After the mist settles, Kislev finally stands up after laying on the ground for minutes. Noticing Kislev is no longer in pain from the beating he had, Cassiel stands from his seat as well, announcing that their training will finally begin.
…..
As Albus, Elysia, and Kislev stand side by side in a line, they face towards Cassiel, who is waiting idly in his position.
"U-Um… my king, aren't you going to tell us when to begin..?" Elysia mumbles out, still nervous from the beating Kislev had just received.
"Of course, but I believe it's necessary for you three to strategize first, after all, this isn't just my training, this is to help you three as well." Cassiel responds, smirking.
"How generous..." Kislev scoffs.
The three turn to each other, standing in a triangular position.
"First, let's get this out of the way, Albus, what's your strong point, and how do you fare in power against me and Elysia?" Kislev questions.
"Ah, right, to be honest, I'm nowhere near as powerful as either of you, but I'm not lacking in any aspect... other than magic." Albus sighs, disappointed in himself.
"So a magicless sword user, an assassin that isn't as fast as the king, and me, who obviously just lost against him... this is utterly pointless." Kislev sighs, not seeing the gain from this.
Albus and Elysia stand there, not saying a word, only feeling a sense of helplessness believing the training will be completely one sided with Kislev's descriptions.
"However, I believe we can still give him the fight he's looking for." Kislev says, smirking.
…..
As the three go back to being side by side, it's obvious they're finally ready to fight.
"I see, let's get this started then." Cassiel orders, smiling.
With these words, Albus, Elysia, and Kislev charge straight towards Cassiel.
"Going for a frontal attack? Strange." Cassiel says, charging in as well.
As they get closer, Elysia darts to the left as Kislev clashes with Cassiel in the middle, shaking the room.
With Cassiel holding both of Kislev's fists, Kislev continues to drive forward, using all of his might, but to no avail.
"What is your plan exactly?" Cassiel laughs, before letting go of one of Kislev's fists to grab Albus' blade.
With one of his hands released, Kislev goes for a gut punch on Cassiel, only to be blocked by his knee.
This, however, was something Kislev had expected, being experienced enough in hand to hand combat along with the beatdown he received earlier.
He changes his punch into a grab, wrapping his hand around the back of Cassiel's calf.
"ELYSIA, NOW!" Kislev yells out.
As he yells this, Cassiel turns to where Elysia should be, only to see her standing completely still, away from the battle.
"Wait, what?" Cassiel questions, before getting driven straight into the ground after getting caught off guard.
With a loud thud, Cassiel hits the ground, letting go of Albus' sword in the process.
On the ground, Kislev immediately locks Cassiel's legs up using his entire body.
Wrapped around his legs like a snake, he begins to flex his muscles as much as possible, trying to put pressure on his legs, hoping to make him surrender.
With Kislev and Cassiel on the ground, Albus brings his sword way above his head, before slamming it down straight towards Cassiel's chest, only for it to be caught last second in both of Cassiel's hands.
With Cassiel completely locked from Albus and Kislev, Elysia finally joins in the fray, sliding down behind Cassiel and using her legs to get Cassiel in a headlock, aiming to choke him out.
As all three use all of their combined might, Cassiel gets stuck, thinking of a way out.
"Damnit, just give up already!" Kislev screams out, worried Cassiel will figure out how to escape.
"Giving up isn't in my blood, boy." Cassiel says, twisting his hands and snapping Albus' blade.
"Shit." Albus squeaks out, moments before getting blown back far enough to hit the ceiling, falling down unconscious.
Only Kislev and Elysia remained, doing their best to stop Cassiel, only for an obvious fail.
It was proven with Cassiel responding earlier that Elysia wasn't choking him out, and that he wasn't in any pain with how well spoken he remained.
Cassiel reaches back to grab Elysia, but she instantly unravels her legs before kicking off of Cassiel's shoulders, sliding backwards and flipping herself back onto her feet.
As Cassiel's hands are already above his head, he brings them together and slams them down onto Kislev's side.
With the impact, Kislev spurts out blood, letting go of Cassiel's legs and rolling away, before getting on his feet along with Elysia.
"I won't hold anything against you guys, you really did almost have me." Cassiel sighs, hiding his smile.
"But now, it's my turn." Cassiel says, dashing straight towards Elysia, almost completely disappearing.
Barely able to track him, Elysia instinctively dodges to the right as Cassiel appears before her, slamming his hand down like a cleaver where she stood just moments before.
Dashing towards her again, Elysia is left with no choice but to fight back, unable to run and defend herself from Cassiel.
Barely dodging his attacks left and right, Cassiel gets annoyed, slamming his foot into the ground which shakes Elysia off balance
Moments before his fist reaches her, Kislev dashes in, striking Cassiel's attack off course using his palm.
Cassiel glares at Kislev from the side, kicking him in his leg which brings Kislev down on one knee as he swings his other leg straight towards Kislev's head.
Before impact, however, Elysia reaches into her uniform and throws out three needles, each stabbing into Cassiel's leg, making it drop to the floor.
Taking his chance, Kislev gets up off the ground, kneeing Cassiel in the face during the process, striking him in the nose which makes Cassiel spurt out a bit of blood as he grunts in pain.
With Elysia out of breath, Kislev worn down from just two attacks, and Cassiel now bleeding, the fight was looking to be at a draw, even with Albus still knocked unconscious.