Percival's team had lost two members and the other two were already losing hope.
'Lt Elrod seems very confident, he seems to have a plan.'
Grey was observing the environment to see what could make Percival very confident. Actually he was not the only one, every person in his team was also doing the same.
June might be taunting Percival, but she knew the reason why Percival could make 1st Lieutenant rank before her, he was very talented and had great ability.
If he was confident that meant that he had a plan, she did not know what the plan was though.
'I just cannot see what that plan could be.'
Percival had stopped in a place that looked very normal, there was no increased number of trees or rocks. The place was very normal, what possible advantage could this place give him.
"It seems that we can only end this the hard way Percival!"
June decided to end the battle with another full onslaught.
"Recruits, I will focus on Percival, you finish recruits Alice and Grant."
"Yes Mam."
June did not forget to have a cringe face as she casted tier 1 spell, [Giant Explosive Fireball].
'I knew you would do that June.'
"Whitlock and Hart, just try to survive. I will show you my ability."
Percival casted tier 1 spell, [Shockwave Bomb] to counter the [Giant Explosive Bomb]. In the mean time Alice and Grant were on the defensive against four people supressing them.
'Lt Elrod casted a wind type spell against a fire type spell, what is he trying to do. I don't believe that he made a mistake. I am missing variables to fully understand this situation.'
Grey trying his best to think for a reason on why Percival would behave as he hid, at the same time he casted tier 1 combination spell, [Laser Cannon] against the fully tired Alice. The girl had been overwhelmed by the fire power of four people allowing Grey to target her.
"Ahh! Ahh! Mother! Father! It burns! I want to come home!"
The people next to Grey all looked at him weirdly, as they saw the girl got burned by concentrated fire and light elements lose her mind. The burns on Alice were much worse as a part of her face was burnt.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The collision of the two spells by the team leaders collided, and as expected the fire and explosive power of June's spell was increased to a new level. The new level of power of the spell allowed it to have a similar power to a low level tier 2 spell.
The explosive power was so high that Grey and his team had to retreat back, Grant was carrying the obviously fainted Alice. The shock wave of the explosive power of the spell had knocked her out, at least she was not feeling pain anymore.
'Something is wrong.'
Grey was trying to understand Percival, even his intuition was trying to tell him that there was a problem, but he could not tell where the problem was coming from. His intuition was telling him that the problem was everywhere.
"Grey look out!"
Bon shouted to Grey as he started to retreat with his [High Pressure Steam Release Propulsion], his face was very serious.
Grey did not try and understand what was happening, he immediately casted tier 1 Killer spell, [Sealing Sphere].
Grey was immediately surrounded by a sphere made of light elements with cool looking designs on the surface area. The next second afterwards the area where Grey was located was completely ingulfed by ice glacier several metres in height.
Grey was inside the Killer spell and the spell was hardly holding on. Grey looked to his side and saw Sharon with a peaceful look on her face as if she accepted the result, that she was frozen in spell. Next to Sharon was Ilse who was much more annoyed as that look was frozen in the ice.
Grey did not see Bon and June around him.
'Lt Marion can save herself. Bon is the one that warned me, he must be safe as well.'
Grey was trying to understand how a spell like this could be allowed in this spar, he could tell this spell had tier 2 power but he did not believe Percival cheated.
Pant. Pant . Pant.
Percival was standing on top of the ice glacier with Grant and the still fainted Alice. Percival was completely pale and he looked like he could fall anytime, contrary to him Grant had a look of shock and awe.
For a Water/Ice user like Grant such display of power was something he could not help but feel awe for, it was power he wanted.
"Ahh… Lieutenant… Did we win…?"
Grant's voice was incoherent, it was one part the shock and one part due to freezing temperature around the ice glacier.
"It looks like recruit Whitlock was taken out… Pant… Did we win?"
Percival gave back the question as he was not sure.
"Let me check if we got them."
Percival released his awareness to search the giant ice glacier. It only took a second to search as the whole ice glacier was in his awareness range.
"Haa… It looks like we took out recruits Louis, Gram and Mountain. But Gram is still protected by a defence type spell, however my spell totally overwhelmed the defence spells of Mountain and Louis."
That was the reason that Sharon had look of peace, she like Bon had water affinity and could feel when the spell when it was coming, but she did not have the same sharp intuition like Bon.
Bon had chosen to escape the spell than defend unlike Sharon and Ilse because he felt he did not have the ability to defend against the incoming spell. The defence that Sharon and Ilse put up was not enough to protect them.
"It looks like a spell genius like recruit Gram would have a spell that could barely protect him against my attack."
This was because Percival's tier 2 magic ring was focused on magic resistance and Grey's light types spells were strengthened by his [Duality Light Enhancer].
An additional factor to Grey surviving just barely was because his spells had better spell structures.
"Lieutenant does that mean that Lt Marion and Meyer are still around?"
"Here they come…"
Percival said with a tired voice.
"Percival it seems that I win. But nice try on your comeback."
"I don't think so Marion, you cheated in the last second. How could you explain how you got away whilst recruit Gram who like you has the light element was still captured."
"I followed recruit Bon as he started his retreat as he felt the concentration of Water/Ice elements increasing."
Bon slightly glanced at her because June and himself had not escaped in the same direction.
"Don't lie to me Marion. I can understand that recruit Bon who has the Water/Ice element and good intuition had started his retreat early whilst recruits Mountain and Louis thought they could defend. But you were in the front fighting with me and you don't have the same affinity as them. How could you escape?"
There was a small silence on top of the ice glacier as Bon and Grant could not speak in such a situation.
"Ok fine Percival, you got me I used a tier 2 movement type spell to get away. I cheated after you used such a powerful spell against us, your subordinates. In fact what was that anyway?"
Percival had a look of regret, this spell was almost tier 2 in power and he used it against his subordinates. It looks like June knew Percival very much, the fellow really cares for his subordinates and that was a weakness.
"Percival let's just say it was a draw, tomorrow after the recruits are healed we can reshuffle the teams and keep practising, tomorrow the battle would be more balanced. What do you think Lieutenant?"
June was clearly trying to forget this fight, she even called him 'Lieutenant'.
'Don't you think I don't know what you are doing June, but I am out of mana and Grant is also tired. I will give you this one.'
"Sure why not. About that spell…"
Percival could not finish his explanation because Grey had used his fire and light type spells to leave the entrapment of the ice, together with him were the ice blocks containing Ilse and Sharon.
Grey nodded to Bon in appreciation for the warning, he did not want to be embarrassed and frozen into ice blocks like Sharon and Ilse.
"Ah, recruit Gram. Nice work out there. I really like your spells and your very creative imagination."
"Thank you lieutenant Elrod. You can continue your explanation, I also very interested to know how you did that spell."
"As can be expected from a spell genius."