"She's not letting the word 'victory' cloud her," said Z.
"That'll be her downfall. Like your judgment of my powers."
"Wounds like these are nothing. I'll show you another secret of mine," said Z.
Z threw out a different weapon, crescent-shaped, to combat Raiyen's daggers. The hook-like blade managed to grasp onto Raiyen wrist. This took the Time Mage by surprise. He made the right choice to back up.
As he landed in front of his opponent once more, he quickly wiped off blood around his hand.
"What in the world is that weapon?!" asked Raiyen, pointing the golden dagger at Z.
"Care to explain your own first?" asked Z.
Raiyen smiled, lunging towards the Lost Mage once more.
"Let's continue on the battle to learn, shall we?" asked the Time Mage, striking Z's new type of dagger.
With two weapons against one weapon, Z was at a severe disadvantage, or so Raiyen thought. Z was now back on par with Raiyen's attacks, even landing scratches on the boy. His fighting style did not change, yet it felt different than when he wielded Kunais.
It was as if the Kunais were used to keep Raiyen occupied, like some toy. The one he wielded now, rendered the Time Mage useless. Raiyen was unable to catch up. A massive problem was hindering the boy from focusing. The Lost Mage as yet to unleash his pool of Elemental Energy or Aura.
"There's no Aura from that weapon, how can you be so skillful with that?" asked Raiyen, as they clashed.
Z smiled.
"Did you think that I'd get to the rank that I am now using those scrap metals?"
Raiyen's eyes widened. Scrap metal?! Those pieces of 'scrap metal' were able to obliterate the entire backyard of the Church. And to Z's eyes, the Kunais were essentially nothing?
Raiyen was aggravated. His eyes darkened as he sprung towards Z using Glitch. Despite all of the cuts that Z made, not one wound seemed to faze Raiyen as he faced off with the Lost Mage in malevolence.
"Answer the question, Z," said Raiyen, eyes piercing at Z with sharpness.
Z sighed, swiftly shoving the Time Boy into the air. Raiyen landed softly on the ground. As expected from an assassin.
"Remember this well and forever, a weapon without its proper master is no weapon at all."
"Huh?" asked Raiyen.
"A sword is of no use if its master does not how to swing a sword. A shield with a master that has no heart to defend will lose its purpose. And," said Z.
He then dashed towards Raiyen, catching the young boy off guard.
"A blunt dagger can't get an assassin anywhere if it's not used properly!" yelled Z, launching a barrage of attacks on Raiyen.
He was lucky for being born a Time Mage. Any old being who had to go against those attacks would surely have a hard time. But after a few minutes, Raiyen's eyes grew dreadful each time they clashed. By now, the daggers were practically fused with his hands.
This made his assaults increasingly accurate and dangerous. When Raiyen's eyes were both silver and gold, he stopped attacking. Z held up his weapon, bracing whatever that was about to come.
"Light Seeps into the air, hope fills the land. Let there be joy, let there be no pain. Heaven Sent!" yelled Raiyen, delivering a slash towards the defending Mage.
The dagger's Aura grew, pushing Z into the hard ground.
"Darkness seeps into the air, despair fills the land. Let there be pain, let there be no joy. Hell Bent!" shouted Raiyen once more, adding the silver dagger to Z's dilemma.
The two slashes of light made it obligatory for the Galaxian Mage to show off the true form of his weapon that he had majored in. With a single movement, the spell from Raiyen was destroyed.
"Pawalang-bisa (Nullify)!" called out Z, when the attack was being scattered.
Raiyen could not believe it. With a mere curved dagger, Z was able to single-handedly annihilate one of the most powerful spells that Raiyen could perform at that stage.
"Impressed?" asked Z, making the curved blade glimmer.
"It's called a Karambit, a dagger from my home country," explained Z.
Raiyen was frustrated for being unable to be at the same level as Mavislin, he knew that Z was still holding back. The Time Mage quickly recovered and wielded his twin daggers once more. He had to win this match. He has got to.
He was a Time Mage. He has got the Element of Time in his hands, how could he lose to a mere Lost Mage? It soon became apparent that Raiyen was more focused on winning than defending. He left a substantial amount of openings for his opponent to kill him.