Picking up Girls With My System

"Of course. Why not?" Arthur said.

These two had exchanged glances a few times, so they weren't strangers to each other. Arthur knew that youth was not someone simple, and it was most likely to be someone with a similar strength to him!

"I am Jim, you?"

"Arthur."

"So, Arthur, who do you think will win this fight?" Jim said, looking at his students, who were on the opposite side.

"Your school will win."

"Oh? Why do you think that? Is it because of the rumors about us?"

"No, not at all. Look at your opponents. They are trash."

When Jim heard it, he could not hold his laughter.

"I agree, I agree. Anyway, I came here just to introduce myself as we both had seen each other quite a few times already. See ya!"

After that, Jim returned to where his students were. Anyone would see that as a normal introduction, but Arthur had other thoughts.

Why now? All of that just to say hi? Arthur still remembered the strange look Jim had once he got out of the Icy Cave wearing fur clothes and without an arm, completely different from how he first entered.

Did he discover something about the strange realm Arthur went? Or could he have something to do with the traitors of the One Hundred Thunder Academy?

Arthur could not tell, but would surely try to learn more after the tournament was over.

Speaking of the tournament, the fight between the Ouroboros and the other school was just a joke. Ouroboros destroyed them easily, not losing a single fight, and the longest fight lasted 25 seconds.

Yes, 25 seconds. These mages were strange, and Arthur now knew the main element of these mages was the shadow element, and also a bit of poison.

They dashed, and had deadly attacks, like trained assassins. Arthur was shocked to see such incredible fighting skills.

"They should be even better during the night and at sneak attacks. I honestly don't think we have a chance of getting the first place out of them, but maybe we can aim for the third or second place?" He thought.

A few other schools fought, and then it was Arthur's time once again. They were up against a school which had Earth as their main element, making it hard for the lightning to be effective.

The plan they had in mind was to give up in the fights which were impossible to win to save energy, but still try to see if they had any chance.

Well, for the three mages of the ninth circle from the One Hundred Thunder Academy, it was impossible to win. They tried to send a few spells and even go into melee combat, but it did not work out as planned.

A not so pleasant situation for them. Even if the three mages of the tenth circle win, it would still have a tie breaker to decide who came contest.

Those from the Phoenix Blood Academy already had smiles all over their faces, laughing at Arthur and the rest of his students. But, something happened!

Arthur had thought of such a possibility, but it had never happened in the last tournaments, so he thought the chance of such a thing occurring there was almost inexistence.

Yet, the worse happened! Everyone knew that there were strong schools who practiced the dark arts, and those even had an equal power to those top 10 schools!

But, they did not take part in tournaments or care about a mere number such as a ranking. They worked in the shadows, and this time, they found the best opportunity to attack all the top schools at the same time!

A group of black-robed mages came out of nowhere, casting spells toward everyone present, be it a mage or a citizen!

"Someone is attacking!"

The first group of black-robed mages all had the power of Official Mages, but not a single one of them was at the rank 2. After their first attack, more and more mages wearing black-robes appeared, attacking not only that building, but the entire city!

They were attacking all sides of the city, using the power of both Official Mages, tenth and ninth circle mages! It seemed they also wanted to destroy the city, but their focus was on the building where the tournament was taking place.

Brook quickly got up to stop the attack, but then at that moment, three mages appeared in front of him, each one of them having the level of a rank 2 mage!

"Let's fight outside of the city." One of the black-robed figures said.

Not that they were kind enough to fight outside, but because the fight between them would cause great destruction, killing everyone around, including both side's allies.

The entire place turned into chaos, with people dying after every second. Arthur quickly understood the situation, so he went near his students, and tried his best to gather all of them at the same spot!

A few mages tried to stop him, but all of them ended up dead! There was no way tenth or ninth circle mages had any chance against him.

"Is everyone all right?" Arthur said.

Laura, Jeremy, and Richard were there, but the three mages from the ninth circle were nowhere to be seen, and were presumably dead by that point.

Now that all of them were together, what they needed to do was leave the city as soon as possible! It was an attack aimed at all the top schools, so the tournament did not matter anymore.

"Yes, I think so. What should we do?" Laura said.

"Leave this city, now!"

They quickly left the building, running and jumping through the roofs. Laura thought the attack was only happening in the building where the tournament was happening, but it was not the case!

"They are attacking the entire city! Jeremy, look out!"

A group of mages intercepted them on one roof, attacking Jeremy without blinking.

"Die filthy pig!"

Jeremy did not know about dodging it, and Laura was too far to stop the attack. A corrosive black dart was shot toward them, flying at a fast speed!

Those mages were almost certain Jeremy would die, but then Arthur appeared, and simply grabbed the corrosive dart with his hand!

"Arthur, be careful! This is acid and- "Laura stopped talking after witnessing the next scene.

Arthur not only grabbed a corrosive dart receiving no damage, but he also ate the spell in front of those mages!

"Hum, yummy, yummy."

They could not believe what they were seeing! Arthur always walked with his power hidden, and even those with a similar level could not tell what power he had.

The dark mages saw a group of tenth circle mages walking alone and thought it was an excellent opportunity to strike and take their lives.

Well, it did not go as planned. They finally realized Arthur was not a simple character.

"An Official Mage! Everyone, run!" One of them said, but it was too late.

Arthur used his extraordinary speed to kill all of them with only his right palm, making their bodies explode and turn into a disgusting mess. That was how strong his body was when compared to them.

"Let's go. We cannot lose time inside the city." Arthur said.

The more time inside that city, the more dangerous it became. These mages from the dark art schools were there to kill everyone, and that would only be the beginning!

If they decided to finally attack after years, there was only one possibility; war!

Screams could be heard from everywhere inside the city, but none of that stopped Arthur! He killed every mage who tried to hinder his movements, going directly toward one of the city's entrances.

Arthur, Laura, Jeremy, and Richard arrived there unharmed, all thanks to Arthur. But things weren't that simple. The mages who tried to stop them were weak, but at the gates, there were Official Mages!

"What can we do? Three Official Mages are there!" Jeremy said to Arthur as they all hid and watched the southwest gate. Running was no option, not if all of them went together.

"I will go first, drag their attention and then you all leave the city! Do you all have maps?"

All of them pulled out a map. Arthur then marked a specific place on all of them!

"Wait, we are not returning to the One Hundred Thunder Academy?"

"We are, eventually. But if the dark mages attacked here, they are confident on killing all of us, giving us no chance of warning our schools. So, we have to first find a safe place and wait a few days before returning."

"It makes sense. But where can we go? Dark mages are everywhere, so if we enter any city they will notice us, and we don't have the rights to enter inside other schools!"

"You'll see, but first we have to get out of here alive. Prepare to run with everything you have after I get the attention of those three."