Journey In A Fantasy World
Jian and Agg

Srraakk!

Agg fell down. This was the umpteenth time, but he always got up again. Jian and Jilly never gave him a chance to attack, but Agg always got up again no matter how many times he fell.

Agg doesn't have a magic wand. He was the first student of the Hudie Academy to use a sword as a weapon. Jian gasped in admiration as Agg pulled out his sword. The sword was beautiful with a dazzling golden color.There was golden smoke coming out every Agg slashed his sword into the air.

Cooperation group 4, Fu will protect Jian and Jez if both are pressed. Jez and Jian would take turns attacking so as not to give any gap for Agg to counterattack.

The strategy has worked so far. But Agg never gave up even though his body was always slammed backwards. The rule is, the fight is not over if the opponent still chooses to stand even though he has fallen many times.

Agg smiled faintly, "It's no longer a joke, man!" he stuck his sword on the floor of the stage, the tremors felt until the ground was stepped on. Jian lost his balance, Fu helped him stay upright.

Jian felt. The power that Agg possessed was greater than he thought. All this time they only attack the basic magic only. That's why Agg always got back up even though he slammed to and fro. He had just taken out half of his ability. Jian thought that Agg must be more powerful than the Golden Card opponent Rui.

Jian held Jilly tightly, he dashed forward, Agg did not pull his sword back. Instead of raising his hand up, "Sorry, Jian. I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. It's just, you're tougher than I thought. Accept the honor of fighting with me!" Agg smiled.

A leopard ran from the wilderness behind the academy. Jian exclaimed stifled. "What's that!?"

"Agg has taken out his magical beast!" The other top three students exclaimed.

"It looks like it's going to be more exciting than we thought!"

Jian glued his teeth, "If not here, I might just face animals like this in the middle of the forest later." he muttered softly.

"Fu, Jez, do the same strategy. But this time, you have to unleash a magic power greater than before." Jian gave instructions to his two comrades.

Fu and Jez nodded steadily.

This time, those who had no chance attacked. Fu always lost his shield, making it over and over again. Jez almost lost his power because he did not stop attacking.

"Jian, I can't afford it anymore." Fu exclaimed softly, his shield movement slower and not as solid as before.

"Hold on in a minute, guys. It was just a magical beast and its master." Jian also did not stop his attack.

"Hey, do you remember what Neo did to Flo and his wand?" Jez called out softly.

"Yes, Jian. We can attack Agg's concentration to weaken his magical beast!" sahut Fu's.

"But the magical beast is not controlled by its master, it can move on its own!"

"We can do anything to win, right?" Fu asked. Jian nodded quickly

"Then we destroy the magical beast! I know Agg's weakness lies in itself." Fu continued.

"Then, just do it, Fu. You know how!" Jian exclaimed, he was also unable to expend any more energy.

He understood Fu's intentions. Actually Agg has no special magical powers. He is strong because he controls great swords and has magical animals. Without the two, Agg was just like a first-rate magician. Agg's only skill other than being immune to punches is being able to control more than one thing; his body, the magician's identity card, and his magic sword.

Buk up!

Claws of sorts had already injured Jian's arm. Fu and Jez looked at him in surprise.

"Jian, are you okay?" the leopard suddenly disappeared, Agg immediately approached Jian and helped him up.

"Don't mind me, Agg. The fight is not over." Jian.

"You're hurt! This test is not important. You have to treat it and rest. I'm giving up on this fight for you."

Agg fell down with a mouth that was bleeding. Neo pulled Jian away from Agg. Kick in that belly, Neo did it. He can't hold it anymore. He did not want his friends to get involved with the people of Pubu City. Including Agg.

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After the incident, Jian and Rui locked Neo inside their dorm room. Because of Neo, Agg got seriously injured.

Neo thought that Agg was deliberately looking for an opportunity to injure Jian. But Jian only assumed that the claw wound was accidentally obtained. After all, during the fight, he himself planned to break Agg's concentration with his magical beast, it was only natural that the tiger did something beyond his master's control.

