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nWell, better get ready to jump in and save this girl’s future.

nThe girl with short blond hair immediately took a step back out of instinctual fear, but before Cy could use this to his advantage, she planted her feet.

np She then flipped up to avoid the first strike, which was aimed at her neck, and as she came down, she stomped on the tip of the spear, cracking it… but he wasn’t done.

n“Hmmm… Will Cy actually lose?” I muttered, but I was proven wrong the next second as he ripped the tip out from under the girl’s feet, causing her to slide back as she was unable to step off in time.

n“I heard that bastard!” Cy suddenly shouted towards me, so I chuckled a bit as he then stabbed the girl straight in the solar plexus with his spear.

nShe immediately got the wind knocked out of her… but Cy wasn’t done as the teacher was in the process of calling the match done.

n“Hey! Cy’s gone loose again!” One of the kids shouted, noticing the same thing as me.

n“Come on! Get up!” Cy shouted, battering the girl with every type of attack in his arsenal as she took a few steps back out of the ring.

nThough, we already knew he was going to chase her.

nSome of the bigger guys in the class immediately restrained him before taking him down to the ground, waiting for him to calm down.

nAs I saw him struggle, I couldn’t help but laugh a bit into my arm… and he heard it.

n“Orion! I heard that!” Cy shouted, and my laugh turned into an all-out one which I couldn’t even suppress.

nSoon, everything was under control, as the girl returned to her spot around the ring where she continuously glared at Cy, and he stood next to me, wanting to strangle my throat.

n“Winner: Lora! Loser: Cy!” The teacher announced, and Cy rolled his eyes.

n“Come on, what did I even do wrong? She’s supposed to fight, isn’t she?” Cy clicked his tongue before kicking the ground a few times.

nI didn’t even try to do anything to change his mind, as I knew it was impossible to get through that thick skull of his.

nClass passed by pretty fast after the incident with Cy, and like always, he was chewed out by the teacher who shouted in his face at the end of class.

nCy just completely ignored him though, as he waved me goodbye while I made my way to the cafeteria.

nAfter ordering my lunch, I met up with a few of my friends where we chatted and ate our food, but after, we all decided to spar a bit.

nThe spars were quick and short as we were mostly playing around.

nAfter an hour of this, the bell finally rang, and I made my way to my last class: Gun Theory… my favorite class.

nAs soon as I entered, we began to jog around the classroom, and I noticed Aisa had improved her stamina by quite a large margin.

nWhile people were slacking off during summer and winter break, she was continuously running and running until her legs gave out.

nThis wasn’t the most efficient way to do it as she couldn’t run the next day most of the time, but it worked out eventually.

nShe still had that same light blue hair and yellow eyes, which everybody gawked over for a few weeks.

nThey were different from the kids with natural yellow eyes as hers were basically coated in magic, making them glisten and exude a thunderous aura…

nThen, there was her height.

nI think she was as tall as me back when we were first-year students, but now she’s about 5’9, and I still didn’t let go of the fact that I was an inch taller than her.

nShe still had pale white skin as she never really left the training room and took care of her grandpa, who was the opposite of Cy’s parents.

nHe was intense and strict with his grandchild, which is also why Aisa is the number one sniper in Amlas.

nShe did a competition a while back and eventually made it to city level, where she got fourth place.

n“Alright, we’ll be doing snowy terrain today,” The teacher announced, and I could hear a collective groan resound through the room.

nIf you liked the snowy terrain, you are insane.

nIt’s not really made out of snow, but this paper-like substance that sticks to you when you sweat, and even when you’re in the shower trying to take them off, they feel like they’re superglued to your skin.

nAfter the teacher described the rules for this duel, we snipers grabbed our homemade ghillie suits that were fit for snowy terrain and made our way over to the bleachers.

nThe arena suddenly sunk into the ground, replacing it with the perfect snowy terrain… well, not that perfect since the damn snow was the worst thing in the world!

n“This arena can go suck my dick,” Aisa groaned.

n“That’s not-“

n“It was an expression….”

n“Okay…”

nI was obviously kidding around, and as I turned my head, I noticed the first duel had commenced.

nAlso, Aisa’s sniffling had finally gotten under control… just barely though.

nIt was between a kid with an assault rifle and a kid with a shotgun… unsurprisingly, the shotgun kid won as the rubber bullets slammed against his back.

nMost would think the AR kid would win, but the thing is, with this map, there are tons of hills and plenty of flanking options.

nPlus, the artificial snow raining down from the ceiling made it harder to see the boy with a shotgun, even when he revealed parts of his body.

nAlso, yeah, we’re using rubber bullets instead of BBs or paintballs.

nThey were able to simulate the pain of being shot without actually doing much damage, plus we wore a thin suit of protective armor under our clothes, just so it didn’t cause too much damage at point-blank range.

n“Okay! The next match will be between Orion and Tory!” The teacher announced, so I grabbed my suppressed sniper, which was wrapped in its own ghillie suit, and shuffled my way down to the arena.

nAn instant feeling of siberian cold enveloped my body, and as I breathed out, a smoke cloud appeared before me.

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