Chapter 24 Combat exam (Part 4) "Combination of Science and Violence"

Once the announcement was made both Ken and Sean entered the stage for the battle. Sean as usual maintained his orthodox stance with his guard up while waiting for Ken to make his move. Ken on the other hand thought of what Bernard had said to him yesterday and looked at Sean while thinking 'Its not my fault, if you want to blame someone blame yourself for offending someone you shouldn't have.' Ken had already taken the pill which was given by Bernard before entering the stage and its effect was already present and Ken had no interest in dragging this match any longer as he made his move. He activated his bloodline ability which made his agility, defence and flexibility increase even further as his bloodline ability is stone viper. He arrived instantly before Sean and struck using his fist technique first towards his face which Sean had planned to dodge by shifting towards his right and counter his opponent, however before Sean could even move towards his right the fist was already before his face. "Fast" thought Sean as he instantly abandoned his plan to do his regular side step and dodged using Sway back technique while guarding his face using his palm. However it was already too late as he felt the fist connect with his palm which was before his face along with a powerful force which broke his guard and connect on his face as he flew a few steps backwards and fell on the ground.

Ken however had no intention to stop and followed his attack as he ran towards Sean and tried to stamp on his chest but his plan was without any fruition as Sean instantly recovered and rolled away from that place and Ken hit nothing but the floor of the stage. Sean immediately moved out of the striking distance of Ken and stopped at a distance of 10 meters from Ken as he wiped the blood which was oozing out of his nose and breathed the rest in and spat out of his mouth to clear his respiratory track. Sean watched at Ken vigilantly trying to guard against his next move. Though Sean could kill anyone up to level 8 warrior it is only possible if he has his guns. In terms of hand to hand combat, he can only fight up to level 5 warrior and the man before him was definitely a person who had the power of level 5 warrior, however this was not because of fighting experience but he was as fast and powerful as level 5 warrior. Ken once again made his move and gave two punches followed by a hook which were blocked by Sean using his palm and arms while keeping his eyes on his opponent's movements. This time Sean made his move and gave three punches towards the face of Ken who instead of blocking just received it in his face while throwing a punch on Sean completely disregarding the pain or blood which was now oozing out of his mouth and nose. Sean who saw a punch being thrown by Ken while just receiving his punch on his face just caught his hand and used a flying triangle hold as he planned to break Ken's hand and knocking him out.

Ken who felt his elbow joint creaking while having a difficulty in breathing just dislocated his shoulder effectively loosening Sean's grip while sending a punch straight on Sean's face who immediately released his grip and rolled away and moved further back from Ken as he saw Ken rejoining his dislocated shoulder as if it was nothing. Though the explanation took long the entire exchange only took about 1 minute however it was extremely intense that the entire crowd were just looking at the match silently. Though many could not find anything wrong with Ken it could not escape the eyes of many elites such as the people in VIP stands, the judges and of course Sean. Sean knew that this was not the true strength of Ken and knew that he took some kind of pill which would temporarily improve the strength while numbing the pain felt by the user. He had heard from Wendell that such pills were present and used by Mercenaries if they face any life threatening situation.

Within the stands Carmella said "That boy Ken is using the red pill which not only improves the strength but it also deadens the nerves making him unable to feel any pain. But how did Ken even obtain the pill? He is not from a clan nor is he a mercenary. Does he not know that using such pills in a spar or competition is prohibited?" For which the matured lady who once again occupied the seat beside her said "I don't know where he obtained them but he might not have known about prohibition against uses of such pills after all there are no explicit rules against its usage. I don't think the boy would have used even if he had such a pill after all it is only for emergency purpose and this is only a competition. I think someone made him take the pill by either offering money or by giving him an offer to join a faction and their target is probably harming that boy named Sean".

Carmella who heard this was shocked and immediately looked towards Rutherford who had a smirk on his face clearly enjoying the match while Lucy said "It was most probably Rutherford who wanted to hurt Sean, but the person who gave this idea is probably Bernard. This plan reeks of his smell. Most of the work which Rutherford does has Bernard's scheme behind it". "We should stop this match" said Carmella while Lucy nodded her suggestion. However the matured woman said "No the match will continue. I want to see how Sean fights against this person".

