The Reincarnation Room
The Arlequint Academy (II)

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A sharp sound of friction sounded. Ryan's dagger and the heavy Wolnir Hammer rubbed against each other to create a spark.

In such a situation, Ryan and Ardi ended up fighting fiercely.

In the air, Rimsy saw everything that was happening below. He then immediately aimed at Ryan who was still busy fighting with Ardi.

However, before Rimsy pulled the trigger, suddenly a flash of lightning struck from below towards Rimsy. This surprised Rimsy. Quickly, he controlled his jetpack and dodged the incoming lightning.

"I'm your opponent!" shouted Cecily Wong.

Cecily Wong's hands began to form hand seals, and all the talismans floating around her body lit up. The talismans turned into lightning that instantly snatched towards Rimsy.

Seeing the countless lightning bolts about to hit him, Rimsy pointed his still-empty left hand forward.

Weeeengs

Suddenly, the Mana gathered in Rimsy's left hand turned his hand into a heavy artillery weapon.

A large amount of Mana gathered on the muzzle of the cannon, condensing into red-colored energy.

Both Ardi and Rimsy are puppets, but their Master is not only Ernesta who studies doll development techniques, and but also Camilla who concentrates on Lux development.

So, it's only natural that Ardi and Rimsy have a very powerful Lux.

However, each of them has his specialty. Ardi, for example, specializes in defense. Therefore, he had an absolute shield that no one could destroy.

While Rimsy, he specialized in attack, and one of his mainstay weapons was a heavy artillery weapon in his left hand. 

And the name of Lux is …

"Ruinshalef, shoot."

At that instant, the Mana gathered on the muzzle of the cannon turned into a red radiance and shot out fiercely. 

This makes the air along the road heat up, thus triggering a turbulence flow. This powerful attack flew in welcome lightning bolts launched by Cecily Wong.

BOOMING

The red light rays collided with the lightning flash. In a deafening roar, this powerful explosion that was triggered by the collision caused waves of explosions to spread throughout the arena until it was finally restrained by the defensive shields surrounding the arena 

The spectators in the stands were sweating coldly upon seeing the huge explosion earlier.

Cecily Wong stood in the middle of the blast wave as she continued to watch Rimsy in the air. Slowly, his mouth began to move. "This is just fun!"

Saying such a sentence, Cecily Wong's hand again held the talisman.

On the other hand, although Ryan and Ardi did not have astounding attacks like Cecily Wong and Rimsy, they had displayed top-ranked melee combat.

Tap

Ryan's feet were treading heavily on the ground. His figure has now turned into a ghost, there are many after-image shadows around Ardi. With a sharp dagger in his hand, Ryan continued to attack Ardi.

Clang Clang Clang Clang

The sound of a sharp collision continued to ring.

Under that extremely high speed and slash, Ardi completely fell into passive defense. He could only carry the hammer in his hand and try his best to block out all the flashes of dagger light that kept on eyeing the badge on his chest.

Under its powerful computing capabilities, Ardi can predict the direction of Ryan's attack. Therefore, Ardi can react in time and block attacks from various angles.

Besides being able to predict the direction of an attack, Ardi also has the ability to learn powerfully. By capturing and analyzing every aspect of Ryan's movements, Ardi continues to improve his fighting techniques and experience.

However, Ardi inevitably stuck in a defensive position. Ryan's speed is far from his limit.

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Fascinating star-like light particles emerged from Ryan's body and began fluttering around his body.

Ryan then focused all the Prana coming out of his body on the bottom of his foot. 

At that instant, Ryan's speed skyrocketed. The figure had completely turned into a meteor.

"Flashing Sheath: Four Crossroads (Senses: Yottsu no Ksaten)!"

The next moment, Ryan's figure suddenly appeared on Ardi's side. The dagger in his hand went up and slammed the four slashes.

A bluish-white slash of light, like the aura of a sword, swept out toward Ardi.

"Haha! Your attack is completely useless!"

Ardi let out a wide laugh and instantly activated the absolute defensive shield in front of him.

Tang

In the loud impacting sound, the four light daggers fell on the light shield at the same time. The sparks were again created. 

However, at this time, Ryan's figure also turned into a flash of light, passing through the light defense shield and stopping right in front of Ardi's body.

"Who said it was useless? Didn't I now pass through your pride shield?" In his laughter, Ryan began to shake the dagger in his hand. "Flashing Sheath: Seven Nights (Senses: Shichiya)!"

The fastest slash Ryan had released. Like a crescent moon, Ryan's dagger intersects with Ardi's school badge.

"Ooooooooooooh!"

Ardi roared and hurried to take action. Within this close range, there was no way he could activate the absolute defense shield. Therefore, the only way is to attack.

With a swift, Ardi lifted the Wolnir Hammer and dropped it at high speed.

Tang

The intense metallic collision sounded loud. Wolnir Hammer struck hard a flash of dagger light in front of him.

Under the heavy might of the Wolnir Hammer, Ryan's dagger was thrown from his hand and fell a bit away from where Ryan was standing. Ryan took a few steps.

