After the short break, the tandem battle continued."I"m trembling," Hideyos.h.i.+ said as they prepare to get up the stage.
"Nervous?" Feena asked beside him.
"Not at all. Excited actually."
"Don"t get too excited, you might end up making mistakes." Feena reminded.
"I won"t."
"Now, to start our tandem battle. From Raven"s team, we have Feena and Hideyos.h.i.+. On Kyro"s team, we have Natsume and Tadamori. Water and Wind versus Earth and Fire. This is indeed a very interesting set-up. Four elements are to be witnessed clas.h.i.+ng with one another. Why don"t we start it now?" as the announcer give the signal both team"s member went up on stage.
"Don"t be too excited," Raven warned as the other two climbed up the stair. They both looked at each other then grinned at Raven.
"They"re planning to do something again," Karen commented as she saw their reactions.
"Would another one appear in this battle?" Raven whispered beside Eureka.
"I am not sure. Almost everyone has abilities, I can"t sense whether someone has ill intentions or not, not until they really do something," she replied looking around.
The signal was then heard for the start of the battle. And without delay, Feena and Hideyos.h.i.+ instantly released 50 % of both their abilities, combining it and throwing it towards the hands of their opponents, who are preparing their own attacks.
"Woah, everyone woah. Did you see that? They did it so fast and wait what ability did they release? No way, there"s no way," as the commentator kept exclaiming the whole stadium cheered in awe. "They actually created a new ability!!"
As the commentator kept exclaiming, the higher-ups all stood up looking stunned.
"Is that an ice ability?" one of the generals governing the 12 squads asked in shock.
"I suppose looking at it, it is indeed ice. But how did they do it?" another one asked.
"They are water and wind ability users," another one answered.
"Being a water and wind ability user wouldn"t simply help you create an ice ability," another wondered.
"Quiet now. We will have answers one this battle is over," the Head Knight spoke while sitting on his chair. The others started calming down as well and sat back to their own chairs.
While this commotion is ongoing Feena and Hideyos.h.i.+ took the momentary shock of their opponents to create another ability ball and send it towards their opponents. This time not just their hands but Natsume and Tadamori as a whole was imprisoned in an ice glacier.
"Those two," Eureka could only ma.s.sage her temple.
"Why is there something wrong? They were able to imprison their opponents in a flash, isn"t that an advantage?" Karen asked looking at Eureka.
"It is a problem. I told them that 70% was the maximum. But they still used 87%. I can already imagine the damage on their hands," Eureka replied with a serious tone.
"Even if they"re in level 1 already, would that still be the case?" Karen asked in wonder.
"If they reached level 1, the attack would at the same time be stronger. It would still be the same," Eureka answered.
1 minute...
2 minutes...
5 minutes pa.s.sed nothing is happening on the glacier.
"Kaoru if you want them to die you can leave them there. With how the other two used their abilities, I presume that those two students wouldn"t be able to break that ice from within and in another few minutes those two would die of suffocation," the Head Knight said to Kaoru who"s beside him.
Kaoru runs towards the commentator"s place and grabbed the mic.
"Referee the fight ends here," announcing at the same time instructing some fire ability user instructors to go down immediately and melt the ice.
Going back to their teammates. The other two grinned as if saying we"re the best. But before Raven could open his mouth to reprimand them.
"YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE THE SAME! MURDERERS!" Kyro came shouting towards their side. "With what you used it is obvious you want to kill my teammates."
"*sigh* I admit that my team went overboard but neither they nor I have any intention of killing anyone," Raven answered calmly.
"No intention? You used such high ability, huh? You should be disqualified."
Just then Kaoru and the Head Knight came to their place.
"Kyro is correct, that is overboard. Such attacks should not be used on this battle. I"m sorry but in this fight, you are disqualified. Natsume and Tadamori is the winner," Kaoru informs them. "Kyro, go back to your own side, the match is not yet over."
"Their whole team should be disqualified."
"Do you really want to end it now?" The Head Knight suddenly asked.
"Sir Yukimura," Kaoru looked at him.
"I am asking you now. Do you really want to end it here?" Yukimura looked at Kyro indifferently.
Kyro, who can feel the pressure coming from Yukimura"s eyes, looked at Raven. Then went into deep thought before replying, "No, Please allow us to continue." He then turned his back and went to their side.
"I need to speak to you once this is over," looking at Raven then at Eureka and turned his heel, going back to his seat in the stands.
"Kaoru if we win this it will be a tie. What will happen then?" Eureka asked before Kaoru could follow Yukimura.
"There would be one final battle. Each team will send out their most capable member to have another individual battle," he answered before returning as well.
"We are so sorry. We never thought that it would be an overboard attack. We got too excited," Hideyos.h.i.+ spoke when the others left. Both he and Feena are dejected.
"70% maximum is not only for your safety but your current opponents as well. Our level as students are still low, therefore a stronger attack could kill those opponents of yours," Eureka spoke indifferently.
"Just go to the clinic for now. Both your hands are a mess." Raven followed.
Looking at their hands, it is indeed a mess. They have fractured their arms and some broken bones on their fingers. And some wounds.
Seeing their condition, they could only follow their leader while Karen went with them. They all left wis.h.i.+ng the other two good luck.
Looking at their backs, "Will your squad 2 still be reachable?" Eureka asked Raven, who is standing there with a very serious face.
"It is, what we showed here are each of our capabilities. Winning this battle is the ticket and what we show is the deciding factor."
"That was indeed something. They showed us a never before seen attack and showed us its strength. Too bad it was overboard, therefore, they are announced disqualified, giving the first tandem battle win to Kyro"s team," the commentator started announcing again moving on from what had happened. After saying that Feena and Hideyos.h.i.+ are disqualified, different reactions could be heard. Some were happy, the others devastated, while the others contemplating how did they manage to create such an attack.
"This gives Kyro"s team 3 points. Will Raven"s team tie it up in this next battle or will Kyro"s team sweep the floor and win 5 to 1? Let"s not wait any longer. Why don"t we start the final battle."
The crowd cheered more as the last two members of each team climbed the stage. The crowd was divided into two cheers, some for Kyro"s team while the other for Raven"s team. Some are still mocking Eureka while the others are cheering for her.
"Finally I would be able to avenge my brother, you murderer," Kyro said with a glint of hatred in his eyes.
This battle is indeed not for killing but if he can win easily against Raven and make him lose face and embarra.s.sed then half of his revenge would be complete. The other half, he could just do it once they graduated.
"He really does love you doesn"t he," Eureka commented before walking towards the other opponent. "You can duel on your own. I"ll accompany the other one."
Raven just nodded looking seriously at Kyro.
"Hiro finally, your big brother can avenge you," looking up in the sky Kyro murmured.
Both of them started using the normal fire attacks as if testing each other. Then Raven applied his ability to his sword and is currently wielding a blazing sword. He continuously attacked Kyro who uses his own sword to block him.
"He"s distracted," Eureka looking at the other two murmured to herself.
"Hey I am your opponent, stop looking at them and battle me. I really wanna try you out right now." After saying so Joji attacked her with wind arrows. Eureka dodged some and blocked some. Indeed a stronger knight would be tougher for her.
Thinking to herself, Eureka split her sword and started moving faster. Her eyes showed a never before seen seriousness while looking at Joji as if she wants to kill him in an instant.
While each of their battles is going on, a shadow started moving from the audience stand.