At last, the day of the duel arrived.
The academy's arena was enormous. A magical barrier protected spectators to ensure their safety. Countless students had battled each other on these same grounds. The charged atmosphere was electric.
Each teams were given Special Viewing decks, and us in Angelica's viewing deck couldn't help but be shocked at what we were seeing.
Daniels Pov
Greg piloted his scarlet-red Grace Knight, a rugged design emphasizing close combat, and the heat haze that shimmered around his mechanic, was all I needed to know that his Grace was already activated, but 'Why does it feel so weak, must be some kind of trick,yeah that's what this is, cause theres no way the top student in our grade are this weak'.
"Let's make this quick, country scum!" he bellowed through his speakers.
"OK" was all I said before proceeding to igniting my Grace Knight.
"Initiating systems:☑️
Starting soul core:☑️
Ignition of Grace:☑️
Mana circulation: all readings are in the green
Starting Soul, and Mecha synchronization:☑️
Releasing Grace armament: ☑️"
With that he was ready to fight.
Greg charged, bringing his mecha's giant mace down in a blazing arc.
Raymond, in his blue-accented mecha, raised his shield. A thick, opaque water barrier formed in front of him. Greg's mace hit the wall of water and was instantly cooled, losing momentum.
"Wait," Raymond whispered to himself "His power... How is it this weak. He's Grade A, but he's fighting like a Rank C"
Greg pulled his mace back, the metal steaming. "What are you mumbling about?"
Greg launched a barrage of fireballs from his mace's internal projector. Raymond simply activated his Grace-Knight's water cannon, spraying a constant stream that evaporated the fireballs before they reached him.
"You're a joke!" Raymond laughed, shedding his nervous demeanor from the party. He pointed his weapon towards the sky and unleashed Mjölnir's ability, the amount of electricity generated by the hammer grew stronger and more concentrated, when he felt the lightning was sufficiently strong enough he directed it towards Greg.
CRACKLE!
The electrified arcs of electricity struck Greg's mecha, and since his mana coating was not up to par, The Grace Knight's systems overloaded instantly, lights sparking and flickering as it locked up. Greg slumped inside the cockpit, stunned and unconscious.
Victor: Raymond fou Arkin
Lex's POV
"Lady Angelica, you might not know what their, ranks are but what do you think their rank is?" I asked, because we had to know how strong our opponents actually were.
"Well, I don't think they are Rank B yet so I'll would say C." she said though not sure.
"But, how can they be that weak" Leon shouted while pointing at the men who were expected to be the next protectors of the kingdom.
"I don't know what you're expections were, but for their age, they are already strong enough." she said looking at us like we were idiots for expecting them to be stronger.
I asked as I had to know how and why their traininers allowed them to leave with their poultry strength.
"What about the mandatory training program"
"What, those things are only there to help, children learn how to manipulate their Graces and then that's that, it's different from the Apprentice Academy which trains children before giving them Graces, was it any different for you otherwise you would not have been so shocked? ." at her words all the boys there were shocked all the way to our cores.
"We were forced to train till we almost died, that if we didn't get stronger we could have almost died a couple of times back then_" before Leon continued I kicked his shins, as Daniel was already having painful flashbacks, 'Captain Roger's Really gave him PTSD'.
Laughing to herself she gave us information that told us we were anomalies among those of our age.
"Well it seems you suffered there but it also seems you had fun there because you are still smiling, But think about it if the crown sponsored places where land nobels could get stronger, rebellions would be never ending.?"
'so what did that mean about our camp' but that could come later
" Daniel you're up and please try to hold back, the least we can do is try not to embarrass them too much"I told him as he left for his match.
"Leon how much are you willing to bet itvwas because of us that the training camp was even started?" looking at Leon who was trying to make sense of what we're had been told I thought my question had been unheard till he gave me the same smile he always has when he is about to win a bet.
" All my cash brother, and as you know I never make a bet we're I'm expecting to lose"