Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

23. Wake Up

Jinn and Kuro's fists clashed against each other.

Winds gushed fiercely from their blows as proof of the power of their blows being so powerful. If you see the two of them are two power-type magicians who fight blows, that's natural. But Kuro can do that as an ordinary person not only surprisingly, but also raises new questions.

-are you really human?

Taking the opportunity as Kuro confronts Jinn, Ishi attacks from the side while using the magical art [Leap].

Ishi swung her rapier right towards Kuro from the left side at full speed. In terms of technique using a rapier, Ishi's ability is arguably quite good, so he can provide help with time and the right way.

A little more Ishi's attack hit Kuro's shoulder, but as if he could see from his back, Kuro was able to dodge with a paper-thin distance.

Kuro jumped back a few meters, then he saltoed to the side and in various directions to avoid the attack of Frea's blade feathers.

Frea's blade feathers stuck in the ground and moments later disappeared into small particles.

"..."

Kuro's eyes didn't miss the phenomenon. It seemed like Seta had run out of magic energy, so he used a less deadly attack and only carried out support attacks.

Ishi who was already preparing in the attacking position of Kuro.

Ishi's attack this time was different from the previous one. It was marked by a blue light shining from Ishi's rapier.

Ishi uses the magic art Blue Slash. His rapier attacked Kuro with 6 stabs at high speed almost at the same time.

But Kuro can avoid Ishi's attack by moving his body to a minimum as if he can see Ishi's attack.

"?!"

Ishi's eyes opened wide when she saw that Kuro had managed to dodge her attack easily. This was only the first time Ishi had seen anyone capable of it.

The light of Ishi rapier disappeared after the magic art was off. Taking that chance, Kuro counterattacked.

"!!"

Ishi was surprised by the figure that suddenly disappeared, but he was even more surprised when Kuro was already in front of him with a distance of several centimeters from his body. Not only that, Kuro had also prepared to hit Ishi with full force.

(Great!!)

Ishi is unable to use her rapier due to Kuro's too close distance and Kuro's abnormal speed. A total assault. Ishi prepared with the pain that awaited her.

But the pain that awaited never came.

Ishi was confused, but when she saw Kuro suddenly jumped back while salto several times. Kuro evades Seta's attack.

Dozens of blade feathers stuck in the ground, but this time did not disappear immediately. It was a sign that the attack was different from before.

Kuro can't relax. From above, Jinn had already prepared with a surprise attack.

Boom!!

Jinn's attack misses and finally hits the ground where Kuro is standing. The ground scattered and dust flew over Jinn and Kuro, after which, two human figures leaped in opposite directions out of the dust.

Jinn jumped near Ishi. Seta stood not far from the two of them.

The wind suddenly blew fiercely and blew away the dust in an instant. Now they can see their opponents clearly. Meanwhile, Frea was still flying in a swivel rotation at an altitude of 10 meters.

"Ishi... You okay?"

"Yes, I was just surprised. Thank you for helping me."

Seta simply smiled faintly and waved his hand in lieu of 'That should've been'.

"Damn it, what do we have to do to deal with it? Frankly the combination of speed and power of hers was really troublesome."

"yeah. I know that...?!."

Ishi's eyes opened wide when she saw that there was a strange stain on Kuro's uniform, more precisely on Kuro's shoulder.

A red stain and a uniform that was torn from being hit by a sharp object.

"Jinn, it seems that my attack hit him."

"Yes I know, but the problem is why Kuro got hurt?"

They both showed worried faces. They were currently afraid that their premonition was right.

"Why are you putting on a face like that?" kuro said in a relaxed tone. "It's just a small wound, so it doesn't matter. Let's hurry and let's continue."

"""........."""

The three of them fell silent and no one dared to accept Kuro's challenge. They even lost their spirit.

"Hey. come on. Why did you guys arrive like this? Were you not so excited?"

"......."

Kuro tried to provoke them, yet they were still speechless.

