Nox still had no idea what was happening, one moment, he was about to select a sparring partner, the next, he was supposed to fight the red haired kid before him.

Well, calling Flint a kid wasn't exactly right since he was a year older than him but still.

The two were now standing opposite each other on the slightly elevated platform, in Nox's hand was his selected Solar tech, which he still had no idea what it was or even did.

Flint, meanwhile, was holding a staff which just worked to show how short he was, but he seemed completely focused on the opponent because him.

"Theres only one rule," Astra said, "don't kill each other, after all, that'll be too much paperwork for me....and I hate paper work."

The students shivered as they understood what she meant, Ascended Dawn didn't care if they died or not during their sparring session, she just didn't want the paper work that came with their deaths.

Ayla stood close to the platform observing Nox. She was curious to see if he would use the form he did during the test or maybe that was a one time thing?

"If you both understand," Astra continued, "then begin."

'Right,' Nox thought to himself, about to try and let his SE flow into his solar tech, but the next second, there was a staff aiming for the side of head at high speeds.

Guided by instincts, he raised the cylindrical metal and successfully blocked the incoming attack, only to be surprised by the strength behind it.

Nox was lifted off his feet and sent towards the edge of the platform, but before he could fall off, a golden light covered him and he teleported to safety.

"W-what the hell?" He let out, even Devon who was observing was surprised, the kid had a pair of boots, clearly solar tech, which allowed him to move faster than their eyes could track.

"Damn," he muttered as he looked at the recovering Nox. Even he doubted he could react that fast to the attack and the fight would've ended if Nox hadn't decided to put on the boots given to them during the combat test.

Astra hadn't stated that they couldn't use other solar techs, just that they shouldn't kill each other, so none of the two broke any rules.

"Is that all it takes to catch you by surprise," Flint said, his disappointment evident in his tone.

This just solidified his thoughts that Nox truly was only here because of favoritism.

Nox on the other hand just frowned, as he looked at his solar tech in hand, he had been pumping SE into it all this while, but as if the damn thing was a bottomless well, it refused to activate.

Could his luck get any worse?

He couldn't use the Gauntlets since they were busted and he hadn't gotten time to fix them, nor any of the other solar techs he horded from the test since he had fixed and sold them for a couple thousand credits.

As for the daggers, he had no idea what happened to them, he was sure he had left them in the simulation when he passed out, or maybe another candidate had taken them.

So he was stuck pouring an endless amount of SE into the cylinder. The worst part was, his SE within the solar tech was completely silent, so he had no idea what he was holding.

He just hoped it was something good.

That was the reason he wasn't paying much attention to his opponent's words, but Flint took his actions as him deliberately ignoring his words which made him even more annoyed.

Directing SE from his core to both the staff and his boots, the world seemed to down as he suddenly blasted forward, leaving a trail of golden light behind him.

Nox suddenly felt Flint's staff swinging towards his head again, not giving him enough time to power his boot for a dodge so he placed the useless metal in its path again, only to realize too late that it was a feint.

Flint quickly changed the staff's trajectory, bringing it lower and towards Nox's side.

The moment the solar tech made contact with his side, all the air was knocked out of his lungs and he was sent towards the edge of the platform again, stopped by a transparent barrier that was apparently keeping them within.

A ripple ran through the barrier as Nox crashed into before falling back to the ground.

He gripped his side in pain as he spat out a mouthful of blood. Some of his ribs were definitely not in their right place anymore as he could feel pain from even the slightest bit of movement he made.

"This is exactly why you don't belong here," Flint said as he slowly walked towards Nox who was on his knees and his forehead on floor his hand still gripping his side.

"You're just a weak ass waste of space who just got into the academy because you managed to gain the favor of someone important.

He stopped before the Nox placing his staff on the back of his head before adding, " do you think that makes you special?"

He lifted the staff high and slammed it into Nox's head, forcing his entire body to the floor and a crater appeared where his head is.

"Huh?"

Flint slammed the staff again, creating an even bigger crater on the floor.

"Answer me!" He shouted, slamming the staff on Nox's head again and again and again.

"Hey!" Devon suddenly tried approaching the platform, "ain't that fucking enough, you won already."

But he was pulled back by Astra, who had no expression on her face, "you're not allowed to interfere in the sparring session of others."

"Spar?" Devon looked at her with a dark look on his face, "you fucking call this a spar? The kid's about to die."

But Astra said nothing in response, she just tapped her belt and a circular orb floated out, split into three before turning into rings and wrapping themselves around Devon, completely restraining him.

Flint continued over and over, a smile of glee on his face before he suddenly said, "that's right, you should just die."

He lifted the staff higher than before, pouring as much SE into it as possible causing it to become a lot bigger than before before he let it descend towards Nox's head.

BOOM!

The staff dropped kicking up dust within the barrier, completely covering the two.

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