9 Chapter 9: Combat techniques

His eyes stared at the parchment Stevens gave to him, the things he saw at that moment was extremely shocking and breathtaking.

"Combat techniques… this explains why humans can stand against mythical beasts" Realization dawned on Derik. Over the years he has heard of humans battling magical beasts like griffons, gargoyles and even dragons. Each time he heard these stories, he kept asking himself

"How is this possible… can a man take on such beasts with just class skills alone?"

But after reading everything recorded on the parchment, he finally realized how possible it is

Combat Techniques!!!

Combat techniques are advance skills that can easily turn the tide of battle and can be seen as a warrior's secret trump card. Since these techniques are created by the users, it's extremely difficult to meet two people utilizing the same combat techniques.

"The association is willing to teach recruits combat techniques?... if you had this all along, why not teach everyone. That way our performance in the competition will be superb" Derik said. If the archery class has access to a few combat techniques then why not let everyone learn it?. Steven smiled wryly, he didn't expect this, normally recruits would hide this from the others in hopes of becoming the best and completely overshadowing the others.

"Not everyone can master this… Utilization of combat techniques not only tasking but dangerous… performing a technique you're not ready for is similar to suicide… cases of implosion, crippling after effects and many more are very common… that is why low-level bronze combat techniques are presented to talented recruits during their second year of study" Stevens explained. Derik finally understood why these combat techniques were hidden from the others, he thought about it and stared at the parchment in his hand for a while and decided to ask

"This is a low-level bronze archery based combat technique… this also means that other classes possess their class-based combat techniques… so it's safe to assume that there is someone capable of utilizing it… Right?" Derik asked. Stevens slightly nodded, he could easily understand Derik's chain of thought.

[That means there are other recruits out there with an amazing constitution like mine… if I didn't get this bite… I probably won't be able to compare] Derik smiled bitterly when he thought about this. He always felt like the werewolf abilities were a cheat which helped him surpass the other recruits but realizing that they were people at his level without the aid of a 'cheat' made him feel inferior. His gaze returned to the parchment in his hands and read out loud

"Low-level Bronze combat technique; Shot series"

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He slowly opened his eyes and saw a huge stone club descending from above. He bit and forced his aching body to roll to the right. His dark red robe was smeared with mud and his blood-red spiky hair was also covered in mud. He cursed the rain as he struggled to get on his feet and he stared at the five other battle mage recruits taking on two ogres and four others lying on the ground injured.He felt a sharp pain in his right hand and knew it was probably broken

"Damn it… ogres are meant to be level five creatures.. why are they so strong?" Karl said as he stared at the huge sandy brown-skinned humanoid figure which walked towards him, dragging a gigantic stone club as it moved. There were numerous wounds on its body but it didn't show any sign of fatigue, that's what made these beasts terrifying!!!.

"Karl!!!" a white-haired teenager in black and blue robe screamed

"Gray… Focus on taking down the last one with the rest of the team… I will handle this one" Karl quickly replied. Gray bit his lips in anger, even though he was an ice mage and was meant to be an advantage under the current weather conditions, he still couldn't bring down this beast easily. The water mage in the team was quickly knocked out when these ogres ambushed them. Karl is a fire mage and can't exert up to seventy percent of his capabilities in such a condition.

"Why did we wander so deep into this area?"He muttered in regret.

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"Mother Earth, goddess of fertility and famine… Shackle thy foes and devour them whole… eternal torment shall be thy punishment… Splitting Earth!!! " A battle mage recruit in a green robe screamed, almost in an instant, the ground beneath and around the ogre over 10 meters wide slightly trembled, vines erupted from beneath and lashed on to the ogre while the ground beneath slowly opened. The ogre screamed and struggled slowly breaking free from the vines, its bloodshot eyes were fixed on the caster and it slowly approached. The teenager slammed her hands on the ground and screamed, her eyes were bloodshot and blood rolled down her nostrils, her body shivered and her voice was weak. It was obvious that the battle mage had already reached her limit. More vines with thorns flew out of the hole, lashing at the ogre.