It made Kuro sigh and showed a vexed face. He knew what was causing them to be like that.

"Geez, just because of a small wound like this, you guys are already unwilling to fight. You guys are so disappointing!"

"No, we don't want to fight, but why are you getting hurt?"

Jinn's question only irritated Kuro even more.

"Aren't I hurt by her (Ishi) attack, are you blind?"

"That's not what I meant. Why are you getting hurt? Shouldn't our attacks be turned into psychic attacks?"

"What have you learned in school? Shouldn't you already know?! Come on, let's move on!"

"?!" "Damn!!

Suddenly Kuro ran towards the two of them with his hands clenched.

Unfortunately Ishi and Jinn still have no intention of fighting. There are still things they need to make sure of first.

That was why Jinn quickly hit the ground with her right hand.

After a while, a wall made of earth appeared and blocked Kuro.

Kuro stopped and prepared to run to the side, but he saw another wall appear and blocked him. Even above also appears.

Then Kuro's whole vision went dark. He was confined in a 2 x 2 meter box made of earth walls.

"You really don't want to fight? All right, we'll talk for a second."

Jinn and Ishi were a little relieved that Kuro was finally willing to talk.

"Kuro, why are you doing all this? From the beginning I should have, no, we all realized that our attack would not have been turned into a psychic attack, and you should have known that as well, but why did you keep fighting us?"

"Is the ticket more valuable than your life?" added Jinn.

".........."

Jinn and Ishi said in a serious tone, but Kuro only fell silent. He was leaning against the wall of the ground.

Their school uniform is one of the magic tools. And everyone knows magic tools use 'where' energy'.

School uniforms absorb a little mana from their bodies, which is why their uniforms can turn magic attacks into psychic attacks.

Unfortunately that didn't happen to Kuro who wasn't a witch.

In other words, Kuro's uniform included magic tools, but when Kuro wore the uniform it only became an ordinary uniform.

This was the reason why Jinn, Ishi and Seta were hesitant to attack Kuro again. Kuro is strong, but he's still not a witch.

It was common knowledge that not witches could not win against witches. Although this was a fight, but no one had the intention to fight until someone was seriously injured.

"Kuro, we better stop this. You don't have to risk your life. Honestly, I think of our fight as just a training exercise before the Tribal, but if it's a "

"Hahaha ha.. Don't make me laugh, Jinn!"

"?"

"Stopped fight? No kidding!! I have reason to risk my life here and you repay me by saying that. You guys are really making me sick!!"

"""........."""

Anger rang out from Kuro's tone, yet the three of them only fell silent. They did not not not know the reason why Kuro was angry, but the fight that risked their lives really made them lose their fighting spirit.

As much as they hated Kuro, they were still classmates.

"Ohhh... So apparently, you guys have never killed anyone? ha ha.. You guys are really that boy who still drinks milk from your mother. Why don't you stop being a witch!!"

"You!!"

Jinn began to get angry, but Ishi stopped Jinn by pulling on her uniform and shaking her head.

Jinn could only sigh deeply because what Kuro said was indeed true. The three of them haven't killed anyone yet.

"Ha ha. You guys are so naive."

In that case, Jinn could only grit her teeth and clench her hands violently as it held in anger.

"Then what about you?" ask Ishi. "You've killed people before?"

"Of course it is. I can't even count the people I killed with my hands."

"""?!"""

The eyes of the three of them opened wide from hearing Kuro's nonsense words.

Yep. Nonsense because no one believes Kuro's words, but-

What if it doesn't?

"Look, I'll tell you a little bit about myself, maybe you'll get excited again after hearing this."

"""........"""

"I live in the Rukia forest and live with the Blad clan, of course you know what it means right? Yeah, I've been through a lot of fights whether my opponent is a monster or a witch, but I survived all those fights even though I'm not a witch."

"It's only natural that you have abnormal powers, you idiot!"

"Yes that may be true, but in that fight I always risked my life, so there's no reason to stop fighting me."

