A few seconds of running and a small number of eliminations later, Alex saw the scene of two students fighting mid-air with one of them carrying a bow and a quiver.

    "It can''t be the same person, right?"

    He asked himself as he observed their skirmish. He found the boy''s overbearing assaults impressive, not giving the archer any room to retaliate. As he observed, he wondered if he should go in and take them both out. But he wanted to find out if the archer was the same one who nearly eliminated him.

    "There''s only one way to find out." He had to prevent the girl from dying. He moved forward slowly, prepared to intercept if the girl was about to be eliminated. Then he observed as the girl attempted to go for the twin-blade.

    However, a move by the boy rendered that plan useless as she was left exposed to a throw she had no chance of surviving.

    "I guess this is as good a time as any."

    Alex brandished his spear and accurately calculated the speed and trajectory of the twin-blade throw. He sent his spear towards it and used the momentum generated to create an arc blade from condensed light, gathering the mana to his right foot and spinning around in the air, directing the arc blade to the boy.

    .....

    Ethan was surprised someone was able to aim at his twin-blade accurately but he didn''t have much time to dive into the realm of how that was done as a speeding arc blade was heading for him.

    Using his gale force, he spun around mid-air, successfully evading the arc blade. Once he landed, silence pervaded the group as everyone had different expressions on their faces.

    Abigail was surprised to see Alex here and more than that, he was the one that saved her from being eliminated. She wondered what his goal was, but she still had to survive this to find out. Find your next read at empire

    Alex on the other hand was mildly shocked that Ethan was able to dodge his attack. ''Well, the attack wasn''t really all that fast and powerful, but still...'' His gaze lingered on the boy and then shifted to Abigail, scrutinizing her to see if she would give away anything that suggested she was familiar with him, and he got his answer from her expression.

    Ethan looked at Alex with narrowed eyes, wondering why he stopped his attack when he could have just taken him on after he eliminated the girl.

    "... Like now."

    BOOM!

    Alex clashed with Ethan who was already on him with a powerful right fist. He responded in kind with his own right fist, their clash disrupting the air and the rubble lying around. The attack Ethan threw at Alex was powerful, but Alex was prepared. He did not move an inch from where he stood, however, the ground beneath his feet shattered from the exchange.

    "Not bad," Alex commented on the punch Ethan threw at him.

    Ethan however, responded with a scoff, "Not bad? Then try another one!"

    He pulled back his right hand and sent the left hand, aiming for his face. Still, in the eyes of Alex, he was moving too slowly. Alex used his left hand to palm the next blow, but he had forgotten something; he wasn''t fully healed.

    ''Oh shit.''

    He realised, but there was no pill for regret. He immediately felt the pain in his shoulder the moment he threw the palm out. This resulted in his left hand having very little power to defend against the blow, sending him flying with a spin into the rubble behind him.

    BOOOM!

    Ethan grinned when his punch sent Alex flying, "Strong my ass. Is that the best you can do?" He scoffed at how easily Alex was sent flying with his second blow.

    Abigail was frozen in her spot, not making any attempt to move. She was still in Ethan''s sight after all. However, her thoughts were currently occupied.

    ''Was Alex that weak? No, that can''t be right. He was able to stop the first blow, but when he switched to use his left, he was sent flying. Ahh... His left shoulder.'' She figured out the reason behind Alex''s failure to stop that blow.

    "Yeah, that one''s on me." Ethan heard a reply from the rubble Alex was buried in.