Fantasy System

Chapter 70: The spar between friends

Ed took the initiative and rushed at Emilia and Ellie. His step-in was very fast, making them almost unable to react. He punched at Ellie, causing her to guard with both of her hands. Even then, she was forced a few steps to the back. Before Emilia could attack him, Ed already kicked at her. She was able to barely dodge, but Ed used Wind magic on her. It was a simple Wind ball rotating very fast in his hands. He didn't directly hit, but simply detonated it when his hand was close to her body.

This caused Emilia to be thrown away. Ellie saw this and jumped up trying to attack Ed. She used almost the same punch as before, the only difference being that she was in a Ten like state, making her defenses a bit better.

"If you can use QI to make punches stronger, then obviously you can make them defend better." Ed used KO on his hand. What followed was a repeat of what happened in their last spar. Ed stopped Ellie in her tracks, however this time; she followed with a kick to the stomach. The kick also had some QI in it thanks to her state of constantly being surrounded by QI; however, it wasn't even close to her punch. "You can also use QI on other body parts, not only hands and legs." Ed was teaching them as they were fighting. He focused his aura on his stomach making him stop it easily.

Emilia finally got back up and joined Ellie to back her up. Both of them had quite the reliable teamwork. Soon enough, they were putting pressure on Ed, even punching him in the face. But, Ellie couldn't keep it up for too long. She wasn't used to using her QI in such a way, so it quickly caught up to her. Ed noticed this and was planning to finish the match, however, Emilia turned aggressive.

Emilia's QI kept rising, it was now at the same level as a King Establishment level 4. 'It seems like I'm not the only one who's hiding their power.' It seemed like Ed's training awakened something in Emilia, making her turn serious. She approached Ellie and injected her with some QI, helping her last longer. Both Emilia and Ellie seemed to possess an incredible amount of QI. Their teamwork was putting even more pressure on Ed.

On Suika's side, she was doing very well. Suika was using Ken, maintaining a dense aura around her for defense, while she fought off Hayato and Stephanie. However, the latter two were faring much better than Emilie and Ellie. Mainly, thanks to Hayato. His use of magic was excellent, putting enough pressure of Suika from a distance, while Stephanie was trying to trap her with Earth magic. This is what caused Suika to use Ken, and simply, bulldoze her way through the barrage of magic. Suika was smart, so she targeted Stephanie, the weak link, first. She was able to knock her away with a simple punch and turned her attention towards Hayato. The two entered in a battle of hit and run, seemingly in a stalemate.

Suika was able to heal any injuries immediately with her Healing magic. Most of them were simple injuries. However, this along with Nen was eating at her energy very quickly. Hayato showed no signs of slowing down; even he had quite the amount of QI. Stephanie quickly tried to regain her composure from the punch and supported Hayato. Their teamwork irritated her, causing her to snap on them. She focused her entire aura in her hand with KO and punched the ground. She couldn't usually cause much damage even with KO, but with Stephanie constantly trying to trap her using Earth magic, the ground easily crumbled. All of them fell inside the hole.

Ed was startled by the appearance of a hole in the ground but still chose to continue his spar with Emilia and Ellie. He knew the three of them wouldn't get hurt by falling in such a hole.

Ed was under quite the assault from the two in front of him. Emilia used Fire magic and made four swords that constantly slashed at Ed, while she and Ellie physically attacked him. 'She can control the swords while fighting.' Ed was very impressed with Emilia. He also knew that if they continued this way, he might be getting the short end of the stick.

"Let's get a little more serious!" Ed shocked the two of them. They had been doing their best, and yet Ed was not even serious. Ed activated his Seikken and started using magic more seriously. 'The Sharingan would be too much for them.' Ed decided not to go too far. He used Wind magic to blow away the swords constantly slashing at him while dodging the two. Dodging was not extremely easy.

Ed punched Emilia again, but she blocked with both of her hands in front of her face. As she was putting them back down, she lost sight of Ed. "Behind you!" Ellie also lost Ed but found him quickly. Ed used Shunpo to perform this quick movement. Before Emilia could react, Ed slapped his hands together as if clapping. He used KO on his hands, making the sound extremely loud. Even the ones who were simply watching the fight had to cover their ears. Ellie was now dazed, and Emilie who was the closest fell to her knees.

"Let's stop here for today." Ed decided not to continue anymore. There was no point in injuring the two of them in a simple spar. Ed was about to head out and check Suika and the others, but found that they were out of the hole, watching them fight. 'When did they get out'

"Your powers are frightening Ed. Next time I'd like to fight you." Hayato's fighting spirit seemed to be burning after his fight with Suika and watching Ed's performance. Ed asked Suika to use her Healing magic on Ellie and Emilia to help them recover.

"Next time I won't lose!" Surprisingly, it wasn't Ellie who spoke. Emilia seemed as if she wanted to beat Ed more than anything. 'I'm somehow making them all want to fight me' Ed was feeling lonely now, almost all of his friends wanted to get a piece of him.

"Try to train your QI control today, and maintain a QI infused form for as long as possible. Also, remember not to go overboard. We'll continue tomorrow." All of them left together, leaving the students who were watching them stunned. 'How can we compete with that?!' All of them were thinking the same thing.

Author's Thoughts

Shigun

Hello everyone! A battle only chapter since a while! Hope you enjoy!