"......"

"That's what's called a real fight. And I'm sure sooner or later you'll fight by risking your lives, ... That's when you have to decide whether to kill or be killed. In addition, it is possible that you will be faced with the situation of killing 100 enemies to save one life. So what would you do in such a situation?"

No one answered Kuro. They could only imagine that happening someday.

"Here you go, I'm not going to talk about it, but I just want to tell you, no, I'm sure you've already realized that sooner or later you're going to be dealing with that kind of situation, right? But none of you thought you'd face such a situation at school, which is why I said you were still naive."

"""........ """

"In this world we don't know what's going on in the future, maybe 5 minutes later there's an enemy attacking and killing you....."

"Huhh, don't you joke, Kuro!"

"Jinn, you."

Jinn began to lose her temper and became angry. His face turned red and his gaze became sharp.

He was really angry because he realized that what Kuro said was all true.

"Fuck, you don't know. As a magician I know that one day we will face the enemy and risk our lives whether to defend ourselves or protect a precious person, it is possible that we will one day become enemies, but it has nothing to do with the current situation."

"........"

Now it was Kuro's turn to be silent by Jinn's words.

"I will fight against you, but before that, what is your reason for getting that ticket to risk your life? Honestly, you're too stupid to do all this for a dinner ticket. You're dating anyway because it's just a promise, right?"

"Jinn, you don't understand anything."

".....Whatchu mean?"

"I did all this because I promised to get it. Yeah, you're probably right that I'm stupid, to be honest, money's not a problem for me. I could've taken you to dinner without having to get that ticket, but you forgot one important thing!!"

"Uh?"

"A girl will be happier when getting something with her own hard work and strength. In addition we can prove our seriousness to seize his heart. ha ha ha ha........"

"""....."""

They were speechless by Kuro's ridiculous explanation.

Moreover, Kuro's words prove that he did all this for the sake of a girl, and that girl is Laila.

But it also explains that-

"Hey Kuro, don't tell me you're seriously into Laila?" ishi.

He now understood why Kuro was doing all this.

For love.

That'sallthatis.

"Of course I seriously like, no, I love him. You said she and I were dating because of a promise, so I just turned it into love. And that's why I need the ticket. Do you understand?"

The three of them did not expect to hear the confession of love from Kuro's mouth directly. It changes everything.

As a member of the GSPFL of course they also expect the same position as the current Kuro. Even the real reason they were blocking Kuro was out of envy.

Fake girlfriends or not, based on promises or not, they must admit that Kuro's position is special in Laila's eyes.

"Ha ha ha... You're really stupid, apparently. I just saw the first time someone as stupid as you. All right, I'll fight you."

"I'll be serious too." added Ishi.

Ishi then positioned his sword to fight.

That moment Seta showed a serious look once again as a sign of being ready to fight.

After knowing the ridiculous reason Kuro did all this, then there was no reason not to fight anymore.

Although they knew Kuro could die, they knew that Kuro would not die easily.

Moreover, they also respected Kuro's determination. Even though he was stupid, he was really serious when he wanted something.

"Yoshh. We'll continue per-"

"Sorry, I want to fight you, but it's over."

"hmmmm"

Kuro could guess Jinn's intent.

"Eh?"

The one who was surprised was Ishi.

He didn't understand Jinn's words at all. He was silent with a confused look.

Bommm.

Suddenly there was a sound of impact from the wall that locked Kuro. But there were no cracks on the wall even though Kuro hit him with his monster power.

Bomm...

Kuro hits him again and again, but is unable to destroy the wall that holds him. Even the walls don't crack.

But he didn't panic, he smiled.

"So apparently, this wall is not just an ordinary wall."

"Yes you're right." replied Jinn. "I made the wall from the hardest part of the ground and solidified it, in short the wall of the earth was like a strong metal wall. Besides, you must not realize that the wall is getting narrowed, right?"

The box that locked Kuro is now shrinking to 1.30 m and the height is still the same, which is 2 meters.

