As soon as queen Elise's voice called out, Felicia and Diana both bowed at each other—as expected—before they both put on a fighting stance.
"Hold on ladies". Queen Elise suddenly said putting the fight on halt. "I forgot to say, there are rules that needs to be abide during this duel... rule number one; you are allowed to injure your opponent, but not to the point of death but if you mistakenly kill your opponent...it won't be be held against as it is a mistake... and two, if your opponent, even after been seriously injured, refuses to surrender... you are expected to eliminate her and three, you are allowed to use both your powers and weapons to fight", queen Elise added as a cruel smile made it way up to her face.
Jason scowled at his mother, he had always bared with his mother schemes and endless attempts to annoy him, but this time she simply went too far, she had obviously placed the rules so she could eliminate Diana because she was confident that Felicia was going to win the duel.
He let out an irritated sigh as he glared at his mother but he said nothing, she was obviously expecting him to disagree with her rules and say something so she could twist his word–as usual–and use it against Diana, but he wasn't going to give her the Satisfaction.
"You can fight now". Queen Elise called out and the ladies resumed their fighting stance
Both ladies eyed each other as a Predator would to a prey— before charging straight at each other, on getting close, they both attacked themselves fiercely and sparks flew into the air occasionally— as both their swords made contact.
Jason watched the fight in satisfaction. So far, Diana had shown great skills and had been able to fend off Felicia— someone said to be very skilled in swordfighting.
'seems like like she was telling the truth when she said it's going to be a tie' . Jason thought as a smile made its way up his face as he watched in satisfaction as Diana parried Felicia's strikes, skillfully dodged her blows and attacked her in return .
" Looks like I won't be marrying Felicia after all" . Jason muttered to himself as he continued to watch the fight but his hopes were suddenly crushed because that was when Felicia disappeared, and reappeared at Diana's back before viciously stabbing her arm with one of her sword.
Diana groaned in pain as Felicia stabbed her left arm—which luckily wasn't her sword arm since she was right-handed. The whole situation had happened so fast it look like a blur— Felicia had attacked her and she had parried her strike —as usual, but before she could make an attack of her own, Felicia had
disappeared and reappeared at her back and stabbed her left arm with one of her sword—before she could turn around.
Diana mumbled a spell and just then, a protective barrier was formed around her—in other to keep Felicia away. She stared at her wound with a scowl on her face, she considered casting a healing spell on her wound but knew it was an option because-— one, the healing spell takes time to work and two, She couldn't heal her self and keep the barrier, which would make her vunerable and she was sure Felicia wouldn't miss a chance to strike. Having no other choice, she torn the hem of her dress and quickly used it to wrap her bleeding arm before grabbing her sword with her good hand. She pull off the protective barrier and charged at Felicia in rage, She hadn't managed to leave a scratch on Felicia but the sly vixen had already given her a stab wound which hurt like hell.
Felicia watched in shock as Diana charged at her in rage, she wasn't expecting this even the slightest bit, she had expected Diana to be weakened after been stabbed but instead she seemed more energised. This didn't make her panic though,she was more than capable of handling Diana.So before Diana could attack her she dropped her swords and started muttering a spell.
Diana was just a few steps from getting to Felicia when she heard her muttering a familiar spell, her eyes widened in shock when she heard the familiar incantation, but before she could attack to put a stop to it—it was too late.
Flames suddenly engulfed Felicia's palms,but the flames didn't burn her neither did she seem to be in pain. Her ocean-blue eyes gradually turn flame red and as she set her eyes at Diana, she gave her a cruel smile before shooting fireballs at her. Diana quickly conjured her protective barrier as the fireball was shoot at her, but an unbelievable thing happened; As the fireballs made contact with the barrier, it shattered it like it was nothing.
The surrounding guards watching gasped in suprise at what they saw and they started giving Felicia a look of adoration.
A smug smile went up Queen Elise's face and Jason—he had a neutral expression on his face, not showing what he was thinking. He continued to watch the fight, waiting to see what move Diana was going to make.
Diana skillfully dodged Felicia fire balls but the attacks seem endless, the vicious sorceress didn't even give her a chance to fight back as she continually shoot fireballs at her,all Diana could do was dodge the attacks and avoid getting hit by the fireballs.
But Felicia was getting a little frustrated, no matter how many fireballs she shot at her, no matter how precised she made sure the attacks were , the sorceress still manages to avoid the attacks, her agility was impressive and she moved so quick and nimble like a cat—making her avoid the attacks so easily. She got fed up with making an attack that wasn't going to yield any good result because Diana was always dodging the attacks, Felicia could feel her strength waning because of the spell and after shooting a few fire balls and the result still the same—she felt the right thing to do was to just end the fight once and for all.
Diana heaved a sigh of relief as Felicia stopped her continuous attack but she was still alert. She panted for a few moments as she started to feel fatigue weigh her down, avoiding Felicia's attack wasn't so easy, it took a lot of her strength because Felicia's attacks were precise and well calculated, and only the fact that she was very nimble made her successfully avoid Felicia's fireball attacks.
Her relief was only for a short-lived though, because that was when Felicia shot a blast of fire that was five times the size of her usual fireballs. Diana stared in horror, she knew she couldn't dodge this one and as the giant fireball almost made contact with her, she put up her protective barrier, making sure it was impenetrable and stronger than her usual ones but like before, as the giant fireball made contact with her barrier it shattered it like it was nothing— making a wave so great it pulled Diana off her feet and sent her flying onto the ground, making her swords scatter to different direction.
Diana let out a shriek of pain as she fell down, apparently she'd fall down with the weight of her body on her injured arm. Blood seeped out of the cloth she used to bandage her wounded arm and as placed her hand on it to prevent it from bleeding— pain stinged her hand, making her hiss in pain and as she stared at the palm of her hand she noticed that there were blisters on it. She scowled, even her strongest barrier couldn't keep the fireball from hurting her. She sat upright and glared at Felicia who was now approaching her.
"Tsk, looks like you got hit, real bad...".Felicia said in mock pity as she stared down at Diana.
Diana gritted her teeth in anger, she glared with hostility at Felicia but the sorceress simply smirked at her in return.
""What are you Felicia?!", Diana spat glaring at her with hostility. "Your fireballs shattered my barrier like it was nothing and in all my life of learning spells and practicing magic, I've never seen a fireball of such-like, so..., what. are. you?".She repeated.
"Me?", Felicia asked before chuckling lightly, "well, I'm a sorcerer like you Diana, what else do you expect me to be?".She answered with a smirk.
"You might be a sorcerer but you're definitely not a normal one". Diana replied not believing Felicia.
Felicia let out a sigh, losing her smile. "Not normal uh?", She questioned with a raised brow."Well, you are not far from the truth because after all, unlike you I'm very unique aren't I?".She asked with a smug look.
Her word 'hit' Diana harder than she excepted and rage like no other filled her because of Felicia's arrogance and then she realized–wasn't Felicia near her and unprotected?!, This was a perfect time to strike and she wasn't going to miss it!, She suddenly felt elated. She was finally going to give Felicia a taste of her own medicine and so, before Felicia could react— Diana pulled out a small danger hidden within the pocket of her dress and ruthlessly stabbed Felicia's right leg with it.