky I can fly or you would have thrashed me."
Alex smiled, gave Tyler a friendly pat on the back while walking toward his friends.
He was disappointed he lost and a bit confused. He wasn’t certain, but he felt distracted for just a second. Since Professor Clark didn’t intervene, Alex knew there was no foul play from the crowd.
’Maybe I really was just thrown off. I hope I don’t fall too far in the rankings.’
Professor Clark was entering the information into the tablet while Tyler was anxiously awaiting the result. He knew he’d get his official ranking.
"I guess I have to sign up for my placements now!" Kass exclaimed as she kissed Tyler, who was then given a smooch by Amanda then Sophie.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen. Tyler went 5-0 in his placements and his official ranking is 233!" The Professor exclaimed.
The crowd stayed silent with a few claps. They were stunned.
"Still not as good as Sophie’s!" Tyler smiled.
Sophie smiled and squeezed his hand. "Proud of you Tyler!"
"Me too!" Amanda and Kass said simultaneously.
"Alex, you are now ranked 525." Professor Clark said calmly.
"Phew." He exhaled.
"Anytime you want to practice spar, let me know!" Alex yelled to Tyler.
Tyler walked over and exchanged numbers with him.
"Well, I’m starving. Let’s go eat!" Tyler exclaimed.
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