For half of the day, the two stalked every person they came to find on the way, sadly, none of them were capable of taking the two, most of them wouldn't be capable of taking even one of them, most of the times they attack and take out the candidate without them even realizing they're being attacked, by the time they had finally reached the area they were headed towards they had collected many name stones, and at that point they had easily over 20 of them.
Kallun: [They should be here, the front of the island, from the foot of the central mountain to the beach should the piece of land with the most people.]
He said as he accompanied Leif with dashing through the woods towards the beach.
Leif: [Once we reach the beach, we'll scout all of the territory up to the central mountain until we find them.]
Kallun: [Very well.]
With each step a powerful impulse followed, the two practically flied through the trees and bushes, from behind the central mountain all the way to the beach, at least 50 kilometers in less than an hour, the two stood with their boots in the sand, looking around for any candidates, when they didnt find any they turned around and begun to run a straight line towards the mountain, directly through the forest, they first found a young boy slowly walking through the forest, with a single kick to the chest from Kallun and he had fallen with his ass on the mud, sadly he had only a single name stone wich the blonde ripped off his hands while the boy begged with a weezing voice, they continued to fly across the trees, next finding a tall boy with chocolate skin who wielded a warhammer, Kallun and Leif stopped, circling around the boy.
???: [Two on one then, huh?? Well, come at me!]
Leif: [He's mine.]
With that, the blonde smiled and stepped back, Leif pounced on the young man, swinging his blade with swiftness at the hammer.
Leif: [[ÍlHy!]]
With a single swing, the edge of his sword slied across the hammers head, splitting the iron apart as if it was butter, the young man was sent back by a kick to the gut, and with no weapon he had no other choice but to surrender and give up the three stones he had collected to the duo, continuing on their way they both begun to hear a loud fuss of yells and the sound of blades meeting deeper into the forest, they both looked at eachother, deciding to investigate from afar, they jumped up into the taller branches of the trees, slowly jumping from branch to branch as silently as they could, not that it was necessary since the sounds seemed to be getting louder and louder.
Kallun: [There they are..]
Said the blonde in an amused tone as he looked down at the clearing in front of them from up into the trees, on the clearing the bodies of unconscious candidates piled up, most had simply fainted or passed out but some seemed to be dead, Leif could only give his condolences to the families in his thoughts, imagina having your child go to a entrance exam and have them come back in a coffin, the combat between Elsun and Ville was the main attraction to their eyes, the freckled girl with a wild mane of curly blonde hair and the huge, tanned, musclebound young man engaged in a ferocious duel, she carried two long sabers and he swinged a huge battle axe, despite her many fast attacks the young man remained unrelenting with his slow and powerful attacks, despite her many swings she couldn't get more then superficial cuts and despite his attacks being powerful enough to put her on the grave he just couldnt land one on the swift girl.
Seleena ducked and jumped away from his axe, stricking with swift cuts, the girl had finesse with the sword was comparable to Kallun's but faster then either him or Leif, despite her long and curved sabers stained with the young mans blood he sustained nothing more then a few dozen surface cuts that had stopped bleeding by then, he who carried a long and heavy battle axe, with a thick handle made of black wood and a round and thick blade made of a dark metal that despite initially being polished was now dirty and weathered to the point where some parts of the edge where chipped.
Kallun: [They're not hard to predict, if I must be honest.]
Leif: [How long have they been fighting?]
Kallun: [If we're only now hearing it then they must have met not long ago, those two just can't stay next to eachother without without breaking into a fight of some kind.]
Their eye where led once more to the wild duel, specially the piles and piles of defeated candidates that Ville and Elsun had probably destroyed before passing on to eachother, the tall young man roared with everything in his lungs at eaxh swing of his axe, probably strong enough to bring down trees, Seleena also didnt leave a lot to be desired, like a lioness she striked again and again tirelessly, her sabers flying around like the sharp cutting wind of a tornado, to Leif the weirdest thing was how despite they both seemingly going at eachother with everything they had they still smiled and appeared to be having a great time in the duel.
