“Alright Lucas, you go first,” Alex said as he was forcefully pushing Lucas to the front. The battles have started, the rules are simple, try disabling the opponent. By any means, even if it hurts a lot. The girl, who had talked to Alex about the rules, agreed to give the boys a handicap. They will win if they beat them in three matches. However, if they don’t manage to win those three matches, they will have to continue putting people up until all of the boys are beaten.

Lucas panics as he was being pushed to his doom, “Why me! I didn’t want this at all!”

“Well, I just put my freedom and life on the line, so yeah. You count also!”

Lucas was pushed into the middle, then everyone ran to the seats, where at least they weren't in any danger. Lucas sighed and looked up to see his opponent. In front of him was a girl who was about his size. She had black hair that went all the way down to the bottom of her neck with a little curve at the bottom. Her skin was the usual, white snowy. And like all middle school girls, at least some, a flat chest. Her body looked normal, not fit, but not too fat also. And finally, she had black eyes that seemed similar to Koro-sensei's, a void.

On her hands she carried… pistols.

“Wait, why do you have pistols!?”

“Don’t worry, the bullets in these aren't real, they are pain bullets. Like the rules say, I can’t kill you, but I can still inflict tons of pain on you.” She loaded her pistols. One pistol being silver and one black, “And I know these are the best weapons I can use to disable you.” Lucas tries to calm down. The girl had a black pistol and a silver one. He knew what those were, the Yin and Yang dual pistols. A light hitting pistol being the silver and the other, a heavy hitter and looked obviously larger than the white pistol.

These pistols have been used by many pro mana pistol users over the decade they have been made. Mostly because they are used in not only mid-range but also close and long range fights. The black pistol is as powerful as a sniper rifle similar to that of a 50 caliber, though if fired can also send you flying.

The silver pistol is like any normal pistol, take a colt for example, but this pistol is like a machine gun. Very light compared the black pistol and used more for beginning pistol users. It had also been dual wielding by many. However, there was a person who dual wielded the black pistols, though he used enhancement magic to help him balance his body. So the shots will not send him flying.

Pistols with pain bullets are like tasers, they are meant to take the enemy down without killing them. They don’t make holes in your body, but if it hits any part of your body, it will send pulses waves to the nearest nerve. Making it to the point where it feels like a giant needle was being pierced into you multiple times. To simplify it, it will hurt a lot when it touches your skin. A lot.

“I see, well mine does the same.” Lucas pulls out two small black boxs with both hands. One box from his right expanded and formed into a what seemed like hand cannon from Mega man, the other into a gauntlet similar to a knight gauntlet, that covered his entire left hand. When both finished developing, the gauntlet, when Lucas clutches it, created a force field that made a rectangular shape, making it look like a riot shield, though only as big as him. “This hand cannon is infused with mana, similar to the pain bullets. Like it sounds, it shoots a beam and once it hits you, it will hurt. However, I reduced the pain received similar to that of a baseball hitting you 40 miles per hour. So it won’t hurt as much as a pain bullet usually does.”

“But wouldn’t that put you at a disadvantage with mine?”

“Don’t worry, it will add up with this mana shield gauntlet I’m wearing.”

“I see, well you are too kind. However, I don’t plan on returning that kindness.”

“I don’t intend for you to.” They both readied. Mr. Anderson was in the middle of them. He aimed a pistol at the sky. Both of them loaded or charged their weapons. Then the pistol went off.

Immediately the girl aimed the black pistol at Lucas, the veins in her skin began to shine bright blue. Lucas reacted by trying to avoid the direction the black gun was pointing at. She fired, the bullet grazed his hair and made a big hole in the wall behind him. He also forgot to include that if any mana bullets don't make any contact with a living thing, it had the tendency to explode on anything solid or walls not made out of mana.

And to what he saw, it was what he expected, the girl knew how to use body enhancement magic.

Magic has a way to cross your entire body like the other three energies. Magic, also known nickname Mana, crosses through your blood. That was one of many ways to find out what type of energy your opponent was and will use. A gun that is as powerful as a 50 caliber sniper rifle will snap her arm off by the force back. However, since she is using enhancement magic, it will be like her arm had the same amount of strength and durability as a trained soldier’s arm. Though to his advantage, she was still taken aback by the force back of the black pistol, even when she enhanced her body.

Lucas lifted his right hand, aimed and began charging the mega man-like cannon, but the girl still had the white gun, she immediately raised it and fired rapidly. The mana bullets bounced off by the mana shield that protected Lucas. The cannon finished charging and he fired a blue beam straight at her. Although as he fired it, he knew that the girl will be able to dodge it easily.