"Look at you, Neo. Don't think you're the greatest to hurt someone so easily. That's my fight, you outsiders shouldn't interfere. Because you're Agg getting hurt. Because you too my monthly exam didn't pass. You are satisfied that you are the only chosen disciple of Master Hudie? I thought you wouldn't like it. I can't believe you're even his only student." Jian protested with Neo's actions during the fight earlier this afternoon.

"Hey. You used to be quiet, why do you talk so much to her? He is just a Gold Card Witch. He hurt you too, I can't just let you get hurt. The witch must have had other intentions," Neo denied Jian's protest, saying it was absurd.

"He's not like that, Neo. What reason do you have to suspect him like that?" refute Jian.

Neo frowned, "I just do what you do."

"Huh?"

"Not that you don't like Pubu City, huh? You accuse Queen Hudie of having other intentions by sending us on that journey. If the queen alone does not believe, it means that you do not trust her people more. Including Agg," explained Neo.

Rui looked at the two confusedly, "Hey, why do you always fight every time you meet? We have to trust each other, Jian, Neo. We've completed the Monthly Exams. In two days we will be on that journey. Why are you busy fighting instead of preparing supplies for the journey?"

"Shut up, Rui!" both of them were angry at the same time. Making Rui immediately close his mouth tightly.

"You don't have to be chatty, I just want to help him be a dumb kid." Neo looked in disdain towards Jian, "Smart people are not needed here. The proof is that only a fool like me can understand it rationally. Not making it unreasonable."

"You think your way of thinking makes sense?! Listen to me, Rui. Does it also make sense to you to obey the words of a witch who told a second-year high school boy to make that deadly journey? We better find our own way!" Jian denied again.

Neo patted his forehead, "You really are already more stupid than me, Jian. We're not high school anymore. We are students of the White Card of Hudie Academy with standard abilities. Why are you so stubborn? Didn't we agree to it? Why do we have to fight again?" Neo looked at him in disbelief.

"Because you hurt Agg!"

Neo turned the eyeballs irritatedly, "This kid!" he exhaled a rough breath, looking at Rui who was already his last hope, "Rui, two more days, are you going to come with me to the Forest of Curious Spirits in search of the Magic Sand Clock so we can go home? Or follow Jian's advice to go alone to find a way out?"

"Eh?" Rui looked at Jian who had already thrown his face away. "Jian, I think Neo is right. We're just here no longer makes sense. Once he entered the academy and started learning magic, this was already even more absurd. How will we think rationally if this is the way? Let's just trace the directions given. I'm sure nothing will happen, it'll be different if we don't have any magic abilities. You see, right? Neo is now no longer the annoying student sitting at the back table anymore. With Neo by our side, I believe we'll be home soon."

Jian stared at Rui intensely, "Right, Rui. We have Jilly, Riu, and Pru. Let's just try."

"Why are you suddenly able to understand it so easily?" Neo stared not understanding.

"The explanation of a fool is always convoluted, I don't know if anyone else can understand your explanation other than Rui." Jian shook his hand at Neo, telling him to leave.

"So, you've decided, Jian?" Rui asked making sure that Neo had left their room.

"I rejected him for fear that something might happen to us out there, Rui. It only contained a wilderness, and the three of us were like vagabonds there. Wouldn't it be better to look for another way, and stay in the academy as a place to go home when we don't find anything?"

Rui hugged Jian, "I finally understood your concern, but take it easy, promise yourself that we will survive to the end."

Jian nodded, "It's not that I trust Neo, I just want to trust you because you're my best friend."

"You know, Jian. Actually, I also did not understand what you mean by rejecting the instructions given by Queen Hudie. I doubt anyone else will understand your convoluted sentence. Your discussion was like watching Korean Drama without subtitles. Don't understand."

Jian was silent for a long time. "really?"

It seemed, Jian and Neo would never show their friendship side. Until now, even though Jian had already agreed to it again, they still argued in several meetings.