"This isn't looking good."
I understood Craig's murmur, seated beside as I was while our team watched the third individual match. Already Lily and Cody had lost their matches and we were currently down 0-2 to Anuaiz Academy, and it was looking as if we were going to be 0-3 down by the end of this match.
"Huff…huff…"
Dong Fang Yue Chu was panting while he withdrew from the opponent, a big, burly guy who carried a gigantic cannon. The heavy gunner, Timothy Drake, hefted his bulky weapon up and pointed the smoking barrel in Yue Chu's direction. The fire mage quickly dove to the side as the cannon unleashed a powerful torrent of superheated energy that seared the concrete into molten rock. Hitting the ground, Yue Chu rolled and threw a hand up to launch a huge fireball in Timothy's direction, but a metallic shard of armor hovered in front of him and erected an energy shield that deflected the spell and rendered it harmless.
