Kuoh Academy, Interior.

"[Fireball]." Mark points his finger at Azazel. A single fireball flies towards Azazel, before blowing up in his face. Not surprisingly, Azazel is completely unaffected by the spell. "[Fireball x2]." This time, two fireballs explode in Azazel's face. Despite the large number of swords sticking out of the ground, Mark makes no attempt to use them.

"...What the hell are you doing?" Azazel asks. Other than being slightly sunburnt, there is no noticeable damage on his face.

"[Fireball x3]." Mark says again. Once again, there is no damage. "[Fireball x4]. [Fireball x5]."

"...Is this an attempt at taunting?" Azazel is beginning to shake slightly. Sweat is beginning to appear around his crown. "Because if it is, its working."

"...have you ever heard of [Phenomena Manipulation]?" Mark suddenly responds with a question.

"[Phenomena Manipulation]?" Azazel wrinkles his forehead slightly, a grimace on his face. He's sweating heavily now. "The theoretical Magic style? What has that got to do with any-" Azazel's eyes widen. "You don't mean-!"

"Yup." Mark draws a sigil in the air. "[Screech]." A piercing sound fills the room. All the inhabitants grab their ears in agony, except for Azazel, who drops to one knee, his face twisted in pain.

"You-you-ARRGH!" Azazel roars, grabbing his head and rolling around on the floor in agony. His entire body is perspiring heavily.

"[Phenomena Manipulation]." Mark looks at the broken form of Azazel on the ground. "It's a method of manipulating natural phenomena through artificial means." Sona's eyes widen. The seemingly useless chain of spells suddenly made sense.

"You mean you-"

"-took advantage of Azazel's drunken and dehydrated state to induce a migraine?" Mark looked at Azazel's limp form. Around Azazel is a puddle of sweat. "Dehydration, loud noises and an elevated body temperature all are factors which lead to severe headaches." Mark leans back in his chair. "[Phenomena Manipulation] was deemed an inefficient method of combat, due to the large number of steps to induce the phenomena. However, it's perfect for causing non-magical damage to others. A seemingly useless string of spells that cause powerful effects."

Sona feels herself shudder at Mark's casual manner. To crush one of the leaders of the Alliance so easily...how powerful are these people?

"The problem with [Phenomena Manipulation] however, is that once someone experiences the technique, its incredibly easy to guard against." Mark turns to face Sona and the others. "Unfortunately, that means I'll have to crush you the old fashioned way." Mark snaps his fingers. A black seal appears on the ground. At the same time, a powerful aura fills the room. "Please don't judge me too harshly for this." Mark says apologetically, standing up and grabbing one of the many swords that fill the room.


Kuoh Academy, Exterior.

The resulting explosion from the two attacks clashing causes the ground to shatter.

"Nya~!" Shi rolls backwards from the shockwave. "That was powerful~!"

"Tch!" Duval flips backwards, landing on the now destroyed ground. "How annoying-" Duval is cut short as the Knight bursts through the dust and debris, its fist raised for another punch. Duval barely has enough time to guard before the blow lands, sending Duval flying backwards. With incredible finesse, Duval preforms another backflip, landing gracefully on his two feet.

"[Armament: Axe]!" Shi waves his hands like a conductor. A black liquid explodes from the Knight's right hand, which quickly forms into an axe. With speed far surpassing that of a bullet, the Knight appears in front of Duval, its axe aiming to slice Duval in half.

"As if!" With incredible speed, Duval draws his Holy sword and parries the cut. With his other hand, Duval flicks his light-saber on and slashes across the Knight's flank. To his surprise, the blade of light is unable to cut the Knight's armor. "Shit!"

Not missing a beat, the Knight uses his axe hilt to strike Duval directly below the ribs, winding him. As Duval stumbles, the Knight grabs him with his free hand, before lighting him up and smashing Duval into the ground. Duval feels the ground beneath him crack. At the same time, a searing pain travels through his head.

"Gah-!" Duval watches as the Knight raises his axe into the air. He tries to move, but finds his body is no longer responding. Shit. Is this the end?!

With a single movement, the Knight brings his axe down on Duval's neck.


Kuoh Academy, Interior.

Tsubaki is the first to react. With incredible speed, her Naginata is swinging down on Mark's neck. But Mark is fast. In an second, the exchange between Tsubaki and himself is over.

"Nnn!?" Tsubaki's eyes widen. Her Naginata is embedded in the ceiling, the hilt still swaying slightly. Mark however, is also empty handed.

"Too slow." Mark shakes his head sadly. "What a pity." Tsubaki tried to raise her hand to cast a spell, but found that her arms were no longer responding to her thoughts. When she tried to step forward, her legs refused to move. "...You haven't noticed yet?" Mark points at Tsubaki's stomach. Tsubaki looks down.

Embedded in her is Mark's sword. As Tsubaki's brain absorbs this new piece of information, a fountain of blood explodes out of her mouth. At the same time, her legs lose feeling.

"TSUBAKI!" Sona screams, running over.

"Aiyah..." Mark shakes his head, grabbing another one of the numerous swords stabbed into the ground. "What a pain."

Tsubaki wants to scream, to tell her master to run away. But her mouth is no longer listening.

In an instant, Mark is beside Sona.

Tsubaki can only watch as Mark's blade impales her master in the chest.

Sona's eyes widen as blood gushes freely from her back. A trickle of blood flows from the corner of Sona's mouth.

Mark watches as Sona falls to the ground. His eyes have no remorse, not an inkling of hesitation.

"How tedious." Mark sighs, watching the two girl's lives drain away. Turning to the unconscious figure of Azazel, Mark pulls another one of his swords from the ground. "I wonder if Shi's done yet."


Overwhelming strength. That's pretty much all I can say about [Testament].

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