After the date and location of the competition were fixed, Mark who was informed by the manager informed all those involved students of attendance.

- Place and time: Private training room number eight, nine in the morning.

The contenders spent that evening preparing for tomorrow's fight; they have to be in top shape to put in an impressive display.

.........

It was almost eight o'clock and the team gathered at the restaurant for dinner and then rest in order to compete tomorrow.

'Who do you think will be your competitor? What do you expect the teacher to choose for you?'

Dante asked the rest of the group a question and each of them responded with his expectation:

Eric: Seventh. Mira: Sixth. Yoon Hwa: fifth. Tai Min: Fourth. Orion: third. Aliana: The second.

The ranking was the most logical given the opponents and fighting power of each, many of whom were jealous of Dante who would face the top ranked who was the most impressive performer of the day.

'I do not care honestly who I compete because the result would not change. I'm still ahead of all the participants in terms of speed and that won't be a challenge for me.'

'You again. Ouch, why did you hit me?'

Aliana, who was sitting next to Mira, gave her a blow on the head to know where she was.

'Do you want me to hit you again? Do I have to repeat my words?'

Silence came and then they all burst out laughing. They finished the meal and then each came back to rest for tomorrow's competition.

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'How about a little game before tomorrow between the two of us?'

'OK, what kind of stuff is it?'

'You choose. I have no problem, whatever the choice.'

Albus thought hard and found nothing in which he could surpass Maximus except when it came to luck, the chances are equal.

'Let's play the game of mini-random fighter. I'll get it from there off the shelf.'

On one shelf, there were two identical sets of cards but their rules were different from the popular game.

The deck consists of 56 cards divided into five decks: four similar decks of 12 cards each. In addition, a unique one of 8 cards.

- - Knight Group.

- - Assassin group.

- - Archer Group.

- - Magician group.

Each one consists of eight cards numbered from one to eight. And four other cards: Princess, Prince, Queen, and King. The worst card is the one and the best is the king.

The unique deck consists of eight cards as follows: +1, +2, +3, +4. -1، -2، -3، -4.

It is played this way:

- Each player has a complete set of cards.

- In order, each player draws a card and keeps it upside down until everyone draws their cards.

- The strongest card is determined by two conditions: the first is the card number, the higher the stronger it is, the second is the group to which the card belongs and is arranged like this: the knight > the archer > the magician > the assassin > the knight. If the second condition is fulfilled, the card level increases by one, otherwise no change occurs. If the two cards are equal, points will not be counted.

- If a card is drawn from the unique deck, the player draws another card. If the card is positive, the player's card level increases according to the number, if it is negative, the opponent’s card level decreases by the same amount.

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- When winning a round, each player's cards are placed in a side group and a point is added to the winner of the round.

- The process is repeated until the end of the deck and the final total is calculated.

The teacher and his former student sat at a table in his office and each shuffled his deck and then placed it to his right.

'No magic or tricks, let's rely on luck only.'

'No problem, old friend.'

The first draw started and was a win for Albus, after which Maximus returned as a winner of several rounds, the headmaster was annoyed by that, but took the lead again for most of the round.

.........

Only the last round remained and each had one card left to break the tie between them.

'Last card; let's see who gets the twentieth point.'

Albus was nervous about the result and did not linger until he turned to great joy after his victory.

'My card is a seven-star magician, yours is six-star knight card. I’m victorious!!'

Both sides laughed after the first round ended and two hours passed during which they played seven rounds. It ended with Albus winning in the last round and the score was 4-3 in favor of Albus.

'Congratulations on your win, I enjoyed playing with you.'

'Strength is talent, agility is talent, skill is talent and intelligence is another. They are all talents, even luck is a talent, so do not underestimate it. Thank you for playing with me.'

'It's a bit late, thank you for this fun. I have some work so I ask your permission to leave.'

'Come back whenever you want. I am waiting for tomorrow.'

Maximus left the office, returned home, checked the details of the plan, which he adjusted with the time limit, making assumptions and backup schemes if future events changed again.

In just less an hour, he managed to finish and then went to sleep, as his eyes began to fall asleep.

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The next day came, and it was getting hot little by little, as the days passed, and summer was just around the corner. The future heroes have trained today and was faster than before as they finished at eight o'clock, then headed to the training room where the teacher and the others were except Mr. Mark and the other students who had not yet come.

Out of boredom, Maximus turned to Anna, who was by his side waiting for exciting matches.

'We still have time for others to arrive, would you like to test them? Try fighting against them together.'

'I had a similar idea but I didn't want to take the initiative fearing I hurt them.'

'Harm? Just fight them without a sword and do not be afraid for them. Try and you'll understand.'

Maximus called out to his students who had arrived a while ago, told them about their conversation and set the conditions for winning that Anna would be hit in less than five minutes.

'Master, what is her combat level to take a glimpse of our opponent?'

'Good question, her level is the top of the seventh rank. She's slower than me but her blows are stronger, sometimes she's not good at adjusting her strength so beware.'

'That's enough information. We have to fight with everything we have to show an impressive performance.'

Both parties headed to the center of the training room and waited for the start signal from Maximus. As soon as he gave the signal, they rushed using their best towards her immediately.

"Why are they rushing so fast? I must not be complacent."

Orion and Tai Min stepped forward from both sides like when trained with the teacher to lay siege to their opponent and to buy time for the rest to prepare. Eric was circling her clockwise, keeping a distance of ten meters from her so that he had a chance to escape whenever she chose to attack him. Mira and Aliana remained in position to prepare their attack and Yoon Hwa was their protectors standing as a barrier between them and the opponent. Dante looked for gaps or weaknesses and hunted them whenever he had a chance, but that was not enough because his speed was still inferior to his opponent was.

'Your teamwork is great, but it's not enough for you to beat me.'

'Do not be complacent, Anna, so you do not embarrass yourself by losing to little ones.'

'Shut up, Eddie, I know what I am doing.'

Anastasia, who was busy answering, lost attention for a moment and was almost stabbed in the head by Tai Min.

"This. Is this the product of a month's training? Something is definitely wrong."

Dante was not around and she did not notice it until it was too late. Dozens of roots appeared and began to haunt her around, a spell from Mira supported by the power of Aliana’s own wood spirit. The range of movements became narrow and the avoidance gradually became harder. A strange black spot on the ground that Anna had previously not noticed Dante coming out of it as he waved his dagger as hard as he could towards her leg while she tried to put space between them.

'We won, we got you injured.'

Dante pointed to Anna's pants and had a cut below the knee that stretched for several centimeters but left no trace on the skin. She then announced her surrender and loss in the fight and returned to her seat with a sense of disappointment.

'You lost in the end, Anna. What do you think of them?'

'They're not even human; you weren't kidding when you told us you trained them for a month?'

'I wasn't kidding; these are results of their painstaking training and unwavering determination.'

'Sorry for their opponents. They will suffer a lot.'

Everyone laughed at Anastasia waiting for Mark to come with the rival students...