Chapter 92: Chapter 92 Mock Battles Part 04.

The arena was enveloped by a tangible silence where the senior or even the other candidates stared dumbfounded at the two people who were now releasing their battle stance. Every person's jaw slackened, and they couldn't utter a single word because it was stuck in their throats.

Soma, with closed eyes, who finished with his battle. Slowly he inhaled a couple of breaths and exhaled it out. After doing it several times, as the tension in his body loosened, he opened his eyes and turned his back, raising his feet to leave the arena.

[Nullifies pain 80%]

While walking, Soma's gaze was flicker and his feet swayed for a bit, and his sight turned blurry slightly. Stopping in his tracks, he shook his head to the side, trying to clear his disturbed sight. After calming down his vision returned to its clear state, and he continued his walk. As he neared the outside of the arena. Hina, who saw his condition, approached him with a distressed face.

"Soma, are you alright?".

"..Yeah, I am..".

Hina stood in front of him while cupping his cheeks in her hands. Her face suddenly turned ashen as she saw a trail of blood that appeared from Soma's nostril travel down like a dam that had been broken.

"...Stood still!".

"Uh? Okay".

Soma felt something wasn't right the moment he saw Hina's expression. Also, he sensed that his head was throbbing for some reason. However, the pain kept disappearing each time it throbbed. Hina took a blue handkerchief from her storage and presented it to his nose to clog his nostril.

"Pressed this handkerchief to stop the blood from flowing further".

"Blood? Am I bleeding?".

"Wait, you didn't notice it?".

Hina raised her brows for the response Soma gave as he didn't notice that he was currently bleeding. Lee, who saw the commotion, approached the place.

"What happened?".

As soon as Lee opened his mouth, Hina, trying to take something from her storage ring, halter her movement and she shot a glare that could kill to Lee. Lee smiled wryly seeing her glare, but he shifted his attention to Soma and found a red stain on the blue handkerchief with a floral pattern pressing onto his nostril.

Lee didn't say a word. Instead, he took something from his storage item that looked like a belt strapped on his waist. The head of the belt shone before his hand appeared a dark-green liquid that contained inside a glass.

"Here, as my token of apology".

Soma turned his head to the side, and he saw Lee extending his hand while holding a potion. Without hesitation, Soma took the potion. He opened the lid and then, under everyone's watchful gaze, Soma downed the contents in one go.

"Thanks, teacher Lee. I am sorry for your ribs".

"It's okay. It's already healed because of my strong constitution and one of my skills".

"Is that so? Okay, then".

Lee nodded his head, then he turned his gaze sideways, looking at the other candidates who were now shooting a wary gaze in his direction. He sighed helplessly, shrugging his shoulders before turned his back, leaving Soma.

[Nullifies pain 66%]

After drinking the health potion, a translucent window appeared before Soma's eyes and notified the decreasing number of his nullified pain system, which was caused by the double-edge skill Adapt. Turned out this skill was something he should be wary of, too. The reason is because the skill was a gift from that being.

"Are you okay?".

"Yeah, I am fine. Thanks for the handkerchief. I will buy you a new one".

"It's fine".

Seeing the grave situation Soma was in, Eiji, along with Eri, slowly approached the two while still bothered by the other looks. However, Eiji kept pressing and approached his benefactor, who now seemed in trouble. He swept past the gaze and stood beside Soma.

"Soma, are you alright?".

Eiji, with Eri in tow, looked at the red stain in the blue handkerchief, and their face paled. Eiji, in particular, his body began to tremble, and he fidgeted while covering his mouth.

"You are bleeding".

"It's okay. I am already healed. Let's get away from the arena first".

Everyone in the group nodded after hearing what Soma asked. However, while the other three are raising their feet to leave the Arena. Hina, who was still harboring a bit of a grudge after the earlier events, stood still in the Arena.

Soma, who witnessed her, chuckled and opened his mouth.

"Good luck, Hina. Try to calm your anger for a bit".

"...I will. Thanks, Soma".

Noticing that Hina was on the verge of erupting, Soma opened his mouth, trying to soothe her anger so that she could face the exam calmly. Hina raised her feet in the opposite direction, approaching teacher Lee, who stood in the middle of the arena. She keeps her gaze straight at him. The event that unfolded earlier clearly made blood rush at her head when she saw Soma spun in mid-air.

Hina almost went on a rampage earlier, but eventually, she knows where they are currently. So she could only grit her teeth in frustration and see the unfolding event while suppressing her boiling rage.

She stood in the middle of the arena while facing the teacher, who stood tall, towering her. However, she already witnessed something far more towering and intimidating than the person before her. So she could maintain her calm state despite facing him, also the words that Soma left to her. It keeps ringing in her mind, telling her to calm her stirred mind.

"So you are the next one. I am sorry for what I did to your partner. That was completely my mistake. I am truly sorry".

The teacher sensed that the girl's mood before him was terrible, so he opened his mouth to ask for an apology. S~eaʀᴄh the nôvelFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

With her eyes closed, Hina exhaled a shallow sigh before she opened it back and turned her glance at the teacher.

"...It's already done, let us start the test".

"...Okay, let's start then. State your number, name, and strength?".

"A hundred twenty-six. Named Akabane Hina, specialized in battle with magic".

Using her mana manipulation technique. Her surrounding space shook as the undulating calm mana in the atmosphere began to gather at her side slowly, creating a whirlpool of chaotic natural mana that, with a slight mistake, she would get swallowed by its ferocious power of nature.

Teacher Lee opened his eyes wide, seeing the precise control the girl showed to him. However, it was not only because of the ability she had. There was something that pushed her this time. It was probably something with her thought that stirred earlier, and her mind unconsciously used it as a fuel to boost her concentration further.

"I am ready, teacher".