William knew that he can't face that powerful attack head on with his current stats.

Name: William

Level: 18

Str: 18| Agi: 32| Dex: 31| Vit: 20

Mana: 130| Def: 0

Stat point: 31| Point: 303

Skill: Fireball?level4?

With his defense was zero and his vitality was twenty, he would not be able to defend that attack even if he use his mana to defend.

Currently have 31 stat points, he needed to increased his defense. He used 16 stat points to increased his defense, 5 stat points to vitality, and 10 stat points to strength. He also quickly bought a defensive skill called Iron body strengthening technique for 100 points and upgraded it to level 4.

Name: William

Level: 18

Str: 28| Agi: 32| Dex: 31| Vit: 30

Mana: 130| Def: 20

Stat point: 0 | Point: 83

Skill: Fireball?level4?, Iron body?level4?

The iron body strengthening technique add one stat to vitality and defense per level.

'His mana is scattered and he can't fully utilized his mana, this is enough to defeat him' William thought as he fully circulated his mana around his body to defend against the attack.

A powerful and dreadful force smashed Williams body.

Boom!!

The smoke and dust filled the surroundings, and only Jack's laughter can be heard.

"Haha, did you see that" Jack laughed loudly.

When the smoke and dust dissipated. A figure appeared leaving everyone in shocked.

"Is that all you've got" a cold and chilly voice echoed.

Everyone looked at William in shocked, who didn't even bulge an inch even with that attack.

Williams high defense and vitality we're capable enough to face an attack of that caliber, also he fully utilized his mana to covered his body flesh, with all of this he could escape this level of attack unscathed.

'I just got lucky there if he focused his mana on one point or could fully control his mana, Jack attack power will be double... no, triple' William thought as he carefully looked at Jack.

Jack also was looking at him. He didn't anticipated that Williams body was this formidable. He didn't used his most powerful attack but he used a skill, and this William could faced his attacked.

Alice widened her eye's, she didn't know that William's body flesh was tougher than iron. She could only open her mouth but no word's came out.

Suddenly, Jack's aura flared up once more. He stretch out his palm and shot another bear claw.

"Hmmp" William gathered his mana at his fist. He clenched his fist and also shot a punch.

Boom!!

Two powerful fist collided at each other producing a gust of wind in the surrounding.

Jack remain in his position while William was forced backward, clearly Jack attack was more powerful than William.

William looked at his arm and saw it bleeding. He opened his palm and cast a fireball. He throw it at Jack direction.

"What? Battle Mage?" Jack was surprised that William could used a spell of a mage and have a combat capability of a warrior.

Jack shifted his body and dodge the attack.

William cast six fireball. The six fireball suspended in the air and floating around him. He then gathered his mana at his feet and charged at Jack.

BEAR'S AURA!!

Jack aura increased in density. The people who we're watching the fight felt the pressure he released. The veins in his muscle bulges out.

The ground crack around his feet as he also charged at William.

"Compress" William compressed many of his fireball into one. He produced another batch of fireball, his mana was depleting at a very fast rate. He throw the compressed fireball to Jack.

Jack saw the incoming fireball and he punched it.

Boom!

Jack could felt that the skin in his arm were burned.

Another compressed fireball hit Jack.

Boom!

"Ahhh" Jack cried out as he couldn't endure the heat.

William saw Jack lost his bearing he immediately cast many fireball till his mana almost reach zero.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The compressed fireball flew out one by one and it hit's every part of Jack's body.

Jack was still standing after all of that.

'I can't cast another compressed fireball with the remaining mana I have' William thought as he rushed at Jack.

Jack noticed that William was rushing towards him. He pulled back his hand and clenched his fist very hard.

GIANT BEAR DOMINATING PUNCH!!

"YOU BASTARD!!" Jack roared as he used his remaining strength in this punch.

William tilted his head and Jack's punch passed by with a hair's length.

'This is all of the mana I have' William gathered all of his mana in this punch of his, his punch that full of mana hit Jack's abdomen.

Boom!!

Jack flew meter's away before colliding in a pillar.

William turned around and glance once more at Jack before he went to where was James and Alice is.

He heard a sound in the device in his watch, indicating that the fight was finish. He didn't even bother to looked at it.

The onlooker's couldn't believed what they saw, a first year defeated a third year and that third year wasn't a nobody he was the rank 21 in the whole third year. The first year fighting prowess was truly formidable. They took a good looked at William's face before they left, surely they have to remember him. They we're sure that later when the news that a first year defeated a third year ranker, the higher year will restrain themselves when they we're bullying the lower year.

William was breathing heavily as his mana depleted to zero. He arrived to where Alice and James.

Alice was looking at him with wide eye's. The shocked William gave her today was truly unexpected. He defeated a third year ranker in a one on one fight. She know he was powerful but not at this level where he could defeat a ranker in third year.

"William I didn't know you were this powerful. I know that you're strong but it seems I underestimated you" James said to William.

William focus his attention to Alice and scanned her. She regain her usual attitude and her face was not pale anymore. It seems after he pourd some of his mana in her body when he carried her, her body accepted it and used it to recover some of her mana.

"Wh..What?!!" Alice felt uncomfortable, being stared by William for a long time.

"I'll take my leave" James misunderstood William. He tapped Williams shoulder and gave him a thumbs up and immediately left after he said that.

"What?!" William was speechless by James action, he could only shook his head. He looked over at Alice and approached her.

"Can you stand?" William asked her.

"Of course I can" Alice tried to stand up but she stumbled.

"Kyaa!!"

William held her up. He bend his body and said, "climb up"

He sighed and asked to climb up to him so that he could give her a piggy back.

"Eehhh!!" Alice cried out.

"Do you want or you don't want?" William said as he looked at her.

Alice hesitated for a while before she finally give in and climb at his broad back.

On the way to the infirmary William didn't talked and this made the atmosphere awkward for Alice. She was beyond embarrassed as every student they passed by looked at the two of them, her cheeks flushed red she just want to find a hole and hide there.