“Begin!” Alphonse declared.
Without wasting any ti, I cast my spells silently, launching several fireballs at my tutor.
‘Yep! Silent casting is a thing.’
A dozen balls of flas burned through the air as they approached him at a fast pace, but Alphonse was too quick for any to hit him. Enhancing his body with magic, the crazy old man glided away from all of them, swiftly avoiding them as he lunged at .
The fireballs exploded behind him, and in a few monts, he would reach my location. Usually, at this mont one would feel a sense of panic, since it was bad news for an opponent to close the distance on you when you’re a mage.
However, for , it only proved to be more exciting. A wide smile ford on my face as I cast another spell.
Instantly, I used Magic to affect the earth surrounding , except for where I stood, creating a quicksand in an instant.
‘[Sinking Ground]!’
Alphonse’s legs got caught up in the sinking earth, but he didn’t even appear fazed at all. This gave a little window to create more distance between the two of us, though, so I jumped away from him, using wind magic to strengthen my leap.
All of these were basic magic, possible for anyone who had ford a Magic Core.
“Cheh, cheeky kid.” Alphonse grinned, using wind magic as well to fly away from the ground and launch himself toward .
‘[Ground Spikes]’
Instantly, many earth structures ca from all around , creating sharp projections of the earth.
Alphonse used Wind Magic, one which I suspected to be [Wind Slice] to cut down the rocks in an instant, while he chased after .
‘He’s holding back, I know… since he wants to simulate a realistic battle. After all, if he goes all out, I won’t be able to stand a chance… or so he thinks!’
I decided to kick things up a notch.
Creating about half a dozen fire Balls and half a dozen water balls simultaneously, I launched them at Alphonse at once.
“That’s pointless!” He stated, dodging them with ease.
I saw from his expression that he was amazed by my actions, though. After all, an amateur couldn’t create spells of different elents at the sa ti.
‘It’s a good thing I have three separate mana Cores working at the sa ti.’
Of course, I realized none of my spells were going to hit him, so they weren’t exactly targeting him, to begin with.
The opposing elents hit one another, causing an eruption of mist. I quickly leaped out of the area of impact since I was further from it and secured my landing while watching the outco.
“Perfect!” I grinned.
Instantly, the mist cleared as Alphonse used Wind Magic to disperse everything around him.
“Did you really think your ice magic formation would be effective on ?” He asked, referring to the trick I had used to defeat his golem in the past.
I had perfected it already, and was able to use it more freely since I had more Mana Cores. However, that wasn’t my goal.
“Who knows… maybe?” I smiled.
Alphonse shook his head and sighed.
“Even now, why do you appear to be having a good ti?”
Well, that’s because I was about to pull off sothing very exciting. It was only a matter of ti.
Our fight continued, with avoiding a direct confrontation, while using basic magic to trap him for a short mont.
“Now then, let’s try this!” I grinned.
I created over a dozen fire Balls, and a score of water balls, ensuring the temperature of the resulting clash would be more attuned to the cold nature of water, and not heat.
“This again? I’ll just dodge it and-”
I instantly launched them, not allowing Alphonse to finish his statent. However, unlike before, my aim was placed very high, sending the projectiles into the air.
The elents crashed, creating a cloud of cold fog above our heads.
“What are you doing?” Alphonse asked, partly curious and confused by my seemingly random and pointless moves.
However, he had been with for five years and oversaw a lot of my magic training, so he was already aware that I didn’t do anything without a plan.
Deciding that there was no use deliberating over the outco of my Spell, Alphonse appeared to have resolved to end the match before I could activate any more spells.
Unfortunately, I had already prepared a large quicksand for him as a treat.
While he was focused on my spectacle above, I made another [Sinking Ground] spell where he was, causing his movents to be hindered.
“W-wha-?!” He yelped.
This gave the perfect window to create my next barrage of spells.
“[Mini Ice Balls]!”
Instantly, tiny portions of ice were ford in multitudes.
I launched them at the formation in the sky, further confusing Alphonse.
What was my plan?
The ice particles burst upon touching the fog, turning into tiny fragnts of ice. The end result was a more solidified version of the mist above us… a cloud.
“This is just bizarre. Don’t tell you’re experinting on Magic again when we’re having a duel!” Alphonse spoke, slightly annoyed.
He broke out of the quicksand and lunged at , this ti with the intent to finish things entirely.
However… it was too late. Bringing my fingers together, I rubbed my thumb with my middle one, making a-
Snap
And then, the unbelievable happened.
VWOOOOOHHHMMM The clouds instantly darkened, and a bright flash appeared from within it, causing Alphonse to look above him as a result of the shocking occurrence.
Grinning at another window of hesitation he displayed, I cast binding spells on my dearest tutor to slow him down.
“[Strong Bind], [Earth Bind], [Sinking Ground]”
Many whips of white light wrapped themselves around him, and the earth brought forth many of its constraints to hold him. The ground began to sink beneath him once again, creating a triple-layered trap all at once.
Alphonse was stunned by this trap, and as he tried breaking free, my little gift for him was prepared.
“Fall!”
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