Unlasting World

"Whooo!!!!!"

"Go, Rize!!!"

"I love your red hair!!!"

As I entered the arena, shouts and cheers were wilding from the spectators seat. I looked around to find the people above my head shouting at me and supporting me, which did move me a little.

I can't help but notice the class E students that were above my gate, and they are all shouting at me while holding a large banner at the side of the wall, telling me to beat Arfius.

"Go beat that guy!!"

"You can do it!!! Beat up his ass!!"

I can hear Jericho and Manda's shout very clearly…

"And there she is, folks!! Our best girl!!

As an adventurer, Rize has conquered so many threats in the wild and killed so many monsters!!

According to our sources, Rize was one of the people who managed to clear out a Yellow ranked dungeon around five months ago! And a Yellow ranked dungeon is extremely dangerous! Even for magicians like Xyphon's professional mages!!

It was unclear where she came from originally, but it was said she only lived in Mazino for only five months. A mysterious origin!

Right now, Rize has an Intermediate tier shadow magic, a Knight tier flame magic, as well as a King tier healing magic! Which she used to heal the injured students multiple times after she joined the healing magic club!

Surely her destruction magic is below Arfius who owns everything at Knight tier, but everyone knows that she is strong!! 

How strong is she compared to Arfius!? We shall see!!"

I kept on walking inside the arena and kept on closing the distance between me and Arfius. He also started moving again until we arrived in the middle of the arena, only five meters away from each other. We both glared at each other as the commentator kept on spewing nonsense about me.

"… I can see that the two strongest individuals in my academy are very eager to spar."

A voice was heard, and the headmaster suddenly appeared between us. The two of us turned our gaze to him right after he teleported, and we couldn't help but notice his face looking quite happy and excited.

"I need to tell you two a few things… First, you. Rize.

Don't use that foreign power. Use your own strength and fight completely to your fullest. Using your foreign power might make you lose control, and if so not even I can stop you."

"I won't be needing it."

Veneo got quite surprised, and I can hear Arfius clicked his tongue.

Veneo shook his head while grinning and turned his gaze at Arfius.

"Arfius, you must not hold back against her. Your father is watching, so you might as well prove to him you are not the puppy you once was--"

"My father is here!?"

The guy looked quite surprised. Being watched by a parent is somewhat a stress inducer, and I was afraid Arfius might get worried about that.

"Yes. And he is also eager to see you battle."

The headmaster grinned as he sees the change in Arfius' expression. Now, Arfius will not be holding back at all.

He turned his gaze back to me with a really wide grin.

"Looks like I won't be holding back…"

He said with a grin, but I simply stayed calm.

"Now then… the two of you. Fight to your heart's consent. There are powerful invincible barriers in front of the spectators, so you won't have to worry about damaging the spectators.

Also… try not to kill each other. That was meant for you, Riz--"

"Okay, geez!"

The headmaster winked his eye at me before finally teleporting out of our sight, back into his VIP seat. I turned my gaze to the VIP room in the distance, and I noticed him standing next to someone rather tall.

That must be Arfius' father… Julius Polaris. The Arch-mage.

"Just like he said, I won't be holding back."

Arfius said to me, and I turned my gaze back to him.

"My father is here, so I must prove to him that I am strong..."

He said with a firm expression, and I can tell he isn't joking. But, that doesn't mean I can go easy as well.

"My aim is to be the number one. It would be dull if you don't fight at your fullest."

Hearing that, Arfius chuckled, and I chuckled as well.

We both grinned at each other and turned around to create an even further distance. Now, there's over twenty meters between us, and we both glared at each other sharply from this distance.

It's time… for us to settle this.

"Okay!! You two may begin your preparations!!"

After being announced, Arfius quickly augmented his entire body and activated his ultimate form.

VWOOOOOMMM!!!!!

His whole body is cladded in bright blue lightning as his eyes are glowing light blue from the sparks. His hands and legs are covered in white wind vortex while signs of ice can be seen freezing his entire body and forming an armor.

A large blade made out of ice can be seen forming on his right palms. The blade is enchanted with lightning and wind magic, so it became resistant to air friction and can move so much faster, as well as dealing a really powerful hit.

He moved the blade backwards as he formed a stance. His whole body is emitting a pressure that is no less than a White ranked adventurer. 

No, he may be stronger. As expected, he might be my hardest opponent to date.

"I'm done... Your turn."

He said to me sharply from a distance, but it was clearly heard by me. I nodded, and simply closed my eyes.

Now…

Imagine…

The flames and the shadow combined... The shadow as the item, and the flames as the enhancer…

Burn the shadow… enhance it… cover it…

Slowly, my whole body began to be cladded in black liquid. The pitch black liquid slowly forms an armor that looks very much like a war general knight's armor. 

The armor I am releasing is already quite powerful, and Arfius knows that this is more powerful than the armor I used when I was fighting Jericho.

Starting from my legs, boots formed at high details, with a bunch of sharp spikes coming out of it. My hands formed a gauntlet, with sharp fingers and more spikes on the side, all the way to my elbow.

I am now looking like an actual female war general, ready to fight with pitch black armour that is more powerful than steel…

But, I am not done.

I closed my eyes and focused, remembering the same feeling I had when I first ignited my fire magic at the training grounds.

I lifted my right hand, imagining the flames to ignite.

All of a sudden, a blue flame ignites on my hand.

"B-Blue flame??"

"What?? Does that mean she..."

"No way!!!"

I reopened my eyes and grinned at the blue flames on my hands. Now, I can use it like a normal flame.

Wow… I have forgotten how it feels to use this.

VWOOOOMMMM!!!!!

I continued with my body augmenting by adding my fire magic. Blue flames started to appear on some of my armour parts, like on the edges of the hundreds of spikes, or at the back of my shoe.

Blue flames also appeared on my cheeks, forming like a streak all the way from under the eye to just a bit before the hair.

The pressure was released, and the air turned into havoc, affecting everything including my own hair.

Oh yeah... This is my new ultimate form.

The crowd goes insanely wild at the sight of a King tier magic owned by a student from the first year. They became completely mad, and were shouting loudly at how insane that was.

"Ooo!!! King tier fire magic!!!"

A person commented inside the VIP room, looking rather surprised. Veneo turned to him and simply chuckled.

"It's been a while since I last saw one… that's rare!"

"Yeah… Well…

Neither of these two are normal."

Veneo commented to the person, and the eyepatch man simply laughed as well.

"I am… very excited!"

He said one last time and watched as the event unfolded at the center of the arena.

I lifted my right hand, and blue flames quickly ignited the whole fist whole. After that flashy show, I glared back at Arfius, who was staring at me with shock and jealousy.

"Heh! So what if you have King tier fire magic!? I still have three Knight tier magic elements."

Arfius said while still in his stance. He is unleashing even more pressure, to the point that it rivals mine.

He is very eager for the battle, I see…

"You can't compare a Knight tier to a King tier... But you probably don't know that. 

So, let me teach you a lesson."

I opened the palms on my hand that were already cladded in blue flames, and a shadow scythe quickly formed on it. At the scythe, sparks of blue flames lit up and lit the edge of the scythe's stick, just across the blade.

I placed the blade backwards while lowering my posture, forming a stance.

Neither of us are grinning anymore.

We both know that it is truly time…

Seeing that the two of us were ready, the commentator quickly began talking again.

"... Looks like our two finest students are ready!! Then, let us begin!!"

The commentator turned around to look at the headmaster who was standing by the window, and the headmaster nodded at her.

"Begin the battle."