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“The first match of the Martial Arts Tournament Round of 16. Summoner Chris Delun vs. martial artist Dominic Hearn!”

Bobby Lennon, a third-year cadet who was the referee, shouted at the top of his lungs.

Originally, the competition was to start from the round of 64, but Chris and other high-ranking students were given seed status and were able to start from the top matches.

Chris, ranked 2nd, started in the round of 16.

Chris stood on the square playing field.

On the other side stood the dancer Dominic.

Dominic was tall and slender with a lean, tightly muscled body.

At first glance, he seemed to be someone who trained kung fu.

“Why is that kid hanging around? It can’t be a 2-on-1 match.”

Dominic looked at Ray in front of Chris and asked.

“The yellow-haired girl here is Chris’s summoned dragon polymorphed into a human form. According to Academy rules, it can be treated as a weapon.”

Professor Matt, who was the referee, explained on Chris’ behalf.

“Ahem! Do you understand? This body can be here legally!”

Ray puffed out his chest and showed off.

It looked terribly insignificant.

‘I’m not bragging, am I?’

Dominic looked unconvinced. But since the professor was the judge, he couldn’t argue any further.

“Chris. I heard you’re doing well these days. Show me what summoning is.”

Dominic taunted, unclenching his fist.

He seemed quite confident in his abilities.

“Which summoner would be good to use against Ray?”

“A fighter… This is an opponent I’ve never faced before. How about a Yeti with punches?”

Yetira… .

It wasn’t a bad idea to try out the powered-up abilities by wearing the Frost Ring I received after handing in the report to the central library.

As a fighter, a Yeti with arms and legs would seem to have the advantage.

“Okay! Yeti, I choose you!”

Chris raised his summoning staff.

The blue jewel embedded in the center of the summoning staff glowed.

The magical power emanating from the jewels came together to create the Yeti’s spiritual body.

The spirit of the Yeti, who had been living in the Northmunster snowfields, temporarily left its original body and settled into an astral body created by Chris.

The original body is protected by protective magic while the Yeti’s spirit departs.

This was the spirit summoning method created by the great summoner Jude Delun!

The advantage of this method is that since the summoned creature is a spirit, there is no need to worry about it getting seriously hurt. Even if the spirit is completely destroyed, the Yeti’s soul can return to its original body without any damage.

Therefore, as long as the summoner’s magical power was sufficient, the summoned creature could fight freely without any risk.

Of course, there was a drawback in that the burden on the summoner increased because the spirit body had to be created using only the summoner’s magic power.

However, because it was such a safe summoning method, powerful summoners could make contracts with Chris with a much lighter heart.

*

-Gooo!

The Yeti summoned to the arena pounded its chest with its fist, raising its fighting spirit.

“For reference, in Chris’ case, it doesn’t matter how many summons he summons, but if even one summon becomes incapacitated, he will be considered defeated.”

Professor Matt explained the special rules before the match started.

This rule was a penalty imposed by the Academy on Chris’s powerful summoning ability.

Chris accepted it without much objection.

Anyway, with Chris’s magical power, if the spirit form of a Class A or higher summoner was destroyed once, he couldn’t summon a second one. Therefore, the summoner’s defeat meant Chris’s defeat.

“Hmm. You summoned the Yeti, a fantasy monster that lives in the snowy fields. Sounds fun.”

Dominic seemed to recognize the Yeti.

Dominic confronted the Yeti, unclenching his fists.

“Show me the island spectrum!”

Dominic threw his fist at the Yeti.

The Lightning-Light Fist is a time-honored kung fu handed down from the distant Eastern Liu Long Empire.

His punches were so fast that it seemed as if he had eight arms.

“Cow?!”

The Yeti used both hands as shields, covering his torso and head.

It was a movement similar to raising the guard in boxing.

Dudadadadada!

Dominic’s fists rained down like hail.

“Hehehehe… How does my fist taste!”

But surprisingly, Dominic’s fist did not deal a fatal blow to the Yeti.

The island spectrum sphere could throw punches at high speed, but because it focused too much on speed, the power of each punch was not very strong.

The light, fluffy fist failed to penetrate the Yeti’s thick chest muscles.

-Eeee!

The Yeti roared and extended his right arm in a wrestling lariat motion, striking Dominic in the head.

Twitch!

Dominic was blown a meter away with a loud impact and fell to the ground.

The Yeti weighed up to 200 kg.

It was not a weight that a martial artist who originally used the evasive fighting strategy could withstand.

But Dominic also had pride.

I jumped up even though my nose was bleeding.

“It’s not over yet!”

Dominic prepared his next technique, casually wiping the coffee off with his fist.

“As expected, a fantasy monster…! This is not an easy enemy. At this rate, I have no choice but to use the ultimate skill of the White Lotus Sword!”

White Lotus Divine Fist!

