The fourth, fifth, and sixth matches had no one important. All of them displayed mediocre or below-average skills.
For the seventh match, it was finally my turn. I wondered which unlucky person I was fighting. I didn't recognize the name of my opponent.
Going to the court, my opponent was pretty nervous. While I may not recognize her name, I have seen her face plenty of times.
"Please surrender. My attacks are pretty cruel." I had no intention of harming my opponent, but if it were needed, I would do so regardless of what happened.
"Sorry, but I can't give up!" She was sweating a bit, hearing me say my words. Even if she knew what I was saying was true, she didn't want to give up.
What I was going to do was cruel. I had to minimize the damage of my moves. I had to adjust it to someone similar to Ruby and Rebecca.
With the round starting, I immediately fired a beam, hitting my target in the leg. She screamed in pain, my beams could have penetrated, but I had held back enough not to do so. I also tried my best to avoid any vital parts.
"Do you give up? If not, you would have to taste more of those attacks." She had tears in her eyes, but even so, she didn't surrender.
Frowning at her inability to give up, I fired two more beams rapidly. I had won, and my opponent had fainted from the pain. I had to do it for her if she wouldn't give up.
Leaving the battle, I could see most classmates looking at me in fear. It wasn't fun being hit by a highly condensed energy beam. It would hurt like hell from all that burning.
"Charlie, did you have to do that?" Livie questioned me whether what I did was the right choice.
"My opponent was too stubborn for her good." I could think of beating her up physically, but that would have humiliated her in more than one way. I don't need endless grudges from random people with whom I don't interact.
"Even so..."
"Olivia, I had also done this so my next few opponents would give up." Before Livie could continue, I interrupted her and explained my thought process.
Livie could only sigh in acceptance. Livie was naive. I could only hope nothing terrible would happen to her because of her nature.
Since the seventh match had finished, it was now the eighth. The eighth, ninth, and tenth battles had no one interesting.
Then came the eleventh. In the eleventh battle was Reece, Rebecca's right-hand woman. And Reece's opponent was the third sibling of the pup.
This battle would be more of an interesting one. Reece's specialty lies in support, and it would be hard for her to defeat opponents considered equal to her in mana.
Starting the battle, Reece had already started to play on the defensive side. Creating an armor of cotton, the pup metal rod had been deflected.
After a while, the battle became boring. Reece's defensive play was almost impenetrable. In this stalemate, the loser would be the one who uses the most mana.
Ten minutes later, the pup looked dead tired while Reece was sweating a bit. The winner was decided, with the pup surrendering.
Some of our classmates were silently complaining about how long the battle was. Even Livie, who was pretty docile, found this tiring.
The twelfth battle would be much more exciting than the last battle. Gold, like Emily's magic, was lightning.
Their magic was the same, but their way of using it differed. Emily is a fox variant of a beastmen, and Gold is a dragonewt.
Gold preferred to fight head-on with brute force, and Emily was someone who likes to fight with her opponent's weakness.
I pitied Gold's opponent last month. She had gotten much more powerful due to her weapon. Even Ruby might not be able to defeat her due to her weapon.
On the other side of the court was a student looking bat-shit scared. Everyone had seen how Gold fought, and it was pretty brutal.
Despite her quiet attitude, she was someone extremely deadly. While she wasn't a match for me, I wouldn't take her lightly.
When the match started, Gold's opponent gave up immediately. No one could blame her. Most people would have done the same.
After that, the thirteenth battle was another random and Sonya. It had taken me a while to figure out what Sonya's magic was.
Sonya could empower any artifact she used, which was pretty rare. Everything that she was wearing was an artifact. I only realized it once I reached the third rank.
Her family must have been loaded for her to use a complete set of artifacts for her rank. Who knows how far she could teleport with those boots if she gets second place?
Using the bow artifact in her hand, Sonya fired an arrow at her opponent. Given how strong her artifacts were, if appropriately used, they could potentially kill someone if she wasn't too careful.
Sonya's arrows were already at the peak of a second-rank magician. Unable to do anything but dodge, the arrow scraped the opponent's knee.
"I surrender." Sonya's opponent had given up, seeing that it was too dangerous to fight her. It wasn't worth the fight.
The next battle was Jane, someone from Etheal, she had two black horns on top of her head, and her face was very pale. She looked like a thug in the streets with long black hair, sharp eyes, and sharp teeth.
Jane's magic was deadly. She could make poison. If you didn't have any way to block her poison, you might as well give up. It wasn't worth getting poisoned in a tournament-styled battle.
"I give up!" The student who was facing Jane surrendered in a hurry. She was relieved that she wouldn't have to fight.
There are five more battles before the next round starts. I hope the fight can end quickly.
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