Ice Princesses
Battle at Arena: Final 1

Today was the quietest and most stressful day at Morton Magic School all year round. Only the sound of swords and magic was heard. The students did not have time to talk to each other because they were busy practicing.

"Today was too quiet" Ashley said. The atmosphere is so boring because most friends choose to be quiet and not disturb their friends practicing. But this is overkill.

"This school is like uninhabited" commented Lucia.

The occupants of room number 17 accompanied Halley to practice. Yes, only Halley qualified for the final round between them. It's been a miracle because he's a freshman who just got into this school a week ago.

"Sometimes I'm taught magic at home" Halley replied as her friends asked.

Halley's parents had been aware of Halley's magical abilities since childhood. And Halley herself was interested in that. So they hired the best teachers to teach Halley. But they didn't force Halley to study and train him. He only learns when he wants to.

"Letticiaaaaaaaa you should be my teacher today" Halley said with her cute puppy eyes.

"Well, but is there a teacher?" Letticia.

"You're more pro than them."

*a teacher who is blasphemous

"Yes yes. But it must be submissive. I don't accept wayward students, naughty, hateful..."

Halley silenced Letticia's mouth. "Yes, yeah. Relax, I'm a good student."

Letticia started teaching Halley. It turned out that the lessons Letticia taught were quite difficult, but very useful and made magic so much stronger many times over. Inevitably, Halley had to learn it. He has to get used to a world where not everything can be done according to our desires and moods.

"Don't use your left hand after using your right. Use them alternately so that when one is used, the other replenishes the energy. But in some moments, you can use one hand only or use both. Therefore, be good at analyzing," explained Letticia at length.

The teachers who were around them were quite surprised and amazed by Letticia. They never even taught anything this detailed. But Letticia thinks up the smallest thing for maximum results.

"Why don't you become a teacher, Letticia?" ask Miss Katt.

"I'm immature and can't be a teacher" Letticia replied reasoned, "And I don't intend to be a teacher either."

Miss Katt understands. If that wasn't Letticia's wish, then no one could force her.

"Let's practice again," Letticia said as she looked at Halley who was sitting down drinking boba.

"Awhile more. I'll rest first" Halley refused. He was tired and wanted to rest, then train again.

"Don't take it long."

"Yes." Yeah."

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Finals. This was what the entire disciples had been waiting for since the match in the Arena began. The final will determine who the winner of this match is. It would be very proud to win. And the prize is not small either. But usually the noble disciples did not care much about money. They want to win and be honorable and famous. Some male students want to win and show their charm to the girls.

Today there will be a final of 1 first. 4 people play each other and 2 winners compete tomorrow to determine who the winner is.

"First match. Halley Jung Hae against Margaret Aiden Ning!"

Halley and Margaret entered the arena. Both of them looked serious and were holding their own weapons. Both of them tried to analyze the enemy before the match started.

Note: Only finals are allowed to be armed.

"Start!"

Halley was not rash. He knew Margaret was an aggressive fighter by seeing her semifinal yesterday. Therefore, Halley will use defensive techniques at the beginning and attack at the end when Margaret's strength is drained.

As Halley expected, Margaret attacked first. He aimed a spear coated in fire magic towards Halley. Hallet made a stone shield and survived.

Margaret was upset that her fire spear didn't hit Halley. He tried another technique by attacking from behind. But Halley is ready. Letticia had already warned him that enemies whose attacks failed would usually try from the other direction. And those words are very precise.

"Until when do you want to hold on?" ask Margaret on the sidelines of the fight. Halley was silent and did not answer. Where might he tell the enemy the strategy. That's stupid name. Halley who did not answer made Margaret upset, "Cih! You're arrogant!"

Margaret attacked blindly. But Halley tried to remain calm while resisting attack after attack.

Margaret looked exhausted. It seems that his energy is running out. Halley smiled with satisfaction. But as Letticia said, don't be rash. He will attack at the right time.

Now it's late game time, when Halley will shine. When Margaret let her guard down a bit, Halley directly attacked her right in the left chest with her stone arrow.. Of course he's already taken into account Margaret's heart.

Margaret asphyxiated. He collapsed with a lot of blood. It's very sad.

"Halley Jung Hae!"

The medical team immediately took Margaret, or she would bleed to death.

Halley was proud of herself. He defeated Margaret and advanced to Final 2. Of course Halley did not forget Letticia who had taught him. According to Halley, it was thanks to Letticia that he was able to get to this stage.

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George trained a little of his magic in the waiting room. Yes, George managed to advance to the final round after struggling desperately in the semifinals. It is not even an exaggeration to say that George almost died in the semifinals.

In the semifinals, George fought Carl John Houston whose strength was one level higher than George. So of course their fight is not a draw. But in various ways, George managed to win when his claws slightly came out and his eyes began to turn red.

"First match. George Alberto against Tony Watson!"

George and Tony enter the arena. Both seem nervous. Maybe this is a coincidence, George and Tony are both orphans. And they have their own important goals in winning this race. Therefore, both of them will try hard to win.

"Start!"

George and Tony both attacked. Both seem aggressive. For them, this fight is like a life-determination. Will it succeed or fail.

Tony used some combos at the beginning. He's pretty good at using it. While George chose to defend first and planned to make a sudden attack.

Tony strikes George's hand with lightning. George held it in with water, but a bit of lightning managed to hit his hand which caused George's hand to go numb for a while.

Not to be outdone, George pulled out the fire. He used a combo that rarely anyone could use. It is a combo of water and fire. Basically, these two elements contradict each other. However, George has trained him several times and succeeded 1 time in 15 experiments.

George pulled out the combos. But what happened was not as expected. The combo failed and the water put out the fire. That leaves a lot of room for Tony.

Tony didn't waste his chance. He attacked George from all directions. George fell down with his knees smashing on the floor and vomited blood.

Tony laughed happily. He already won.

"No... Georgians..."

Remembering his brother, George stood up again. Everyone is shocked. Usually when it falls and vomits blood, most people will not be able to stand up again. But George still seems to have a lot of energy. It was only a few seconds ago that he ran out of energy and could die with a single strike.

George's claws are out. Her eyes are red. He attacked Tony with silence. That one strike was enough to make Tony fall lying down. His body hit the floor and bruised with blood coming out of his nose.

Looking at Tony who was about to stand up, George pulled his foot and slammed Tony to the other side. Of course he covered the floor with a little water so that Tony would not hit the floor too hard and not die.

"The winner is George Alberto!"

George's claws disappeared and his eyes returned to normal. He saw everyone applauding for his victory. George almost cried. Georgia can now lead a decent life. He has done his duty as a brother.

Letticia was surprised to see George. What kind of thing motivates the child to stand up even though he is dying?

"I'm a very important goal" Letticia murmured, "If not, why would she even risk her own life just to win."

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