The World Needs War

The burly student opposing me used magic to coat his fists and increase their power before running towards me.

Looking left and then right I saw the countless other battles taking place and an archer hidden well within the crowd.

Focusing my attention back on the man before me I ducked low and swept at his foot using my leg causing him to lose balance and fall, then I stood up and used my left leg to kick him in the head.

But before my leg could hit him he moved his hands and grabbed it as he tightened his grip on my leg and arrow came flying in from nowhere aimed at my chest.

Leaning back with all my might I dodged the arrow but my leg which was being held onto by the boy still restricted my movements so I yanked my leg back allowing it to slip from his grip and letting me launch another attack with my hands which eliminated him from the Coliseum.

After eliminating him I spun around and spotted the archer moving around within the crowd and trying to avoid me.

Running past the fights of others and watching the archer's running figure I sped up and easily caught him in an instant and completely eliminated him with a swift knuckle sandwich.

The ground below me felt hot.

Jumping back the ground below me erupted in flames as two people wearing bright red jumped at me with their sword both slashing at me, but they hit only the air.

I immediately realized by their red clothing that they were fifth years and so I turned around and started dashing away but they didn't let me go so easily since they kept following me.

I, a first year, was being chased by them, three fifth years.

Stopping in my tracks the ground in front of me where other people had been fighting became flames as the three fifth years had used their magic and had now cornered me into fighting them.

Uttering no words one of them ran at me at such speed I could barely react and almost cut me with their sword, but I ,of course, was able to block it with my sword and step back before the fifth years started to launch a barrage of attacks with his sword.

Blocking every sword attack I am slowly pushed back and start to near the still raging wall of flames behind me as I am forced back with everyone of his sword slashes or thrusts.

---50 people remaining---

The voice of the watch was inaudible as the crackling of the flames which dared to burn my back and the constant clanging of sword with each and every time I block his attacks were the only things I could hear until I felt a thin rope-like thing wrap around my waist and pull me at an incredible speed in the wall of fire behind me.

Looking down at my waist I saw the golden strings Zenith used, I then looked up at the wall of fire which was now far away from me and saw that what looked to be a small opening in the flames which I had gone through and somehow escaped from.

Turning to look back I saw Zenith retracting her magical golden strings and pilling me to her with Crain, Vereta, Noah, and Cecelia behind her and keeping watch for any unwarranted enemies.

Unluckily once I looked forward again I saw that the three fifth year students chasing me had now multiplied into six fifth year students and they were still chasing after me as if I was the fish bait and they were the fish.

"Why are they still after me!"

Standing alongside Zenith and the others we could only stand there and wait for the fifth year students to arrive.

"What exactly did you do to get on their bad side?" Crain whispered loudly so everyone could hear.

"I don't know, they just want me out I guess!" I said in such a light tone.

Moments later the fifth year students used magic and hit the ground around us only narrowly missing the six of us. Dispersing the six of us attacked from different sides of the fifth year students group.

Crain and Noah ran forward and started an attack instantly but Cecelia jumped up and led a downward slash on one of the fifth years, Vereta pulled out a bow and shot three arrow back to back straight towards the mage who stood behind all his comrades.

Zenith moved to help Cecelia with her golden strings after Cecelia was suddenly attacked by another fifth year.

I ran past their fighting and bolted for the mage but I was abruptly obstructed by the last fifth year who held two sharp but short daggers in his hand.

An assassin?

The thought popped up in my head and was only further validated by the incredible speed he possessed when he suddenly appeared behind me and attempted to slash my back.

The daggers missed my back when I took a step forward and continued towards the mage without caring for the assassins attack.

The assassin fifth year was once again in front of me in the next second and started to cut at me with the sharp daggers.

The fifth year moved towards me but stopped his attack mid way and back up as from behind him a fireball sent by the mage lit up my face as it approached me within seconds and gave me almost no time to react.

The fireball that was double the size of my head was cut in two by my sword but the heat still extreme as it glided past my body which had no time to rest when the assassin thrust his dagger forward and aimed it at my stomach.

I had already expected his attack so I easily side stepped the attack before grabbing his hand twisting his wrist slightly to make him let go one of his daggers before I dodged the attack he attempted with his other dagger in his right hand.

Then and only then did I pick him up using the grip on his left hand and flipped him over causing him to land on the dirt floor and be eliminated.

The ground around me suddenly burst into flames and created a fire wall that trapped me within.

Did I just get caught by a mage?