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Bold is for attacks

Camilla's POV

After our first-round win, we learned our next opponents would be the team Luck was on, I also got to watch Noelle do her best and defeat her brother's team.

The next round started with Asta's team against Kirsch, Magna and Sol. I took my seat and watched, as I expected Kirsch didn't want to deal with anyone but himself, part of it is his stuck-up nature with royal pride and the other is his narcissistic tendencies. His magic is strong, but his leadership skills are lacking.

Though I enjoyed the fight overall, it was good to see that everyone was improving. Though in the end Asta, Mimosa and their teammate were victorious in that match. I was surprised by the post-match critique 'Xerx' offered the losing squad, he pretended to be harping and hurling insults but the things he pointed out were accurate areas to improve.

"Charmy." I looked down "How come you didn't want to compete, you're quite strong when you put your mind too it."

"La?" she looked at me "I'm just here to cheer everyone on."

"Very well, I'll be listening for your cheers then." I looked "They're next…Finral and Langris…"

I stood not too far from the viewing area and kept my eyes peel.

"The sound of the battle is pulsing…I have a bad feeling about this…"

"Charmy…" I stepped forward "…be ready."

"La?"

The magic pressure in the air changed as Langris grimoire flapped open and concentrated balls of special magic gathered around him.

"This magic is…"

I looked down at the battlefield as both Langris and Finral used a similar attack, orbs of magic clashing in the air with a pulse, the nearby Crystal for Finral's team shattered instantly, and Finral took the rest of the attack.

"FINRAL!"

"Team G wins!"

"Charmy now!" I yelled.

"Cotton Catapult!" her she appeared and hurled me onto the field with a sonic boom.

I landed right behind Langris and grabbed his head and held my mouth close to his ear as I felt my hair start rising up. I quickly realized I wasn't the only one who had reacted to quickly, Luck, Magna and Asta had all jumped in front of him as well.

"If you even so much as fucking twitch, I'll scream so fucking loud your head will pop like a rotten melon got it bastard." I growled lowly letting my anger poor off.

"The exams over." Luck's arms sparked "If you wanna go for more we'll all play with you."

"The match is over, you're acting suspicious." Asta said.

"So, he senses it too…" I wondered.

"Who do you think you are talking to me." Langris glared.

Suddenly I felt the entire atmosphere still as a voice spoke.

"I can't put my confidence in someone that would go easy on another." The Wizard King said "But I also would lose confidence in someone that would kill a comrade."

I moved my hands back and stepped away.

"Finral fought you fair and square even." Asta said "You're too harsh, and now look what happened! The real magic knight here was Finral!"

"What did you say?!" he glared "It seems the Black Bulls have started getting carried away."

"Enough Langris stop acting so righteous!" I snapped.

"You tell me enough!" he tried to strike me.

"HMPH!" I flashed behind him and dodged "You wanna do this we can do this! Vice-Captain to Vice-Captain!"

"I've despised you since the moment I met you!" he yelled "CAMILLA!"

"What a coincidence I was thinking the same thing!" I screeched "LANGRIS!"

"That's enough of that." The Wizard King appeared between us "Things have certainly gotten heated it would seem."

"Hmm." I just kept glaring "ASTA!"

"Huh?"

"Skip straight to the next round!" I said "Your team can fight his right now!"

Suddenly a gate opened and Mimosa and the other members of the two teams were dropped onto the field.

"Dragging me into your personal conflicts!" Xerx laughed "You're stupid and I love it! Let's do it!"

I stepped back "Destroy them. Consider this my test for you Asta, surpass Langris and step one more notch closer!"

I jumped back up to the waiting area.

"Whoa that was scary!" Rill came up as I dusted myself.

"I let my anger get the better of me." I looked down "I got careless and acted on instinct, I was even prepared to use it…"

Rill looked passed me "Nah I think you made the right choice."

"I want to keep winning Rill." I said "Not just to be the winner, I want to go to the finals and fight people like Asta, Langris, that Yuno boy."

"See now we're having fun!" he laughed.

I turned back to watch the fight, I knew I could count on Asta but he wasn't the one I wanted to see step up.

"Do it…show me…" I looked down.

Just before the Crystal took a barrage attack "Xerx" slid in front of it and opened a giant magic circle, and even when the attack went around it, he absorbed and reflected it with another trap on his body.

"Beautiful!" I smiled.

But even the reflected attack was once again canceled out by Langris.

"His magic is swelling…" Rill said calmly.

"Everyone here is fighting to get stronger!" Asta used that ugly dark black form of his to soar in and let off a barrage of air slashes that allowed him to eliminate Langris shots and slam into him, dragging him across the field and through the remaining crystal as a blast hit his teams crystal.

"IT'S A TIE!"

"Well then…that's unexpected." I hummed "Well we're up next."

I don't even think I took a step after the fight started before Rill used a painting to fully redirect a shot from Luck's team back at them and through their crystal.

"HAHAHA!" I laughed "Man I was all fired up after that stuff with Langris and I didn't even get to use an attack."

Since the other side ended in a tie, we were fighting in the actual final against the team Noelle was on.

"Alright Noelle." I smiled "I'm not holding back."

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