Elementalists
Chapter 12 - Ice vs Light

"Oi....Aryans? I'm going back to the room, you want to come?" call Timothy

"mmm? You go first, there's something I still want to try"

"Huh...? don't push yourself too much just because you're going to advance in the first game"

"It is precisely because of that that I must be diligent in practicing stupid basics" said Arya without turning her head.

Arya continued her training without caring about the babbles thrown by Timothy, After finally the annoying voice Timothy was not heard again Arya stopped her training and laid her body on the floor while staring at the ceiling of the place. He was in the training hall, a high-ceilinged and spacious room so it was very comfortable to move as he pleased to practice.

Arya closed her eyes and pondered what she should do for the match to be held 2 days from now, she was going against Elizabeth. The person he did not expect to meet in the first match, that blonde loli would be a very troublesome opponent due to the speed of the light element he had. That's why Arya trained so hard the last few days so that he could overcome that.

A few minutes later Arya realized something, she turned her head from a lying position towards the entrance of the hall still with her eyes closed.

"There's no need to sneak around like that, I'm not asleep. So you don't have to worry about me waking up"

"Who's sneaking around? My footsteps are light like this, and just so you know I don't care if you wake up because of what I'm doing"

Arya was very familiar with the voice that sounded so jutek, only one person who always spoke like that to her for no apparent reason. For sure, it was Elizabeth Lighr.

Arya finally opened her eyes and saw clearly the pouting face of Elizabeth who was standing right on her head, she stood up and cleaned her clothes as a result of lying on the floor without saying anything. After that Arya returned her attention to the girl she was facing with a smile.

"Then? Do you need to be with me, Miss Light? To be honest, I'm a little surprised you're going to talk to me" Arya tried to start this conversation kindly. Even though he knows in the end what kind of response he will receive.

"When do I ask you to speak? Didn't you ask me to talk while lying on the floor like a homeless person" Elizabeth replied coldly, she walked past Arya while slashing her shoulders hard at Arya.

There it was, just as Arya had expected. The ketus answer along with the poisons that make anyone want to snap the head of this boy.

"When you're up, it's our turn to the girls who use this training hall" Elizabeth said suddenly as she tidied up the training equipment.

Was it hard to say that from the beginning? Arya thought with a sigh.

"I don't care if you train as hard as you can against me, but just so you know I'm sure to win" Elizabeth said, turning to Arya with a sharp look.

"It looks like you are very confident in your abilities, but I also can't lose here" Arya said as she returned Elizabeth's gaze.

"I want to see how you can handle the speed of light, even though I'm sure you won't" Elizabeth replied, crossing her arms.

"We'll see, I'm glad I finally got to talk to you like this"

"I'm disgusted to talk to you"

"Ekhh..hahaha well I should go, they will definitely think strangely if they see us talking together like this. Especially Asuna, see you" Arya said as she turned around and walked towards the exit.

"Huh?"

Just before he came out, he passed Asuna who entered the room. Asuna glanced at him at a glance then looked at Elizabeth who was inside the room.

"What are you two doing?" ask Asuna suspiciously.

"Just greet each other before a match, you don't have to be jealous like that" Arya joked.

"A..a..I'm not cem... hey Arya........!!!" yelled Asuna annoyed.

After leaving the room Arya vaguely heard Asuna also asked Elizabeth the same thing. Elizabeth only said the same thing as she said, but Arya still felt a sharp gaze from Elizabeth until she had actually gone far away from the training hall.

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The day of the game arrived and it turned out to get quite a rapturous reception from the people who were at the Research Center, many of the people who passed by him greeted him while saying good luck with enthusiasm.

Arya heard from Timothy this one-on-one match will be witnessed by the people here, of course they were excited to see how the current Elementalist ability that would later become the backbone for mankind.

Arya actually does not really care about this match will be witnessed by many people, but honestly he does not like to be noticed by many people. That's one of the things he's been avoiding a lot from the past, he's changing clothes in the dressing room. He wore a protective skin to make it easier to move, then after being ready he walked towards the arena while holding a katana with his right hand.

