20demayo Chapter 11: Challenged
Chapter 11: Challenged
Chapter 11: Challenged"Should I be flattered by your description of me like an idiot, then?" Hal sneered in response, before turning to one of the three other students blocking his path.
He stared at the guy coldly.
"Will you move, or do I have to make you?"
Hal had always been confident in his speed, strength, and endurance.
Coming from the outskirts, he and his friends worked much harder and played much rougher than any pampered city boys.
He wouldn't back down from a physical confrontation.
Hal doubted the bastards causing trouble for him could cast spells already, so even if the situation escalated, it would most likely end in a fistfight.
They were welcome to try him.
Agon and his goons were growing increasingly frustrated at how Hal was handling the situation, finding it difficult to believe that he wasn't backing down despite being inferior, and was even daring to press them hard.
At this rate, they would be the ones embarrassed by the lowly trash!
The idiots now have no choice but to escalate the situation.
"Hoh? Make me, then." the young man blocking Hal's way sneered back.
Hal couldn't help but let out a stifled, mocking laugh, scanning the young man from head to toe before bumping his shoulder into the troublemaker's.
The latter staggered back a few steps, opening up a space for Hal to pass through.
The bastard dared block him with such a...scholarly physique?
Laughable.
Agon and his humiliated friend, or subordinate, or whatever, felt the urge to charge Hal and punch him.
However, they were all too aware of how strict the Grand Magic Academy's policy on violence was.
If they laid a hand on Hal first, they'd be kicked out for sure.
There was only one way they could get back at him...
"Hal Fennec!!" Agon roared in utter fury. "Do you dare accept my challenge of a wizard apprentice duel a month from now?!"
Hal froze as thoughts flooded his young mind.
'A...wizard apprentice duel?'
He then began recalling various information about the said challenge from his memories of the opening ceremony.
As per the deputy headmaster, any student could challenge another to a non-lethal but dangerous duel—one that might very well end their careers before it even began.
This system was introduced to prevent all forms of violence on campus and had also drastically reduced cases of bullying in the process.
It was a genius move to allow students to resolve their conflicts through formal, regulated duels.
Killing was strictly prohibited, but inflicting serious injury was allowed.
Of course, accepting a challenge wasn't mandatory, and so, the system was often used more to intimidate than to fight, since the consequences of participating were anything but light.
Not only would the duel be public entertainment for the entire academy, but the participants would also be putting their futures on the line.
Only those with truly irreconcilable differences saw it through.
Hal was somewhat understanding and a few years ahead of his age in terms of wisdom, and this was why he had always been their group's leader in Poporo Village.
He could very well let the insults slide.
However, he couldn't allow such a coveted chaotic situation to pass him by, could he?
Wasn't this what he had been
It felt good being the center of attention, especially if it was a confrontation that would ultimately end up in his victory.
Hal, on the other hand, simply left, equally pleased.
'Chaotic situations are indeed the way to go!'