"We've finally arrived! Ha… Ha…" A mber of the student council arrived first and gasped, seeing the battle's situation.
"What? He is actually able to push Sullivan this far?"
"Is Sullivan holding back?"
"How co he is not able to do anything against him when he is only using a single sword?"
"Kanaria. Do you see that?" Jay asked.
"Yeah. Isn't that similar to Erwin's fighting style? By making his form compact, he won't produce speed and power as much as his usual form, but it allows him to deal with Sullivan's attack." Kanaria nodded.
"When did he learn this?" Jay frowned. He couldn't recall the ti Clovis practiced this form. Then again, changing one form so easily would just ss up their rhythm, so he was confused as to why Clovis chose to do this.
Little did he know, Clovis had been learning this for a while. This was the foundation skill of the knight swordsmanship he had.
The form was slightly different because he was supposed to wield the sword with both hands, but he got the power he needed from the montum.
Sullivan jumped away, but surprisingly, Clovis didn't follow him.
Clovis had a hard ti maintaining this form because he wasn't used to it despite having the foundation. He just wanted to check sothing from this form.
'I see. The basic swordsmanship might not reach its full potential because of my usual form, but if I can sohow integrate it…' Clovis squinted his eyes.
"You are strong. It's surprising that you are only Tier 2. If you are one or two years older, I might not be your opponent anymore." Sullivan grinned. "And this is what makes it fun. I have thought that I have reached one of the peaks after getting this position and defeating all the opposition.
"And then, there is a person who is like you… appearing out of nowhere and taking this academy by storm. I can finally understand where that confidence is coming from.
"Once again…" Sullivan raised his stance. "I am Sullivan Rend."
It seed that Sullivan had fully recognized Clovis. The latter might not know this, but Sullivan was in the top twenty out of more than two thousand students in the academy. Getting his recognition alone had proven his skill.
"Clovis." Clovis casually said his na, but he wasn't that interested in playing around with this guy. His personality was too unpredictable, so he didn't want to ss with his carefully thought-out plan.
"I'll start using my beast soul!" Sullivan grinned. The muscles on his legs started to bulge as he leaped at Clovis with twice the speed.
Clovis clicked his tongue and used both swords to block. Sullivan struck him first, but because it was blocked, he spun his body alongside his spear and overpowered Clovis with his swing.
Clovis was pushed several ters back but still managed to hold on.
He didn't let Clovis have a breathing room. Sullivan relentlessly attacked Clovis as the latter started blocking all his attacks by using both of his swords.
Every attack knocked Clovis back or injured him, which put Clovis in a bad position.
The people couldn't help but say, "Where are your beast souls?"
"You are that strong, so you must have a beast soul!"
"Are you trying to hide it so that you can use it in the annual event?"
"Co on! Just show it to us already!"
The students were complaining because Clovis would be able to reach another stalemate if he just used a beast soul.
Clovis and Kanaria thought the sa thing. "This is not good."
Jay nodded. "Yeah. It's not good for Clovis. He has been asserting his dominance through his power, so I have forgotten that Clovis has beco this strong without a single beast soul. If the other party starts using his beast soul in this kind of close match, Clovis would be at a disadvantage."
Kanaria clasped her hands as if she were praying. She didn't know why his grandfather forbade him from getting a beast soul, but this ti, Clovis might lose because of it.
Clovis gritted his teeth, but not because he was pressured by Sullivan, but because he was angry at himself.
'Do I have to use it? I don't really want to rely on it, but I don't think I can win this match without using it. And I have to end it right away, using that slight gap to defeat him…'
Clovis bit his lips as the thrust launched him into the air.
His hands were starting to hurt because of all those heavy attacks. In addition, using this trump card would just give him a disadvantage in the annual event.
'Well, there is still the beast soul… It'll be better to focus on the beast soul instead of the perfect state.'
"Ha…" Clovis inhaled deeply.
"!!!" Sullivan felt sothing change in Clovis even though he didn't know what it was. Sadly, he was too late to pull back.
He adjusted his spear at the last mont so that it would allow him to change his stance at any second.
Clovis' body leaned forward as his fingers twitched. His eyes flashed as he unleashed a speed no one from this school had ever seen before.
Sullivan thrust his spear. For most students, they would probably only see Sullivan thrusting his spear at Noel's chest. He missed a little bit and hit his shoulder, but that thrust was definitely successful.
The blade pierced through Clovis' shoulder, but those who understood what happened would notice that he thrust Clovis a bit too deep.
There was only one reason why Sullivan did such a blunder. He simply couldn't move anymore.
Sullivan suddenly spat a mouthful of blood. "Gaaahhh!"
"You're hiding such a devious skill, bastard!" As Sullivan said those words, wounds all over his body started to surface as though Clovis had cut Sullivan so fast that the flesh took a mont to realize they had been cut.
After coughing up another mouthful of blood, Sullivan lost his grip and fell to the ground as the blood started dying the ground red.
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