Chapter 4 The Big Day

It's morning all the students of Crimson Vanguard are seated in class learning only a few hours to the fight, a tall frail man is standing in front of the class talking obviously none of them are paying attention.

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"Hope you're all ready for the big fight today guys, the point of the match ups isn't to see who's stronger, The Principal would like to see how powerful you all are up front, don't let the pressure get to you though just do your best out there I believe in you guys" Mr Zane stood in front of the class but was only talking to the 5 contestants from their class.

"And as for the rest of you, keep focusing on getting stronger and one day you'll join the Alpha Squad, okayyy with everything said, You all have 5 minutes to head over to the battle arena" Mr Zane's expression turned grave his voice laced with solemnity as he slowly walked out of the classroom.

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The arena is a vast, circular structure with towering stone walls enclosing the space. In the center lies a wide, open combat area, its ground covered in a smooth concrete floor, perfect for battle. 

The fighting space is surrounded by tiered seating, where all the students of the Crimson Vanguard sit down all dressed in their black outfit, while a large iron gate on one side serves as the entrance for combatants. 

The air is thick with the anticipation of battle, echoing with the roar of the crowd, there was a spot in the arena which was obviously reserved for dignitaries where Mr Zane some other instructors and the Principal sat down the aura exuding from that spot of the arena was crazy intense. 

The Principal swiftly rose to his feet, a light skinned man with white hair which connected from each sides to his white beard, though in his mid 40s his aged eyes hinted a deeper sense of maturity his black trousers with white shirt revealing his incredible physique.

As he walked to the edge of the arena from where he stood silence slowly exuded the entire arena, "Now I know you are all aware of the match that was set to take place today featuring the 5 strongest first years who are also the members of the Alpha Squad of the first years, we've paired you some of you against some incredible opponents while only two of you would be set to fight each other, I expect all of you to perform at your best today and show me why you amongst so many students you entered the Alpha Squad of the first years" The Principal's countenance turned stern his words dripping with seriousness.

Mr Zane stood up and went to the same position the principal stood in after he had returned to his seat "Just a quick reminder to all the contestants we're all family here so try not to kill each other, without wasting any more time let me call out our first contestants, Freya Stone and Damien Frost" The crowd went wild on hearing both their names.

"Considering the way they both fight Damien is going to have the upper hand, I wonder how she's gonna deal with this one"

 Mr Zane said inwardly.

Name: Freya Stone

Age: 16

Power: Super speed

Rank: Level 5

Name: Damien Frost 

Age: 15

Power: Ice

Rank: Level 4 

The entire arena was silent as both of them walked onto both sides of the combat area, they both stood on opposite sides of the arena each staring at the other straight in the eyes, Freya held onto two swords while Damien maintained an open stance, Freya knew she was at a disadvantage considering their Damien's unique fighting style so she was more focused than her opponent.

"BEGIN" one of the female teachers yelled her voice reverberating throughout the arena. Freya bolted off in her usual running style towards Damien her legs followed each other in seamless blur her torso bent outward and both her arms held behind her back with a sword in each arm. 

Damien creates two Ice spears on both hands and ran straight for Freya, Freya found it a little odd because Damien was more of a long ranged fighter, she didn't think much about it and continued heading straight for Damien with unwavering focus.

When she got close enough she readied her sword to strike as she expected a sword fight between them both, immediately Damien let out an unweary smile as he said "Gotchya" he paused and immediately stomped his right feet on the ground the air grew bitterly cold as a wave of frost like Ice spread throughout the arena like a shockwave, jagged ice spikes exploded from the Earth and moved forward in a straight line each spike erupts with relentless force as it grew taller and moved faster with each second heading straight for Freya.

In an instant the jagged ice spikes had already cleared a straight path in the middle of the arena, but whether it hit Freya Damien was still unsure, "Did I get her ?" He asked himself inwardly, "You missed" Freya's voice echoed from behind him laced with anger, his eyes widened in shock he immediately wrapped his arms in ice and turned around full speed using both his arms to block Freya's attack, the brute force and speed she used to swing her sword was incredible, it was able to shatter Damien's frosted hand in an instant, but the same force also pushed her back a little giving Damien enough time to create a little distance between them.

"Shit he managed to get distance from me again" Freya said inwardly, due to the speed of Damien's attack Freya had to use an incredible amount of speed to dodge which drastically drained her stamina she was low on stamina and had to end the match as quickly as possible.

Damien observed her closely and saw how she struggled with each breath she inhaled "You're running out of stamina aren't you, you may be a level above me but I will beat you in this match" Damien said with a heinous smile, "All I have to do is keep the match going long enough and then my victory assu

red" Damien said inwardly.