"Well, ladies and gentlemen, this round's winner is Grendal Osrope. Please give a big round of applause for Mr. Grendal," Sam announced as the last match from the duels section ended.
"Well, are you ready, Mr. Jules? The Magic Rumble is about to start," Fiona asked with a smile.
"Oh, I think I am," Anon answered as he looked at the Arena.
'Am I ready? Jessica?' Anon asked.
'I will help you with most of the stuff, master... so, don't worry,' Jessica replied.
'What about you, Link?' Anon inquired.
[Ready to serve you at any time, master.] Link answered.
'Good... let's do this.' Anon thought as he prepared himself for the Magic Rumble. He was a little bit nervous because he hasn't been the best when it came to studying magic.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to start the second part of the Academic Exchange Event... THE MAGIC RUMBLE," Sam shouted in a very excited voice.
"Let me explain the rules of this tournament to all the candidates...
In the start of your match, a mage from the royal court will give you an incomplete or jumbled magic circle of a random skill, and you guys will only have 1 minute to complete it and tell everyone what that spell actually is.
This event will consist of 5 stages...
At the first stage, you will get circles that will be very easy to solve. You guys will be given 5 questions that will contain 20 points each. The more you solve, the more points you will get.
Since this competition will be hosted according to the points system, you guys will have to get as many points as possible.
If you score 50 points in the first round and your opponent scores 80 points... you will get disqualified, and another student will take your place and after that, he will compete against your opponent.
Now, if you pass the first round, you will meet even genius minds in the second round. n)(O𝗏𝓮𝓵𝔟1n
In the second round, you guys will be given 10 questions, 20 points each question, meaning you will play for 200 points.
If you lose round one, the easiest round, then you will get disqualified immediately.
The last round will be the fifth round, and it will be the most challenging round. You will be given 5 questions only but, 1000 points each, and if you give the wrong answer to any question, not only will you get any points... but you will get a 1000 points cut out of your original points as well.
The one who will be standing with the maximum points at last, will be the winner of this event.
Thank you guys. Have a great Rumble-Jumble." Sam spoke as he changed the paper in his hands and started reading out names for the first two competitors.
"So, the first competitor of the match we have is Mr. Lami Droza. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Mr. Lami," Sam shouted loudly as he pointed towards the left entry gate.
Suddenly, a man wearing glasses, a nerdy-like face, black small hairs, and a skinny body stepped out from the left gate.
"Hello, Mr. Lami. How are you?" Sam asked.
"I-I am fine," Lami spoke in a very low tone.
"Oh, okay. Well, let's invite the next competitor now. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Miss. Jane Hurl,
She is the only girl child in her family, and despite having six brothers, she has proven her worth by coming at the top of her academy in studying magic," Sam announced.
An elven girl, aged around 30 years, green hairs, long ears, an average body, and circular glasses on her eyes, stepped out from the right entry gate.
"Hello, Miss. Jane... may I ask how you are feeling about this today?" Sam asked.
"I feel good and I feel powerless... I-I mean powerful. I will defeat everyone today," Jane spoke.
"Even Mr. Jule?" Sam asked with a smile.
"I-I-I don't know about Sir Jule, but yeah, everyone else except him. I believe in myself," Jane replied.
'It's like I am watching some nerds, who are about to play a game of chess.' Anon thought as he looked at them.
"Well, without any more delay... let's get this party started. Contestants, please take a seat," Sam spoke.
On the stage, there were two chairs and two tables placed with a blackboard in front of them.
"Now, I would like to request our Royal Court's Mage, Mr. Rafael Jeffery, to come on the stage and begin this sacred competition," Sam announced as he stepped off of the stage.
Both Jane and Lami sat down on their chairs. There were two pens and one notebook in front of them.
"Hello, Contestants... I am Rafael Jeffery, and I will be giving you your magic circles today..." An old elf around 1500 years stepped onto the stage, he had a long white beard, a pointy hat on his head, and a wand in his hands.
"We greet, Sir Rafael." Both Lami and Jane immediately stood up again and bowed down to Rafael.
"Please sit down. Your first circle will be this one..." Rafael picked up the chalk and started drawing a magic circle on the board.
He only drew half of the circle and left it in between...
"You have one minute to complete it and tell me what this skill circle is used for," Rafael spoke as he put down the chalk and looked at both of the competitors.
