"Not so fast, it only works that well against your own spell. Let's try mine."
Zoemi moved his hand as if he was warming up his wrist and in the palm of his hand, a spark of black fire flashed.
The black-haired boy moved it around and the spark ignited into a big round black fireball crackling menacingly.
"Ready?"
Zoemi asked.
"Y-yes...!"
Grazio clenched his fists and nodded, his face tensed up with anticipation.
"Fireball."
Zoemi adjusted the power so his spell to a magician level and shot it at Grazio's stomach.
*BOOOOOOOOM*
"!!!!!!"
The spell flew with great speed and as it exploded, the dark flames covered Grazio's body and finally pushed him back, making the red-haired boy fall on his back and tumble around a few times before stipping.
"Ugh...! What was that...? Almost one-quarter of my mana is gone just like that...!"
Grazio gasped for air, rolling to the side and slowly getting up while shaking his head, trying to get rid of the woozy feeling...
