23 Chapter-23: Spar pt-2
The fist connected with Erik's arms, sending the latter sliding across the floor before finally, he came to a stop.
The calm expression over his face never wavered, not even for a single second as he just shrugged of Sawaki's punch like it was nothing.
'Impressive...let's see what he does against 'that'.'
A calm smile appeared onto Erik's face.
{Edios Manipulation Magic:-Time Mode}
"[Psion Zone:-Chrono Stasis Grigora]..."
Erik relaxed his body and stood straight as he watched Sawaki rushing towards himself. The latter once again appeared in front of Erik, in a martial stance, ready to unleash an attack but before he could begin his attacking motion.
The time suddenly to slow down within Erik's perception, his body was still bound to the human limitations but his mind and eyes, at the moment could perceive every little detail in their surrounding.
A faint projection overlapping with Sawaki's body suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, the projection was in the same stance as Sawaki and was overlaid on the latter's body.
The projection punched out a left jab towards his ribs, but since it was only a projection with no mass, Erik didn't feel a thing.
His brain captured all of this information as the perception of time within Erik's eyes returned back to normal.
Shockingly, even before Sawaki could initiate his attack. Erik's body had already started to turn toward left, talking a step back while Sawaki's attack assaulted empty space.
'What!?'
Seeing Erik easily dodge his attack even after he used [Accel], Sawaki was confused. He could clearly see that Erik wasn't using any spell but was somehow able to react so quickly that even before his punching motion could gather momentum, the target had already moved to avoid the incoming attack.
He continued with his assault, striking the different parts of the opponent's body but not a single one of them could even come close enough to Erik's body.
Previously, he had been avoiding all the attacks at the last second with minimum motion but now after Sawaki started using his magic, Erik was dodging the attacks that haven't even been fully deployed yet.
'Left Rib!...'
Erik body twisted left and avoided an incoming kick to the left side of his abdomen.
'Right shoulder!...'
Once again he side-steps while avoiding a straight arm chop towards his right shoulder.
'Leg Sweep!...'
He jumps back to avoid the leg sweep performed by Sawaki who was having trouble keeping up with Erik.
'Chin!...'
'Left shoulder!...'
'Forward fist to the diaphragm!...'
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"What is going on!? What's wrong with Sawaki-san?"
Mayumi looked towards the two contestants with a frown on her face. She couldn't understand just what was going on, to the others, it looked like Sawaki was just throwing punches were Erik stood 'before', in simple terms it felt like Sawaki had been striking the empty place was Erik had stood just a second ago.
Fortunately, being the most precious daughter of the Saegusa Patriarch, she knew well enough to believe that things weren't as simple as it seemed.
There was sometimes fishy indeed, concluded by the strangeness of the ongoing match.
"Hmm.....I doubt that ANYTHING is wrong with Sawaki-san, you can see that he is still in his stance and even his attack patterns were well designed."
Mari interjects her own opinion of the matter, she could tell upon one glance that Sawaki was in good condition.
It was just that, even before he could initiate his attack, Erik somehow seemed to know exactly when and where Sawaki would strike.
Of course, this seemed as if Erik could correctly predict the incoming attacks towards his body every single time he faces someone.
As if he could see into the future.
"I agree with Mari-san, it doesn't seem like there is any problem with Sawaki-san, rather it is more like Erik can see into the future and successfully avoid all blows each time."
A behemoth of a man arrived near Mayumi and Mari, his eyes looking at the two combatants fighting each other. Similar to [Elemental Sight], Katsuto also had the ability to come in contact with the "Truth" of the magic but currently, other than seeing the "Truth" behind Sawaki's [Accel], he couldn't find any other "Truth", causing his to establish the fact the Erik wasn't using magic.
He was wrong, very wrong but alas, Erik's means were formidable and powerful, even a person with the ability to contact "Truth" could see him using magic.
What Mari had concluded was actually not farther from the truth.
By combining Psion-control with his Time Magic, he could age the flow of psion around him and foresee from where attacks are coming.
Meaning that Erik could literally see the future and know the outcome of the ongoing battle. Combined with the fact that this spell does not require any movement from the user makes it even more powerful.
"Erik-san is fighting? It's a spar I guess?...."
The willow beauty called Suzune had returned to the inner-hall after enjoying her time in the Cooking Club. She got bored quickly and thus decided to check in the inner-hall, in hopes of finding Erik and the others.
Never in her wildest dreams did Suzune ever thought that Erik would even agree to spar with anyone, the calm and polite personality of her friend revolved within her mind before a fact illuminated her cave of confusion.
'Erik is the Representative of the Public Morals Committee! Why did I forget this!..."
"Its okay Suzune-chan, after all his polite demeanour cupped with his involvement in the paperwork departed makes us forget about the fact that he is the one who had the highest score in the history of Practical Exams."
Mayumi confronted Suzune with a smile as the four of them continued to watch Erik with curious expressions all over their faces.
While Erik just looked towards Sawaki who had beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, his breathing was a tad bit unstable from exerting himself to keep attacking without any results.
'Your skills are good, I need to force you to reveal your special techniques, guess it's time to go offensive.....'
A calm smile appeared on his face as he looked into Sawaki's eyes.
'Alas! I have already seen your future.....'
'You can not beat me...'
'It is already decided.....'
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