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Chapter 27: The High Knights Selection Exam (Part 8)
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The ten finalists of the High Knight selection exams stood in a line behind the examiner. Sophia was between her two teammates, Leon on her left and Zain on her right.
Behind each contender was their sensei. Aside from the teams she didn’t know, which had one mentor between the three of them, and Asher Jean who stood between Jackson and Finn, each Knight had their own. All of Sophia’s mentors had agreed that Major Dylan should be the one to stand with her on this day. Major Laina stood behind the examiners, Leon’s uncle was behind him and Zain’s older brother accompanied him.
“Thanks everyone for coming to the third and last part of the High Knights selection exam! We will now start the main tournament matches between the ten participants that made it through the preliminaries,” the Head of the Knights Association welcomed. He acknowledged the presence of the High Knights and the King’s family.
Sophia thought they were nothing special. They looked like just t
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Sophia had to restrain herself from biting her nails as cerulean blue eyes clashed with dark onyx eyes. Leon extended his right arm, hand clenched in a fist; Zain mimicked him. And then they bumped fists. That was when Sophia let out a sigh of relief. This was just going to be another spar between them. A match between rivals. The brunette relaxed her posture and got ready to enjoy the fourth match, wondering who would come out on top this time. The two of them had fought so many times, but the record of wins and losses was pretty even. Zain was faster than Leon. He had a better aim and could strategize, which Leon seemed incapable of. Leon, however, had numbers on his side, along with his creativity, ability to think on the fly, and his pure stubbornness. Sophia had no way of predicting who would win this fight. Her teammates put on an impressive display. Zain’s control of fire magic had gotten even better, and he had shown off some basic lightning based magics as w
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