The height remained the same probably because Kuro was 180 cm tall, Jinn did not want to make Kuro look down. Moreover, if he did, Kuro would realize that the box was getting smaller.

"........ It's a good technique, it seems you managed to find out my weakness.. I'm really impressed."

Although in a pinched condition, Kuro did not lose his composure. That has become his nature.

Meanwhile Ishi seems still confused by what happened.

"A weakness?"

"Ishi, you should realize that all Kuro's attacks have in common, that is, he relies on speed. He always runs or moves fast not without reason. He ran to amplify the effect of his attack. In other words, he's strong because he's fast."

And that's why Jinn locked Kuro in a fortified wall.

If you can't move fast, then Kuro's power will decrease. It seems that Jinn's ability to analyze his opponent's abilities is quite good.

Ishi understands and silently admires Jinn's cleverness in making strategies, no. This is not strategy.

It is an initiative based on instinct.

"Ha ha. I'm really happy to finally find an interesting opponent. This wall is definitely not Knox's stupid plan, is it?"

Jinn just smiled.

"Yes, this is the rt magic I prepared for Tribal and Battle War later. I don't really intend to use it on you, but it's also a good opportunity to test it."

" .....Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"But, did you forget that I was going to get serious too?"

"Whatchu mean? Even if you say that you won't ma-"

BOOOOM!!

"!?"

Jinn was instantly dumbfounded as her earthen wall shattered into pieces. Those pieces of wall were even darting beside his head.

Then Kuro's figure emerged from within the box that was slightly covered in dust.

"!!"

It was at that moment that he felt the gripping aura of Kuro.

It made him step back by himself. Both of his hands for no apparent reason trembled by themselves.

He's feeling scared.

"........"

Without a word, Kuro suddenly ran towards Jinn at a faster pace than before.

Ishi knew Kuro was really serious from his sharp gaze like a demon.

He used Leap's magic art and faced Kuro from the front. He slashed at Kuro who was running towards him, but once again his slash was successfully avoided.

"Eh?"

But there were things that made Ishi even more surprised.

Kuro passed by himself just like that and seemed indifferent. Even Kuro did not look at Ishi as if he did not consider Ishi.

Yep. The target is not Ishi.

Currently Kuro was running towards the silent Jinn.

"Jinn, awake!!"

Seta screamed as he realized that Jinn was in shock because her technique had been destroyed so easily.

That's perfectly natural. As his partner, Seta knows that it takes a long time to perfect the technique, but Kuro's power easily destroys it.

"......?!"

Kuro realizes Seta attacked him again using Wing Blade. He then zigzagged and jumped back to dodge Seta's attack.

Once again dozens of feathers stuck on the ground and did not hit the target.

"Kh..."

Seta gritted her teeth when she saw Kuro dodging his attack, but that was when she saw the shiny object in Kuro's hand.

(That's right?)

"Damn!!"

It was Frea's feather that was stuck in the ground and used to attack Kuro before, but when did she take that feather?

There were currently 6 Wing Blade blade feathers in Kuro's hand. Each 3 in the left hand and hand.Then he quickly threw it towards his target, namely Frea who flew in the air.

The feather hit Frea's wing and made Frea disappear into small particles, but it was only 4 feathers.

At the same time Kuro also throws at Jinn, but Jinn fends him off with her gauntlet.

Jinn is conscious. But he was also surprised by something else. The feather Kuro threw had a greater power than it seemed. It is impossible to rely on speed.

There is something that is a secret why Kuro can be this strong even though he is not a witch.

But Kuro doesn't let Jinn think.

He hit Jinn right into the stomach. It was then that two layers of magic circles appeared right in Jinn's stomach that Kuro was targeting.

Jinn uses a Shield magic art that protects her entire body, but-

Kraaaack.kraak..

Kuro's punch destroyed the first layer of the magic circle and the second magic circle managed to withstand Kuro's blow, but Jinn's body was instantly thrown backwards after resisting Kuro's attack.

