Luis' sentence irked Alicia. "In that case, don't mind me!"
She dashed toward him while using her magic at the same time.
"Ice Bind!"
With little effort, Luis broke free from the ice bind and dodged the Ice Sword slashing at him. Alicia's speed on the frozen ground was even faster and so were her attacks.
Her swordsmanship combined with her Ice Magic formed a deadly combination of attacks.
Luis used his perception and concentrated on dodging her attacks. Then, as soon as he got the opportunity, he grabbed her Ice Sword and shattered it into pieces.
Alicia wasn't flustered as she immediately started using her martial arts, combined with Mana Coating.
Her attacks changed from slashes and stabs to punches and kicks.
Every time their fists collided, they formed shockwaves, spreading in all directions.
Because of their battle, the frozen ground cracked. The surrounding trees were razed to the ground. The frozen battlefield was full of craters and pits.
They exchanged several moves and Alicia was well aware that she was at a disadvantage right now.
Thunder Coating is more powerful than Mana Coating and Luis is one star above her, so his strength is also very strong.
'I don't know how long I can continue!'
Just as that thought crossed her mind, Alicia remembered another thing. 'Wait, how much time is left, anyway?'
She immediately glanced at the timer which was at the corner of her eye.
[00:01:20]
'Only a minute?' Looking at Luis' state, Alicia knew that even if she found a way to defeat him, it would be very difficult to bring him down in a minute.
'NO! I have to defeat him! I can't stop now! I have to keep trying until the very end!'
Since they didn't have much time left, Alicia started using her mana without any reservation.
"Ice Swords!"
Several Ice swords appeared around Alicia and were shot at Luis, ready to stab him.
"!"
"Thunder Javelin!"
Many small Thunder Javelins appeared around Luis as they shot forward and clashed with Alicia's Ice Swords.
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
...
As every second passed, Alicia and Luis' punches started becoming even stronger and faster.
In this battle, Luis understood how strong Alicia had really become.
'I can see your hard work, Alicia. From your punches, I can feel your strength.'
'I can say you are far stronger than I expected you to be.'
'Which surprised me very much!'
Luis became a little emotional as he thought about it. Then, he glanced at the timer where only 15 seconds were left and his eyes became firm.
'But, if you want to keep up with me now and in the future. Then it's not enough.'
'You will have to work even harder.'
'Because the enemies I am going to face in the future will be very strong.'
'If you want to fight alongside me, then you will have to become stronger along with me.'
'So, this time you will have to lose, Alicia.'
Kicking at her guts, Luis pushed her back. Then immediately used his new spell.
"Lightning Whip!"
The golden whip appeared in his hand, which he immediately swung forward.
"What?!" Before Alicia could recover from the power of that kick. She found her neck tied up by something and then her body went numb.
'Am I paralysed?"
Alicia was shocked to find that the Lightning Whip went past her Mana Coating and stunned her.
'This is bad!' She knew what it meant to be paralysed at this time.
She saw the timer and there were only 10 seconds left.
Gritting her teeth, Alicia used her ice element to freeze her body.
Because of the chill, the numbness decreased, but she still didn't manage to get out of the Lightning Whip in time.
Just when the last 10 seconds were left. Luis pulled Alicia towards him.
Alicia felt that she might be choked to death, but to her surprise, nothing of the sort happened.
The Lightning Whip paralysed her body again, and Luis gently pulled her towards himself.
'No way is he trying to draw?'
Thinking of this, Alicia's expression became cold. She was paralyzed now and Luis could easily defeat her within the time left. This is his victory. But if he tries to draw for her sake, then she will be very angry.
She wanted to ask what he was trying to do. But because she was paralyzed, she couldn't speak. In the end, she could only stare at him with gritted teeth.
'I can tell that she is very angry now.' Luis chuckled inwardly, looking at Alicia's expression. He knew that she misunderstood him. But he didn't bother to explain.
He knew many people were watching them and later Alicia could understand what happened.
'Even though I said I'm fine hurting you. To eliminate you, I will have to kill you, and that is something I don't want to do. But well, I also can't let it end in a draw.'
'So, I am going to make this exception. Even though I said I wouldn't use it.'
Grabbing her waist and bringing her close to his body, Luis erupted in golden lightning, which surrounded them instantly, blocking every sight.
Luis made it look like he was using a big move to eliminate Alicia. In reality, he peered into her beautiful blue eyes that were staring at him and used his Illusion Magic.
"See you later, Alicia." When he said that, Alicia's eyes turned white, and she went unconscious.
With his Illusion Magic, Luis made her fall into an illusion in which she finds herself dying.
The VR technology is based on human brain signals. Even if what happened to Alicia was just an illusion, her brain believed it to be true and so will the mechanism of this VR world.
In the Illusion, Alicia will find herself dying and the VR mechanism will count it as Alicia's elimination.
Just 3 seconds before the test ended. Alicia's body in Luis' embrace started disappearing.
Taking a feel of her body, Luis thought.
'I would much prefer to hold the real Alicia than her avatar.'
Then, shaking his head, he decided to think about it later.
'Well anyway, this test finally ended.'
'... and it seems... I've ranked First.'
Then the timer came to zero, and Luis' vision went black.