When the girl's feet touched the ground, she sidestepped it with both incredible speed and reaction, the beam was nowhere even near touching her and had made a hole in the wall behind her. His prediction was true, there was no advantage for him in the first place. Even if he was wearing a mana shield gauntlet, it could only block the shots of the white pistol. Blocking the shots of the black one was nothing but a joke. A mana shield is just like a riot shield in reality. A 50 caliber sniper rifle could easily pierce it.

Even though he seemed to be at a disadvantage, he also knew that he was the only person who can deal with this person. She had body enhancement, which meant Nameless can’t do much against her since he can only harm her physically. Alex would’ve done something, but he’s isn’t good against quick and ranged opponents. So no matter what, he knew he was the only one who could deal with her.

Lucas readies himself as he charged the cannon again. The girl, who seemed to be a mile away, ran at him with the same incredible speed and just a few seconds she was already on top of him. The cannon was almost charged and Lucas tried to use the shield to protect himself. She kicked it, and just as he expected, she kicked off the shield like it was nothing.

And since the mana shield was connected to his left hand, so his entire arm flew off and pointed to the directed the girl kicked the shield at, leaving Lucas open. Fortunately for Lucas, the cannon was charged and the girl was still in the middle of the air, he knew it was time. He fired the cannon… but he was caught by surprise as the girl jumped away… in mid-air! Not only did she had body enhancement, but she can air step!

Air step is a quick spell in the Tactical Airborne category. A category that solely categories magic, abilities, or anything that can help you in terms of airborne battles. It isn’t really like stepping on air, all it did was create a solid platform of magic that you can step on in the middle of the air. Of course, it's for magic, other energies have many different ways of fighting airborne.

The girl jumped back down to the ground and jumped straight at Lucas. Lucas, who was unable to react, was kicked in the side, where his ribs were. The air was knocked out of him as he was sent flying towards the direction she kicked him like a soccer ball. He rolled on the ground, trying to slow down by the force of her kick. He was lucky, if he hadn't included the small and thin mana vest under the P.E shirt, he would have surely had broken ribs.

When he stopped rolling, he tried to get up to his feet as fast as he could, but before he could do anything else upon standing up, behind him was the girl, who was pointing the black pistol right at his head.

“It’s over.” They stood there for a long moment, but Lucas smiled.

“No, it isn’t.” She realized what he meant when she saw the cannon charged and pointing at the ground. She tried to pull the trigger, but it was too late. The cannon fired, and there were a huge explosion and a large debris of smoke where they were.

This whole time, when he was against the wall, in situations to where you don’t think he could do anything. He was charging the cannon this whole time.

The girl got out of the smoke, stopped and coughed a bit to get some of the smoke out of her lungs. It wasn’t over, from the smoke, a beam was shot up to the sky. The girl turned and saw it, but didn’t know how to react to it. She could shoot in the direction of where the source was, but she knew that he would have ran somewhere else within the smoke screen when he fired it. One question still remained, why shoot it at the sky?

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A few seconds later, the question had been answered, the beam began to slow down, then suddenly split into ten beams and all went straight at her like homing missiles. She enhanced her legs and ran from them. As she did, she turned and shoot at the heat-seeking like beams, one by one. But when she was about to take down the 5th beam, a huge one came out from the huge debris of smoke and went straight at her. She evaded it, but another thing came out of the smoke, but it was a blur. It took her a while to notice until she felt a presence behind her. She turned… and saw the person who was behind her, it was Lucas.

He had two cannons on both hands and what seemed like metal boots on his feet, grids of blue formed all over it. The cannon, which was on his left hand, was shot, but the other was still loaded and it was aimed right at her.

She was unable to react fast enough.

Lucas shot the beam right at her belly point blank, and she was sent flying with the blast, followed by that, the remaining five homing beams. Then… there was an explosion. It was finally over.

The boys cheered, Alex and me smiled as we saw Lucas win our first fight against the girls.

???: In all honesty, this wasn’t safe. This wasn’t safe whatsoever. All the explosions, beams, gunshots, all of this could've really harmed someone. Oh wait, that was what you were supposed to do! Inflict enough pain to the point where your opponent can’t fight anymore! I wonder who the hell put those rules really. I mean, come on, hurts as much as a ball hitting you 50 miles per hour? That still feels like it will hurt a lot. And guess what? The full amount of pain those damn mana bullets can transmit is like a giant needle being thrust into your body. Which is unfortunately explained by Lucas, the one who was going to get hit by that same pain! If he would get hit by a bullet like that, it will instantly knock him down, K.O! He was lucky to get kicked instead honestly.

