“Hy-Hydro Bullet.”

  Amidst the panic upon seeing this, Roxy, as fast as she can, quickly prepares another Hydro spell, but since she did it rather quickly, the efficiency of said spell is quite dubious. The magic circle looks rather weak, the magic itself is dispersing thanks to the lower efficiently.

  Magic noises! Swoosh!

  A round projectile made of water is created in front of her catalyst, if it wasn't for the catalyst doing the majority of the work, nothing would have come out at all since her panic took over. This projectile is round, more so a cylinder shape than round, with a length of roughly 5 centimetres and a width of 3 centimetres. It’s quite small but, if it travels at great speed, then it sure will do massive amounts of damage the moment it hits something, going right through if the speed is high enough. After all, the greater the speed of something, the greater the force behind it.

  Step! Woosh!

  Though this wasn’t the case, once again Kiana easily dodges the Hydro Bullet by sidestepping, the bullet was slow as you can expect, easily allowing her to dodge it. But to my surprise it seems Roxy was ready for it. Was this her plan? Or did she regain some calmness and allow her to think ahead? Either way, an incantation is coming ahead.

  “Oh, element that gives life to everything. The one that hydrates the world. Let me borrow the strength of the rain to create a catastrophe upon my enemy.”

  As she is saying the incantation, she points her catalyst towards Kiana. Below her, a magic circle appears, one that is wider than herself, easily a meter of width, while at the same time another magic circle appears right above Kiana but this one is basically double the size as the one below her. It seems this magic spell might actually be something else, I wonder what it will be.

  Magic noises! Water noises!

  A moment or so later, the magic spell is done, or better yet, the moment she finished her incantation was when the spell was ready to fire. From the magic circle above Kiana, several round projectiles made of water are created, ones that are pointed down, towards Kiana. Kiana looks up towards the projectiles, she’s “surrounded” by them, the magic circle is big enough and close enough to her that, escaping will be difficult and yet, even with not option to dodge this, a smile creeps on her face, not only that, she readies herself up for impact.

  “Heavy Rain!”

  Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

  This time, with some power behind her voice, Roxy unleashes the spell, making the projectiles fly into Kiana and they do with some speed, a massive difference between the last spell. Somehow Kiana is faster than them, or should I say, her reaction time and movements are much, and I mean much faster than the speed of the projectiles themselves.

  “Phoenix Dance – Phoenix Claws!”

  Swords Arts hey? I sure was not expecting this, especially for Kiana to be able to do it. Swords Arts skills, it’s basically a weapon skill mixed with a Martial Arts skill. As you can expect, these types of skills are extremely hard to pull off so it’s not something an average joe can do nilly willingly do, in fact, not many can actually pull it off. As the Hero I can do it but as I said, it’s a complete shock that Kiana can do. By using her scissors, still in halves, she does three movements with them, slashing the projectiles while doing so. Let me tell you something, she was fast and extremely precise, so much so that I was the only one who was able to keep up with her speed. These three simple slashes towards the spell were more than enough to “destroy” the projectiles, in this case, she cut them in half, rendering them useless in the process. The other amazing thing that Kiana just achieved is that she cut not a few of them but close to one hundred projectiles.

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  Woosh!

  The first slash was done when she was in the ground, quickly spinning around towards the air, and with her left scissor, she cut down the closest volley of projectiles. However, while doing so, she also ends up gaining some distance from the ground, just enough to be close to the rest of the projectiles.

  Woosh!

  With her right scissor and before finishing a whole spin around, she once again quickly and precisely, cuts down another volley of them, but at the same time she gains even more momentum, finishing the spin with it and preparing for another one while still mid-air.

  Woosh!

  For the last strike, she finishes the job with it, slashing the last volley and with it spinning around to her previous position she was initially, but of course she does so while still mid-air. She just rendered Roxy attempt of something grand in a matter of seconds, not only that, she does so effortlessly. Or at least that is what seemed to me.

  Landing noises!

  Gently and elegantly, she lands in the ground with only her left feet, bending her knee naturally thanks to the momentum she has from the landing, not only that, she also leans forward somewhat. Seriously, Kiana just showed me how much of an expert she is, from doing this she can now easily dash towards Roxy just like I did with the Crystal Fortress, in that position she’s more than ready to do so. Roxy on the other hand, still hasn’t fully processed everything, she’s in shock, surprise and amazed at the same time. “What was that? What did she do?” These two questions quickly pop up on her mind, however-

  Step!

  Before she could do anything about it, Kiana dashes towards her with a tremendous amount of speed, quickly closing the gap between. Once she was close enough to Roxy, with her left scissor she gently and softly presses it against Roxy's smooth neck.

  “Yeek…”

  It’s natural, this sound of course. The blade is cold, almost as cold as the snow itself for example, while the blade is completely dull and it’s gently pressed against her neck, this is nowhere near enough to put her at ease, in fact no one would be at ease, even I. The fact that Kiana did all of this in an instant does not help it either, of course she couldn’t help out when she unconsciously let that quiet cry into the world. Her body is cold like a stone, her mind is going beyond the speed of sound, once again panic starts to fill it, or in this case, despair. She still hasn’t processed anything at all except that, a blade is at her neck.

  “This is it, Miss Noir.”

  Then, this soft and gentle voice brought Roxy back to reality in an instant. She was not the only one who was surprised and at a loss for words, everyone there, the teacher included, are dumbfounded by what just happened, by what Kiana just did. By what this petite young lady just showed them.

  Aggressive Teacher- We-We have a winner! Kiana Eris has won!

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  Erm, guys, you can applaud at her, you know that, right? I think that he was more than loud and clear when he announced the winner.

  People talking!

  Somehow, for some reason, one that I cannot understand, one that I cannot fathom why and even though it’s quite undisputable so, some individuals are having trouble accepting Kiana's victory. “I didn’t see anything! Did she cheat? What happened?” Those are a few questions that pop on the mind of some of them.

  “Roxy! Roxy! Roxy!”

  However, amidst the uncertainty and suspicion, a group of people call out for Roxy's name and they do so loudly and with enthusiasm. Are they trying to cheer her up?