SWISH SWISH SWISH
"Ugh, where." Faith awakens. "It's so dark in here."
With little lights from the candles.
RATTLE RATTLE
"The hell am I chained up? Ugh, I dropped my hat. Great."
SWISH SWISH SWISH
"Water. Am near water underground possibly. The sewer? Under the school? An underground waterway?"
STEP STEP STEP
"You are awake? My dearest Aquarius." a voice from the darkness speaks.
"What the hell do you want with me?" Faith asks as she struggles to get out of her shackles.
STEP STEP STEP
"You are needed for a greater cause." the voice says.
"Well, I dont have any time being locked up," Faith says aloud as she motions her hands.
SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH
CRACK
Faith uses the water from around her to break free from the restraints.
WATER MAGIC: AQUA JET
Faith escapes her capture as she blitzes the mysterious person by creating a jet applying the water to her feet to act as jet turrets.
WHOOSH
"The hell was that all about? Where am I in the first place? Anyway, I gotta inform Axel about this. If an underground then I should go find the light or if anything head -"
VOOSH
"Where do you think you're going?"
"Huh"
"You can't escape my dear while I have the advantage. The shadows." the figure catches up to Faye as it follows her along the shadows of the underground area.
"It caught up with me. The hell. Who is this?" I can't tell if there are males or females there wearing a hood black robes. By the sounds of it, they are wearing a mask but still there distorting their voice. Wait Phantom Order? How the hell did they get in the school? I guess I gotta try to get as many answers and escape when I can. Faith thinks to herself.
WHOOSH
Faith stops as she casts a magic circle around her it glows a teal blue hue. She claps her hands together.
WATER CREATION MAGIC "Abyssal Harpoon"
As she opens up her hands a blue four-prong harpoon spear appears in her hands as she twirls it around. "Alright let's go" as she summons multiple teal magic circles around her.
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The entire room awaits the duel to begin.
"You think he has a chance?" Eirko asks me.
"Yeah, he does but something feels different about this guy," I respond to her.
Mr.Kayneath stands on the outside practice arena as he oversees the fight.
"Now simple rules. Dont kill each other. As soon as one of them falls to the ground it matches over."
The two stand feet away from each other.
When looking at the two Ezekiel is much shorter than him as Albeck is just tall. Myself and Ezekiel are around the same height 5'8, and Eriko is around 5'5, but this guy gotta be almost 6 feet if not more.
Ezekiel with a grain on his face as he cracks his knuckles and neck.
Albeck stays calm and expressionless looking at Ezekiel.
"Everyone ready"
"Set"
"GO"
DASH
"Alright, here I go," Ezekiel says as he starts the battle by charging straight towards Albeck.
Ezekiel appears in front of Albeck as he stands motionless still with his hands in his pocket.
Suddenly a soft and calm voice comes out of Albeck's mouth.
Iron Creation Magic: Pillar of Creation
He casts the spell as a grey magic circle appears right under Ezekiel and an Iron Pillar shoots right out of it.
"SHIT"
Ezekiel makes quick movements as he shifts his body a moves outta the way.
Suddenly the pillar moves and splits as it hits Ezekiel in the mid-section.
POW
Ezekiel comes and crashes down but Ezekiel lands on his feet.
"Damn alright Iron Magic gotta admit. Took me by surprise and knocked the one outta me just little bit" Ezekiel thinks to himself. As he grabs his midsection.
The pillar returns to Albeck's side.
"Safe to say that pillar is a key form of attack." Ezekiel thinks.
"Wow he actually landed a clean hit on a Twelve Star Mage," a student says around us.
"I was able to cut on him earlier no big deal," I thought.
"He's in my homeroom Class 1A. He was exempt for this upcoming Magus Exam his ranking is A Class Mage" another one says.
Me and Eriko look at each other. "OH," we both say.
"Ezekiel!" I call out.
"What!" he responds back
"He's an A-Class Mage. He is exempt like you and Eriko" I yell at him.
"No shit huh. A Class. You could've let me know" as he crouches down.
STAR MAGIC: ON THE HUNT
Ezekiel once again enters that animalistic state once again.