The Maker: Umm… Author. Who the hell is this!?

Author: That, Maker, is Harald.

The Maker: W-Wait, Harald!? Haha, hi Harald.

Harald: Hello Maker.

The Maker: You’re still not mad about when I wanted to skip your name introduction on the first special chapter, right…?

Harald: Of course, not.

The Maker: Phew.

Harald: Unless you don’t want me to add that I wanted to punch you, stab you, hang you, poison you, scoop your eyes out of your eye sockets, cut off your dick, or kill you and sell your head to the head collector. Do you?

Maker begins to sweat.

The Maker: Haha… Well… See ya Author! I’m never coming back!

Author: You better not bring something from another anime again! You hear me! We already got one copyright strike thanks to you!

Lucas dusted himself and turned to the girl to see if she was alright. He stood there, hesitating about going towards her, but then he forcefully ignored the weird feeling and began walking to her. He sat right next to her, who was still laying on the ground conscious, but it didn't look like she will be moving anytime soon. It made all weirder since her P.E clothes were kinda ripped due to the effect of the mana bullets, meaning she was kinda naked on the ground.

“I… lost.” She said to herself. Lucas said nothing and waited for the girls at the other side to come and get her. They did, and the girl began to be carried to the health office, but before she was about to get carried away from Lucas,

“I never actually asked for your name. Haven’t I?” Lucas questioned. The girl told the girls carrying her to stop for a moment, then she turned her head to Lucas.

“My name is Sara, Sara Evaleen.” Then they were off.

After a few minutes of walking, he made it back to where all the boys sat. To his expectation, the boys cheered,

“Congratulations, Lucas!” Lucas sigh to this, the entire time during the fight, he thought was going to die. The guns Sara was using didn’t help the situation at all either. I patted Lucas on the back.

“Nice fighting Lucas, where did you get those weapons?”

“I made them. When I was an orphan, I studied under a friend. He taught me everything that I know now before sending me here. I think he was making a machine or something last time I saw him in the outside world, kind of like a mech. He was a genius. A true prodigy you can say.” Alex patted his back as well.

“Knew you could win Lucas.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”

“Hey, I least I complimented you.”

“Your compliments feel like false relationships.” Alex laughed, but stopped and turned to the arena.

“Well… I see that it’s my turn.” Lucas and I turned to where he was looking, then we finally realized what he meant. The girl who had made the deal with him stood at the arena. Alex began walking away from us, to the arena. “Wish me luck guys!”

The Maker: Hello! I’m back from hell, Author! Harald is not here, right?

Author: What, you were in hell? Why would you go there? You know someone with similar darkness as Hades resides there. Did something happen? And no, he left to do something in another anime. Didn’t tell the name.

The Maker: Nah, it’s fine. I was able to raise my energy pressure enough to scare him away. Well, it also did attract most of the predators there, but I’m fine. And good.

Author: No, I mean why did you go there? I know you have enough energy to completely erase hell, I was worried you might do something there that will affect Nameless’s world. So really, why did you go there?

The Maker: To play chess.

Author: What?

The Maker: To play chess.

Author: Why would you play chess there?

The Maker: There is someone really good there. He beat me a hundred times already.

Author: No way, you beat almost a billion people in the last universe! How the hell did you lose by someone in he- There?

The Maker: He’s really good. Want a go?

Author: Like yes, I would! I need a break from all this watching on Nameless’s world.

The Maker: Then come on! I think he is about to beat the opponent after me.

Mr. Anderson smiles as he heard the cheers of his class. On the other hand, he looked at the girl's teacher, who was pissed off. He laughed.

“Ha! As expected from my class. I wouldn’t be surprised if they defeat your worthless class president.”

“Don’t get your hopes up wide eyes, I am confident that our wonderful class president can take down all of the disgusting worms of yours.”

“Hmm, I wonder if you’ll actually think that once you see one my best students, Mary.” I sneezed to this. Lucas turned to me.

“Got a cold?”

“Don’t know really. I swore that I was fine moments ago. Wait, why would I get a cold in this intense heat?”

“That got me wondering too.”

“Could be someone mentioning me.”

“Could be.”

Back to where Mr. Anderson and the girl’s teacher, Mary, is.

“I’m pretty sure all of your students are disgusting. I looked at all of them already, some have acne, moles, and many more unsightly diseases. I’ll bet one of those boys you’re hiding isn’t even worthwhile to look at.”

