Chapter 33: Little demon

"I have wishes that I want to keep private" I glared at him

-I want to kill him- Siege growled

-Don't, leave some for me- Ace said

-Well, we'll get our chances- Damon said -But we're at school, let's keep calm for now-

-If Aenon fight back, he won't even stand a chance, so we should calm him down first- Dabria said

-Well my brother can stall him long enough to give us all a chance to leave here alive if that happens- Diana replied

Aenon just finished his meal and wiped his mouth

"Youngsters these days are so rude" He shook his head

"Balor, apologize to them" Eleanor commanded

"Well I apologize first for being rude"

"Yeah me too, it's just there are things we can't answer" Albert apologized

"Nah it's fine, it's getting late anyways, I'm going to head back" she said before leaving

-That was easier than I thought, I thought we were about to get into a fight or something-

-Well we don't want trouble, so we're lucky- Dabria replied

We then went back to our rooms, for the next few days, we toured the school and went to the libraries to borrow some books about advanced magic, and a book about healing for Ace.

School day arrived, my first class is close combat, Albert and Eleanor got healing class first thing in the day. I walked to this huge arena with a lot of other people waiting. Our professor was this bulky giant about 210cm tall, green eyes, orange hair and orange beard.

"Sit down! We'll be waiting for another group to join us today"

"On the ground? It's dirty" A noble said with a disgusted face

-How did he even pass the test?- Ace sneered

-I know, but don't worry we'll get to fight all of them soon-

-Are you guys fighting over there already? no fair- Ace said

-Don't worry, with me here, I'll try to turn them away from fighting- Dabria replied

"Suit yourselves if you want to stand" He replied

I sat down with Siege, after a while another group came, Albert and Eleanor walked in. They saw me and came to sit down right next to me.

"Why are you guys here?"

"Well, our healing class and the close combat class is going to have a lot of joint classes, people from the close combat class gets injured the most, so we're here to heal you guys" Albert answered

"Yeah, we learn the spells in class and practice by using you guys or some patients in hospitals, but it seems like you're definitely going to need some today" Eleanor said

"Why?"

"You'll see"

Then the healing teacher came in, let me tell you one word to describe her, HOT, brown hair, blue eyes, about 172 cm tall.

-She's huge too-

-You're on your first day of school and you're already checking a professor out, what I am going to do with you- Dabria sighed

"I'm the professor for close combat, Craig Steel and this is the healing professor, Lauren Green" The professor introduced

"Our class teaches close combat, this includes swordsmanship and close ranged magic, and since this year, our class have an odd number, we'll do the tradition" Professor Steel continued before pointing at me "You're the top scorer for this year, right?"

"Yes sir"

"Come up to the arena"

I go up to the arena

-Oh no, it looks like I'm about to be beaten up by the teacher aren't I?-

-Well maybe that's the tradition- Dabria guessed

"The tradition is if the close combat class has an odd number of students, the top student of the class will have a fight with the professor, anything goes except killing" Professor Green announced "I'm here to heal you and to make sure nothing goes wrong"

"Any rules about equipments?

"You can use any equipment you want, but the professor can't, his uniform is enough" she replied

-So the warning from Eleanor was this huh-

-Do you need me to go in there with you?- Siege asked

-No, I want to see how long I can last, I'll get beaten up either way, from the looks of it, I don't think I'll make it for the rest of today's class-

"So I can trash talk all I want in this battle?"

"Of course you can, I can guarantee you, no matter what you say during this, you won't get expelled" Professor Steel replied

"Even dirty plays?"

"You are encouraged to use it, you may have beaten a 3rd year, but you'll need all you can get to survive against a professor"

"What do I get if I win?"

"HAHAHAHA" He laughed "You won't, but if you manage to impress us real good, we'll let you pass this year's close combat exam with the top score. You have to come at me like you're going to kill me" he taunted

"Reminds me of the 1 battle test, but worse" I replied "So I can't avoid being beaten up huh"

3rd person view

"It's the tradition, you won't be abl-" Professor Steel got cut off, Perseus charged at him with a punch which he blocked

Perseus thought

"C'mon use your scary presence, I heard it was real scary" Steel laughed

"I'll take your hand out, I guarantee it" I replied

"Let me see you try hahaha"

Perseus didn't use it and kept charging at him and getting punched from multiple directions, but his high regeneration healed all of his injuries. All of his attacks are either evaded or countered.