Arya entered the arena while taking a deep breath, she guessed that when she entered the arena she would be greeted with loud shouts from the audience. But apparently not, on the contrary inside the arena did not sound the slightest sound. The arena was a high-ceilinged room surrounded by a spectator stands covered in protective glass.

That's why the audience's voice was not heard, but there were two verandas crossing each other in the room. Arya glanced at the two porches at a glance and saw the other Elementalists were watching themselves from up there, of course the veranda was not covered in glass like the stands behind it.

And in the middle of the room was already standing Astral Supervisor who would be the referee of this match, he looked at Arya with a friendly smile. Arya returned that smile with a small nod.

"Well, I don't think you're gonna show up, because we all know for sure the end result of this game"

The voice came from the other entrance of the arena, from which the figure of Elizabeth began to be seen slowly. Dressed in white clothes with golden armor, he walked into the arena with his right hand dragging something on the ground.

Arya wonders in her heart what the little girl brought, when finally Elizabeth Elizabeth's form has been seen fully Arya widens her eyes while gulping. It turned out that the object he was dragging on the ground was a Morning Star, the heavy weapon looked very contrasted with Elizabeth's tiny body.

"Eh......Elizabeth's? is that a Morning Star?" ask Arya to make sure.

"Huum" Elizabeth replied while nodding.

"But isn't the weapon a little bit.." said Arya hesitantly.

"Weight? Not really, I've been practicing using this from childhood"

What does her foster family think?! How could you give such a terrible weapon to your cute daughter Arya thought confusedly.

Then Elizabeth started twirling the Morning Star like a child's toy, she moved it very quickly around her body. And Arya had to admit that she was good at using it, she ended her demonstration by smashing the Morning Star to the floor and the impact left a considerable mark on the floor. Seeing that Arya gulped her saliva once again.

That weapon could easily destroy my katana, I had to coat it with enough Agnet, it was troublesome.

"Alright since the two participants are already here, we'll start soon. The framework is clear, you can use all your abilities to fight. And if I can I hope no one gets seriously injured" the Astral Watchdog said.

Ahh you're wrong, Supervisor, you should have hoped that no one would die here! You see that terrible weapon? That thing could easily crush one's body to a pulp Arya thought

"Do you understand?"

Arya and Elizabeth nodded to signify that they already understood.

"Well, first match between Elizabeth Light and Arya Frost. It's starting!!!"

Just as Astral finished giving away the cue to begin with, Elizabeth instantly disappeared from Aryan sight.

"Shining Step"

Arya heard those words faintly, and very quickly she felt the parts of her body go mad with each other and hit by the blows of Elizabeth's iron ball. His movements were so fast that Arya could not follow him, he could only endure and continue to protect his head.

Several times their weapons clashed when Elizabeth tried to attack his head, when it happened Arya had seen the figure of Elizabeth but in an instant she immediately disappeared again. Since this was less than a minute Arya's body was already battered, she felt all over her body ache.

It can be bad if this continues Arya thought while gritting her teeth.

Arya turned her sword and stabbed towards the ground.

"Ice Spike" he said slowly.

Instantly, ice chunks with pointed ends surround Arya so that he looks like he is in the middle of a giant ice flower. Because the technique was finally a continuous attack from Elizabeth was stopped, Arya can now see it. He was standing on one of the ice cubes Arya took out earlier.

"I have to admit you're protecting your head well"

"Of course, if this head breaks. Then it's done already" Arya said grimacingly.

His entire body was in pain, of course he also protected his body with Agnet but still battered. Elizabeth must have coated the Morning Star with Agnet, she could have covered it with more Agnet because there was no need to protect her body. Because Arya can only survive since the game began.

"But the new match starts you've used a technique with a large scale like this, this technique is too much energy drain"

"Hahaha how else? If I don't use it your attacks won't stop" Arya replied blankly.