“So you’ve noticed.” Mr. Anderson replied to her response as he saw Alex walking down to the Arena.

“The girls know also, why would you use your class to hide another of those worthless students anyways? I don’t even sense a single drop of energy from that student you’re hiding.”

“I bet you’ll be drooling pervertedly all over the boy the moment you see him.” Mary laughed,

“Why would I? Someone more handsome than dreamy Charlan? Not a chance.” After finishing that sentence, she continued on praising about Charlan until she heard a voice behind her.

“This is the first I heard you compliment about my husband, Ms. Mary.” Mary knew this voice and jumped.

“P-Principle Rosaleen!” Rosaleen, aka my adoptive mother, stood there smiling as Mary freaked out.

“I see that Mr. Anderson is talking about my newly adopted son.” She said gladfully.

“You’ve adopted a new son? This is the first time I’ve heard of this Rosaleen… wait, the outsider they are hiding is your adopted son!?”

“He’s so cute! Once this is over I’ll let you cuddle with him!” She made a big smile.

“Why would I do that? I don’t even know what he looks like.” Mr. Anderson coughed.

“You’ll see him after this.”

“After my adorable class president puts down one of your dogs!” They both stared at each other with anger. While Rosaleen saw the two contenders step up.

The two stood there, in the middle of the arena Lucas and Sara just fought on. They stared at each other, Alex smiling and the class president with the look of disappointment. Alex questioned, “What’s with the disappointed look?” He questioned, “Not happy seeing me?” He said sarcastically.

“Tell me, who’s that boy you and your class full of outsiders hiding.”

“He’s our secret weapon, surprised?”

“A secret weapon with no magic? You must be joking.”

“What about that girl your class is hiding? Your secret weapon, right?”

“Unlike yours, ours is one that is far powerful than you and every one of those filthy minded outsiders. Do you think a weak weapon like yours can compare to ours?” Alex's smile dropped.

“Weapon? Who said they were weapons in the first place?”

“Oh? Are they not? Aren’t they just objects we use at our disposal to annihilate our enemies?”

“I see. So to make what you said simpler, you just use her to subdue everyone that stands in your way.”

“Why yes. Back then she was a weakling. Most of the time it was her emotions that kept her from ever fighting,” she grinned, “but after training her for the next few days, she is different now. She can fight without ever hesitating. And this will be the same for you. You’ll be another tool for me to use.”

“That is if you can win.” Alex put his left hand into his pocket.

“And what makes you think that you can compare with me?” There was a huge and explosive shock wave that came from Alex. Like a sudden explosion when extremely hot glass touches cold water. It took the sadistic girl by surprise, but she realized what Alex did.

“You are using Mana Burst.”

“Looks like you already know about this ability. Mana Burst, an ability you can only get through birth. It unleashes a larger pool of magic within your body. A secret stash you can say. Giving you somewhere up to five minutes of larger and purer source of magic.” He took out a necklace from his pocket, fully made out of iron. “Of course, it will exhaust you quickly. Making you barely able to move your body after those five minutes. Well, it doesn’t matter really, since it will make up for it by making you a magic rank higher anyways. Now, here’s a question for you.”

The necklace he was holding mix into a sort of liquid iron ball, then expanded, all of the sudden turnings into a large iron scythe. “Will you be able to entertain an S-Magic Rank for the next five minutes?” The girl smiled. She began chanting something. Then out of mid-air, a weapon appeared, like it just fazed into existence, and she caught it. It was a troubling weapon too, a weapon Alex knew he’ll have a hard time against. A rapier, it’s most likely that she practiced fencing as well.

“For being able to surprise me simply with your Magic Output, I’ll reward you. My name is Anora, Anora Everlight. The eldest daughter of the Everlight family.”

“All I get for my reward was your name? I guess I’ll introduce myself as well then. My name is Alex, Alex Haemon. The leader of the Outsiders.” It all started the same way as Lucas’s and Sara’s did, but a little different. This time, it was Mary, the girl’s teacher and she pointed a pistol straight at the sky.

Lucas and I watched as both Anora and Alex wielded their weapons, I questioned, “Aren’t they supposed to use wooden weapons?”

“Now that you mentioned it, I did hear from Mr. Anderson that we’re supposed to use wooden weapons or at least anything not lethal.”

“Then why are they both using real weapons?” Just after I finished that sentence, the pistol was shot and already there was an explosion.

“Looks like someone is dying today.”

“Pretty much.”