30 seconds passed, but none of the contestants spoke anything....
Suddenly, Jane raised her hand.
"Yes, Miss. Jane?" Rafael asked.
"It's a fireball form 1, spell circle, sir." Jane spoke.
"Good, you have won the first exchange and gained 20 points. This is your next question," Rafael declared as he erased the first circle and drew another one.
This process continued for the next five minutes...
"Ladies and gentlemen, the first round of Magic Rumble has ended, and the first winner of this match is..... Miss. Jane. Please give a big round of applause for Miss. Jane," Sam spoke.
Clap-Clap-Clap
"Now, we will move Miss. Jane to the next table and wait unless someone else passes the first round again to compete with her.
Mr. Lami, you are eliminated from this event, please leave. Now the next contestants we have are Miss. Ella, the Vice-chief commander of the Dark Elves Vs. Mr. Jule, from the royal side," Sam announced.
"Everyone, please welcome Miss. Ella, the one and only Vice-Chief Commander of the Dark Elves," Sam announced with a very excited expression.
'A Vice-Chief Commander vs. the boy who is representing the Queen herself. Hehe... this is going to be interesting. She is not going to miss any chance to rub it in the Queen's face, but Mr. Jule is not going to lose that easily either. I can't wait to see the results of this match...' Sam thought as he observed Ella coming out from the right entrance gate.
Ella looked very cheerful and positive; she waved at the audience and walked up to the stage.
"Hello, Miss. Ella... How do you feel about your opponent? You do know that Mr. Jule hasn't lost a single match since the beginning, right?" Sam asked with a smile.
"Sam, Mr. Jule is a tough opponent, even for me. I have to play it carefully, but believe me... I am going to win this," Ella spoke with a very confident expression.
"Well, that's a very positive attitude you have, Miss. Ella. I hope you win.
Now, let's welcome our second contestant... The man who hasn't lost even a single match from the start, please welcome Mr. Jule, everyone." Sam shouted.
"Woooohoooooooo.... Jule Win."
"Go Go Go, Win Mr. Jule."
"Jule, Jule, Jule..."
As soon as Sam announced this, the whole Colosseum went into an uproar; everyone started cheering for him loudly.
Anon entered the arena, from the left entry door. He took off his sunglasses and walked up to the stage.
"He looks cool and sexy... what do you think?" Eve asked Deris.
"Well, I see him as a friend. To me, he is only a friend," Deris replied with a smile.
"What a boring girl you are?" Eve replied, as she turned her attention back to Anon.
"Mr. Jule, Is there anything you want to say to Miss. Ella?" Sam asked.
"Nothing, let's just start this," Anon replied as he sat down on the chair.
"Good luck, jerk," Ella spoke as she also took her seat, right in front of him.
'What's her problem?' Anon wondered as he looked at Ella.
"Now, I would like to request another mage from the Royal Court to come and give our contestants the magic circles, Sir Kio Frawl." Sam announced as he stepped off of the stage.
A male elf around 200 years old walked up to the stage; he looked rather young from his appearance and had an angry expression on his face.
'Why the heck am I called here? I don't want to be part of this child's play.
I have to leave my research just because of this stupid event. Don't they have other Mages? Forget this... I will give them easy magic circles, and they will guess it swiftly, and I will also leave early.' Kio thought as he walked up to the stage and looked at both of them.
"Greetings, Sir Kio." Ella immediately greeted Kio, but Anon didn't even bother to look at him.
"Excuse me, Sir? Don't you know how to greet a Royal Mage?" Kio asked with a frustrated tone.
"Are you here to be greeted or give us questions?" Anon asked with a serious expression.
"This is absurd. Kid, you are very annoying. I am one of the senior Royal mages; you have to stand up and greet me," Kio shouted.
"He didn't bow down before the Queen herself; he thinks he can make him bow down to him," one of the Royal Ministers spoke in a mocking tone.
'Master, please... Just bow to him or he will exploit something from the written rules of 'The Academic Exchange Event' to make you look miserable.
I have seen him; he is a jerk. I fired him, but my dear sister must've hired him again.' Jessica explained.
'Hmm...? So that's how it is, huh?' Anon thought as he looked at Kio.
"Bow down to me now, kid, or you will regret this mistake your whole life," Kio shouted.