The ogre screamed in pain and fell on its knee, for a moment it looked miserable…

"Arrrgh!!!" the ogre roared and swung its giant club at the green-robed battle mage. The girl could only stare at the incoming club with a dejected expression on her face, if she wasn't out of mana, she would have been able to survive this.

"Help him…. Ice wall" Gray screamed

"Earth wall…"

"Wind barrier..."

The other four desperately tried to save their comrade

BOOOM!!!

All the walls shattered under the immense physical power of the ogre and the green-robed battle mage was sent flying by the attack. The moment her body hit the ground, the angel of death took her away.

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A series of fist-sized fireballs flew out of Karl's left palm and aimed at the incoming ogre. Ignoring the little balls of fire, the ogre rushed forward and swung its club at Karl. His eyes widened in shock, he never expected the monster to be so decisive in its actions. He bit his lips and threw his left hand at the incoming stone club

"Don't you dare look down on me!!! Flame orb!!!!" he screamed… instantly a huge ball of fire emerged on his palm, blood slid down his nostrils as he poured in more mana into the ball of fire and its size doubled in an instant.

BOOM!!!

When both attacks collided, both sides were forced to retreat, the ogre had a shocked expression on its face at it stared at the boy in disbelief.

"God of destruction… lord of fire… drown thy enemies in your anger and consume thy foes with thy flames… it's over!!!… Flamethrower!!!" Karl screamed. He tried to move his left hand but it refused to respond, it still shivered from the previous attack.

"F##k it…" Karl screamed, from his lips torrents of fire emerged completely consuming the ogre. The three remaining mages battling the other ogre were shocked by the amount of power Karl was able to muster even though he was not in his element. Well this was expected from the number one recruit of the battlemages

Karl frowned, even though the ogre was in pains it still approached

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[what kind of durability does this beast possess] he thought

A burning palm emerged from the flames and grabbed Karl by the face, covering his lips with its enormous arms trying to crush the boys head

"Karl!!!!" Gray screamed

[How dare you… know your place…. BEAST!!!] Karl thought. Even though he felt like his head was going to implode and a little bit drowsy, he still refused to let his life be taken away by a low-level monster. Blood flowed through his ears and eyes, he slightly shivered due to lack of air. He knew the ogre couldn't exert its true strength due to the numerous injuries

His forced his injured left hand forward and placed it on the ogre's chest

[Incenarate!!!]

The ogre suddenly burst into flames and let go of the boy, it screamed in pain and let go of its giant club.

"Bronze combat technique: Double Cast!!!" Karl muttered as two medium-size orange magic arrays formed on both hands.

"Yee who dares go against the lord of fire, the god of destruction… only death and great torment await thee… With the authority of my lord, I sentence thee to death!!!... Fire Shackles!!!… Judgment Axe!!!" he screamed.

In an instant red chain made of fire appeared around the ogre, robbing it of its freedom, following which an invisible force pushed it to its knees and then a ten-meter long fire axe appeared behind it. The axe shivered and from it, screams of agony emanated, it gave off this chilling energy that made even the ogre shiver in fear.

"Begone" Karl muttered as he staggered…

Woosh!!!

The head of the ogre landed at Karl's feet. He stared at it silently before staggering a little and then hit the ground. He watched the other three battle mages battle the second ogre for a while before losing consciousness.

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Karl felt cold and shivered slightly, he wanted to move but felt two solid walls at both sides restrict his movements. He yanked his eyelids open and saw about a young light-skinned lady with an angelic smile on her face, his body was surrounded by a golden barrier that contained some golden runes on it. The lady was dressed in a simple yet expensive white gown, her hair was covered with a white scarf and around her neck was a chaplet. He could easily tell that this lady was a member of the holy church

"M… My friends?" Karl asked. The lady saw the worry in his eyes and smiled

"Three escaped with minor injuries… six including yourself sustained heavy injuries and the last was already dead… I'm sorry… we couldn't save her" the lady said.

"It's my fault…" he muttered…