Can a battle crazed hero be the savior of humanity?

Humiliation

Gin

“I won’t lose, I mustn’t lose” while I fought Orion, this was the only thought running through my mind, keeping me on my feet.

I struggled with my trembling legs and my vision which was fastly fading. My ears rang as I took hit after hit from Orion, trying my best to stand my ground. My honour was on the line.

Orion was never this strong. There’s was no way he was beating me in a fist fight. Not unless the magic enhanced his physical abilities as well.

I tried to evade him but it was to no avail. He was too fast on his feet, and with his hands as well.

Before long, I noticed the crowd thinning out, followed by the sound of our home room, instructor’s voice.

“Getting involved in trouble again? As expected of you, Sofiaso. Don’t you get tired of causing trouble for yourself, and the rest of the class?” He mentioned my name almost immediately, acting like Orion wasn’t standing at that very spot as well. Mr. Nathaniel had history with my elder brother, and it wasn’t the good kind of history. He had disliked us ever since.

His presence at the arena either meant to that one of the students secretly notified him, or the teachers staff meeting had been concluded.

“With all due respect sir, I would appreciate if you didn’t interfere in this” Orion said softly.

The students had gone totally silent, sneaking out of the arena one after the other.

“Oh? I’m not here to interfere in anything. Nothing of the sort. Rather, I am here to watch how this turns out” Mr. Nathaniel said with a knowing smile on his face.

I didn’t have anything to say, I was focused sharply on Orion. Letting him out of my sight would cost me.

“Sir, I think you should stop this before someone gets seriously hurt” a voice said from the crowd of students, a voice I recognized instantly.

“That damned Isaak” I muttered, gritting my teeth.

“Mr. Crowley, could you tell me, which one of us is the teacher here?” Nathaniel asked.

I no longer heard Isaak’s voice.

Orion and I stood in the real middle of the arena. The part where warriors used for combat. Nathaniel, with his authorization as a teacher has moved the students into the actual seats.

“Alright boys, you’re starting now for real. Feel free to go all out” Nathaniel said to us. I knew that he was really just talking to Orion but that didn’t matter.

Again, we took our stances, my body cried out in pain but I toughened up.

At the sight of the spark of flames going off from Nathaniel’s fingers, we started.

Orion was moving too fast, he had closed the distance between us before I could even knew what was happening.

I took a leap back, evading him. I was on the defensive, and I hated it.

All the way through, Orion laughed maniacally.

He sped towards me again, but I used his monumentum against him, pulling him and tossing him as such that he smashed against the arena wall.

The students went quiet with surprise first, then a loud roar of cheering echoed.

As the dust cleared, I could see Orion laughing, he spat blood.

“flame art: barrage of a thousand dragons!” He yelled.

In the blink of an eye, I saw flames in the shape of dragons approaching me. The bastard was trying to scorch me.

I tried to evade the flames but I wasn’t fast enough. The raging flames burnt through my jacket and ate through my skin as it flung me into the same fence I flung Orion into.

I cried out in agony, it was hot, really hot, he was trying to kill me.

“When did he even make the incantation? I only heard the end of the chant. Or, did he deliberately make me throw him into the wall?” I thought. My consciousness was fast fading.

The students had gone completely silent again. With my fastly fading eyesight, I looked up and could see the horror on their faces. Of course they’d be terrified, flames ate through my flesh.

I still didn’t fall to the ground, I used the wall for support.

Orion was charging towards me again, he was speaking an incantation but I couldn’t hear, my ears might have been damaged.

I mustered strength, charging towards him slowly as well so I could break his momentum. His wand was pointed towards me, whips of flames landed across my skin, ripping it off as they went. Then he gave me a sharp punch to the nose and finally drove me to the ground.

I felt barely alive. It hurt so much. Orion approached me with a wicked grin.

My hearing had started to return slowly, I could hear his feet scrubbing across the dirt.

I stared death in the face, he was about to use another flame spell.

I could see a flame barrage in the air, they were the size of little rocks.

Although my face was partial burnt, I smiled.

“L-ooks like I- los” my speech was interrupted by a rumbling. Before I knew it, I was covered in a cage of earth magic.

“That’s quite enough” a voice said. It was hard to hear from within the rocks.

“get out of my way before I scorch you. Mr. Nathaniel hasn’t ended the fight” another voice said. I could recognize that it was Orion’s voice.

“Nathaniel is a fool, that’s what he is. After now I’ll make sure he answers to the principal, I’ll surely report him” No doubt, the voice belonged to Isaak.

I heard footsteps.

“Did you just call your teacher a fool?” Nathaniel's voice echoed in a distance.

“End this fight, now!” Isaak thundered.

“Crowley, you have one last chance to get out of my way” Orion said.

“Both fighters are still in action” Nathaniel replied.

“If so, I concede on behalf of Gin!” Those were the last words I heard before my consciousness faded completely.