Every student looked at Lux with strange gnces.

  Why was Johnson stuttering on his words? Why didn't Lux join the line?

  Finally Johnson calmed down and asked a question which shocked everyone.

  "Are you a blessed?"

  There was silence in the otherwise lively training grounds.

  "I'm"

  Lux knew that the teachers knew nothing about the students on the first day as Naomi said.

  As soon as Lux revealed it , some students started talking among themselves and some looking at Lux with open admiration especially the female students. While some gnces were hostile , they were mostly envious gnces.

  "So you are one huh... In my service of 20 years in this academy , I have only seen 30 blessed users but I have never taught one personally. To think I would teach one personally..."

  Johnson was now overcome with joy. As a teacher , it was a pride to teach students who were incredibly talented or from high backgrounds. More than it would add to their resume , it would be nice to establish at least formal ties with these individuals who would go on to establish themselves in the world.

  Even more than these , teaching a blessed was something one couldn't even think of. Blessed were people who were born with both a dantian and a magic circle , meaning they could use both the organs to carry out the knight and mage powers. They were incredibly rare to find and even in Fortuna Estori where the most talented gathered , one could expect only one or two blessed to join a year out of the 400 that would join.

  Johnson wasn't even doubtful about Lux's blessed status as the academy's bot Elisa stored every information about a student. Johnson had only selected knight and mage in the settings for this assignment. If that showed error for Lux then that meant he was a blessed.

  After some time,

  "Alright , I have approved you , you can join in the knight line."

  After five minutes , every student had taken a lot number. Searching up this lot number in their smart watch would give them the name of the individual they would be fighting.

  For Aurelian , the lot number was 55.

  When he searched for 55 in his smart watch it showed the name Aryana.

  'Aryana, isn't it the girl's name who was sitting besides me?'

  He looked around to see the girl just staring at him.

  "Alright , those who have matched with one another , spare off and test your skills." Johnson's said in a loud voice.

  Putting his hands on the hilt of his saber , he walked towards Aryana who was having a sword.

  Aryana was also a knight seeing that she matched with him.

  Well , he actually wanted to match with Lux to test out his own skills against him. It's not everyday you get to fight a blessed. Well... for him , it was though back home.

  "You must be Aryana" Aurelian asked.

  Aryana flinched for a second. God. Why did she have to match with this thug looking guy? Getting to sit with him wasn't enough and now she was to fight him? It seemed he wouldn't mind going overboard either and breaking the rules of the match.

  Aryana just gave a formal nod not making a conversation.

  "A silent type huh, well not that it matters. Lets get into it."

  Aurelian took out his saber and took a defensive stance.

  "You' re weak so I would allow you to attack me."

  'This guy is took arrogant!' Aryana thought and took her position.

  She was the top student in her middle school along with Daphne. To see that she would be called weak by a thug guy. Wasn't she supposed to be the genius daughter of the great house Grace?

  Aryana took out her sword which gleamed in the sun.

  She was a high third tier knight as such she was ranked highly in the academy precisely, she was ranked fifty in the academy.

  She estimated Aurelian to be low fourth tier. There was a huge difference between different stages in a tier and even rger one between whole different tiers.

  Aryana moved fast and swung her sword targeting the waist of Aurelian.

  *Cng*

  The two weapons met. Due to the sheer force not possible for a normal human to exert , sparks flew out.

  As Aurelian was in the defensive , he had raised his saber above his head and his right hand behind his back. He was left handed.

  Aryana wasn't disheartened that her attack with all force she could muster was blocked , instead she kept on attacking Aurelian's critical spots.

  *Cnk* * Cnk*

  Sparks flew out again and again. Out of all the spars happening in the ground , it wouldn't be an exaggeration to see this was one of the fiercest.

  The more Aryana swung her sword , the more realised she was faster than Aurelian , having that information in mind , she resorted to a different fighting style.

  Aurelian saw that Aryana was now attacking more rapidly at his critical spots. But suddenly he had to move back as Aryana tried a stoop kick intending to trip him.

  "Nice attack , seeing that Im slower than you , you intend to use that and beat me with rapid movements. But how long can you keep attacking? do you have unlimited mana." Aurelian smiled for the first time he was in the academy.