"What the heck is wrong with you? I thought you were a scholar, turns out you are just a spoiled kid who doesn't even bother to come out of his room," Anon spoke without even looking at Kio; he just continued to draw something on his notebook.
"Oh shoot, He made Sir Kio angry," a Royal Minister spoke.
"My Queen, shall we inform Sir Kio that he is your candidate?" one of Fiona's official mages asked.
"No, I want to see what he will do in this kind of situation," Fiona spoke as a smile appeared on her face.
'Making Sir Kio angry? You messed up, Jule. That would be the last mistake I would ever make in this event,' Ella thought as her lips curved into a smile.
Kio Frawl; he was a genius from birth. He started the study of magic at the age of 3 and became a well-known Royal Minister at the age of 16.
He excelled in more than 10 magic academies, and at the age of 20, he became a Royal Mage.
Everyone saw infinite potential in Kio, but Kio was different... he didn't want to talk with anyone or see anyone. He spent more than 90% of his life in one single room, researching spells and artifacts.
He is the founder of many things that changed the world in a good way like Communication Crystal Balls, Mana Capturing Screens, and Immortal Arena.
But, he is forced to come out of his room 3 times a year and do some activities in the outer world. Just like this one.
"Very well, you choose this. You brought this on yourself. I will ask you 10 questions in total... 5 for the girl and 5 for this boy, this girl will be passed at 3 right answers, however you have to give all 5 answers right or you will get disqualified." Kio spoke with a very angry expression.
"My Queen, that's against the rules..." one of the mages spoke up.
"You don't know him. Kio knows the rules, and he knows how to play with them. Even if you stop him now, he will give you an answer that will make you wonder, 'Why did I even ask the question?'" another mage replied.
"We still have to question him... we are the Royal Highness's mages."
"Go on. Try it..." Fiona spoke up with a smile.
"Mr. Kio, don't you know the rules of the Academic Exchange Event? Why are you trying to change them?" the Queen's Official Mage questioned.
Kio immediately turned around and bowed down.
"I greet, My Queen. Sir, as you asked, why am I trying to change the rules?
Well, I am not. According to Clause 56-B of the Academic Exchange Event Rules, a Royal mage who is giving out questions to the competitors can ask any number of questions to a competitor if he finds him or her much more intelligent than his or her observant level.
You may need to read it again," Kio replied with a serious face.
"W-What? Is there a rule like this?" The mage immediately went into confusion and looked at the other mage.
"There is, and that's why I told you not to ask this," the other mage replied with a cunning smile.
"As I can see that you aren't even aware of this event's rules, how are you even standing beside the elven Queen?
You should be ashamed of yourself," Kio added.
"T-This... I-" The mage was unable to speak at this moment as he just got brutally embarrassed in front of half the Elven Kingdom.
"Looks like I forgot to tell you about the insult that comes with the answer... hehe," the other mage murmured as he laughed a little.
"You may continue..." Fiona announced.
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Kio spoke as he bowed once again before turning towards Anon.
"Sit down; your questions will start now," Kio spoke as he looked at Ella.
"Yes, Sir," Ella replied as she sat down.
"Now, the first question is for the girl... Tell me the name of this circle." Kio asked as he drew a full magic circle and asked only its name from Ella.
"H-Hey, That's an already completed circle. Isn't he supposed to give them half or incomplete magic circles?"
"Yeah, I am thinking the same."
"He is cheating... he doesn't want Jule to win."
"What a loser...."
"DIEEEEEEEE...."
The audience went into an uproar once again as they started criticizing Kio.
"Sir, that's a Waterball Form 1, Skill circle," Ella replied almost immediately; she didn't have to do any calculations because it was already clear.
"Good... you win 20 points. Now, it's your turn. Here is your question. Tell me about this circle..." Kio asked Anon as he drew an incomplete magic circle on the board, but it wasn't an ordinary magic circle.
It had 3 circles around it, meaning an advanced-level skill.
"T-That's a C-Ranked skill... How can a student like him answer that? They aren't even being taught in the academies. That's an impossible question to answer... My Queen, Mr. Jule will be disqualified at this rate," a Royal Minister spoke from behind.
"I have faith in him. If he is saying things like that and if he beats Kio today, history will get changed today, and a new scholar will be born," the Queen spoke as she focused her eyes on Anon.
