The Peace In A Beautiful World
Chapter 122: Noa & Irene vs Rid & Julie

The defeat of Charles made the students who were watching became excited. Whereas according to the ranking on the entrance exam, their ranking difference was only 1 rank. But Charles managed to defeat Irene easily without the help of Noa because Noa only saw their match. They might be able to accept if Charles loses after a fierce game and they are both already injured and exhausted. But in fact, Irene managed to defeat Charles without any injuries or fatigue. Their opinions are divided, some consider that Charles is not serious because it is against women and some consider that Charles easily lost because against Irene who is a magic user element Charles' weakness. But some of them felt that the reason Charles was defeated that easily was because Irene had grown stronger than before. This opinion is the most correct. Of course this is thanks to the regular training he does every morning with Rid, Leandra and Lily. Meanwhile, Charles and Lotta, who had suffered an ice slash wound attached to her body, were immediately taken to the treatment room in the central building. Because it was impossible for them to just be marginalized without treatment after being stuck to an ice slash. This ended the test on the third day.

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Next day.

"This is the last day of the second day's exam. So far many teams in this class have lost and only 3 teams have not lost in this class are Ray & Leandra, Noa & Irene and Rid & Julie's. These three teams have the opportunity to get a total of 3000 points at the end of this test if they win the game on the last day. Then let's just start the draw. Team representatives, please come forward" said Mr. Alan.

I told Julie to come back to take the lottery. All the team representatives had gathered and picked up the paper in the container. Then they opened the paper and showed me the number. Julie got the number 10, and then I looked for the same number that Julie got. And I found that number on the paper Irene was holding, which meant I was going to fight them in the last game and on the last day. Knowing that Irene and I were going to fight made the other students excited.

"Do you think Rid will budge against his girlfriend ?,"

"I don't think so. I don't think Rid is that kind of person, and the ice princess moreover, she won't budge just from fighting Rid,"

"Because Rid is ranked 1st, I support Rid who will win,"

"Me too, let alone Rid has never lost so far,"

"No matter who you support, this match will definitely be exciting let alone their team has not lost during this test. The result of this match will make one of them fail to get perfect points in this exam. And what makes it even more exciting, this match will be the closing match for this second exam" said the students who chatted with each other.

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Some matches on the last day have already been played. Chloe & Mauro, Enzo & Lucy and Lily & Kotaro have won the final test. Leandra and Ray also managed to get the victory on this last day and made them get perfect points in this second exam because they managed to get all the wins. And finally, the final match for this second exam began.

"Please go forward, Noa, Irene, Rid and Julie" said Mr. Alan.

The four of us headed towards the middle of the training ground.

"I didn't expect that we'd be competing in the exam this time, Irene," I said.

"Yes, you're right. This time I will fight in earnest" said Irene.

"Good, I hope you don't give up on the game like you usually do when we're practice match" I said.

"Don't forget me, Rid. This time I-no, we will beat you," Noa said.

"I'm looking forward to it" I said.

"Are the four of you ready?" asked Mr. Alan.

"Ready," said the four of us.

"Then the match begins!" said Mr. Alan.

"Julie, you stay behind me. I will fight them both at once and protect you. You just attack them from behind me" I said.

"All right," said Julie.

Noa and Irene came straight at me, but what they were after was not me but Julie.

~Wind Thrust~

~Glacier Thrust~

The two of them launch a long-range stabbing attack that leads to Julie. Yet I managed to withstand both attacks by putting myself in the path the two attacks met. I slashed both attacks with my sword and both attacks were instantly destroyed.

"I thought they were going to attack me first but it looks like they want to beat Julie first then can focus on me" I thought.

After their long-range attack failed, the two of them decided to attack from close range. Noa first approached me and attacked me with her wind spear, I managed to resist the wind spear attack. While I was holding back the wind spear, Irene moved past me and intended to attack Julie. But I quickly threw Noa down and approached Julie to protect her.

~San Lucia Art, Freezing Air Slash~

Irene was intending to directly defeat Julie with her ultimate technique but I quickly stood between Julie and Irene, and prepared to resist her ultimate technique.

~Flame Sword Art, Great Flame Slash~

Both of our attacks also collided and caused a devastating impact effect. As a result of the impact of our attack, my fire sword started to freeze and Irene's ice rapier started to melt. While Irene and I were fighting an attack, Noa quickly approached Julie and intended to attack her. But Julie quickly shot her electric arrow at Noa.

~Electric Shock Arrows~

The arrow hit Noa hard because she did not have time to dodge and hold the arrow. The arrow attack left him electrocuted and unable to move in a moment.

"I can't beat you, but at least I can help Rid beat you. You must think of me as a burden because I've always been protected by Rid. But that was part of Rid's plan. If you consider me a burden then you will be off guard when you attack me" Julie said.

Noa was silent and could not speak after being hit by the arrow.

"So this is all your plan, Rid" Irene said as we fought each other.

"Come," I said.

I instantly amplified my attack and caused Irene to crash backwards in this attack. After that I headed straight towards Noa who was unable to move to immediately defeat him. I turned my sword into a water sword to increase my attack because it was currently in Noa's body being electrified by Julie's arrow. I almost approached Noa and prepared to launch an attack on her.

~Water Sword Art, Great Water Slash~

My slash almost hit Noa, but.....

Irene suddenly appeared in front of me.

~Freezing Air Slash~

Both of our attacks collided again but this time the sword I was holding froze quickly as it was made of water that easily froze. I immediately retreated from the attack before my sword froze completely. Then turned my sword back into a sword of fire to melt some of the ice that froze my sword. Meanwhile, Julie intends to shoot her arrow towards Irene but Irene can hold the arrow easily. Irene was currently near Noa who was motionless and Irene showed no signs of attacking. He seemed to want to keep Noa until he could move back. And not for long, Noa was able to move back.

"I can finally move back, the arrow is really troublesome. Looks like we underestimated it too much" Noa said.

"You're right, I didn't think this was Rid's plan" Irene said.

"So how, are we going to keep attacking his partner?" asked Noa.

"No, we're not going to use that plan anymore" Irene said.

"Then ? By the way, you can use area magic right ? why not just use it to beat them both?" asked Noa.

"It seems you don't know that the one who taught me magic in that area was Rid. If I use area magic, Rid can easily take the magic of my area and make it his. That's why I don't want to use that magic. At this time we also have to be grateful because Rid did not choose to use the magic when he could at any time use the magic," said Irene.

"Then do you have a plan?" asked Noa.

"I'm going to fight Rid 1 vs 1, you just focus on the pair and don't let your guard down" said Irene.

"Alright, since I already knew of the attack, I will not let my guard down this time," Noa said.

Then they both prepared to attack.

~San Lucia Art, Snow Blade Dance Technique~

Irene brought up some ice rapiers surrounding her and prepared to attack me with the help of those ice rapiers.

Then the two of them advanced towards their respective opponents. Irene came up to me and attacked me with an ice rapier in her hand but I held her with my sword.

"You decided to use that technique, yes, Irene. Even though you have often used that technique when we practice sparring," I said.

"Right now is different, Rid. I will be serious in this game" said Irene.

"Then let me show you something" I said.

When the rapiers around Irene were about to attack me, the ice rapiers were held back by the other ice rapiers. Irene was surprised to see that.

"No way, that technique right?" said Irene who was surprised.

"You're right, this is the technique you're using right now. Do you think only you can use that technique?" I asked.

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