It was a special move that showed a hundred afterimages by increasing the speed of the spectral spectrum that usually shows eight afterimages.

Originally, it was Dominic’s ultimate skill that he had been saving for the finals, but he had no choice but to use it now.

“Kuaaap!”

Dominic gathered his energy by making a circle with both hands.

Dominic’s muscles swelled to twice their size in an instant.

Christ couldn’t sit still.

“Yeti! This is where the showdown begins! Fight with Snow Punch strengthened by the Frost Ring!”

-Goo-oh!

Yeti also focused his eye magic on his right fist.

-Tuquaaang!

Two fatal blows collided head-on.

Snow splattered everywhere.

It was a showdown between Dominic, who threw his punches at a speed that was too fast to be seen, and Yeti, who approached him honestly and landed a fatal blow.

Dominic continued to move as fast as he could to avoid being caught by the Yeti.

On the other hand, the Yeti took advantage of its superior armor compared to other monsters to dodge Dominic’s attacks and advance forward little by little to land a solid punch.

It was a sight reminiscent of a fight between an outfighter and an infighter in boxing!

Who will be the final winner?

Taang!

A loud noise like a cannon exploding swept through the stadium.

The Yeti approached step by step and landed a snow punch on Dominic’s stomach.

“Keuh-uh-uh!”

Dominic’s back arched like a bow.

Saliva was flying from his mouth and his eyes were rolled back so that the whites of his eyes were visible.

Kkudangtang!

Dominic flew a meter and rolled across the arena floor before falling down under the square marble ring.

After that, I couldn’t get up for a long time.

Professor Matt examined Dominic’s condition and crossed his hands in an X.

Dominic passed out, which was a sign that Chris had won.

“The winner is Chris Delun!”

Professor Matt came over and held up Chris’ hand.

At the same time,

The entire Colosseum was surrounded by a thunderous roar of “Waaaah!”.

*

“Chris, that guy’s the real deal!”

Prince Alex was watching Chris’s game through binoculars from the VIP area.

When Yeti withstood Dominic’s barrage of punches and landed his fatal snow punch, I found myself clenching my fists without even realizing it.

“You know the characteristics and strengths of the summoned Yeti very well. That’s why you summoned the Yeti, which has an advantage in martial arts, when fighting Dominic.”

Principal Graham stroked his white beard as he analyzed Chris’s round of 16 match.

“I got excited from the first match without even realizing it! Who’s next?”

“Oh! This is a fun match up. Nick Galloway is next.”

“Really? Hehehe, I’m looking forward to this.”

*

“Let’s start the second match of the Academy Round of 16! This time, we are expecting another hot matchup! It’s the turn of the champion, Nick Galloway, ranked 1st in the first year!”

Bobby Lennon, a third-year student in charge of society, witlessly waved his magic microphone on stage.

When Nick’s name was announced, the Colosseum erupted in cheers that were so loud it seemed as if it was going to explode.

“It’s a match between Cadet Nick Galloway, the Dragon Slayer, and Cadet Peter Kirby, the Shield Fighter! It’s a battle of spears and shields! Starting with the first match today, Cadet Peter has a tough matchup! But you never know until it’s over! I hope both Cadet will do their best in the match!”

Nick and Peter came up to the main stadium.

Kuung!

Peter planted a 1.8 meter shield, about the same height as himself, into the ground.

Peter’s shield had sharp iron spikes embedded in the front like a porcupine.

Shield Fighter, Peter’s shield was literally an all-in-one weapon.

“Nick! I’ve heard rumors that your spear has the strongest attack power. But my shield is no joke! Will your spear be able to pierce my shield made of Atman alloy? ”

Peter was a large, portly man.

As expected, he was full of confidence.

Atman alloy was a hard alloy that was notorious for being difficult to obtain.

Peter’s shield had its front coated with Atman alloy and had never been scratched.

Nick looked at Peter coldly, tossing back his silver hair.

Then he gently took out the spear on his back, the Dragon Spear.

“It’s good to be confident, but I wish your skills were half as good as your words.”

Finally, the whistle blew to start the match.

At the same time,

Taat!

Suddenly Nick disappeared from sight.

Peter looked around in surprise when Nick suddenly disappeared.

The audience was the same. They were all confused as to where Nick had disappeared to.

“Up, up!”

One of the audience members shouted.

Nick soared upwards in an instant with amazing jumping ability.

Its height is a whopping 30 meters!

Peter looked up at the sky hastily.

“Keep going!”

Peter squinted his eyes.

Nick’s image was superimposed on the sun.

I couldn’t properly perceive the movements.

Meanwhile, Nick grabbed the spear and fell towards Peter, cutting through the air and falling down.

Peter quickly defended himself with the Atman shield.

The next moment,

-Kukwakwakwang!!

A shockwave shook the entire Colosseum.