Chapter 128: Two star mage vs One star mage
"One directional Windslam," I whispered. The wind answered my call with a feral hiss as it swirled to life before me. With a flick of my fan, I sent the gust hurtling towards the boy.
The boy, recovering quickly from the force of my attack, twisted to the side, his body turning with a surprising agility as he avoided the brunt of the Windslam's power.
With a grunt of effort, he pressed forward, closing the distance between us in a flash as the fires of his fury burned anew, his eyes alight with the singular focus of a predator on the hunt.
"Impressive," I thought, acknowledging his quick reflexes and athleticism as he weaved through the dissipating gusts of wind, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides in preparation for the next blow
"Triple fireballs," He said. The air crackled with heat as his hands blazed with flame, three spheres of molten fury hurtling towards me in a deadly arc.
My eyes traced the trajectories of the deadly projectiles as they split into three paths, two curving away from me while the middle one raced straight for my chest.
Trapped in the deadly ring of flame, I stood my ground, refusing to give an inch as the fireballs surrounded me on all sides, I could still dodge them if I wanted to but I didn't want to avoid them, I wanted to see if I was strong enough to stop them.
"Let's see what you've got," I murmured, my lips curling into a fierce smirk as I shouted. Two directional windslam.
The air around me erupted into a hurricane of force as I unleashed a Two Directional Windslam at the fireballs, the burst of air slamming into the two fireballs like an invisible hammer, sending them flying backwards with a fiery explosion that lit up the night.
The force of the counterattack sent shockwaves rippling across the ground, the dirt and debris flying up in a cloud of dust.
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It also threw me back a few feet but I managed to stay on my feet, my eyes flashing with a fierce determination.
As the smoke and flames cleared, my eyes met the boy's, his expression shifting from shock to a smug, self-assured grin that spoke of the belief that he had finally won the upper hand.
"You're not as strong as you think you are, are you?" he taunted, his tone dripping with condescension as he sized me up, his eyes flashing with a newfound confidence.
In his mind, the turning of the tide was inevitable, the force of his attack and my subsequent countermeasure only serving to cement his belief that he was the stronger of the two.
My smirk widened, the sheer audacity of his belief in his own superiority a source of amusement as I locked eyes with him.
"As if that was ever going to happen," I thought.
The air between us crackled with energy as I moved forward, the confidence and power that flowed through my veins only fueling the fires of my magic as I brought my fans to bear.
"Two Directional Windslam!" I shouted, unleashing a blast of wind that shot towards my opponent, the sheer force of the attack enough to lift him from the ground.
But the boy was not one to be easily bested. With a shout of "Firewall!", a wall of flames rose up from the ground, meeting the winds head-on and engulfing them in a searing inferno.
The two elemental forces collided, a cacophony of wind and fire clashing with explosive force.
But as the smoke and flames cleared, I saw the boy's grin growing wider, the flames parting and swirling around him in a fiery cyclone as he pushed the wall of fire towards me.
My heart raced as the fiery cyclone bore down on me, the heat of its flames a scorching promise of pain and destruction.
There was no escape, no retreat, only the narrow window of opportunity that remained before the wall of fire would overwhelm me.
With a grim determination, I channeled my magic, the winds around me churning into a frenzy as I focused my will on the center of the cyclone, a single, desperate thought echoing through my mind: "Break through."
With a shout of "Vortex!", the winds around me swirled into a maelstrom of furious energy, a powerful vortex erupting from my fan and hurling itself towards the wall of flames.
The force of the spell was greater than I had anticipated, the vortex tearing through the wall of fire with a deafening roar, the flames scattering and dissipating as it barreled through the center of the cyclone
As the vortex cleared a path through the flames, the young man's eyes darted back and forth, his expression a mask of disbelief as he struggled to comprehend how this lowly academy recruit had managed to outmatch him, a mage of higher skill and standing.
"How is this possible?" his thoughts seemed to echo, his mind racing as he searched for an explanation, a reason for the unexpected turn of events.
I, however, knew the truth. It was not my skill or determination that had granted me the move, but the system.
As the vortex dissipated, the air around us filled with a stunned silence, the witnesses to my display of magic too shocked to speak.
But even as they stood in awe, I could hear their hushed whispers, their eyes darting between me and the young man with increasing curiosity and interest.
"A two-star mage skill," I could hear them mutter, their words an audible acknowledgment of my power and skill. "A vortex, of all spells. That requires remarkable control."
The murmurs of surprise and disbelief rippled through the crowd as the realization dawned on them - that I, a lowly one-star mage, had just executed a spell that required the precision and mastery of a mage twice my rank.
"Flawless," I heard someone say, the word echoing through the air like a whispered accolade.