Leif: [Then let's wait until one of the them is done.]
Kallun: [I'm afraid that will be some time well wait.]
Leif sat on the branch, pushing his back against the trunk and closing his eyes, for almost an hour they stayed up there, every couple of minutes they both check if the duel had ended and every time they'd be disappointed to see that the both were still fiercely attacking eachother, Lleif got up, standing on top of the branche and looking down on them with disdain.
Kallun: [Are you sure it's time?]
Leif: [These two are never gonna stop are they?]
Kallun: [They do have excellent stamina if i must say.]
Leif: [Wich one are you taking?]
Kallun: [Hmmm... What if i choose Miss Ville?]
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Leif: [Then the brute is mine.]
The pair dived down from the trees, with their swords in hand, Leif entered swinging, driving the surprised young man to jump back and defend himself with his axe, Ville and Thorne begun their duel with slow and purpuseful attacks, showing off their abilities with the blade.
Edward: [How very dare you!??]
Seleena: [Thats low even for you Thorne, to disrupt a duel!]
Kallun: [I'll show my deepest apologies after i take your stones.]
The two blondes dived into the forest, trading quick slashes at eachother, Leif and Edward didn't stay behind for him it was easy to dodge the brutes attacks, his axe moved slowly but with tremendous power and he had no choice but to dodge, even thinking of blocking an attack was out of the list, specially since the few attacks Leif had thrown agaisnt the young mans blade proved he was capable of using Dúr very effectively to counter Leif's ÍlHy.
Edward: [You're skillfull with the sword, raggedy boy! Allow me to learn your name.]
The man was surprisingly eloquent despite his appearance, the two stood ready, staring at eachother as they held their blades.
Leif: [Leif Crows.]
Edward: [Leif Crows.... hmmm... i dont remember any nobles with such name... well, little does it matter! Lets have a battle fit for true men!]
Leif: [Fine, just stop blabbering.]
For Leif it had always been difficult to fight enemies like the Elsun, huge muscle monsters who dont budge when you cut them, his skin was hard like steel and with enhancements he could move almost fast enough to give Leif some trouble, swinging his giant battle axe again and again, his resolve never seeming to faulter, Leif would duck under, jump over, step away and back but after a swing another one always came, his swings seemed to never trully pierce his defense, surface cuts at best, despite aiming at his weaknesses, shoulders, wrists and knees the young man proved himseld to be great at defending the parts that mattered, once more they found themselves at a stalemate.
Edward: [Trully i am impressed, your swordsmanship is that of a well trained and experienced man, could i learn who was it that trained you, Mr.Crows.]
Leif: [Don't call me that!! Ugh... It was General Geralt...]
Edward: [General... Geralt..... Geralt PERSWORTH!!??]
Leif: [Yeah the old man.]
Edward: [O-O-OLD MAN!!!??]
Leif: [Arrg... Stop scream you dumbass... Youre messing up my ears.]
Edward: [Ghghh.... to refer to the great General Geralt Persworth as "old man".... so tremendously disrespectful.....]
With his face twisted in anger, tears pricking in his eyeas and snot running from his left nostril he charged towards Leif, a tremendously powerful swing of his battle axe, just quick enough the boy was able to duck down, the thick blade of the ace wizing just above his forhead and diving into the trunk of a tree with a thunderous crack, slowly the tree begun to fall over the both of them, thinking quickly Leif was able to dive and grab Edward's satchel, dangling from his belt, Leif was pretty sure the young man with the intellect of a brick wall and the bravery of a angry lion woudlnt bother trying to hide his collected stones, with the satchel in hand he dived to the side, just a the tree came crashing down, and as a could of dust swallowed their visions Leif dashed to the trees, running away as fast as he could with the intent of finding Kallun, if he had already defeated Seleena they would both run away with the stones but if he hadn't hed just team up with him to defeat her as quick as possible, he found his way back into the clearing and dived straight back into the forest again, following the path Kallun and Seleena had made, he dashed throight the woods, it was easy to hear Edward's roars and yells but it would be hard for him to find Leif and Kallun if they where quick, as he dashed throught the trees he caught a glimpse, the young woman standing proudly, holding her two sabers, he didnt see Kallun at all so he just dashed right in, swinging his sword her way.
