Volume 4: Chapter 17: (Patreon)

Volume 4: Chapter 17:

"Huh?!" The entire class was surprised by this. It was going to be random?!

"Are you kidding me?" Everyone murmured. They couldn't believe it. But Tennol scoffed,

"Do you think you won't have to work with someone of a different race in the future?!" This was going to be happening many times.

"..."

"Let's use this," Like that, Tennol took out a magical device and clicked a button. That caused a list of names to shoot forth. Each one was paired up with someone.

"Who did I get?" Keith looked at his name and found he was paired up with Scarlet. But that wasn't all. Krystal's name was there as well.

"Hmm? Why did I get three people?"

Tennol chuckled, "There was an odd number of people. So, I added someone to your pair,"

"I see," Keith looked around and spotted the two. He waved at the two, "It's a pleasure to be working with you two,"

"Mmhmm." Scarlet nodded.

"Yeah," Krystal was a bit colder.

Like that, the spar began. It was between Keith and Scarlet. As they practiced with one another,

"Can you hold back a bit more?" Keith had a wry look. He could tell Scarlet was out to beat him up! Keith continued to block the blows coming at him.

"Do you think I can hold back against a person like you?" Scarlet didn't even hesitate to swing at his head. Keith ducked and held her leg,

"There's no need for kill moves," Keith groaned. That was a kill shot to his head! That wasn't the end either. Scarlet kicked using her other leg. Keith easily caught it!

But that was what she wanted. She quickly hooked Keith with her legs.

"!" It was a strange sight as Scarlet had both her legs on his neck. But Keith sighed,

"Fine, you win." He placed his hand in the air.

"No," Scarlet frowned.

"Eh?"

"Fight me for real," Scarlet stated, "Take off those bracelets."

"I don't want to." It was a spar. There was no need to go for full power.

Krystal sighed, "Scarlet, he isn't going to go all out against us. We'll have to force him to go all out," This man was like that.

"Let's go," When Scarlet said that, Krystal came forward.

"Wait, what?! Why is it two on one?!" Keith scoffed as he quickly raised his guard and blocked Krystal's attack from the side!

While he blocked from the side, Scarlet started to attack his head. She was still locking him with her legs. Come on! As he was fighting with the two of them, Keith turned to Tennol,

Do something, Instructor Tennol!

What do you want me to do about it? Tennol had the "I'm not going to do anything" look. It was to leave Keith to his own device to fight with the two girls.

"Come on, girls! Do you guys have to attack me like this?!" Keith wanted to cry as he quickly forced Scarlet off of him. The two were relentless as they continued to attack.

Now! Keith quickly pushed back both Scarlet and Krystal. It was a strong push as the two were pushed back.

"Can I take a break?" Keith took a big sigh. Fighting the two lionesses was too hard.

"No breaks!" "Yeah!" Both girls denied it.

"What am I? I'm not superhuman! The two of you spar with one another," Keith raised his hand as he sat on the side. There was no way he was going to keep fighting. Those two were going to tire him out.

Scarlet and Krystal frowned as they glared at Keith. The two did spar, but anyone could tell they were holding back. It was only a minute before,

"Come back in!" "Spar with us!"

"..." Come on. I only sat for a second?! Keith wanted to cry. But as he was lost in thought,

"What is going on over there?" Keith looked and noticed that there was a storm happening on the other side,

"What are you doing?"

"Fighting!" Herrick laughed as he continued to swing his fist like no tomorrow! Ophelia frowned as she blocked all the blows. Despite blocking them, she was blown back.

"It's been a long time since I fought for real!" Herrick missed his punch, cracking the ground.

Ophelia frowned, "You need to cool it,"

"Stop this right now!" An assistant instructor tried to stop this. But when he got in between the two of them,

"Get out of my way!" Herrick was like a freight train as he took out the instructor!

Ophelia's eyes turned cold as she saw Herrick rushing at her again. She didn't hesitate as she threw a counterpunch. Herrick's rush was halted. It landed dead in his face. But the latter was not phased.

A smile grew, "You have finally gotten serious," His expression turned wild as he stared at Ophelia. His bloodlust rose further. And he didn't hesitate to swipe at Ophelia.

"Tch!" Ophelia sucked her teeth as she glared at him. Without a second later, the two charged at one another.

"That's enough!" However, another one got in between the two. It was Keith. He caught Ophelia's fist and redirected Herrick's attack to the ground.

"What are you two doing?!" Keith frowned. Were they trying to rip each other apart?! He could see claws coming out from their hands.

"Let go!" Herrick wanted to pull out his arm. But Keith wasn't going to let him pull out. He turned to Ophelia.

"I only did it because he started it. I never meant to push it too far," Ophelia retracted her claws. Seeing this, Keith let her go.

Keith turned over to see Tennol dealing with Melor. Like Herrick, the latter was causing trouble as well.

"You're stepping over your boundaries!" Herrick swung at Keith. He pulled his fist out of the ground. But the latter caught the blow and redirected it.

"Cool it. This is a spar. Not a life and death match." What is with these people fighting to the death?! While he stared at Herrick,

"He pushed Herrick away like he was nothing!"

"Prince Herrick! Get him!"

"Take him down!"

Keith turned to look at the beastmen who said that. With one glance, it shut them up. Herrick took the chance to dash at Keith!

"Let's fight!"

"That's quite enough!"

"Gah!" Herrick was sent flying away like a kite!

"You and Melor are quite the troublemakers," Tennol sighed. He turned to Keith,

"Thank you for stepping up, representative."

"You two come with me,"

"Do you-Gah!" Herrick was going to say something, but he got blasted by Tennol.

"..." Insta kill. Herrick couldn't do anything and got wiped out.

Tennol didn't even wait as he grabbed the two's heads. Yes, heads. He was holding them like apples as he dragged them out of there.

"Instructor, are you okay?" Keith turned to the instructor.

"I'm fine. He caught me off guard,"

"Ophelia, what about you?"

"I'm alright." Keith looked down at her arm. It was the place Herrick hit. It swelled up.

"Let me see that," Keith raised her arm. He quickly cast some magic. Slowly, the swelling went down.

"There, you should feel better with this," Keith smiled.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it," Keith smiled as he returned to his group.

"Sorry about the-what's wrong?" Keith noticed the two girls staring at him.

"How did you move so fast?" Scarlet and Krystal stared at him. How he moved so quickly was incredible. He dashed through all of the students to get to Ophelia and Herrick.

"That's because I can," Keith stated calmly.

"Anyways, let's fight!" Scarlet and Krystal cracked their knuckles.

"Wait! Why am I fighting the two of you again?!"

"Because you can." "And don't think about saying you can't." With how fast he ran, he shouldn't be tired.

"..." Keith didn't know what to say.