Both Kyle and Cole closed in on each other the moment the match started, Kyle gathered his strength and stomped his left foot on the ground sending strength through all of his body and punched Cole in the face. Cole was much faster than Kyle, so he easily evaded such a punch and sent a similar punch that would've pierced through Kyle's stomach if he hadn't strengthened his body with mana, sending him flying a couple of feet backwards.
Cole had the upper hand with better martial arts so Kyle decided to switch the battle to a battle of magic where he had the upper hand. However, Cole instantly shot 2 invisible wind missiles simultaneously, both of which hit Kyle. Wind missile is a 1-circle magic spell where the mage can shoot invisible missiles of wind so it's no surprise Kyle couldn't dodge such an attack.
The wind missiles didn't deal much damage to him because of his mana-imbued body, Kyle decided that he wouldn't be able to dodge them because he couldn't see them, so he decided to block them with a firewall.
"How interesting, to think we'd see a person using the wind element so soon. What do you think, young master Choros? How long will that Viscount brat hold on?" asked Hunter, mocking Kyle.
"Hmph, you think I would choose someone weak as my friend, Hunter?" replied Henry, "Oh, right... You have that eye-" Henry cut Hunter and shouted angrily: "SHUT UP!! Don't you dare say another word or I'll skin you alive in front of everyone here," "Hey, hey no need to be so angry," replied Hunter sarcastically.
The relationship between the 5 Dukedoms was terrible, all of them fighting for power like hungry dogs, Hunter also brought up a secret that should never be known by the outside world, so Henry's reaction was quite understandable, "But you didn't answer me," commented Hunter, Henry looked at Hunter with a devilish grin and said: "Hmph, just wait and see, you're in for a surprise,"
After activating the firewall, Kyle started chanting, "How arrogant, YOU DARE CHANT WHILE I'M RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU?!!" stated Cole angrily while running towards Kyle with a speed many times faster than Philip's, just as Cole reached Kyle's blind spot, the place where the firewall did not cover, he threw a punch backed with mana, just for it to not reach Kyle. The punch was so far away from Kyle, the audience thought he was playing some sick joke, but he wasn't.
"HAHAHAHAHAH" Kyle broke down in laughter as if he was watching some comedy show, "What are you doing, Cole? Fighting an illusion?" asked Kyle mockingly. "Wait, an illusion? Don't tell me that chant was for 'an illusion'," said Hunter slightly trembling, "Exactly!" answered Henry, "But that's not possible, he used an attack that belonged to the fire attribute earlier" continued Hunter. "Yes, he used a fire-attributed attack earlier and now he used the 2nd circle magic spell of the water attribute 'Confusion' which puts the enemy in a state of confusion and drains their magical energy, which means he's a dual wielder!" stated Henry proudly, after all being a wielder of two elements, a 'dual wielder' was something rare across the continent.
After calming down, Hunter said: "Hoh, so that's why you made him your friend but that still doesn't make sense, Cole moved almost instantaneously, so how could he chant during that small interval of time??"
Even the most experienced battle mages need about 4-5 seconds to chant without any secret techniques while Kyle's chant took no longer than 2 seconds so Hunter being confused wasn't something surprising. "HAHAHAH, How bold of you to think I'd choose someone as my friend just for being a dual wielder. You greatly underestimate me, Hunter! Kyle's body possesses something that not even my 'eye' can see through that's why I'm interested in him".
This time, Hunter's confusion had reached its peak, Henry's 'eye' is something that's kept a secret even among high nobility, the 'eye that sees through all' that only appears once every millennium, The Eye of Providence, so him not being able to see through something meant that it was either blocked by a higher being or it was something that defied the laws of nature.
Kyle immediately shot a couple of water and fire missiles at the still-confused Cole, which knocked him out cold.
The crowd's tense mood was broken down by Professor Arthur's proud laugh: "HAHAHAHAH, I knew that kid was special but I wasn't expecting him to be this good!", "Yes, he is indeed excellent" added Assistant Professor Paul.
"Okay then, Let's continue," said Professor Arthur, however, the next multiple battles were made out to be more boring than they were because of this spectacular battle, until the battle where both Henry Choros and Hunter Gi's names were picked. The moment their names were picked, everyone was in an uproar.
"This is unbelievable, to think the young masters of the Duchy of Choros and Duchy of Gi are going to fight!"
"Between two of the most talented youngsters of this generation, I wonder who will come out on top!!"
"I bet it'll be young master Hunter, after all the Duchy of Gi are specialized in close combat fights"
"No, it'll obviously be young master Henry, being the young master of the strongest Duchy"
Space and Time magic are the most peculiar magic of all. Space magic can create, bend, and control space in its purest form, while Time magic can stop, slow down, and speed up time in its purest form and that's why they don't have straightforward attacks like water, fire, earth, and wind magic, and so the mage needs to sharpen their hand-to-hand combat skills to the maximum.
Henry and Hunter both jumped out of their seat and landed swiftly in the arena, showing their impressive movement techniques.
"Now, now, young master please go easy on me," Henry looked over at Hunter and said: "Let's see if you'll still be able to make such a joke after I erase you from existence,"
"haaa, let's stop joking and start fighting!" said Hunter with a cocky smirk masking his concentration, without responding Henry cast 'Seal' and started chanting, "Ugh, this isn't very nice, young master, the match hasn't even started, yet you're already attacking me!" Although Hunter could breathe and speak, that was only because Henry only sealed his body, however, Professor Arthur didn't interfere and gave Hunter a disappointed look as if to say: "How could you fall for such a trick?!"
"Hmph, since when did we have to follow rules," replied Henry as he finished chanting and summoned his 'Spatial sword' and rushed in. In the meantime, Hunter was also chanting with his free mouth and summoned vine chains to immobilize Henry followed by multiple 'Mud balls' and 'Iron spikes'. Henry was chained down by the vines and was being attacked by mud balls from his right and iron spikes from his left, yet he still had a relaxed look on his face which the crowd could not fathom why.
"Hunter, oh Hunter, have you forgotten why our Duchy is hailed as the strongest out of the five?" asked Henry ominously, just as Hunter was freed by summoning an iron shield from Henry's 'seal', he was instantly met with the teleported Henry and with the spatial sword pointing towards his neck , "Give up, you know what will happen the moment my blade touches your neck."