Jinn turned and dragged a few meters and finally stopped.

He had almost lost his consciousness from experiencing quite severe pain.

"Kh... He really meant to kill me."

Or he knew that Jinn would manage to withstand his attack.

But Jinn doubted that because Kuro actually emitted an extremely powerful killing aura. Jinn had only seen and found a person with killing intent like Kuro

(Is that the power and darkness that a person born on the battlefield has?)

Jinn and Kuro live in different worlds. That's why he doesn't know why and how someone can be like Kuro.

Cruel, strong, fearless and doubtless.

This was the difference between Kuro and his friend.

"Guh..Shit!"

Jinn tried to get up again. Indeed Kuro's strength made him bounce, but it seems that the wound on his body is not too severe.

Meanwhile, Kuro is still fighting Ishi.

"[Water Snake]"

Ishi was standing on the water by the lake. Under his feet was a magic circle that was a sign that he was using element art to be able to stand on water.

But at the same time he stuck his rapier into the water and created dozens of snakes made of water.

Dozens of water snakes were crawling and attacking Kuro from all directions.

".........."

Without a word, Kuro spun around and kicked all the Ishi snakes and shattered back into water.

"Tch!!"

Knowing his attack was useless, Ishi jumped using Leap's magic art towards Kuro.

Kuro also ran towards Ishi.

""

Kuro's movements suddenly became faster and as if invisible. Then 6 Kuro appears and attacks Ishi.

"What?!"

Ishi is surprised because Kuro arrives to be 6 and attacks him from the front.

Shadow Turn is a technique of making shadows with a speed technique that aims to confuse the enemy.

Ishi finds out the other five Kuro are just shadows, but where is the real Kuro?

Then he smiled.

"If you don't know the real one, then just attack everything. The Sacred magic art Infinite Slash.

Ishi this time stabbed all of Kuro with 32 attacks at almost the same time.

And thanks to the sacred magic art, Ishi managed to attack the six shadows, but they were all fake.

"Ishi, LOOKOUT!!"

The helpless Seta shouted to warn Ishi.

It was at that moment that Ishi realized that Kuro was already beside her.

"Gu ahhh!!"

Kuro attacked Ishi with his knees in the abdomen. It was a not-so-powerful attack, but enough to make Ishi lose consciousness for a moment.

Then taking the opportunity, Kuro snatched Ishi's rapier and threw it towards Seta at high speed.

"?!"

Seta did not have time to dodge and the rapier stabbed right into his chest.

Fortunately, the attack only had an impact on the psychic. That's what kept Seta from getting killed, but he eventually fainted because he couldn't bear the pain.

"Youuu!!"

Ishi looked at Kuro with a look of hatred. He was unhappy when his weapon was used to injure Seta.

But Kuro only fell silent with a cold look.

It makes Ishi even more angry and ends up hitting Kuro.

"?!"

Ishi was shocked as Kuro received his punch.

"You?"

Ishi then hits Kuro again and again right on his face until Kuro's mouth bleeds.

But Kuro didn't fight back or dodge.

"?!"

Kuro catches Ishi's fist and spits his blood on the ground.

Ishi can feel the power of Kuro's grip. He couldn't even pull his hand and break away.

"Are you angry?"

"Eh?"

"Are you angry when I threw your sword at Seta? You are really naive!"

Then it was Kuro's turn to beat up Ishi. He hit Ishi right in the abdomen, of course with a strength that is not too strong so that he does not immediately faint.

"Ughhh!!"

"You're angry just because of that? You should be thankful that I didn't kill him."

Kuro is serious. If he wants to, he's even going after heads that aren't protected by school uniforms.

Then Kuro kicked, hit and kicked him again. Until finally Ishi was helpless.

"There are many people out there who are stronger and will probably without a doubt kill your friend, your family or your lover, and when that happens, what will you do?"

"......."

Ishi was silent not because she did not want to answer, she could not answer. His face was battered and his body was already helpless again.

