Free The Beginning After The End (New Heights Book 2) by TurtleMe Page B

acceleration.

 
    I arrive in
front of him while his rapier is still swung up next to his shoulder.

 
    His brows
rise in surprise as I use my free hand to push his hand up so he can’t swing
down his rapier.

 
    He will just
blow flames away so I coat my sword to an extremely high temperature.

 
    Superheat.

 
    “Vortex.”

 
    Suddenly the
momentum from my flicker step is thrown off and a force pushes me into the
ground.

 
    I jump back
to gain distance and see that there’s an intense swirl of airstream coming out
of him that’s strong enough to create cracks on the ground around him.

 
    He widens
his stance, recoiling his rapier back with his left hand stretched out, resting
on the blade.

 
    “Heaven’s
Rain”

 
    His arm and
rapier turns into a faint blur as he produces a succession of countless
thrusts.

 
    This was an
exam right?  Is he actually trying to kill me?

 
    Fuck it.

 
    “Thunderclap
Impulse.”

 
    One of the
few techniques I managed to develop while training with Grandpa.  A technique
using lightning affinity mana to run currents of electricity throughout my
nerves, quickening my reflexes a couple times over.  If the average
human has a reaction time of around 0.3 seconds, there are trained fighters
that can get it down to 0.2 or even 0.15 seconds.

 
    With
Thunderclap Impulse, I can quicken my reaction time to 0.05 for a short period
of time.

 
    My pupils
contract and the hairs on my skin stand up on end due to the electricity.

 
    I can hear
the spears of wind shooting towards me as I prepare to dodge them.

 
    “Release!”

 
    His skill
dissipates and my hair is just blown by a small draft.

 
    Releasing my
skill as well, I look at him quizzically.  Before I had the chance to
ask him, Jasmine is already by my side, staring daggers at Kaspian with her two
blades in her hands.

 
    “I may have
gotten a little carried away.”  He just shrugs nonchalantly.

 
    “It seems
you wish to hide much of your ability.  I can only imply that you
wish to be placed at a lower rank.  Note.  B class.”

 
    Before
walking off, he stops in front of the corridor.  “I assume you have
no problem with this?”  He turns his head a little to look at me.

 
    I just nod
in agreement and he disappears from sight walking down the hall.

 
    “That is the
last examination for today!  Please go to the front desk to receive
your Adventurer’s card.  Everyone is dismissed.”  The
Augmenter examiner shouts before he and the other examiner both rush after
Kaspian.

 
    KASPIAN
BLADEHEART’S POV:

 
 
    I arrive to
my desk and before I even have the chance to take a seat, the two Adventurers
in charge of today’s exams bombard me with questions simultaneously

 
    “Sigh…
George, Emily, take a seat and don’t talk all at once.”  I sit down
and lean back.

 
    “Sir!  What
was with today’s examinees?  Three B class Adventurers right off the
bat in a day?  This kind of situation is unheard of.  Not
to mention that two of them were kids!  Dark yellow at the age of
11... Has that ever occurred amongst humans?  ”  Emily nods
fervidly in agreement.

 
    “Do you
remember what happened half a year ago here in Xyrus?”  I throw them
a question.

 
    “Around 6
months ago was the first tournament that was held for all three races
right?”  Emily answers.

 
    “Correct.  The
Adventurer guild workers will all know soon so there isn’t much of a point in
hiding this.  I was just notified of this a couple of weeks ago as
well.  The ban on elves and dwarves becoming Adventurers has been
lifted and today’s batch included some of the representative examinees.”

 
    “S-sir, do
you mean to say that all three of them are either dwarves or elves then?”
George’s jaw is slack as he’s saying this.

 
    I pull out a
small file of papers from my desk.

 
    “Lucas Wykes
is a half elf that has been