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Orion VS Jordan [1]

If there was one opponent Orion didn't want to fight at all, it would certainly be Jordan.

Even back on Earth, Jordan was looking down on him due to their rift on background, but in this world it was even worse.

Jordan was looking at him like an insect or even less than that. Obviously, Orion knew it but he ignored it, rather he liked that as he would ignore him at least.

But the problem was that Jordan's gaze toward him felt more and more threatening. He was not an expert in this domain, but he felt like Jordan was jealous of him because of his closeness with Liana.

Of course, he tried to bury the thought in the back of his mind. If Jordan knew what Orion was thinking, it would be catastrophic.

Anyway, because of his glares, Orion chose to avoid Jordan like the pest and it worked quite well, at least until now...

"Orion, Jordan, come forward."

"Ahahaah! Good luck little Orion!"

Vincent, Jordan's brother, laughed loudly at the future match.

Vincent was the younger brother of Jordan, so he knew nearly all his thoughts, like the fact that he wanted to beat up Orion in public without having to sully his image. It was a training match after all.

Jordan walked forward arrogantly, he was really looking forward to the match against Orion.

There were not that many people Jordan hated to the core and Lady Luck sent three from the short list of those bastards in his class.

He knew them very well as they took part in several parties and feasts together back on earth.

The first was Austin. Just hearing him talking about saving his classmates and bringing everyone back on Earth safely was enough to make him sick.

He nearly threw up in his speech about comradeship between classmates. On top of that, Elena, one of his future women, had a crush on him. It was unforgivable.

The second was Andrew. He hated him as he was coveting what was his. Aura, Elena, Anna and Sienna were his, so it was enough reason to feel plenty of hatred against him.

Moreover, he knew Andrew's true personality, so when he saw him acting like a gentleman at the beginning of the year, he wanted to smash his disgusting face on the ground.

The third was Ryan. He was the one he hated the most in the world. Due to a certain incident in the past, he just felt pure rage and hatred towards Ryan. He also knew the twisted mind he had. That's why he treaded lightly with him.

But recently a fourth one was added to his short-list and it was Orion.

He was miraculously accepted in their class due to him having an excellent memory or being a genius in history or whatever it was, he didn't care. As long he didn't cross his way...

But it was exactly what had happened. From the beginning of the year, Aura kept talking to him because he didn't have any friends.

He knew that she was not attracted to him, but he felt sick seeing his future woman with such a pathetic man.

Each time Aura or his others girls talked to him, he would stutter like an idiot, it was annoying for him, but he still let it pass. But upon arriving in this world, his hatred against Orion reached its climax.

He was getting closer to the princess of the Solaria Empire. It was an affront to him. A princess was exactly the kind of girl that should belong to him. But even worse, recently he found out that even Anna and Sienna were talking to him with Aura on top of that.

Aura was merely redeeming herself, while Sienna was just curious about something, but they were not a problem even if he was still angry.

No.

The biggest problem was Anna. Since the day Orion was shot on the verge of dying, she was acting strangely. She was hiding it very well, but as someone who coveted her from long ago, he knew that she was getting slowly to the point of no return.

It started with casual glances and greetings, to a few glares when she saw Orion and Liana together.

He didn't know what the hell she found interesting in Orion, but he had to do something. Fortunately for him today, he stroke lucky.

"It's a friendly match. Understood ?"

Riona asked while glancing at Jordan.

Jordan nodded his head, but even an idiot could tell that he wasn't going to treat this as a friendly match.

He glanced briefly at Anna.

She had an impassive face, but if you looked attentively, you could see a slight hint of worry.

"Tsk."

Clicking his tongue, he finally looked at Orion, who had a pale face.

'I will make her understand that there is nothing interesting about him.'

Orion, looking at Jordan, knew that he hated him to the core. He was sure that Jordan wouldn't hold back his attacks against him.

Clink!

Jordan took out his giant sword from his back and lightning started to crackle on it.

Sizzle!

Orion also took out his sword, which was a normal two-handed sword. Then he covered immediately mana on his body and sword.

Even if he didn't have any offensive ability, he could still strengthen his body with mana. His ability didn't have any use in fighting, so he could use mana as much as he wanted.

They both took position with their weapons.

Orion clenched the grip of his sword with both hands so hard that they turned white.

"At my signal! 3...2...1..."

Jordan gripped his giant sword with both hands with an arrogant expression displayed on his face.

"Now!"

Whoosh!

Orion saw Jordan's body blurring and sensed danger, so he quickly rolled to his left side.

Boom!

A small crater formed on his previous spot.

The face of Orion, who was on the ground, turned white seeing that.

Whoosh!

Jordan rushed again without letting Orion stand up.

Boom!

Fortunately, Orion rolled again on the ground.

"Damn cockroach!" Jordan cursed.

"Pfft!"

"Aahaha!"

Several classmates burst out laughing, seeing Orion rolling on the ground helplessly.

But Orion didn't have time to listen to them as he would suffer severe injuries if he took just an attack by Jordan.

'I can't do nothing...He is too strong.'

Orion thought bitterly. His sword was completely useless.

'My sword is useless, I can just use my body to dodge...Eh ?'

Suddenly, Orion thought about how Riona used martial arts against Austin. She had beaten him without any weapons, just with a punch and a kick.

Of course, Orion couldn't compare himself to her, but he thought that maybe with martial arts, he could land a strike.

His father was a fan of martial arts, but more than that, he also practiced it. Orion knew, because he would train with him during his morning training, though he wasn't serious at that time. He just wanted to spend time with his father.

Anyway, in all the martial arts his father showed him, there were two that deeply etched in his heart.

Muay Thai and Krav Maga.

He watched several videos of these martial arts with his father and really liked them. Of course, he wasn't an expert at it but, thanks to his excellent memory, he could maybe reproduce something similar he thought.

'With Krav-Maga, I can maybe defend and retaliate...?'

Orion thought that Krav-Maga was a self-defense martial art, but not just that.

Krav-Maga was also created with the thought of inflicting the maximum amount of pain possible, quickly and efficiently.

Orion still remembered what he read about this non-sport martial art.

'It didn't care about the well-being of the opponent'.

Orion was very weak compared to Jordan, but if he struck the vital points, maybe...

Boom!

Jordan was extremely angry.

Orion was dodging all his attacks by a hair's breadth. His body was covered by cuts because of the flying stones, but it wasn't enough for Jordan.

Thud!

"Eh ?"

Someone let out a confused voice.

"What are you doing ?"

Jordan asked coldly as he saw Orion throwing away his sword.

"I-I do-don't need it..."

Orion stuttered, hearing Jordan's cold tone.

"What...?"

If there was a device measuring anger, then it would have been broken upon measuring Jordan's anger.