Chapter 345

As the red headed man walked over to where the rest of the students were. They couldn't help but try to think where they could have seen him before. After all, if Harry and Jack were showing this man such great respect he had to be of some importance to the Redwing army. But as they looked at Ray closer they could see that he wasn't old nor young. He could only be a few years younger than the others at most. That's when they noticed the two people following closely behind him. One of the one following him was someone they had never seen before but they recognized Flynn. He was an arrogant student who thought of himself as one of the best. However, what was more annoying for the students more than anything was that Flynn was actually one of the best. The white sash knights were meant to be the most skillful while the black sash knights were a specialist class that focused on assasnation skills. Still, whenever a ranked battle would happen between all the students there was no one that could come quite close to Flynn's level. "Get up you two, you don't need to do that while we're in the academy," Ray said. "In fact there is no need for you to do it at all..." The two got up from the ground and Harry was a bit embrassed he actually thought it was stupid to bow down as well. Although Ray was technically there king it wasn't like Ray was actually royalty. It was only a few years ago that Harry gave Ray a beating on the academy roof. Still, when he saw Jack act he decided to follow along. When Harry lifted his head and looked at Ray there were two things he noticed. Ray looked more mature than before. His whole facial structure was different and he was even a little taller than himself now. It had only been half a year since he had left the academy and it looked like he had changed so much. But the second thing that Harry noticed was the sword by his side. This was what interested him most. "I didn't know you took up the sword again?" Harry asked. Ray looked by his side and pulled out from its sheath. "Oh this thing, I only got it recently. to be honest it's been a long time since I used the sword perhaps my skills have gotten rusty." It was there and then that Ray used all his strength and speed to swing the sword downward as fast as he could. As he did,a slicing sound was made and it looked like the attack was so fast the air around was distorted. But just before it hit the ground, Ray managed to stop it holding it completely still. Harry seeing this felt an excitement inside him that started to boil. "Well if you think your skills have gotten rusty, then perhaps the two of us should have a spar." Harry suggested. "Sword only of course, I wouldn't dream of beating you in actual combat." The students hearing Harry's words were stunned and now even more confused to who this man was. Harry was a master knight of Avrion. One of the highest positions of the red wings. Not only that but the master knights were some of the strongest members as well and Harry especially. All the students knew that if the Master knights were to face each other Harry would come out as the ultimate winner. That's why when they heard Harry's words coming out of his own mouth, they were unsure if they really heard correctly. Not only was he suggesting Ray was good enough to spar with him but if they were to fight Harry admitted he would lose. "Why not?" Ray replied "It's been a while."

The two of them now stood out on the field where the students themselves were sparing just moments ago, while everyone else stood at the side as a bystander. Jack seeing the two having a fight, he himself wanted to join in. It was a shame it was a battle of swords though since he had lost his own. While Van and Flynn stood next to each other Flynn was still struggling to figure out who Ray was. "Hey do you know if this guy can even use a sword? I know he used to be black sash knight and all but usually we use small daggers. Mastering a weapon is no small task and I've seen Harry fight. This isn't something he can win just by relying on his fancy footwork." As there was no one close to the two of them. Van could only assume Flynn was talking to him. "Honestly I have no idea." Van said. "This is the first time I am finding out that. He used to be a student at this place. When I first met him I thought he was a mage." Flynn suddenly turned his head and looked at Van. "A mage!?" He shouted and shook his head. "That's impossible, that footwork he has means he must have dedicated his whole life to learning skills like that, how is this possible?" It seemed that by following around Ray for the rest of the day they would both come to learn a lot of new things about him. Each of them drew their weapons. Ray with his new blade he named the purple crow and Harry with his dual blades silver and gold. Named after the color of the weapons. "Hey are they not even going to use training equipment, what if one of them gets seriously hurt?" A student said. "Well Harry is a pro, I'm sure he can stop his blade before it even reaches his opponent." Another said. The battle had begun and Harry was the first to go forward. As he got close to Ray he started to twist his whole body and lunged forward it looked like a tornado was coming at him. Usually Ray would use his dragon eyes skill to predict where the attacks would come from but there were just too many. However Ray was no ordinary person, and in his hand was no ordinary weapon. At the right time Ray timed a stop and held his hand firmly in place, as soon as Harry's blades touched him the momentum of his attack was completely stopped. To perform something like this one would have to have an enormous amount of strength and the second thing was to have a good weapon. Harry's strength was strong and the momentum would cause most to break, Ray of course wanted to test his new blade and looked like his weapon was just as good as Harry's. Now it was Ray's turn to attack, he swung his blade fast and strong and for most people it would be good enough for Ray to deal with them. However Harry was skillful, he was able to block the incoming attacks. Without releasing it he was directing Ray's blade exactly where he wanted him to. "Do you remember the last time I used this?" Ray asked. Just then Ray threw a strike from below, Harry saw it just in time and was ready to block but then the blade seemed to phase through, as if it disappeared and reappeared on the other side. "No way!" Flynn said as he walked forward. "He knows how to perform the phantom strike. I thought only Sir K knew how to do that." Last time Harry was still able to block the strike but this time Ray's speed was almost twice as fast. It was at the last moment?that Roy stopped the attack just below Harry's chin.