  Seeing Aurelian smiled , Aryana was taken aback. So this guy was capable of smiling? Was she wrong to assume he would always be frowning?

  Aryana let out a deep breath and finally decided to use one of her skills.

  Her sword suddenly gathered a lot of mana and its shine increased tremendously.

  She was using a one star skill , the sword light barrage.

  She sprung from her pce and swung her sword one time which Aurelian blocked easily. But it didnt end. Five sword lights , the manifestation of the mana of her sword attacked Aurelian at all sides.

  This wasn't a too powerful skill only being the most basic one. But even that when mastered to the limit and in the hands of someone as fast as Aryana , it could prove deadly.

  Aurelian let out a huff and blocked it all easily without even moving from his pce.

  The sword light dissipated in the air as if they never existed.

  Aryana wasn't disheartened however and prepared for using her next skill.

  One star skill, The Rabbit's wrath.

  With speed almost fitting of A rabbit , her sword moved intensely with high speed. They didn't contain that much force and were nimble but force wasn't the point of this attack. The goal was to deal minute wounds that when all added up would greatly exhaust the enemy.

  Having wounds all over the body would hurt more than say having a singur wound in a single pce.

  Aurelian was slowly being pushed back. As he was in the defensive and didnt counter attack , he found it little difficult to match with Aryan's speed.

  But just as Aurelian had predicted , tiredness crept in Aryana's face. It was clear that these bursts of attacks was taking a toll on her mana reserves.

  After about 30 seconds of barrage , she stepped back and breathed heavily.

  "I really started to believe you had unlimited mana." Aurelian smirked.

  Aryana was definitely one of the strongest students of the year. Her speed was extraordinary.

  Aryana closed her eyes and took a calm breath.

  She positioned her sword in front of her and the remaining mana in her body gathered around her.

  It was clear she was about to use her st ultimate move , so seeing that Aurelian took a serious stance.

  Tier 2 skill, the flower's wind.

  *Woosh*

  A strong wind sprung forth from somewhere.

  The light was as bright as from the sun.

  Something whizzled past Aurelian's ear.

  There was silence for a minute or so.

  Aryana was behind Aurelian while Aurelian just stared in front.

  Some of the students who hadn't even started their spar observed this fight keenly.

  It wouldn't be wrong to say this fight was one of the spectacur one in the field.

  Suddenly Aryana fell to her knees using her sword as a support.

  Aurelian just sheated his saber and turned around.

  "Good speed but not enough precision. You only managed to hit the edge of my waist."

  Aryana couldn't believe Aurelian. She only managed to scratch his waist? bullshit, how was that possible?

  This attack of her was her signature move that she used to win many tournaments. Even Daphne who was a mage and was stronger than her was very careful when facing this move from her.

  But on the other hand , the force with which Aurelian countered her attack had sent shockwaves throughout her body , such that she was unable to even stand.

  Slowly she stood up and looked Aurelian in the eyes.

  The fear and intimidation she felt wasn't just a one time feeling. She now understood why she felt it. This guy oozed it. He was terrifying.

  "Let's keep going , you re not tired , are you? If yes, Im not seeing a warrior" Aurelian casually remarked but he didn't know it would have so much impact on Aryana.

  Aryana and Aurelian kept on sparring for ten minutes until Aryana was so tired that she couldn't lift a finger.

  She dropped on the ground putting her sword beside her.

  Aurelian took a bottle of water and gave it to her which she didnt take immediately.

  "Take it , you really did well."

  Aryana stared at the bottle not intending to take it, but seeing that she was extremely thirsty she took it anyway and gulped it down greedily.

  After drinking the water , she stared at Aurelian who was looking at the fights elsewhere.

  "You are not tired?" she asked.

  "Hmm... not at all to be honest. This could be considered a warm up."

  A warmup. Was this guy crazy? Yeah a ten minutes spar wasn't too much of stress but what they had wasn't a spar but a full blown out fight. She was actually intending to win the match at all costs and had exhausted herself significantly. She had even used all the skills she knew but still couldn't even leave a scratch on him.

  There was still about half an hour till the css ended but here she was, drained of energy.