His intense barrage left me with no opportunity to even resist. It was as if I were some kind of punching bag. Over and over again, I was sent flying, but I would grit my teeth and stand back up. But then, he would send me flying and the cycle would repeat, over and over again. The blood dribbling down the side of my mouth proved that I was injured.For now I was only passively defending, and I had already lost count of the number of times I had been blown away. I looked completely pitiful. I could barely hold on earlier, but now I was just an outlet for Luca to vent his anger.Many members of the audience turned away or covered their eyes as the display of cruelty was hard to take. Meanwhile, tears were pouring down Catherine’s face. She kept on shouting at me, telling me to surrender.Even the vice principal could hardly stand to watch. He started to raise his hand to stop the duel, but I shot him a pleading look and shook my head, signaling to him to give me

I cleared my throat in an attempt to conceal my impulsive desires."So… How's your brother doing?"Catherine seemed angry at my question."You still have the courage to bring that up? And to think I begged my brother to go easy on you… You actually went and hurt him!""Really? How badly was he hurt?"I asked with a worried look on my face, but in fact, I was feeling quite smug. Even though I did not get to beat him, I still injured him in front of such a large crowd, which was undoubtedly a blow to his reputation."He's not that badly injured. But he's changed after recovering from that fight. He's been working hard, waking up early to leave the house, and coming home late looking all exhausted. It's clear he's been training extremely hard."Hearing what Catherine said made me think better of Luca. He was good at recognizing threats. I had only grazed him by chance and yet that was enough to push him to work harder to improve his stre

After much hesitation, I decided to accept Alyshah's offer to tour Blue Skies Academy, simply because I could not bring myself to let down a kindly old woman. Maybe it would be less upsetting to her if I rejected her after the tour."Alright, I accept. I'll make my decision after the tour."Alyshah beamed when she received my answer."Wonderful! We will set off tomorrow."Alyshah said eagerly. Both of the principals could not help but frown when they saw how excited she seemed."That might be impossible, I still have matters to take care of. Maybe… in a month? I will go with you to Blue Skies Academy in a month," I said firmly.Knowing I would not budge, Alyshah nodded."Very well. In that case, I will come again in a month to bring you to our academy."After setting a time and date with Alyshah, I left the principal's office. I could hear a heated discussion continue as I closed the door behind me when I left, making me chuckle.O

“Sir Liam, you’re here!”Val respectfully called out to the man.Liam merely responded with a grunt before sauntering haughtily up to the group ahead.“So you’re the ones looking for trouble?” Liam questioned in a less than polite tone.“Where did this bastard come from?!”Someone had shouted. At the same time, a sharp dagger was pulled and aimed straight for Liam’s face. Had the bastard lost his mind? Did he not know how defenseless mages were? It was simply unthinkable that he would just waltz right up to the enemy like that.I had to admit that I would not mind socking that bastard in the face, either. Maybe even a slap or two. Val quickly lunged and knocked the dagger out of the air with his sword. But he ended up opening an old wound, which caused him to gasp in pain.Liam also jumped back in fright at the suddenly thrown dagger and stumbled. Losing his balance, he fell ass-first onto the g

He clearly recognized me. I was the one who managed to turn the tide on our last fight and drove them back. There was no way he would not recognize me.“So you’re here to cause trouble for me again, are you?”He gritted his teeth and glared daggers at me.“Now I know, hesitation breeds trouble. Seems like I should’ve just killed you back then.”I smirked and retorted, “Yeah? Can you handle me?”The man scoffed. He seemed to be considering something.“So you’re dead-set on helping the Golden Eagles, are you?”“That’s right. What’re you gonna do about it?”I was confident and it showed in my replies. I was no longer the weakling I was back then, and winning this fight should be no problem. The main person I would be going up against in this fight was their mage anyway.Since he had no way to convince me otherwise, he gave his men the order to attack. O