A Programmer's Reincarnation

After Magic class, it was Combat class.

Although mages don't necessarily need to learn combat as a mages' safety is the responsibility of the party but according to Academy rules mages also have to learn a little bit of combat for self-defense, and that's why they occasionally join in Combat classes, and today too mainly because today is the first day.

We arrived at the Training arena. The combat class is held on the second floor of the training arena. This training arena can also be repaired easily and the battle inside doesn't affect the outside world. Within it, any minor injuries are healed instantly.

The second floor had many square-shaped arenas, 15 m in length and breadth. They were not too big but I guess they are big enough for practice and since we cannot use magic during practice so big arenas are not necessary.

The teacher for the combat class was a young man. I thought the teacher would be a bulky old man but he turned out to be a handsome man with a good physique. From what Cirun had told me, his name is Bijori Blak, he was an adventurer, a famous and strong one at that. He was recruited by the academy to be a teacher two years ago. Mr. Blak can use Sword and dagger. And he is the teacher for both weapons. Besides that, there are also spears and bow, but I will not be attending them as I have been trained in both of them by a very talented person.

|| Students you will be doing a mock battle in groups that I have assigned.  The rules are simple you win if the opponent is out of the arena or surrenders.
Mr. Blak commanded us when we were finished with introductions.

There were a total of five areas in which mock battles were supposed to take place. Mr. Blak would keep an eye on everyone and observe their weakness and strength.

We formed a group of two. I and Cirun teamed up. Michi grouped with another beastperson and Kuril grouped with a mage.

I and Cirun were among the first for mock battles.

|| You ready?
Cirun asked.

|| Of course.

We both took the battle pose.

Cirun was using a sword, it was the same sword he used in the market back then. It was a little smaller than mine but it was still fairly long. I was also using only one Sword.

|| Ready
He asked in an overly excited voice. He was getting excited by not only fight but also the environment.

|| I am always ready.

We ran towards watch other and our swords clashed making a clang sound and creating a cloud of dust. We were both thrown away by the impact. But no one was outside the arena so the match was still on. when the cloud dust faded away a little We clashed swords once again and that all that could be heard was continuous striking swords. our movements were very fast.

It was very chaotic. Sometimes none of our attacking would go through each other's defense while sometimes we just barely deflect the attack of others.

But one thing was for sure, we both were enjoying it. It was fun, it was refreshing. Like all the tension, nervousness we had up until now was gone.

Seeing that the match was dragging for far too long. We both attacked one last time with all we got.

Again a loud clang sound was heard and both of us were out of the arena. It was a tie.

|| What the hell! What was that!

|| Was that some first years.

Everyone was very surprised and stunned. Many were amazed while many were just perplexed trying to understand what we just did.