"If you don't want that to happen, be stronger, at least strong enough to hurt me!"

After saying that, Kuro took Ishi off and dropped her to the ground like an item that was no longer needed.

Then Kuro's sharp gaze disappeared and he returned to his original condition.

After seeing all the mess created by him, Kuro could only sigh deeply. And for the first time his breath was puffing.

It was a sign that he was using too much energy.

(I think I should go.).

After that Kuro decided to leave the three of them and continue his run.

"I think you're a little different, Jinn."

But before leaving, he turned his head towards Jinn who had already risen and stood up.

Jinn's gaze showed a serious and unyielding face.

"Finally you can show me something good."

"Ha.. ha."

"........"

"But thanks to you my eyes are open."

At the same time, five magic circles of various sizes appeared on Jinn's right gauntlet and swirled around.

"Hooo..."

Kuro who saw that just smiled, then retreated a few meters away from Ishi.

He knew that Jinn would use sacred magic art.

"Yes, thanks to you I've made the decision not to let my best friend die in front of me."

This time Jinn gave off a powerful killing aura.

Jinn has been reborn thanks to Kuro.

"It seems you already know what I mean, because that's what's taking out all your abilities! I will not evade and accept your attack, Jinn. ..And I'll show you how weak you are!!"

"Tch! Don't be arrogant just because you're strong, Kuro."

"?"

Kuro's eyes widened as Jinn's right gauntlet transformed into a larger one and emitted a silvery light. Moreover, the magic circle in his hand changed color and spun even faster.

But Kuro was not afraid and just smiled.

"It seems you'll use all your strength in that attack."

"Yes and I were happy when you said you wouldn't avoid, didn't you pull what you said? I don't think it's too late."

Then the ground around Jinn crumbled and lifted up. Jinn's aura was also getting stronger.

"No. I don't need to dodge. After all I intend to show you my true strength. You must also be wondering why I can smash your walls so easily?"

"You want to tell me you're not serious about facing us yet? Don't brag, Kuro!"

It was normal thinking given the strength Kuro showed. Although Kuro's speed was faster than Leap's magic art and his strength was equivalent to Jinn's punch, no, or even stronger, it was still normal in the wizarding world.

Kuro manages to defeat them because he is good at using objects around him and is good at combining his speed. It's still normal.

But Kuro said he wasn't serious?

It would be a nightmare if it came true.

"No. If you call running, dodging and hitting serious, then you're really funny!"

"Tch..."

Kuro's right. That's what made Jinn angry.

"Here you go, we'd better prove what you say, Kuro. If you're really as strong as you say, then you can definitely survive after receiving my attack!"

Kuro just smiled and clenched his right hand. Then he ran forward towards Jinn.

Jinn also ran towards Kuro with a glowing gauntlet fist and was filled with a magic circle. Jinn's feet sank to the ground each time stepping as proof of her strength and determination.

5 Meters.3 meters and finally 1 meter.

The two of them clashed against each other to determine who was stronger.

"Sacred magic art Armageddon"

KABOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Jinn used her strongest attack. Big explosions happen.

This was the biggest and strongest explosion that occurred in this exercise.

The ground was destroyed, dust clumps soared high like fire smoke and spread out in all directions.

After a while, a person's shadow was visible from the dust pool.

That is Kuro.

Meanwhile Jinn behind him was looking down and almost fell down because his punch made the crater 15 meters more, but the ground on Kuro's footing was still intact.

"....So is that your real strength?"

Jinn ended up falling to the ground due to exhaustion, but not only that, Kuro actually also gave the attack several times with a speed beyond the limits of Jinn's eyes.

"It can be made that way. Be proud, you may be the only one who can see it alive"

No. gabe. Not because Jinn was strong, but because Kuro let her live.

Jinn realized, if Kuro really seriously used his power, killing all 1-2th graders was easy.

"You're a real monster."

After that, Jinn's eyes closed.