Perseus did a jump spin crescent kick enforced with fire magic but Steel grabbed his left leg mid jump

"Not so-huh"

Perseus did something that shocked him, Perseus used his body to spin even further, Perseus twist and broke his left leg with his spin to deliver a kick with his right leg that was enforced with wind and lightning magic to his face.

-THAT WAS SUCH A STUPID MOVE EVEN FOR YOU- Dabria shouted

-What is he doing?- Diana asked concerned

-Guys shut up, we'll talk about this later- Perseus said before silencing his mind

Professor green was speechless at what she just saw. Eleanor was horrified.

"WHAT IN THE GODS IS HE THINKING PULLING OFF SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" She shouted

Albert just watched with a shocked expression

Professor Green was about to stop the battle before it went any further, but what she saw next shocked her even more His leg bend back to where it was and healed itself before her eyes.

"Shit, kid that hurts, a regular 3rd year definitely won't beat you if you pull off shit like that" Steel giggled "No one would break their legs just to land a kick on their opponent, you broke 2 of my tooth"

Steel then charged at him faster than before, his hits were fast and way stronger, Perseus started to bleed

"It seems your healing is slowed down, you already reached your limit" Steel laughed as he delivered more punched

But Perseus didn't seem fazed by it at all, instead he smiled

"Is that all you fucking got old man?"

Perseus used Steel's arm as a boost and jump and delivered a wind blade kick to his head pumped with both lightning and fire magic, it exploded upon contact.

He used the explosion to pushed himself away for distance, and he then charged forward to do another jump kick and his leg was then again grabbed and stopped mid air.

"You don't learn do you? KEKEKE" Perseus then again spin his body and twist and break his grabbed leg in order to deliver a kick with his other leg.

It hits the professor in the chin and knock him upwards, Perseus then put all the regeneration to his twisted leg and healed it back to its regular state.

He was bleeding all over, but he was smiling, he looked like he enjoyed himself. He was laughing, his laughs was scaring all the other students watching the battle.

Ferocity is indeed an ability that make his physical attack stronger the more injured he is, but in some cases, like Perseus, it also twist a bit of his personality in the process, he will become more aggressive and turns into a being that lost all sense of reason.

"Hehe HAHAHA, c'mon, let's fight more, we still haven't gotten to the fun part yet"

"I heard that you were like a beast, but you're worse, you're a demon" Steel replied

Professor Steel got a couple teeth knocked out, and his faced was also bleeding all over

Perseus starts to heal bit by bit and got a bit of his reasonings back

"FLAMES OF PURGATORY"

Blue flames then engulfed the arena and covered the vision of the spectators, he then used all the flames and gathered them all into his right fist and charged into Professor Steel with his full strength

"SOLAR FLARE" He then punched the professor in the gut and knocked the professor back and charged in for a last attack, he called out Dream Eater and severed one of the professor's arm before making the sword disappear in the moment.

Perseus was out of stamina

Perseus then fell to exhaustion.

-Shit-

Siege then ran for him, he also sensed the others are coming for him too

-I might have gone a bit too far this time-

-You useles- -

Perseus fainted for the first time

*****

"Man I can't believe you lost an arm to a 12 year old" a male voice asked

"I can't believe I lost it either" Steel replied "He took out my hand just liked he promised"

"He took out your whole arm!" Lauren scolded "Not a lot of people can regenerate limbs you know"

"That kid did, his legs healed back in a snap"

"Well is he a danger to us?" Anthony Magus asked

"I don't think so, from the looks of it, he just lives for battles, but his regenerative speed is definitely unheard of" Steel replied

"You think he's a phoenix in disguise?" a female voice asked

"No, I checked his blood, no signs of beast related genes, much less a phoenix" Lauren replied "I can't stop hearing that laugh and his face, it was terrifying"

"I got the reports from the knights in his village, they say, he only kill bandits starting from an early age, he trains with his beast, it would explain his fighting style, but to think he would break his leg just to hit me in the face, he ain't no beast, just a demon who live for the thrill of battles, but that demonic personality only appeared when he was seriously injured"

"He's even more talented than we thought, as long as he's not injured, we can control him. Register him as our captain for the junior team, I want him to lead it in the inter-academy competition" Anthony Magus commanded