Magic was very suitable for my low endurance, and being able to keep a suitable distance from my opponent while dealing major amounts of damage to them was a very nice way to fight for me with my low endurance. It minimised my risk of being hurt badly.
That being said you'd need to be careful with how you use your spells so you don't get caught with having no mana left or in a vulnerable position.
He held a real sword in his hand, I held nothing. He had armour and I had some robes.
'Hey don't fuck around, where are your sword and your armour?'
'I won't be needing them to dispatch you.' His expression darkened.
'I see, there was no reason to worry about scum like you.' He readied his stance. The main thing I had to do was run away and cast spells. But I needed to be wary of my mana.
Status. The window opened up with my status. It showed my mana capacity 661/661. I tried minimising the window to just show the mana capacity.
'Hah, this guy's finally gone crazy.' To him, it must've looked like I was waving my hands around in the air.
Got it! I was finally able to minimise my status window to just show my mana capacity.
'I'm ready.' At this point it must've spread around that I was fighting Dengen, there were many spectators.'Just to make sure you're not cheating I got a professor to observe us.'
Surely enough there was a professor.
'Hi, Dengen and Mordred I'll be observing your match and managing it. Both of you are allowed one potion of your choice.' It was Professor Huron, my magic theory professor. She smiled at us. I chose a high mana restoration, which is quite an expensive potion. He chose a vitality restoration, another expensive potion.
'Well that's that, let's get started Mordred.'
With no warning he dashed towards me, that was to be expected though. I jumped back and shot a fireball at him. There are some spells where you don't need to chant in the first place to cast them, one such spell was a fireball. To avoid having his sword melted he stepped to the side and let the fireball hit the ground next to him.
I looked at my mana it was 646/661. He kept going for me and I kept jumping back. 'You coward! I thought you were a swordsman! Come and fight me!' He dashed towards me once more, sword behind him.
But instead of jumping back it faced him head-on and punched him straight in the face. He was sent flying back. Instead of chasing after him I just waited for him to get back up, I didn't want to take any risks.
'Spellsword!' 3 swords started floating above my head. I looked at my mana, it was 555/661. He then got up, seemingly in a daze. 'It seems I will be needing to use my aura.' Aura was another way you could utilise mana using cores. You could cover your body with mana to make yourself stronger and faster.
He took a deep breath in and started to gather magic around himself. Like I'd let you!
'Walpurgis Flame!' I shot the flame at him and he quickly opened his eyes and dodged.
'Tch.' He clicked his tongue. I committed the cardinal sin of attacking an enemy while they're powering up.
'Hehe.' I chuckled a little bit at this thought. I looked at the window, 495/661.
'What are you laughing at?' He looked angry, very angry.
'Nothing.' Go. At my command, the swords orbiting above my head started to chase him. He saw this and was able to dodge the first one.
'Dark chain!' suddenly he was restrained and my two other swords went to pierce him.
'You cowardly bastar-.' He was cut off as two swords pierced his leg and his arm. The dark chain wore off and I approached him.
'Professor I think the match is finis-.' Suddenly without me seeing him he drank the potion and was restored to almost top condition. Oh, fuck! Move! I teleported a few metres back. He would've pierced my stomach with that move if I didn't notice him
'We're not done yet!' Move! Move! I was way too close to him so I needed to get some distance between us. I looked at my mana bar, it was 408/661. I'm still good on mana, I think it's time to use some riskier moves.
'Dark Chain! Ice Storm Explosion!' Two high-cost moves. I looked at my mana bar, 205/661. I still had some mana left.
'Shit! He yelled and tried to dodge the dark chains. But it was futile, he wouldn't be able to get out of it no matter how hard he tried. Since I augmented the Ice Storm to not pierce him but instead explode under him it costed me 30 extra mana. It exploded under him and he screamed.
Then the prison formed around him, I could hear him trying to break the prison with his sword but it wouldn't work. 'Shatter!' The prison shattered and he fell to the floor. He can't get up anymore, right?
Then he shouted, 'Final Stand.' Wait this guy has Final Stand too?! Shit, he never gives up does he? He got up sword in hand and dashed straight at me, it seemed that he wasn't thinking anymore and just trying to slash me. Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
He was extremely fast and dodging him was extremely difficult. I glanced at my mana bar, it was 160/661. Fuck I don't have much more mana.
'Walpurgis Flame! Walpurgis Flame!' he was able to dodge both flames but he got burned by one of them and he was staggered for a bit.
I only had 20 mana left, but that was fine I only needed to buy time to drink the potion. While he was staggered I took the potion out of the pocket and consumed it quickly.
I felt the cool liquid trickle down my throat, I felt a rush of power and saw my mana was back up to 220/661. Only 200 mana? Fuck.
He kept coming at me and I needed to dodge out of his way. 'Dark Chain! Ice Storm!' I didn't care about augmenting it would cause me too much trouble. I only had 47 mana left.
It seems like he's lost his sanity and is going entirely on instinct. He jumped over the ice swords but was trapped by the prison. 'Shatter!' The prison shattered and he fell to the ground. Have I won? No, I must be cautious! And surely enough, like a zombie, he got up again.
This guy's a fucking monster! I have no mana left, fuck! I don't want to use Final Stand here, it would ruin me! I only had three fireballs left to cast, I needed to shoot them wisely. He rushed straight towards me, he was as fast as lightning. I need to focus, focus!
Then as I took a deep breath in I opened my eyes. It was like the situation earlier where time slowed down. I could see all his movements before he even thought of them. He would come to slash me at my right. So I would shoot my first fireball there. 'Fireball!' He seemed surprised for a second.
He jumped to the side and grunted. Then he started charging at me again.
32/661.
A thrust! He was going to thrust at me, but just before his sword pierced me, I nimbly stepped to the side, but at that moment he elbowed me. I fell to the floor. Fuck! Fuck! I needed to get up quickly, but I was too slow.
17/661.
This was my last fireball, I needed to make it count or I was a goner. He jumped straight into the sky, he appeared like he wanted to stab me from the top.
I rolled to the side and was able to jump back up. I faced him, I looked him dead in the eye, he had completely turned. He had a beastly look in his eyes.
He charged toward me one last time. Time slowed down again, he was going to do a three-hit slash combo into a thrust. He slashed at my chest once, then at my face, then at my arm. I stepped back and he then went into a thrust.
This is my last chance! He thrust at me, then I stepped to the side and put my hand straight into his chest and yelled with all my might. 'Fireball!' I shot the fireball straight into his chest. Did I do it? The smoke cleared and he was still standing.
2/661
I'm out of mana! This guy is on a whole different level! There was only one more thing I could do. I jumped back and waited for him to charge at me like the mindless beast he was. And he did, he would slash from right to left then up.
I had to wait for the perfect moment to move. He charged at me, time slowed down once again, and I could see everything. I jumped back when he slashed. This was my one and only chance to win.
Then as fast as I could, right before he could slash up, I dashed straight forward and bashed his head with both of my fists from on top of his head. Then before he could react I grabbed his head and smashed it into my knee.
He then fell, and I saw one of his teeth fall out. I did it! I actually did it! Holy fuck! I then collapsed on the ground breathing heavily. Everyone around me was clapping. Even the professor was. I smiled and they chanted. What a crazy bastard.