"Right as well, but this technique won't affect my Shining Step. I can easily stand anywhere I want. And the Shining Step only uses a little energy for every step I take so my energy is still full, seeing your current condition are you not willing to give up?" hail Elizabeth with a satisfied smile.

"Thank you for the laugh, but like I said. I can't lose here" Arya replied as she placed her sword in front of the body.

Arya closed her eyes, trying to concentrate as she had trained before. He opened his eyes slowly, his eyes blank. At first glance Arya realizes that Elizabeth stopped smiling, she looks alert to see the change in Aryan attitude.

Elizabeth hesitated for a moment, then she used her Shining Step again. Arya swung her sword at the back of her head, the sound of guns clashing.

Left, right, down, right, up, down, left, back, up, front

Arya managed to withstand ten consecutive attacks from Elizabeth, Arya felt Elizabeth was getting annoyed because nothing hit Arya. Then suddenly her movements changed, Arya could only withstand five of her ten attacks.

Sure enough Elizabeth bounced in all directions, she pounded the floor, walls, and ceiling to make her movements faster and irregular.

"It's over" whispered Elizabeth as she swung the Morning Star towards Arya's head.

Arya very quickly ducked down in time and did a slash while spinning in place, Arya felt the tip of her sword scratching at Elizabeth's golden protector. Arya faintly heard Timothy's screams that sounded like she was about him or something, Elizabeth jumped onto one of the chunks of ice while looking at Arya and her protector in turn, her expression looking extremely annoyed.

"I'm sorry, did I scratch your protector? Hahaha don't look at me like that. Are you hoping I'll never land a single attack on you?" arya said with a smile.

"Death to you" said Elizabeth, a smile completely gone from her face.

"Sorry but it's over" whispered Arya softly.

Arya withstood all of Elizabeth's attacks with great precision, none of her attacks were successful. Not only did he resist Elizabeth's attack, he also avoided her with small steps so that she seemed to be dancing with her sword illuminated by Elizabeth's Shining Step flashes.

As Elizabeth swung her Morning Star vertically right in front of Arya, Arya avoided it by spinning on the spot while crouching down. He positioned himself on Elizabeth's back, raising his sword so high that the Moning Star chain wrapped around his sword. Then Arya twisted her sword and swung the sword with all her might upward.

Elizabeth's eyes widened as her Morning Star chain was cut off by Arya, Arya turned her sword in the hand quickly and pointed the handle towards Elizabeth. In time Elizabeth managed to hold the blow with the handle of the Morning Star that she still held, the blow caused the gun handle to instantly shatter into pieces and made Elizabeth bounce into the arena wall.

Arya turned her sword then sheathed with a long sigh, after she did so she began to hear the applause and shouts of the spectators. He almost forgot that they were witnessed by many people, Arya walked up to Elizabeth who was still lying on the floor. Arya walked while holding her stomach, her whole body ached. He felt some of his ribs broken and his left wrist cracked.

Elizabeth looked at him blankly.

"Howaina can........"

"I beat you?" connect Arya.

Elizabeth just nodded slowly.

"Actually beating you is not easy, I did three steps to defeat you" Arya said as she brandished her three fingers.

"To defeat you I trained very hard to improve my reflexes and senses, because I knew my eyes would not be able to keep up with your speed. But to find out how fast you are I have to feel it firsthand, I did it at the beginning of the game"

"So you were deliberately hit by my attack?" ask Elizabeth calmly

"Of course not, where anyone can survive an attack that fast. If I don't practice maybe I will lose immediately, the next step is after knowing how fast you are I adjust the reflex speed that I have so that I can compensate for your speed, the next step is after knowing how fast you are, and also to be honest my sense of smell when playing an important role here" Arya said while pointing at her nose.

"A sense of smell?"

"Yes, with my sense of smell I can tell the direction of your next attack from your smell"

"My book?"

"Emm...differentiating you girls is actually very easy, because you use different perfumes. Do you remember when we met at the rehearsal hall? I said they'd think strangely if they saw us talking together like this. Especially Asuna"

"In other words you have already sensed that Asuna will enter the room through your sense of smell"

"Smart"

"Bas perverted, you sniff girls with your noses" Elizabeth said in disgust.

