Chapter 5: Duel

The Devil is Alive

Vol: 2

Chapter 5: Duel

Today, at Gerasis Academy a small mock duel will take place between magicians and combat students to know their limits and get experience against each other

Right now Michio is sitting with his combat classmates and Mari is sitting with her classmates

Both of them are looking at each other as both of them know a little about each other about how strong other party is

*smile*

Mari gave a smile to Michio

Michio remained motionless

"Ahem, alright then students it's time for the mock duel

Rules are simple, don't hurt your opponent too much, and if someone surrenders then the fight ends there. Now everyone chooses your partners for a duel"

The teacher said and stands aside

Soon all students started choosing their partner, as for Michio well he doesn't know anyone except Mari in magician category so he had to choose her as his partner

But before he could approach her, Mari herself approached him.

"Wanna pair up?" She asked her with a smile on her face

"Yes, I would love to" Michio replied back

. . .

One after other students were called and as far as the match has gone, Magician students have shown much better results as compared to combat students

But it's not like all combat students lose hard, some of them were even good and one of them, Miyashiro Nao, a girl with purple hair, destroyed her opponent

It was quite a shock to know that Nao, is a girl from a poor background. Don't know how she gets into this academy but she is a real talent.

She didn't have explosive strength or techniques, but she did have speed.

And after seeing her fight her opponent, Michio was quite surprised.

"Now, its time for the final battle, between Fujimori Mari and Hata Michio," The teacher said their name and called them to the stage

Hearing their name all students got hyped as everyone knows that, Mari is the best magician among first-year students and she had never lost any fight against anyone.

All her fight were one-sided won with ease

Whereas Michio also had never lost any battle, though all of his battles was not one-sided victory like Mari, but still never lost any fight

Also, Nao (Miyashiro Nao, his classmate) had always wanted to fight Michio because among all students Michio was the only student who never lost any fight during practice sessions. And when she asked him for fight practice he always declined her

Michio's attitude towards his classmate had caused him to be called "arrogant"

"Begin"

The teacher yelled and gave off the signal to begin the fight

But both, Michio and Mari remained silent and didn't even try to move

"Allow me to show you my strength," Mari said, breaking the silence after a second and then waved her hand

"Fire spirit: awaken" She said

*whoo*

And then above her shoulder, a tiny human-shaped object appeared wrapped in flames

"What? She already has a spirit with her?" A teacher said in a shocked expression

Everyone knows that getting spirits is not a small deal as they are not found so easily and even if it's found out or captured by someone, forming a contract is also a big deal.

But here, a girl age around 13 has a spirit already so; it's a big shock for teachers

"Is she trying to kill him?" a student asked after seeing Mari activate her fire spirit

After all, who uses a sword to cut food?

Awakening her elemental spirit means that she wants to go all out against Michio

One the other hand, all combat students were stunned to see her elemental spirit. It was clear that today the streak of unbeatable Michio will break

Michio smiled at her tiny fire spirit and asked "Can you tell me where I can find these spirits or buy them?"

The question somewhat made many students shock as getting a spirit is no small deal, and if someone even knows where they could get these elemental spirits or combat spirit, who will tell them with ease?

There will be a big price to be paid

Mari remained silent for a while and then said "I don't know but my mother would surely know how you can't get them. But if you want me to ask my mother about their hideouts then you have to defeat me first."

Everyone giggled at this a little as, just having a spirit mean that your strength is around wizard level or martial artist level, due to the fact that spirits boost their user's strength

In short, Michio a simple fighter against Mari, a wizard is not a good match

Michio only smiled at her words

And then said, "So all I have to do is defeat you, right?"

"Yes" she replied

"Alright then, here I come," Michio said with an evil grin

*whoosh*

Mari tried to cast her spell as she knew Michio is attacking but

Before she could even move or even speak anything, Michio was already in front her touching her chin with his thumb

"Do you surrender?" he asked Mari

*smile*

Mari gave an evil smile and said "You really are suited only for me"

And then she surrenders

On the other side, all students and teacher were just stunned and didn't even know what to speak because Michio��s movement was so fast that they didn't even see anything

As for Nao, who was eagerly waiting to see just how strong Michio is she just lost her composer

And also, Mari's open proposal to Michio made the remaining people shocked