Affinity:Chaos
chapter-53

Grey who was about to charge into the platform stopped in his tracks, he looked at the silhouette who appeared on the platform and shook his head.

Alice was faster in making a move. She stood on the platform with an excited look. The crowd was surprised when they saw a little girl get on stage, but they couldn't deny the fact that she was pretty fast.

"Little girl, this isn't a place for you" The man who made the challenge said towards Alice.

Alice looked at him without bothering to reply, she turned towards the man in charge of the platform. The man didn't know if to allow the fight at first since it would be dangerous for the little girl if her strength didn't reach the required level. He looked back to get a confirmation from the organizers, only after they nodded their heads did he approve of the fight.

The man looked at Alice again, "Seems like you're not so simple. For the organizers to agree to you battling me, but I should warn you before we start, I don't hold back even when my opponent is a little girl"

Only after seeing that the battle would go on, did the crowd know the little girl should be able to protect herself. But they weren't too optimistic about her chances of winning.

"Begin" The man in charge called for the start of the battle.

The man attacked with a huge water snake immediately after the battle started.

Lightning crackled on Alice's hand before she sent a huge sword made out of lightning towards the water snake, the sword cut through the snake before heading towards the man.

Seeing this, the man made a wall of ice which successfully blocked the lightning sword. They continued exchanging moves back and forth.

The crowd was awed by the strength Alice was displaying, even the man didn't expect the little girl to be this strong. A glint flashed through his eyes as he started attacking more aggressively.

"I pity him," said Grey suddenly towards his friends. Reynolds nodded also since he felt the same way.

"Why did you say that?" Klaus asked.

"If he had continued attacking with his previous style, although he would still lose given Alice's strength, she wouldn't beat him up too much" Reynolds was the one who spoke up this time.

From the man's attack, you could tell his grade is only Orange. This has given Alice the first advantage since her attack power is stronger. If the man was battling some other students on the same plane, he has an eighth out of ten chance of being victorious due to his experience.

But Alice is totally different, she's a battle maniac who enjoys fighting. She already has a great amount of experience from the multiple life and death battles she has engaged in when on a mission. Alice could barely find an opponent in the same stage as her.

Grey and Reynolds had spent the most time with her, so they knew her well. The only reason the battle was still ongoing was just her seeking to enjoy a prolonged battle.

Alice's attacks suddenly started getting stronger, 'She wasn't using her full strength previously' The man was shocked in his heart and couldn't help but start sweating.

He had already used all his strength, but Alice was able to destroy his attacks. At first, he thought she was already at her end and was planning on how she would make a mistake he could capitalize on.

The crowd was excited when they saw how spectacular the battle was turning out to be. They all felt lucky being able to watch such an intense battle, they prayed the battle would go on for longer. Only the experienced one's knew the battle would come to an end soon since one of the fighters is already on his last leg.

"That girl is strong," A shocked man said towards his partners.

They nodded in response.

Alice suddenly made a move that scared the hell out of her opponent, a huge wall made of fire suddenly sprang up around her opponent. They had been battling for some time now and Alice had only used the lightning element for her attacks.

The sudden appearance of the fire wall scared and stunned him. He literally thought someone was interfering with the fight, but he knew no one would do that since they all knew the rules of the place.

'She's a Dual Elementalists' He felt more fear. Whenever he thought Alice had showed her true power, she would surprise him with something stronger.

The walls limited the area he could move. This wasn't the scariest part of it all. What truly scared him was the make-shift roof the fire walls had. When he looked up, all he could see was a sea of lightning which perfectly fit on top of the fire walls.

The people outside suddenly saw a hut made of red and silver color appeared with the man stuck inside.

"Dual Elementalists" They all said simultaneously. It was rare for a Dual Elementalists to appear here, especially someone so talented.

"Checkmate" Alice said with a smile.

The man who was about to attack and break through the fire walls suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He raised his head and saw what looked like lightning spears coming out of the roof. When he looked at the walls, he saw the same thing happening only this time it was fire spears.

His leg suddenly went soft, and he dropped to the ground.

"I give up" He yelled at the top of his lungs to make sure the man in charge heard him clearly.

The crowd was surprised by the terrified shout they heard.

Alice pouted when she heard the man say this, "You're no fun, you didn't even try to block the attack" She complained while first extinguishing the walls and the roof.

The crowd suddenly felt their eyes nearly jumped out of their heads. Even Grey and his friends were stupefied by the sight.

"Did she plan on killing him?" Klaus couldn't help but ask in a fearful voice.

The man was shaking on the floor with lightning and fire spears surrounding him from all angles. They floated on the same spot for some time before just like the walls, they extinguished.

"He's such a lucky man" Someone from the crowd suddenly said.

"Had he been a little slower in admitting defeat, he would have definitely died from that attack"

The crowd looked at the little girl in horror, they all knew there was no way the man could have been able to block that attack. Even some people at the Ninth stage of the Arcane Plane among the crowd were not confident they could block it.

The man stood up with shaky legs, "Thank you" He said towards Alice before he put himself together and managed to walk away from the platform. He wasn't stupid, if it were to be a life and death battle, Alice would have attacked sooner and not do everything slowly.

He knew she was giving him a chance by taking her time to create the attack. If he was confident in blocking it, then he would take the attack head-on, but if he wasn't, he could always admit defeat.

Alice stood at the platform even after the man had left. She clearly wanted to challenge others as well. After the man in charge of the platform issued the challenge, no one stepped up. Even after five minutes, no one dared to step up.

The man had to tell Alice to return since no one wanted to battle her and more battles were still supposed to take place. Alice left the platform dejectedly and walked towards her friends, she was clearly disappointed by the lack of opponents.

Grey suddenly smacked his head, "Hey buddy, do they make bets here?" He asked Klaus.

"Of course, before each battle starts, a betting pool would be opened for the two fighters" Klaus explained to Grey.

"Damn," Grey said when he heard this. If only he had remembered this sooner, he would have bet his entire savings on Alice. He could have made a fortune. 'What a waste' He complained.

Alice sat down close to them still in a sad mood.

"That attack of yours is not easy to pull off," Klaus said towards her.

"Not really, but it's still quite taxing to use it since you have to manipulate two elements at the same time. It's getting easier for me now compared to when I first learned it" replied Alice.

Grey confirmed what she said since he had also tried using two elements simultaneously, he had even tried using three. Although it's taxing, once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier.

It's like multitasking yourself, once you get used to it, it becomes simple.

After some time Grey later went on to battle, just like Alice he calmly defeated his opponent. But unlike Alice, he was able to have another battle.

Since both Grey and Alice had participated in the battling, Klaus and Reynolds felt left out, so they also participated. Klaus won his first battle but lost the second one to an Elementalist who was two stages higher than him.

After leaving the place, they walked into the city and did different fun things before heading back to the Academy after sunset.