As both were standing a few meters apart from each other. The moment Danzel noticed the smallest spark of mana coming out of the old mage staff, he dashed forward.
Not willing to let the dark knight any closer, his mana split into the air and turned into balls of lighting and were shot towards the dark knight.
Halting his advantage, he put his mind on casting two dark green hands made out of mana while at the same time activating the enchantment of his sword to raise the sand like a wall.
Unfortunately for Danzel, the 5 balls of lighting passed right through the sand wall without detonating as he had hoped so.
"Not strong enough..."
Taking a step back, he moved the two mana hands to collide with 2 lighting balls and in the end detonated them.
Having 3 remaining balls of lighting to deal with, Danzel was forced to move to the side and dodge them. With some quick maneuver and his speed, he was able to dodge 2 out of the three.