Beast Evolution

Alfred turned around, and a drop of tear fell from his eyes, his blood boiling in anger as he walked away from the dead bodies.

This was definitely unacceptable, Avalon is the strongest kingdom in the world and yet it was attacked not by another kingdom but by men, even if Xethen empire had something to do with it, it was still unacceptable.

All the students had moved away from the site back to the training ground as the knights were buried.

Now all the first and second year students were standing on the training ground waiting for the duel, and since the king was already present it was going to start soon.

The students were divided into two parts, the first year and second year all of them held training swords in their hands waiting for instructions.

"All of us are going to be part of this, we won't be able to sneak out of the academy" Ivan muttered.

"Don't worry, we are going to leave today without fail, this is just a training duel, all we have to do is fight a little and lose the duel so no one would notice" Gabriel spoke in a low voice.

"What about the two of us, if we lose without putting up a good fight then Sir Alfred and Sir Jake would definitely know we are just acting since we are strong," Leia said.

"I think we are going to duel with second year students so we need to fight well" Xavier spoke.

"How do you know, maybe..."

"Morning" Alfred spoke as he walked towards the first students.

"Today you are going to be dueling against second year students to test your skills, since the king is here anyone who doesn't put on a good fight will be subjected to extra training and night watch, bullmar academy was attacked and we have no idea when the enemy would attack again so we have to be ready, that is all, when your name is called get ready," Alfred said and walked away.

"Now what?" Dan muttered.

"If we don't put up a good fight, we'll be needed for night duty, and if we put up a good fight we'll be noticed and besides we are facing off against second-year students so they are stronger than us," Ivan said.

"But isn't this a good plan...what if one or two of us doesn't do well, then we'll be on night duty making it easier for us to escape at night," Sofia said.

"That's right, two people out of us would do really bad and get the night duty and then monitor the guards and we'll be able to leave this night," Lily said.

"Sounds like a good plan, I'm good with darkness so I'll get the night duty," Xavier said.

"I'll be the second person," Jack muttered.

"Okay, since that's settled, let's get ready for the duel" Gabriel muttered.

"Archers are not going to be participating so all archers move to the other side of the training ground and practice, the rest of you get ready," Alfred said as he walked back towards the king.

"Your Majesty, they are ready, should they battle randomly or..."

"The students have ranks right, make them battle according to their rank, I want to see how the top students do against each other"

Alfred bowed his head before walking away, "The battle would be conducted according to rank so the rest of you step back, we'll start with the first rank" Alfred said.

"That's me, wish me luck," Gabriel said as he walked towards Alfred.

"He's going against the second year rank 1, is he going to be alright?" Ivan asked.

"He's going to be fine, it's Gabriel" Dan spoke with a smile as Gabriel stepped outside.

From the second-year student, a girl stepped outside and all the first-year students were shocked, a girl was the strongest among the second year.

"Stance, this battle isn't about winning or losing, it's about showing the king that your training hasn't been wasted on you, so do your best and show the dead knights that you can carry on and do your duties as future knights, begin" Alfred spoke and moved backward.

Gabriel took his stance and a deep breath as he circulated his Ki around his body while keeping his eyes on the opponent in front of him.

'I remember this boy, he was one of the students that fought against that mage with wind ability when he was going after a scroll, while I stood there paralyzed in fear because I didn't want to be killed, I'm ashamed of myself' the girl in front of Gabriel muttered inwardly.

Gabriel moved towards the girl one step at a time, he knew she was stronger than him and had more Ki at her disposal so he wasn't going to charge in without seeing what she could do.

The girl on the other hand knew what Gabriel was doing so she was going to play along, she infused a little Ki and dashed toward Gabriel with the wooden sword.

Both of their Ki-infused sword clashed but Gabriel didn't feel much strength in her swing as he blocked the attack and moved backward.

'Is she underestimating me or is she testing me' Gabriel mumbled as he charged forward with all the speed he could muster.

The girls noticed and quickly infused more Ki in her legs and hands as Gabriel swung his sword towards her neck.

She blocked his attack without effort but immediately he unleashed a barrage of swings aimed at her stomach and waist.

The girl moved backward blocking and dodging Gabriel's attack but Gabriel didn't stop, he was wasting his Ki but he didn't car, this wasn't a fair match so all he had to do was show his skills not win.

After ten more attack aimed at her waist, Gabriel put one of his legs forward and spin himself swinging his sword towards her neck.

The girl quickly fix her blade and blocked the attack at she was faster than Gabriel then he moved backward panting and breathing heavily.