Dragon Necromancer: Starting With First Dragon Bloodline-Chapter 41: Fight

"Okay," the instructor said and looked at her new students. "Now, line up and get ready for the sparring session. Let’s see how many of you are worth staying here."

Noa did as he was told.

He stood up and straightened his back, anticipating his first battle in his age group.

The only opponent he had fought was Haric.

And the commander was brutal and stronger than the opponents Noa would face here.

Still, he had to prove his worth by demonstrating his talent.

As for hiding the fact that he had already unlocked the second mental threshold, Noa had no intention of doing so.

It was something he could reveal to the world.

Something interesting and unique enough to catch attention, yet subtle enough to bring him the benefits he needed. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

It would just make him an unfortunate talent who was doomed because of the Graveworm.

But the talent itself would look reasonable for what an average prodigy could possess.

Two minutes later, the instructor swept her gaze over the lineup, her eyes narrowing in expectation. "Some of you will fail here. Some will even be expelled, and my decision is final," she began. "But I am not looking for winners. I want to see powers that can survive in this world—powers that help those in need. You may lose the fight, but I want to see potential."

Students held their breath.

No one wanted to fail here. Even if losing a single combat didn’t automatically mean they would be expelled, who knew what went through the instructor’s mind?

She might eliminate them simply because she disliked their powers or deemed them useless.

So, the surest way to survive was to win the fight.

A moment later, the merger tamer personally divided them into pairs. "Let’s start, shall we?" she said to the first two students in the central arena.

Two boys exchanged glances.

The instructor didn’t waste a second and gave them the signal to start. "Just don’t kill each other and prove your worth."

Hearing this, both of them summoned their beasts.

One called forth a water-based creature, tiny droplets flickering from its tail. It looked like a cat, but on the bigger side.

The other raised his hand, and from his sleeve, a fanged snake appeared.

As soon as the summoning process was done, the first boy with the cat dashed forward, its claws dropping liquid mid-swipe.

Fortunately, the snake user didn’t panic.

Instead, he let his skin shimmer with a scaled texture, and as poisonous mana filled his muscles, he dodged the attack to the side.

Then, mist exploded from the snake boy’s mouth.

A thick haze covered the arena, hiding his presence from the opponent.

The visibility dropped, making the crowd erupt in loud murmurs.

Suddenly—

The first boy let out a cry, and stumbling out of the mist, his legs showed two deep marks of bites.

He was about to lose momentum, but the water stopped the bleeding.

Yet the poison still affected his movement.

In his final struggle, he barely dispersed the dense haze and connected the last swipe to the snake boy, equally injuring him as well.

The fight was quick.

Everything happened in an instant.

Only ten seconds later, they both stumbled to the ground, too wounded to continue the spar.

With a flick of her fingers, the instructor gathered soft earth around her feet and sent it rushing toward them, preventing lifelong injuries.

"Enough," she said, as dirt sucked the poison from one boy and closed the other’s wounds.

"It was a good fight," she added, looking at them with a smile.

Then, as if nothing had happened, she shifted her focus back to the other students and was about to make them fight when Noa raised his hand, catching her attention.

"Can I go next?" he asked, and glanced at waiting Selaira. "A guest is watching, and I don’t want to waste her time."

The instructor glanced at him first, surprised.

She had heard about the infamous Graveworm boy and had already been asked by other teachers to expel him.

The academy didn’t want to lose face and teach someone so worthless.

And though she was intrigued to see what the confident boy would show, she didn’t think that aloof Selaira would be interested as well.

So she looked at her, eyes narrowing.

The girl gave her a soft nod, acknowledging her reason for staying in the arena.

"Okay. Who was your partner again?" she asked, not watching Noa with judging eyes, but scanning him with alien curiosity.

"Me," a gentle voice reverberated across the hall.

A teenage girl had raised her hand, and her black nails and dark eye tone made her easily stand out.

’Anine Nubia?’ Noa recognized her instantly.

It was the same girl who had an awakening ceremony with him and bonded with an epic-ranked Obsidian Cat.

Compared to the cat the last boy had, this one shone in gloom, currents of light flashing from its veins, its black fur laced with lightning, making it look far more formidable.

The girl looked emotionless.

Like Selaira, she was distant, yet looking at her felt like peering at a storm about to break.

’I guess my luck hasn’t run out,’ Noa thought.

He was eager to fight against a strong opponent, rumored to have been trained by a Thunder Monk.

That alone was more than enough for Noa to know how tough this fight would be.

So he didn’t waste a second and took his place.

"I am ready," he announced, took a crude sword from the wall, and waited for the girl to get into position.

Anine looked at him and then at the instructor.

After receiving a signal to start, she lunged at Noa while summoning her beast.

Seeing this, Noa didn’t retreat.

Instead, he added weight to his legs and raised the sword at an angle. Not to block or attack. But to learn and guide it with mana at his side.

As weak mana with no elemental properties circled his wrists, the obsidian cat landed beside the girl.