40. Ben vs Students

Ben challenged the students to spar with him. Now they are getting ready to fight with Ben who can't use his left hand. Raul will be the referee again.

Raul looks at both sides and makes sure they're ready before he starts the sparring. "Start!"

The students spread and surround Ben while preparing their magic. Ben just stands on his spot without doing anything.

The first one to move is Dan, who shoots Ben with his bullet magic. Ben tilt his body to the left and avoid the bullet. But then a fireball is flying to him.

Ben can just take it because it won't work on him. But he needs to downgrade his play and match the students' level. So he jumps back to dodge the fireball.

When Ben jumps back, he hears a flute sound and feels a little dizzy. It is Olive's sound magic, that can make someone dizzy.

The sound magic doesn't affect Ben too much, because he is way stronger than her. But again, he needs to downgrade his play to their level, so the students can learn from him.

Ben can't cover both his ears with his hands because his left hand is broken. So Ben ripped 2 little cloth pieces from his shirt and insert them into his earholes. These won't block the sound completely, but they reduce the volume and also the effect.

While Ben does that, the close distance fighters attack him. Mina is already in her dog form, Parka has turned into a muscle man, Felice comes with a longsword, and Yorki comes with lightning fists.

Ben smile and get into a stance. Mina jumps to him and tries to bite him. Ben just slid back a little and grab her front leg. Then Ben throw her away lightly to not hurt her.

Yorki arrives behind him and sends a lightning punch with his right hand. Ben tilt his body a little to avoid it. Yorki who jumps to him now gets in front of Ben, making him an easy target to Ben.

Ben trip Yorki's feet and make him fall to the ground. Ben looks at the other students who just stay silent in their place, making him shake his head.

After Yorki fall, Felice comes to him and swings her sword from above. Ben draws his knife and parries the sword to the left. Then Ben kicks Felice on her armor and flings her away.

Parka sends a punch attack at Ben using his muscular right hand. Ben smirk and send his punch to Parka. Their punch collides and everyone gets surprised when they see Parka fly back and leave the arena.

"H-he is stronger than Parka who has a bigger body?" Ron is shaking at the side.

"We can't judge him with our standard. Have you forgotten when he used magic last week?" Cya comment on Ron.

The other students then remember when Ben burnt a log until nothing is left.

"I thought he is just strong in magic, not in physical power too," Ron said.

"Who cares about that. We need to fight him now. If we want to win, then we need to work together." Gea walks forward and prepares her magic.

The others nod and prepare their magic. Ben smile seeing this, "Will they cooperate better this time?"

Ben rushes to the students who are preparing their magic. They can't make their magic fast, and still need time. So Ben attack them before they finish.

Ben almost reaches them, but Hans blocks his path. Hans appears with 2 illusion clones to confuse Ben.

Hans and his clones attack Ben together from 3 sides. Ben smirk and make a 360 spin kick. Ben's kick passes a clone, then hits Hans who is in his front.

Hans falls and failed to stop Ben. But he has bought enough time for his friends to finish their magic.

The long rangers start to attack Ben with their magic. The first one is Dito who uses his telekinetic magic to hold Ben's body.

'It certainly feels heavy, but it's not strong enough,' Ben thinks while keep running to the students.

The telekinetic isn't enough to stop Ben, but it can slow him down a little. Then before Ben reaches them, the students shoot their magic together at him.

The first one to attack is Gea, who uses her bubble magic to blind Ben. She made many tiny bubbles and send them to cover Ben's face.

At least that's the plan because it doesn't go according to plan. The bubbles get pushed down by the telekinetic magic and pop.

This happens because Dito's telekinetic magic is pushing the area around Ben to hold him down. If his control is higher, then he'll be able to just push Ben down, not the entire area around him.

"Dito, what are you doing?!" Gea reprimand Dito.

"I am holding down Ben-nii's body. Your bubbles are too close with his body, so they got pushed down," said Dito.

When Gea & Dito argue a little about the incident, the others shoot their magic. Ben sees a fireball, water shot, and a magic bullet come to him. Now, Dito stops his telekinetic magic to not disturb his friends' magic.

But that's a very wrong move because now Ben can move freely. Ben jumps back to avoid the attacks. The attacks collide and destroy each other.

Ben immediately attack after that. He goes for Dito first, to prevent any other disturbance. Ben grabs Dito's hand and throws him out of the arena. Then Ben does the same to Olive because her sound magic will keep disturbing him even if he reduces the effect.

When Ben throws Olive, Yorki comes with lightning fists. Yorki sends a punch at Ben, and Ben dodges it easily. Ben takes this chance to grab Yorki's shirt and throw him out too.

Then Ben run to attack the others. Ron, Gea, Cya, Hans, and Dan get defeated easily after that. They use their magic to attack and stop Ben. But nothing worked.

Now, only 3 people left. Mina, Parka, and Felice are still there. They're close-range fighters, so Ben taunts them to attack him together. "Come, show me your power!"

The 3 attack Ben together. Mina with her dog form, Parka with his muscular body, and Felice with her sword & shield. Ben fights them with his physical power, and can easily match them.

Ben takes his time to fight with them and not defeat them too fast. He needs to give them fighting experience. Ben finally stops after Felice gets tired. He finishes them by throwing them out from the arena, just like the others.

"Match finished. Winner: Ben." Raul announced the result.

The students sigh because of their defeat. They know Ben is strong, but not this strong. He doesn't even use magic in their match just now.

"Ben nii-chan, you said you'll show us how a mage fights. But you don't even use magic just now," said Ron.

Ben just smile and said, "Because I don't need it."

Ben then explains that a mage needs to manage their MP. They need to use a minimum amount to gain the maximum result possible.

"What you need to aim in a fight is not to use flashy or strong magic. It is to win. If you can win with simple magic, then use it," said Ben

A mage is someone who can use magic. But it doesn't mean they need to fight using their magic. If they can win without it, then it's not a problem. Or at least, that's what Ben thinks of.

"When you become a high-class mage, your jobs will often involve fighting. You might fight with one or many enemies, and you will need to conserve your MP well. You can't waste it even if you have a way to replenish your MP. You always need to save MP to be used for emergency," said Ben

Ben said this because he almost die before when his MP was depleted. Luckily he can replenish it by eating Moonlight in a desperate situation. But the students can't do it, so he needs to teach them about MP saving.

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