Everything want dark for a split second, he felt a powerful blow against the back of his head, when he came back to his senses he had his face planted against the dirt and leaves, something heavy pushed him against the ground.
Leif: [Uh... uhhh... w-what...]
He felt his head get light, he couldnt breath so well.
Kallun: [I apologize, Leif.]
Seleena: [You really are a terrible bastard, Thorne.]
He didnt get it, Kallun's voice seemed to come from above him, he tried to turn his face, scraping against the dirt with his face, despite his vision being a bit blurred he could see the flowing blonde hair above him.
Leif: [Ka-Kallun...]
Kallun: [Truthfully, i apologize, its awful realy, i had to betray people much more then i thought i would.]
He felt a hand firmly searching under his cloak, grabbing his leather satchel and pulling it away from him.
Seleena: [Found it.]
He was still a bit dizzy and weak as he felt the weight being lifted off his back, he looked up to see that Kallun and Seleena had turned their backs on him, he felt a wave of anger flow throught his body, forcing himself up and gritting his teeth.
Leif: [K-Kallun.... you... you....]
Kallun: [Leif.]
He saw that the blonde turned to him, flashing a kind smile as he pulled his sword out of its sheath.
Kalllun: [[Sírfé.]]
A gust of wind seemes to blow out of the blondes sheath, flowing wildly around his blade like a hurricane.
Kallun: [Go to sleep.]
With a swing Leif went flying, it was as if he had been picked out of the ground for a few seconds, the he felt something hit his back and everything went dark, pure darkness, he didnt know for how long he was unconscious but when he did wake up the sky was blood red as the sun slowlg drifted down, in front of him a pale young woman with silky silver hair and piercing blue eyes looked down on him.
???: [Are you alright?]
He didnt respond, his heart begun to beat heard on his chest, he quickly searched under his cloak, but the satchel he kept the stones in was gone.
???: [You have been sitting there foor a long time for what i can tell, youve been totaly searched.]
He felt his chest heaving, his head getting llighter and his heart pounding in his chest, a cold sweat seemed to trickle down his forhead.
Leif: [N-no... no... no...]
He imagined the looks of disappointing coming fro everyone, Allera, Gregory, Geralt, Brott, Bowen, Hilt.... Katlyn... he fellt tears pricking in the corners of his eyes, struggling to catch his breath.
???: [Are you ok? Im sorry, if you need to i can le d you some of my stones...]
The silver haired girl said with a serious tone as she looked down at him, but her words didnt reach him at all.
Leif: [Ka-Kallun...]
???: [Kallun Thorne? The bastard?]
The sight of Kallun looking back at him with that kind smile and those venomous eyes flashed throught his mind, filling him with hatred, a bruning sensation on his core, slowling growing stronger and hotter, taking full control of his heart, a terrible blistering hot sensation comign up his throat.
Leif: [[HÁRT.]]
In a couple minutes an entire chunk of the forest had been reduced to a hellscape of blazing hot flames, brinign with a bright blue color like the sky, another chunk had been completely frozen, down to the individual leaves of the trees.
Leif: [You.... YOU TRAAITOOOR!!]
The boy roared out, blue flames bursting from his body, his tears sizzled away into steam, all around the flames burning with hunger, consuming everything, except what was right in front of him, a fortress of ice wich had formed in just a second after his flames bursted with a powerful explosion of overwhelming power, he stepped aroibd aimlessly, looking for Kallun, he trusted his flames to find him, even if they had to burn the entire island to the ground until everything and everyone had turned into ash, he reach that treacherous blonde bastard even if he had to kill everything.
In a flash a white silhouette appeared in front of him, a figure cloaked in white with a white mask, from the deep dark eye holes on the mask glinted two colors, from the light of Leif's flames, ome green and the other a deep scarlet red.
???: [Leif Crows, you pass.]
He felt a powerful blow on his stomach and in a second everything went black once more.