DASH
Albeck's pillar begins to move as it splits into multiple pillars that head straight toward Ezekiel.
SMASH
SMASH
SMASH
Ezekiel easily smashes them but they keep appearing nonstop.
SMASH SMASH
DASH
He changes his charge to the right but the iron pillar follows.
SMASH SMASH
"Damn again"
Whatever direction Ezekiel tried to advance the pillar would follow and push him more back. The pillars then change to iron bars that pierce Ezekiel's skin. But that doesn't stop him. More and more iron pillars begin to generate as one by one they start to form around Ezekiel.
SMASH
SMASH
He attempts to smash each of them one by one but they won't stop generating. Eventually, it catches up to him and it completely traps him. "He can construct iron and manipulate it to his liking," I thought to myself. "Now that he got Ezekiel stuck like that in a trap. No way"
STAR MAGIC: LIONS ROAR
Ezekiel makes a loud roar that generates shockwaves that crumble down the iron pillars. Now free Ezekiel makes a B-Line straight towards Albeck who has yet to move.
Ezekiel is close enough that he does a Cross Slash Swipe. As he shapes his hands into an X and scratches the air. That will make an impact "I said to myself." Albeck raises his hand out as he blocks it with giant fists that appear behind him.
"Oh, so you can fight hand to hand huh," Ezekiel says.
"He used the Pillar as a fake-out to make Ezekiel believe that was his main attack but it was these giant fists," Eriko says as she puts on her thinking face.
"By observing he's a Dyad Mage with Iron Creation Magic meaning those giant iron fists may not be his primary attack," I say to her. "Ezekiel should be careful. Because
"Well, cmon." Ezekiel eggs on Albeck.
DASH
"Hmph" Albeck lets out a sigh.
DASH
PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH
The two meet in the center of the practice arena. As they duel in the middle cracks and destroy the ground around them also creating powerful winds.
Mr.Kayneth has a front-row set as we watch his hair and mustache flow in the air.
The two exchange a barrage of punches. Each one connects with a fist.
Although it seems there even Ezekiel's motions begin to slow a little.
"Oh, crap so this is what the nurse meant to rest am starting to lose some stamina. Shit makes sense went all out two times today."
PUNCH PUNCH
"Ugh," Ezekiel falls to connect with one of Albeck's punches.
PUNCH
Ezekiel gets sent flying.
DROP
Mr.Kayneth steps forward "Albeck Reign wins the duel"
As he walks back to the waiting area.
As everyone is in awe.
So he's the other exempted student Ms.Carmen was talking about I thought.
"Wow he beat a Twelve Star Mage." a student says.
I was going speak up for him to say he was injured and Mana exhausted because of our battle but I rushed over to him as Eriko followed.
"Yo you good man," I ask.
"Yeah just tired" Ezekiel responds.
"Hey, it's alright this defeat doesn't mean the end.
"Yeah, but how am going to a lion a kind of the jungle if I can't beat that dude," Ezekiel said disappointed.
Mr. Kayneth walks over to check on Ezekiel. "A lost but I must admit Mr.Ezekiel you have heart. You volunteered even though you were tired and mana exhaustion. Take this battle as a lesson to improve your battle knowledge. Mr Albeck is a Class Mage as well so that must have taken you by surprise."
"Moving on take him to the infirmary. And Mr.Ezekiel no more fights today. You exhausted yourself. Doing it too much will cost you" Mr.Kayneth warns Ezekiel.
Ezekiel gives a thumbs up. As we both carry him to the Teleportation Circle to the infirmary.
WARP
"He's a natural. No royal family. No blessing. Just a normal mage who's naturally good." a girl's voice says from behind us.
"What did you say," I ask.
"Am just saying he got lucky being blessed by being a Twelve-Star Mage" the girl emerges from the crowd of students. With light green eyes, long rose gold hair, the black and gold girls uniform attire, but with black leggings, and a good chest area.
"Am a 1st-year of Class 1C, Rose Providence. Like Alebck before me and like Eriko and Ezekiel am exempt from the Magus Exam."