Meanwhile on the stage Sean who thought of the same thing which the matured woman explained while looking towards Rutherford in the VIP stands. He knew that it was Rutherford who seemed to have a prejudice against him as he looked once again at Ken who was ready to attack once again. Sean held his guard up and thought 'His strength and speed is almost at level 5 and his nerves are deadened to not feel any pain. This medicine only lasts for 20 minutes, and there are 18 more minutes' as Sean breathed out and thought 'I have been maintaining a defensive styled fight in order to not destroy my opponents afterall this is only a spar and I am up against a bunch of kids. But this is not the Earth, these kids are not like the kids in the Earth. They have the strength which is unimaginable for a mortal. All these people will evolve into killers with minimum rules and codes to follow. In that case I will switch my fighting style' as Sean suddenly moved at high speed and arrived before Ken and kicked his lower left leg, near the side of knee.

Before Ken could defend himself he already felt a kick near his knee and Ken who did not feel any pain punched using his left hand which was caught by Sean where he twist Ken's arm and breaks his elbow. Ken held his arm which was now bent in inward angle but the attacks from Sean did not stop. Sean pulled his broken arm proceeded to punch his temple, though not at full power but just enough to mess his sight. Though Ken could not feel pain it did not stop him from feeling groggy, then he felt a sharp pain from his ribs. Ken groaned in pain for the first time as he could feel his rib being broken as it pierces in his lungs. Ken coughed blood and had difficulty in breathing but because it did not pierce for more than the few milli meters it was not fatal. Though the pill can help resist pain from getting hit and reduce pain of broken bone, it cannot help in the pain felt from organs being injured.

Sean continued to give a liver blow which made his guard which he maintained using his right hand drop and Sean followed his attack by giving an uppercut under the chin and followed it with a further a liver blow once again. There was no resistance from Ken as he had barely any conscious but Sean did not allow him to fall as he held Ken's right hand. Sean did not stop the combination and continued with a hook on the jaw which broke his jaw bones and continued to punch his face effectively making Ken's face bloody and disfigured.

The entire arena was silent as they saw these attacks. Every student who saw this carnage felt a cold sweat on their back. "I don't know who taught him this type of fight style but it is a truly effective strategy to beat a human to death. In the previous fights he fought like a precise machine as he just defended and countered at perfect timing earning his victory, but now he is on complete offense. There is no doubt about it, this is Sean Walker's true fighting style" said the Matured woman beside Carmella and after seeing Sean continue to punch Ken's face while holding his hand the matured woman shouted "This is bad, if this continues he will kill that boy. Judges what are you doing? stop the match immediately". The match refree who heard this came out of his trance as he immediately ran towards Sean while shouting " Stop, the match is over" while pulling Sean away from Ken.

Ken who lost the support of Sean fell down on the stage while barely hanging to his consciousness. His vision was groggy and his eye was covered in blood, he had difficulty in breathing and his entire body was in pain as he heard the judge announcing the winner of the match while also announcing Ken's disqualification in the exam as well as rejection of admission. Ken who heard this did not give any reply and was just motionless due to being only half conscious. The medic team brought a stretcher to bring Ken to the medic office. Two guys lifted Ken and placed him on the stretcher and a third one who saw Ken's eye being open without any reaction he tapped Ken's face to bring him back to conscious. Ken came back and saw a person checking him when all of a sudden Ken screamed while trying to get away from the medic. Ken felt overwhelming fear and started shivering at the sight of people around him. Another medic just knocked him out of consciousness and took him away in the stretcher. "That boy Ken, he is finished. Though the wounds in his body are not severe and can be easily fixed by using healing magic, Sean broke Ken's spirit as a warrior. He can no longer advance not can he ever fight with someone unless he is able to overcome this trauma which is not possible considering his young age. Only experienced people can overcome such a trauma" said the matured woman to Carmella who just nodded.

Sean got down from the stage while recieving a huge round of applause while receiving wary looks from the three students who qualified for Semi-finals afterall he a level 3 warrior defeated someone who had a level 5 without much difficulty.