"Well......? What is perverted? Am I sniffing you like a dog who wants to mate?" ask Arya ketus.

"Forget over. That's when you started to successfully withstand my attacks, right?"

"True, then I provoked you a little at the last moment to ease the last step" Arya said as she stuck out her tongue.

"How? I didn't even manage to hit you once"

"I used this" Arya replied as she flicked her finger.

Then something that looks like a bubble appears enveloping Arya, the bubble is filled with tiny white dots, the outer layer of the bubble is about a meter from Arya's body.

"What's that?" elizabeth asked with wide eyes while sitting down.

"Did you know that air contains water vapor? And water can be......."

"Es" continued Elizabeth.

"Yep, this bubble works like a sensor I can feel anything getting into the range of this bubble. I can even count the fallen leaves using this bubble, the moment I feel you entering the range of this bubble I can anticipate the attack you will be launching by moving before the attack hits me, but the range is still limited anyway" said Arya while shaking off the ice grains in the bubble.

"So you make it as thin as possible so it can't be seen"

"Yes that's how it is"

Astral approached them and asked Elizabeth.

"Do you still want to continue the match?"

"I lost" Elizabeth said, shaking her head and sighing.

Then Astral announced all that the winner of this first match was Arya, the announcement was greeted by a quiet rumble from various directions. Tanga pats and cheers muffled by protective glass.

"The supervisor?" call Arya.

The Astral Overseer understood and nodded slowly. Arya approached Elizabeth and crouched near her, Elizabeth looked at her with a questioning look.

"Get it"

"Huh? Wh why? I can walk by myself"

"really? Then why didn't you stand up from earlier? You're not the kind of person who likes to turn your head to other people, are you?"

Elizabeth was silent to Aryan's words, without waiting for her answer, and Arya pulled her hand and held Elizabeth on her back.

"Hey?! Wait a minute, put me down! It's so embarrassing. You're being disrespectful" Elizabeth shouted in annoyance.

"No, your body must be treated immediately. Maybe you managed to fool the audience but you can't fool me, your ankle sprained right? And your shoulder bones are shifting. Your body can't keep you forcing it to move that fast while carrying a weapon like a basic Morning Star sloppy" Arya said.

"You yourself how? I'm sure some of your bones must have been broken, right?" elizabeth asked in rebellion.

"Of course the base of barbaric loli, which is why we are going to the Allucia Supervisor for immediate treatment. At least I can still walk so I'm kind enough to carry you"

"You don't have to do it, Hey? Why are you being nice to me?"

"I'm being nice to everyone anyway, just ask the others" Arya replied with a surprised face.

"Even to those who have always been bad to you?" ask Elizabeth slowly.

Arya was silent for a while, then smiled and replied in a soft tone of voice.

"Honestly, you remind me of my sister"

"Female sister?"

"Yes, not a real sister. She was the biological child of my adoptive family, so the first time she met her attitude was just like yours. She hated me because I only considered her a stranger who harassed her family, but over time she finally accepted me as her brother" Arya told me with a smile on her face.

"Hey Arya's? Actually long ago I wanted to have a sister, would you be my sister?" elizabeth whispered in Arya's ear.

"Eh?"

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"Alright I've treated your injuries but you better not move too much first especially you young lady" Allucia said as she visited Elizabeth.

Elizabeth who was lying in the ward of the treatment room nodded with a cheerful smile, Arya thought she would be a little more sad because she had just been defeated by Arya. But it didn't.

"I have to go back to the arena, I go first" Allucia said goodbye to Arya and Elizabeth.

Half an hour later there was someone running in a hurry towards the treatment room, from her voice Arya was very familiar with this person.

"Timothy congratulates you later sa........."

Before Arya finished her words Timothy cut her off quickly, she seemed to be in a hurry. There was a look of worry on his face, something Arya had never seen before.

"Aryan?! You'd better get back to the arena, there's something you need to see"