Volume 4: Chapter 17: Stepping In


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 4: Chapter 17: Stepping In


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh?!" The entire ss was surprised. It was going to be random?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Are you kidding me?" Everyone murmured. They couldn''t believe it. But Tennol scoffed,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you think you won''t have to work with someone of a different race in the future?!" This was going to be happening many times.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s use this," Like that, Tennol took out a magical device and clicked a button. That caused a list of names to shoot forth. Each one was paired up with someone.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Who did I get?" Keith looked at his name and found he was paired up with Scarlet. But that wasn''t all. Krystal''s name was there as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm? Why did I get three people?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tennol chuckled, "There was an odd number of people. So, I added someone to your pair,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see," Keith looked around and spotted the two. He waved at the two, "It''s a pleasure to be working with you two,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." Scarlet nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah," Krystal was a bit colder. Like that, the spar began. It was between Keith and Scarlet. As they practiced with one another,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Can you hold back a bit more?" Keith had a wry look. He could tell Scarlet was out to beat him up! Despite her efforts, Keith managed to block all of her blows.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you think I can hold back against a person like you?" Scarlet didn''t even hesitate to swing at his head. Keith ducked and held her leg,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There''s no need for kill moves," Keith groaned. That was a kill shot to his head! That wasn''t the end. Scarlet kicked using her other leg. Keith easily caught it! However, that was what she wanted. She quickly hooked Keith with her legs.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"!" It was a strange sight as Scarlet had both her legs on his neck. But Keith sighed,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Fine, you win." He ced his hand in the air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No," Scarlet frowned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Fight me for real," Scarlet stated, "Take off those bracelets."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t want to." It was a spar. There was no need to go for full power.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Krystal sighed, "Scarlet, he isn''t going to go all out against us. We''ll have to force him to go all out," This man was like that.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s go," When Scarlet said that, Krystal came forward.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, what?! Why is it two on one?!" Keith scoffed as he quickly raised his guard and blocked Krystal''s attack from the side!


    <span style="font-weight:400">While he blocked from the side, Scarlet started to attack his head. She was still locking him with her legs. Come on! As he was fighting with the two of them, Keith turned to Tennol,


    <span style="font-weight:400">Do something, Instructor Tennol!


    <span style="font-weight:400">What do you want me to do about it? Tennol had the "I''m not going to do anything" look. It was to leave Keith to his own device to fight with the two girls.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Come on, girls! Do you guys have to attack me like this?!" Keith wanted to cry as he quickly forced Scarlet off of him. The two were relentless as they continued to attack.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Now! Keith quickly pushed back both Scarlet and Krystal. It was a strong push as the two were pushed back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Can I take a break?" Keith took a big sigh. Fighting the two lionesses was too hard.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"No breaks!" "Yeah!" Both girls denied it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What am I? I''m not superhuman! The two of you spar with one another," Keith raised his hand as he sat on the side. There was no way he was going to keep fighting. Those two were going to tire him out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Scarlet and Krystal frowned as they red at Keith. The two did spar, but anyone could tell they were holding back. It was only a few seconds before,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Come back in!" "Spar with us!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Come on. I only sat for a second?! Keith wanted to cry. But as he was lost in thought,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What is going on over there?" Keith looked and noticed that there was a storm happening on the other side,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What are you doing?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Fighting!" Herrickughed as he continued to swing his fist like no tomorrow! Ophelia frowned as she blocked all the blows. Despite blocking them, she was blown back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s been a long time since I fought for real!" Herrick missed his punch, cracking the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ophelia frowned, "You need to cool it,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Stop this right now!" An assistant instructor tried to step between them. But when he got in between the two of them,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Get out of my way!" Herrick was like a freight train as he took out the instructor!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ophelia''s eyes turned cold as she saw Herrick rushing at her again. She didn''t hesitate as she threw a counterpunch. Herrick''s rush was halted. Itnded dead in his face. But thetter was not phased.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A smile grew, "You have finally gotten serious," His expression turned wild as he stared at Ophelia. His bloodlust rose further. And he didn''t hesitate to swipe at Ophelia.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Tch!" Ophelia sucked her teeth as she red at him. Without a secondter, the two charged at one another.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s enough!" However, another one got in between the two. It was Keith. He caught Ophelia''s fist and redirected Herrick''s attack to the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What are you two doing?!" Keith frowned. Were they trying to rip each other apart?! He could see wsing out from their hands.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let go!" Herrick wanted to pull out his arm. But Keith wasn''t going to let him pull out. He turned to Ophelia.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I only did it because he started it. I never meant to push it too far," Ophelia retracted her ws. Seeing this, Keith let her go.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith turned over to see Tennol dealing with Melor. Like Herrick, thetter was causing trouble as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You''re stepping over your boundaries!" Herrick swung at Keith. He pulled his fist out of the ground. But thetter caught the blow and redirected it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Cool it. This is a spar. Not a life and death match." What is with these people fighting to the death?! While he stared at Herrick,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"He pushed Herrick away like he was nothing!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Prince Herrick! Get him!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Take him down!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith turned to look at the beastmen who said that. With one nce, it shut them up. Herrick took the chance to dash at Keith!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s fight!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s quite enough!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Gah!" Herrick was sent flying away like a kite!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You and Melor are quite the troublemakers," Tennol sighed. He turned to Keith, "Thank you for stepping up, representative."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You twoe with me,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Do you-Gah!" Herrick was going to say something, but he got sted by Tennol.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Insta kill. Herrick couldn''t do anything and got wiped out.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tennol didn''t even wait as he grabbed the two''s heads. Yes, heads. He was holding them like apples as he dragged them out of there.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Instructor, are you okay?" Keith turned to the instructor.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m fine. Just caught me off guard,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ophelia, what about you?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m alright." Keith looked down at her arm. It was the ce Herrick hit. It swelled up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Let me see that," Keith raised her arm. He quickly cast some magic. Slowly, the swelling went down.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"There, you should feel better with this," Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Thanks."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t mention it," Keith smiled as he returned to his group.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry about the-what''s wrong?" Keith noticed the two girls staring at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"How did you move so fast?" Scarlet and Krystal stared at him. How he moved so quickly was incredible. He dashed through all of the students to get to Ophelia and Herrick.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"That''s because I can," Keith stated calmly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Anyways, let''s fight!" Scarlet and Krystal cracked their knuckles.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait! Why am I fighting the two of you again?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Because you can." "And don''t think about saying you can''t." With how fast he ran, he shouldn''t be tired.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith didn''t know what to say.


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