Reginn vs. Kallen

A familiar gunshot rang out once again and Kallen lunged toward Reginn and hit him square on his chest, however, Reginn did not move an inch.

     "Come on now, don't hold back!"

Reginn began a roundhouse kick, but Kallen dodged before he could land his hit. Kallen once again dashed toward Reginn and landed multiple clean hits, and the outcome was the same as before. Realizing that Kallen would be forced to show his strength one way or another, he decided to drop his borrowed gauntlet and beneath revealed a much tighter fit gauntlet which almost seemed like a glove. They had a black and white pattern on them with gems stuck in the centre of each gauntlet. The gloves radiated a menacing aura, and their numerous scratches and marks of restoration showed the age of the relic. The gauntlets soon engulfed in a white flame with a blinding flash and the battle took momentum once again.

Kallen moved nimbly, carefully dodging Reginn's strikes and looking for an opening. He was taking a defensive approach, but Reginn showed little interest in changing his tactics, almost as if inviting him to land a hit. Finally, Kallen struck the centre of Reginn's chest and the light shone brighter than ever, illuminating the entire arena. The power blew the sand beneath them away, showing the concrete floor underneath. Kallen was not done just yet, charging up his other fist, he landed the second strike, hitting him right in the abdomen. He continued to shower him with a powerful barrage and each hit shook the foundation and the gauntlets shined even brighter. However, after the brightness had subsided, Reginn was merely standing still, unimpressed by the punch.

     "Well, if that's what you want to do, I won't force you,"

Rings of light appeared behind Reginn, he would use a fraction of his true strength this time. He kicked Kallen into the wall on the other side, leaving a crater behind as Kallen coughed up a substantial amount of blood and slouched to the ground. The wall crumbled as the spectators nearby flinched away.

     "But it is insulting to be taken lightly by someone so much weaker than me."

Reginn did not look back as he walked away from the battle. While he was disappointed, he knew that he would get the chance to see Kallen's full potential soon.

And with that dramatic final match, the entrance exam ended, and the spectators and participants began to leave as the sun set beyond the horizon. In the changing room, Reginn noticed two strangers approaching him. Eidgaon first introduced himself and praised Reginn for his strength, however, Reginn was unfazed. Compliments from someone so insignificantly weak were not pleasing. Reginn could see that they had a hidden agenda. While he may look like a young man, he was not human. He had many unique abilities and one of them was to see the precise movements of mana particles. These mana particles are often used to cast spells, by transforming the extremely malleable mana with an unknown force accessible through training, those with a mana supply could perform extraordinary feats. Since most living beings are born with natural mana, magic is abundant in this world. Such as transforming the mana particles into water particles creating water or turning them into fuel and heat creating fire. There was a near-infinite possibility of the mana particles, which is why they are sometimes called God particles.

Reginn was extremely familiar with these particles, and while he could not use them himself, he could see them with incredible precision. While it cannot truly be called mindreading, he could detect malice, happiness or fear by observing the patterns of the flow of mana within a human being. It seemed that the unknown force that controlled the particles was closely tied to human emotion.

However, from these two, he did not feel any ill intent, just that they were hiding something from him. The tall human male seemed to have a pretty high reserve of mana for a human, most likely an ex-adventurer or an ex-warrior. Reginn decided to be wary of these two before he could find out their secret goal.

Sivrit could tell that there was an awkward tension in the room. Reginn saw both of them as beneath him, and Eidgaon was terrible at trying to be polite. Everything he said came off as superficial and fake. After an unnerving silence, Sivrit asked the question she came all the way to the locker to ask.

     "Sir Reginn, could I ask you to be my mentor?"

Reginn was surprised by this request, and he nearly forgot that she was even in the room. He swiftly regained composure and began to process this sudden question. He came to the academy to gain more information about the present world. From what he gathered so far, he was reincarnated back into the world after over 10000 years for some reason. So far he could confirm two other heroes in the present era including the current hero, Siege, and it wouldn't be surprising to find every single hero of the past reincarnated. For now, he theorized that a god on the level of the Goddess or perhaps the Goddess herself was involved in the reincarnation, but he currently had no way to communicate with the goddess.

He was in a pinch, stuck in this unfamiliar world with no one from the past era. Not that he had that many friends in the first place, most of those he cared about died before him. Come to think of it, this was the first time he had a conversation directly with a human that wasn't his caretaker. But back to the matter at hand, perhaps this girl would be a great assistance in adjusting to this world. She was born of this time and looked quite important, perhaps the student council president. After careful consideration, Reginn decided to accept this request.

     "All right I'll help you out"

     "What?!"

Sivrit thought that it would take a bit more convincing to get accepted, especially from someone this strong. Though, this wouldn't be a true mentorship as she was just trying to stay close to Reginn to gather more data about him. Right after the exams ended, she was given the responsibility to monitor this stranger. She was happy that she was given a seemingly important task, but it did seem arduous, so perhaps no one else wanted to do it.

     "But there is one condition," Reginn added, "I have some requests for you as well!"

Sivrit had no idea what this request could be and braced herself.

     "Take me out on a tour of the city tomorrow!"

     "What?"

A tour? Sivrit thought that perhaps she misheard something. Why would he need a guide for a tour? She thought that he was from somewhere nearby, seeing that he was fluent in the language.

     "Uhhh... I'm actually from the countryside far away, I'm new to this town so I'll need a proper introduction to this place."

     "Oh, alright. Then let's meet up at 8 in the morning tomorrow"

     "See ya then"

With that, Reginn left the locker room. Sivrit was relieved that her plan worked. Now she could find out more about this stranger. Though next to her, Eidgaon couldn't hide the large grin on his face, and that pissed her off for some reason.

     "...What?"

     "Nothing." replied Eidgaon, "Anyways, It's great that you finally have a date now,"

Sivrit was annoyed by this reply, but couldn't think of any clever comeback.

     "Hmph! Don't follow me!" said Sivrit as she slammed the door behind her.

     "Have fun tomorrow!"

Now Eidgaon was the only one left in the building. He thought about how much Sivrit, Attila and the others had grown, and couldn't wait to follow along on their journey to hone their skills. He could feel in his heart that this was going to be another great year in the Royal Academy.