Everyone from the Royal Court started looking at Anon with their utmost attention...
"What have you done, Mr. Jule?" Faith spoke in a very sad tone as she looked at Anon from a corner of the Colosseum.
'Link...'
[The answer is simple, master. It's a C-Rank Wind Barrier Defensive spell. Even a kid can answer this, and I thought this is going to be a hard competition.] Link immediately spoke.
'Are you sure?'
[Master... I have been on this land for more than 10 eternities... I know basic spells like these. My kin discovered most of these spells back then and gave them to the Elves.]
"Your time is going away, and you haven't even started calculating. 30 seconds remain... Mr. What is your name again? Oh, let it be... it doesn't matter anymore since you are getting disqualified anyways," Kio spoke as he looked at Anon with a mocking smile.
"A Wind Barrier Defensive type spell, Rank-C...." Anon spoke up.
Suddenly silence covered the whole Colosseum.
"S-Say it again...." Kio asked with a confused expression.
"That spell is a Wind Barrier Defensive type spell, Rank-C... Am I right?" Anon asked with an even louder voice.
"Y-Yes...." Kio answered as he couldn't understand how Anon gave the answer to this spell.
"Woohoo... Mr. Jule. Keep it going... he is not afraid of you."
"Go Go, Mr. Jule."
"Fuck him up, Mr. Jule. I am a big fan."
The audience immediately started cheering and shouting.
"Don't be so full of yourself, Kid. This wasn't even a real problem. I will come back to you in a moment.
Oi, Girl, Answer this question fast," Kio spoke as he turned to Ella and drew another complete magic circle on the board.
"It's a...." Ella was about to answer the question but Kio interrupted her.
"... That's right, it's the circle of Icicle Shards. You won 20 points... Now you," Kio spoke as he turned his attention back to Anon.
'But... I didn't answer the question?' Ella thought as she looked at Kio.
"Tell me the number of lines that I have to add inside this circle to complete it..." Kio asked as he drew another C-Ranked skill's Magic circle on the board.
[Master, This mortal speaks too much. Can I possess your body for the next 3 minutes? Just to stop his blabbering mouth. It's alright if you don't want to give.] Link requested.
[Your pet 'Link' has requested to possess your body for the next 3 minutes? Do you allow it?] [Yes/No]
'Well, I don't understand this Magic circles thing either. So, I will allow it.' Anon thought as he clicked on yes.
Suddenly, Anon felt warmth coming into his body, and he lost control over his hands and legs. He could only see the world through his eyes, but he couldn't move his body.
[Thank you, master. I will shut him up in just a minute.]
'No problem. Give him a good dose,' Anon replied.
"Mortal, you have to add 5 lines in that circle to complete it." Suddenly, Kio noticed that Anon's speaking style had changed; it sounded even more noble now, but he didn't give it too much attention.
"Hahaha... you are wrong. This circle only needs 3 lines to be completed. You are disqualified," Kio spoke as he mocked Anon.
Link moved Anon's body and stood up; he walked up to the blackboard, grabbed the chalk from the table, and started drawing lines over the magic circle that Kio had already drawn on the board.
"Here you go...." Link spoke as he gave the chalk back to Kio after drawing five lines over the magic circle and sat back down on his seat.
"T-This...." Kio was too shocked to say anything when he looked at the blackboard.
"You... Modified it...?"
"How can you do that? How can you modify it?" Kio couldn't believe his eyes; he had conducted research on these kinds of spells for the past hundred years, but he was never able to modify even a single magic circle.
But today, a kid... Did it and without even looking at it twice.
'This is impossible... how can he connect two circles like that? But its functions will work if used. It's definitely modified and in a unique way... Who exactly is this kid?' Kio thought as he turned his head towards Anon.
"Mr. Kio, Is his answer right or not?" Fiona asked with a tensed expression.
"I-It's right, My Queen," Kio replied.
"I knew it..." Fiona released her tension as she came to know this.
'This kid is a prodigy. The likes of him are born once in a thousand years. I have to nurture him with everything I have, and once he becomes my puppet... I will have my next heir with him.
This is interesting. I want to see more of his abilities,' Fiona thought as she smiled and looked at Anon.
"So.... Next question?" Anon asked with a smile.