"You've lost!"

Once again, Ardi lifted Lux in the shape of a sledgehammer in his hand and swung it towards Ryan's head while bringing a strong wind.

The air pressure under the Wolnir Hammer triggered an incredible sonic boom, as if telling everyone how powerful the attack was.

Swiiish

As soon as the big hammer was about to fall on Ryan's body, the figure of Ryan who had been hit back a few steps, suddenly was already within a very close distance.

“What?” Ardi surprised.

For Ardi, after he flew Ryan's weapon, Ryan already had no chance to win and only resigned to accept his attack.

I don't know how many times Ryan said this, but Ryan said it again. "Who said without weapons we can't fight?"

The rich prana gathered under Ryan's feet, emitting a dazzling starlight.

"Flashing Dash: One Deer (Sensory: Ichi Shika)!"

The soles of the feet were carrying dazzling stars, rushing up carrying the power of thunder. Hard, Ryan kicked Ardi's body.

Booms

In a stifling sound like an explosion, a powerful shock wave centered on the point of impact, oscillated in the air and expanded.

This kick makes Ardi's large body as if being hit by a truck. Under the powerful impact, his body flew like a cannonball. In the sharp sound of splitting the sky, he smashed into the shield of the arena barrier.

The floor below broke and triggered a strong dust 

"Ooooooooooooooh!"

In the stands, festive cheers began to ring.

"Good job."

"Oh!"

Cecily Wong and Rimsy, who were facing each other fiercely, finally stopped fighting and parted ways after hearing the crowd cheers.

The two match commentators excitedly and emotionally began to chat.

"Ooh! Contestant Ardi, who had been known for his absolute defense, was finally able to be knocked back by Ryan! How amazing!"

"That's right, Ryan's strength is incredible. He hid it too deep!"

Audience cheers suddenly echoed above the arena. Although the fight inside the arena stopped for a moment, but the enthusiasm of the spectators did not subside.

The hologram screen hovering above the arena began to slowly replay the battle of Ardi and Ryan. Wave after wave of cheers continued to sound as the on-screen scene showed Ryan's victory.

However, Ryan frowned and looked towards Ardi who had now stood up while carrying his giant hammer.

His entire body was intact, there was no damage at all. There were only a few small scratches on the surface of the Ardi armor.

After seeing this, Ryan muttered, "i've guessed, it won't be easy."

After all, the opponent was not a human but a robot.

If the humans were to receive the full force of Ryan's kick, then 90% of them would not have survived.

"What a marvel!!”Ardi laughed out loud and said, "We have never had such an attack. Luckily, we are dolls!"

"Nrarely do you say that." Rimsy also floated down from the air and said rather coldly, "Thank you Master for giving such a body."

Like Rimsy, Cecily Wong also returned alongside Ryan.

"It looks like our plan failed." Cecily Wong threw the dagger that had slipped from Ryan's hand back. He looked straight ahead and whispered, "Ryan-kun, what should we do next?"

The conditions of the battle so far had actually been set by Ryan before.

Ryan knew that Ardi would make a one-minute declaration at the start of the game as before, and give the opponent a chance to attack first.

So, long before the game began, Ryan discussed with Cecily Wong, to plan a surprise attack after the declaration and the game began.

With Ryan's speed, there's a good chance that Ryan could directly damage Ardi's school badge 

If it fails, Cecily will lure Rimsy to fight him, while looking for opportunities to help Ryan.

Therefore, the conditions of the battle so far have been in accordance with the plans of Ryan and Cecily Wong.

Both Ardi and Rimsy are fine.

"They both can't be underestimated." Cecily Wong sighed.

It's only the last 32, but Ryan and Cecily Wong have got this tough opponent. Their luck is really bad.

Of course, this was also true for their opponents.

"It seems, if we want to win, we won't be able to just with this kind of strength." Ardi looked at Rimsy and said, "Rimsy, do you think it's time to use that now?"

Ardi's words were very clear in everyone's ears.

"That?" Cecily Wong narrowed her eyes 

"That?" The two commentators in the broadcast room were also a little surprised.

Even the audience began to wonder what Ardi meant.

Only Ryan, who remained calm looked at Ardi and Rimsy.

In that case, Rimsy first fell silent for a while, then emotionlessly said, "Although not my wish, but because the opponent this time is very strong, and also the Master has allowed it, "Although it is not my wish, but because the opponent this time is very strong, and also the Master has allowed it, then I have to do it."

After saying it, suddenly Manadyte light appeared from Rimsy's hand.

"Transfer power control and external armor, open retaining system."

The armor covering Rimsy's body one by one fell off and flew into the air.

Ardi's entire body emits a laser-like guiding light, which is connected to pieces of armor in space. 

As if being guided, the pieces of armor were instantly perfectly mounted on Ardi's body.

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From Ardi's body, a burst of blue light suddenly bloomed. An extremely rich Mana response spread from his body, making the entire arena turn blue.