<h4>Chapter 106: Knockout 4</h4>
Unlike the awakening test that each student had only one fight, the knockout exam had six stages before a winner was decided and each stage was more tasking than the previous one.
Apart from minimizing their mana usage, they had to make sure they didn''t sustain damage that would decrease their fighting ability because no one was to be treated by the school''s healers unless they had been eliminated.
''At this point, I really wished I had a friend that awakened the light element.'' ke sighed when he now realized how useful they were.
[With your rank anyone that isn''t your sworn enemy would love to be your friend, but someone decided not to have friends.] The system snorted.
''Well I am not a fan of using people… and don''t give me that na?ve kid pep talk. As long as I am not in dire need of something, I am not using anybody. Besides even if Ie second my position as the overall 1st position is still safe as long as I don''t flop in the basic magic exam.'' ke rebuked the system''s idea.
"By the way who knows about the light pathway and why haven''t I seen them in action?" ke asked.
"That''s true, I heard there was a student that awakened the light element that had won all rounds, but I didn''t get to see him..." Brian replied.
Seeing no one had the answer to ke''s question, Luciano decided to speak up. "The warrior level of the light pathway is the Radiant therapist. They have the power to heal injuries, but their fighting is zero or even less because they don''t even get buffs, unlike the other elements…"
"That was why we didn''t get to see anyone during the awakening test." ke blurted out.
"Exactly, that was why no there was no radiant therapist in the elite ss." Luciano nodded to ke''s words.
"But everything changes when they advance to the champion realm. The champion realm of the light pathway is called Lumomancer and they have the ability to manipte light to create illusions." Luciano said with a t tone as he stared at the empty grounds.
"That exins why the radiant therapist rose up in rank after entering the elite ss." Brian blurted out in realization.
[The illusion is more deadly than it sounds. With how strong your will has be you can easily break out of the illusion, but the most troublesome part of a lumomancer''s illusion is knowing when one was in an illusion and if you don''t know you won''t border to break out.] The system''s exnation made ke shudder.
''Beating your opponent without them having an idea of what happened.'' ke had to admit that the ability was overpowered, it was for people who didn''t have an idea of its weakness.
After few more minutes of rest, the 3rd round was signaled to start. There were 16 students left, meaning 8 matches going on.
ke was paired against the rank 17, who had awakened the same elements as him and this attracted more attention to their battle.
"May the best man win." Qadir the rank 17th said to ke as the match was signaled to start.
"Then that means I am the winner..." ke said with a smirk as he took a boxing stance.
"I might not be a top ranker but don''t get corky!" Qadir activated the lightning reinforcement and dashed towards ke with 2 short des in his hands.
Since both of them had the same elements and since fire and lightning weren''t solid elements, ke decided to go with his fists.
When Qadir was 5 meters away from, ke activated his lightning reinforcement which had twice the number of arcs as that of his opponent.
Seeing that ke had no ns of using his Katana, Qadir couldn''t help but smile as he thrust his short sword forward aiming for his heart.
''Hehe...'' ke mind-chuckled when saw that his opponent hadn''t noticed the difference between the powers of their lightning reinforcement.
Having no ns of dodging the attack, ke waited for thest moment before holding Qadir''s wrist and delivering a blow that took him off his feet before pulling him back and giving him a second blow to his abdomen.
"Ahh!"
The Raiju breathing technique took effect the moment ke''s fist made contact with Qadir''s body, sending lightning through his skin and into his organs. The lightning spread to all parts of his body sending him to a world of pain.
''That didn''t end it?'' ke thought as he easily dodged Qadir''s left strike and in the process releasing his grip on him.
[Don''t forget his resistance to lightning is greater than that of that nt girl.] The system gave him a reminder.
If not for Qadir''s resistance being high because he awakened the lightning element, he would have been on the floor twitching from the effects of both the electrode''s stun effect and that of the Raiju breathing technique.
''Fuck!'' Qadir gritted his teeth in pain as he conjured mes in front of and with the powers of an ignitor, he increased the size and intensity of the mes creating a wall of mes to prevent ke from chaining his attacks.
Unknown to Qadir his action marked the beginning of the end because he had blocked his line of sight and his wall of mes was useless to someone like ke.
[They all keep making the same mistake.] The system shook his head in disappointment.
Without hesitating, ke quickly enveloped his entire body with mes with the help of his will and dashed towards the wall of mes before diving right through mes and grabbing shocked Qadir by the neck.
"Ho… how?!" Qadir blurted before getting he was bombarded by multiple blows that made him spasmed in pain from excess electricity that made his way into his organs.
Although his resistance to electricity was high, it didn''t mean he waspletely immune to electricity. All ke needed was to give him enough dose of his blows.
[I must say that was dangerous but Damn!] The system praised his bravery.
ke had many ways of defeating his opponent, but when the system remaindered him of everyone''s resistance to elements and Qadir had conjured the wall of mes a n that quickly ended the match quickly formed in his head.
That was to use the mes on his body, coupled with his resistance to significantly reduce the damage he took from the mes. It saved him time, mana and it gave the battle that was meant to be boring a little re.
"I told you, I am the best man." A smirk was on his face as he walked out of the battleground.
''I must say, I am getting addicted to the thrill thates with fighting.'' ke thought as he watched Castiel''s battle.
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Back in the principal''s office…
"When I first saw that the effects of his lightning element, I thought it was suspicious because they had gone past the level of an electrode. This match has confirmed my suspicions, He has the Raiju breathing technique." Principal Lovren said in a pondering tone.
"A kid being in possession of a breathing technique that even the top lightning family is in search of, that is odd. Unless someone had something to do with it." Principal Lovren said while looking at prince Bryon''s reaction.
"Hehe." Prince Bryon chuckled as he kept his eyes on the battleground.
Hisughter had confirmed his thoughts but he didn''t mind less to go too deep into the matter so he decided to drop it and continue watching the students'' performance.
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Castiel''s fight had gone on for some time now and from the way, things were going he knew that he couldn''t beat his opponent with on fire element. He had already decided he would use the darkness element but the problem was that he was looking for the perfect opportunity.
His opponent was the rank 20 and had awakened the lightning and earth element. The earth element made his mes ineffective and the opponent''s lightning element put him in a tight corner.
''How can I lose without showing the darkness element. I have to do something before it''s toote.'' Castiel was panting as he thought of a n.
''His mes are ineffective, but that reminds me what is Castiel''s second element?'' ke couldn''t help but ask because even when he watched the survival exercise reys he had only seen Castiel use fire.