"You... Won. There is nothing else to ask now. I declare you as the winner, Mr. Jule," Kio announced with a disappointed expression on his face as he looked at the board.
"What? Sir, Kio... You haven't asked anything from me, and you just declared him the winner?" Ella spoke.
"Hmmm....? Oh, yes, you. Don't worry about it... you were going to lose anyway, don't sweat it," Kio spoke without any hesitation.
"Mr. Kio, What are you saying? I am a very good scholar; please take my test too..." Ella insisted.
"Okay... if you say so. Here is the last magic circle for you only; if you give me the answer to this one, I will declare you the winner instead of him.
Tell me, what this circle stands for...." Kio asked as he drew another Rank-C magic circle on the blackboard.
"T-This... please give me a minute." Ella spoke as she started calculating something in her notebook.
"Mr. Jule, Do you have any other spells, like this one? I will buy them immediately. If you have some more, please. I will pay you any amount you want," Kio requested Anon.
"I do have them, but you are not capable of understanding them," Link replied with a smirk.
"Please, Enlighten me," Kio spoke, as hope appeared in his eyes.
"Okay, here you go." Link stood up again and started drawing something on the board.
Suddenly he stopped and gave the chalk back to Kio.
"A-A... Quantum Magic?" Kio spoke with a stunned expression.
"Yes..." Link replied.
"That's not possible, these spells are urban legends... they aren't real. The mana flow in these spells is too twisted for any Elf, Human, or elf to control," Kio asked with a very confusing expression... he read about these spells but he always thought that these type of spells cannot exist in the real world.
"Quantum Reflect...." Link spoke as he immediately used his skill.
Thud
Kio immediately fell down to his knees and looked at the magic circles forming behind Anon's back.
"I-Impossible..." Kio spoke with a shocked expression.
"This is a ... Quantum Spell?" Ella spoke with an equally shocked expression.
Most of the Elves in the audience didn't even know about the Quantum Magic concept, so they just tried to understand what was going on.
[Body possession time has ended.]
Suddenly Anon came back to his real body and Link went back to his tattoo form.
"Mr. Kio, Please Announce the winner of this event," Fiona spoke up.
"Y-Yes... Ella, were you able to solve the question?" Kio asked Ella.
"No," Ella accepted her defeat.
"Mr. Jule is the winner of this competition," Kio announced.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I didn't understand what just happened here, but Mr. Jule is the winner of this competition. Please have a big round of applause for him," Sam announced.
"Fuck..." Ella cursed as she stepped off of the stage and went back to her room immediately.
Anon, on the other side, went back to his seat near Fiona.
"So, You defeated one of the biggest Mages I have... How do you feel about that?" Fiona asked with a smile.
"Good," Anon replied.
"Just Good? Don't you want to say something else?" Fiona asked.
"Nope," Anon spoke as he wore his sunglasses and went back to laying down on his chair.
"You are very lazy," Fiona spoke as she turned her attention back to the competition.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Jule has been moved to the second table, and now we will Start the third match of the Magic Rumble.
The next competitor for the next match is Mr. Maison from the Greenwich Academy of Wizards and Mr. Holt from the Rouge Academy of Martial Arts.
Please welcome both of them with a big round of applause," Sam Announced.
"Do your best, Son. I want to see you in the last round," Mrs. Glen spoke as she saw Maison standing up.
"Don't worry, mom. I will not get disqualified Before Mr. Jule does," Maison spoke as he exited the Royal Sitting area and started walking towards the arena.
"Guess both of us are going to win this year then," Anon spoke with a mocking tone as he smiled in his sleep.
Maison and Holt sat down on their chairs, and another royal mage walked up to the stage.
The match started and ended pretty fast.
Maison was as good as they said... he won by 5-0.
'Master... Can you hear me?' Mike's Voice resounded in Anon's mind.
'What is it, Mike?' Anon asked.
'Master, we went to the address that you gave us.' Mike reported.
'Ah, that blonde guy's address.' Anon spoke.
'Yes, Master. There was no one here.... it was a rental place. When I asked the original owner about the guy's information, he said that the blond guy gave him 2 gold coins to let him stay here for 7 days without any details and after that he left.' Mike informed.
'7 days ? What did you do here for 7 Days, Mr. Blondie ?' Anon thought as he looked at the sky.