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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: Selection V

She walked up to the ring. She was wearing an outfit with high defense special magic and a skirt that allowed fast movement.

Both were blue in color with the royal crest imprinted on them. On the way to the ring, the spectators cheered and shouted her name, giving her the confidence to continue no. Everyone knew of her talents and had high hopes for her.

Kageno continued, "next up it's the Tencent clan heir; Theodora Tencent." She walked out of the other exit with an excited smile on her face, she looked confident.

Wearing a full black outfit with no effects and only had the Tencent crest on it. Everyone cheered but not as loud as when the princess ascended to the ring.

As she was nearing the ring platform, she heard a familiar voice. She looked from side to side, trying to pinpoint where it was coming from, then she saw us. Timothy and I were cheering her on as loud as we could.

I can't lose in front of Kelvin; I have to do my best, she thought.

She continued confidently along the steps until she was 10 meters away from her opponent.

They both staired at each other, preparing for the signal to start the match.

The match official standing out the fighting zone, which was a square, stone stage ring which measured 100m each side. Signaled for the match to begin.

In an instant, Elizabeth left a huge blow of rushing wind in the opposite direction of where she dashed. On her next appearance, she had already dushed past Theodora. Elizabeth stood there as if waiting for something to happen.

Surely enough, Theodora was suddenly engulfed by blue flames, this was her special magic [Blue Flame].

She then stood up straight as if she had obtained victory, but when the flames died down within a few seconds, nobody was there. It was as if Theodora's body had suddenly disappeared.

She was surprised and tried to locate her quickly by looking around. When doing just that, she felt someone palm touching the side of her stomach.

She looked down to her right side, it was Theodora. It turns out that when the match started, in that instant when she moved, she created an after image of her, and on the way to Elizabeth she placed down a magic cycle and continued on her way. 

Elizabeth was instantly electrocuted by the Lightening art spell [Kinetic transfer] that used the kinetic energy gained by Theo's fast movements. Then casted through her palm and after the shock, Elizabeth went tumbling back.

I was impressed by that; I could not move that fast to create an after image without using mana.

The audience was a little surprised as well, but they still had high hope for their princess they loved so much. Before giving her time to recover, Theodora jumped high into the air, hoping that her plan will succeed.

But the princess was not giving up that easily and rolled away just in time to avoid being smashed. It was not the attack that was going to defeat her though, it was just a distraction. Theo adjusted herself so she could land safely on her feet.

When Elizabeth got up from her roll, she accidentally stepped on the hidden magic cycle Theodora had placed down earlier. 

This was what she intended to happen.

Unable to move fast enough, the cycle exploded with a wind-based spell [Reverse Wind Pressure] and the whole ring was engulfed by dust smoke. 

Behind the dust smoke, Theodora could sense mana being gathered up to a single point. Before she could react, it was too late. [Raging Tsunami] had already been casted by the princess, a high-level water art spell.

The ground formed huge cracks and tires until the ground in front of Elizabeth caved in. Vast water burst out like water leaking from a broken high-pressure pipe and eventually formed a giant wave, a Tsunami.

To Be Continued...