Halos Gradois stood before me. His blonde hair swayed with the speed he appeared before us and his tall stature coming only 1 feet short of the second year. The guy still had his popular spotless face and his tough lean body ready for a fight.
Halos was annoyed as he called me, "Henry Van Tax… we had a promise… that you would fight me when you arrive here." Halos looked back at the second year old, "And what do I see here? You're going to fight some loser from second rate bracket who doesn't even have a high rank."
The second year's teeth clenched in anger yet he couldn't say anything. Not only what Halos said was true but he also knew about Halos.
This guy was danger and he knew not to speak anything to this troublesome guy.
"Hey, you're the one that's late." I tell him, "I was here every day, ready to fight everyone but you were doing who knows what?"
Halos sighed, "I didn't know that you were here, otherwise I would have come the first day. But now that I'm here, you have to fight me."
I shook my head, "No can do. I've already agreed to fight with Landon's substitute you see. I can't just deny that."
"Yeah, this is another matter Halos. Don't interrup-" Landon shut up when he saw the angry look Halos give him.
Halos turned back to me, "Dump this fool, we both know it wouldn't take more than a punch to take him out."
"Well, it wouldn't take more than a punch to take you out as well, but that doesn't mean I won't fight you." My words only brought a hunger on him.
"That's what I'm talking about! You have the power to back your talk, there aren't many that can do that, we have to fight!"
"Unfortunately, I still have one fight first." I shake my head again, "We can fight each other after I take care of this one."
"No No NO, that won't do!" Halos shook his head reluctantly, "I have been waiting for this a whole fucking month, I want my fight now!"
Then Halos looked at me and then back at Landon's substitute, "You'll fight me if this guy is defeated, right?"
"Alright then, I'll fight him." Halos said, shocking everyone.
"What! You can't fight him." Landon said, confused and scared where this was going, "We haven't agreed to fight you."
"Of course you have, I'm Henry's substitute now." Halos said in a normal tone, making Landon even paler.
"H- How can you be Henry's substitute? He hasn't agreed to that; I haven't agreed to that!"
"Sure he has." Halos looked at me.
I think for a moment before a smile erupted on me.
'If he's going to make it easier and fight for me, I have no reason to deny him. I might even get a fun fight to watch too.'
Halos smiled but the second year quickly dismissed the thought, "Whoa whoa, I didn't agree to fight Halos, I only agreed to fight Henry and I'm not going beyond that."
Halos tried to talk him into it but the guy seemed too adamant on not fighting Halos. So an idea came to me.
"Then how about this." I suggest as everyone looked at me.
"You fight Halos, but with an added condition. If you win, you get whatever Landon said he would give you and I'll also give you three Blue Sigmat Rings."
What I said not only shocked everyone but also made the Second year stutter.
'Th- Three… that's a lot!... does he really have them though?'
But Henry already pulled out three Blue Sigmat Rings from his pocket and showed it to him, 'He already carries them in his pocket!'
"As you see, it's not a fake condition… so how about it?" I smile.
The second year thought for a while and looked between me and Halos. After a while, he nodded.
"Yeah! Now we can finally get this started." Halos smiled.
I say, "So to brief it, first, Halos will fight Landon's substitute and if he wins the substitute loses his rank and Landon and I exchange ours." Then I look to Halos, "And when we fight, depending on the result, ours ranks will change too."
I look around and found all of them nodding, "Alright then, let's go." Google seaʀᴄh novel·fire.net
"WAIT!" A girly tone stopped us and we looked towards it.
Elivia couldn't watch this show anymore and pointed angrily at us, "And how do you fools think you get to have a ranked match without the Student Council's permission?"
Except me, everyone's faces turned black. Halos tried to argue, "Come on, Elivia, don't be a bitch for once and let us fight!"
"That's not how you ask for something!" She screamed, "Without any further talk with the council, you will not do anything stupid and if you do, there will be consequence-"
I ignore her and start walking out, "Just go to the council and tell the president about our fight, she'll approve it."
"Meanwhile, we'll have our fight." I say and signal the others to come with me.
"YOU… That's not ho-"
"Just go to Margaret, will you?" I say to her.
"Do you think she'll give you special treatment?" Elivia said, her face turning sarcastic, "Our president may be many things… but she's definitely not merciful on her punishments."
"All of you might even lose your rank for this." She said, "Think about it, before you do something stupid."
"Again… just go to her, I'll take all of this as my own responsibility."
Elivia sighed at my words, "I tried to help, it's not my fault everyone here is a total block."
Elivia walked away with an air of superiority.
"We shouldn't waste any more time," I suggest, "Lunch Break would start soon."
Landon and the second year had some fear and hesitance on them as they thought. But Halos was already out the door, "Yeah, we'll think of it when it comes to it."
Landon and his substitute looked at each other before coming with us.
We all went to the Specialized Training Building. The place was big enough and would give us privacy… but that privacy meant nothing when all the students from the class came to watch us.
As I stood on the side to start the fight, I saw the students already betting.
"Hundred pounds on the second year."
"50 to Halos, I'm sure he'll win."
"Yeah, I want 40 on Halos."
"I'll take 200 on him."
Even though some bet on the substitute, most of them bet on Halos. They had great confidence in him.
'Well, he wouldn't be the Devourer of Talent, if he wasn't good.'
"Both sides ready?" I ask taking a look at them. They were facing each other 30 steps away as they both nodded.
I raise my hand and push down, "Let's start the fight!"
Immediately, the second year old used his Sigmat. His Yellow ring glowed heavy as he used Amplification to boost his physical stats to the max.
I look at Halo-… He was already gone from his place.
Quickly turning to the second year, I saw Halos in the air, legs pointed straight at his temple. He was very very fast.
So fast that the guy couldn't even react to it as Halos's attack landed.
The leg hit him hard as the second year felt a sharp sound ringing in his head. He lost his cognitive functions right then as flew back and hit the wall.
Through the mist, I already saw the guy's situation. He's breathing was shallow and he was still, the guy was unconscious.
"...That was a short one."