As soon as I leave her office I go and ask the masters for a spar. I need to test the Grimoire in action and what better way than beating the masters, I'm sure I can beat the low lvl ones.
We go to the sparing area and take our positions.
"You are quite cocky to challenge me Ward when you only have been here for a few months" Master Lavat said (made it up, first name that popped into my head)
"Well how else am I going to show I'm better than you" I dislike him, I don't know why we dislike each other this much, we probably just have incompatible personalities that lead to the dislike we have for each other
Even if I know that it doesn't mean I'm not going to beat the shit out of him, being a Master means you have sufficient knowledge and skill in the Mystic Arts, but I never planned to fight fairly in the first place.
"Begin" Master Mordo the referee starts the bout
[Grimoire of Infinity] the book materializes in my hand
Lavat instantly becomes on guard since he has never seen this 'spell' before, I waste no time conjuring an Eldritch Sword in one hand and using the book (like a wand, the book gives him better focus when he uses it manually) to materialize multiple Eldritch Whip Tendrils to attack
(just google magic Tendrils it if your curious)
Lavat smirks" You have to do better than that Ward" as he casts shield spells to block my attacks
I just smile at him, I conjure small scythes and fuse them with the Tendrils, Eldrich Weapons disappear once they leave the caster's hand, so I have been working on this for a while, it's one of the first Long Term Projects I made.
Project: Gilgamesh, fire Eldrich weapons like the Gate of Babylon, but its a work in progress insanely difficult to make, after a lot of trial and error, I finally found out how to make the Eldrich weapons stay stable, I connect them with a string or tendril in this case, and pump more magic in them to keep them stable, this is a somewhat original spell since no one thought of it before, they have long-range spells, so there was no need to make close-ranged weapons have a longer reach.
The combination of Tendrils and small scythes were inspired by Parasyte: The Maxim, fast, sharp and deadly, so it seemed fitting to call this spell 'Para-scythe'.
(A/N Para- (prefix): A prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and abnormal, gotta love google)
The 6 Para-scythes start the barrage of attacks at high speed, the Grimoire helps my concentration and focus, so I can do this more easily, Lavat is having a hard time, I know he is holding back from using the advanced spells, probably because of pride using those spells against a beginner is probably embarrassing for him so he will use speels that are about my level.
Oh, he is getting serious, he casted a huge barrier-like shield (similar to the one Strange casted in the spaceship) and started chanting.
Well, I better get serious too, if I stay here I will lose, I still don't know that many long-range spells in my arsenal, so up close and personal is the only choice, he already knows that I have to hold the book in my hand all the time, so most of his attacks are focused on that side of my body so I can't defend, well too bad for him. I start the spell to make clones but I focus only to copy my arms and make them come out of my shoulder blades.
2. The book must be open and held in one hand in battle.
This is a handicap, that is if you can't make new arms, gotta love loopholes, I pass the book to one the arms and the other makes an E.Whip and gets ready. I conjure 2 big Eldrich swords use 'Shu' on them which coats them in a lot of 'aura', use 'Ren' x5 multiplier and dash straight at him.
He was surprised by my sudden burst of speed, before he could do anything I was already near the barrier, I timed it so both swords and 'Para-scythes' would hit at the exact same time. There was a small shockwave as his shield crumbled, the whip that was on stand-by wrapped around his ankle and pulled, because of the shock he couldn't do anything and fell on the ground I pointed one of the swords at his neck.
"The winner is Grant Ward" Master Mordo announced my victory, I closed the book and stopped my spells, this snaped Lavat back into reality.
"Damn it was my complete defeat"
"Yes it was, your pride didn't allow you to use higher tier spells because you wanted to best me in an equal fight, that sort of behaviour gets you killed in the battlefield." Lavat is one of the newer Masters and doesn't have much experience, mistakes like these are deadly.
"Sigh, your right, I need more training, next time it won't end like this Ward" he stands up
"Oh your right, I will win even faster next time" I smirk at him, I am glad there is someone here like him, we are kinda frenemies, it would be boring without him, people here are too serious.
"That was an impressive display Ward" Master Mordo compliments
I smile "Thank you" I hear a but there
"But did you have to show off in front of everyone like this? You could have gone to the mirror dimension to spar, why did you do it here?"
"Haha Where would be the fun in that" I say my piece and go back to my room
980 Words, Hmm my action scenes need a lot of work, ain't satisfied with this